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Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 11:58:17 AM
Stickied, unfiltered, and ribbed for your pleasure.

Whining for someone to entertain you will ensure your post is moderated.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 03, 2004, 12:02:38 PM
I've never really understood the 'ribbed for her pleasure' thing. maybe pulsating for her pleasure or warming for her pleasure... but what does ribbed do? or makes her instantly rich for her pleasure. I could go on.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 03, 2004, 12:10:38 PM
Is the proper phrase "I could care less" or "I couldn't care less?" I hear them both used and normally one side is screaming at the other for not saying it right. Would anyone else care to take the wheel of this thread before it gets driven into a ditch?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 12:25:48 PM
The correct phrase is "couldn't care less." If you could care less, that means you actually care about it a little, negating the point you're trying to make.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 12:33:30 PM
Quote from: catwritr
The correct phrase is "couldn't care less." If you could care less, that means you actually care about it a little, negating the point you're trying to make.


That's all very well and good, but how does this explain the "ribbed" thing?

And which way are they ribbed, anyway? Are they parallel or perpendicular to the normal vector of insertion?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 12:35:58 PM
They are parallel. As ineffective as parallel ribbing is, perpendicular would be even more so.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 03, 2004, 12:36:27 PM
Quote from: catwritr
The correct phrase is "couldn't care less." If you could care less, that means you actually care about it a little, negating the point you're trying to make.

Yeah, that's right.  But I always say it wrong.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 03, 2004, 12:38:20 PM
Quote from: catwritr
They are parallel. As ineffective as parallel ribbing is, perpendicular would be even more so.

Really?  I thought they were perpendicular.  Pf, yeah I think I used one once in college (well, now I'm doubting that I did).  Many many moons ago.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 12:46:10 PM
Wait...vector of intersection...no, they're perpendicular. My mistake.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 01:06:34 PM
Ah, so it's like a bunch of tiny little speed bumps on the road of love.

Well, someone must like it if they keep making them that way.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 03, 2004, 01:12:33 PM
Quote from: ivan
Ah, so it's like a bunch of tiny little speed bumps on the road of love.


That sounds like the title of a song.  :)

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Well, someone must like it if they keep making them that way.


Well, they still make "Vegemite" in Australia, though apparently nobody in their right mind consumes any of it unless they're hung over....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 01:38:41 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Quote from: ivan
Ah, so it's like a bunch of tiny little speed bumps on the road of love.


That sounds like the title of a song.  :)

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Well, someone must like it if they keep making them that way.


Well, they still make "Vegemite" in Australia, though apparently nobody in their right mind consumes any of it unless they're hung over....


If I could bring together the concepts of ribbed rubbers and Vegemite, I bet I could make a million dollars.

P.S. GODDAMMIT!  I just typed an eloquent and brilliant PM, hit submit and got "This page is unavailable". Then I clicked the back button, and all my text was gone!

What's up with that???
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 03, 2004, 01:52:33 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes


Well, they still make "Vegemite" in Australia, though apparently nobody in their right mind consumes any of it unless they're hung over....


you's be surprised at the number of ppl at the deli I worked at in Melbourne actually had vegemite toast for breakfast :)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 03, 2004, 01:54:20 PM
I never understood the whole "Ultra thin for his pleasure"... how about a "Thick as a dishwashing glove for longevity" model?  Now, that I would buy.

St00pid prematu.... ohhhhh shiny
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 02:00:11 PM
Quote from: BizB
I never understood the whole "Ultra thin for his pleasure"... how about a "Thick as a dishwashing glove for longevity" model?  Now, that I would buy.

St00pid prematu.... ohhhhh shiny


SHINY??? WHERE-WHERE? (sorry, honey, gotta run -- I'll finish you later)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 03, 2004, 02:25:42 PM
It is plausible that I could care less, but I haven't really come up with any empirical evidence, nor have I devised an effective measurement device for caring.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 03, 2004, 05:16:45 PM
then you should get my care-o-meter, for only 999 payments of 999.99, you can see how much caring a circumstance actually warrants.  ranging from "i could give less than a shit" to "OMG! HOLY CRAP! I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK!".  make all payments in cash to this address....

Taped under the lid of the garbage can at the park near me
Richmond Heights, Ohio, 44143

if you don't, then i'll release those pictures of you to the public....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:25:08 PM
Ok.

I'm about to purchase a title.

The last time I tried it, I clicked on some title-related thing in the Shop, and got nuffink. Bupkiss. After which I had to buttkiss Cat to get my loot back. Actually, I didn't have to buttkiss Cat, I just felt like it. Ok.

Here I go....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 03, 2004, 05:28:07 PM
Well?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:29:49 PM
Didn't work.

I got this:

Quote
That Rank is Invalid, it must only contain characters A-Z, a-z and 1-0. For more specific titles talk to an admin.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 03, 2004, 05:31:54 PM
What the heck were you trying to do?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:36:16 PM
I typed in a new title in the new title box, then clicked on purchase. And it gave me that... that... message.

I feel violated.

P.S. I mean, "change title box" and "buy title button".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 05:43:00 PM
You can only use letters and numbers. Punctuation is not allowed.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 03, 2004, 05:51:27 PM
Mine would say something like pwnd by Catwritr or something like that, but I can't afford to activate it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:54:19 PM
Quote from: catwritr
You can only use letters and numbers. Punctuation is not allowed.


So... apostrophes are out?

Damn.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:55:17 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
Mine would say something like pwnd by Catwritr or something like that, but I can't afford to activate it.


That should be the default title.

I mean, it's just so true.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 03, 2004, 05:57:34 PM
Oh I looked it up.  It just would say Ownd if I chose to purchase title display privileges.  Now I have no incentive to save up my loot for this.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 05:58:55 PM
:x Grrr....

I typed in a new title with no apostrophe, clicked on "buy", it said my purchase was successful, my loot went down by 200, and...

BUPKISS!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 03, 2004, 05:59:38 PM
Have you bought title rights yet? They're only 50 loot.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 06:00:52 PM
Oh.


Hang on...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 03, 2004, 06:01:02 PM
Quote from: pseudonymph
Quote from: Demosthenes


Well, they still make "Vegemite" in Australia, though apparently nobody in their right mind consumes any of it unless they're hung over....


you's be surprised at the number of ppl at the deli I worked at in Melbourne actually had vegemite toast for breakfast :)


I think that says something for the sheer number of hung over people in Melbourne.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 03, 2004, 06:07:47 PM
MY NEW TITLE IS HERE! MY NEW TITLE IS HERE!

I AM SOMEBODY!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 03, 2004, 06:11:54 PM
Nice! :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 03, 2004, 06:57:10 PM
I had a similar problem the other day when I purchsed mine.  Only I typed it in wrong.  Went back and changed it and damn, another 200 loot.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 05, 2004, 03:34:30 PM
I have to say I am dissapointed in the color option, light red and dark red just arent doing it for me. I picked dark first and it didnt look right, and now Im stuck with hot pink! :?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Cyber_Sniper on December 05, 2004, 04:56:46 PM
What a crappy, talentless band these (http://www.thekinison.com/) are.  I saw them the other night opening for Blink 182. Bad Bad Bad...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 05, 2004, 05:52:55 PM
THE ANARCHY FORUM HAS 999 TOPICS RIGHT NOW! DON'T START ANY NEW TOPICS IN THE ANARCHY FORUM! THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE 999 TOPICS IN ANARCHY!!! 999!!! 999!!!  BETTER BELIEVE IT CAUSE THAT'S THE TRUTH OF IT!!! TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT! RESIGN TO IT!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 05, 2004, 11:19:01 PM
wouldn't capping it just defeat the purpose?  it would show some sort of organization, thus it would not be in a state of Anarchy.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on December 06, 2004, 08:27:30 AM
Y'know Ivan, he's made a good point.

But having 999 topics is also supremely and ultimately awesome. So I can't really decide which to side with.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 06, 2004, 12:03:21 PM
Quote from: TerrorDronze
wouldn't capping it just defeat the purpose?  it would show some sort of organization, thus it would not be in a state of Anarchy.


Who said anything about capping it? I'm talking about voluntary action.

The word "anarchy" today is understood to mean "a state of disorder", but the original meaning is quite different: it means "absence of government." It was the establishment that tainted the Anarchists' vision by supposing that an absence of government would lead to a state of disorder. But the Anarchists had no such purpose in mind: the Anarchists were utopians who believed that governments were an evil imposed on society to protect the interests of the elite, and that without government (and without the elite), humans would revert to a naturalistic, communal form of self-governing.

So, if we were to behave like true Anarchists, we would all see the beauty in maintaining the 999 topic count, and agree to maintain it. We would not need an authority to dictate such a rule: we would do it because we have reached a profound level of maturity. Plus, the first guy to break the agreement would be a rotten egg.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 06, 2004, 01:22:31 PM
So, what you're saying is, the ultimate egoist actually a(n) utilitarian?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 06, 2004, 03:20:58 PM
Quote from: BizB
So, what you're saying is, the ultimate egoist actually a(n) utilitarian?


Well, I had to look that one up. Here's a very interesting and informing  Utilitarian FAQ (http://www.ianmontgomerie.com/manifesto/utilitarianfaq.html#EGOISMALTRUISM).



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Ethical Egoism is essentially the ethical philosophy that says there should be no ethical philosophy. It claims that the only preferences that matter to any person should be their own. Ethical Egoism holds that people should maximize satisfaction of their self interest, without any consideration for others. Ethical Altruism is the opposite - it claims that people should entirely ignore their own preferences, and maximize the welfare of others. Utilitarianism claims that the same weight should be given to the welfare of everyone, regardless of who they are.


So Utilitarianism rejects both Egoism and Altruism.

Another part of the FAQ claims that Utilitarians can be found among proponents of many, if not all, socio-economic systems, including Anarchism.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 06, 2004, 03:39:16 PM
Morals and ethics aside and concentrating on behaviors, an egoist, existing in a mostly utilitarian society (aggregated), would probably best be served by acting more altruistically than he would prefer, just so as not to piss off his support system. This, of course, assumes that he recognizes his surroundings as a support system.  Plus, nobody would think him a rotten egg.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 06, 2004, 03:46:15 PM
Yes, I see.  I think that's what some call "enlightened self-interest". I like that approach to ethics because it very neatly takes into account human nature.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 06, 2004, 03:48:28 PM
And the whole rotten egg thing, too... right?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 06, 2004, 05:01:00 PM
Ivan, unless you or someone else starts deleting threads there is already 1000 in the anarchy forum.

You don't seem to scare Pseudo, who I might add is one of the best looking rotten eggs I've ever seen.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 06, 2004, 07:21:14 PM
oh, ivan scares me alright. just in a really good sadistic kinda way :D
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 16, 2004, 10:25:13 AM
I drove 5 MPH almost the entire way to work today.  I hate cha-raffic.   :evil:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 19, 2004, 01:20:41 AM
they have plans for a build-it-yourself helicoptor, why not just build one?  then you won't have to worry about traffic.  plus, you'd one-up those bastards who have segways (or however the fuck you spell it).
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 01:55:08 PM
Is this thread really necessary?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 19, 2004, 03:09:38 PM
Quote from: ivan
Is this thread really necessary?

Apparently.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 04:33:59 PM
Pfff. That was a bit random. :roll:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 19, 2004, 05:01:45 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Llama-thumbnail.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 05:18:43 PM
(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/drawings/otherdrawings/rubber.glue.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 05:21:30 PM
BTW, I'm whuppin' yer cute lil' bee-hind over to DD rite now.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 19, 2004, 05:31:12 PM
I know, and I hate you for it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 05:33:03 PM
And I'm not even good.

When you beat me, will you love me again?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 19, 2004, 05:44:13 PM
That depends. Will you still love me if I beat you to a bloody pulp?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 19, 2004, 06:09:58 PM
llama's are soo cool.

(http://drift411.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=217)


oh look! what are those two doing?!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 19, 2004, 06:26:35 PM
Llama-jamma!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Law on December 19, 2004, 10:58:14 PM
(http://www.int4rw3b.com/bc_stuff/alpaca.jpeg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 19, 2004, 11:11:10 PM
seriously. when I get a house. I'm getting me some llama's.









I'm not kidding.












seriously!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 20, 2004, 03:11:05 AM
The people who live down the street raise Llamas. They are cute and gentle creatures. So are the llamas.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 20, 2004, 02:03:18 PM
Quote from: ivan
(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/drawings/otherdrawings/rubber.glue.jpg)

Awww.  It's like a hug for me when you do that!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 20, 2004, 02:12:04 PM
Work sucks
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 20, 2004, 03:17:22 PM
cold sucks
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 20, 2004, 06:52:00 PM
Having a cold when you're on vacation sucks.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 21, 2004, 09:29:08 AM
cleveland in the winter, being jobless, depressed, and jaded sucks.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on December 21, 2004, 06:59:37 PM
Life sucks. I guess we'd better all get used to it. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's just horrible. There's really no comfortable medium.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 22, 2004, 08:08:05 AM
Life sucks, and then you die.... but, according to some, you still hang out after your dead.... but being non-corporeal, you can't do much besides hang out and watch TV, or just sit around in the women's shower room at the local HS or gym, and it's not like it's any use anymore.... so i dunno what's worse, life or an eternity afterwards of boredom......
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 22, 2004, 01:27:08 PM
Quote from: ivan
Having a cold when you're on vacation sucks.


Which is exactly the situation I'm in right now.  :x

Xolik:"Hi, honey! I'm so happy you're back from your trip to Vietnam! What did you bring me?"

Ping-Ping: *Achooo!*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on December 22, 2004, 02:43:12 PM
is his actual name ping ping or do you just call him that?

edit: just wondering. that's all.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on December 27, 2004, 02:01:56 PM
(http://images.quizilla.com/D/daddysgirl/1038273462_MiddleAges.jpg)

You come from the Middle Ages.  Your soul came from a time when dragons, knights, war and Princesses ruled the land.




http://quizilla.com/users/daddysgirl/quizzes/Where%20Did%20Your%20Soul%20Originate%3F/"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on December 27, 2004, 02:09:35 PM
future.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 27, 2004, 02:16:18 PM
Quote from: needles
is his actual name ping ping or do you just call him that?

edit: just wondering. that's all.


Bobby Trendy referred to my boyfriend as 'Ping-Ping' when I ran into him up in Palm Springs, and it's stuck ever since.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on December 27, 2004, 02:18:39 PM
pfffff

fune.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 27, 2004, 02:38:10 PM
What's even more amusing is that the Christmas card he got me had a big llama wearing a santa hat on it.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 27, 2004, 07:48:51 PM
(http://live.quizilla.com/user_images/D/daddysgirl/1038272052_PicsOcean2.jpg)

You come from the Ocean. You've always been drawn to the sea, the sound of the waves, the crystal blue water, near the sea is where you belong.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on December 27, 2004, 09:27:30 PM
BWAHAHAHA!!!!

I come from the bowels of hell.  

I just love it!  :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 27, 2004, 09:40:51 PM
Quote from: Vespertine
BWAHAHAHA!!!!

I come from the bowels of hell.  

I just love it!  :twisted:


What she said. Go figure. :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 28, 2004, 09:09:33 AM
Quote from: pseudonymph

You come from the Ocean. You've always been drawn to the sea, the sound of the waves, the crystal blue water, near the sea is where you belong.

Me too.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 28, 2004, 02:06:51 PM
I'm more of an aquatic mammal than a marine mammal.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on December 28, 2004, 02:30:09 PM
you know what. i could really go for some free health insurance
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 28, 2004, 04:09:40 PM
(http://images.quizilla.com/D/daddysgirl/1038274288_MyPicsHell.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on December 28, 2004, 04:15:48 PM
I could go for some free beer.
Title: Play the game
Post by: hackess on December 29, 2004, 06:09:17 PM
http://www.pumpupthemovie.com/toss.html

Watch the clip, play the game...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 29, 2004, 07:02:39 PM
Totally unrelated to anything, but made me chuckle.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 29, 2004, 07:28:01 PM
Nice!   :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on January 13, 2005, 06:43:36 AM
anyone know where the term "gobbledy-gook" originated?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Law on January 13, 2005, 08:59:48 AM
Quote from: TerrorDronze
anyone know where the term "gobbledy-gook" originated?


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It all started with a 19th century Texas cattleman named Samuel Maverick who became famous for not branding his cattle. His cattle, left unidentified and free to roam, were often "adopted" by other ranchers who termed them "mavericks," and by the end of the century "maverick" had come to mean any sort of rootless wanderer or rebel.

About 100 years later, Sam Maverick's grandson, Maury Maverick, was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives during World War II. Charged with overseeing factory production for the war effort, Rep. Maverick coined the term "gobbledygook" to describe the impenetrable bureaucratic jargon and doubletalk he encountered. He later explained that he based the word on the behavior of turkeys back in Texas, who were "... always gobbledygobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity. At the end of this gobble there was a sort of gook." Rep. Maverick went on to issue a memorable edict stating that "Anyone using the words 'activation' or 'implementation' will be shot." Sadly, no bureaucrat was ever actually shot, and unfortunately "governmentese" is still going strong, but it certainly seems fitting that Sam Maverick's grandson would be the "maverick" who fired the first shot against "gobbledygook."


From here. (http://www.word-detective.com/011502.html)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on January 13, 2005, 09:03:29 AM
oh... good to know.  just one of thost things.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 14, 2005, 04:23:49 PM
(whatever your head)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 14, 2005, 04:35:33 PM
GODDAMMIT!!!

I was answering BizB about the old days at HN, and had found SEVEN PRICELESS THREADS where I am a complete asshole, and BizB and I go at each other, and then make up and become bff/bfe!!! I had them all formatted and annotated and stuff, and then when I went to post it, THE THREAD WAS LOCKED!!!


All my work was lost. :cry:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 14, 2005, 04:39:45 PM
So post it here, you big whiner.  :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 14, 2005, 04:43:28 PM
I will, but it'll take me another half hour to find them all again. I'll try to find some time later on.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2005, 04:43:49 PM
Quote from: ivan
All my work was lost. :cry:


You could have it the back button and copy everything to your clipboard.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 14, 2005, 04:47:13 PM
I tried the backbutton, and got a "page expired" condition.

Next time, I'll bookmark the threads.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 14, 2005, 04:51:32 PM
Man that sucks, ivan.

(Whoa!  I almost forgot that comma!!)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 14, 2005, 04:51:48 PM
Quote from: ivan
GODDAMMIT!!!

I was answering BizB about the old days at HN, and had found SEVEN PRICELESS THREADS where I am a complete asshole, and BizB and I go at each other, and then make up and become bff/bfe!!! I had them all formatted and annotated and stuff, and then when I went to post it, THE THREAD WAS LOCKED!!!


All my work was lost. :cry:
I can't believe that I ever went toe-to-toe with you.  I love you, now!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on January 14, 2005, 04:58:36 PM
yeah sorry i participated in that crapfest. my venture into the mind of a 15 year old girl is over now, and i promise to BF (behave forever).
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 14, 2005, 05:17:36 PM
Angelic needles?

Forever???   :shock:
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Post by: pbsaurus on January 14, 2005, 06:21:36 PM
Quote from: Detta
Angelic needles?

Forever???   :shock:


I wouldn't want to live in that reality.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Law on January 17, 2005, 07:44:04 PM
Can we go back to the BTW discussion again?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 17, 2005, 09:52:56 PM
Quote from: Law
Can we go back to the BTW discussion again?


I feel I should spatula you on behalf of kgb33ns, but she said she'd loan you to me on the 'net only...

:twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Law on January 17, 2005, 10:05:07 PM
Sweet.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on January 26, 2005, 02:39:26 AM
The cow says MÜ
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 27, 2005, 12:24:37 PM
Mmm...potato wedges and gravy from KFC. My new hangover food.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2005, 12:38:42 PM
Smiley town rocks.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Zzzz on January 27, 2005, 03:37:53 PM
smiley town?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Zzzz on January 27, 2005, 03:38:09 PM
whats that?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Zzzz on January 27, 2005, 03:38:35 PM
KRC is gross.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Zzzz on January 27, 2005, 03:38:51 PM
and so is all fast food
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 27, 2005, 03:39:40 PM
Hey, new guy!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2005, 04:01:38 PM
Quote from: Zzzz
whats that?


Download the attachment and open it in your web browser. It's an animated gif.  :)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 27, 2005, 04:03:01 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: Zzzz
whats that?


Download the attachment and open it in your web browser. It's an animated gif.  :)
Wasting your breath xolik... he's a post and run type.  He never looks back into the bowl to see if his shit really went down after he flushed.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2005, 04:06:09 PM
BizB, I'm glad I'm drinking soda right now because if I had, it would be all over the keyboard by now.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 28, 2005, 10:31:49 AM
I just took the quiz at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ and it turns out, according to this at least, I'm a right-wing Authoritarian. Wow.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on January 28, 2005, 10:45:09 AM
my dot was almost exactly where gandhi's is.

(left  libertarian)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: yxorpbp on January 28, 2005, 12:35:54 PM
Economic I'm -.013
Social I'm -8.62

In other words I'm near the bottom just about on the y-axis.  I'm all by myself with respect to their examples.
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Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 28, 2005, 12:48:35 PM
Quote from: needles
my dot was almost exactly where gandhi's is.

(left  libertarian)


Except the Dalai Lama was my example.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on January 28, 2005, 12:56:45 PM
hippie.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 28, 2005, 01:19:34 PM
well, like, that's just your opinion man
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on January 28, 2005, 01:36:08 PM
communist.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 28, 2005, 11:49:55 PM
this is kind of negative dude. i totally think that if we stepped back from the situation and you know, like looked at it objectively for a while? we could really learn something about ourselves and about each other
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Post by: TerrorDronze on January 30, 2005, 06:42:34 PM
i'm more Ghandi than the Ghandi.


And, i'm almost the anti-bush.

Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 31, 2005, 10:35:24 AM
I ended up a bit further right than I expected, but some of those questions simply didn't HAVE a correct answer, and I think I know which ones were responsible for skewing my result, so I place the blame on that.

Economic Left/Right: 5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77
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Post by: Nowledge on January 31, 2005, 12:50:25 PM
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64

Pretty liberal....but you knew that . I wonder if this means I'm pretty balanced....probably not.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on January 31, 2005, 01:07:25 PM
Quote from: Lacerda
this is kind of negative dude. i totally think that if we stepped back from the situation and you know, like looked at it objectively for a while? we could really learn something about ourselves and about each other


got any weed?

just kidding. i don't smoke weed, pinko.

 :wink:
Title: Standard for the Transmission of IP Data on Avian Carriers
Post by: xolik on February 03, 2005, 01:07:01 PM
I can't believe somebody went though all this trouble.  :lol:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html
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Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on February 03, 2005, 01:39:02 PM
Oh...so THAT'S why I keep losing "packets."
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Post by: Sardonicus on February 03, 2005, 03:13:56 PM
Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.77

Weird.  I always thought of myself as libertarian.  That's it, I can't be seen with all you bleeding heart liberals anymore.
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Post by: Demosthenes on February 03, 2005, 03:40:24 PM
You fascist.
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Post by: Sardonicus on February 03, 2005, 05:12:53 PM
Yep.  Me and the pope.
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Post by: Demosthenes on February 03, 2005, 05:21:52 PM
:D

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/poperock.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/poperock.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/poperock.gif)



And I never thought I'd find a replacement for SHATNERDANCE...

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_left.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_center.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_right.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anonymous on February 04, 2005, 08:18:30 AM
Nice! Now if only the pope had a spatula in his hand...
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Post by: yxorpbp on February 04, 2005, 02:25:46 PM
Quote from: TheJudge
Nice! Now if only the pope had a spatula in his hand...


Or a mechanical bull underneath him...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Sub-Par on February 11, 2005, 07:33:13 AM
*COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC*

hey.....do you think god has a wang?
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Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 07:59:48 AM
Quote from: Sub-Par
*COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC*

hey.....do you think god has a wang?

Not even close.
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Post by: BizB on February 11, 2005, 08:46:46 AM
Quote from: Sub-Par
*COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC*

hey.....do you think god has a wang?
I think he has a Wang, a Smith, a Miller, a Mohammad and probably even a Stein or two.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 08:55:24 AM
Just bought a pair of boots from Zappos.com (http://www.zappos.com). I got free ground shipping (4-7 days), and they offer FREE returns with a 365-day return policy. So far, I'm impressed.
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Post by: Vespertine on February 11, 2005, 12:03:11 PM
Cat, Zappos is one of my favourite places to buy shoes.  I've never had a bad experience with them.  I got the most killer pair of black high heels from them a couple months ago.  Tell me about your shoes, what do they look like?
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Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 12:08:06 PM
They're black Sketchers boots. My current pair of favourite black boots (only one pair of four I own) has a thin sole, and I'm pulling the heel away from it. :( The Sketchers pair looked to have a nice thick sole on it.

It's good to hear someone else has bought from them and has had good experiences. I'll have to browse them in the future.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 11, 2005, 04:17:13 PM
Anyone else having trouble with the internet this afternoon?  I can't get to anything except here, and big sites like Fark, Google, etc.

No HN, Somewhere, BC, MW etc.  What's that all about?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 04:19:10 PM
Just you, I think. I'm hitting HN, BC, etc. fine.
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Post by: ivan on February 11, 2005, 04:21:54 PM
I'm getting HN fine, but I've had days when I can't while others are fine. I think this can happen if some DNS between you and HN is having trouble. Other sites are ok because of different routes.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 11, 2005, 04:31:43 PM
stupid
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Post by: ivan on February 11, 2005, 04:46:15 PM
(http://www.dangermonk.com/~ivan/minihn.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 06:07:15 PM
Any of our Cali contingent havening to deal with the rains in SoCal?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 11, 2005, 06:21:47 PM
Is that all I am to you?

A "contingent"?

Humph!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2005, 06:23:28 PM
Share your biscotti with me and we'll renegotiate. ;)
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Post by: dcrog on February 11, 2005, 06:39:35 PM
I heard it never rains in California.





















Just the other day as a matter of fact.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 11, 2005, 06:53:07 PM
That's not rain -- that's precipitation.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 11, 2005, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: catwritr
Share your biscotti with me and we'll renegotiate. ;)


Sure... just dip it in your capuccino if it's too hard.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 18, 2005, 12:53:11 PM
Some motherfucker around here has peanut butter cookies.

I can smell them.

Bastard.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 23, 2005, 07:08:08 PM
I just registered for the Jeopardy contestant pool for the Madison tryouts.

I'll find out in the next few weeks if I'm granted an interview.

Yike. I must be insane. (http://www.catwritr.com/smilies/crazy.gif)
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Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 23, 2005, 10:24:39 PM
My friend was on Jepardy, he choked I guess.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 24, 2005, 12:02:47 AM
I had a friend of mine on "Win Ben Stein's Money" and he did well.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on March 04, 2005, 08:31:47 AM
I forgot that my favourite cereal is Golden Grahams
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Post by: Demosthenes on March 04, 2005, 01:05:11 PM
Ooooohhhhhh, I love Golden Grahams.

I used to really dig Honeycomb about 15 years ago or so.  I'm not really sure Weird Tingly Feeling I was thinking.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pseudonymph on March 05, 2005, 02:01:01 PM
my cat keeps begging me to feed him, but he's on a diet! fat fucker.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 07, 2005, 10:17:25 AM
We have two cats.  One of them has a really sensitive stomach.  We've found over time that the time he's most likely to barf is within a half hour or so of eating.

We feed our cats a spoonful of canned food every day after we get home from work.  They wolf that down pretty quick.  The one with the sensitive stomach sometimes brings it right back up.

I've learned my lesson over the years.  They get their food in the basement.  I feed them, then I close the door and lock the cat-door when I come back upstairs.

I leave them both down there for 30-45 minutes or so.

That way, if one or both of them hurls, it's on cement, not on furniture, carpet, or other valued items.

The cat with the sensitive stomach HATES being locked in the basement.  He raises total hell.

Now he's caught on.

When I feed them now, it's really difficult to get him to go down into the basement.

So I've just started leaving him be.  If he wants his canned food, he goes downstairs with me and lets me close him in for a half hour.  If he doesn't want to be closed in down there, he gets no canned food.

Problem solved.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 07, 2005, 12:23:04 PM
My cats don't hurl with any reliability, so it always catches me by surprise.

There are some experiences that are pleasant from start to finish. Other experiences start out unpleasant and stay that way. Then there are some that start out nasty, but get better as the experience progresses. And, finally, there are experiences that start out very pleasurably, but quickly deteriorate into something disgusting.

Stepping into fresh catbarf with bare feet in the dark belongs in the last category. In the first nanosecond at the leading edge of the experience, the sensitive nerves in your toes transmit a pleasurable sensation. But before you can enjoy it, the brain kicks in with the realization of what just happened.

BTW, this only applies to that dryish kind of catbarf that holds the shape of the cat's esophagus. Slimy puddles and hairballs are immediately disgusting when stepped on.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 07, 2005, 01:09:27 PM
Ugh.  Bill pukes all the time too.  If he wasn't so fat I'd think he was bulemic.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 07, 2005, 03:24:47 PM
No home with cats is complete without one of these:

(http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/82371/200.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on March 07, 2005, 03:45:35 PM
An iVacuum?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 07, 2005, 04:30:30 PM
:lol:
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Post by: pseudonymph on March 07, 2005, 06:38:57 PM
I want one of these:

(http://www.dyson.com/range/DC14-ANIMAL/1.jpg) (http://www.dyson.com/range/feature_frame.asp?model=DC14-ANIMAL)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 07, 2005, 09:35:16 PM
Quote from: pseudonymph
I want one of these:

(http://www.dyson.com/range/DC14-ANIMAL/1.jpg) (http://www.dyson.com/range/feature_frame.asp?model=DC14-ANIMAL)


Oooooooooh! Shiny!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2005, 06:32:07 PM
A married couple has been living together for a few years and the wife has always complained about the size of her breasts. Every morning she would stand in front of the mirror and complain to her husband that they were too small. So after countelss days of having the listen to the complaining every mornning the husband offered her this advice: "Honey, every morning take a bit of toilet paper and rub it in between your breasts. Do this and they'll be sure to grow!' Naturally she was skeptical, but tried it out.

Every morning for two months she'd get up, stand in front of the mirror and run toilet tissue in between her breasts. Eventually she got fed up and complained "This isn't working at all! They're not getting any bigger!" to which her husband responded "Well I don't know what the problem is. It worked for your ass!"
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Post by: pseudonymph on March 09, 2005, 06:45:20 PM
:lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 14, 2005, 01:44:06 AM
Another fun little political quiz.

http://www.orgburo.com/pofoquiz/pofo.php

Here's what I got:

Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, theist, small-government, nationalist, kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of borderline nationalist.


Here's the one I found most interesting:

Quote
You scored 52 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.


So am I a "flip-flopper" or just True Neutral?  :lol:
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Post by: Demosthenes on March 14, 2005, 10:16:21 AM
This is me:

Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, materialist, small-government, free-trade, non-absolutist, liberal-market kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of libertarian.

Individual vs Social :
You scored 18 out of 100 on a scale of Individual vs Social. This means that politically you are less likely to value the need for group actions and group benefit over individual enterprise and benefit.
3% of test takers were more individual than you.
97% of test takers were more social than you.

Theist vs Materialist:
You scored 88 out of 100 on a scale of Theist vs Materialist. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that religion and spirituality are superstitions that should not inform political debate.
93% of test takers were more theist than you.
6% of test takers were more materialist than you.
    
Big Government vs Small Government:
You scored 80 out of 100 on a scale of Big Government vs Small Government. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that government should keep out of legislating social policies, leaving such decisions to individuals.
90% of test takers were more big government than you.
9% of test takers were more small government than you.
    
Nationalist vs Internationalist:
You scored 49 out of 100 on a scale of Nationalist vs Internationalist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to favour international bodies over national ones.
26% of test takers were more nationalist than you.
72% of test takers were more internationalist than you.
   
Protectionist vs Free Trader:
You scored 97 out of 100 on a scale of Protectionist vs Free Trader. This means that politically you are more likely to favour free trade over protectionist policies.
96% of test takers were more protectionist than you.
4% of test takers were more pro free trade than you.
    
Absolutist vs Non-Absolutist:
You scored 62 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.
67% of test takers were more absolutist than you.
30% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.
   
Controlled Market vs Liberal Market:
You scored 78 out of 100 on a scale of Controlled Market vs Liberal Market. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is need for government regulation of industry.
92% of test takers were more controlled market thinkers than you.
7% of test takers were more liberal market thinkers than you.

Marxist vs Non-Marxist:
You scored 53 out of 100 on a scale of Marxist vs Non-Marxist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to follow the philosophies of Marx.
61% of test takers were more Marxist than you.
36% of test takers were more non-Marxist than you.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 14, 2005, 10:37:42 AM
Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, materialist, small-government, kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of borderline social liberal. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Liberalism area.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 14, 2005, 11:16:28 PM
This is quite possibly the world's greatest flash animation ever.

http://www.fairportprevention.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on March 15, 2005, 12:27:25 PM
Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, small-government, free-trade, non-absolutist, liberal-market kind of person, who doesn't sound like a Marxist.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of libertarian. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Liberalism area.

    

You scored 24 out of 100 on a scale of Individual vs Social. This means that politically you are less likely to value the need for group actions and group benefit over individual enterprise and benefit.

    * 5% of test takers were more individual than you.
    * 94% of test takers were more social than you.



You scored 56 out of 100 on a scale of Theist vs Materialist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that religion and spirituality are superstitions that should not inform political debate.

    * 40% of test takers were more theist than you.
    * 58% of test takers were more materialist than you.

    

You scored 80 out of 100 on a scale of Big Government vs Small Government. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that government should keep out of legislating social policies, leaving such decisions to individuals.

    * 90% of test takers were more big government than you.
    * 9% of test takers were more small government than you.

    

You scored 44 out of 100 on a scale of Nationalist vs Internationalist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to favour international bodies over national ones.

    * 19% of test takers were more nationalist than you.
    * 80% of test takers were more internationalist than you.

    

You scored 91 out of 100 on a scale of Protectionist vs Free Trader. This means that politically you are more likely to favour free trade over protectionist policies.

    * 93% of test takers were more protectionist than you.
    * 7% of test takers were more pro free trade than you.

    

You scored 64 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.

    * 73% of test takers were more absolutist than you.
    * 24% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.

    

You scored 85 out of 100 on a scale of Controlled Market vs Liberal Market. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is need for government regulation of industry.

    * 95% of test takers were more controlled market thinkers than you.
    * 5% of test takers were more liberal market thinkers than you.

    

You scored 61 out of 100 on a scale of Marxist vs Non-Marxist. This means that politically you are less likely to follow the philosophies of Marx.

    * 80% of test takers were more Marxist than you.
    * 18% of test takers were more non-Marxist than you
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 18, 2005, 04:56:58 PM
Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, materialist, small-government, internationalist, free-trade, non-absolutist, liberal-market kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of libertarian. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Liberalism area.

Below, on this page, is an analysis of the (up to) eight categories that you were sorted into above, and an explanation of how you scored on the eight scales used to determine these categorisations.

The pages following this one show the breakdown of results for all participants on each question. You can freely navigate through the pages by using the hyperlinks in the top right of each page.

 

 
Individual vs Social
"The individualist believes that society works best through a focus on individual rights, freedoms, actions and responsibilities. The social thinker believes that the ideal state should focus more upon collective action and take a social approach to rights and responsibilities."
   
     
Individual  Social
     
  You scored 19 out of 100 on a scale of Individual vs Social. This means that politically you are less likely to value the need for group actions and group benefit over individual enterprise and benefit.

3% of test takers were more individual than you.
97% of test takers were more social than you.
   

 
Theist vs Materialist
"The materialist believes that all objective criteria to influence politics can be reasonably derived without recourse to the divine or the spiritual. The theist believes that spiritual beliefs are important and should influence government policy."
   
     
Theist  Materialist
     
  You scored 80 out of 100 on a scale of Theist vs Materialist. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that religion and spirituality are superstitions that should not inform political debate.

82% of test takers were more theist than you.
16% of test takers were more materialist than you.
   
 

 
Big Government vs Small Government
"The big government advocate believes that governments should be responsible for regulating a wide array of social practices, even what might be considered personal decisions such as abortion, euthanasia, children's education and births. A small government advocate thinks that, wherever possible, these issues should be up to individuals or companies to direct."
   
     
Big Gov  Small Gov
     
  You scored 92 out of 100 on a scale of Big Government vs Small Government. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that government should keep out of legislating social policies, leaving such decisions to individuals.

98% of test takers were more big government than you.
2% of test takers were more small government than you.
   

 
Nationalist vs Internationalist
"The nationalist believes in the sovereign rule of nation states, particularly his or her own. The internationalist believes that there should be more important international fora and perhaps, ultimately, international government."
   
     
National  International
     
  You scored 61 out of 100 on a scale of Nationalist vs Internationalist. This means that politically you are more likely to favour international bodies over national ones.

50% of test takers were more nationalist than you.
48% of test takers were more internationalist than you.
   

 
Protectionist vs Free Trader
"The protectionist believes in barriers against free trade most probably due to a belief that this is in his or her country's interests. The free trader rejects such notions, believing that the system ultimately suffers when tariffs, subsidies and other obstacles to free trade persist."
   
     
Protection  Free-Trade
     
  You scored 100 out of 100 on a scale of Protectionist vs Free Trader. This means that politically you are more likely to favour free trade over protectionist policies.

97% of test takers were more protectionist than you.
0% of test takers were more pro free trade than you.
   

 
Absolutist vs Non-Absolutist
"The absolutist believes that either a divine presence or scientific laws provide absolute truths about the world, which can and should be applied in practise. The non-absolutist may be either a relativist, or simply someone who is more pragmatic."
   
     
Absolute  Non-Absolute
     
  You scored 78 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.

98% of test takers were more absolutist than you.
2% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.
   

 
Controlled Market vs Liberal Market
"Both of these categories assume a capitalist system. Assuming this system, the controlled market believer holds that government should intervene in regulating a nation's economy: wage laws, environmental standards, privatised industries and workplace relations policy. A liberal market thinker believes that such regulation is unnecessary and often counter-productive."
   
     
Controlled  Liberal
     
  You scored 76 out of 100 on a scale of Controlled Market vs Liberal Market. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that there is need for government regulation of industry.

91% of test takers were more controlled market thinkers than you.
8% of test takers were more liberal market thinkers than you.
   

 
Marxist vs Non-Marxist
"This scale purports to show to what extent you follow the thought and teachings of Marx. Marxists tend to be scientific, materialist and revolutionary, believe in class struggle and the laws of historical and dialectic materialism."
   
     
Marxist  Non-Marxist
     
  You scored 58 out of 100 on a scale of Marxist vs Non-Marxist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to follow the philosophies of Marx.

74% of test takers were more Marxist than you.
24% of test takers were more non-Marxist than you.
 


