That’s the problem with kids these days, they want to sit around all day and do nothing but play video games and then when you won’t give them the keys to the car they think you are such a cruel and unusual parent…
Slight hijack here but did you notice that this thread reads just as well in reverse?
Have you ever shifted into reverse in a manual, before you came to a full stop going forward? I hate that. I could just hear the metal grinding.
i’ve done that in an automatic, actually. oops. but the car still goes in both directions, so i’m not too worried.
oops. forgot to hijack from there.
speaking of being worried, my grandmother was such a worry-wart that we got her a rock for her birthday or mothers day or something im not sure, but it was called a worry stone. she thought it was funny. in her house there was this clock that never worked, and every time we went there, i’d change the hands to a different time, but no one ever noticed. bummer.
i used to flip the clocks upside down in high school, down in the cafeteria, but theyd never stay flipped for long. then they got video cameras. bummer.
My high school was a dump. Whoever designed it managed to forget that it rains a lot around here, and that keeping all that water out might be a good idea. One night after a big rainfall the ceiling in the computer lab collapsed and wiped out a whole room full of Apple IIs, not that anyone considered that a great loss (this was in 1995 or so).
SkyBum, that’s funny about the thread reads backwards!
Speaking of Apples, I love hot apple pie with real vanilla ice cream on top! UMMMMM!!!
Speaking of pie, I keep thinking we need a sticky thread with links to stuff like Weebl and Bob, and the “All Your Base” thing, to at least cut down on all the “What the hell is this ‘when come back, bring pie’ all about?” type questions.
(How about a hijack that’ll land in the Pit?)
I saw a woman at an all-you-can-eat buffet tonight with an entire pie. She must have weighed at least 500 pounds. My god … doesn’t she get the connection between the massive amount of food she’s eating, and her gargantuan weight yet?
(waiting for flames in four … three … two …)
I have a niece that use to weigh well over 500 pounds. She had stomach stapling surgery about 2 years ago. She is now down to 190 pounds and is looking pretty good. And what did it take for her to take this drastic step? She was sitting on a toilet at Disneyland and the toilet broke loose from the wall. The toilet broke and because of the confines of the stall, she could not get up. Maintainance had to close the restroom and dismantle the stall so she could get out.
I have always wondered where they come up with the design size of many things like bathroom stalls. I used to live in an apartment where I couldnt actually walk straight into the master bathroom without turning sideways. My shoulders didn’t fit, going straight in. I’m only 6’2" with reasonably broad shoulders. Still, that isnt so out of the ordinary. You would think they could design it a little wider. Also, what about those shower heads that seem to be installed at the 4-foot level. Who on earth wants a shower head that low? I might as well shower on my knees.
Head in the shower is great. Whether giving or receiving. Just be careful because things can get slippery, and when you’re not paying attention, you can go down in a hurry.
Speaking of slipping, has anybody ever actually slipped and fallen on a banana peel? I mean, it’s an old sight gag, but still, has it ever actually happened?
Oh Oh my dog LOVES cereal! Especially chex. Sometimes I feed her with my spoon and other times I make her do cheap tricks to earn the treat.
Speaking of Cheap Tricks, “He’s A Whore” is the best Cheap Trick song ever, with the possible exception of “Auf Weiderzhen”. Although they’re cover of “Waiting For The Man/Heroin” comes close.
Jon
when i was around 11, my sister was around 9, and one time i said ‘auf weiderzhen’ to her, because i had learned in school that it meant goodbye in german. and she replied ‘monkey brain!’ because it rhymed. and then for easily a year after that, she’d try to get me to say auf weiderzhen so she could respond with monkey brain. she thought it was the funniest thing ever.
Monkeys have brains, but do they have the same mind-body problems our philosophers talk about?
Not to change the subject or nothin’ but the word “have” reminds me of the word “haver” in that Proclaimers song “500 miles”. WTF does haver mean? I don’t know, nobody knows, its an enigma. You know, that guy was crazy, walking 500 miles and then 500 MORE! And he claims he’s “havering”. Maybe it some celtic codeword for self-pleasure. I wonder if Shane McGowan ever Havered? I’m sure he Heaved plenty of times, but I don’t know, he just dosen’t seem to be the havering type, whatever havering is.
Jon
I haver drive so much lately. Car haser 170,000 miles on it now.
Speaking of enigmas, in WWII, the German Enigma Machine was a real enigma til the Brits figured out the code. Probably saved the war.