Random musings from an average guy.

In My Humble Opinion
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I didn’t feel any one of these items deserved a thread of their own so I combined them into one thread.

  1. My wife and I like to look around stores like the Goodwill, we call them treasure hunts. A few weeks ago while waiting to pay for a few items at a local Goodwill, a short stocky gentleman came out of the dressing room with a red cheerleader type skirt and got in line behind us. After my wife paid for our stuff, they clerk was helping this guy and asked him if he found everything he wanted. He replied no, he said he is looking for a sweater to match the skirt. For some reason it struck me as funny, I had to walk out of the store.
  2. I was talking to an airline representative from Quantas Airlines at work the other day. He commented that if Boeing built their airplanes with metric measurements instead of using inches, the airplanes would be better. I asked why is that and he said metric is more accurate than what we use in America. Considering some measurements used on Boeing aircraft are as small as 1/10,000 of an inch, I think the good ol’ SAE standard of measurement works just fine.
  3. A new gal at my work has very long hair. This reminded me of my first wife, she had long hair that went down past her waist. As a result of this, it was not uncommon to find long strands of hair in just about everything. This was especially true of clean laundry. One day I went to use the men’s room and when I dropped my BVDs, one of the long strands of hair was wrapped around Mr. Willy. Of course I didn’t realize this till I went to sit down and said hair was pulled tight. Did you know hair has a very high tensile strength? I think I know why Mr. Willy goes into hiding when I see girls with long hair.
  4. My older stepdaughter, who has for years proclaimed she would never get married, announced her engagement a few weeks ago. She wants me to wear a tuxedo at her wedding. I have never worn a tuxedo. Are they as uncomfortable as they look? The groom’s parents claim to be old fashioned and say that the bride’s parents should pay for everything. The soon to be newlyweds have lived together for 3 years and have a son already. And this is an expense we really can’t afford at this time. I suggest airline tickets to Las Vegas so they could get married; so far no one likes that idea.
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No time for the old “in-out”, I’ve just come to nitpick!

There’s no “U” in QANTAS, standing as it does for Queensland And Northern Territoty Air Service

Thank you.

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Nope, the airline rep is correct. Measurements in metric are much more accurate than SAE units, regardless of the number of decimal places or the tightness of the tolerance. Plus, European cars run faster because they measure power output in kiloWatts instead of horsepower. And lecturing in an English accent automatically makes one more astute, knowledgable, and of course, correct, even if the topic of your monologue is a bunch of rubish about railway timetables[sup]1[/sup].

:smiley:

Stranger

[sup]1[/sup]But clever people like me, who talk loudly in restaurants, see this as a deliberate ambiguity, a plea for understanding in the mechanized mansion. The point is taken, the beast is molting, the fluff gets up your nose.

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It is true that traditionally, the bride’s parents pay for a wedding; however, in this case tradition would also suggest that since the couple has been living in sin :eek: for 3 years, that a quiet and unobtrusive ceremony with only the immediate family in attendance would suffice.

Also, if you’re supposed to pay the cost, you also get to decide what that cost will be. If what you can afford is a simple reception in the church parlor (or equivalent) with lemonade and cookies, well, that’s what they get. If the couple wants more than you can afford or are willing to pay, then they get to pay for it. If the groom’s parents want to help them do so, they can. Thus would speak Miss Manners if you asked her.

I can’t help you with the tux question.

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A tuxedo should be no more uncomfortable than a business suit. The reason many people hate them is because they only wear rentals, with no alterations.

If the groom’s parents insist you pay for everything, they’re going to have to scale their expectations to your budget. If your budget means your daughter and her boyfriend get married at city hall in front of a clerk, let them know that’s what they can expect.

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Not at all. I wore a tux last week - I own it and had it altered, but it was from rental stock (used). I was quite comfy.

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My boyfriend often says he finds my long hair wrapped around his nuts. I have long dark hair down to my waist. I often find strands of my own hair (from my head) in my buttcrack, or hanging from my bra where it tickles my stomach…