Not bad, but I didn't like several of the questions.  Many of these can not be represented well linearly.  And I should have been 99.44% non-absolutist.

Also the nationalist internationalist category just sucked ass.  I don't like either position.  Both paradigms stifle freedom.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on March 19, 2005, 11:34:06 AM
Quote
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you a materialist, small-government, internationalist, protectionist, kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of borderline internationalist. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the International Relations area.

Below, on this page, is an analysis of the (up to) eight categories that you were sorted into above, and an explanation of how you scored on the eight scales used to determine these categorisations.

The pages following this one show the breakdown of results for all participants on each question. You can freely navigate through the pages by using the hyperlinks in the top right of each page.

 
     
Individual vs Social

"The individualist believes that society works best through a focus on individual rights, freedoms, actions and responsibilities. The social thinker believes that the ideal state should focus more upon collective action and take a social approach to rights and responsibilities."
   
          
Individual
      
Social
          
     

You scored 41 out of 100 on a scale of Individual vs Social. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to value the need for group actions and group benefit over individual enterprise and benefit.

    * 19% of test takers were more individual than you.
    * 80% of test takers were more social than you.

   

     
Theist vs Materialist

"The materialist believes that all objective criteria to influence politics can be reasonably derived without recourse to the divine or the spiritual. The theist believes that spiritual beliefs are important and should influence government policy."
   
          
Theist
      
Materialist
          
     

You scored 81 out of 100 on a scale of Theist vs Materialist. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that religion and spirituality are superstitions that should not inform political debate.

    * 84% of test takers were more theist than you.
    * 15% of test takers were more materialist than you.

   

     
Big Government vs Small Government

"The big government advocate believes that governments should be responsible for regulating a wide array of social practices, even what might be considered personal decisions such as abortion, euthanasia, children's education and births. A small government advocate thinks that, wherever possible, these issues should be up to individuals or companies to direct."
   
          
Big Gov
      
Small Gov
          
     

You scored 63 out of 100 on a scale of Big Government vs Small Government. This means that politically you are more likely to believe that government should keep out of legislating social policies, leaving such decisions to individuals.

    * 63% of test takers were more big government than you.
    * 35% of test takers were more small government than you.

   

     
Nationalist vs Internationalist

"The nationalist believes in the sovereign rule of nation states, particularly his or her own. The internationalist believes that there should be more important international fora and perhaps, ultimately, international government."
   
          
National
      
International
          
     

You scored 61 out of 100 on a scale of Nationalist vs Internationalist. This means that politically you are more likely to favour international bodies over national ones.

    * 50% of test takers were more nationalist than you.
    * 48% of test takers were more internationalist than you.

   

     
Protectionist vs Free Trader

"The protectionist believes in barriers against free trade most probably due to a belief that this is in his or her country's interests. The free trader rejects such notions, believing that the system ultimately suffers when tariffs, subsidies and other obstacles to free trade persist."
   
          
Protection
      
Free-Trade
          
     

You scored 35 out of 100 on a scale of Protectionist vs Free Trader. This means that politically you are less likely to favour free trade over protectionist policies.

    * 19% of test takers were more protectionist than you.
    * 80% of test takers were more pro free trade than you.

   

     
Absolutist vs Non-Absolutist

"The absolutist believes that either a divine presence or scientific laws provide absolute truths about the world, which can and should be applied in practise. The non-absolutist may be either a relativist, or simply someone who is more pragmatic."
   
          
Absolute
      
Non-Absolute
          
     

You scored 57 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.

    * 47% of test takers were more absolutist than you.
    * 49% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.

   

     
Controlled Market vs Liberal Market

"Both of these categories assume a capitalist system. Assuming this system, the controlled market believer holds that government should intervene in regulating a nation's economy: wage laws, environmental standards, privatised industries and workplace relations policy. A liberal market thinker believes that such regulation is unnecessary and often counter-productive."
   
          
Controlled
      
Liberal
          
     

You scored 43 out of 100 on a scale of Controlled Market vs Liberal Market. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that there is need for government regulation of industry.

    * 59% of test takers were more controlled market thinkers than you.
    * 39% of test takers were more liberal market thinkers than you.

   

     
Marxist vs Non-Marxist

"This scale purports to show to what extent you follow the thought and teachings of Marx. Marxists tend to be scientific, materialist and revolutionary, believe in class struggle and the laws of historical and dialectic materialism."
   
          
Marxist
      
Non-Marxist
          
     

You scored 50 out of 100 on a scale of Marxist vs Non-Marxist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to follow the philosophies of Marx.

    * 52% of test takers were more Marxist than you.
    * 45% of test takers were more non-Marxist than you.


I'd like to say in my own defense that I try to find a balance between things...call me what you will. (Let the chain of names commence  :roll: )
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 21, 2005, 10:11:11 AM
Quote from: pbsaurus
Not bad, but I didn't like several of the questions.  Many of these can not be represented well linearly.  And I should have been 99.44% non-absolutist.

Also the nationalist internationalist category just sucked ass.  I don't like either position.  Both paradigms stifle freedom.


That was the primary problem I had with the test too... you're either irrationally nationalist (which is scary) or internationalist, which erodes sovereignty and puts individual rights in the hands of a global entity that might not have individual best interests in mind.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 29, 2005, 03:17:41 PM
God and Saint Peter are sitting up in heaven talking. So God says, “You know, it’s been a long time since I’ve taken a vacation.” Saint Peter thinks about it and says. “Yea, at least a few thousand years or so. So where ya wanna go?” God thinks about it for a few seconds and says, “I dunno. Got any suggestions?”  Saint Peter thinks about it a bit and says, “How about Pluto? You could relax, take in some skiing.” “No no no.”, God says, “Too cold.” Saint Peter thinks about it some more and says “How about Mars? You could go rock climbing, take in a show.” “Nah, I don’t think so.”  Now this time Saint Peter thinks long and hard and finally says “Hey, how about Earth? You haven’t been there in ages.” “Not a chance.” God says. “Last time I went there I knocked up this Jewish chick and started all kinds of trouble.”
Title: Strange but true facts
Post by: Graham_UK on April 05, 2005, 01:17:24 PM
I know this is genuinely cheesy and frowned on by "serious" internet forum members. But hey, sue / ban / flame me as I found some of them interesting.

This one is for catwritr

Quote
When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.


How useful is that, I now look at cats in an entirely different light.

Quote
A prominent organization of anthropologists has predicted that by the year 5000, humans will have two rectums, but only one nostril.


That makes perfect sense somehow.

Quote
Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.


Now thats got to be useful, whats an orgasm ?

Quote
The average person can fit exactly one half of their pinky finger in one of their nostrils. However, if an attempt is made to put a pinky finger in EACH nostril, only one quarter of each will fit.


Go on try it, I have and its true

(http://proudpickers.com/Basic%20Nostril%20Penetration/devilpick2%20icon.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2005, 02:29:56 PM
What if you have long fingernails?

Know what I hate?  (Yeah, yeah, add it to the list.)  I hate when I'm washing my face and somehow my finger jabs up my nose real hard.  That fucking hurts.

Does that ever happen to anyone else?  


Anyone?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 05, 2005, 02:46:36 PM
Uhhhhh.  Can't ever recall doing that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2005, 03:02:40 PM
Yeah, me neither.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Graham_UK on April 05, 2005, 03:23:07 PM
Me neither

But I have learnt two new words

Orgasm and Washing

I wonder what they mean and if they are connected.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: bhill on April 05, 2005, 09:13:50 PM
since this is random.  I would just like to say Jeeem Bum.  It's a made ou word but to friends and i has become the most versatile words in the english language (as well as the password to get into heaven)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 06, 2005, 01:18:37 PM
I just got an email that said this:

"I can't believe you guys took something as sweet and innocent as a man's
love for wearing princess crowns and turned it into something weird."
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2005, 02:06:29 PM
Quote from: Detta
I just got an email that said this:

"I can't believe you guys took something as sweet and innocent as a man's
love for wearing princess crowns and turned it into something weird."


Oooh I remember you on cam with that tiara!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 06, 2005, 02:20:35 PM
Yeah.  The guys broke it with their fat heads.  I guess I better go buy a new one before the next poker night.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 08, 2005, 04:04:57 PM
Here is a conversation I just had with my boss via text message:

Me: Hey can you get me a cheeseburger

Him: Really

Me: Yes unless they are out then a wad of napkins covered in mustard




I'm waiting to see what he brings back.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 08, 2005, 04:11:35 PM
I always have to ask for my napkins without mustard.  They don't automatically come that way down here like they do up in new york.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 08, 2005, 05:59:04 PM
Canadians eating mustard... I've never heard anything quite that funny before.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 08, 2005, 06:14:40 PM
It was a normal cheeseburger. :( Also, what does that ^^ mean? Is there something else I should be doing with mustard?
 :?:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2005, 12:21:15 AM
ahahahahahahahaha!  You so crazy Lachreidia!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 13, 2005, 01:11:27 PM
Quote from: Lacerda
It was a normal cheeseburger. :( Also, what does that ^^ mean? Is there something else I should be doing with mustard?
 :?:


Were there onions on that sucker?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 13, 2005, 01:23:09 PM
If there were, they were tiny and tasteless.

I wonder why my parent's bathroom towels smell like popcorn?

(this is an unconnected thought)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Graham_UK on April 13, 2005, 04:37:55 PM
On a random note

Have won $500 at online poker tonight, which taking into account my appalling $800 loss over the last two weeks is not very good actually.

But this made me think about superstitions and all

Two weeks ago I broke a mirror, woke up, stretched, reached out for my mirror and put my contact lenses in. Yet instead of putting the mirror back, left it on the bed and stood on it later.

Since then  I have had really bad "superficial" luck, Superficial meaning I havent died or lost a leg etc, just everyday situations have rolled against me. Small auto accident, crazy sets of circumstances at work means nothing goes right, just everything really.

Now I am the biggest agnostic around, hmmm agnostic suggests undecided, I am probably on the atheist side of that line. But I am not a superstitious or religous being.

Yet I was told that if I buried the broken pieces of the mirror my luck would improve.

And I actually considered it !! Haven't done it but still not sure.

Any thoughts on  superstitions / luck

If rabbits feet are lucky, and the rabbit had four of them, Weird Tingly Feeling
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 13, 2005, 05:46:12 PM
I always bite a pair of shoes when I first buy them. This way, they know who is in charge and they won't bite my feet when I wear them. (New shoes stopped hurting my feet when I started this strange practice.)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nowledge on April 13, 2005, 06:12:26 PM
Hmmm Biter....


::Offer rescended::
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 13, 2005, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: Graham_UK
Yet instead of putting the mirror back, left it on the bed and stood on it later.


I'm not very superstitious so I don't think the mirror would bother me.

But the question's I have are these:

Didn't your mother teach you not to stand on the bed?

Why were you standing on the bed anyway?

Mayhaps it's one of those UK things that I just don't understand.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 14, 2005, 12:47:51 AM
Sometimes I have to stand on the bed in order to change the lightbulb that is directly above.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Graham_UK on April 14, 2005, 02:46:54 AM
Quote
Why were you standing on the bed anyway?


It was a short cut, I know I know, if my mother had been there I wouldn't have done it, but she wasn't and I am an adult now so I did. And it all went horribly wrong.

Listen carefully children, there is a lesson to be learned there, but I am too old to learn it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 20, 2005, 10:53:12 PM
This is my GIRLFRIEND's dog

(http://img251.echo.cx/img251/745/doggie0077hv.jpg) (http://www.imageshack.us)

bark bark bark

(http://img252.echo.cx/img252/150/placedoglights0119si.th.jpg) (http://img252.echo.cx/my.php?image=placedoglights0119si.jpg)

SHUT UP DOG
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 21, 2005, 07:09:07 AM
I hope the girlfriend is worth putting up with a little yippy dog.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 21, 2005, 09:24:32 AM
Ahh yes.  Another maniacal Lacerda pic to add to my collection.

Almost ready for phase 6.  Almost.......
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 21, 2005, 09:44:17 AM
He does always have that "caught in the middle of an evil laugh" look doesn't he?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 21, 2005, 10:50:02 AM
I think it's because he's just always laughing evilly.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 21, 2005, 11:51:26 AM
(http://www.bizb.biz/images/fun/lacerda.jpg)

...and you little yippy dog, too!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 21, 2005, 11:58:55 AM
Maybe my non-stop evil laughter is why that dog is always running away from me...
 :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 21, 2005, 01:55:58 PM
Well, come to think of it, that may well be the answer to a number of other questions you keep asking yourself....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 21, 2005, 02:38:02 PM
We just got a new puppy.  Her name is Scooter and she's a muttley.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 23, 2005, 03:00:53 AM
I'm having a shitty enough month, that I'm beginning to fantasize about what sound someone's nose would make as I drove it up into their brain.  I feel better just having "said that out loud".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 26, 2005, 03:57:58 PM
What a cute couple....


http://img243.echo.cx/img243/7893/capttxgh20404251659bushsaudiar.jpg
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 26, 2005, 04:04:38 PM
Awwwwwww.


So.  Whom do you think gets to be the catcher?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 26, 2005, 05:05:36 PM
The one in the dress?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 26, 2005, 08:09:36 PM
Out of that union?

My guess would be the American Taxpayer.

As per usual.

 :roll:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 26, 2005, 08:30:15 PM
L O fucking L.

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2005, 12:43:52 PM
The ironing is delicious.


(http://www.theagitator.com/archives/DMN04-26-05.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 29, 2005, 01:00:25 PM
That's awesome!   :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on April 29, 2005, 01:05:54 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/26/eveningnews/main691106.shtml
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 29, 2005, 01:44:51 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/spit.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 29, 2005, 02:12:36 PM
Quote from: needles
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/26/eveningnews/main691106.shtml


Quote from asshat Alabama politican in article "But in book after book, Allen reads what he calls the "homosexual agenda,"
and he's alarmed. "

What the hell kind of book is he reading?  Playgirl?
and Why does he keep reading them if he doesn't like them?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on April 29, 2005, 02:46:33 PM
what is a homosexual agenda?

for that matter.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 29, 2005, 04:41:10 PM
I know, Weird Tingly Feeling is that supposed to mean to us?

Militant redecorating?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2005, 05:26:55 PM
Quote from: needles
what is a homosexual agenda?


An excellent question! I remember asking the same thing when I whet down to the local recuritment center to get my fag papers signed. If I ever dig up the pamphlet they gave me (Along with the standard issue: How to subvert the minds of Christian children into becomeing crack-whore ass slaves) I'll post it later.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Timberwolf on April 30, 2005, 07:47:47 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: needles
what is a homosexual agenda?


An excellent question! I remember asking the same thing when I whet down to the local recuritment center to get my fag papers signed. If I ever dig up the pamphlet they gave me (Along with the standard issue: How to subvert the minds of Christian children into becomeing crack-whore ass slaves) I'll post it later.


Is that the one with the logo that looks like 2 sets of balls touching?

 :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 02, 2005, 09:28:33 AM
Quote from: Timberwolf
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: needles
what is a homosexual agenda?


An excellent question! I remember asking the same thing when I whet down to the local recuritment center to get my fag papers signed. If I ever dig up the pamphlet they gave me (Along with the standard issue: How to subvert the minds of Christian children into becomeing crack-whore ass slaves) I'll post it later.


Is that the one with the logo that looks like 2 sets of balls touching?

 :twisted:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on May 03, 2005, 10:22:30 AM
ahahaha

 :shock:

ahahahaha
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 05, 2005, 11:54:29 AM
You find the following items in an otherwise empty field:

a small pile of pebbles
a carrot
a pipe (the kind used for smoking)

What happened in the field?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on May 05, 2005, 12:05:46 PM
i thought it was a small pile of coal.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 05, 2005, 12:11:00 PM
A snowman committed suicide.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 05, 2005, 12:12:34 PM
Oooooof.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 05, 2005, 12:29:04 PM
Guys no, a sentient carrot made the mistake of trying to smoke poisoned pebbles. Geez
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 05, 2005, 01:48:16 PM
You'd think that a smoking pineapple would have better smoking carrot jokes.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 05, 2005, 02:09:15 PM
Quote from: BizB
You'd think that a smoking pineapple would have better smoking carrot jokes.


Lacerda's a pineapple?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 05, 2005, 02:11:45 PM
Fruity!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 05, 2005, 09:53:14 PM
This is not a joke because thousands of sentient carrots are dying every year from pipe abuse  :x
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 06, 2005, 07:06:05 AM
Quote from: Lacerda
This is not a joke because thousands of sentient carrots are dying every year from pipe abuse  :x

For us it is a harvest, to them it is genocide.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 06, 2005, 11:50:39 AM
I hear the screams of the vegetables!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Graham_UK on May 09, 2005, 06:09:08 PM
You know

I thought being veggie was enough, does cress scream, I could live on that, perhaps
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Graham_UK on May 09, 2005, 06:13:16 PM
Ive just noticed my new title Oaf, ( notice I capitalised it, it is an honour after all )

Is that above Village Idiot ( also caps, ahhh caught you out there )

Pleae advise ....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 09, 2005, 06:23:20 PM
I'm a weakling.  Sounds about right.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 09, 2005, 06:35:43 PM
They are rankings that TheJudge has implemented, based solely on post count. After you hit 2K, petition one of us mods and we might give you a custom rank if you come up with something clever enough.  :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 10, 2005, 08:16:23 AM
These jellybeans taste like soap.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 10, 2005, 11:26:00 AM
Quote from: Detta
These jellybeans taste like soap.

Did you forget to rinse when you washed your hands this morning?

You did wash your hands didn't you?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2005, 06:47:14 PM
It's only a matter of time.

(http://img109.echo.cx/img109/7002/00004dbb8tc.gif)

I'll pass, thank you.


(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/blushingbride06/donut.jpg)

What

(http://www.insurrectionrock.com/random/ninja.gif)

Because you can never have enough:

(http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~s_suresh/ttt.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 10, 2005, 08:02:08 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling is a "MORNING G MUF"?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 11, 2005, 07:14:26 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Weird Tingly Feeling is a "MORNING G MUF"?

Morning Muff?  Well you see that's when you.... oh.  You said muf with one 'f'.

No idea.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 11, 2005, 09:45:18 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Weird Tingly Feeling is a "MORNING G MUF"?


I thought you would have asked about the ass donuts.

OK, which one of you bought me a custom title?  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 11, 2005, 10:14:34 AM
No one. That's your new ranking, based solely on postcount. It just worked out really well in your case.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 11, 2005, 12:38:11 PM
Hey you can get some rot for only three cents!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on May 13, 2005, 01:51:37 PM
hmm i wonder if they sell ass donut holes...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 13, 2005, 02:10:51 PM
Did the appearance around here change for anyone else?


What did ya do to the place? paint? curtains?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 13, 2005, 02:19:43 PM
I don't think the carpet ever matched the drapes around here.  But, clearly someone got a die job.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 13, 2005, 02:25:31 PM
subSilver has been set as the default and will override subBlack if you choose it. I didn't do it; I'm just a messenger.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on May 16, 2005, 02:50:11 PM
uh. i accidentally typed "gookforum.org" :shock:

that ain't right.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 16, 2005, 09:32:55 PM
Quote from: catwritr
subSilver has been set as the default and will override subBlack if you choose it. I didn't do it; I'm just a messenger.


For the time being I have set subSilver as the default theme as there are a few things with subBlack that I still have to work out in order for it to work with the attachment mod.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: needles on May 17, 2005, 12:25:25 PM
silver is much easier to read.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: KoRNexpressor on May 17, 2005, 10:17:12 PM
And so, another user of the geekery increases his posty count.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 18, 2005, 08:26:05 AM
OMG WHICH ONE????
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 18, 2005, 08:28:11 AM
ME! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 07, 2005, 05:09:46 PM
How would I get my title changed from Dunce to Special? I'm pretty sure it was either a Mod deciding I'm stupid (Probably because of the Sherlock thing) or set by the number of posts.

At least with special it COULD be a good thing...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 07, 2005, 05:15:07 PM
Set number of posts. It'll change again in a few posts.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 07, 2005, 05:29:46 PM
Ah ok, thanks.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 08, 2005, 02:05:01 PM
Mine says something that I forgot already.  But when I look at this post I'll see it again or maybe it will be something new because of the post count increase.  Anyway, I like pie.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 08, 2005, 02:26:33 PM
I like pie too.

Lately I've been kind of hung up on blueberry, which is kind of odd, because I haven't really been into blueberry since I was a kid.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on June 08, 2005, 02:32:20 PM
My mom makes the world's best lemon merangue pie, bar none.  Period.

Best.
Pie.
EVAR.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 08, 2005, 08:53:45 PM
I don't like lemon, but I love blueberry.  I buy tons of blueberries from Costco in the three pound bags and put some in my yogurt and my smoothie just about everyday.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 09, 2005, 07:15:33 PM
(http://img55.echo.cx/img55/4198/11055730265215if.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 09, 2005, 07:27:25 PM
LOL!!!!

scotch + monitor


 :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 12, 2005, 12:42:45 AM
(http://www.geocities.com/crystalmonkey124/Catspat.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 12, 2005, 04:34:44 PM
EL OH EL!!!

Except, you speeeld my name wrong. :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 12, 2005, 05:07:29 PM
Woops, well they say it's the thought that counts.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 13, 2005, 12:50:47 PM
Quote from: catwritr
EL OH EL!!!

Except, you speeeld my name wrong. :lol:


And it should read "Who wants pancakes?".  Unless it's a headline about the Who and whether they want pancakes or not.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 13, 2005, 01:07:34 PM
Ok so I'm a bit special when it comes to writing, at least I get it right the second time.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: super-geek on June 14, 2005, 10:28:45 AM
umm... I like pie?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2005, 11:24:58 AM
I'm having one of those days in which I'm more goofy than usual. I'm not sure why I did what I just did, but it wound up have my coworker next to me laughing so hard he turned a deep red and started choking.

One of the admins comes into my shared office and starts going off on this that and nothing, basically wasting our time. Nothing special here. My impatience for this particual fellow is the stuff of legends, and everybody knows it. Well, he comes back in a few minutes later and says:

Him: "Hay Xolik did you know.."
Me: "There's a purple rabbit in the server room. Yes, I know. I've notified housekeeping."
Him: "What?"
Me: "The purple bunny behind the Unix racks, by the battery backup units. I know about it."
Him: "What are you talking about?"
Me: "There's a rabbit that looks like somebody dipped it in purple paint behind the Unix racks."
Him:"Is it still there?"
Me: "I don't know! I'm not going in there! That thing freaked me out!"
Him: "Ok...well <<blah blah blah>>" He then leaves.
Coworker next to me: "Oh, jeeze, he can't be that stupid..."
two minutes later, the guy comes back in.
Him: "Are you sure? I don't see it back there."
Coworker laughs and writes "Gullible is not in the dictonary" on the whiteboard over his desk.
Him:"...." storms out of the office.
Coworker: "buahahahahahahahaha"

Yes, one of our system administrators acutally belived there was a freaking purple rabbit in the server room.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 22, 2005, 01:05:35 PM
Silly, any self respecting rabbit wouldn't wear purple in June.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 22, 2005, 01:07:50 PM
Boy that dude is gullible! Why in the world would the rabbit ever hang around the unix racks with all the penguins?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2005, 01:55:00 PM
Ok, here is what I really don't understand. The same guy tells me that I'm full of shit because I told him that an NT 4.0 Server CD that's bootable will allocate a max of 8GB disk space to a partition. So I bust out the NT 4.0 Server install CD, and show him the screen where it basically says "I can use up to 8GB for this partiton, shall I continue?" and he still doesn't believe me. So I ask him "Why is it that when I have the proof right in front of your own eyes, you won't belive me, but when I tell you there's a purple rabbit in the server room, you go hunting for it?" Jeeze, did he get pissed.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 22, 2005, 02:21:59 PM
Include this image in any and all emails to him.
(http://www.besmartkids.com/images/purpleRabbit.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2005, 06:52:15 PM
Cruise attack!

(http://www.jinxedmedia.com/tomcruise.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 22, 2005, 07:01:03 PM
I just KNEW he was on the good side of the force! Go cruise!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 29, 2005, 08:44:34 AM
I had the oddest dream last night. I dreamt that I met a whole bunch of you all in real life. In an airport. It was strange...and this isn't the first time I've had this dream, either.  :?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 29, 2005, 08:48:12 AM
Were we trying to highjack planes?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2005, 08:50:10 AM
What were you wearing?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 29, 2005, 08:53:04 AM
Was Needles there?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 29, 2005, 08:53:59 AM
Who had sex with the flight attendant first?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 29, 2005, 08:56:06 AM
Did Demosthenes have hair?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 29, 2005, 09:01:05 AM
Quote from: TheJudge
Did Demosthenes have hair?


No, he didn't. But he was a bit sunburned.

Quote from: TheJudge
Who had sex with the flight attendant first?


Nobody. We weren't on a plane, but in the waiting area where everybody has to sit.

Quote from: TheJudge
Was Needles there?


He might have been. I remember Demo was there, Cat was there and you were there for sure. There were others too, but they came and went.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 29, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
What an odd dream. I've had similar dreams, mostly involving the people I talk with in chat all day.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2005, 08:27:10 PM
Needles is always infiltrating my dreams.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 29, 2005, 08:29:17 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
Needles is always infiltrating my dreams.

That may not have been a dream if you were camping at the time.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on June 29, 2005, 08:46:24 PM
Was I there? Nah, I couldn't have been. I don't have you scheduled for another visit 'til next Thursday...   :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 29, 2005, 09:59:59 PM
What was I doing? (Assuming I was there...)

If it involves a gerbil and a tube...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 30, 2005, 07:37:50 PM
I have just been informed by my boss that I am a huge smart-ass and apparently have been giving one of the other admins a hard time all week. He said he's never been more proud.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 01, 2005, 09:33:21 AM
You?  A huge smart-ass?

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.......
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 02, 2005, 05:15:01 PM
Quote from: xolik
I have just been informed by my boyfriend that I am a huge ass-mart.  :lol:
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 14, 2005, 06:20:31 PM
(http://museumoftolerance.info/albums/Macros/BackDoorBeads.jpg)

They shouldn't call their business this if they don't sell them. And there was no need to be rude about it either. They've just lost a customer!  :x
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 14, 2005, 06:22:27 PM
On the subject of misconstrued names, did I ever tell you guys about that perfectly safe for work local site that gets filtered out by our firewall at work?

http://www.stcloudbuildersexchange.com

Way to pick a domain name, guys.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 14, 2005, 06:23:06 PM
http://www.interactivecontent.com/
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 14, 2005, 06:25:41 PM
Quote from: BizB
http://www.interactivecontent.com/


Genius!

 :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 14, 2005, 06:40:55 PM
Quote from: BizB
http://www.interactivecontent.com/

Ow.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 16, 2005, 02:09:38 PM
I have determined that Bizb is capable of mind reading and it scares me.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 16, 2005, 02:11:54 PM
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/terry.dooher/potter.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 18, 2005, 03:12:29 PM
:lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 18, 2005, 06:57:11 PM
I think I should petition the boss for more money since I'm the only admin that can run cables under the raised floor because all the other ones are TOO FUCKING FAT to do it.  :x Yeah, I'm a little mad about that. **all dirty and sweaty**
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 18, 2005, 07:37:10 PM
That was one of the reasons why I always got volunteered for plant maintenance that had me crawling around like a contortionist under deck plates and over and under steam piping and in the bilge on the sub I was attached to.  Most of the other guys were a bit too thick for that kind of thing.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 18, 2005, 07:54:19 PM
That's why the wife has to do all the stuff in the attic and crawlspace.  She can fit.  I can't!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 20, 2005, 10:56:06 AM
Would you believe I forgot my shoes again?  I had to walk to my office barefoot.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on July 20, 2005, 12:20:26 PM
would you believe i forgot my pants again?  I had to walk places half naked.




how liberating.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 20, 2005, 02:08:06 PM
Quote from: TerrorDronze
would you believe i forgot my pants again?  I had to walk places half naked.




how liberating.


That's the benefit of telcom days. You can work in your boxers and nobody will ever know. Except for when you post about it on THE INTERNET.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on July 20, 2005, 02:27:01 PM
I see you.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 20, 2005, 03:30:43 PM
Quote from: All_Knowing_Ham
I see you.


**Scrambles to put on something more than just boxers**

PERVERT!

P.S. I love you, All_Knowing_Ham! Don't ever change.  :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 20, 2005, 03:31:27 PM
I believe I've missed yet another inside joke.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 20, 2005, 03:41:28 PM
It originally stemmed from this little comic, which can still be found on Slow Wave (http://www.slowwave.com) if you go digging through their archives.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/all_knowing_ham.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 20, 2005, 03:43:39 PM
That's odd enough to be fuh-knee.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 20, 2005, 04:02:33 PM
Quote from: BizB
That's odd enough to be fuh-knee.


You should read through their archives.  They're hye-larious.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 21, 2005, 02:03:23 PM
(http://img287.exs.cx/img287/375/matricks3sn.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 21, 2005, 04:53:12 PM
Look! You can see him pulling them out of his sleeve!

Cheater!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 22, 2005, 10:04:22 AM
That's awesome.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 02, 2005, 06:04:59 PM
(http://img247.exs.cx/img247/2173/catbread3ge.jpg)

(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6547/party27bn.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 12, 2005, 06:34:13 PM
Today I learned that when I get mad and call somebody a 'dumb faggot' I get VERY confused looks from my boss.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: doomtroll on August 14, 2005, 10:56:11 AM
(http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10042000/10042164.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 14, 2005, 11:19:28 AM
Quote from: xolik
Today I learned that when I get mad and call somebody a 'dumb faggot' I get VERY confused looks from my boss.


:spit:

 :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: GenStyx on August 14, 2005, 12:42:54 PM
Quote from: xolik
Today I learned that when I get mad and call somebody a 'dumb faggot' I get VERY confused looks from my boss.

I prefer using the term "Nelly Queen" when it applies.

He shouldn't look so confused. Think of all the black males in America that drop the N*bomb on each other.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 19, 2005, 09:06:17 AM
Just for Lacerda

(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8229/beetlejscream0eq.jpg)

Frankenpope scares me.

(http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050819/capt.ofra10608191121.germany_papal_visit_ofra106.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 19, 2005, 10:38:36 AM
I'm not sure which is scarier. The fact that he was in the Hitler Youth, or the fact that the emperor looks healthier.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 19, 2005, 11:25:35 PM
Quote from: xolik
Just for Lacerda

(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8229/beetlejscream0eq.jpg)



HAHAHAHA

I guess if you haven't reregistered yet, you're at least lurking.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 21, 2005, 08:22:45 PM
More images of the Pope I ran across today on Yahoo.


He scares me too.   :shock:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_evil.jpg)


But this one made me LOL:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_evil_2.jpg)


This one is begging for some lightning to be added via Photoshop:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_evil_3.jpg)


Uhhh.....

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_windy.jpg)

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_windy_2.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 21, 2005, 08:31:11 PM
*snort*
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!  :shock:
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pope_cape_evil.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 22, 2005, 01:23:44 PM
Yeah, that guy isn't too fucking frightening or anything.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on August 22, 2005, 02:15:16 PM
That is seriously creepy as hell.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 22, 2005, 03:33:15 PM
(http://www.satiricpress.com/sp/archive/2005/04-11/img_emperor.jpg)

This is our pope? My god!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2005, 02:25:52 PM
Woo Hoo, I can get here through my new clamped down laptop at work.  so far I can get here, Fark, and BC.  No luck with MySpace nor HN :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 24, 2005, 02:30:02 PM
Hey at least you can get to a few places! Wooot
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2005, 04:26:11 PM
Yep.  I laugh in the faces of those trying to force me to be productive with their random acts of management!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 30, 2005, 01:13:19 PM
So I cancelled my phone/DSL.  If you call my number, you get a message saying it's no longer in service.

However.  I'm still getting emails to that account.  I can send and receive.  I think I still have internet too.  I mean, I have the cable modem hooked up, but the lights still haven't gone out on the DSL modem.  I wonder if I have to cancel the DSL separate or if they're just dumb.  I have a strange feeling that it's the latter.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 30, 2005, 01:42:38 PM
Quote from: Detta
So I cancelled my phone/DSL.  If you call my number, you get a message saying it's no longer in service.

However.  I'm still getting emails to that account.  I can send and receive.  I think I still have internet too.  I mean, I have the cable modem hooked up, but the lights still haven't gone out on the DSL modem.  I wonder if I have to cancel the DSL separate or if they're just dumb.  I have a strange feeling that it's the latter.


When we had free DSL through RCN when Sandy worked there we continued to receive it for almost 2 years after she left the job.  We would still be receiving it but the turned off all their DSL account and took the servers down.  So they probably cancelled the account with accounting but not with the guys who run the server.  ISPs are notorious for not knowing what the other hand is doing.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 30, 2005, 02:00:16 PM
I should cancel the cable modem until the phone company turns off?  Is that stealing?  I mean, I'm getting it now but not using it.


Anyway.

On my family fantasy football league, it's mostly my dad's and my generations of family playing, but I do have one 11 year old cousin playing.  7thson seemingly forgot that and included "steak and a bj" in one of the polls.

From my uncle:

"Hey Uncle Mike, can you explain to Timmy what a Steak and a BJ means....
Cause he was asking me."

 :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 30, 2005, 02:25:09 PM
I cancelled my Charter account in September of 2003.

It still works.  The webspace is still there, still accessible via ftp, and all my email accounts still work.

:)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 30, 2005, 06:04:40 PM
Quote from: Detta
I should cancel the cable modem until the phone company turns off?  Is that stealing?  I mean, I'm getting it now but not using it.


Anyway.

On my family fantasy football league, it's mostly my dad's and my generations of family playing, but I do have one 11 year old cousin playing.  7thson seemingly forgot that and included "steak and a bj" in one of the polls.

From my uncle:

"Hey Uncle Mike, can you explain to Timmy what a Steak and a BJ means....
Cause he was asking me."

 :lol:


Way to go 7th.  Since none of you guys signed up for my BC league, I had to recruit my dad, my brother, and select a dummy team with a dummy emale to round out the league at 8.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 31, 2005, 11:37:45 AM
I don't know how they expect me to get any work done today when the hot Philippino guy that works next to me decides to wear a tight shirt and loose jeans. Going commando today, I see.  :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 31, 2005, 12:24:19 PM
There's a receptionist where I work that occasionally neglects to wear a bra.

I hate days like that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 31, 2005, 12:45:38 PM
Yeah, occasionally I get all hot and bothered over the guy that sits on the other side of the wall.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 09, 2005, 11:20:03 AM
(http://www.brightgirl.net/antibush/bushdisaster.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on September 09, 2005, 11:38:17 AM
I see you.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 09, 2005, 01:14:04 PM
Quote from: xolik
(http://www.brightgirl.net/antibush/bushdisaster.jpg)


That is too funny!  *rt. click save*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Romeo on September 11, 2005, 02:44:09 AM
funny stuff...  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 12, 2005, 12:01:08 PM
Has anybody seen "Wicked" yet? I want to see it. I'm reading the book and it's ok so far, but I'd rather see it live.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 12, 2005, 02:01:29 PM
Quote from: xolik
Has anybody seen "Wicked" yet? I want to see it. I'm reading the book and it's ok so far, but I'd rather see it live.


My wife saw it and loved it.  My friends also saw it and loved it.  I want to go too!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 12, 2005, 06:01:55 PM
I see the head of FEMA resigned. I supposed he'll go back to judging horse cocks now.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 13, 2005, 10:03:52 AM
Well, somebody's got to.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 13, 2005, 05:31:06 PM
(http://img153.exs.cx/img153/8554/mothersday3xa.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 15, 2005, 04:30:52 PM
Quote from: xolik
I don't know how they expect me to get any work done today when the hot Philippino guy that works next to me decides to wear a tight shirt and loose jeans. Going commando today, I see.  :twisted:


Ok, I swear he's teasing me now. Unbuttoning the majority of the buttons on your shirt thus, exposing a healthy amount of in-shape torso is not helping me get my job done.  :?

Comedy option:

(http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/2751/doesntcare4fu.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on September 15, 2005, 10:51:23 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: xolik
I don't know how they expect me to get any work done today when the hot Philippino guy that works next to me decides to wear a tight shirt and loose jeans. Going commando today, I see.  :twisted:


Ok, I swear he's teasing me now. Unbuttoning the majority of the buttons on your shirt thus, exposing a healthy amount of in-shape torso is not helping me get my job done.  :?



HAHAHA, you poor poor pitiful soul. detracted by the body of another. GET TO WORK :P
j/k
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scuzzy on September 16, 2005, 01:36:01 PM
alright, this is COMPLETELY off topic, but hey what is this here for?

Anyways I want to know where 2 things are:
A) Our Admin, Chris
and B)the Soupbandit trial, that was funny shit right there
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 16, 2005, 01:39:43 PM
Chris is around.

The soupbandit23 thread (http://www.geekforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=2446)

We do have a search function here, you know. ;)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on September 16, 2005, 01:54:49 PM
Ahh, that was an entertaining thread. I remember it fondly.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 17, 2005, 12:03:33 PM
(http://www.mrbrown.com/photos/uncategorized/nvidia.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on September 17, 2005, 12:47:27 PM
OH GOD!

I actually winced in pain. That's sad, but damn if that picture isn't sadder.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on September 17, 2005, 02:56:43 PM
WOW

that take courage to drop 500 bucks and the accually CUT the card. i admit, i have done some stupid things in my time, but never anything like that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: navybofus on September 17, 2005, 03:00:43 PM
That's probably the most stupid BEEP I have ever seen. Cutting the BEEEP card? What a BEEEEEEEP moron!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scuzzy on September 17, 2005, 08:53:09 PM
I foresee that friendship going to hell
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on September 19, 2005, 08:57:47 AM
:shock:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on September 19, 2005, 09:09:14 AM
This HAS to be a joke.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 20, 2005, 04:38:00 PM
May not be SFW.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 27, 2005, 09:38:23 PM
I think I'm now on the shit list with one of my professors.

He overheard me saying that I dropped my Cisco class.

Him - "Why'd you do that?"
Me - "I prefer (other professor's) teaching method over hers."
Him - "What's (other professor's) method?"
Me - "Coherent."
Him - "You're terrible...."

I'm pretty sure he'll mention this to her.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 28, 2005, 02:10:18 PM
Coherent!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on October 03, 2005, 07:26:04 AM
That myspace pic is excellent Xolik !
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 03, 2005, 06:57:11 PM
To boost morale over our big network upgrade project, I have taken it upon myself to enscribe "Nothing bad will happen" in large, friendly letters on our office whiteboard. Followed by a picture of the Hindenburg exploding, a massive trainwreck, the Titanic sinking, and John Kerry.

Nothing bad will happen.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 05, 2005, 09:34:58 AM
Just got a call at work from the Department of Homeland Security about the building I'm sitting in.

Felt weird.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on October 05, 2005, 09:51:22 AM
Quote from: Detta
Just got a call at work from the Department of Homeland Security about the building I'm sitting in.

Felt weird.


Thats freaky... I hope there isn't some crazy janitor running around with pipe bombs or some crap like that  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 05, 2005, 11:43:55 AM
Quote from: Detta
Just got a call at work from the Department of Homeland Security about the building I'm sitting in.

Felt weird.


Nex wasn't visiting was he?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 05, 2005, 11:54:13 AM
Quote from: Detta
Just got a call at work from the Department of Homeland Security about the building I'm sitting in.

Felt weird.


It was probably my brother.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 07, 2005, 12:14:23 AM
hey i saw a stephen king movie about some crazy janitor blowing stuff up...forget all about it except it was long.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on October 07, 2005, 10:00:15 AM
That movie was 'The Stand,' it was actually a miniseries, and that janitor you're speaking of is MATT FUCKING FREWER.

MATT.

FUCKING.

FREWER.

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4923/ishackimage7ax.jpg)

MATT. TRASHCAN MAN. FREWER.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 07, 2005, 11:13:50 AM
Quote from: Lacerda
That movie was 'The Stand,' it was actually a miniseries, and that janitor you're speaking of is MATT FUCKING FREWER.

MATT.

FUCKING.

FREWER.

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4923/ishackimage7ax.jpg)

MATT. TRASHCAN MAN. FREWER.
You don't tell me; I tell you.  Believe that happy crappy.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: GenStyx on October 07, 2005, 12:05:49 PM
He is also known as the neighbor dad in Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

Both great movies btw.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on October 08, 2005, 08:20:59 AM
But wasnt he also in the crap ass Generation X made-for-tv movie? I hate it when good comic books are turned into shitty movies.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 12, 2005, 10:50:01 AM
After months of planning, we finally finished the NT to 2003 domain upgrade. It went more smoothly than I had anticipated.


I never want to have to do that again.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 12, 2005, 02:59:17 PM
Oh yeah, that trashcan guy, The Stand, most people dead and the few that are alive have the tiresome job of having to repopulate the earth. I remember now..I think
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 18, 2005, 11:58:07 AM
Something hilarious I just ran across on Engrish.com (http://www.engrish.com):

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/closet_boy.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 12:52:19 PM
That was-how do i say- pure evil genius
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 04:08:34 PM
I posted this on another board.  But I'm still laughing about it so I figured I'd share with you guys too.

Someone brought in a chocolate cake yesterday and put it in the breakroom. We finished off most of it but there was still some in there today.

Apparently that offended someone because they took the cake out of the container and put it on the table. Then squished it with the cake pan onto the table.

Who the hell would do something like that?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 19, 2005, 04:54:08 PM
Quote from: Detta
Who the hell would do something like that?


People who don't like chocolate cake? Maybe there's a revolution?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 06:52:02 PM
Down with cake! Up with pie!

Or abbreviated

DWC UWP
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 19, 2005, 07:49:51 PM
Quote from: Nitroviper
Down with cake! Up with pie!

Or abbreviated

DWC UWP


Precisely. :D

Hey... do you work with Detta? Maybe YOU did it!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 08:03:55 PM
Detta/Me = incompatible

Whenever a baby pie cries out we'll be there. These fine chips and this fine goo, will never throw up...will never surrender.



it IS the random thread
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 08:05:55 PM
Only when Me=0.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 08:07:41 PM
Ah, and her ever cryptic (to me at least) three word answer
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 19, 2005, 08:15:47 PM
I like for all x where me=i

Damn, I'm so cold...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 19, 2005, 08:25:36 PM
Quote from: Nitroviper
Ah, and her ever cryptic (to me at least) three word answer

Uhhh.  You can't divide by 0.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 08:26:30 PM
Quote from: Nitroviper
Ah, and her ever cryptic (to me at least) three word answer

It was a math nerd joke.  I pretended like I thought you were dividing me by you since "/" means "divided by" in math nerd terms.  Then I pretended like I got "undefined" mixed up with "incompatible".  So that if me=0, we'd be dividing by 0 and the expression would be incompatible.

Get it now?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 19, 2005, 08:28:12 PM
I got it sweetie.

Kinda kills it when you have to explain it.  Doesn't it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 08:30:43 PM
Heh.  I tried to make my explanation as long as possible to make sure the joke was dead.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 08:31:08 PM
sorry I killed it. I hate math   :evil:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 08:32:09 PM
Those are my least favourite three words.


Ok, besides "I'm leaving you" and "No beer left".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 19, 2005, 08:36:07 PM
I'll never leave you.

Well except for 25 minutes from now when the last episode of the season of Tripping The Rift comes on.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 19, 2005, 08:40:15 PM
Well at least I'm intelligent!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 19, 2005, 08:41:15 PM
Quote from: Detta
Those are my least favourite three words.


Ok, besides "I'm leaving you" and "No beer left".
What about "comcast internet connection"?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: WASABI on October 19, 2005, 08:41:57 PM
"Let's be friends" is worse than any other three words.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 19, 2005, 09:00:02 PM
Well I'm  going to watch Tripping the Rift now.

Wait, you all can't tell wether I'm here or not.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 19, 2005, 09:07:15 PM
I'm going to get some sleep.

Night dcrog.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 19, 2005, 09:38:54 PM
Oh I see how it is.  Now your leaving me.

Night Detta.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 20, 2005, 08:12:03 AM
My least favourite words are "extended service plan".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on October 20, 2005, 08:18:01 AM
Mine are "This is also a priority one issue"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 20, 2005, 01:29:09 PM
My least favourite are "go to work"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on October 20, 2005, 03:39:59 PM
I won't explain it to you, but my least favourite are "Aaron, Nick, and Christopher!" in that order.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 20, 2005, 04:20:38 PM
To: Xolik @university.edu
From: HugeDouchebag @university.edu
CC: A shitload of other people @university.edu

Sub: Fw:fw:fw:fw:Improve your lovelife!

OMG DO THIS AND FORWARD IT TO 10 PEOPLE AND YOU'LL GET LUCKY TONIGHT!!

**bullshit follows**


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To: HugeDouchebag @university.edu
From: Xolik @university.edu
CC: A shitload of other people @university.edu

If any of you ever sends me anything like this again, I'm revoking your Exchange send privileges for a period of no less than seven days. You can explain to your manager that you lost your ability to send email by abusing company email accounts. Do I make myself clear?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on October 20, 2005, 04:23:54 PM
You're sexy when you're being a bitch, xolik (http://www.catwritr.com/smilies/kiss.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Freedom on October 22, 2005, 03:57:39 PM
Hey, just thought i'd post here for my first post.  Nice forum you guys have here  :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Freedom on October 22, 2005, 03:58:35 PM
oookkkkaaayyy, my avatar is huge, I thought it would automatically resize :doh:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 22, 2005, 04:08:04 PM
Quote from: Freedom
Hey, just thought i'd post here for my first post.


Yes, this was a MUCH better idea than to make your first post in the New Members section like everybody else.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on October 22, 2005, 08:09:47 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: Freedom
Hey, just thought i'd post here for my first post.


Yes, this was a MUCH better idea than to make your first post in the New Members section like everybody else.


To be fair, he didn't just ask a question...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 24, 2005, 10:50:11 AM
Have any of you ever gone and had professional photos taken of yourself? Ping came back from Nam yesterday and suprised me with a set of photos of him in all kinds of model type positions (clothed of course, don't be dirty) and it shocked the hell out of me about how damn hot he looked. Now I'm thinking about having some done for me.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 24, 2005, 11:00:39 AM
How glam!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: heretofore on October 24, 2005, 07:50:57 PM
I've had prof photos taken of myself, and I loved them. They were the best pictures ever, and even managed to make me look somewhat attractive!! That's not a necessity in my line of business, but it's always cool to hang them in the office and have people go "Weird Tingly Feeling is that? A SKIRT???"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on October 24, 2005, 11:33:38 PM
Quote from: heretofore
I've had prof photos taken of myself, and I loved them. They were the best pictures ever, and even managed to make me look somewhat attractive!! That's not a necessity in my line of business, but it's always cool to hang them in the office and have people go "Weird Tingly Feeling is that? A SKIRT???"

post'em post'em :D:D
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: heretofore on October 24, 2005, 11:58:01 PM
Quote from: sociald1077
Quote from: heretofore
I've had prof photos taken of myself, and I loved them. They were the best pictures ever, and even managed to make me look somewhat attractive!! That's not a necessity in my line of business, but it's always cool to hang them in the office and have people go "Weird Tingly Feeling is that? A SKIRT???"

post'em post'em :D:D



haha!! hahahell no :D

Confidence is a virtue I do not possess! I politely excuse myself from all opportunities to be humiliated for something I couldn't prevent (ugliness)  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 25, 2005, 02:02:56 PM
How about this one, ivan?  Did you read this one?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 26, 2005, 11:21:39 AM
reimero and I saw these this morning and immediately thought of Xolik.

Here, xolly, add these to your collection:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/surf.gif)
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/surf2.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 26, 2005, 11:47:38 AM
Spongebob! Added, thanks!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 10, 2005, 01:24:25 PM
When will people learn that you don't include the Exchange administrator on your pointless mass spam emails? "Just a few people" my ass! You sent that to half the univeristy, fuckwit! Nobody gives a crap about the latest rumor about Denzel Washington. Enjoy your disabled account.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on November 11, 2005, 03:57:23 PM
This is just cool:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Nov05/08WoodenMercedes300SL.html
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 11, 2005, 05:47:56 PM
I started a writing project on HN. Everyone is welcome to join. You don't have to be a member.

Info here: Click. (http://www.hackernetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13858)

Writing project thread here: Click. (http://www.hackernetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13857)

Contributions are anonymous.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 21, 2005, 12:36:32 PM
I'm still alive.  I have a new job which is keepening me very busy.

On a completely unrelated note, this is my contribution today to this thread:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/dubya_china_doors.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 21, 2005, 01:23:43 PM
Good to see you.  We was wondering.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 21, 2005, 03:17:35 PM
Quote from: Detta
Good to see you.  We was wondering.


I's was's starting to wonders too.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 21, 2005, 03:22:12 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
I'm still alive.  I have a new job which is keepening me very busy.

On a completely unrelated note, this is my contribution today to this thread:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/dubya_china_doors.jpg)


Which one were you again?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: GenStyx on November 21, 2005, 04:53:01 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
Quote from: Demosthenes
I'm still alive.  I have a new job which is keepening me very busy.

On a completely unrelated note, this is my contribution today to this thread:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/dubya_china_doors.jpg)


Which one were you again?

I think he was a one, mr_shifty?
Was he not?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 21, 2005, 05:07:33 PM
Doesn't ring any (http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/generalCrafts/images/bells1030.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on November 21, 2005, 05:10:34 PM
Remember: when you think "BJ," think craft supplies.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 21, 2005, 06:39:18 PM
BJ isn't always a craft, sometimes it's an art.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 21, 2005, 08:58:32 PM
I wasn't worried. I knew where you were the whole time.

*hides the camera*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 22, 2005, 12:05:04 PM
I didn't know where Demosthenes was the whole time, but I knew that Cat knew.

*hides camera*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: GenStyx on November 22, 2005, 12:24:24 PM
Why do I feel like people are watching....

*hides porn*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 22, 2005, 12:45:56 PM
*hides salami*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 22, 2005, 01:00:55 PM
*hides err...just hides*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 02, 2005, 09:43:23 AM
Alexander Hamilton is about to become even hotter! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_re_us/new_ten)  Maybe they'll make his picture even bigger.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on December 07, 2005, 06:30:44 AM
Make your kid a lot smarter (http://www.babybushtoys.com/products.html)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 18, 2005, 11:05:41 AM
I need to check my HN email more often...


Quote
From:     Johnathan Pittman <army1991_2009@yahoo.com>
To:     detta@hackernetwork.com
Subject:     from a big fan
Date:     Sat 11/12/05 09:41 AM
   
I think that your a very good actor and that you have great potential. I am one of the biggest fans of your movies and of the actors who play Ron, and Harry. I look forward to see you in the 4 movie.



That's awesome!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 19, 2005, 01:46:52 AM
wow... did you call him a dumb fuck?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on December 19, 2005, 10:21:46 AM
OMG Detta I didn't know you played Hermione!!!!

[/sarcasm]
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 19, 2005, 10:41:58 AM
I'm such a good actress that people think I'm Emma Watson.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on December 21, 2005, 03:44:47 AM
in a completely semi-unrelated note, the name "Emma" tends to set my heart aflutter.



and, no, it has nothing to do with Harry Fucking Potter.




damn, i think i may be in love.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 21, 2005, 01:50:41 PM
Drunk at work....YAYYYYYYYYYYY11111111111111!!!!!!!



Christmas = Good
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nitroviper on December 21, 2005, 09:53:42 PM
I won nanowrimo!!!! ! !!! ! !! !! ! !! ! !!! ! ! !!! !

Glad I got that out there.  :lol:

Any other winners in the random stuff thread?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 26, 2005, 07:23:57 AM
This is the greatest Ebay auction in the whole wide world.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PET-ROCK-ALF-BEANIE-BABY-PACMAN-WEIRD-AL-MORE_W0QQitemZ5646178249QQcategoryZ1469QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 26, 2005, 01:30:59 PM
I wouldn't buy from that guy on the sole count of the text being obnoxiously large AND centered.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 28, 2005, 05:46:28 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/JaneCallahan/girlsandcorpcov.jpg)
















Corpse fucking is funny.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 08:57:35 PM
My job is to edit and maintain television news station websites. I have 10 of them for which I'm responsible.

The sheer number of news stories I see daily means I'm bound to get at least one good (read: unintentionally funny) headline a day. My co-editor and I started a list on our whiteboard wall, in fact. I thought I'd share some of them.

"State Patrol picks up 65 lbs of coke"
"Family Not Satisfied with Student Death"
"Iraq: Torture Exaggerated"
"Woman Dies After Crossing Busy Street"
"Study Determines 2 of 3 Intersections Not Dangerous Enough"
"Sold Has MedTec Been"
"Officers Shot Man After He Drove at Them"
"Fort Hall Man Arrested for Assaulting a Man After Shooting a Moose"
"Beef Turns Japanese"
"Mounted Moose Missing"
"Iowans Less Loopy Than Rest of Country"

Mostly, I'm just trying to avoid work and a major, unnecessary fight with someone who's being thick. Grr.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 28, 2005, 09:22:21 PM
LOL!!!

"Family Not Satisfied with Student Death"

I like that one.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 10:19:20 PM
One station is no longer reporting news; they're predicting it:

"House Catching Fire Early Wednesday"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 28, 2005, 10:23:22 PM
Nice!

When my wife used to be an Escrow Secretary, her real estate company had a couple of classic ads.

One had the phrase "Playground Remains"

Another one had a misprint "...with a big dick in the backyard"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 10:25:17 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
Another one had a misprint "...with a big dick in the backyard"


 :lol:

*refrains from additional comment she'd like to make, but will regret later*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 28, 2005, 10:28:51 PM
What does that mean?  Husband conveys?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 10:29:56 PM
Wha?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 28, 2005, 10:33:32 PM
The husband comes with the house...

spends alot of time in the back yard?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 10:34:01 PM
That's approximately what I was going to say. :)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 28, 2005, 11:02:08 PM
Hey at least it didn't say "...in the backdoor"  :bolt
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 28, 2005, 11:03:09 PM
I need a :galm emoticon here.

(http://www.catwritr.com/smilies/rofl.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 29, 2005, 12:07:23 AM
We also need the :detta one
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 06, 2006, 03:06:55 PM
Concur.  (http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/thumbsup.gif)



Anyway so I put a soder in the freezer during lunch to drink with my chilli.  I just remembered it and now it's frozen.  :|
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 20, 2006, 02:44:12 PM
I love this person's artwork.

http://lukechueh.com/index.html

Some may be NSFW due to cartoonish blood and gore.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 20, 2006, 05:39:11 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/theweaselking/0004bcws.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 20, 2006, 05:43:58 PM
(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/galm.gif)

It took me 3 times to read the sign:

Warning:
Due to overfeeding, some pidgeons may become aggressive.

Niiiiice
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 20, 2006, 05:57:41 PM
But then, the pigeons came....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on January 21, 2006, 04:00:19 PM
Studying for finals must be getting to me. I just closed a door on myself.

HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THAT!!!!!!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 22, 2006, 03:45:06 AM
I went out last night for the first time in months and learned a very important lesson. I can't handle alcohol at all. THREE FRICKEN DRINKS and I'm completely gone. Those root beer floats are the greatest things known to mankind. (I can't remember what makes them up, but it's three types of yummy alcohol and tastes just like root beer.) Don't get me wrong, I had a fantastic time and before I knew it, it was 2am and the place was closing down.

Guess the whole point of this is just that I was shocked I got blitzed so quickly. And I forgot how much fun I have when I go bar hopping.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 22, 2006, 11:57:58 AM
Oooh, a lightweight!


What else?  I really shouldn't take naps on giant logs since I'm allergic to trees.

*sniiiiiiiifffffffffff*
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 25, 2006, 12:07:43 PM
I finally had to make an 'I work with mouth breathers' folder in Outlook. It's a sad day indeed.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 25, 2006, 04:22:12 PM
Quote from: xolik
I finally had to make an 'I work with mouth breathers' folder in Outlook. It's a sad day indeed.


?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 25, 2006, 07:37:07 PM
Quote from: xolik
I finally had to make an 'I work with mouth breathers' folder in Outlook. It's a sad day indeed.


BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mine would be "Stuttering plebes," and all emails from my supervisor would be automatically filtered there.

Everyone else is safe.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 25, 2006, 08:13:06 PM
Too funny.  I have several Weird Tingly Feeling subfolders in outlook!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 25, 2006, 08:51:04 PM
What in the world is Weird Tingly Feeling?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 25, 2006, 08:54:26 PM
I miss PeyoteCoyote :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on January 26, 2006, 05:06:25 PM
So, there's this guy who sits a couple aisles over from me at work.  He has one of those gian tubs of Red Vines licorice on his desk.  The cheesy fucker is charging people!!!!!  I swear to Pepe that I have never, ever seen someone do this.  I mean, when you put candy on your desk, it's there for any random person who wants some.  I swear, some people... :roll:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 26, 2006, 05:35:26 PM
Wow.  I'll joke about charging people, but that is way beyond societal norms!
Title: More Headlines
Post by: hackess on January 26, 2006, 06:37:36 PM
It's been a while, so we've amassed some more "off" headlines:

"Man's Body Found"
"Beer Stabbing"
"Krispy Kreme a Security Concern?" (Sioux City, Iowa)
"New Elephant Law?" (Omaha, Neb.)
"Fire Destroy's Fire Chief's Home"
"Almost Annual Crappie Derby Postponed"
"Sea Monster Overtakes Museum" (Idaho)
"Hiccup Causes Death"
"Bank Robber Signs"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 26, 2006, 09:04:43 PM
:lol

Was the Sea Monster named Sigmund?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 27, 2006, 10:49:49 AM
Gotta watch out for those beer stabbings.  They'll sneak right up on ya.
Title: Re: More Headlines
Post by: Vespertine on January 27, 2006, 06:56:57 PM
Quote from: catwritr
It's been a while, so we've amassed some more "off" headlines:

"Man's Body Found"
"Beer Stabbing"
"Krispy Kreme a Security Concern?" (Sioux City, Iowa)
"New Elephant Law?" (Omaha, Neb.)
"Fire Destroy's Fire Chief's Home"
"Almost Annual Crappie Derby Postponed"
"Sea Monster Overtakes Museum" (Idaho)
"Hiccup Causes Death"
"Bank Robber Signs"

I found one on a local news website that cracked me up.
"Paratroopers doing gay porn?"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2006, 07:00:21 PM
I just had the best backrub ever and now I don't want to go back to work. I'm starting to like Fridays....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 30, 2006, 11:13:33 AM
Who you gonna call?

(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1839/ghostbusters4lz.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 30, 2006, 11:27:02 AM
I used to have that game for Atari.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 30, 2006, 01:40:00 PM
I miss my Atari.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on January 30, 2006, 03:06:32 PM
Me too!  My mom did find me a Nintendo 64 at a garage sale though.  Then, just 2 weeks ago, she gave me another Nintendo 64.  When I told her that I already had one, she said that she knew that, but figured I'd need a backup.  Makes me feel better about missing my Atari.

P.S. My mom is the best!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 30, 2006, 03:45:40 PM
I have the original Nintendo and the Sega Genesis.  My dad sold our Atari and all the games at a garage sale years ago.  I could kill him for that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 30, 2006, 05:04:47 PM
I could go for some hot Mario Brothers ACTION!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on January 31, 2006, 04:39:14 AM
Quote from: Detta
I could go for some hot Mario Brothers ACTION!!!


Dont tell me, you want to be Princess Peach?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 31, 2006, 08:55:15 AM
You say that as if it isn't already so.   :?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 31, 2006, 01:33:04 PM
menage a trois, eh?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: GenStyx on January 31, 2006, 02:04:08 PM
I like to play mario as much as possible.

Eat shrooms. Grow large. Jump a lot. Throw turnips.
Become hot and sexified and shoot fireballs.
Collect coins.

Edit: Still have 2 NES, one Sega with Sega CD, PSX, and PS2.
My roomate just got the 360, has the Xbox, SNES, N64, Gamecube
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 31, 2006, 06:58:47 PM
I still have my N64...

Long live Mario Kart!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Phife on February 01, 2006, 05:32:38 PM
I never lost a game of Madden 64.

I lost every single game of Bond for the 64.

But Mario Kart was the most fun...by far!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MamaMoonie on February 02, 2006, 09:27:32 PM
am I the ONLY person in the known universe who misses her 3DO?
Way of the Warrior!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 03, 2006, 09:43:05 AM
Quote from: MamaMoonie
am I the ONLY person in the known universe who misses her 3DO?
Way of the Warrior!!!


Nope, I miss my 3DO also. I might dig it up just so I can play Slayer again.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on February 03, 2006, 10:47:17 AM
Quote from: Crystalmonkey
I still have my N64...

Long live Mario Kart!


I still have it too, it is better then the one on the GC
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 03, 2006, 01:56:02 PM
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a397/monsterblossom/misc/224.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 03, 2006, 02:51:39 PM
Quote
originally posted by Teh Judge over at HectarNetwork
We should do one based on that, but predend the e-mail is from a sperm bank, and regarding unclaimed sperm samples.


Since I can't log in there from work, I just wanted to comment that it sounds like you are on to something here!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 03, 2006, 06:13:47 PM
I am NEVER drinking a powdered mix protien shake again. Ugh, I had a bad batch of it and have been stomach sick for the past two days. Not a pretty sight.  :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 03, 2006, 06:39:35 PM
Quote from: xolik
I am NEVER drinking a powdered mix protien shake again. Ugh, I had a bad batch of it and have been stomach sick for the past two days. Not a pretty sight.  :(


What kind did you take? I pretty much take MetRX, whey protein and creatine all at the same time after working out and never had roblem. Then later on before I go to sleep I'll take MetRX Protein Plus.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 03, 2006, 07:20:08 PM
I just buy soy protein in bulk from Whole Paycheck Foods.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 03, 2006, 07:34:55 PM
Quote from: Chris
Quote from: xolik
I am NEVER drinking a powdered mix protien shake again. Ugh, I had a bad batch of it and have been stomach sick for the past two days. Not a pretty sight.  :(


What kind did you take? I pretty much take MetRX, whey protein and creatine all at the same time after working out and never had roblem. Then later on before I go to sleep I'll take MetRX Protein Plus.


I ran out of MetRx and went with (oh God) GNC House Brand. Yeah...I know. But it was soooo cheap!  :oops: You know, the frustrating thing is that I've been doing my damnest to get stronger, but I seem to be stuck at the same max weight for each type of exercise I try. I've made sure I don't do the same tired routine every trip and space my days out proper so I can recover, and I just seem to be gaining. I think I'm pretty much supposed to stay skinny but toned.  :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 03, 2006, 08:11:20 PM
If you don't want to be skinny, I'd be glad to donate about 50 pounds or so of my adipose tissue.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 03, 2006, 11:27:14 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: Chris
Quote from: xolik
I am NEVER drinking a powdered mix protien shake again. Ugh, I had a bad batch of it and have been stomach sick for the past two days. Not a pretty sight.  :(


What kind did you take? I pretty much take MetRX, whey protein and creatine all at the same time after working out and never had roblem. Then later on before I go to sleep I'll take MetRX Protein Plus.


I ran out of MetRx and went with (oh God) GNC House Brand. Yeah...I know. But it was soooo cheap!  :oops: You know, the frustrating thing is that I've been doing my damnest to get stronger, but I seem to be stuck at the same max weight for each type of exercise I try. I've made sure I don't do the same tired routine every trip and space my days out proper so I can recover, and I just seem to be gaining. I think I'm pretty much supposed to stay skinny but toned.  :(


I have found that by taking a protein shake right after I work out helped me to gain about 15 pounds in just a few weeks. It sounds crazy that someone can see those kinds of gains, but give it a shot. By taking it into the gym and drinking it right after you work out, you are refuiling your muscles right away.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Phife on February 04, 2006, 02:06:50 AM
Gawd, I love chocolate fudge Pop Tarts.

I am going to go and make some right now!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 04, 2006, 10:44:28 PM
Nothing to see here folks. Sorry.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Phife on February 04, 2006, 11:31:16 PM
I'm about to go to Wal-Mart.  I only shop there on Saturday nights after my S.O. has gone to sleep.  Too busy otherwise.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 06, 2006, 10:37:09 AM
hate walmart
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on February 06, 2006, 10:39:24 AM
Terrible music selections at wal mart.

Terrible everything, really.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on February 06, 2006, 12:49:04 PM
Quote from: LuciferSam
Terrible music selections at wal mart.

Terrible everything, really.


Then why shop at Wal Mart, may I ask? :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 07, 2006, 01:40:44 AM
(http://themot.org/gallery/d/3973-1/NickJr.jpg)

So this is what's passing for Children's programming these days?
Title: Say it ain't so, Sporticus!
Post by: Stratofortress on February 08, 2006, 10:22:12 AM
Oh
My
Gawd

My 3 year old watches that show (Lazy Town.)  I'm now concerned for his well being.

Now I have the theme song stuck in my head.  Arrrrrgh.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 08, 2006, 01:59:51 PM
Fascinating
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 08, 2006, 07:36:55 PM
My roommate is claiming that my wireless router won't go through two walls to reach her computer.  Is that likely to be true?  Our rooms are next to each other.  Isn't that the POINT of a wireless router?

How was my sister sitting in my living room with a laptop getting internet (before I even got the wireless) and this won't go to the next room?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ewomack on February 08, 2006, 07:46:22 PM
There's a funny smell suspended in a 1 X 1 square foot area in my condo. Once you walk into it, it smacks you like a ribbed fish. But take one step in any direction and it disappears. I think I need an exorcist.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Stratofortress on February 08, 2006, 08:04:15 PM
Quote from: ewomack
There's a funny smell suspended in a 1 X 1 square foot area in my condo. Once you walk into it, it smacks you like a ribbed fish. But take one step in any direction and it disappears. I think I need an exorcist.


Who you gonna call?  Ghostbusters!

Tell them you have a polterstench.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 08, 2006, 08:07:04 PM
Quote from: Detta
My roommate is claiming that my wireless router won't go through two walls to reach her computer.  Is that likely to be true?  Our rooms are next to each other.  Isn't that the POINT of a wireless router?

How was my sister sitting in my living room with a laptop getting internet (before I even got the wireless) and this won't go to the next room?


I suppose it would depend on what your walls are made of, and where the antenna (if it's directional) is pointed.

For reference, I had to help someone setup their wireless network, and they could get a signal through walls/floors.

Edit: I think other signals could also interfere, as well as wires (not positive though)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Stratofortress on February 08, 2006, 08:08:29 PM
Quote from: Detta
My roommate is claiming that my wireless router won't go through two walls to reach her computer.  Is that likely to be true?  Our rooms are next to each other.  Isn't that the POINT of a wireless router?

How was my sister sitting in my living room with a laptop getting internet (before I even got the wireless) and this won't go to the next room?


Different wireless devices have different ranges.  Yours may not reach that far.  You might check your documentation or look on the manufacturer's website.  

Or there could be a small black hole inside the room between yours and hers and it is absorbing all the wirelessness that comes within its reach.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 08, 2006, 08:23:06 PM
Your ol' buddy common sense still hasn't visited her?

If it works on your compy, go into her room and see if you still get signal.  Then you'll be able to tell her she's an annoying dumbass.  Hell, I wouldn't even be too surprised if she didn't even have a wireless card.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 08, 2006, 10:23:06 PM
Common Sense didn't show up yet here.  But he came to visit me at work.  He's so good.

She does have a wireless card because I bought it for her three months ago.  But upon further investigation, (motherfucking) Lee found that she has no internet connection on her motherboard.


edit:  oh but I don't have a wireless card in my computer.  I have it hooked up to the router with a wire...since it's right there and whatnot.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Stratofortress on February 09, 2006, 09:55:33 AM
Router range.  What was I thinking?  Roomie being in need of an anal-cranal-ectomy should have been higher on the list of suspected causes.  :-)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Phife on February 09, 2006, 03:30:06 PM
I have a gas leak...and not from my ass this time.

There is a gas leak somewhere in my house!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on February 09, 2006, 03:31:19 PM
Need help finding it? Walk around with a candle.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 09, 2006, 05:13:07 PM
Have any of you ever successfully worked with ADAM? I'm trying to extend the ADAM schema and import the AD Schema into it and it keeps telling me to go pound sand. Grrr...I hate this stupid portal project.

Just venting.  :x
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 09, 2006, 05:32:31 PM
Wasn't ADAM that guy that Lacerda killed in some other thread?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 09, 2006, 05:41:01 PM
Fun games:

http://www4.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php

http://www.urbandead.com (A bit slow, website and gameplay wise)

http://www.ogame.org


The first is a comic rpg, the second is a zombie rpg, the last is a sci-fi rpg.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Stratofortress on February 10, 2006, 08:34:09 AM
ADAM . . . most people think his first wife was Eve, but some Hebrews with the inside scoop say Lilith was the first.  Think one of his sons killed the other.  Likes to wear leaves.

Phife might know something about this ADAM guy.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 10, 2006, 09:03:11 AM
It was Adam and Lilith, not Adam and Philip!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 10, 2006, 04:02:33 PM
Quote from: Detta
It was Adam and Lilith, not Adam and Philip!


I thought it was Jesus and Moses, oh well.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 10, 2006, 04:22:26 PM
Quote from: Crystalmonkey
Quote from: Detta
It was Adam and Lilith, not Adam and Philip!


I thought it was Jesus and Moses, oh well.


Be careful with what you say, you don't want to end up like Denmark now do you :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 13, 2006, 12:46:51 PM
I love being named SSB* for an application I know nothing about, then the primary contact goes on vacation for a week right when they're doing a major update. Thanks boss!
 





*Secondary Support Bitch
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 13, 2006, 06:48:16 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/kojun/mrt9su.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 13, 2006, 06:54:29 PM
That is T-riffic!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 13, 2006, 09:01:57 PM
People who have no clue about web design practices, standards and coding shouldn't have a say in web design practices, standards or coding.

I mean, it's your site and all and you're paying us for the work, but it makes my eyes bleed every time I visit your pages -- and I'm sure your visitors are thrilled they have to scroll down to get news because you want your weather radar at 300x240 at the top of the center well, under the header. Brilliant.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 13, 2006, 09:08:13 PM
Tonight on It's the Mind...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 13, 2006, 09:12:23 PM
Deja vu? Again?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 15, 2006, 11:05:57 AM
Last night I saw "Mamma Mia!" down in Long Beach. It was very VERY good. If you have the chance to see it, do so.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2006, 11:49:35 AM
What about "Diva" with Annie Potts?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 15, 2006, 01:34:42 PM
Quote from: xolik
Last night I saw "Mamma Mia!" down in Long Beach. It was very VERY good. If you have the chance to see it, do so.


I saw it in the City a couple years ago.  Thoroughly enjoyed!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2006, 02:10:04 PM
What about "Diva" with Annie Potts?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2006, 02:16:39 PM
(http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/images/potts.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 15, 2006, 02:19:16 PM
Haven't seen it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2006, 03:16:42 PM
Maybe I should mention that I have a thing for Annie Potts.

The thing is that I can't stand her.

Same goes for Dixie Carter.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 16, 2006, 02:25:57 PM
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/1/7/d/d38d7efdd4be33fcdf325a7110aefd71.jpg)

I always suspected as much....
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 16, 2006, 04:35:54 PM
So is there anyway to hack into that option?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 16, 2006, 04:42:30 PM
That makes me think of this:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/forumpics/tryingtobefunny.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 17, 2006, 12:41:06 PM
It bugs the hell out of me when one of our Unix admins assumes I know all the commands he does. "You need to log in and sudo blah blah grep blah blah *goes on for about a minute very quickly using terms I've never even dreamed of* and then it'll work."

Me:  :? "I'm a Windows admin. You are a Unix admin. One of these things is not like the other. Can you see the issue here?"
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 17, 2006, 12:49:11 PM
Yeah I hate those Eunuchs.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 20, 2006, 09:48:15 AM
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/Newsweek/Components/Photos/Mag/060227_Issue/060218_CheneyHorse_vl.standard.jpg)

"I'm sorry Mr. Vice President, but we have no plans for a sequal to Brokeback Mountain at this time.  I appreciate your offer, however."
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 20, 2006, 11:38:42 AM
God help me, I almost laughed until I passed out at this.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/ajv630/miltonrape.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 20, 2006, 11:53:29 AM
This one's for flipper:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/ipod_girl.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 21, 2006, 01:21:04 PM
Too funny!  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 22, 2006, 12:40:09 AM
(http://static.flickr.com/24/102854442_8b60c6c8b1.jpg)

Fag.  :x
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 22, 2006, 12:42:21 AM
Quote from: xolik
(http://static.flickr.com/24/102854442_8b60c6c8b1.jpg)

Fag.  :x



Do I see a pot and a kettle? I do, I do see a pot and a kettle.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 22, 2006, 03:56:40 PM
(http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/060222milan/49.jpg)

The best of fashion.




 :cry:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 22, 2006, 08:54:32 PM
"She's so skinny, she could be a freaking lamp post!"

"Hey, that gives me an idea..."
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 24, 2006, 01:08:38 PM
Interesting old time comic strip.

Some depict minorities in an unfavorable light, but bear in mind they were printed back in the 1900's. The interesting thing is that the little crap that bugs the hell out of me on an almost daily basis gets covered.

http://www.barnaclepress.com/comics/archives/comedy/outbursts_of_everett_true/index.html
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 27, 2006, 12:17:15 AM
I'm very, VERY, drunk right now.


Thought you ought to know.

OMG POSTING WHILE DRUNK!!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 27, 2006, 05:57:12 PM
Please let this be true: http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/cheney3.htm
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 27, 2006, 06:19:05 PM
So who would he replace him with?  Pat Robertson?  David Duke?  Rush Limbaugh?
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Post by: ivan on February 27, 2006, 06:31:28 PM
(http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/imagenes/2004/04/08/1081419425_0.jpg)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 27, 2006, 07:21:53 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
So who would he replace him with?  Pat Robertson?  David Duke?  Rush Limbaugh?


Zombie Reagan.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 27, 2006, 07:41:27 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: pbsaurus
So who would he replace him with?  Pat Robertson?  David Duke?  Rush Limbaugh?


Zombie Reagan.


Nice!
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Post by: hackess on February 27, 2006, 09:04:34 PM
Quote from: xolik
Quote from: pbsaurus
So who would he replace him with?  Pat Robertson?  David Duke?  Rush Limbaugh?


Zombie Reagan.


BWHAHAHAH!

I'm not sure he'd do any worse, come to think of it...
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 27, 2006, 09:38:34 PM
Zombie Reagan is certainly healthier than Cheney...
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Post by: LuciferSam on February 28, 2006, 03:33:53 AM
Smells better than Rumsfield, too.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 09, 2006, 11:58:53 PM
Well, this is the randomness thread...

Dear God do I need get a little.  Well, a lot actually.

 :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on March 10, 2006, 12:46:21 AM
get a lot of what?
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Post by: TheJudge on March 10, 2006, 07:52:40 AM
Gummy bears?
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Post by: Demosthenes on March 10, 2006, 09:18:39 AM
Yeah.  Gummy bears.  I'm sure she's talking about Gummy bears.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 10, 2006, 01:24:03 PM
If "Gummy bears" is the new euphemism, I'm going to be very disturbed. And sticky.


*cough*
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Post by: TheJudge on March 10, 2006, 01:25:31 PM
Gotta have some sugar baby!
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Post by: pbsaurus on March 10, 2006, 05:42:45 PM
It's times like this I wish I was single.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 11, 2006, 01:18:43 AM
Gummy bears:  It's not just for breakfast anymore.   :lol:
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Post by: Dark Shade on March 11, 2006, 07:09:17 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Yeah.  Gummy bears.  I'm sure she's talking about Gummy bears.


Although I saw it coming, I totally LOL'd at that one. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything. :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 11, 2006, 10:56:23 AM
Well, you know.  That's what they pay me for.
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Post by: Crystalmonkey on March 12, 2006, 02:15:59 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Well, you know.  That's what they pay me for.


Gummy Sex? Weird business.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 13, 2006, 04:38:15 PM
Gummy Bears:  Can you pinch more than an inch.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 13, 2006, 04:41:12 PM
Gummy bears:  strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 13, 2006, 07:09:56 PM
I'm sure there is no correlation between the supplement pills I took about an hour ago and my newfound lack of balance and lightheaded-ness. None at all.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 14, 2006, 01:15:10 PM
Supplement pills make all the blood rush to your dick.

Well, SOME supplement pills do.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 14, 2006, 04:55:18 PM
Quote from: xolik
I'm sure there is no correlation between the supplement pills I took about an hour ago and my newfound lack of balance and lightheaded-ness. None at all.


So, was it a good trade off?  The balance part to get rid of the lightheaded-ness.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on March 14, 2006, 05:03:02 PM
Needles is back it seems...where the hell did he go?
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Post by: Min on March 14, 2006, 05:34:19 PM
skool
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 22, 2006, 02:52:13 PM
I like Duckman. He makes me laugh.  I wanted to say so in the Green Light thread.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 22, 2006, 03:14:09 PM
Yeah I wish I could post in that thread too.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 22, 2006, 04:25:05 PM
So everyone can see that thread, but only morons can post in it?

I mean morons and me, Cat, Lacerda and Dark Shade.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 22, 2006, 04:26:48 PM
Quote from: Detta
So everyone can see that thread, but only morons can post in it?

I mean morons and me, Cat, Lacerda and Dark Shade.


Oh I thought... :bolt
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 22, 2006, 05:11:02 PM
Green Light is the best thread ever.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on March 22, 2006, 05:13:14 PM
i'm listening to rammstein on myspace.  pwn@j.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on March 22, 2006, 06:28:14 PM
I wanted to post that Teh Judgie already showed us his "tricks" in the post about necrophilia, but I guess I haven't proven myself stupid enough yet. =)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 23, 2006, 08:15:49 PM
Who the fuck needs at $10,000 gaming rig?

http://www.dell.com/html/us/products/renegade/renegade.html?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

At least they got the paint job apporpriate for their target market, because only flaming gaming fags *are going have the cash for this.







* 'gaymers' are the technical term.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The Duckman on March 24, 2006, 04:26:32 AM
*Drinks can that is full of Coca Cola.*
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Post by: Demosthenes on March 24, 2006, 11:41:18 AM
LOL @ "gaymers".   :lol:


Seriously though, I wouldn't give two shits about a custom paintjob.  My computers are in a cabinet that makes paintjobs and case mods pointless, since they cannot be seen.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on March 24, 2006, 11:59:25 AM
so?  people powdercoat engine components for show cars and street racers all the time.  just because you don't usually look at it doesn't mean you don't see it from time to time.....  but i'll agree, the uber-nice paint job is kinda overboard.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 24, 2006, 05:30:16 PM
I agree on the paint.  I saw these on another board when LaValle posted that he was doing them.  I don't like my tower setting up in the open.  Now if I could only talk him into doing that to my car for free........  :lol:

On a side note, when he posted a pic of those some troll showed up dissing him for painting on a Dell.  That thread went up in flames in a hurry. (pun intended)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 01, 2006, 09:09:05 PM
In terms of sweet, sweet justice, MY EX-BOYFRIEND GOT FAT!!!!  Yes, that noise you hear is laughing maniacally.   :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 01, 2006, 11:42:24 PM
Quote from: Vespertine
In terms of sweet, sweet justice, MY EX-BOYFRIEND GOT FAT!!!!  Yes, that noise you hear is laughing maniacally.   :twisted:


Oh, YES! I love it when that happens!  :twisted:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2006, 11:38:30 AM
MissCfinallyfiguredoutherusernameandpasswordtogetontheinternetatschoolsonowshecanhangoutatthegeekery(OMFGLOL!!!1)duringthedayandshewasalllikeohmygodweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11



PS.  Hi ivan  :)

PSS.  That's awesome, Vesp.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2006, 12:14:20 PM
Hi, Miss C!  :)
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Post by: hackess on April 03, 2006, 02:01:03 PM
Do your kids call you Miss C?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2006, 02:22:02 PM
Only when I shave.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2006, 02:59:38 PM
:lol:

Some of them can't pronounce my last name so yeah, they call me Miss C.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 04, 2006, 01:15:44 PM
Funny, you don't look like Marion Ross.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 04, 2006, 02:04:01 PM
RDRR
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2006, 11:33:06 AM
Haha!   I just dicovered that my school laptop has a filter on it.  The knotty words come out like this ------.

----.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 05, 2006, 12:31:24 PM
It's nice to hear that you have sweet lovin' at school.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on April 05, 2006, 01:45:43 PM
I see you.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2006, 02:03:57 PM
Looks like it's only the F word.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 05, 2006, 02:06:44 PM
Well that's just ----ing lame.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 05, 2006, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: Detta
Looks like it's only the F word.


Which F word?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 05, 2006, 05:17:11 PM
Frog.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 06, 2006, 01:58:52 AM
(http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3573/brokenseal2df.png)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on April 06, 2006, 03:33:36 AM
Quote from: xolik
(http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3573/brokenseal2df.png)


For some sick reason I cant stop laughing.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 06, 2006, 07:13:30 AM
What did you fools say in the motorcycle thread?


Quote
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Surfing the web from school is going to be more of a pain than I thought!  This place is the least questionable place I know.

Hmmmm...except maybe somewhere due to the sweet lovin.
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Post by: TerrorDronze on April 06, 2006, 09:04:39 AM
Quote from: xolik
(http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3573/brokenseal2df.png)


that is so wrong.  but so funny.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2006, 12:21:06 PM
:lol: *can't stop laughing*
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Post by: hackess on April 06, 2006, 01:59:59 PM
Quote from: Detta
What did you fools say in the motorcycle thread?


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Surfing the web from school is going to be more of a pain than I thought!  This place is the least questionable place I know.

Hmmmm...except maybe somewhere due to the sweet lovin.


That's odd. I think the most questionable word in that thread is "screw." Maybe it doesn't like the pictures? I didn't check the URLs for the images.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 06, 2006, 02:07:31 PM
Quote from: catwritr
That's odd. I think the most questionable word in that thread is "screw."


Great! Now she won't be able to see this thread anymore. Nice going Cat.


 :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2006, 03:16:58 PM
*looks to the left*
*looks to the right*

Tomato
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Post by: Min on April 06, 2006, 03:59:29 PM
Yeah, and someone said "damn" too.

How bizarre.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2006, 05:37:58 PM
Puberty Love will get rid of that.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 06, 2006, 06:53:57 PM
I heard the phrase "mah baby daddy" today for the first time at the school.

I mentioned that I work in a middle school, right?  :(
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2006, 07:30:48 PM
*starts humming that classic by Mr. Elvis Aaron Presley*
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Post by: Demosthenes on April 06, 2006, 07:34:53 PM
Quote from: Detta
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That sweet lovin' rates things according to some kind of Dance Dance Revolution algorithm?

That sounds needlessly complex for a profanity filter.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2006, 08:00:04 PM
I thought it was a Dear Diary Rendering algorithm.  But now that you mention it, Dance Dance Revolution makes more sense.
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Post by: xolik on April 08, 2006, 05:23:07 PM
Off to the GLAAD awards. I wonder if Phelps' minions will be there like last year?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scuzzy on April 08, 2006, 07:29:31 PM
cheeseburgers are random, so they should go into this thread right?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 10, 2006, 02:15:37 PM
Quote from: xolik
Off to the GLAAD awards. I wonder if Phelps' minions will be there like last year?


If Phelps is there, kick him in the nuts for me.
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Post by: xolik on April 10, 2006, 02:32:40 PM
They didn't show this time. At least, I didn't see them. I guess they're too busy protesting military funerals.
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Post by: xolik on April 10, 2006, 04:16:33 PM
I just made the last payment on my truck.






It feels good.
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Post by: pbsaurus on April 10, 2006, 05:26:45 PM
Way to go!  :detta
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Post by: TerrorDronze on April 10, 2006, 10:38:49 PM
pants.
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Post by: Min on April 10, 2006, 11:03:06 PM
Quote from: xolik
I just made the last payment on my truck.






It feels good.


GNAW!!!!!!
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Post by: Min on April 11, 2006, 03:49:11 PM
My brother has his second professional boxing match at Nassau Collesium on May 5.

That's also the date of my sister's wedding rehersal and dinner and my other sister was thinking about skipping it to go to the match.  Kevin said, "If she does, there will be TWO boxing matches that day."   :lol:
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Post by: pbsaurus on April 11, 2006, 04:00:47 PM
Familial committments suck.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 11, 2006, 04:02:05 PM
Well as it turns out, the rehersal is at 4 so she'll only be missing the big fiesta afterwards if she skips out.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2006, 06:25:46 PM
I'm seriously considering getting the hell out of California and starting fresh in Nevada. In fact, my whole family wants to relocate out there.
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Post by: BizB on April 11, 2006, 06:28:13 PM
Wouldn't going where your family is going defeat the purpose?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2006, 06:35:41 PM
Quote from: BizB
Wouldn't going where your family is going defeat the purpose?


Haha. I'd be far enought away from them still.

You know, the strangest thing happened today. I'm over at my parent's apartment helping my mom recover from some surgery she had, when she asks me if I've ever watched the "Ellen Degeneres" show. I told her no, then she goes off about how much she loves watching her and how funny she is and how it's a refreshing change from the usual doom and gloom that's on TV.

What?

Am I to understand that Ellen, the same Ellen that you referred to a few years ago as "Ellen Degenerate," called an "Unfunny manhating Dyke" and blamed for my coming out to you (Because she just did on TV last week, so I MUST just be copying her and can't possibly be serious) is now one of your favourite people?

My head 'asplode.
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Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 11, 2006, 07:10:28 PM
Quote from: xolik
My head 'asplode.



Pics! Pics!
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Post by: HeavyJay on April 13, 2006, 10:28:13 AM
I bought a jar of Goober Strawberry last night.  Great joy do I feel.

Peanut butter and jelly...one jar...one knife...oh, the pleasure.
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Post by: TerrorDronze on April 13, 2006, 11:51:08 AM
stir in croutons and you can just eat a PB&J the lazy way.
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Post by: HeavyJay on April 13, 2006, 12:18:08 PM
Sounds about as appealing as a Twinkie-weiner sandwich.
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Post by: pbsaurus on April 13, 2006, 01:14:33 PM
I love UHF!
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Post by: sociald1077 on April 13, 2006, 01:23:41 PM
You get to drink from the FIRE HOSE!!
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Post by: HeavyJay on April 14, 2006, 10:16:57 AM
We don't need no stinking badgers!!
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Post by: pbsaurus on April 14, 2006, 02:57:51 PM
The turtle is nature's suction cup
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Post by: hackess on April 14, 2006, 08:18:19 PM
Quote from: HeavyJay
We don't need no stinking badgers!!


Oh yes we do...
(http://www.uwbadgers.com/photos/sport/special_events/0506/mhky/mhky_champs_02f.jpg)
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Post by: xolik on April 16, 2006, 07:12:26 PM
(http://www.random-m.com/images/630012076_9db98dcfed97dfdfd2e081af560a00fb.gif)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2006, 02:13:14 PM
I'm one test away from getting my MCSA for Windows 2003 and I'm getting nervous about it. I just can't seem to get the hang of how subnetting works. It's the strangest thing...I'll stare at the chapter about it and suddenly get a divine inspiration in which it all makes perfect sense and is crystal clear to me...and moments later it's gone and I'm clueless again. It's very frustrating.
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Post by: TerrorDronze on April 18, 2006, 11:08:18 AM
what part of it do you have a problem with?
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Post by: xolik on April 19, 2006, 02:41:10 PM
Quote from: TerrorDronze
what part of it do you have a problem with?


Just figuring out how many network bits to borrow to create x amount of hosts for y number of networks. I'll get it eventually.
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Post by: TerrorDronze on April 19, 2006, 11:25:41 PM
network is 2^x, where X is the number of bits in the subnet mask, and hosts per subnet is (2^x)-2, where x is the number of host bits.  you subtract the 2 to account for the broadcast and network addresses.

i'm still trying for my CCNA, and subnetting is really simple to grasp...  a lot of people tend to overthink it, and get slipped up.  just remember, it's all just powers of 2.
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Post by: Min on April 20, 2006, 07:06:06 AM
Yeah so I forgot to tell you guys that the first day of school, I saw a parent picking up their kid from school and the lisence plate said..."BONNER??????"!!!!

Apparently this kid is on the honor roll too.  I pass a sign in the hallway every day that says his name, Chris Bonner.  And everytime I see it, my brane goes, "BONNER??????".  HAHAHAHA.  Then I remember where I am.
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Post by: Min on April 20, 2006, 07:06:33 AM
(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/drawings/otherdrawings/Lizzyandneedles.jpg)
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Post by: pbsaurus on April 20, 2006, 02:29:25 PM
Misspellings are funny!
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Post by: Demosthenes on April 20, 2006, 02:41:00 PM
Quote from: xolik
It's the strangest thing...I'll stare at the chapter about it and suddenly get a divine inspiration in which it all makes perfect sense and is crystal clear to me...and moments later it's gone and I'm clueless again. It's very frustrating.


I know the feeling.  I have the exact same effect when I try to comprehend socialism.
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Post by: BizB on April 20, 2006, 02:59:48 PM
Well, well... look who pried himself away from the grindstone.  Good to see ya.
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Post by: Demosthenes on April 20, 2006, 04:02:17 PM
Quote from: BizB
Well, well... look who pried himself away from the grindstone.  Good to see ya.


Not completely pried.  Just a moment or two between disasters.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 24, 2006, 10:02:30 AM
My work is giving away free self tanning\moisterizing lotion. It must be my lucky day!  :D
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Post by: xolik on April 28, 2006, 10:10:29 AM
I need to get out of California. The state senate has gone bat-shit crazy.
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Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 28, 2006, 12:02:23 PM
Quote from: xolik
I need to get out of California. The state senate has gone bat-shit crazy.


Explain please?
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Post by: xolik on April 28, 2006, 12:15:22 PM
The CA State Sentate passed a resolution honoring a day in which a large amount of criminals are going to take to the streets to flaunt the fact that they are criminals, damn proud of it and don't expect to change anytime soon. This tells me that the state government doesn't give two shits about supporting a lawful society and don't have the slighest intrests in the wants\needs of legal American citizens.  

Fuck them.

http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/scr_113_bill_20060418_introduced.html

This probably should have gone under the political forum. Oh well.
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Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 28, 2006, 12:20:04 PM
Quote from: xolik
The CA State Sentate passed a resolution honoring a day in which a large amount of criminals are going to take to the streets to flaunt the fact that they are criminals, damn proud of it and don't expect to change anytime soon. This tells me that the state government doesn't give two shits about supporting a lawful society and don't have the slighest intrests in the wants\needs of legal American citizens.  

Fuck them.

http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/scr_113_bill_20060418_introduced.html

This probably should have gone under the political forum. Oh well.


Is this about all the immigration debate?
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Post by: xolik on April 28, 2006, 12:28:54 PM
Quote from: Crystalmonkey


Is this about all the illegal immigration debate?


Fixed for you, and yes. This isn't about 'immigration.' Nobody has an issue with people lawfully coming into this country. This is about ILLEGAL immigration, and that word, illegal, gets left out constantly because proponents of open borders know they lose a shitload of support from the mainstream if it were kept in.
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Post by: xolik on April 28, 2006, 05:43:38 PM
I shouldn't gloat, but...

Rush Limbaugh got arrested yet again.


MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 28, 2006, 07:28:33 PM
Fucking addicts.  Lock them all up!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 28, 2006, 10:03:36 PM
I am overjoyed that my old 3DO gaming system is still working. Pulled it out of storage, cleaned it off and it booted right up and played games with no problem.  :D
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Post by: TerrorDronze on May 01, 2006, 01:55:35 PM
PANTS![/color]
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on May 01, 2006, 02:22:59 PM
Just found out today that I will set foot on American soil agian on May 21. Can't wait for it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 01, 2006, 02:27:29 PM
YAYYYY!!!!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 01, 2006, 06:02:02 PM
Congratulations dude!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 01, 2006, 08:22:48 PM
You may find things slightly different than when you left.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 01, 2006, 11:01:14 PM
Awesome news!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 02, 2006, 12:03:52 AM
What the ever lovin' fuck??

http://www.pimpfants.com

Because it's never too early to turn your kid into a stereotype.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 04, 2006, 07:53:46 PM
I don't know what's going on here, but it terrifies me.

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Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 05, 2006, 12:34:38 PM
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Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2006, 11:40:47 PM
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1228/bizarrevehicle016sw.jpg)

what
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on May 11, 2006, 02:19:18 PM
does it work?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 11, 2006, 04:08:29 PM
Looks kinda like that thing in the intro to Johnny Quest.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 11, 2006, 08:08:05 PM
I wanna drive it! :D
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on May 12, 2006, 01:21:23 PM
Me first!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 12, 2006, 07:16:51 PM
You can ride in the scoop, TD. :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Affray on May 12, 2006, 09:06:33 PM
I already own one of those. I use it to mass garden, and kick ass.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 14, 2006, 12:25:28 AM
Sweet!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Affray on May 14, 2006, 09:20:29 PM
I also use mine to shovel the driveway when it snows, dig random holes, trash cars owned by people I dont like, and cut the grass(thats right, grass).
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 15, 2006, 09:19:49 AM
I got to talk to ivan on the phone yesterday briefly.  :)

And I got to eat with pbsaurus and his lovely wife.

Oh yeah and someone else.  It was that fucker Joe.  And I also talked to Robin on the phone too.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2006, 12:42:41 PM
Quote from: Detta
I got to talk to ivan on the phone yesterday briefly.  :)

And I got to eat with pbsaurus and his lovely wife.

Oh yeah and someone else.  It was that fucker Joe.  And I also talked to Robin on the phone too.


As you found out, I'm not good on the phone. I'm much, much better in person. I swear.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Affray on May 15, 2006, 03:20:56 PM
I know what you mean ivan. I dont do phone conversations very well. I rely too much on body language to be very interesting on the phone. I much prefer the internet over the phone.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 15, 2006, 03:58:23 PM
Yeah, your body language over the internet is the reason I get you.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 15, 2006, 03:58:49 PM
Oh, and I'm not that big on phone conversations either.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Affray on May 15, 2006, 06:16:50 PM
Quote from: Detta
Yeah, your body language over the internet is the reason I get you.


I know, im just that good.  8)
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 16, 2006, 06:53:41 AM
Quote from: ivan
As you found out, I'm not good on the phone. I'm much, much better in person. I swear.


In your defense, Detta's angelic voice completely throws you off. And her accent! It's just lovely!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 16, 2006, 08:10:55 AM
:oops:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2006, 10:44:30 AM
That was definitely part of it.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 16, 2006, 12:25:22 PM
Quote from: TheJudge
Quote from: ivan
As you found out, I'm not good on the phone. I'm much, much better in person. I swear.


In your defense, Detta's angelic voice completely throws you off. And her accent! It's just lovely!
I never imagined that Detta speaks with an accent.   I bet it's hawt.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 16, 2006, 01:59:11 PM
Really?  Yeah, I have a somewhat thick New York accent.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2006, 02:24:38 PM
I have like zero accent.


Boooooooorrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnggggggg-guh!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 16, 2006, 03:21:44 PM
Yeah, you sounded really regular.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 16, 2006, 03:23:44 PM
Quote from: ivan
Booooooooiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg!



Yup.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2006, 03:33:53 PM
Indeed.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 16, 2006, 05:40:55 PM
How did you like ThatFuckerJoe's hillbilly schtick?  It was cracking me up :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2006, 07:07:03 PM
What do you mean by "schtick"? He's not that way all the time?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 16, 2006, 07:23:42 PM
Nope, he's the most unhillbilly hillbilly I've ever met.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 17, 2006, 07:24:22 AM
Haha!  Reminds me of the time that Supermodel Jon Wood called me up the first time and put on his thickest Gomer Pyle accent.  Then he said he was only kidding and started talking "normal".  I couldn't tell the difference.   :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 17, 2006, 07:54:04 AM
LOL.  That's funny.


Of the people from the internets that you've met in meat-space, what one thing surprised you most?


QOTD candidate Detta?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 17, 2006, 08:48:57 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=424003

Those questions are friggen' fantastic!  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 17, 2006, 09:01:44 AM
LOL! That's awsome!

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Students in the group presenting the survey were trying to convey that "students who have an alternative lifestyle get asked these questions every day, so please be considerate. It was an exercise in compassion and understanding that did not work out real well," Woelfel said.


I think it worked out quite well actually. The point of the survey was not to gather information, it was to send a message. Obviously, some homophobe parents didn't get the point, but that's OK. A lot of other people did. Now, I'm going to post this questionaire here so it doesn't get lost.

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Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 17, 2006, 10:02:24 AM
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Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 17, 2006, 02:22:21 PM
Quote from: BizB

Of the people from the internets that you've met in meat-space, what one thing surprised you most?




That Needles wasn't the hillbilly he portrays himself to be:lol:  Also the pictures of the ch1xx0rz I've met don't even come close to doing them justice.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 17, 2006, 02:23:22 PM
Oh and fantastic questionaire!  Bravo!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 20, 2006, 11:41:19 PM
Tonight I had another session of "Adventures in Ping-lish."

We're at Todai and looking around at the desserts, specifically the yogurt section:

Ping-Ping "Where are the cup thing for the yogurt?"
Xolik "Oh, they're right over there, dear." *points to cups*
Ping-Ping "Oh, ok. I eat come later."
Xolik  :shock:

He meant to say he'd get some yogurt later on. I was trying so hard not to burst out laughing.  :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 23, 2006, 12:54:51 PM
I made some microwave popcorn in the cafeteria but couldn't hear it popping over the maniac eighth graders in there so I burned the hell out of it.  Chucked it in the trash and slinked off knowing how bad the entire cafeteria smells right now.   :lol:

As I was out the door, I heard the words "burnt" and "popcorn" being said by many different voices.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 23, 2006, 01:20:40 PM
Nice!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on May 23, 2006, 07:05:16 PM
I'm finally back in the states!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 23, 2006, 07:08:43 PM
Welcome back!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 23, 2006, 07:11:19 PM
Cool beans!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 23, 2006, 07:19:09 PM
(http://www.gotthegeek.com/hn/welcome_back.jpg)

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 24, 2006, 10:30:45 AM
Quote from: Detta
I made some microwave popcorn in the cafeteria but couldn't hear it popping over the maniac eighth graders in there so I burned the hell out of it.  Chucked it in the trash and slinked off knowing how bad the entire cafeteria smells right now.   :lol:

As I was out the door, I heard the words "burnt" and "popcorn" being said by many different voices.


Yeah so the new Principal...who just started yesterday...and who I need to impress in the next 3 weeks so that he gives me a job for next year....saw me in the hall and goes, "Got any popcorn today?"

Ooooooooof.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 24, 2006, 11:21:24 AM
Nobody loves me.   :cry:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 24, 2006, 11:37:36 AM
Quote from: Detta
Nobody loves me.   :cry:


Well I love you more than Nobody, so there :P
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 24, 2006, 11:37:37 AM
I do!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 26, 2006, 03:04:58 PM
The office manager of one of our clients always ends phone conversations abruptly.  Like "kthxbye!*click*".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 26, 2006, 03:26:50 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
The office manager of one of our clients always ends phone conversations abruptly.  Like "kthxbye!*click*".


I guess I'm rude then.  With me it's usually "later *click*".
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 26, 2006, 04:53:04 PM
I end my phone conversations with 'Dude'
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on May 28, 2006, 09:38:56 PM
I'm really drunk for the first time in a while.

God Bless America and BEER!
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 29, 2006, 01:12:49 AM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/wanderingundead/Internet/georgezimmer.jpg

Linked due to VERY NSFW language.
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anonymous on May 29, 2006, 04:25:30 AM
Quote from: xolik
linked due to VERY NSFW language.


 I guarantee it! :lol:
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 29, 2006, 04:28:26 AM
Damn. Sorta funny for once, and I wasn't logged in.  

 Did you realize guest posting is back on, Chris?
Title: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 29, 2006, 07:37:28 AM
Quote from: 12AX7
Did you realize guest posting is back on, Chris?

Corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 02, 2006, 12:40:54 AM
I don't check my email for about 18 hours, and you know what I get... 157 new messages.

Fucking spammers. I hope they all die.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 02, 2006, 02:32:18 AM
I don't check my email for about 18 hours, and you know what I get... 157 new messages.

Fucking spammers. I hope they all die.

Here here. I'm used to checking it every so often and simply ignoring the junk. It's difficult, annoying, and shouldn't need to be done, but there you have it. Spam sucks. Period.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 02, 2006, 08:43:55 AM


Fucking spammers. I hope they all die.
I agree I created a brand new e-mail account, went to lunch, came back, and there were 70 new e-mails in my mailbox. Weird Tingly Feeling???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 02, 2006, 04:15:27 PM
I agree I created a brand new e-mail account, went to lunch, came back, and there were 70 new e-mails in my mailbox. Weird Tingly Feeling???

Sorry about that.  I needed something from Driverguide.com today and they wanted an email address.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 02, 2006, 04:23:14 PM
Driverguide.com is evil incarnate.

GOOD JOB, DEMOSTHENES!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 02, 2006, 04:32:40 PM
Keep laughing, funny boy.  You should see what I used YOUR email address for today.   :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 02, 2006, 04:43:47 PM
Ha-ha, you don't fool me. I've never given you my email!

BTW, it's demosthenes@hotmail.com.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 02, 2006, 06:12:51 PM
Silly, that's his address.  Everyone knows that yours is george@whitehouse.gov.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
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Just saw this on the WoW boards and I had to share it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 04, 2006, 10:40:40 AM
Baby Ruth?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 07, 2006, 11:24:08 AM
Conversation this morning:

Detta:  A boob in the hand is worth two...in the bush?  (Don't ask why I said that.)
Enrique:  Hey, you got "boob" and "bush" in the same sentence.  Good job.
Detta:  Those two words are put in the same sentence every single day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 07, 2006, 11:31:43 AM
Detta:  A boob in the hand is worth two...in the bush? 

Why did you say that?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 07, 2006, 11:38:00 AM
Why did you ask me that?

And why are you not signed in?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 07, 2006, 01:24:21 PM
So what were the boobs doing in the bush?  You must be really flexible.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 07, 2006, 01:36:48 PM
So what were the boobs doing in the bush?  You must be really flexible.
Maybe it is the girl next door's bush?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 07, 2006, 01:37:34 PM
If that's the case

picsplzkthx!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 07, 2006, 04:36:43 PM
I am Kif to my boss's Brannigan.

Time to get a new job, methinks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on June 07, 2006, 11:25:05 PM
Your job doesn't involve any ladders, does it?  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 08, 2006, 11:53:17 AM
Does that mean Ping is Amy to your Kif?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 08, 2006, 07:19:36 PM
*shakes fist at Demosthenes for not stopping in Madison on the way to the LGGC*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 08, 2006, 10:56:55 PM
Does that mean Ping is Amy to your Kif?

Good gravy it all makes sense!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 13, 2006, 08:54:22 PM
I saw a cop rear-end a lady while in the drive thru at McDonald's. How the hell do you manage that?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 14, 2006, 07:04:57 AM
Maybe he was watching something else, like someone suspicious, just a guess. If that was the case then the funny part about that is that after the collision the cop wouldn't be able to catch the crook anyway, because he would have to listen to that lady's tirade about "Oh my God look what you've done...etc."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 14, 2006, 07:12:53 AM
Yeah, that's always embarrassing for a cop.

In other news, Ponch didn't read the directions on the box of blueberry muffins.  This is no surprise, as men don't seem to look at directions much.  Well, he didn't strain the blueberries and now we have some wacked out Violet Beauregarde muffins.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 14, 2006, 11:30:04 AM
So, I watched this asshole (on the freeway) this morning.  He was in a Lincoln Town Car, and he was pretty much dueling with a semi.  AND, he was in the wrong and being a dick about it.  I found myself hoping that the semi driver would decide that he had had enough.  I would have loved to have seen that asshole get crushed by that semi.  People are jerks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 14, 2006, 02:33:20 PM
I saw some lady drop a coffee on herself while in the drive thru at a fast food store. Oh man, you should have heard the stuff she was saying! Comedy gold!

I BURNT THE FUCK OUT OF MY ASS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 19, 2006, 06:47:18 PM
We need this smilie for our political forum.

(http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/6788/slapfight3aa.gif)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 20, 2006, 10:11:42 AM
Never a dull moment on the family email:

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I got a phone call yesterday, and when I said hello the person on the other
side said, I just wanted to call to say I love you.  I said, what? and she
said I just called to say I love you.  So I asked who it was, and she said
what do you mean? and so I asked who she was, and she said who are you and I
said Joe and she said, oh sorry wrong number.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 21, 2006, 07:11:41 AM
We need this smilie for our political forum.

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And now you have it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 21, 2006, 10:00:33 AM
*shakes fist at Demosthenes for not stopping in Madison on the way to the LGGC*

Hey, that's no cause for fist shakening!

We were running late and the friend that was riding with me was anxious to get there, so we passed Madison by.  Sorry.   :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 21, 2006, 10:27:20 AM
I found out that yesterday, while I was off, my boss went and told the higher-ups that if I didn't get a $10,000 a year raise, I'd quit.

I never said that and have no idea what gave him that idea. So I expect to be fired any minute now.    :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 21, 2006, 10:40:23 AM
I found out that yesterday, while I was off, my boss went and told the higher-ups that if I didn't get a $10,000 a year raise, I'd quit.

I never said that and have no idea what gave him that idea. So I expect to be fired any minute now.    :|

Wow.  With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 21, 2006, 04:14:13 PM
Cheer up xol.  They'll probably give it to you.  That way they can fire you from a better paying job. :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 21, 2006, 04:44:15 PM
Good luck Xol!

Hey so when are we going to get these smilies in here:

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/thumbsup.gif)

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/nanaparty.gif)

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/galm.gif)

I don't have the needles smilie hosted.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 21, 2006, 05:39:27 PM
And the spitting water one...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 22, 2006, 04:29:03 AM
With the revial of intro threads I had to post this from mine.

Quote from: Binoboy
That's you, Demo?! Ok....

And don't worry, you don't look a thing like the MC in Cabaret.
*runs*
Uh, no.  That's not me.  Nowhere near how I look.  I'm more or less like my avatar...


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/demo_avatar_cheney.jpg)

That wasn't as funny then as it is now Demo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 22, 2006, 07:09:22 AM
Cheer up xol.  They'll probably give it to you.  That way they can fire you from a better paying job. :-D

Or maybe they'll give you a $10,000 when they can your boss and offer you his position. How great would that be?  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 22, 2006, 03:39:05 PM
With the revial of intro threads I had to post this from mine.

Quote from: Binoboy
That's you, Demo?! Ok....

And don't worry, you don't look a thing like the MC in Cabaret.
*runs*
Uh, no.  That's not me.  Nowhere near how I look.  I'm more or less like my avatar...


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/demo_avatar_cheney.jpg)

That wasn't as funny then as it is now Demo.

Hah!  That would have been even funnier if you'd quoted it back when I was sportin' my Ricardo Montalban avatar.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/demo_avatar_montalban.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2006, 07:34:47 PM
Cheer up xol.  They'll probably give it to you.  That way they can fire you from a better paying job. :-D

Or maybe they'll give you a $10,000 when they can your boss and offer you his position. How great would that be?  :-D

Oh, I don't want any part of management. I'd rather keep my soul.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on June 23, 2006, 06:59:18 AM
I saw this and thought of Xolix and his amusing anigifs

(http://www.jokes24.co.za/images/37925image001_40235_37925_1.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 12:14:24 PM
Heh, I saw the whole video in google video.  Hilarious!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 12:19:28 PM
Kickass!  I've been smitten :D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 23, 2006, 02:06:11 PM
Yeah I watched the auditions, some were very sad...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 02:27:08 PM
I just gave Cat her 69th positive karma.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on June 23, 2006, 02:28:33 PM
I just gave Cat her 69th positive karma.
I'm jealous  :slap
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 02:42:08 PM
I gave you your 27th.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2006, 03:02:46 PM
28th and 38th, respectively.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 23, 2006, 03:05:15 PM
67,40,30
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 23, 2006, 03:05:28 PM
I followed ivan on this one, for the hell of it, hey wait up!! lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 23, 2006, 03:06:39 PM
27
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 23, 2006, 03:07:03 PM
(Just kidding)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 23, 2006, 03:08:50 PM
72
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 04:41:04 PM
Ivan, and I your 68th.  If no one does you in an hour, you'll be mine, my pretty!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2006, 04:45:53 PM
DAMN that sounds knotty!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2006, 04:46:10 PM
41
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 04:56:34 PM
The question is-- what will my next positive karma be?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 23, 2006, 06:13:34 PM
I just 69d Ivan :knotty
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 23, 2006, 06:38:33 PM
I just gave Cat her 69th positive karma.

:knotty
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2006, 07:19:38 PM
Awesome! Cat and I have this 69 thing going.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2006, 07:20:36 PM
HA-HA! HOW MANY TIMES IN YOUR LIFE CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!?!?

It's like a harmonic convergence or something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 23, 2006, 07:32:51 PM
"FORMALLY KNOWN AS IVAN"? Does that mean you're wearing a bow tie?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 23, 2006, 10:10:24 PM
70. PG-13 n' all that.  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 26, 2006, 11:04:25 AM
Here's some real life positive karma:

I was washing my car last week and I hadn't washed it by hand in a long time. I notice it was starting to rust. It's a frigging 2003 and it's already rusting? Weird Tingly Feeling? On monday I decided I was going to by another car and get rid of this one. On tuesday I had picked which car  wanted. On Wednesday, I agreed to a deal and purchased the car by phone. On Thursday I sold my 2003. I also worked till midnight because of an important project I needed to complete. On Friday, once my work day was over, I drove to te dealership where my dad works to sign papers (about 3 hours from where I live). On saturday, I drove to Chicoutimi in Quebec to pick up the car (about 10 hours away from were my father lives). Turns out that this was the closest location where they had a car exactly like I wanted (colors and options). On Sunday I drove back home. This morning, I couldn't get up so I sleept in. And now I'm at work.

I got a new car! WOoot!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 26, 2006, 02:07:44 PM
Here's some real life positive karma:

I was washing my car last week and I hadn't washed it by hand in a long time. I notice it was starting to rust. It's a frigging 2003 and it's already rusting? Weird Tingly Feeling? On monday I decided I was going to by another car and get rid of this one. On tuesday I had picked which car  wanted. On Wednesday, I agreed to a deal and purchased the car by phone. On Thursday I sold my 2003. I also worked till midnight because of an important project I needed to complete. On Friday, once my work day was over, I drove to te dealership where my dad works to sign papers (about 3 hours from where I live). On saturday, I drove to Chicoutimi in Quebec to pick up the car (about 10 hours away from were my father lives). Turns out that this was the closest location where they had a car exactly like I wanted (colors and options). On Sunday I drove back home. This morning, I couldn't get up so I sleept in. And now I'm at work.

I got a new car! WOoot!

10 hours away? Man you are dedicated. I would've just grabbed something closer, but congrats though, glad you found something you wanted  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 26, 2006, 02:09:39 PM
Here's some real life positive karma:

I was washing my car last week and I hadn't washed it by hand in a long time. I notice it was starting to rust. It's a frigging 2003 and it's already rusting? Weird Tingly Feeling? On monday I decided I was going to by another car and get rid of this one. On tuesday I had picked which car  wanted. On Wednesday, I agreed to a deal and purchased the car by phone. On Thursday I sold my 2003. I also worked till midnight because of an important project I needed to complete. On Friday, once my work day was over, I drove to te dealership where my dad works to sign papers (about 3 hours from where I live). On saturday, I drove to Chicoutimi in Quebec to pick up the car (about 10 hours away from were my father lives). Turns out that this was the closest location where they had a car exactly like I wanted (colors and options). On Sunday I drove back home. This morning, I couldn't get up so I sleept in. And now I'm at work.

I got a new car! WOoot!

well here's some internet karma for your real karma *hits applaud button*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 26, 2006, 02:53:12 PM
What did you buy, Judge?

I'm looking at a Scion xA (http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/scion_xa_5doorhatchback_2006/17750/style_photos.html;_ylt=AnM.jgDt1g2YnSNQTlFw.U45l8AF) right now
(http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/ag/scion_xa_5doorhatchback_2006_exterior_5_110x83.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 26, 2006, 03:18:03 PM
I bought a malibu maxx.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 27, 2006, 01:36:42 PM
So, I applied (internally) for a new job where I work.  I had the last of three interviews first thing yesterday morning.  I know for a fact that they made a decision yesterday at lunchtime.  Now I'm waiting to hear something.  I am horrible at waiting.  I keep looking at the clock.  Even if it's to tell me to go jump off a cliff, I with they'd just call.

Waiting is the worst!!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 27, 2006, 01:52:02 PM
Ugh.  Good luck!  I'm sure you wowed them!

I'm not sure why they do wait so long.


In other news....I have an 11th grader in my Math 8 class.  :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 27, 2006, 01:58:23 PM
I went to Chicago this weekend and fell in love with the city. I had such a good time.

Turns out Chicago Pride was being held this weekend also, which I wasn't aware of at the time the trip was made. Ping Ping wanted to go so I went with him and some friends of ours and was, of course, amused greatly by the glaring hypocrisy. One section of the parade had people marching with signs denouncing intorlerance and urging acceptance of all people from all walks of life. Right behind them marched a group with a big red sign that said "Death to the GOP" with a picture of the republican elephant with its brains blown out.

Peace, love and tolerance for all unless you don't vote the way we tell you to vote. Then we want you dead.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 27, 2006, 03:54:17 PM
Why is it called a "five o'clock shadow" when I can see new stubble already at noon?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 27, 2006, 04:36:13 PM
Why is it called a "five o'clock shadow" when I can see new stubble already at noon?

Maybe, in the olden days, it took people from Sun up till five to grow their facial hairs partially back?  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 27, 2006, 04:36:48 PM
In other news....I have an 11th grader in my Math 8 class.  :(

Well there's a future state legislature budget committee member for ya.  You should tell him/her that they have a great future in public office.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 27, 2006, 07:45:26 PM
I never knew that smiting a dead user could be so much fun.  But I've given Asterisk a butload of smitings over the past few several days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 28, 2006, 12:39:57 PM
I never knew that smiting a dead user could be so much fun.  But I've given Asterisk a butload of smitings over the past few several days.

Do you happen to be the one who smites me three times daily regardless of whether I post or not?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2006, 01:14:27 PM
No, but I just smited you for your abuse of the English language there, slick.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 28, 2006, 01:28:01 PM
Yeah, I believe the correct term is "irregardless".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2006, 01:31:53 PM
Yeah, stir it up :lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 28, 2006, 01:53:37 PM
No, but I just smited you for your abuse of the English language there, slick.

I forgot a comma. Bite me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2006, 02:23:25 PM
The most egregious error was subject verb agreement.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on June 28, 2006, 02:25:18 PM

I forgot a comma. Bite me.
Quote

I'd rather smite you. :evil: :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 28, 2006, 03:50:11 PM

I forgot a comma. Bite me.
Quote

I'd rather smite you. :evil: :evil:

Oh zing. Now my negative Karma outdoes my post count.

The most egregious error was subject verb agreement.

That, my good man, was a typo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2006, 04:04:42 PM
hmof?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 28, 2006, 04:06:55 PM
Don't ever accidently get nair on your nipples. It hurts big time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 28, 2006, 05:11:21 PM
Naw, I would only ever do that on purpose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 28, 2006, 05:38:43 PM
Don't ever accidently get nair on your nipples. It hurts big time.

Tweezers work wonders. But don't tease 'em, for god's sake!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 29, 2006, 02:45:39 AM
Don't ever accidently get nair on your nipples. It hurts big time.

I read that as "hair" and was all  :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 29, 2006, 03:06:54 AM
Don't ever accidently get nair on your nipples. It hurts big time.

I read that as "hair" and was all  :?

Oh crap! I thought he said hair too!

Well that makes more sense.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2006, 01:01:23 PM
You mean it didn't say hair?  You edited it, right Xol?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 29, 2006, 01:05:08 PM
I thought it said "nair on your hipples"!

Ok, no I didn't. Apparently I'm the only one in the whole internet who read it right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2006, 01:08:42 PM
Speaking of which.  Getting oil based primer on one's nipples is not that pleasant either.  I could kill Sandy.  She can't paint since she's with child, so I'm stuck doing the painting for our kitchen remodel.  Well, she bought oil based primer instead of water based.  Well I was painting in just my boxers, since it was still pretty hot and I was too lazy to put on work clothes.  Well I'm still quite spotted today, including on my nipples.  The acetone didn't work too well and burned like hell so I guess I'll just wait for it all to wear off as I replace my skin over the next couple of weeks.  FEH!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 29, 2006, 01:20:42 PM
I'm getting triple dog dared to slip this under the boss's door.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 29, 2006, 01:21:13 PM
Pbs, next time I see you, I'll try not to pinch your nipples.

But it will be hard!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2006, 01:23:03 PM
Speaking of which.  I just booked my flights.  The birthday party is Saturday, July 22.  Can I pencil you in for noonish on Sunday the 23rd?  I think my flight leaves about 8ish from Long Beach.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 29, 2006, 01:55:24 PM
Pencil away!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2006, 05:47:13 PM
I'm getting triple dog dared to slip this under the boss's door.

That is missing the "and shit all over everything" part.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 29, 2006, 05:59:36 PM
I wouldn't want to go any other way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 29, 2006, 07:31:28 PM
I'm getting triple dog dared to slip this under the boss's door.

That is missing the "and shit all over everything" part.
No; it's not.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 30, 2006, 03:49:28 PM
You're not fooling anybody there, buddy.  :roll:

http://cgi.ebay.com/BN-Mens-Versace-Black-Belt-Medusa-Buckle-01_W0QQitemZ120002901300QQihZ002QQcategoryZ2993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 05, 2006, 06:40:04 PM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 05, 2006, 06:51:04 PM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o



Kickass!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 05, 2006, 07:21:06 PM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o


Awsome.  Can I borrow ten bucks?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 05, 2006, 08:03:31 PM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o



Holy crapola!  Sounds like the "threat" you made via your coworker worked!

Even if you didn't want to make such a threat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on July 05, 2006, 08:06:10 PM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o



Where do you work?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 05, 2006, 08:11:42 PM
Where do you work?

A big building with lots of computers in it that like to break down.  8-) Keeps me busy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 05, 2006, 08:22:20 PM
JEBUS! Congrats!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: IFOUNDWALDO176 on July 05, 2006, 08:25:49 PM
Congratulations Xolik.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 06, 2006, 05:43:16 AM
Go Xol!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on July 06, 2006, 06:41:58 AM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o



Hey Congratulations!

Waitamintue... this is unheard of! There must be a catch!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2006, 08:50:43 AM
Hey Congratulations!

Waitamintue... this is unheard of! There must be a catch!

I thought so too, at first. But nope. No contract, no 'you need to get a Masters in blah blah blah in six months' or any of that. Something about an industry salary study and us being woefully underpaid was mentioned.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Steelbelly on July 06, 2006, 10:14:27 AM
Good gravy, I just got a 25% salary increase!  :-o


Congratulations!  Makes my 9% increase look like chicken feed now... :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on July 06, 2006, 02:28:44 PM
That's awesome, Xolik!

However, my 20% raise led to quitting my job soon after, so beware!

BEWARE
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2006, 02:49:32 PM
That's awesome, Xolik!

However, my 20% raise led to quitting my job soon after, so beware!

BEWARE


Yeah, but I don't have to work with crappy Fujitsu scanners anymore.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on July 07, 2006, 01:23:22 PM
I'm on vacation next week! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 07, 2006, 03:35:55 PM
Apparently you don't need to have admin credentials to install Firefox on a Windows Server 2003 terminal server.

I just noticed Firefox installed on one of three front-end servers for a client, and since none of us installed it, I looked at the ownership of the folder... and found that it was from an end-user with very few privileges.

Not that it's bad that Firefox was installed.  It's just that end users with no privileges shouldn't be able to install ANY software on a production server.  That kind of thing makes us nervous.


Hurrr.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 07, 2006, 03:37:03 PM
I'm on vacation next week! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Lucky duck
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 07, 2006, 07:34:46 PM
Something about an industry salary study and us being woefully underpaid was mentioned.

Ain't that the truth...

I, too, am woefully underpaid for my industry. I'm holding out for the raise I'm supposed to get later this summer. It better be substantial and bump me up to close to what my colleague is making.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 07, 2006, 11:35:53 PM
Ermmmm.  Is your colleague a guy, perchance?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 08, 2006, 11:30:48 AM
Ermmmm.  Is your colleague a guy, perchance?

Right in one, dc. I also switched into the job I'm currently in from a less techy position and didn't get an appropriate change of salary at the time. We're not doing exactly the same job, but it's pretty close.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 08, 2006, 01:35:13 PM
Ermmmm.  Is your colleague a guy, perchance?

Right in one, dc. I also switched into the job I'm currently in from a less techy position and didn't get an appropriate change of salary at the time. We're not doing exactly the same job, but it's pretty close.

That makes me think of this song of which I used to have a recording.



Penis Envy
by Uncle Bonsai (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003Y0V?v=glance)

If I had a penis I'd wear it outside
In cafes and carlots with pomp and with pride
If I had a penis I'd pamper it proper
I'd stay in the tub and use me as a stopper
If I had a penis I'd take it to parties
Stretch it and stroke it and shove it at smarties
I'd take it to pet shows and teach it to stay
I'd stuff it in turkeys on thanksgiving day

I'd rival my buddies in sportscars and stickshifts
I'd shower my spire with girlies and gifts
I'd peek around corners
I'd aim at my toilet
I'd poke it at foreigners
And soap it and oil it
If I had a penis I'd run to my mother
Comb out the hair and compare it to brother
I'd lance her, I'd knight her, my hands would endulge
Pants would seem tighter and buckle and bulge

(chorus)
A penis to plunder, a penis to push
Cause one in the hand is worth one in the bush
A penis to love me, a penis to share...
To pick up and play with when nobody's there

I'd sit like a guy, I'd straddle the chair
I'd play with my fly, albeit with care
I'd dip it in chocolate, I'd stick it in sockets
Go to the movies with hands deep in pockets
I'd stick it in vacuums on vacant verandas
Gas-guzzling bottles and poodles and pandas
And puddles and drain pipes and doggies and ditches,
Poolhalls and potholes and bottles and bitches...

Zucchinies and zebras, tomatoes, tomatoes,
And pineapple pumpkins, and gulches and grottos,
And melons and marshmallows...

Gloves and gorillas
Slurpies and slippers
Chinooks and chinchillas...

(chorus)

If I had a penis, I'd climb every mountain
I'd force it on females
I'd pee like a fountain...

If I had a penis I'd still be a girl,
But I'd make much more money and conquer the world.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on July 08, 2006, 03:36:20 PM
What happened to your recording, 'cuz that song's hilarious!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 08, 2006, 03:42:31 PM
It was a cassette I had of that album that broke a long time ago.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 08, 2006, 05:21:47 PM
I do have an Honorary Penor...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 11, 2006, 06:36:52 PM
As I'm jet skiing towards 30 this year, I have decided that my final act of defiance is to get a tattoo. This is something that I'm going to have to research very carefully as, unless I want to pay an assload of money to get it removed, I'm stuck with it for life. So...how much pain can I anticipate? It'll either be on my shoulder or upper bicep area.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 11, 2006, 06:41:13 PM
Tramp stamp?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 11, 2006, 09:28:52 PM
Tramp stamp?

If that's the pattern that people get over their lower back right above their ass, then no. I'm not getting one of those.

In other news, I just had some guy that I've never met before who works in a totally different department come on to me. He's making small talk with me in the cafe area, walks with me a bit to the parking lot since I was on my way out to finally go home, then gets really embarassed and turns away suddenly for some reason. He was in his gym clothes and I was about to ask him why he's wearing his fanny pack backwards and then it dawns on me...that's not a fanny pack. He's pitching a tent. A large tent. Hence the sudden embarassment and the why he turned away from me so quickly. I pretended not to notice and we went on our separate ways.

The next couple of days should be interesting.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Steelbelly on July 12, 2006, 11:52:56 AM
Interestingly enough (or boringly enough for some), both my wife and I got tattoos within the last few years.  She now has 3, as well as a pierced labret (below the lower lip), and Ihave two tats and a pierced tongue.

My wife said she hardly felt any pain at all.  For me, I felt pain whenever the needle initially made contact with my skin, but it was bearable.  A lot of it is subjective, since everyone has different tolerances to pain.  For me, the initial sting was like getting stuck by a small pin, but the rest of it just felt sort of like sunburn (I know, that's an awful description, but it's the closest thing I can think of).  Remember that certain areas (around your spine, wrists and ankles, for example) will hurt more than fleshy areas.  Make sure the tatoo you want to get is one you can look at in 50 years and not regret!

In my opinion, try a small one first- speak to some tatoo artists (visit a parlour somewhere)- they can be a wealth of information, and look up some tatoo FAQs on Google.  In my opinion, researching something is very important before making your final decision.  Good luck!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 12, 2006, 12:25:15 PM
I have two tattoos.  The one on my shoulder was virtually painless.  It just felt hot while it was being worked on, and afterward it didn't feel like anything at all (until about a week later, when the normal itchiness of the healing process drove me kinda nuts for a day or so).

The one on my chest hurt like a motherfucker.  Every line was an entirely new experience in pain.

So yeah, it does depend on where you get it, and it is subjective, still.  I have known plenty of people who have gotten tatts on their chests that say it didn't hurt at all, whereas chest tattoo hurt pretty bad.  I have a decent threshold for pain, too, so I'm thinking I just must have a lot of nerve endings where that particular tattoo is located.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on July 12, 2006, 01:46:45 PM
I just must have a lot of nerve endings where that particular tattoo is located.
:-o
That's what you get for having your nipple tattooed
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 12, 2006, 04:14:09 PM
(http://random-m.com/images/955113178_75023.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Belsazar on July 12, 2006, 10:29:55 PM
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/rhyswynne/honda.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 13, 2006, 12:12:38 PM
So we're letting pets join now?

Quote
Latest Member: fluffy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 13, 2006, 01:40:25 PM
So we're letting pets join now?

Quote
Latest Member: fluffy

It could be the Dreaded Vampire Lord Fluffy.

http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/index.php
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 13, 2006, 02:21:53 PM
These are fabulous!  Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 13, 2006, 03:59:09 PM
Excellent!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 13, 2006, 05:00:15 PM
I don't what this is, but I like it.

(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/878/cheesefiends9yh.jpg)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 14, 2006, 01:10:52 PM
My idiot boss keeps crashing into my office every 3-5 minutes and just stares at my screen from over my shoulder. Occasionally, he'll grab my mouse and start reading my email with it while slurping very loudly with his coffee. He's seriously starting to piss me off. Bad enough he thunders in here, look around, make a huge sigh noise and thunders off again without really saying anything. What the fuck is his problem? I'm trying to work here and you come in and take over my mouse to read my fucking work email? If it involved you, I'd have forwarded it to you, you jackass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2006, 01:20:34 PM
That's creepy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 14, 2006, 01:28:59 PM
That's creepy

Not as creepy as him asking me to be in a three way with him and his wife.  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 14, 2006, 03:48:02 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rofl.gif)


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/heman.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 14, 2006, 04:51:31 PM
I'll never view Prince Adam the same way again.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2006, 05:32:24 PM
Yeah I saw that one over at somewhere and still haven't stopped laughing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 14, 2006, 10:57:46 PM
Yeah I saw that one over at somewhere and still haven't stopped laughing.

Oh I know, me neither.  That's why it really needed to be posted over here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 14, 2006, 11:48:15 PM
Not as creepy as him asking me to be in a three way with him and his wife. :-o

Hmmm, seems like somebody wants some attention.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 15, 2006, 12:04:50 AM
I saw a sign on an Middle School today.  I think the kids messed with it.

CONGRATULATIONS TEACHER OF THE YEAR:
CREAMY MANNESS
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Steelbelly on July 15, 2006, 06:59:12 AM
Speaking of misspelled words... we got an email yesterday about casual Fridays at work, reminding people that, while we are allowed to dress down, the dress code is still to be 'business casual'.

One of the reminders was, "Employees may wear clean teeshirts or polo shirts on Fridays.  However, remember that you cannot wear a shit [sic] with pictures or logos on them, nor of any patterns containing guns, scantily clad men or women, cannabis leaves or alcoholic beverages.  Any employee found wearing a shirt deemed objectionable will be sent home without pay to change his attire".

I have to wonder how often the employees of the company have done this, in order for the "dress code regulations" to be re-posted.  I also wonder if someone came to work in a "Thugs and Hoes" teeshirt or something.    :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 15, 2006, 09:07:30 AM
When I was in school one of our radiation labs had some test sources made of Cesium embedded in glass at the end of a 8 or 9 inch long metal rod.  These were low intensity radiation sources used for calibrating radiacs.

We had a sign up in that lab that actually said "NO EATING OR DRINKING", followed by "PROTECTIVE GEAR MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES" right above "DO NOT LICK THE CESIUM STICKS".

Because yes, somebody had once.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 15, 2006, 01:44:52 PM
When I was in school one of our radiation labs had some test sources made of Cesium embedded in glass at the end of a 8 or 9 inch long metal rod.  These were low intensity radiation sources used for calibrating radiacs.

We had a sign up in that lab that actually said "NO EATING OR DRINKING", followed by "PROTECTIVE GEAR MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES" right above "DO NOT LICK THE CESIUM STICKS".

Because yes, somebody had once.

In my biology class (like 5 or so years ago) there was a guy who took a pair of tweezers and stuck them into the electrical outlet. The teacher never said anything if she noticed. Considering it was supposed to be the "best" public school, that's kind of sad.

Also, some people would steal from the lab for parts to make a bong, and of course plenty of people stole personal property.

There was that one time when a kid did a line of cocaine a few seats away from me, in the middle of class. (The teacher had walked out and left another student in charge...)

There are more incidents, and suffice it to say I did NOT enjoy my BLS experience...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 16, 2006, 11:37:22 AM
I was cleaning out some old boxes and I found, not only my old plaques from HS Gymnastics (Most Dedicated - 1989, Model of Excellence - 1990, and Team Leader: Captain - 1991), but I also found my old field hockey uniform shirt from 7th grade (1987!!!).  It fits me!  Ahahaha.  I'm going to wear it.  Hope it doesn't disintigrate while I'm out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 16, 2006, 12:03:15 PM
Ahahahaha.  I also found a story that I wrote with my sister when we were kids.  You can tell it was written in the 80's cause I actually wrote the sentence, "Dude, what'dya do, dye your hair?  It looks fresh!".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on July 16, 2006, 01:29:21 PM
In my biology class (like 5 or so years ago) there was a guy who took a pair of tweezers and stuck them into the electrical outlet. The teacher never said anything if she noticed. Considering it was supposed to be the "best" public school, that's kind of sad.

You know, this sounds pretty familiar. In my biology class about 5 years back some kid stuck a paper clip into an electrical socket and shorted out the entire wing.

In that same class, but on a different day, someone broken a water pipe at the end of the class and flooded the next classroom over.

Ah, memories.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 17, 2006, 03:01:27 PM
I also found my old field hockey uniform shirt from 7th grade (1987!!!).

Wow... I was BORN in 87.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 17, 2006, 03:33:06 PM
Wow... I was BORN in 87.
My son is a year older than you.



Xolik, any more encounters with the tent-pitching co-worker?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 17, 2006, 03:42:19 PM
Wow... I was BORN in 87.

I was in college
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on July 17, 2006, 04:40:42 PM
Wow... I was BORN in 87.

ditto.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 17, 2006, 05:04:48 PM
Xolik, any more encounters with the tent-pitching co-worker?

No, thank goodness. He works in a different building on campus. I am a bit nervous about using the gym here after work now, since he seems to frequent it, so I think I'll be going to Bally's for the next couple of days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 17, 2006, 05:11:04 PM
Wow... I was BORN in 87.

I lost my virginity in '87.   8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 17, 2006, 06:27:46 PM
I lost my virginity in '87.   8-)

December 4 of that year for me too!  :unf
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 17, 2006, 06:51:26 PM
I can't remember.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 17, 2006, 07:46:32 PM
I can't remember.

Can't remember what.  1987?

Or when you lost your virginity?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on July 17, 2006, 08:05:17 PM
Can't remember what.  1987?

Or when you lost your virginity?

Both.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 17, 2006, 09:12:37 PM
What I'm currently using as wallpaper on my MP3 player:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 17, 2006, 09:17:16 PM
...speaking of memories?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 18, 2006, 11:32:49 AM
It's 9:27am for me here and I've just reached my optimal heart rate. Of course, it's because I just convinced myself I accidently deleted the wrong users network acount\exhange account. Thank goodness I didn't, but I got my user names all mixed up and freaked out for a good five minutes until I realized I did everything correct in the first place. Nothing like self imposed stress.

Being a domain admin is scary stuff sometimes. For the first time in about eight years I want to go outside and smoke.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 18, 2006, 12:26:30 PM
...speaking of memories?

I had one of those once.  ONCE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on July 18, 2006, 03:18:36 PM
OMGWTFBBQ!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Steelbelly on July 18, 2006, 05:57:59 PM
Wow... I was BORN in 87.
1987 was the year I started high school & lost my virginity.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 20, 2006, 05:44:07 PM
Had a weigh in today. I came in at 68 inches tall, 176.5 pounds, 34.25 inch waist 15.4 inch neck and approx. 19% body fat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 22, 2006, 12:02:14 AM
If you, like myself, haven't seen a dentist since the Clinton administration, take my advice and SEE ONE NOW!

Good God, I THOUGHT my teeth were fine.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 22, 2006, 05:27:36 AM
If you, like myself, haven't seen a dentist since the Clinton administration, take my advice and SEE ONE NOW!

Good God, I THOUGHT my teeth were fine.  :cry:

Teeth are made of CALCIUM, not PROTEIN, so your "dental plan" wouldn't work.

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 22, 2006, 08:42:48 AM
Don't forget to floss.  I got another A++ last time I went to the dentist.

Sorry you had a bad dentist visit Xol.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 22, 2006, 09:05:56 AM
Sorry you had a bad dentist visit Xol.

Yeah, I can sympathize with you Xol, hate going to the dentist.

On the other hand, my dentist was a really nice guy. (I have to change because I just "outgrew" him)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 24, 2006, 12:44:46 PM
I go every six months because my dentist does this evil thing of scheduling your next appointment while you're there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TRAHALD on July 24, 2006, 11:51:29 PM
Damn, dentist.  That reminds me...  I moved from CO a year ago and still haven't been to the dentist.  Thanks for the reminder, I'll make an appointment tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 25, 2006, 03:17:30 PM
In order of preference, this is how I rate movies:

1. I WILL see this opening night on the big screen
2. I'll see it the week it opens
3. I'll wait until the crowds thin out before seeing it on the big screen
4. I'll catch it on the big screen if I have nothing else better to see and have time to kill
5. I'll wait until it comes out on DVD and rent it
6. I'll watch it on DVD if someone else rents it
7. I'll watch it when it comes to TV
8. I'll watch it on TV if nothing else at all is on
9. I want my fricken time back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 25, 2006, 03:51:08 PM
In order of preference, this is how I rate movies:

9. I want my fricken time back.


You have fricken time?

Luck-EE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 26, 2006, 04:11:37 PM
Good for Lance Bass. Can't say I'm suprised, but still, good for him. Now waiting for the others to follow....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 07:27:55 PM
Good for Lance Bass. Can't say I'm suprised, but still, good for him. Now waiting for the others to follow....

Apparently the others didn't even know. I find it hard to believe they were engaged in brutal homosexual orgies and didn't even know about it. They're definitely hiding something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 07:59:14 PM
I find it hard to believe they were engaged in brutal homosexual orgies and didn't even know about it. They're definitely hiding something.

The salami?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:02:19 PM
The salami?

No, the other members of Lance Bass's band.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 26, 2006, 08:14:37 PM
No, the other members of Lance Bass's band.

*snorfle* It's funny when the train is missed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:33:03 PM
No, the other members of Lance Bass's band.

 :-D :-) :-o :? :lol: :-P :evil: :roll: :wink: :|

OMFGLOLLOLLOLLOLBBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111ONE1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:34:41 PM
Excuse me for the above post.  But I just couldn't decide which emoticon would truly show the emotion I felt, at the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:37:38 PM
Right. Are you laughing at me, or at boybands?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:38:56 PM
No, the other members of Lance Bass's band.

Heh heh, he said members heh heh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:39:25 PM
No, the other members of Lance Bass's band.

Heh heh, he said lance, heh heh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:40:08 PM
Never take anything i say personally.  But go back and re-read what you said and what I said.  You may find the humor in it.

And by the way, what is a boyband?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:43:19 PM
boyband  n.   A homo-erotic display of what happens when you take young talentless males and arrange them systematically to insult the music industry.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 26, 2006, 08:44:21 PM
Nicely done. +1 for that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:45:15 PM
And now I get it. Can't believe it took me that long.

And by the way pbsaurus, I'm a she, not a he.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:47:06 PM
They're definitely hiding something.

*The salami?*

Waitaminute.  If I gotta go back an expains' these things it can't be worth it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:47:26 PM
Isn't it a little early for me to be sex-typing you.  I hardly know you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:47:59 PM
Hehehe.  He said sex.

And she said homo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:49:00 PM
Hehe. He said hardly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 08:49:42 PM
How do you know that's a he?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:50:19 PM
Yeah, I don't even know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:52:21 PM
How do you know that's a he?

I divined from what I know having read at least a hundred of his posts in this forum.

Also, I like your style. "...that's a he?" You give nothing away.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:54:30 PM
Wow, which hundred?  I hope they included the three or four good one's I've made.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 08:55:37 PM
Well before I join a forum I read a good number of the threads. That way I know what I'm getting into and whether or not being a n00b is worth it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 08:58:17 PM
It looks like it's worth it from our end.  Feel free to stick around.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 09:02:09 PM
concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 09:05:08 PM
Yeah, I'd have to say so far I like it here. Such prime examples of sarcasm, cynicism and general disappointment in mankind...how could one go wrong?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2006, 09:07:07 PM
And don't forget the arborial puns.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 26, 2006, 09:08:22 PM
Oh yes. Overall, it seems like a place that doesn't make me want to shoot myself in the face.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 26, 2006, 09:10:21 PM
Oh yes. Overall, it seems like a place that doesn't make me want to shoot myself in the face.  :-D

That always seemed to be a plus to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on July 27, 2006, 06:36:39 AM
I divined from what I know having read at least a hundred of his posts in this forum.

OH MY GOD SHE'S A STALKER!!!


Got your union card?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 27, 2006, 07:32:51 AM
I'm not a stalker; I'm merely informed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 27, 2006, 01:24:05 PM
I'm not a stalker; I'm merely informed.

Wanna be one?  The Judges classes are top notch and he offers financial aid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on July 27, 2006, 02:25:45 PM
Wanna be one?  The Judges classes are top notch and he offers financial aid.

Yeah, but he makes you fill out the FAFSA.

What kind of reputable stalker class makes you fill out the FAFSA for financial aid?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on July 27, 2006, 02:27:41 PM
But I need the financial aid for stalker application!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TRAHALD on July 27, 2006, 10:09:02 PM
Oh yes. Overall, it seems like a place that doesn't make me want to shoot myself in the face.  :-D

You say that now...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 27, 2006, 10:26:53 PM
You say that now...

Hah! 

That made me laugh.  +1.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 28, 2006, 07:20:21 AM
You say that now...

No, I said that yesterday...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on July 28, 2006, 08:25:01 AM
amazing animations

http://iconfactory.com/


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 28, 2006, 09:50:51 AM
*nothing to see here but a big red x*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 29, 2006, 08:15:56 AM
It would be funnier if the dove had an olive branch.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 31, 2006, 04:28:39 PM
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4573/hellovader375x589xs0.jpg)

Hello Vader
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 31, 2006, 04:37:37 PM
(http://www.thegoldenera.net/images/hats/Clint%20Howard.jpg)

Betcha didn't see Clint Howard coming.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 31, 2006, 04:39:05 PM
Betcha didn't see Clint Howard coming.

(http://www.thievesguild.cc/forums/images/smiles/icon_headshake.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 31, 2006, 05:09:31 PM
Here's one for the "oooof" category.

We were up at my dad's this weekend and Wubby and Kevo showed up too.  The five of us were playing poker and I lost all my chips.  My dad to the left of me throws a dollar at me and I didn't grab it.  I was still bitching about the hand probably.  Enrique hands me $2 worth of his chips so that I can continue to play.  I took them and my dad goes, "Oh, so I guess you don't need ME anymore!".

Oooooof.

But dad, you lent me $1700 just last week.  I'd be a moocher if I took that dollar.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 31, 2006, 05:11:38 PM
Wow. My dad never lets me borrow money.

And when we play cards, it's Tripoli.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 31, 2006, 05:14:40 PM
Did you move away yet?  That usually helps.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 31, 2006, 05:17:24 PM
Well, no. My parents are divorced and I live with my mom.

BUt I'll be like, "Hey Dad, I need five dollars till Tuesday," and he'll say, "Well you should go sell yourself on the street if you need money that bad."

Meh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 31, 2006, 06:59:38 PM
I cashed in my poker winnings the other day. We play for change (no pennies), so my having over $150 in my poker jar was pretty good, I thought.

I like taking cash from a 14-year-old and a bunch of drunk guys.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 01, 2006, 09:37:32 AM
"Well you should go sell yourself on the street if you need money that bad."
I like taking cash from a 14-year-old and a bunch of drunk guys.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 01, 2006, 06:06:35 PM
I hate Legato Networker backup. Networker? More like Notworker amirite?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 02, 2006, 08:40:34 AM
I hate Legato Networker backup. Networker? More like Notworker amirite?

Second the opinion, but that is an old joke.

Someone needs to teach me how to play poker. My cousin might be able to...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 03, 2006, 12:52:27 PM
This is still making me laugh:

http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=woah7xg.swf
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 03, 2006, 01:29:16 PM
That is pretty funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 03, 2006, 05:55:14 PM
A consultant that I've been working with all week was in my office yesterday, and I had all my open windows minimized on my screen so my wallpaper was showing. The following little exchange ensued as he noticed my wallpaper for the first time:

Him: "Hey, who's the hot woman you've got on your screen?"
Me: "Uh, about that. That's actually a guy..."
Him: (http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/3439/emotgonkzr5.gif)

I was so tempted to tell him that he just caught the gay.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 03, 2006, 06:02:02 PM
You totally should have.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2006, 12:35:28 PM
Don't forget that today is Patch Tuesday! Time to update your windows machines. Lots of XP updates out there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 08, 2006, 01:38:42 PM
Someone needs to teach me how to play poker. My cousin might be able to...

What type of poker are you looking for?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 08, 2006, 01:53:56 PM
Do paradise poker or pokerstars.net or something.  That's a good way to learn.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 08, 2006, 02:34:53 PM
Thanks, but my cousin is already teaching me poker basics, and Hold 'em.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 08, 2006, 02:40:16 PM
Do paradise poker

I play that, fun stuff.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 08, 2006, 03:13:20 PM
What's your screenname?  I'm superawesome.

And my screen name is superawesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 08, 2006, 03:20:10 PM
What's your screenname?  I'm superawesome.

And my screen name is superawesome.


Crystalmonke, and I'm pretty new (but learning)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 08, 2006, 03:27:21 PM
Are you playing real money yet?  I do 5/10 cent tables right now.  I've been thinking of doing a quickie $5 tournament though, just for fun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 08, 2006, 03:32:39 PM
I can't believe you put quickie and $5 in the same sentence.   :-o :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 08, 2006, 03:36:35 PM
Of course.  That's how much my hot latino boyfriend makes me pay him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 08, 2006, 04:27:30 PM
Yeah, I've been doing the 2/4c tables, and today I stepped up to the 5/10c tables.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2006, 06:59:51 PM
This is all too familiar.

(not my work, but the story is something I've been through countless times)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 08, 2006, 07:08:07 PM
o_O

Obviously, the green thing on the floor is a leper disguised as a green thing on the floor. You see it all the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 11, 2006, 07:40:35 PM
I'm doing the Escape From Alcatraz swim tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 11, 2006, 08:22:29 PM
Cool! Get pictures of you escaping!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 12, 2006, 12:37:19 AM
I thought there were sharks in them waters.

Get pics of them too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 12, 2006, 05:52:34 AM
See if you can borrow Xolik's necklace. Maybe that'll intimidate the sharks.




oh- and good luck!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 12, 2006, 12:40:07 PM
I thought there were sharks in them waters.
With friggin' laser beams attached to their heads?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 12, 2006, 01:35:24 PM
With friggin' laser beams attached to their heads?

 :-D

Actually Judge, while you were frozen the sharks were put on the endangered species list. We tried to get some, but it will take months to clear up the red tape.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 14, 2006, 01:17:11 AM
*placeholder for picture from GenCon of Kari Byron's ass*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 14, 2006, 02:02:52 PM
The swim was a blast.  I don't have a waterproof camera, so no pics for you.

Stoater posted this over at BC.

(http://images.istheshit.net/gxistbvz.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 14, 2006, 03:01:33 PM
 :-o


That

gif



ROCKS!



*yoink*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 14, 2006, 05:03:27 PM
Today seems to be Cursed Monday. Two server failures, a borked workstation, web interface for a database program has had its SSL cert hosed and backups are iffy.

I do love my job, though, as there is ALWAYS something to do.  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 14, 2006, 05:25:18 PM
On that note, I just had this discussion with a client earlier today:


Him: We lost [some mammoth amount] of data!!!!!!!!!

Me:  (looks around) Uh... we don't host any of your data.   :?

Him: No.

Me: So... this was on some local server or workstation you guys have onsite there?

Him: Yeah.

Me: Uh... okay?

Him: What can we do to get this back?

Me: What happened to it?  Can't you restore from backup?

Him: The data was accidentally deleted, and we don't HAVE a backup, otherwise I wouldn't be CALLING you right now!  :x 

Me: Riiiiiiight.  Uh.... well, what kind of server are we talking about?

Him: NT4.

Me: *stifles laughter* Um.  Okay.  Well, with no backup I think that data is probably lost unless you have some copy of it elsewhere.

Him: Aren't there programs that can do that sort of thing?

Me: What?  Back up crucial data?

Him: NO! RECOVER DELETED FILES!!!!!!! :x

Me: Er.... yes, there are some out there, I suppose. 

Him: Could you run one of those and get our data back for us?

Me: We don't have any here... that's not really what we--

Him: Then could you recommend any!?

Me: Not having used any, no, I couldn't... I--

Him: LET ME SPEAK TO [my boss]!!!!

Me: He's in a meeting.

Him: Fine!  *click*



That's right, asshole.  Delete data that's so important to your company that you don't keep a backup of it.  Then call the company that hosts nothing for you but some POP email and get all pissed off at them when they can't help you with your borked data.

Moron.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 14, 2006, 05:48:39 PM
Also good luck finding data recovery software that runs on NT that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg.

Oh, and between now and the last time I made a post here, yet another hard disk failed. This time, it's on an ancient server that doesn't even have hardware raid built-in. But we actually, you know, back up our data every night so it's no big deal.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 14, 2006, 05:50:16 PM
Also good luck finding data recovery software that runs on NT that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg.

Oh, and between now and the last time I made a post here, yet another hard disk failed. This time, it's on an ancient server that doesn't even have hardware raid built-in. But we actually, you know, back up our data every night so it's no big deal.  :lol:

Well of course.  Because if you did not, you'd be calling ME, wouldn't you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 14, 2006, 07:43:31 PM
(http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_captkirk_preview.jpg) (http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html)

Clixx0r Kirk for More

Also: RPG Motivational Posters (http://www.cruisegazing.com/RPG_Motivational/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 14, 2006, 08:29:07 PM
I grabbed most of the good ones from a different site a couple weeks ago.  I set them up as a slideshow screensaver on my laptop that I take to HackMaster sessions when I GM.  :D

One of my favorites is this one (http://www.cruisegazing.com/RPG_Motivational/fucked.jpg).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 14, 2006, 11:35:07 PM
Yeah I love that awesomeness one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 15, 2006, 02:41:21 PM
(http://www.strangesports.com/images/content/118367.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 15, 2006, 02:41:58 PM
That's one way to change the subject.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 15, 2006, 02:45:25 PM
There's no changing the subject in this thread.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 15, 2006, 02:51:23 PM
You know what I mean.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 15, 2006, 03:21:31 PM
What were we talking about again?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 15, 2006, 03:27:45 PM
Erm...Captain Kirk's wang, as I remember.

Or was that just me...?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on August 15, 2006, 03:50:44 PM
http://view.break.com/141305#TellAFriend

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 16, 2006, 11:08:11 AM
That was funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 16, 2006, 04:06:04 PM
My boss has just volunteered to be my personal trainer. So now I get to workout daily with him. Joy.

On the plus side, it's probably a good thing since he's built like a tank and must know SOMETHING about staying fit. Also it'll be good to have somebody put my feet to fire when I start slacking. I tried moving a server today out of of one rack into another and by God I could barely lift the dang thing. It's just a DL380! It shouldn't be that heavy to me.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 16, 2006, 04:07:23 PM
I tried moving a server today out of of one rack into another and by God I could barely lift the dang thing. It's just a DL380! It shouldn't be that heavy to me.  :-(

Pah. I could bench 10 DL380s.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 16, 2006, 04:11:33 PM
Pah. I could bench 10 DL380s.

This is a true mark of a geek, right here. Not "How many plates cand you press?" but how many "DL380s can you bench?" This is freaking brilliant! I should start measuring my progress via server models.

Start with the 360s and work my way up. Who knows? Maybe one day...a 570!  :-D

I can't help it if I'm a skinny, delicate flower.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 16, 2006, 04:15:47 PM
I think of you as snakeroot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 16, 2006, 04:50:17 PM
I think of you as snakeroot.

This one?

http://www.ranchflowers.com/photos_gl/gay%20feather%20(snakeroot).htm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 16, 2006, 08:17:07 PM
This is a true mark of a geek, right here. Not "How many plates cand you press?" but how many "DL380s can you bench?"

Quoted with a slight modification. =)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 16, 2006, 08:19:44 PM
I need a new signature picture... anyone willing to help?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 16, 2006, 08:49:44 PM
What do you want? I bet Lady Marmalade could help.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 16, 2006, 08:51:43 PM
Also, I wrote my first array today.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 16, 2006, 11:12:22 PM
+1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on August 17, 2006, 06:56:37 AM
This is a true mark of a geek, right here. Not "How many plates cand you press?" but how many "DL380s can you bench?" This is freaking brilliant! I should start measuring my progress via server models.

Start with the 360s and work my way up. Who knows? Maybe one day...a 570!  :-D

I can't help it if I'm a skinny, delicate flower.  :-(

I suggest you start with a DL 140 without the RAID controller.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 17, 2006, 09:31:26 AM
This one?

http://www.ranchflowers.com/photos_gl/gay%20feather%20(snakeroot).htm

Yes, that's the one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 17, 2006, 11:49:17 AM
Also, I wrote my first array today.
I don't know what that means, but you sound happy about it so..

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 17, 2006, 12:14:32 PM
I don't know what that means, but you sound happy about it so..

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/thumbsup.gif)


+1 for being really nice  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 17, 2006, 01:49:50 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/XmurderedXbyXrosesX/butt_pirates.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 17, 2006, 05:10:02 PM
The help(less) desk just got chewed out by upper management for leaving user passwords in the notes section of each ticket. So they finally removed the password field, which is a good thing, as nobody really needs to know what a user's password is. If we did we'd call them up anyways and get it over the phone. About five minutes ago I get a trouble ticket asking to see if somebody's exchange account is disabled. What do they include in the clear text notes? The user's full name, home phone number, home address and fucking SSN! :-o

Yeah, they're in trouble again. And yes, I edited that information out. Dumbasses.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 17, 2006, 05:42:07 PM
Jesus!

That kind of shit should get someone CANNED.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TRAHALD on August 18, 2006, 02:27:26 AM
Canned, tarred, feathered, and forced to have a small explosive device inserted into their winky.  Hey, when it blew they wouldn't know if they where cumming or going!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on August 18, 2006, 07:20:55 AM
we have hello as a standard password for each new user, After two months since I started here i did a liitle investigation on the password policy.
Whole departments were changing their password to hello1, hello2 and so on. I advised them to change that, using the whole blah blah about security. The month after they were on hello3 and i put in a new password policy. Minimum of 8 characters and at least 2 numbers. They hate me now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 18, 2006, 08:12:34 AM
we have hello as a standard password for each new user, After two months since I started here i did a liitle investigation on the password policy.
Whole departments were changing their password to hello1, hello2 and so on. I advised them to change that, using the whole blah blah about security. The month after they were on hello3 and i put in a new password policy. Minimum of 8 characters and at least 2 numbers. They hate me now.

At my last job we had in place a password policy of a minimum of 6 characters, 2 numbers, at least 1 capital and at least 1 special character.  Passwords expired every 6 weeks and the system remembered the last 10.

The users hated us, too.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on August 18, 2006, 09:52:22 AM
Weird huh ? it's for their own good  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 18, 2006, 01:00:52 PM
Quote
Ivan's butt hairs are way too long!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on August 18, 2006, 02:23:11 PM
The internet according to Dave Chapelle:

http://www.totallycrap.com/videos/the_internet_according_to_dave_chappelle/NL

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 18, 2006, 04:00:08 PM
At my last job we had in place a password policy of a minimum of 6 characters, 2 numbers, at least 1 capital and at least 1 special character.  Passwords expired every 6 weeks and the system remembered the last 10.

The users hated us, too.  :)

Sounds to me like there were probably a lot of monitors with post it notes with their password written on it.   :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 18, 2006, 05:23:10 PM
Nope.  I would swipe those whenever I saw them.

Then the user would have to have me reset their password to a new one.

They eventually discovered that it was better to either memorize their password or keep their post-it note password better hidden, because if they did neither, they went through passwords far more often than 6 weeks.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 18, 2006, 07:08:11 PM
So....who here has ever gone snowboarding? I'm very curious about it and want to learn what I'll be in for if I decide to give it a shot. From what I've read on THE INTERNET, it looks like a ton of fun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 18, 2006, 07:18:12 PM
BizB has gone beyond that and does kite-boarding.

I've always wanted to try snow boarding too.  I've never even been skiing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 18, 2006, 08:06:09 PM
Josh and I plan to learn how to snowboard this winter
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 18, 2006, 10:26:02 PM
So....who here has ever gone snowboarding? I'm very curious about it and want to learn what I'll be in for if I decide to give it a shot. From what I've read on THE INTERNET, it looks like a ton of fun.

Was it in bold?  It was probably true if it was.


I used to snowboard.  If you've ever been reasonably competent on a skateboard (read: able to ride a skateboard without falling down, no tricks necessary) snowboarding will come naturally to you.

If being able to get from point A to point B on a skateboard eludes you, snowboarding might as well.  It's literally the exact same mode of balance and feel, but faster.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 20, 2006, 05:56:46 PM
Does anyone else find it both mind-numbingly stupid yet ironic that someone with too much time on their hands decides to come to random forums and post things of great insight like "u r teh L0SERSS!!!" and "GeTarLife!!"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 20, 2006, 06:09:28 PM
She was looking for a husband to get her here. I turned her down.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2006, 08:19:10 PM
Well, I'll need to nix the snowboarding idea. Skateboards bring pain, so I'm sure snowboarding will also. But that's ok. I've already found a new hobby for me. Actually, my boss found it for me. I'll be training with him not only at work in the gym, but aslo with him at his dojo or whatever it's called where they teach you martial arts. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 12:18:39 PM
Actually, snowboarding doesn't require all that kicking. I can snowboard but I'm less than competent at skateboarding.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 21, 2006, 03:19:12 PM
And now, time for another edition of "Professor Xolik Explains it All."

Queen Bee - A slang term used in the Gay community for a wealthy woman who surrounds herself with young homosexual men. The Queen Bee is not to be confused for the Fag Hag.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 21, 2006, 03:45:24 PM
So Karen then... not Grace.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 04:16:54 PM
So Karen then... not Grace.   :wink:

 :-D

It took me a minute...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 21, 2006, 04:30:44 PM
And now, time for another edition of "Professor Xolik Explains it All."

Queen Bee - A slang term used in the Gay community for a wealthy woman who surrounds herself with young homosexual men. The Queen Bee is not to be confused for the Fag Hag.



Fag Hag being any woman who surrounds herself with gay men, not wealthy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 04:32:37 PM
Fag Hag being any woman who surrounds herself with gay men, not wealthy?

No, a Fag Hag is any woman who finds herself perpetually attracted to gay men.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 21, 2006, 04:45:53 PM
Yes, and often hangs around them even knowing full well she hasn't got a chance.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 04:56:29 PM
I went through a phase like that...wasn't pretty in the end, I can tell you.

Fag hags are just lesbians who are afraid to admit it to themselves.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 21, 2006, 05:48:15 PM
No, a Fag Hag is any woman who finds herself perpetually attracted to gay men.

Exactly. These poor girls suffer from the "Curse of the Pink Wand" which make them constantly attracted to gay guys, telling themselves "Oh, he just hasn't met the right girl (me) yet." Eventually the Curse ends when she finally realized she hasn't got a chance in hell, and they remain goods friends.

 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 05:49:59 PM
Exactly. These poor girls suffer from the "Curse of the Pink Wand" which make them constantly attracted to gay guys, telling themselves "Oh, he just hasn't met the right girl (me) yet." Eventually the Curse ends when she finally realized she hasn't got a chance in hell, and they remain goods friends.

 

Fag hags are just lesbians who are afraid to admit it to themselves.

Or that ^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 21, 2006, 05:52:51 PM
A similar term can be applied to straight men who hang around lesbians.  "Fag Stag", I believe it is.  Though I've also heard the term "Dyke Tyke".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 21, 2006, 05:55:13 PM
Though I've also heard the term "Dyke Tyke".

I haven't. Fag Stag I've heard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 21, 2006, 06:02:42 PM
Does anybody know the etymology of the use of "fag / faggot" in reference to gay men? 

 I was working a show once with a producer from the U.K.  Wanting to step out and smoke a cigarette, says to me and another cat, "Let's pop out and pinch a fag roight quick."  We knew immediately what he meant, but ...AHAHA!!!!  The other guy there says, "You go pinching any fags around here, you'll probably get your ass beat!" 

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 21, 2006, 09:23:33 PM
Does anybody know the etymology of the use of "fag / faggot" in reference to gay men? 

 I was working a show once with a producer from the U.K.  Wanting to step out and smoke a cigarette, says to me and another cat, "Let's pop out and pinch a fag roight quick."  We knew immediately what he meant, but ...AHAHA!!!!  The other guy there says, "You go pinching any fags around here, you'll probably get your ass beat!" 



http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfaggot.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 25, 2006, 12:18:24 PM
Home Depot shoppers charged in cart fracas


By JAMES P. QUARANTA
Staff Writer
jquaranta@thedailyjournal.com


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


VINELAND -- A dispute over a pushcart escalated into a bloody battle when two men engaged in a "sword fight" using two-by-fours inside Home Depot, police said.

One of the combatants required hospital treatment after the fight, which broke out around 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Cumberland Mall store.

Larry Bostic, 52, of West Park Avenue received eight stitches in his chin, police said. One of his teeth was knocked out and another tooth was cracked.

Police arrested Bostic and Wei Sun, 45, of Upper Darby, Pa., on assault charges.

Bostic told police he asked a Home Depot employee for a pushcart so that he could load some two-by-fours. The employee told him to take a cart that contained some wallboard because it had been in an aisle for a while, according to police.

As Bostic began to load his lumber, however, Sun appeared and demanded the cart back, police said. Witnesses said both men then swung their fists at each other but missed.

Then each grabbed a two-by-four and began a sword fight, police said. It ended when Sun threw his wooden board at Bostic, hitting him in the chin, witnesses told police.

Sun explained that he threw the two-by-four at Bostic because the Vineland man had struck him in the face with his fist and yelled an obscenity after Sun demanded the cart, police said.

Both suspects were released on summonses pending court action.


Originally published August 10, 2004
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 25, 2006, 12:34:26 PM
My favourite part is that it happened at 10:30 am on a Sunday.

Fundies will have a field day with this. "If they'd have been in Church, this would never have happened!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 25, 2006, 12:50:36 PM
^^^ I have no idea where you got that from.

I seriously LOVE new student day. International students ahoy! /drool

Too bad I'm kept locked up in my office and can't enjoy the scenery.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 25, 2006, 01:12:28 PM
I was doing a google search and found that.  The incident is from 2004, but hilarious nonetheless.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 25, 2006, 02:13:52 PM
I think it's a particularly ballsy move that guy had, throwing his 2x4 at his opponent for the win.

That's the mark of a confident, decisive fighter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 25, 2006, 06:24:11 PM
I think it's a particularly ballsy move that guy had, throwing his 2x4 at his opponent for the win.

That's the mark of a confident, decisive fighter.

Is this the post of a man with 2x4 chucking experience?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 25, 2006, 06:53:30 PM
Dammit, quit trying to shove a gigabyte print job through my PII 450 printer server, you wankers! Learn how to compress your stupid embedded images.


We need a better print server.  :-(

I knew it was going to be a bad day when I woke up and heard God laughing. Sure as shit, when I got to work a PDU blew out and I had an entire set of servers completley dead. Apparently they had been that way since the failure at 2:00am. Now, personally I'd like to think that since these machines have dual power supplies, one would be plugged into one PDU and other one plugged into a differend PDU that way if one of the PDUs fail, the whole machine woulnd't shut down. Oh, no. We can't have that. We'll have both supplies plugged into a single point of failure. BRILLIANT! Did the on call guy do anything about it? No. I'm sure the 24hour pager he has went apeshit when it lost connectivity to dozens of servers. (including one switch) That is, if he bothered to have it on. So I got to do a quick and dirty recable job to what precious few remaining power slots we had left and wound up making a huge cabling mess, but getting all the servers back up before 8:00am. Thought things would only get better, but a very important database shat itself right afterwards and I'm still working on getting that fixed.

I love being the only guy working on Fridays.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 25, 2006, 06:55:44 PM
I

HATE

CELL PHONEs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on August 25, 2006, 06:58:28 PM
Me too.  This b0rken POS is pissing me off.  Pissing me off.  Pissing me awf.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 25, 2006, 07:29:26 PM
Xolik,

A 1GB print job.  Someone in marketing or something?  They're always trying to email files that are huge with all sorts of full sized hi-res pictures.  Friggin idiots.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 25, 2006, 07:38:31 PM
Xolik,

A 1GB print job.  Someone in marketing or something?  They're always trying to email files that are huge with all sorts of full sized hi-res pictures.  Friggin idiots.

Think so. I think they're printing out form letters that target alumni for the annual shakedown.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 25, 2006, 07:59:51 PM
Nice!  The letters I get find their way to the shredder file, however the phone calls eventually catch me and I have to explain to them paying my mortgage is a little more important than giving them more of my money.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 28, 2006, 07:28:03 AM
^^^ I have no idea where you got that from.

I seriously LOVE new student day. International students ahoy! /drool

Too bad I'm kept locked up in my office and can't enjoy the scenery.  :-(

Our freshman showed up over the weekend also.  All it means for me however is that it now sucks to find a parking spot.

Oh and a bunch of too young eye candy wandering around bundled up against the "cold".  Welcome to New England.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 28, 2006, 02:48:58 PM
Our freshman showed up over the weekend also.  All it means for me however is that it now sucks to find a parking spot.

Oh and a bunch of too young eye candy wandering around bundled up against the "cold".  Welcome to New England.

I love the cold, comes with the territory anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 28, 2006, 03:07:04 PM
I just had this exact, word-for-word exchange with a client.



Her: Okay.  So how do I delete this email?

Me:  :?  Hit delete?

Her: Oh!  Thanks!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 28, 2006, 03:23:12 PM
I love the cold, comes with the territory anyway.
I enjoy it also.  You just know things aren't going to go well when some freshwoman is on her cellphone complaining about how cold it is in New England (low 70's today).  I wanted to take the phone away and say "Just wait until January"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 28, 2006, 05:24:26 PM
(http://myspace-329.vo.llnwd.net/00939/92/31/939981329_l.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on August 28, 2006, 05:42:29 PM
I just had this exact, word-for-word exchange with a client.



Her: Okay.  So how do I delete this email?

Me:  :?  Hit delete?

Her: Oh!  Thanks!  :-D

It was a girl, they can't help it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 28, 2006, 07:09:53 PM
It was a girl, they can't help it.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 28, 2006, 07:38:03 PM
It was a girl, they can't help it.

Moron. I can hit the "ban" button just fine.

-1 + a time out
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 28, 2006, 08:10:11 PM
Ouch... That's just asking for it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on August 28, 2006, 08:12:02 PM
Judgie, I'm too busy staring at your avatar to form any real thoughts.

In other news: goat cheese + salad = AWESOME.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 28, 2006, 10:17:40 PM
ARe you kidding? Goat cheese = awesome by itself.

I need to learn how to milk a goat. Anyone here know how, and want to teach me?
Title: And now for a Non-Sequitur
Post by: hackess on August 28, 2006, 11:01:28 PM
+1 for V!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 29, 2006, 06:25:31 AM
I need to learn how to milk a goat. Anyone here know how, and want to teach me?
click (http://fiascofarm.com/goats/how_to_milk_a_goat.htm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 29, 2006, 07:14:21 AM
o_O

That's not a site you have bookmarked or anything, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 29, 2006, 07:21:24 AM
I have many many many many bookmarks. That was not one of them.











UNTIL TODAY!!! OMFGLOL11!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 29, 2006, 07:57:29 AM
Well now that I've read up on goat milking technique, I need to find myself a client...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 29, 2006, 12:04:14 PM
Quote
Why would someone want to do that to their ass

Sorry, my understanding of goat must be different from y'alls...
Title: Re: And now for a Non-Sequitur
Post by: Vespertine on August 29, 2006, 02:26:19 PM
+1 for V!
YAY!!!  What did I do to merit it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 29, 2006, 03:22:03 PM
+1 for Vespertine just because
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 29, 2006, 04:43:18 PM
Does anybody here know what's the worst case scenario if I say, lied about where I live and gave bogus information to a domain name registrar?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 29, 2006, 05:27:10 PM
Winding up with a room mate named Bubba.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 29, 2006, 05:52:05 PM
Is that actually illegal?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 29, 2006, 05:58:20 PM
No, but Bubba really does eat his pizza in the bathroom.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 29, 2006, 06:29:20 PM
Ewwwwwww :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 29, 2006, 08:37:27 PM
Having once worked at a registrar, I can definitively tell you that providing false information is one way to have your domain(s) repossessed.  ICANN requires domain registration information to be publicly available in WHOIS.  Most registrars state clearly in their terms of service that domains found to have false or incorrect information are subject to some form of repossession.  You won't go to jail, but you can lose your domain name(s).  That being said, there are registrars that offer a "privacy service" that keeps your real contact info out of WHOIS.  These services are perfectly legal, but you still have to provide real contact info to the registrar so that they can contact you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on August 29, 2006, 08:39:32 PM
Moron. I can hit the "ban" button just fine.

-1 + a time out

I feel so hated.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 29, 2006, 10:07:36 PM
Sometimes, I really love Matt Drudge....

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 29, 2006, 11:29:16 PM
Having once worked at a registrar, I can definitively tell you that providing false information is one way to have your domain(s) repossessed.  ICANN requires domain registration information to be publicly available in WHOIS.  Most registrars state clearly in their terms of service that domains found to have false or incorrect information are subject to some form of repossession.  You won't go to jail, but you can lose your domain name(s).  That being said, there are registrars that offer a "privacy service" that keeps your real contact info out of WHOIS.  These services are perfectly legal, but you still have to provide real contact info to the registrar so that they can contact you.

Oh all right, thanks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 30, 2006, 12:51:58 AM
Sorry, my understanding of goat must be different from y'alls...

Where did you get that quote from?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on August 30, 2006, 05:31:29 AM
The Gingerdead Man, starring Gary Busey, is the thrilling tale of an executed criminal seeking revenge upon the girl who testified against him.  After a batch of gingerbread dough is bled upon by a clumsy baker, the Gingerdead Man comes to life and wreaks havoc. 

Just thought I'd let you guys know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 30, 2006, 08:07:33 AM
That sounds awesome. Gary Busey = hot, but Gary Busey + maniacal killer = teh hottest thing on EARTH.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 30, 2006, 11:25:22 AM
Please forgive me for that which I am about to post...



(http://i7.tinypic.com/25zkzg7.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 30, 2006, 12:34:02 PM
The Gingerdead Man, starring Gary Busey, is the thrilling tale of an executed criminal seeking revenge upon the girl who testified against him.  After a batch of gingerbread dough is bled upon by a clumsy baker, the Gingerdead Man comes to life and wreaks havoc. 

Just thought I'd let you guys know.

Didn't Something Awful review that one?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 30, 2006, 12:35:43 PM
+1 for Socrates.



Have you ever gotten this before?: "Yeah, man, Dust in the Wind!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 30, 2006, 01:01:12 PM
Where did you get that quote from?

It was someone on HN after seeing the goat for the first time.  I think it might have been Daria but I could be mistaken.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 30, 2006, 01:28:32 PM
I see.

*feels left out*

I never could get into HN.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 30, 2006, 01:39:53 PM
This was probably four or five years ago.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 30, 2006, 03:10:31 PM
(http://www.allfunnypictures.com/images2/bushjob.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: yxorpbp on August 30, 2006, 04:40:22 PM
I forgot all about this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 31, 2006, 10:41:57 AM
I see.

*feels left out*

I never could get into HN.

Yeah, you're a few years too late.  You missed HN's heyday by quite a bit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 31, 2006, 11:11:46 AM
Yeah, you're a few years too late.  You missed HN's heyday by quite a bit.

It needs a good house cleaning at the moment.  I'm suprised it's lasted as long as it has considering The Greek hasn't stopped by in forever and a day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 31, 2006, 12:03:29 PM
"Cleaning" my ass, lol. It's fricken overrun.  :-(
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/hnnow.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 31, 2006, 12:15:24 PM
AHAHA! I just read that without the image or previous post.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 31, 2006, 12:33:50 PM
AHAHA! I just read that without the image or previous post.

xD Me too, and I was confused...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 01, 2006, 03:23:00 PM
Yesterday my whole left arm went numb (again) while at work. No big deal, right? Then the chest pain hit. That got me sufficently freaked out to go see a doctor right away. Turns out the chest pain was due to some strecthed out cartilage from where the upper ribs and breastbone connect from working out too hard* and the numbness is carpel tunnel syndrome. They just both happen to act up at the same time and scare the everlovin'piss out of me. So now I get to wear this nifty arm brace and do physical theapy.

Typing with an armbrace sucks.  :oops:


*I've been sore from working out before and this felt nothing at all like typical muscle soreness. This was like a squeezing sensation.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on September 01, 2006, 03:52:27 PM
If you have carpel you should stay away from the computer Xolik !
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 01, 2006, 04:13:08 PM
Sorry Xol.  Feel better soon.

In other news, I have a student named Mike Hunt.  Wonderful!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 01, 2006, 04:16:52 PM
Xolik you should get work to spring for voice recognition software.  Talk to your Chief Ergonomics Officer....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 01, 2006, 04:17:31 PM
Yesterday my whole left arm went numb (again) while at work. No big deal, right? Then the chest pain hit. That got me sufficently freaked out to go see a doctor right away. Turns out the chest pain was due to some strecthed out cartilage from where the upper ribs and breastbone connect from working out too hard*

*I've been sore from working out before and this felt nothing at all like typical muscle soreness. This was like a squeezing sensation.



I did that last year when I started working out my upper body a lot harder than I had been used to.  I'm not sure what exactly it was that I did that did the damage, but I ripped something in the upper left side of my chest and I thought I was having a heart attack.

The pain was really weird, too; a squeezing like you describe.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 03, 2006, 08:37:31 PM
So Eric's in Vegas living it up.  He and a group of his college friends go every year.  He's winning alot of money to spend on me as we speak.

Apparently last night, one of his buddies dressed up in a chicken suit and they all went to the Hard Rock Casino.  He was in the chicken suit all night at the casino.  Lotta chicks came up to him too.  His made up story about why he was wearing a chicken suit was that he slept with one of the guys' little sister and this was the way he had to make amends.  The way I hear it, the whole thing was pretty funny.

Dee Snyder (the king of freakish outfits himself!) went up to this guy in the bar and said, "I should have worn THAT outfit tonight!"

(http://www.miniwaankerbot.com/images/detta/smilies/galm.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 05, 2006, 01:02:19 AM
I shouldn't laugh at this, but I do anyways.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 05, 2006, 10:15:12 AM
I shouldn't laugh at this, but I do anyways.

XD

Why shouldn't you laugh at it? o_O
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on September 05, 2006, 04:14:06 PM
I don't hate Garfield as much as I hate the Family Circus (don't get me started...) but I laugh my ass off at the Arbuckle Project.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 05, 2006, 08:27:00 PM
(http://dump.sonuku.com/etc/roflbrothel.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on September 06, 2006, 06:19:30 AM
I can play Dana Carvey's "Choppin' Broccoli" on the piano now.  Yay for the Internet!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 06, 2006, 11:33:07 AM
I can play Dana Carvey's "Choppin' Broccoli" on the piano now.  Yay for the Internet!

 :-D

But do you know all the words?

"There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her,
she'd be the lady...
I didn't know.

My lady, she went downtown
She bought some...broccoli
She brought it hooo-oome...
...
She's choppin' broccoli
She's choppin' broccoli..."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 06, 2006, 12:00:42 PM
School starts for me tomorrow. I'm only taking one class this semester, but it's a Linux class so this is going to be really cool! I know almost nothing about *nix, so I'm really looking forward to this.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 06, 2006, 12:15:58 PM
School starts on Monday for me. Can't WAIT. But I have a ton of classes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 06, 2006, 04:33:08 PM
School started for me yesterday.  I  looooooove my Freshmen :) and I looooooooove my Seniors :) and I ..................[no carrier].
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 06, 2006, 06:16:13 PM
My schedule:

1. Chemistry
2. PE 4 Days
3. ALGEBRA 2 (Lab Day 3)
4. SPANISH 4
5/6. US HISTORY 2 HONORS
7. Lunch
8/9. ORCHESTRA
10/11. S1: THe LAW AND YOU 1
Q3: STUDY HALL
Q4: HEALTH 3
12. BRITISH LIT HONORS
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on September 06, 2006, 07:32:59 PM
My schedule:

1. Chemistry
2. PE 4 Days
3. ALGEBRA 2 (Lab Day 3)
4. SPANISH 4
5/6. US HISTORY 2 HONORS
7. Lunch
8/9. ORCHESTRA
10/11. S1: THe LAW AND YOU 1
Q3: STUDY HALL
Q4: HEALTH 3
12. BRITISH LIT HONORS

Ouch, that sounds pretty rough. Algebra II was always my least favourite math class with the exception of Calculus II.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 06, 2006, 08:05:20 PM
Ouch, that sounds pretty rough. Algebra II was always my least favourite math class with the exception of Calculus II.

I should be able to handle it. I had a similar schedule last year. I got to a blue ribbon school, and it's one of the best in the state apparently, so they expect us all to be prodigies. It sucks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2006, 02:15:36 PM
http://www.deskninja.com/jo/images/garfieldfunny.jpg

Linked for NSFW language.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 08, 2006, 02:48:10 PM
http://www.deskninja.com/jo/images/garfieldfunny.jpg

Linked for NSFW language.

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 08, 2006, 02:50:38 PM
That's some funny shit. I'd like it better if the 5 frames before the last one weren't all the same.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 11, 2006, 06:29:02 PM
Road trip! I'm heading out from California to Kentucky on Friday with my brother. He says we're going to a huge chunk of the country which will be great because I haven't really ventured farther than Nevada.

I'm sure I'll blend right on in and everything will be just fine.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 11, 2006, 07:05:34 PM
Be shore to bresh up on that thar akcent of yourin fore ya gets ta mah part o the kuntry.

Where ya ending up Xolly?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 11, 2006, 07:13:19 PM
It is a mystery. My brother is the on that's moving out there, I'm just along for the ride. Wish I knew the city we were going to.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 11, 2006, 07:20:33 PM
Well there are still parts of this state that will remind you of "Deliverance".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 11, 2006, 07:30:01 PM
Butch it up before heading out. Got it.  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 11, 2006, 07:46:37 PM
It might be a good time for that tattoo you were thinking about.

Maybe a skull and crossbones on one cheek or something,  perhaps a rebel flag thrown in there somewhere too..   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 11, 2006, 08:08:32 PM
At the very least, take out your earring.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 11, 2006, 08:22:20 PM
At the very least, take out your earring.  :-P

Well that might depend on the earring itself.

If it doubles as a fishing lure it might be alright.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 11, 2006, 09:48:33 PM
 :lol:

Or a bullet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 12, 2006, 10:08:55 AM
Butch it up before heading out. Got it.  :wink:

You might want to do that for Kansas, too, since you're probably going through it.  Kansas is fucking scary.  Fill up on gas in Colorado and don't stop till you're out the other side.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 12, 2006, 02:34:34 PM
I happen to like Kansas a LOT...

what's so scary about it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 12, 2006, 02:47:58 PM
I happen to like Kansas a LOT...

what's so scary about it?

Well, their views of morality, for one.

I'm not gay, myself, but if I were, I certainly would not be open about it if I lived in Kansas.

I can't imagine my Darwin fish would be very safe on the back of my car there either. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 14, 2006, 02:51:31 PM
All I wanted was a Pepsi.  And SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 14, 2006, 03:02:14 PM
I'm not crazy
You're the one that's crazy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on September 15, 2006, 05:43:38 PM
I found www.funtrivia.com , playing last one standing. Join in for a game if you feel like it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: raf_loves_penguins on September 15, 2006, 06:46:59 PM
I bought a sniker bar today, and when I opened it, it was white.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 16, 2006, 10:44:31 AM
Criss Angel is my lord sovereign.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 16, 2006, 11:43:29 AM
It would be interesting if you could have a poll inside of a post and not just at the beginning of a new thread.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on September 19, 2006, 04:59:49 AM
Tears are still rolling of my cheeks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2XjfmrSFY


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 19, 2006, 09:17:59 PM
Heh.  That's on the special edition DVD of "The Fellowship of the Ring" as an easter egg.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 19, 2006, 09:50:07 PM
Heh.  That's on the special edition DVD of "The Fellowship of the Ring" as an easter egg.

Yeah...that wasn't a good thing to have found while my grandma was sitting right next to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2006, 10:20:42 AM
Is HP just handing out certifications or something? I just got a notice from them saying I'm now an APS for Laserjet printers. This is amazing since I didn't do anything and couldn't fix one of these things if my life depended on it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 21, 2006, 11:16:18 AM
One of our field service techs was just talking about that the other day.  He must have gotten the same thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2006, 11:27:50 AM
Ah, and here I am thinking I was a unique little snowflake.  :lol:

In other news, I'm sick of California and getting the hell out of this forsaken state as soon as my lease is up next year.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 21, 2006, 11:36:31 AM
Where you moving?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 21, 2006, 12:20:39 PM
Why you moving?

(Perhaps you'll come to MA... we seem to actually be LOSING our population...)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 21, 2006, 12:26:14 PM
Northern California is nice.  Or you could move to where Ivan is.  That's a nice part of SoCal.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 21, 2006, 03:19:12 PM
You didn't get hooked on Kentucky did you xolik?

You never did say where you went to.  The suspense is killing me.

But if you came to Louisville and didn't tell me I might have to try to kick your ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2006, 03:48:25 PM
You didn't get hooked on Kentucky did you xolik?

You never did say where you went to.  The suspense is killing me.

But if you came to Louisville and didn't tell me I might have to try to kick your ass.

No, I didn't get hooked on Kentucky.  :lol: My brother may have driven us through Lousiville while I was sleeping, though. Can't be sure. As soon as I get the digi-pics I'll post them.

I'm going to be moving to Nevada. Either Henderson or Las Vegas proper. I've always wanted to live out there, and it's where my brother used to live. I've got about 6-8 more months left on the lease, though. Should be plenty of time to save up some scratch and find another job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 21, 2006, 03:57:17 PM
Oh so you're still going to kill me by not telling me the name of the town.

Sheesh.  Some peoples kids these days.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2006, 04:11:47 PM
My memory is crap. I"m sorry. I know it was about 10 minutes away from Cincinati or however it's spelled.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 22, 2006, 04:11:56 PM
My boss got frustrated after a phone conversation and asked out loud in his office, which is across from mine, "Why must I be surrounded by idiots?" to which I shouted back "Birds of a feather..." which for some reason made him laugh.

I don't think he understands I just insulted him.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 22, 2006, 04:15:58 PM
It always makes it funnier when they don't get it.

That's one reason why I love this place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 22, 2006, 10:19:13 PM
My boss got frustrated after a phone conversation and asked out loud in his office, which is across from mine, "Why must I be surrounded by idiots?" to which I shouted back "Birds of a feather..." which for some reason made him laugh.

Some people can laugh at themselves.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 23, 2006, 01:47:31 PM
I was mirandized for the first time ever last week!

xD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 23, 2006, 06:04:27 PM
I was mirandized for the first time ever last week!

xD

Sounds like quite a story...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 25, 2006, 11:35:31 AM
HP makes it way too hard to get a drive replaced. The light is solid red, it's making a clicking sound, the souls of the damned are escaping out of it....just send me a replacement already!  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 25, 2006, 07:47:39 PM
I cancelled my World of Warcraft account today. My guild leaders are bitching that people are taking too many bathroom breaks during our 4+ hour raids and I just know poopsocks are going to be mandatory soon. Fuck that.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 25, 2006, 07:50:53 PM
poopsocks :shock:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 25, 2006, 09:15:07 PM
poopsocks :shock:

I know the feeling.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 25, 2006, 10:10:21 PM
When I came home tonight, there was a strange box waiting for me by my mailbox. This was unexpected to say the least since I don't remember ordering anything at all. It was very very heavy and from, of all places, the Council for American-Islamic Relations. So took it in and showed it to Ping Ping who ordered me to open in the other room.  :roll: It turns out they sent me a hardcover Qur'an! A downright beautiful one at that. Complete in Arabic on one side and English on the other. Well, that sent Ping Ping into a tizzy. He starts going off about how he doesn't want it here and to send it back and about how the government and the Muslims now all know where I live and will be watching me. It was cute, actually, seeing him get all worked up like that.

I'm pretty sure I ordered it while I was drunk and surfing the net. I reminded him that I am still a student of religion and if I had no problems reading the teachings of Buddha, then I'll have no problems reading words from the Prophet. I'm still a Christian anyways and anybody who is secure in their faith shouldn't be afraid of alternative viewpoints.

I told him I'm keeping it in the bedroom.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 26, 2006, 01:48:33 AM
Neat! Josh had a spoken word version of the Qur'an that sounded like gorgeous poetical lyrics...until one of the tapes was accidentally dubbed over with Soul Coughing for like 15 minutes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 26, 2006, 04:12:54 PM
When I came home tonight, there was a strange box waiting for me by my mailbox. This was unexpected to say the least since I don't remember ordering anything at all. It was very very heavy and from, of all places, the Council for American-Islamic Relations. So took it in and showed it to Ping Ping who ordered me to open in the other room.  :roll: It turns out they sent me a hardcover Qur'an! A downright beautiful one at that. Complete in Arabic on one side and English on the other. Well, that sent Ping Ping into a tizzy. He starts going off about how he doesn't want it here and to send it back and about how the government and the Muslims now all know where I live and will be watching me. It was cute, actually, seeing him get all worked up like that.

I'm pretty sure I ordered it while I was drunk and surfing the net. I reminded him that I am still a student of religion and if I had no problems reading the teachings of Buddha, then I'll have no problems reading words from the Prophet. I'm still a Christian anyways and anybody who is secure in their faith shouldn't be afraid of alternative viewpoints.

I told him I'm keeping it in the bedroom.  :-D
Was the government Ping Ping's only problem, or does he not want it around for other reasons as well?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 26, 2006, 09:23:10 PM
Was the government Ping Ping's only problem, or does he not want it around for other reasons as well?

He doesn't like Muslim anything, I'm pretty sure. He puts up with my religion as long as I don't mention it too much. Some people are just like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on September 27, 2006, 07:00:03 AM
Well if you were really a true christian you would have converted him by now. You're going to hell!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 27, 2006, 09:35:39 AM
Well if you were really a true christian you would have converted him by now. You're going to hell!

 :lol: +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on September 27, 2006, 10:45:13 PM
I was at the University bookstore today buying a stupidly expensive textbook (actually, it wasn't that bad for a textbook, sadly), and the cashier girl was all like "Your total is one thirty, one forty." One thirty one forty? Uh...what?

OH, YOU MEAN ONE THIRTY-ONE FORTY, YOU CRAZY SYNTACTICALLY CHALLENGED COUNTER-CROTCH


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 27, 2006, 10:47:09 PM
So was it one thirty, or one forty?  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on September 27, 2006, 10:48:45 PM
$131.40

It was really confusing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 27, 2006, 10:50:27 PM
Freaky
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 12:12:24 AM
13140  ...that looks like a 'l33t' word, but I can't tell which one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 28, 2006, 01:04:28 AM
+1 for "counter-crotch"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 06:53:41 AM
Does this qualify me for anything good?
I have no idea what the significance of 630 is; do you?
I mean, it's not like 420 or anything, is it?
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/630.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on September 28, 2006, 06:58:28 AM
Stop confusing me! I'm still trying to figure out what that picture under your post count is...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on September 28, 2006, 07:22:55 AM
Isn't that a lit vacuum tube?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 07:24:01 AM
Seriously? It's a  12ax7 vacuum tube in operation. They glow with POWER.





 I'm guessing you already knew this, though, and I just flattened your joke. Sorry.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 07:25:01 AM
HAHA! Nice one, QwikDraw McAgent!   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 07:25:47 AM
oh, and +1 for knowing that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on September 28, 2006, 07:29:06 AM
I don't vaccum much...  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 07:30:34 AM
+1  for teh funnay!   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 28, 2006, 12:34:23 PM
Dude, vacuums suck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 28, 2006, 03:29:16 PM
Dude, vacuums suck.
xD

In my highschool there is graffiti in an old chemistry room, and the graffiti reads:

YOUR MOM IS AN EPIC HERO.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on September 28, 2006, 04:49:49 PM
That is truly grand...do I sense a phenomenon a brewin?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on September 29, 2006, 06:37:40 AM
+1  for teh funnay!   :-D

Actually, that was just a typo, but it's much funnier the that way!

I read your post and I was thinking "What the hell is funny about not vacuuming???" and then I noticed "vaccum" so I just got it today! lol. I think I deserves a smite.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 29, 2006, 12:15:26 PM
Dear University Staff,

The Imaging system has shat its pants, yet again, due in no small part to our crappy backup software. The whole thing is fucked seven ways to Sunday and will be back up again in about three hours. For the second time this week.

Regards,

Xolik
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on September 29, 2006, 01:08:05 PM
Dear University Staff,

The Imaging system has shat its pants, yet again, due in no small part to our crappy backup software. The whole thing is fucked seven ways to Sunday and will be back up again in about three hours. For the second time this week.

Regards,

Xolik
Earlier this week I told some Project Exec's that our new electronic application load had "crapped all over itself"

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 29, 2006, 02:54:54 PM
I'll be damned. It's "Do, do, doo lookin' out my backdoor" and NOT "dude, dude, dude, lickin' out my backdoor" as I originally thought.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 29, 2006, 05:14:21 PM
I'll be damned. It's "Do, do, doo lookin' out my backdoor" and NOT "dude, dude, dude, lickin' out my backdoor" as I originally thought.  :oops:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/spit.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 29, 2006, 08:14:31 PM
I'll be damned. It's "Do, do, doo lookin' out my backdoor" and NOT "dude, dude, dude, lickin' out my backdoor" as I originally thought.  :oops:

You owe me a soda.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 30, 2006, 02:55:16 AM
 Went to make a sandwich, dumped out the bag of bread, and collected the last two pieces; the heel and the one next to it.
Got out the mayonnaise and the last clean spoon (yes; I use a spoon to scoop and spread), and put the last bit of it on those last two pieces of bread. Brought out the sealed bowl (Tupperware, I think) that I had put the opened pack of  balogna in (I had already used my last Ziplock bag), and retrieved the last two pieces of bologna. I put them on the bread, and gathered the trash; the jar, the bag, the balogna pack and strings. Stuffing them into the trash can, it occurred to me that this was the last items that would fit, so I closed the bag up and replaced it with my last trash bag.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 30, 2006, 07:26:34 AM
Wow.  You better go shopping.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on September 30, 2006, 10:41:57 AM
Went to make a sandwich, dumped out the bag of bread, and collected the last two pieces; the heel and the one next to it.
Got out the mayonnaise and the last clean spoon (yes; I use a spoon to scoop and spread), and put the last bit of it on those last two pieces of bread. Brought out the sealed bowl (Tupperware, I think) that I had put the opened pack of  balogna in (I had already used my last Ziplock bag), and retrieved the last two pieces of bologna. I put them on the bread, and gathered the trash; the jar, the bag, the balogna pack and strings. Stuffing them into the trash can, it occurred to me that this was the last items that would fit, so I closed the bag up and replaced it with my last trash bag.

That kind of sounds like my house on a daily basis.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on September 30, 2006, 12:39:17 PM
A package from the states arrived today for me filled with anti-alien stickers. It's actually VERY cool of them, because not only did my stamps not work, they returned them AND paid to send this to me from their own pockets. Now I just need to stick up 1000+ stickers...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 01, 2006, 12:00:07 AM
A package from the states arrived today for me filled with anti-alien stickers. It's actually VERY cool of them, because not only did my stamps not work, they returned them AND paid to send this to me from their own pockets. Now I just need to stick up 1000+ stickers...

What, exactly, are "anti-alien" stickers and does Lacerda play a part in this in any way?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on October 01, 2006, 01:36:32 AM
Xol, did you change your icon recently or have I just missed it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 01, 2006, 02:44:48 PM
Xol, did you change your icon recently or have I just missed it?

Changed. Will most likely change again later.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 01, 2006, 08:59:55 PM
What, exactly, are "anti-alien" stickers and does Lady Marmalade play a part in this in any way?

www.freestickers.net and I'm not actually sure, but suspect it strongly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 01, 2006, 10:18:04 PM
I gotta remember to use Lady Marmalade for now on. Whoever changed it, thanks.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 02, 2006, 01:16:59 AM
Whoever changed it, thanks.  :-D
You've been sweetly loved.   :-D 

L_acerda

Lacerd_a

Lady Marmalade
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 02, 2006, 10:24:48 AM
Mooncake is delicious. I love this time of year.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 02, 2006, 07:58:58 PM
[size=9]pOq[/size]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 02, 2006, 10:15:38 PM
"Im the only gay eskimo
Im the only one I know
Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

I go out seal hunting with my best friend tarka
But all want to do is get into his parka

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

Well me and muk-fluk-chuk-buk
We both like blubber
But me Ive got this crazy fetish for rubber

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

I make a wish on the northern lights
That I can find a decent pair of whaleskin tights

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

And the seals they sing now...

These cold winter nights
Are taking their toll
I even get excited when I see the north pole
See the north pole...

Im the only gay eskimo
Only gay eskimo
Im the only one I know
The only one I know-oh-oh-oh
Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 02, 2006, 10:21:17 PM
"Im the only gay eskimo
Im the only one I know
Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

I go out seal hunting with my best friend tarka
But all want to do is get into his parka

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

Well me and muk-fluk-chuk-buk
We both like blubber
But me Ive got this crazy fetish for rubber

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

I make a wish on the northern lights
That I can find a decent pair of whaleskin tights

Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe

And the seals they sing now...

These cold winter nights
Are taking their toll
I even get excited when I see the north pole
See the north pole...

Im the only gay eskimo
Only gay eskimo
Im the only one I know
The only one I know-oh-oh-oh
Im the only gay eskimo
In my tribe."

Was that Monty Python?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 02, 2006, 10:25:23 PM
Nope. I heard it done by Corky and the Juicepigs. It may or may not also be a Tenacious D song.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 03, 2006, 05:21:03 AM
Maybe you're thinking of the Lumberjack song? Or the Knights...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 03, 2006, 07:24:12 AM
Maybe you're thinking of the Lumberjack song? Or the Knights...

Nope I've got that one on the computer somewherer actually, it rules (lumberjack). Now the Meaning of Life, I may get around to finally watching that this weekend.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 03, 2006, 11:14:20 AM
school shootings

GAAAHHH!!!!  :x  :x  :x
It makes me SO mad when these fucking COWARDLY TURDS hurt the children; then add the ultimate insult of killing themselves. NOE WAY hoss; you don't get off that easy. I say from now on; if a fucker does some shit like that and hasn't killed himself by the time the snipers arrive; "Fire at will".  I dont think he should get off as easy as being killed immediately, however. He should be surgically crippled, wrists and all hand bones smashed, thrown in solitary with the biggest, meanest, horniest black man in the US penal system, who's just been told this new white d00d is a racist KKK member who raped little girls, and wants to be his bitch. When that cat gets tired of him, then he shall be moved to the public stockade; where the General Public may administer whatever means of punishment any old cat walking by can think of.

 And I still think that's being somewhat lenient.   :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 03, 2006, 01:04:14 PM
[size=9]pOq[/size]

heh

[size=9]bOd[/size]

also works if the thumbs are up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 03, 2006, 02:49:12 PM
Maybe you're thinking of the Lumberjack song? Or the Knights...

...or my personal favourite, "I've Got A Lovely bunch of Coconuts"

"Down at an english fair,
one evening I was there,
when I heard the showman
calling underneath the player:
'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
there they are a-standing in a row
big ones, small ones, some as big as your head!
Just give 'em a twist, a flick of the the wrist!'
That's what the showman said!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 03, 2006, 11:19:41 PM
school shootings

GAAAHHH!!!!  :x  :x  :x
It makes me SO mad when these fucking COWARDLY TURDS hurt the children; then add the ultimate insult of killing themselves. NOE WAY hoss; you don't get off that easy. I say from now on; if a fucker does some shit like that and hasn't killed himself by the time the snipers arrive; "Fire at will".  I dont think he should get off as easy as being killed immediately, however. He should be surgically crippled, wrists and all hand bones smashed, thrown in solitary with the biggest, meanest, horniest black man in the US penal system, who's just been told this new white d00d is a racist KKK member who raped little girls, and wants to be his bitch. When that cat gets tired of him, then he shall be moved to the public stockade; where the General Public may administer whatever means of punishment any old cat walking by can think of.

 And I still think that's being somewhat lenient.   :x

I can't help but think that, as horrible as what he did was, the Amish wouldn't want that to happen to anyone, regardless of what happened. And really, what would any of that accomplish? The innocents would still be dead, and now whoever ordered the subsequent torture has blood on his hands. I don't think that what was gained would be worth it for some reason. Wasn't it Ghandi that said 'An eye for an eye leaves the world blind' ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 03, 2006, 11:24:13 PM
[size=9]pOq[/size]

heh

[size=9]bOd[/size]

also works if the thumbs are up.

No...that's more like pinkies up. Thumbs up would be:

dOb
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on October 04, 2006, 12:04:16 AM
Not if it's a goatse emoticon, they wouldn't be.

bOd
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 04, 2006, 12:10:05 AM
I guess a 3-fingered Goatse emoticon would be E03 maybe...if one of his hands were deformed...oh never mind, this post sucked, but I got out the character map and now spent a sentence explaining why I'm about to post this crap anyway so here I go.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 04, 2006, 12:32:45 AM
Not if it's a goatse emoticon, they wouldn't be.

Ok, you asked for it.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7930/emotgoatsecz8.gif

Pretty sure it's NSFW.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 04, 2006, 01:18:11 AM
I can't help but think that, as horrible as what he did was, the Amish wouldn't want that to happen to anyone, regardless of what happened. And really, what would any of that accomplish? The innocents would still be dead, and now whoever ordered the subsequent torture has blood on his hands. I don't think that what was gained would be worth it for some reason. Wasn't it Ghandi that said 'An eye for an eye leaves the world blind' ?
:roll:





It was just a rant, d00d.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 04, 2006, 10:16:45 AM
Can you spot what is wrong with this picture?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 04, 2006, 10:42:04 AM
Can you spot what is wrong with this picture?

Bwahaha!  That's what the Republicans do these days, apparently.  Come out with a scandal, and all of the sudden Faux News starts calling you a Democrat.

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 04, 2006, 11:12:54 AM
Can you spot what is wrong with this picture?

Fox news
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on October 04, 2006, 01:44:17 PM
Please tell me they were called out on this?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 04, 2006, 01:45:46 PM
I'm never opening any email Ping Ping sends me at work ever again. He sends me this .pps file that he says is a slideshow of a friends house and his neighbor's house and that I really need to check out the neighbor's house. So I open the .pps at work, like an idiot, and what Ping Ping failed to mention is that there is embedded sound in the file.

I just blasted the chrous of "It's Raining Men" to my entire upstairs area, where all the directors and executives are located.

 

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 04, 2006, 02:01:36 PM
I keep sound muted at work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 04, 2006, 02:56:23 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/pugsly/zzzhaveityourwaygu1.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 04, 2006, 02:58:30 PM
THAT BASTARD!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 04, 2006, 03:47:14 PM
Bravo!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 04, 2006, 04:04:25 PM
Bravo!

* doesn't feel special enough to ban PB but totally wants to
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 04, 2006, 04:19:35 PM
32% of 12AX7's posts contain a smiley face of some sort.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 04, 2006, 05:43:51 PM
32% of 12AX7's posts contain a smiley face of some sort.
I'm a generally happy guy. ;-) 
Check out this post...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/pugsly/zzzhaveityourwaygu1.gif)
OMFGLOL!!!!11!!!1! :D  :-D  :-) 8-) :-D
+1 Xolik!!!  AhHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 04, 2006, 05:59:36 PM
FYI, that is an accurate statistic. I actually went through and counted. :cry: I have no life.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 05, 2006, 06:32:35 AM
Are you stocking 12?

















I could give you pointers...  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 05, 2006, 06:51:31 AM
AHAHAhaha!!!
+1 to the Premier Stalker!




oh...gotta wait an hour. I already plussed ya.
BBIAH
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 05, 2006, 08:12:47 AM
If she's stocking 12, I'll order a dozen.

Get it? 12 - Dozen??? OMFGLOL!!!11

/HUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 05, 2006, 04:06:24 PM
Who said anything about stalking? I'm definitely not staring at 12 through his window right now...

<.<
>.>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 07, 2006, 01:16:21 AM
*adjusts curtains* 




 ...*wider*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 07, 2006, 11:27:45 AM
You didn't think I'd stand outside your window for two whole days, did you? I had to get back up to NJ for work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 10, 2006, 03:20:31 PM
Don't forget that in addition to the regular windows updates, there are a whole slew of office updates as well. A lot of people forget that officeupdate.com (http://officeupdate.com)exists.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 11, 2006, 12:59:44 PM
I guess today was National Coming Out day. I didn't get the memo. I asked my boss if he had anything he felt he needed to tell me.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: DiscipleOfChaos on October 11, 2006, 01:04:58 PM
Yeah, apparently the uniform for 'coming out' was a white buttoned shirt and jeans.

It's a good thing I don't own any white buttoned shirts because I probably would've worn one with the jeans I'm wearing today, and have all sorts of awkward things to explain to my wife after work, because I didn't know this until I got to work :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 13, 2006, 05:28:55 PM
Quote
Rebecca Lew,
Tour Guide
"Steinbrenner will do anything to keep the Mets out of the paper."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 13, 2006, 07:07:32 PM
(http://www.dangermonk.com/mstw/dm/kinginbed.gif)

DM cracks my shit up!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 13, 2006, 07:21:51 PM
Golden.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 14, 2006, 10:07:22 AM
I've had nights like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Julep on October 14, 2006, 01:20:21 PM
You mean you've had nights where you found your innocent face resting under a terrifying Brawny-man mustache?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 14, 2006, 01:58:11 PM
You mean you've had nights where you found your innocent face resting under a terrifying Brawny-man mustache?

Not as terrifying as my old boss's mustache...it looked like a handlebar ate his face.  Though waking up with a mustache would be less terrifying and perhaps more depressing than anything.  Female+facial hair= dating life goes from bad to gone.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 15, 2006, 07:40:39 AM
You mean you've had nights where you found your innocent face resting under a terrifying Brawny-man mustache?

I wouldn't call it terrifying...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 15, 2006, 08:49:57 AM
So you're saying you wouldn't be the least bit weirded out  if yu suddenly woke up with a femstache?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 15, 2006, 05:28:10 PM
So you're saying you wouldn't be the least bit weirded out  if yu suddenly woke up with a femstache?

I know I wouldn't.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 15, 2006, 07:33:30 PM
So you're saying you wouldn't be the least bit weirded out  if yu suddenly woke up with a femstache?

You're saying this as though it's hypothetical. Why is that?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 16, 2006, 09:25:59 AM
I get to work nice and ealry and find out that the onboard RAID controller for one of the licensing servers is hosed. It's gonna be a long day...  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 16, 2006, 02:08:20 PM
I get to work nice and ealry and find out that the onboard RAID controller for one of the licensing servers is hosed. It's gonna be a long day...  :|

Double boo to that as it's also Monday.  Ehh, at least we got to talk about a disorder I know a lot about in my Psychopathology and Personality Disorders class today.  Also, isn't Heroes on tonight?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 16, 2006, 02:17:13 PM
i stayed home from school today. Stomach viruses are the shit. Literally.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 16, 2006, 03:17:56 PM
Heroes IS on tonight...but I must go to work. I think I might just try and request the rest of the year off just to see what would happen.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 16, 2006, 03:38:47 PM
You're supposed to be able to watch Heroes online at nbc.com, but every time I've tried, there's a javascript error and nothing plays.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 16, 2006, 03:41:24 PM
Scifi replays it on Fridays I think.  USA was running it too, or maybe I'm smoking something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 17, 2006, 01:18:35 PM
I downloaded a poker software yesterday (gotta test what I advertise on my site!). When I created my acount, I was invited to join a new player "freeroll" which is a tournament that doesn't cost anything to join while giving the opportunity to win real money. There were a total of 1045 people playing. Last time I checked my status, there were 20 out of the 1045 left and I was ranked number 3, which is pretty darn good.

*toots own horn*

At that stage, I decided I needed to move to the number 1 position and went head to head against the person with the most chips at the table (they had more than me). I got called on a stone cold bluff and finished 14th! lol

Had I been a little more patient, I could have won some money since the top 10 players were getting something. It was fun though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 01:25:57 PM
... or maybe I'm smoking something.

Are you in a sharing mood?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 17, 2006, 05:09:45 PM
I downloaded a poker software yesterday (gotta test what I advertise on my site!). When I created my acount, I was invited to join a new player "freeroll" which is a tournament that doesn't cost anything to join while giving the opportunity to win real money. There were a total of 1045 people playing. Last time I checked my status, there were 20 out of the 1045 left and I was ranked number 3, which is pretty darn good.

*toots own horn*

At that stage, I decided I needed to move to the number 1 position and went head to head against the person with the most chips at the table (they had more than me). I got called on a stone cold bluff and finished 14th! lol

Had I been a little more patient, I could have won some money since the top 10 players were getting something. It was fun though.

Good story Judge.  What site was it and do they let Americans play?

I hear there's no way to track if we play online or not, but I don't really know if that's true or false.    And I don't really know what the penalties are if I get caught doing that dirty deed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 17, 2006, 05:12:12 PM
You're supposed to be able to watch Heroes online at nbc.com, but every time I've tried, there's a javascript error and nothing plays.

Mine isn't even honest enough to give an error message, it just doesn't do anything. And to top it off my friend tells me that there is some killer Hiro time-travellage, which makes me hate my job even more.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 17, 2006, 05:17:15 PM
Mine isn't even honest enough to give an error message, it just doesn't do anything. And to top it off my friend tells me that there is some killer Hiro time-travellage, which makes me hate my job even more.
I found it.  It's huge, but it's available here...
http://www.heroes-forum.com/index.php?s=005e5b0914475f2332fe683681057b01&showtopic=998
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 05:19:40 PM
Are you in a sharing mood?

Let me tell you, after the day I've had, I certainly wish I did.  And if I did, I would totally share with you. :-\
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 17, 2006, 05:39:12 PM
I found it.  It's huge, but it's available here...
http://www.heroes-forum.com/index.php?s=005e5b0914475f2332fe683681057b01&showtopic=998

Thanks a pile! Now I should be able to watch it in...12 hours or so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 06:31:44 PM
Let me tell you, after the day I've had, I certainly wish I did.  And if I did, I would totally share with you. :-\

I've got some! You live in Central Jersey?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 06:35:43 PM
Permanent address says so, but I'm up in NY for school.  FINALLY, someone else who recognizes that Central Jersey exists.  For any skeptics, imagine folding NJ in half, top to bottom; I'd live in the crease, aka Central Jersey...we do exist!


It's ok, I just had some excellent soup and found my chocolate stash.  Also, there's a Project Runway marathon on or something, and I've got Firefly on standby.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 06:39:24 PM
It's ok, I just had some excellent soup and found my chocolate stash Also, there's a Project Runway marathon on or something, and I've got Firefly on standby.

DO YOU WANT TO BE MY BEST FRIEND?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 06:58:01 PM
Sure!  W00T

favourite PR moments:

Kayne and Robert bitching about everyone over lunch
Tim saying, "Andre" during season 2
Laura telling anyone off, especially Jeffery because he doesn't care
Tim refusing turtle poop from one of Laura's spawn
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 17, 2006, 07:06:02 PM
I'm totally watching Heroes online from now on, this kicks cable in the BALLS.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 07:09:57 PM
I'm a real season 2 devotee...Santino should have won!!

And Santino's jokes about Tim & Andre...LMAO.

Is that guy with all the tattoos disqualified? I can't tell...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 07:14:39 PM
I'm not sure...they're definitely playing with us by having him say how scared he is about possibly not showing his collection, AND the way Tim responded to Laura's concerns regarding Jeffrey possibly not having done all his work on his own leads me to believe that the producers already knew what was going on before the other designers started talking. 



also:
"Aahhhhhhndraaaaaaaay"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 07:18:24 PM
Santino's Tim impressions:

"Andre and I went to Red Lobster last night..."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 07:24:54 PM
Santino's Tim impressions:

"Andre and I went to Red Lobster last night..."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Awww, I miss Santino.  I guess the closest we have to him would be some bizarre mix of Jeffrey and Kayne.  Kayne for the colors, Jeffrey for the set style and the crap that comes out of his mouth/attitude.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 07:31:18 PM
Santino should have won, seriously. But even if you didn't like him, Chloe shouldn't have won. She was too bland. Ecch. I hate her.

I love Santino. So sexy. I HATE THE WAY HEIDI TREATED HIM!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 17, 2006, 07:41:17 PM
EDIT: My post makes more sense with the following quote...
Good story Judge.  What site was it and do they let Americans play?

It's the one that has a full review on my forum.  :wink:

They do accept American players. From what I can understand, the recent legislation that was passed prevents financial institutions from cashing cheques issued from gambling sites. Since most people use third party software like net teller, it's not really an issue.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 07:43:59 PM
Really I'm not a fan of Heidi.  This is why we should go with what Spain is doing about their models.  Maybe if Heidi ate something once in awhile she wouldn't be *as* bitchy.  How does Seal put up with her?


/Heidi Klum rant

As for this season, 'm sick of Uli's prints and Laura's V-necks....but I do enjoy Michael and Jeffrey's stuff.  I miss Alison.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 17, 2006, 07:44:41 PM
Jeffrey FTW!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 17, 2006, 11:07:15 PM
Since this is a random stuff thread and I don't think I've been here long enough to warrant my own birthday thread, I'm hijacking this for 2 seconds.  I am now 23.  There are no perks, except perhaps the knowledge that I should be a responsible adult with a job, living on my own.  So that would be no, no, and oh hey- no.  So happy birthday to me!


/hijack

happy humpday kids. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: DiscipleOfChaos on October 18, 2006, 06:50:54 AM
Since this is a random stuff thread and I don't think I've been here long enough to warrant my own birthday thread, I'm hijacking this for 2 seconds.  I am now 23.  There are no perks, except perhaps the knowledge that I should be a responsible adult with a job, living on my own.  So that would be no, no, and oh hey- no.  So happy birthday to me!


/hijack

happy humpday kids. 

Have a perky humpday! Er... a boobies... er...

Wait, let me try again!

Happy perky... DAMMIT! You poisoned my brain.

Happy birthday!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 18, 2006, 09:11:19 AM
Thank you!  Wednesday is such an awkward day for a birthday, lol.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 18, 2006, 12:12:04 PM
Anybody here have their CompTIA Security+ certification? I just ordered a study book from Barns and Noble and plan on taking the exam either next month or the month after and was wondering what I can anticipate for the exam.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 18, 2006, 04:08:31 PM
Why does she have a penis growing out of her chin?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 18, 2006, 04:16:29 PM
Because Pablo had some issues...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 18, 2006, 04:21:36 PM
Why does she have a penis growing out of her chin?



You heard about what Van Gogh did to his ear, right? Well Picasso...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on October 18, 2006, 08:37:38 PM
Funny how much more traffic this place is getting since the other place is MIA.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 18, 2006, 08:40:08 PM
Indeed.  I'm suffering serious withdrawals.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Julep on October 18, 2006, 11:26:35 PM
I did it!

Theres this guy in one of my classes whose name is Archangel and today, I finally got the opportunity to call him Archangle. That is all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 19, 2006, 11:00:21 AM
I did it!

Theres this guy in one of my classes whose name is Archangel and today, I finally got the opportunity to call him Archangle. That is all.

*applauds*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 19, 2006, 12:41:26 PM
I just got Serenity, V for Vendetta and Stargate SG1 season 3 and have a paper to write....this is the *only* time when being a procrastinator (sp?)  has not quite worked in my favour.  BAH.  Also, I have red pen and yellow highlighter all over my hands.  Special.

Fave study food anyone?  Right now I'm working my way through a box of oreos.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 19, 2006, 12:42:41 PM
If you're doing it drunk, it's Screaming Yellow Zonkers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on October 19, 2006, 12:50:35 PM
I just got Serenity, V for Vendetta and Stargate SG1 season 3 and have a paper to write....this is the *only* time when being a procrastinator (sp?)  has not quite worked in my favour.  BAH.  Also, I have red pen and yellow highlighter all over my hands.  Special.

Fave study food anyone?  Right now I'm working my way through a box of oreos.

Speaking of Serenity, I did made a little vid of that movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWJETK1lzc
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 19, 2006, 02:05:40 PM
I\'m a fan of Old Dutch ketchup chips, though fucking 7-11 no longer carries them so my consumption rate is waaaay down.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on October 19, 2006, 02:33:52 PM
So, there I was at lunch, driving back from the drug store when I hear some Pet Shop Boys song on the radio.  And Xolik totally popped into my head!   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 19, 2006, 07:27:19 PM
Speaking of Serenity, I did made a little vid of that movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWJETK1lzc

That's some very nice work. I enjoyed that Social, thanks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on October 20, 2006, 10:51:33 AM
That's some very nice work. I enjoyed that Social, thanks!

Thanks :D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 20, 2006, 12:24:37 PM
So, there I was at lunch, driving back from the drug store when I hear some Pet Shop Boys song on the radio.  And Xolik totally popped into my head!   :-D

Ahhh, how sweet! But please tell me they weren't beating "West End Girls" into the ground again.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on October 20, 2006, 03:48:37 PM
Ahhh, how sweet! But please tell me they weren't beating "West End Girls" into the ground again.  :-(
I think it was "I'm with Stupid".   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 20, 2006, 04:52:50 PM
Speaking of stupid...my stupid boss is tromping all around the 2nd floor, bouncing a rubber ball off of the ceiling. He's built like a bull so his stomps are pretty loud. Couple that his the sound of the damn ball hitting the damn all and it makes it hard to get anything done around here.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on October 23, 2006, 07:22:00 AM
Speaking of stupid...my stupid boss is tromping all around the 2nd floor, bouncing a rubber ball off of the ceiling. He's built like a bull so his stomps are pretty loud. Couple that his the sound of the damn ball hitting the damn all and it makes it hard to get anything done around here.  :x

Talk about a double take, I thought you said your boss was hung like a bull when I first read it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2006, 08:52:20 AM
Talk about a double take, I thought you said your boss was hung like a bull when I first read it.

According to him, he is. He's funny when he's drunk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2006, 11:41:27 PM
Ah, fuggit. Link too long.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 26, 2006, 02:45:36 PM
Picture time!

(http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2886/theatheistero5.jpg)

Hilarity.

(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/9379/836692118mdu1.gif)

Maybe I should take up boxing....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 27, 2006, 05:15:49 PM
Picture time!

(http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2886/theatheistero5.jpg)

Aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnd?

Looks like they nailed it, in my case at least.

Quote
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/9379/836692118mdu1.gif)

Maybe I should take up boxing....

Heh.  Too many jokes.  I'm borderline bluescreening trying to pick one, and they're not even all gay jokes.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 27, 2006, 05:46:44 PM
I like how "Christian Civilization" is depicted as belching black smoke from factories and a blood red sky.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 27, 2006, 07:31:01 PM
Don't forget that little empty crossword puzzle in the bottom corner there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 28, 2006, 09:14:04 AM
(http://www.ecolivingcenter.com/articles/images/comics/grandpa.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Julep on October 28, 2006, 11:57:15 AM
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7418/1161436478846ij0.jpg)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 29, 2006, 07:34:45 AM
(http://worshipinthecity.stlouisblogs.org/archives/images/princess_bride_280-thumb.jpg)

He's not dead, he's mostly dead.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on October 29, 2006, 07:58:13 AM
(http://worshipinthecity.stlouisblogs.org/archives/images/princess_bride_280-thumb.jpg)

He's not dead, he's mostly dead.

xD

+1!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 30, 2006, 12:03:11 AM
A round of +1s all around!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 01, 2006, 02:50:23 PM
"No guyz I meant to say bush is dum lol how dare you question me?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 01, 2006, 03:54:42 PM
(http://www.fritolay.com/images/cm/mid_products_funyuns.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 01, 2006, 06:37:45 PM
Oh great, I'm getting love e-letters sent to me by some guy that works on a remote campus.

And what did I do to deserve a second smite? I've barely been posting anything!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 01, 2006, 10:51:12 PM
I'm watching Mythbusters, eating stew and downloading Photoshop.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 02, 2006, 07:41:07 AM
Oh great, I'm getting love e-letters sent to me by some guy that works on a remote campus.
:-o That sound pretty gay. OMFGLOL!!11


So... are you going to post them for our enjoyment?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 02, 2006, 10:04:43 AM
I should becuse they're hilarious. One of them is all "So, I'm getting a time synch error while connecting to the web server, what does that mean exactly and OH HAY U GO 2 PALM SPRINGS WITH ME I HAEV FREE HOTEL KK MY LOVE?"

What the hell?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 02, 2006, 10:30:27 AM
BWahahaha! Maybe he's been on these boards,stocking you, and now he's emualting your "HAY GUYZ HOW U HACK H0TM4L" or the famous "COCKS LOL!!!" posts?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 02, 2006, 01:09:18 PM
I'm watching Mythbusters, eating stew and downloading Photoshop.

Sounds like a Wednesday night.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: lupolux on November 02, 2006, 01:46:07 PM
My friend's middle name is Capon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Julep on November 02, 2006, 01:59:21 PM
(http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-10/aristotle-action-figure.jpg) (http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-10/nietzche-action-figure.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on November 02, 2006, 09:37:16 PM
(http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-10/aristotle-action-figure.jpg) (http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-10/nietzche-action-figure.jpg)


 :lol:

Ubermensch indeed!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 02, 2006, 09:56:05 PM
:lol:

Ubermensch indeed!

When I was learning flash I made a screwed up little toon in which Nietzsche fought against some dogma-spouting Keanu Reeves heads on floating robot arm bodies and this reminded me of that. I called it "Nietzsche: Reloaded" and I may have some bits of it on my drive somewhere...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 02, 2006, 10:35:18 PM
When I was learning flash I made a screwed up little toon in which Nietzsche fought against some dogma-spouting Keanu Reeves heads on floating robot arm bodies and this reminded me of that. I called it "Nietzsche: Reloaded" and I may have some bits of it on my drive somewhere...

find and share, por favour
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 03, 2006, 02:35:37 PM
(http://images.imabearmeow.com/animals/captioned/monorailcat.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 03, 2006, 05:38:00 PM
Last weekend I totalled my truck. Went to off the road around 70+mph, held it until the front hit the first culvert on the first driveway. That flipped it ass end up and over, at the same time rolling. Very acrobatic. Flipped once, rolled twice, and finished off with a light *smack!* on a wooden power pole about 15 feet up. Ended up right-side up, nestled up next to the pole; engine still running, and the fucking CD player still playing (Kenwood apparently kix ass). I'm fine now; was a little bit sore for a couple of days on my left side of my torso and the right side of the back of my neck. Other than that - not a scratch on me (in case anyone was just wondering). The truck , though, a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT; is SO totalled. One front wheel sticks almost straight out horizontally, another is bent - yes; the entire wheel/tire/rim combination is BENT, kinda like a bottlecap after you get it off the bottle. The frame is bent diagonally, so that as it sits on the ground (at the junk yard), only three wheels contact the ground. The toolbox in the bed was flung free of the truck somewhere in the crash. It was laying about 20 feet from the truck; still latched, thank goodness.
  Now I'm back driving the Camaro, which has NOE interior save the driver's seat. No dash, no console, ...nothing. Just a grand mess of wiring harness and gage units. I suppose I'll have to finish it now. At least there's the money I would've been paying on the truck. . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 03, 2006, 05:47:54 PM
Holy shit... you're driving that Camaro of which you've posted pics previously?   :lol:


Seriously though, I'm glad to hear you're okay, even if your truck is fuxx0r3d.  That sounds like it must have gotten the adrenaline pumping, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 03, 2006, 06:01:33 PM
 :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o

Glad you're ok, dude.

DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 03, 2006, 07:06:19 PM
Holy shit... you're driving that Camaro of which you've posted pics previously?   :lol:
:-D That's the very one.
Seriously though, I'm glad to hear you're okay, even if your truck is fuxx0r3d.  That sounds like it must have gotten the adrenaline pumping, huh?
Thanks. And - heh- adrenaline...

 The coolest thing was the Highway Patrolman that handled it. As soon as he stepped out of his cruiser, I recognized him; one of my homies from Jr high and high school! Plus, it happened just outside of Abbeville, SC - which is where my brother is a firefighter. So EVERY SINGLE PERSON to show up on the scene knew him and/or me. The police officers, EMT's, Calhoun Falls Fire Dept, ...  It was kind of a little reunion, lol.
 So anyway, Al, the Highwaymanfriendofmine, asked me what happened. I said, "Well, I actually fell asleep in the space of abou-..." He was already shaking his head, "No."  I began again, "I fell aslee-..." He was shaking his head, and saying "No...no. Now ...  What happened?"
 I was at this point like, "...?"  He goes, "So, you say you hit a puddle of water and hydroplaned, huh?"

  :?  <--- me.   Then he says, "What I'm getting at, is in SC, falling asleep is Reckless Driving; a 6 point / 300+$ violation. You actually hit a puddle of water on the road, and lost control. Which is Too Fast for Conditions; a 2 point, 76 dollar violation. 76 is as low as I can go on the side of the road without the Judge chewing my ear off."
 To which I replied, " Yeh, see, I hit this puddle, see, ..." 
 So, Im not gonna take as hard a hit with my insurance, plus not having a $300+ fine.  Friends are so cool!  :-)



...Thanks, too, ivan!  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 03, 2006, 08:19:04 PM
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1386/1161456497317bmm7.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 03, 2006, 08:51:51 PM
Lmao +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 03, 2006, 09:32:29 PM
I'm also a fan of "invisible sandwich" and the variations on "oh hi i upgraded your ram".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 03, 2006, 09:48:37 PM
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1386/1161456497317bmm7.jpg)

Damn skippy. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 03, 2006, 09:49:44 PM
Yikes, 12! Glad you're okay!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 04, 2006, 04:02:44 AM
Glad you survived dude!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 04, 2006, 07:21:50 AM
Thanks!  Seatbelts, man. Seatbelts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 04, 2006, 07:38:42 AM
Oh man, accidents suck. Too bad about your truck, but you're OK so that's good! Got pictures of your totalled truck?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 04, 2006, 05:14:11 PM
What's with everyone I know getting in car accidents lately?  Glad to know that you're alright!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 05, 2006, 09:05:26 AM
I had a dream last night. In this dream, I received an e-mail from catwritr telling me, as a moderator, to stop using "teh" instead of "the" because she had received a series of complaints regarding my abuse of the English language! hehe! Damn you grammar nazis! You made me dream about speeling!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 09, 2006, 07:34:33 AM
Sadam Escapes!

(http://b3ta.hnldesign.nl/beta189.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: lupolux on November 09, 2006, 10:10:17 AM
I had a dream last night. In this dream, I received an e-mail from catwritr telling me, as a moderator, to stop using "teh" instead of "the" because she had received a series of complaints regarding my abuse of the English language! hehe! Damn you grammar nazis! You made me dream about speeling!

HAHAHA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on November 09, 2006, 12:50:36 PM
Sadam Escapes!

(http://b3ta.hnldesign.nl/beta189.gif)

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 09, 2006, 01:37:36 PM
I had a dream last night. In this dream, I received an e-mail from catwritr telling me, as a moderator, to stop using "teh" instead of "the" because she had received a series of complaints regarding my abuse of the English language! hehe! Damn you grammar nazis! You made me dream about speeling!

Haha!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 10, 2006, 01:32:20 AM
I had a dream last night. In this dream, I received an e-mail from catwritr telling me, as a moderator, to stop using "teh" instead of "the" because she had received a series of complaints regarding my abuse of the English language! hehe! Damn you grammar nazis! You made me dream about speeling!

When in doubt, feel free to contact the grammar crisis center, courtesy of engrish.com
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 10, 2006, 10:49:26 AM
I'm going to ITALY over winter break!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 10, 2006, 10:59:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO10s_HK6d0
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 10, 2006, 02:59:44 PM
my obsession with cute and fuzzy baby mammals continues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpv01Yo1igA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 10, 2006, 05:18:29 PM
my obsession with cute and fuzzy baby mammals continues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpv01Yo1igA

That was disappointing. I was hoping the kitten would go apeshit and bite the lady's face off or something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 10, 2006, 11:18:18 PM
I'm going to ITALY over winter break!

Fuck you very much.

/me is jealous
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on November 11, 2006, 12:12:07 AM
Of Alan Rickman? Join the club, I admire that man's hair. (not in the hairy potter/Galaxy Quest ways, in the more dogma/love actually sort of way)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 11, 2006, 10:35:32 AM
Of Alan Rickman? Join the club, I admire that man's hair. (not in the hairy potter/Galaxy Quest ways, in the more dogma/love actually sort of way)

He does have nice hair. And a nice face. The whole man is sexy.

And for once, I'm not the only one who thinks so. xD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 12, 2006, 03:14:11 AM
Fuck you very much.

/me is jealous

/me too

Vacations are looking mighty sparse for the next dozen or so years.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 12, 2006, 10:12:55 AM
Alan Rickman is AMAZING.  Though his hair also lacked well, normalcy, in Sense and Sensibilty as well.  Still awesome though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 14, 2006, 06:05:31 PM
I'm going here (http://www.sandals.com/main/ochorios/or-home.cfm) in March.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 14, 2006, 10:28:53 PM
I'm going here (http://www.sandals.com/main/ochorios/or-home.cfm) in March.

Make sure you stay within the barbed wire fence, or else you'll get mugged by the natives.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on November 15, 2006, 05:56:20 AM
Mugged and raped.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 15, 2006, 01:29:19 PM
Mugged and raped.

Unless of course, you're into that sort of thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 15, 2006, 03:23:54 PM
food for thought:

"Now there's a guy, who when he runs he moves faster"



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 15, 2006, 03:28:28 PM
Unless of course, you're into that sort of thing.

 :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 15, 2006, 04:56:48 PM
:w:

 :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 15, 2006, 10:13:23 PM
Airing my fangirl-iness for a second:

BRAVO's Top Chef.  Sam, why are you so awesome and beautiful?  Marry me.

/fan girl rant
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 16, 2006, 11:59:36 AM
Airing my fangirl-iness for a second:

BRAVO's Top Chef.  Sam, why are you so awesome and beautiful?  Marry me.

/fan girl rant

He's not Top Chef yet, unless you have inside info.

Presently, my money is on Ilan or Carlos. But I wouldn't want to marry them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 16, 2006, 12:31:31 PM
He's not Top Chef yet, unless you have inside info.

Presently, my money is on Ilan or Carlos. But I wouldn't want to marry them.

Just referring to the show, wasn't calling Sam top chef.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 16, 2006, 12:45:51 PM
Just referring to the show, wasn't calling Sam top chef.

Just so we're clear on that.

I taped last night's show, and will watch it tonight.

So don't tell me who got the boot, ok?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 16, 2006, 03:12:25 PM
No worries!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 16, 2006, 05:10:50 PM
Was it one of the ones I really hate? You can tell me that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 16, 2006, 06:24:22 PM
Haha, that depends who you really hate.  What I will say is that since they didn't kick anyone off last time, they kicked off 2 this time.  And not 2 I thought would go.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 16, 2006, 08:21:20 PM
Hey, I'm going into NYC on Saturday with a friend of mine from home (Jersey!  W00t!) and I already sent her a list of places I wanted to go during the day and nightlife-wise, but I wondered if you guys had any suggestions.  I want to go to the Met (I've been to the MoMA and Museum of Natural History a few times), Times Square is always buzzing, I've not been to SoHo in years, etc etc. 

Any must see places?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 16, 2006, 11:47:25 PM
Hey, I'm going into NYC on Saturday with a friend of mine from home (Jersey!  W00t!) and I already sent her a list of places I wanted to go during the day and nightlife-wise, but I wondered if you guys had any suggestions.  I want to go to the Met (I've been to the MoMA and Museum of Natural History a few times), Times Square is always buzzing, I've not been to SoHo in years, etc etc. 

Any must see places?

Mme. Tussaude's Wax Museum (which I may have spelled wrong).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 17, 2006, 12:28:36 AM
Mme. Tussaude's Wax Museum (which I may have spelled wrong).

I've heard cool things but wax figures kinda freak me out...and that stupid house of wax movie did NOT help matters.  I've heard that Madame Tussaud's wax museum is really cool, that they have everyone there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 17, 2006, 01:11:21 PM
It's sad when my former direct report of two years and somebody that I still have to interact with on a weekly basi STILL doesn't get my last name right.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 17, 2006, 01:52:46 PM
Does he spell it "Xolix"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 20, 2006, 03:01:53 PM
So I got an email from J Crew informing me all about their "couture tee shirts" which is one of the biggest oxymorons ever.  For $39.50 you can have a shitty tee shirt with a bland, sequined animal on it.  Cheap by couture standards, but then again, couture is not supposed to = mass market.  Also, their models are too skinny.

And now, I'm going to further my spoiled and superficial college-kid needs with junk food and a nap.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 20, 2006, 06:02:08 PM
Not so much an oxymoron as just plain false.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 20, 2006, 06:06:28 PM
I don't know where Sinfest has been all my life, but I love it!

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=113 (http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=113)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 20, 2006, 09:44:01 PM
Right now, I'm having the time of my life adjusting partition sizes, upgrading to dynamic disk and juggling around database files on a production box with no known recent backup that houses critical university data. What could possibly go wrong?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 21, 2006, 03:29:36 PM
That sounds awesome...I was about to burn a DVD of Slackware for my new box when it's done but I found out that the computer that was supposed to do that is fux0red and god knows when it'll be back from the shop...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 23, 2006, 02:20:57 PM
Booger.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 24, 2006, 12:53:41 PM
Hey, I just noticed the karma has changed to Coolio points!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 24, 2006, 01:56:09 PM
What is the philosophical meaning of a negative Coolio point?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 24, 2006, 01:56:25 PM
Neat! We may be breaking copyrights, but what evar! I'm not affraid of walking on the lawn. Also, congratualtions on exceeding 4K catwritr.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 24, 2006, 02:31:47 PM
Nice.  The applaud/smite should be changed, too.

The question is, to what?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 24, 2006, 03:13:02 PM
[kiss] and [slap]
[pat] and [smack]
[Ooooh yeah] and [I've had better]
[cool kid] and [fat kid] (No offense meant by it)
[give dog treat] and [stick nose in pee]
[reward] and [punish]
[praise] and [taunt]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 24, 2006, 03:30:12 PM
I just found out that the shades I ripped my room apart to find are at my station at work...that's what I get for riding home at night and forgetting them. It sucks if I ever lose them because they're prescription and my eyes really suck, as the shiny snow hurts them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 24, 2006, 04:23:42 PM
What is the philosophical meaning of a negative Coolio point?

Was that a rhetorical question posed as a mental exercise -- a koan, if you will -- or are you expecting a lucid response?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on November 24, 2006, 05:37:41 PM
[gets it] and [never will]

Demo I never thought of ivan as ever wanting a lucid response to anything.

Hmmm.  That's something to ponder.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 24, 2006, 06:48:53 PM
Was that a rhetorical question posed as a mental exercise -- a koan, if you will -- or are you expecting a lucid response?

I honestly don't know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 24, 2006, 07:37:05 PM
[smrt] and [st00pid]

Edit: Dayum, I did break 4K! My postwhore status is unchanged!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 24, 2006, 08:59:45 PM
[Ooooh yeah] and [I've had better]

I like that one xD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 27, 2006, 03:52:08 PM
[coolio] vs [manilow]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 27, 2006, 04:07:30 PM
That's good.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 27, 2006, 06:19:47 PM
[Picard] vs [Kirk]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 27, 2006, 06:26:29 PM
[Picard] vs [Kirk]

The very comparison is blasphemous.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 27, 2006, 06:29:29 PM
The very comparison is blasphemous.

Indeed. Kirk obviously being the lesser of the two.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 27, 2006, 06:31:34 PM
I smite thee a googleplex times.  Kirk is the man!  Picard is a mealy mouthed wussy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 27, 2006, 06:41:19 PM
 :x

PATRICK STEWART OWNS WILLIAM SHATNER. THAT IS THAT.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 27, 2006, 07:27:28 PM
:x

PATRICK STEWART OWNS WILLIAM SHATNER. THAT IS THAT.
Denny Crane
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 27, 2006, 10:36:32 PM
Denny Crane

Xavier.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 27, 2006, 11:00:14 PM
I rest my case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 28, 2006, 07:50:10 AM
I'd like to see Kirk do this...
(http://www.gotthegeek.com/images/Picard_Guitar.gif) (http://www.gotthegeek.com/images/Worf_Dance.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 28, 2006, 10:48:21 AM
xD

I rest MY case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 28, 2006, 12:32:06 PM
check mate.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 28, 2006, 01:25:08 PM
lol! I knew you'd post that! I was setting a trap for ihatecliches! HAHA! /nelson

But seriously... Nobody beats the Picard maneuver!


*tugs firmly on shirt twice*

Oh yeah!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on November 28, 2006, 06:10:58 PM
Comparing Picard and Kirk is sort of like comparing Apples and Oranges.

Picard is more of a philosopher.

Kirk is more of a non-philosopher.

Star Trek: TNG was more a philosophy experiment at times than the original ST was because they had the technology to deal with any problems they encountered, so it often became a moral investigation. Trying to decide whether Data counts as a being? (Which my class used when we were discussing personal identity.)

TNG > Original
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 28, 2006, 06:43:50 PM
The original is the only one worth watching.  If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 28, 2006, 07:14:35 PM
I'll have to admit that my original post on this subject was just to be controversial without having to actually pick a side, but here's my two cents.

When they made TOS they realised that the only way to compensate for the fact that the captain of something huge like a starship would have to be extremely formal and dull was by making the captain behave NOTHING like a captain of a comparable contemporary vehicle would. As a result Kirk goes down to all the planets, womanizes, breaks regulations (yeah yeah I know the PD wasn't around back i n the day, but that's not all I mean) and rips his shirt a lot. Picard on the other hand, is very much like a real captain would be (as long as The Man was the one building the starships anyway), and he rarely leaves the bridge. As a result a lot more emphasis is placed on the rest of the crew. See, they're totally different, and the only real similarity is that they are both technically starship captains.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on November 28, 2006, 09:07:20 PM
Meh, I'm with ihatecliches on this one.  TNG/Picard totally pwns.  end of story.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 28, 2006, 09:09:29 PM
check mate.

(http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/3132/picardstfu4cb.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 29, 2006, 03:16:11 PM
Damn kids these days.  Just don't respect true art.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 29, 2006, 04:04:33 PM
TNG is for children. TOS is for adults. Children never like the stuff their parents like.

TOS is to TNG as Reservoir Dogs is to Barney.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 29, 2006, 04:07:59 PM
Concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on November 29, 2006, 05:00:37 PM
The original is the only one worth watching.  If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.

Mispoke, meant "Philosophical Investigations"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on November 29, 2006, 05:04:33 PM
TNG would never have even been created if not for STTOS.

Where would Stewart be then?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 29, 2006, 05:14:27 PM
Hoisted on his own Pickard, that's where.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 29, 2006, 05:38:28 PM
The original is the only one worth watching.  If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.

I've met people who did just that, and ended up with Star Trek again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 29, 2006, 10:06:53 PM
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on November 30, 2006, 06:35:28 PM
Good stuff.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 05, 2006, 07:21:12 PM
I've been quite ill all day today and am now wondering who gave me my last coolio point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 06, 2006, 04:49:36 PM
I just figured out the blog feature thingy. This is pretty cool! Now I post my worthless opinions about why everything sucks somewhere outside of this thread.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 06, 2006, 05:51:45 PM
I look like my avatar as well.




(http://209.225.8.65/shifty/images/engage/goth.jpg)

Indeed you do.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 06, 2006, 06:10:35 PM
I've been quite ill all day today and am now wondering who gave me my last coolio point.

I probably did.  You had a post the other day that made me LOL when I read it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 06, 2006, 08:18:28 PM
Thanks a lot, and thanks also to anyone who has given me points in the past...they have provided me with at least a minimum of satisfaction while in my still sickly state.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on December 08, 2006, 08:11:28 AM
Indeed you do.

I hope someone saved the version of that with the Eye of Sauron on the background.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 09, 2006, 12:57:38 PM
Heh.  Yeah, definitely.  I don't have a copy of that one anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 11, 2006, 05:36:18 PM
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7503/s640x480zs7.jpg)
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/784/cat6bb.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on December 12, 2006, 01:32:57 AM
I see that damn cat when I blink.  Thanks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 12, 2006, 08:00:14 AM
Toys for Tots (http://www.toysfortots.org/contact_us/default.asp)
 :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 13, 2006, 02:17:24 PM
Boss (who happens to be Athiest) postponed maintenance for some reason until Christmas eve and now expects one of us to be here to do it. My response of "Why should one of us do it? You're the godless heathen. YOU work on Christmas eve!" did not go over too well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 13, 2006, 03:57:48 PM
Is xmas eve a time when no one will be on the server?  Then from a practicality point, it's the proper time to do maintenance.  As a boss though, he should offer an extra incentive to the volunteer, or at least spread the pain.

Our fiscal year is starting on the 26th, and we have three enterprise systems going live that day.  So chances are I'll be working at least part of the day on the 24th and 25th.  But at least I'm being bonussed on the project so the pain is less.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 13, 2006, 04:45:00 PM
Boss (who happens to be Athiest) postponed maintenance for some reason until Christmas eve and now expects one of us to be here to do it. My response of "Why should one of us do it? You're the godless heathen. YOU work on Christmas eve!" did not go over too well.

BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH! +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 13, 2006, 05:07:35 PM
"Why should one of us do it? You're the godless heathen. YOU work on Christmas eve!"

+1

Hey maybe Demo could fill in.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 13, 2006, 05:25:54 PM
Is xmas eve a time when no one will be on the server?  Then from a practicality point, it's the proper time to do maintenance.  As a boss though, he should offer an extra incentive to the volunteer, or at least spread the pain.

Any weekend would be fine. Hell, any day after 6:00pm would be fine. I think he's just being silly.

Hey maybe Demo could fill in.   :wink:

I know we'd be in good hands.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 13, 2006, 05:28:05 PM
Any weekend would be fine. Hell, any day after 6:00pm would be fine. I think he's just being silly.

I know we'd be in good hands.  :-)

In that case, he's probably just being an ass.  Talk to HR.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 13, 2006, 05:38:11 PM
I wasn't aware Christmas Eve has religious significance.

Oh wait -- didn't Joseph run out for some last-minute shopping?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 13, 2006, 05:42:35 PM
Many celebrate the holidays on that day especially those of us with geographical distance between extended families, like us.  We go to my parents on xmas eve and her family on xmas day.  I take part in the secular gift giving stuff and of course imbibe in the celebratory comistibles, although I'm not christian.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 13, 2006, 05:53:27 PM
Exactly. No religious significance. So us heathen atheists should not be afraid to step on Christian toes until Christmas Day, which DOES have religious significance.

Boxing Day doesn't count, either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 13, 2006, 05:54:51 PM
And if you work in retail, there are no holidays.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 13, 2006, 06:05:14 PM
Exactly. No religious significance. So us heathen atheists should not be afraid to step on Christian toes until Christmas Day, which DOES have religious significance.

Boxing Day doesn't count, either.


My point to him wasn't so much about it having religious significance, because outside of a late night church service it doesn't, but that the other admins (myself included) already scheduled trips out of town for the entire weekend to visit our families. Pulling a willy-nilly decision out of thin air without even bothering to check with the staff if we've bought non-refundable plane tickets and expecting us to be available with very little prior notification is just silly. And yes, he knows I was being facetious with my comment. We do work for a religious school, so it's not a stretch of the imagination that people would be out of town that weekend.

Goodness knows I love the man dearly but he does have a track record of not adequately planning ahead for these sort of things.

I take part in the secular gift giving stuff and of course imbibe in the celebratory comistibles, although I'm not christian.

You just described Ping Ping. He's Buddhist and absolutely adores the secular aspects of Christmas. The tree, lights, gift getting, shopping, gift getting, food, gift getting and music just make him so happy. He loves decorating the place so much and does a damn good job at it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 13, 2006, 06:33:44 PM
My point to him wasn't so much about it having religious significance,

Never mind me. I'm just bitter I had to work the day after Thanksgiving.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 13, 2006, 06:36:05 PM
+1

Hey maybe Demo could fill in.   :wink:

Fuck that... I've got paid time off to burn before the end of the year, or I'll lose it.  I'm off all next week and most of the week after.   :-P

For the record, I dislike the secular aspects of Christmas, even the feel-good-season-of-giving-be-excellent-to-each-other side.  I'm of the opinion that we should treat others how we want to be treated and be giving and generous year round, not just because sappy season-related TV programming and the marketing departments of retail corporations tell us so.

And as for the religious aspects of Christmas, I have no opinion, as I too am heathen.  I just ask that Christians don't act so appalled when I respond to "what are you doing for Christmas?" questions with "nothing, I'm not Christian".

Most people don't care, but I get at least one or two really rude, offensive responses to that a year.


ivan: I was in the office the day after Thanksgiving too.  Can't say I did much work though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 13, 2006, 06:47:53 PM
Staff meeting just let out and an agreement was made which made all concerned parties happy. Nobody will need to work that weekend. I didn't even call him a 'godless heathen' either. I used the term 'rock-worshipping pagan' instead.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 13, 2006, 06:49:42 PM
Staff meeting just let out and an agreement was made which made all concerned parties happy. Nobody will need to work that weekend. I didn't even call him a 'godless heathen' either. I used the term 'rock-worshipping pagan' instead.

"Rock-worshipping pagan"?

I'll have to remember that one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 13, 2006, 07:43:58 PM
Being a former restaurant manager I had to work thanksgiving and christmas day each year.  Not only did it suck to have to work when everyone else had off and deal with family kvetching about never being home for the holidays, but I had to deal with extremely heavy volumes those days coupled with the most vile clientele and having to deal with surly employees who didn't want to be there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 13, 2006, 10:21:19 PM
"Rock-worshipping pagan"?

I'll have to remember that one.

I keep seeing a bumper sticker around town that says

"Tree-hugging dirt-worshipper"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 13, 2006, 10:22:01 PM
I also figured out that at least 25% of pb's posts are in the "What are you listening to?" thread, because he replies every time someone else does.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on December 13, 2006, 11:50:14 PM
I'm one of those asshats who starts playing Christmas music November 1st.  However, I consider myself to be an Atheist, so I just love all the secular stuff.  I'm a Christmas nut who doesn't particulaDIrly care about Jesus (no offense--though from an academic standpoint I do find religion fascinating, particularly the ancient religions).  My family opens presents on Christmas Eve- a combination of my mom's family opening certain presents on Christmas Eve and impatience.  Also, this meant that years ago my parents could stop waking up at the crack of dawn to wrap "Santa" presents and that all of us could sleep in.

SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!  MY UGGS ARE ON THEIR WAY!!!!!!!

 DISCLAIMER:  I realize I am a spoiled, materialistic, capitalist brat.  I own it (and assuage my conscience by giving to charity and raising awareness about various issues that are important to me).

I also figured out that at least 25% of pb's posts are in the "What are you listening to?" thread, because he replies every time someone else does.

I noticed that.  I have it set so I don't get emails from the forum, but those get through...and always those.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 14, 2006, 12:24:13 AM
Being a former restaurant manager I had to work thanksgiving and christmas day each year.  Not only did it suck to have to work when everyone else had off and deal with family kvetching about never being home for the holidays, but I had to deal with extremely heavy volumes those days coupled with the most vile clientele and having to deal with surly employees who didn't want to be there.

I've closed on New Year's Eve before. We closed at 9 that night. I never saw my crew work so fast to get out of there before. I wish every night could be like that when I have to close.
Title: ?
Post by: Henry G on December 14, 2006, 01:10:42 AM
Sorry i have no idea how to create a thread could only find create a poll, sorry.. but please answer this mate.


Hi, i was wanding if anyone could help me with my problem.. =] Well at my school they use a program that totally wipes everything off the computers everytime you restart it prolly deepfreeze but someone i know can make a folder in the network tree and put a game in there so everyone can play it without it being removed when the comp is restarted, this folder is called \\IT2-10\  IT2 Being the lap 10 being the computer and when you type that in as the adress you access the game.. but i cant figure out how to make permanent folders in the Network Tree. . Any help would be much appreciated!


Sorry for the lack of grammer and explanitery information ^_^

!! !!
Title: Re: ?
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 14, 2006, 01:21:39 AM
Sorry i have no idea how to create a thread could only find create a poll, sorry.. but please answer this mate.


Hi, i was wanding if anyone could help me with my problem.. =] Well at my school they use a program that totally wipes everything off the computers everytime you restart it prolly deepfreeze but someone i know can make a folder in the network tree and put a game in there so everyone can play it without it being removed when the comp is restarted, this folder is called \\IT2-10\  IT2 Being the lap 10 being the computer and when you type that in as the adress you access the game.. but i cant figure out how to make permanent folders in the Network Tree. . Any help would be much appreciated!


Sorry for the lack of grammer and explanitery information ^_^

!! !!

What you need is magnets, and lots of them. The local Masonic Lodge should be able to help you out there. Next you'll need some wires to plug them in with (I like Christmas tree lights personally, they make everything magical). Follow some of the instructions on alt.slack (but only every fifth line) and use the topcodes in the Principia Discordia cross referenced with commercially available Kabballah software to decrypt the matrix codes. No pressure, but the clock is ticking.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Henry G on December 14, 2006, 01:26:02 AM
 :oops: i.. have no idea.. what you just said, im just sitting here stunned.  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 14, 2006, 01:33:37 AM
That's alright kid, the first one's always the roughest.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on December 14, 2006, 02:47:08 AM
:oops: i.. have no idea.. what you just said, im just sitting here stunned.  :-o

Don't worry, it's quite simple.

You see, as you may know computers are run by electric current, which is just a stream of electrons. Tach is trying to explain to you a complex physics situation, so I assume he thought you could handle it. Basically, he's trying to show you how to capture the data stream using Picard's lasso..

Sorry, I just can't be an asshole. He's trying to tell you that if you read other threads, this is not a tech support forum. Ironically, you entered this random thought in the random forum, but without introduction or becoming part of the community. Think of it as someone busting into your house, then demanding that you tell them how to play Halo. (Or whatever you have knowledge of doing that this other person doesn't, it really doesn't matter) You'd probably think they were an asshat. Please post an introduction if you plan on staying. This board is like a family in some ways, and you are welcome to become a part of it so long as you follow the rules.


Only after you stick around for a while will people answer questions, usually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Henry G on December 14, 2006, 04:26:02 AM
Oh i see =]! Well im sorry guys ^_ ^  Didnt realise it was that close-nit here and i was just abit adgertated because i need to know this for tomorrow ^_^.

Hmm, now to introduce myself..

Hi guys my names Henry im 14 years old, not exactly a nerd but i do know some stuff =P, hope i can get to know you guys abit better because i plan to stick around.

By the way, im an Aussie ^_^



 -- Yes, a family.. always wanted one of them --
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 14, 2006, 07:30:50 AM
By the way, here (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php?action=help;page=post) is a little something to help you out when it comes to posting new topics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on December 14, 2006, 08:18:05 AM
I wasn't aware Christmas Eve has religious significance.

Oh wait -- didn't Joseph run out for some last-minute shopping?

You obviously don't have any italian family members.

Christmas Eve dinner is bigger than xmas itself.  Except you open more presents xmas morning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 14, 2006, 09:12:03 AM
adgertated?  I'm so using that.

Christmas is a celebration stolen from the pagans by  Pope Julius I.  I get a kick out of the Christians bitching about putting the Christ back in Christmas.  How about we put the pagan back in... Winter Solstice Recognition.  How about that, fuckers?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 14, 2006, 01:10:52 PM
adgertated?  I'm so using that.

How about that, fuckers?

I'm in.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 14, 2006, 02:01:49 PM
Christmas is a celebration stolen from the pagans by  Pope Julius I.  I get a kick out of the Christians bitching about putting the Christ back in Christmas.  How about we put the pagan back in... Winter Solstice Recognition.  How about that, fuckers?

Hear, hear. This year, if there isn't twelve inches of snow on the ground and if the temperatures stay around 40 (!!!), we might actually do it right and find ourselves a fire. We've already got the mead. :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 14, 2006, 02:51:08 PM
adgertated?  I'm so using that.

Christmas is a celebration stolen from the pagans by  Pope Julius I.  I get a kick out of the Christians bitching about putting the Christ back in Christmas.  How about we put the pagan back in... Winter Solstice Recognition.  How about that, fuckers?

I bet that would be pretty fun, actually. I get annoyed by the Christ back in Christmas thing too when they are referring to the December celebration. An old friend of mine is a Deacon for a Coptic church. They celebrate Christmas sometime early in the next year. I can't quite remember, but the reasoning behind it was that is the actual, correct time in which Jesus was supposedly born.

It is a mystery.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 14, 2006, 03:35:09 PM
I also figured out that at least 25% of pb's posts are in the "What are you listening to?" thread, because he replies every time someone else does.

I reply to new threads whenever I have something to say, and I almost always have something playing on the ipod, hence my posts.  And that's all I have to say about that. /gump
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on December 14, 2006, 08:31:34 PM
Christmas:

Saint Nicholas was a bishop (I don't remember the year) and around that time there was some debate about how the father could also be the son, and while a majority believed that they were all one and the same, there was a small number at the time who didn't. At one meeting, Nick became so enraged that he decked a guy and was sent to jail. Nick was from an influential family, so he was released, but he was feeling a bit guilty.

At the time a dowry was required to marry off a daughter, and this man had three of them. He knew that he couldn't marry off his daughters because of the money, and was muttering to himself and whining, when a bag of money was thrown through the window. You can imagine his surprise, but when he ran to check it out, there was nobody there. When he was marrying his second daughter off, the same thing happened, so he vowed to find out who it was when he was trying to marry off his third daughter. Low and behold, it was Nick! (Presents)

Nick's favourite color was red. (Red Suit)

Ho Ho Ho is a shortened form for Holy Holy Holy! (Santa's Saying)


I think that about does it.


Where did I hear this? Well an older gentlemen told me it while I was dressed up as Santa where I work. I guess he had heard it on the radio from some Christian station or something and felt he should tell me. *Shrug*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Henry G on December 15, 2006, 12:07:47 AM
 -- Thanks  for for the link chris
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 15, 2006, 07:03:15 PM
Henry, why on earth would you infer that I'm racist?  Particularly from a post made 2 years ago about vegemite, of all things?  :?

BTW, you know that when you report a moderator's posts that that same moderator is one of the ones to whom it is reported, right?

You're one strange critter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 15, 2006, 07:43:06 PM

BTW, you know that when you report a moderator's posts that that same moderator is one of the ones to whom it is reported, right?

Ah-hahaha.

Good note to start the weekend on.

HAVE A GREAT ONE, Y'ALL!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 16, 2006, 02:09:50 AM
http://www.instructables.com/

This looks pretty wicked.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Henry G on December 16, 2006, 02:28:54 AM
(Got to make this quick)


Lol i was just mucking around ^_ ^ It was 3am and had  --NOTHING-- to do, sorry.. bit stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 19, 2006, 04:01:41 PM
What's the perfect thing to get a five year old for {insert non-denominational holiday title here}?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 19, 2006, 04:21:31 PM
Megablocks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 19, 2006, 04:35:09 PM
What's the perfect thing to get a five year old for {insert non-denominational holiday title here}?

If they don't live with you, something that makes a lot of noise.  They always love that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 20, 2006, 04:40:25 PM
This is... fucking... AWESOME!!!!

You have no idea how this makes me feel.

I am weeping with happiness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2sx769Z538 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2sx769Z538)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 20, 2006, 04:52:01 PM
What year did you leave the USSR?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 20, 2006, 05:12:19 PM
'76, just before the really cool stuff started happening.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 20, 2006, 05:20:08 PM
Hahahahahh that's hilarious, it reminds me of the Borat anthem at the end of the movie, who in turn reminded me of the North Korean prop videos I watched previous to that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 20, 2006, 08:58:22 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrovBMhAlo
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 20, 2006, 10:28:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrovBMhAlo

Yeah that one. Lately I've taken to singing it extremely loudly and with much gusto at work, home, and most places in between.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 20, 2006, 10:32:27 PM
The National Anthem part made me laugh harder than anything else in that movie...with all that "other countries have inferior potassium" stuff.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 20, 2006, 11:57:45 PM
My friend and I stood up when it played, and I saluted.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 21, 2006, 12:44:16 AM
That's a bit over the top for me...after all, I was doubled over in laughter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 21, 2006, 09:17:58 AM
Animated avatars are annoying.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on December 21, 2006, 10:36:52 AM
Animated avatars are annoying.

Adblock is teh win!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 21, 2006, 03:51:07 PM
Animated avatars are annoying.

Yeah.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Big Orange Cat on December 22, 2006, 06:25:55 PM
Garter snakes aren't venomous.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 22, 2006, 06:58:43 PM
concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 22, 2006, 08:00:20 PM
Garter snakes aren't venomous.

Good call.

Non-sequitur, indeed. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 23, 2006, 09:44:24 AM
Daddy Long Legs aren't spiders.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 23, 2006, 11:32:12 AM
Neither are dachshunds.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 24, 2006, 01:14:13 AM
Fuck! I've been here all fucking day and I'm fucking fading fast. I'm fucking going to fucking have to fucking come back in fucking tomorrow now. Fuck any and all fucking developers who fucking fail to fucking program fucking keyboard shortcuts into their fucking piece of shit software. And why the fuck do we have a fucking standard fucking cost for fucking panko bread-fucking-crumbs? It's fucking bad enough that I can't fucking copy the fucking standard costs from one fucking store to another. And who fucking plans a fucking go-live fucking date on the fucking 26th of fucking December? Fuck!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 24, 2006, 06:26:08 AM
Bad day pb?
 :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 24, 2006, 05:25:31 PM
Fuck those fucking fucks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 24, 2006, 11:45:23 PM
Eh, fuck it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 30, 2006, 11:07:07 AM
Kitten Pie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 30, 2006, 11:22:20 PM
Ferret pot pie is infinitely better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 05, 2007, 11:21:01 AM
I've been at work for little more than one hour and I've already had to fix three faulty fiber drive connections, the payroll database, and now need to help figure out why the EMC box shat its pants at midnight. I can't WAIT to see what next hour brings me!


I love my job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 05, 2007, 03:12:23 PM
I stayed up til dawn watching Indiana Jones and gorging myself on pizza and Dr Pepper. Upon waking around one I went to get my mail and use this computer. I'm about to go to the library so I can photocopy a Dymaxion map for this show I'm thinking about and also some little Dobbsheads so I can creatively modify all the money I have sitting around.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on January 05, 2007, 04:17:42 PM
I stayed up til dawn watching Indiana Jones and gorging myself on pizza and Dr Pepper. Upon waking around one I went to get my mail and use this computer. I'm about to go to the library so I can photocopy a Dymaxion map for this show I'm thinking about and also some little Dobbsheads so I can creatively modify all the money I have sitting around.

I'm wearing a Dr. Pepper t-shirt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 05, 2007, 11:48:04 PM
I love this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 06, 2007, 01:43:01 AM
I love this.


 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 07, 2007, 01:34:40 PM
It doesn't work.
I think you got ripped off, Xolik.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 07, 2007, 10:12:21 PM
I love this.

Hahahhahaha that's teh lol. I deal with people all day long who would not only try to use this, but would email the host with the credit card number upon discovering that it didn't work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 08, 2007, 06:37:56 AM
AH HAHAHAHA!!! I just freaked the HELL out of my co-workers this evening, hehehe...
Some background:  Our ticketing system - which I've ranted about here previously; goes down EVERY NIGHT
for "maintenance" (so they say...).
Anyway; we keep each other advised as to when the system goes down and when it comes back up via Sametime IMs...
 I did it differently tonight, lol.
 I'm working from home, and I have to RMT Desktop in to two (or more) pcs at the office; one to
work on (mine), and the others to access their modems so I can dial out. My two co-workers for this shift
are working in the office tonight; just the two of em; it's quiet...
 I downloaded this file to my work pc, cranked the volume up all the way,( I dont have sound coming to
me across the RDP; waaaaay too slow to work with), and played this file in the office at full
volume just as "The System . . . Went DOWN!" Scared the HELLLLLL outta them!! AHAHA!!!

     hehe...the System  . . . sbtechno (http://www.musichouse.biz/audio/sbtechno.mp3)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 08, 2007, 02:19:05 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 08, 2007, 05:05:49 PM
That sounds like great success! I  came up with an idea for a mascot for my new site I'll have up one of these decades. I call it Atomic Taco, and my idea was to just get a taco from taco bell and attach a radiation warning label.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 09, 2007, 05:47:40 AM
Haha.. a label.. reminds me of these novelty stickers I saw...  they are a round sticker with a picture of a wood screw. They are to be applied over your annoying neighbor's bumper sticker proclaiming They <3 their [dog].  Obviously, you place the picture of the "screw" over the picture of the heart " <3 " for a barrelful of laughs.


 barrel full
 barrelful
 hmm...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 09, 2007, 01:24:40 PM
Nice!  Where can I get these stickers?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 09, 2007, 06:00:48 PM
I got a few thousand stickers from www.freestickers.net a while back and my friends and I have dilligently coated everything we can get our grubby mitts on. Today I got a new laser pointer (16 bucks from bloody Circuit City...it had better be better than a ten dollar cheapie or I'll be annoyed) and I'm going to try and sit on my roof and shut off the street lights with it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 10, 2007, 07:21:42 AM
I tried to find them online, but no luck. I saw them in a magazine, not online, but Im sure they're out there somewhere. I'll continue to keep an eye out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on January 12, 2007, 03:47:15 PM
I got a few thousand stickers from www.freestickers.net a while back and my friends and I have dilligently coated everything we can get our grubby mitts on. Today I got a new laser pointer (16 bucks from bloody Circuit City...it had better be better than a ten dollar cheapie or I'll be annoyed) and I'm going to try and sit on my roof and shut off the street lights with it.

Try pointing it at planes and helicopters and see what happens.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 12, 2007, 04:15:24 PM
I was doing that earlier with binoculars but I don't think that it was nearly bright enough. I'll try it later when it's dark. I don't think that it can possibly harm anything due to pilot redundancy, coupled with the fact that laser pointers are extremely low power. That stuff about blinding people is total bullshit, I busted that myth yesterday. A complete minute of continuous shining in a volunteer's eye failed to cause spots or any sort of visual distortion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on January 12, 2007, 04:32:02 PM
Be careful.

From this page (http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200501/msg00115.html):

Quote
First, recall that shining a laser at an airplane is a felony under the
Patriot Act (as New Jersey resident David Banach is finding out the hard
way).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 12, 2007, 04:43:50 PM
I'm pretty sure that picking your nose in an airport is against the patriot act. Thanks for the concern man, but I'm in a fairly safe place to conduct my shenanigans at present.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on January 13, 2007, 01:31:53 AM
I'm just trying to help a fellow nigga out, you know what I'm sayin'?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 13, 2007, 01:19:04 PM
Don't let the popos get you down!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 19, 2007, 12:47:45 PM
EDIT: Since the image won't appear to load in IE, but does in Firefox, here is the link so you're all going to have to click on it.

http://img.waffleimages.com/72d32bed3c93d85e5a7606eca2a4d3b093fdbf78/Bayeaux%20Milkshake.jpg (http://img.waffleimages.com/72d32bed3c93d85e5a7606eca2a4d3b093fdbf78/Bayeaux%20Milkshake.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 19, 2007, 01:19:43 PM
pwned
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 19, 2007, 04:43:12 PM
I had to copy/paste the url but...LOL!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 22, 2007, 02:29:11 PM
I had another dream about the world ending last night. It was quite beautiful, actually. Very colorful and peaceful.


I think I need a vacation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 22, 2007, 04:08:38 PM
And now, Emoticon theatre presents 'How Xolik's Day is Going!'

Boss: (http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7105/emotdownswords5eu.gif)

End Users: (http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8655/emotrant1il.gif)

Worthless co-admin: (http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7060/emoteffort2my.gif)

Xolik: (http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1182/emotsuicide9rf.gif)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 22, 2007, 04:31:07 PM
That sucks. Today I went to The Source (some stupid place that seems to have replaced all the Radio Shacks in Canada, but left all the junk and retarded employees) to get a voice recorder and it's pretty damn annoying. It's only got a mic and headphone jack so to put anything online I've got to splice together some jacks or something and the controls are stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 22, 2007, 04:32:31 PM
Why don't you just use your PDA and bluetooth it over to the compy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 23, 2007, 06:44:45 PM
(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7105/emotdownswords5eu.gif)

I am so stealing that.

YOINK!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 23, 2007, 06:50:08 PM
I already did.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 23, 2007, 07:41:26 PM
Why don't you just use your PDA and bluetooth it over to the compy.

I don't like PDAs because they make you pay for features like operating systems that can try and play movies and crap despite not having a screen large enough...I hate the tiny little keys and within an hour of using a PDA I'm filled with the desire to see it in pieces.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 23, 2007, 09:13:25 PM
God Hates Goths, don'tchaknow. (http://godhatesgoths.com)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 23, 2007, 09:55:45 PM
Hahahahah I tried to submit it as an ALOD and got this in response:

"ERROR: That Site Has Been Submitted a Gazillion Times!

Dude, seriously, we get this URL sent to us like 50 times a day. I'm sorry, but you're a little behind the times, no offense intended."

I nearly cried.  :-(

Seriously though, isn't the score now America, Canada, Finland, Fags, and now GOTHS in God's favour? Somebody should put up www.gothshategod.com, www.furbyhatesgod.com, www.ivandragohatesgod.com or something like that in retaliation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 23, 2007, 10:30:15 PM
http://www.gothslaughingatgodhatesgoths.com

 :w:  :-D

I found it funny they quoted Adequacy.org as a site in their favour, when anyone who spent more than 5 minutes on the site realized it was satirical.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 24, 2007, 12:48:36 PM
Why the fuck does everybody on the whole goddamn floor feel the need to congregate in my office to shoot the shit with each other? I'm trying to do my work, you jackasses, I don't give two shits about your crappy MySpace page, what\who you're currently screwing, or how things were 'back in your day' in the 60s, 50s, 20s or whenever the fuck it was when you thought you were cool. GTFO and DIAF plxkthx.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on January 24, 2007, 01:04:22 PM
If you're trying to get work done, what the hell are you doing posting in here?  :w:

 :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 24, 2007, 01:06:04 PM
If you're trying to get work done, what the hell are you doing posting in here?  :w:

 :-P

Multi-tasking.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on January 24, 2007, 01:14:21 PM
Perhaps your should post one of these at work

(http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/gettowork.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 24, 2007, 03:28:58 PM
I love Sinfest. It's my new favourite web comic!

I like Seymour. I know a few people that act like he does.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 24, 2007, 03:31:23 PM
Yeah, Sinfest is awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 24, 2007, 05:39:10 PM
Today I replaced the annoying digital recorder with a microtape recorder and the quality is a lot better actually. Today at work when nobody's watching I'll test out some of my phone recording devices with it. I'm slightly annoyed that I payed an extra ten bucks for this 'VOX' or voice activated recording feature that doesn't seem to work but maybe it will with an external mic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 25, 2007, 11:45:04 AM
Since we have yet to have a rant forum, I'm tossing this in here. (TL;DR version at the bottem)

After listening to the State of the Union address, whatever small shred of respect I may have still had for Mr. Bush went right out the door. How dare you say you want our border agents to be able to focus on hunting down illegal alien drug smugglers when you did squat to prevent two border agents that got sentenced to 10+ years in jail for doing that very thing? You fucking smug hypocrite. You knew damn well that the wife of one of the now imprisoned agents was in the audience when you said that. Fuck you and your administration. If you think for one minute that I honestly believe you are for alternative energy then you're more delusional that I previously thought. How dare you call yourself a conservative? You want to know what a real conservative is? Here, since you've forgotten:

1. We supposed to be FOR smaller government, not this huge bloated sack of crap you've created.
2. We're supposed to be FOR less wasteful spending and keeping something close to a balanced budget.
3. We're CONSERVATIVES. We're supposed to be CONSERVING our natural resources and our environment. You know, keep it clean and, since you seem to just LOVE reminding people that you're some type of Christian, how about you take steps in honoring it as God's creation take action to prevent your indrusty buddies from raping it?
4. We're supposed to be FOR legal equality for all Americans. (Or 'mericans as you like to say)
5. We're supposed to be FOR honoring the very ideals that this nation was founded upon. You know, inconvenient things like free speech, (free speech zones don't cut it) even if it's speech you disagree with, freedom of religion (even the ones brown people practice), the press...the whole nine yards.

You're not a Republican. You're not a conservative. You're a jerk. A greedy, self-centered jerk who I think honestly doesn't give a rats ass about this country. You'll sell us out to whoever can benefit you and your conies personally the most!

You know what, while I'm ranting...Hey, you're such a good Christian, right? What the hell happened to being humble? God doesn't need to be on our currency, in our pledge of allegiance, in our schools or courthouses. You know where He's supposed to be? In your heart. That's it. Not on the back of your car in fish format or those obnoxious bumper stickers and NOT IN OUR LEGISLATION! WE ARE NOT A THEOCRACY! You know what is a theocracy? A lot of the Middle East and look how great that's worked out for them.

Great, now I'm all pissed off again and won't enjoy the rest of the day. We really do need a 'flamers' corner.








TL;DR version: Bush is an idiot and I'm sick of religious hypocrites.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on January 25, 2007, 01:27:39 PM
(http://www.solarray.com/Images/solarpromo.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 25, 2007, 03:27:30 PM
I haven't watched the state of the union address since sometime in the 90s.  Scripted applause, no real content, words never followed by action, and just plain lies.  Do yourself a favour and turn off the TV when they try to pull this shit.  IF their ratings were 0 on all the stations which preempted programming, maybe they'd get the point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 25, 2007, 05:10:35 PM
I miss Nixon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 25, 2007, 06:12:28 PM
I hated Nixon when I was a kid.  Sesame street was pre-empted several times for stuff like his Checkers speech.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 25, 2007, 10:29:48 PM
*gives xolik virtual hug*

I missed yet another "someone let the special ed kid talk in public AND on tv" edition of the state of our union (my sincerest apologies to any/all special ed kids--bush is making you look bad, I know)...but I did catch the Daily Show the next day and was briefly amused.

I haven't watched the state of the union address since sometime in the 90s.  Scripted applause, no real content, words never followed by action, and just plain lies.  Do yourself a favour and turn off the TV when they try to pull this shit.  IF their ratings were 0 on all the stations which preempted programming, maybe they'd get the point.

If only they would get the point.  What's the purpose of the address at this point in time?  To say that it is to accurately assess and describe the current state of our United States is naive and no longer true...so..anyone?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 26, 2007, 09:50:37 AM
Conversation at the coffee machine this morning:
 
As Mike and John try to dispense both regular and decaffeinated coffee at the same time (it's a machine with 3 nozzles)
John: Odd... the decaf isn't working
Me: You can only dispense one at a time
John: Oh, you've tried that before?
Mike: No, it was in the memo.  Didn't you get the memo?
John: No. There was a memo?
Me: It was part of the TPS report memo.  We're putting covers on our TPS reports now.  Did you see that memo?  I can send you a copy.
Sarah (from behind me): You can never have too many copies of the TPS memo.
 
Mike and John walked away looking at Sarah and me as if we had 3 heads each.
 
I started pouring my coffee and it was coming out in a dribble.
 
Sarah:  Oh, great, now it's out of coffee?
Me: PC Load letter... What the fuck?
Sarah: This is a suck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 26, 2007, 12:01:22 PM
Hahhahahahhahah gold! +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on January 26, 2007, 12:16:04 PM
That would have been +1 but the yellow text cancelled it out.

Sorry Biz, better luck next time :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 26, 2007, 01:33:27 PM
Conversation at the coffee machine this morning:
 
As Mike and John try to dispense both regular and decaffeinated coffee at the same time (it's a machine with 3 nozzles)
John: Odd... the decaf isn't working
Me: You can only dispense one at a time
John: Oh, you've tried that before?
Mike: No, it was in the memo.  Didn't you get the memo?
John: No. There was a memo?
Me: It was part of the TPS report memo.  We're putting covers on our TPS reports now.  Did you see that memo?  I can send you a copy.
Sarah (from behind me): You can never have too many copies of the TPS memo.
 
Mike and John walked away looking at Sarah and me as if we had 3 heads each.
 
I started pouring my coffee and it was coming out in a dribble.
 
Sarah:  Oh, great, now it's out of coffee?
Me: PC Load letter... What the fuck?
Sarah: This is a suck.

Tonight on It's The Mind....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 26, 2007, 01:46:41 PM
I accidently called my boss 'dear' while talking to him.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on January 26, 2007, 01:54:59 PM
I accidently called my boss 'dear' while talking to him.  :oops:
Was that a Freudian slip Xol?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 26, 2007, 01:59:09 PM
I accidently called my boss 'dear' while talking to him.  :oops:

Was he in the headlights?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 26, 2007, 02:04:40 PM
He's hawt, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 26, 2007, 02:17:58 PM
We were talking over each other, and I was trying to proove something to him so I said 'no, no, dear, it's like this...' and I don't think he heard me. I hope it wasn't some subconscience thing. I guess he's kinda cute in that 'cryptkeeper' sort of way, and he's built like a bull, but the thought me and him together is just gross.

Title: Nearly 13 Billion Dollars
Post by: BizB on January 26, 2007, 10:18:15 PM
Ford's losses for 2006 was the equivalent of giving away one Mustang GT ($24K) per minute for the entire year.

525,948 Mustangs.

Did you get yours?
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BDC256 on January 27, 2007, 12:31:08 AM
I just wasted a hour and a half tying to read from page one to the end of this post, but I gaave up. Also I just restarted by bittorent download by mistake I had 200 of 400 Megabytes downloaded, and on my dial-up I get about 1.3Kbps download speed. :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 27, 2007, 02:10:27 AM
Why the hell would you want to do that???

On a related note, I just spent 3 hours on a payphone in a movie theatre.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on January 27, 2007, 02:58:10 AM
Why the hell would you want to do that???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 27, 2007, 03:03:48 AM
I wanted to see what it'd be like to be that "creepy dude in the corner" for once.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 27, 2007, 03:33:27 AM
It's the same in the corner.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 28, 2007, 01:28:05 PM
It's the same in the corner.

+1  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 28, 2007, 07:45:20 PM
Dial up?  Seriously?

I don't think I've had dial up since 2000.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 28, 2007, 08:09:25 PM
I think the corner was pretty cool, I'll bring my trenchcoat and a folding chair next time.

Last night I was up for a long time buying a portable TTY phone on eBay and some PLA buttons, then was late for work and the whole day sucked. Now it's done YAAAAAAY!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 29, 2007, 06:16:27 AM
Last day I was up for a long time buying groceries, then was late for work and the whole night sucked. Now it's done YAAAAAAY!
:-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 29, 2007, 01:04:24 PM
Frightening symmetry!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 29, 2007, 01:49:08 PM
Funny thing is, it's true.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 29, 2007, 01:59:11 PM
My laser that I feared was broken yesterday at work is working today! Hail Eris, I shall once again have fun in public places today!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 29, 2007, 02:07:41 PM
Dial up?  Seriously?

I don't think I've had dial up since 2000.

Late adopter, eh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 29, 2007, 02:56:39 PM
Yeah.  The ex-wife wouldn't let me spend the extra money on it.  As soon as she was history, so was slow intarwebs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 29, 2007, 02:58:31 PM
I just subscribed to 2600, so any doubts I may have had about being on some government watchlist are long gone.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 29, 2007, 03:00:50 PM
Good thing you got rid of her then.  My wife was working for an ISP in '99 so we had free 768 sDSL.  Prior to that we had cable.  The last time I was on dial-up was near the beginning of '98, but I did most of my work at the computer lab at school which had a T1.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 29, 2007, 05:58:04 PM
We had dial up until I went away to college in the fall of 2002.  Once my mother realized that it would be easier to stalk my movements online at any time through aim, they upgraded to cable.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 29, 2007, 06:15:44 PM
I can see the rationalization that took place there.  I mean, AIM is just too slow over dial up... what with all the streaming graphics and all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 29, 2007, 07:30:43 PM
I can see the rationalization that took place there.  I mean, AIM is just too slow over dial up... what with all the streaming graphics and all.

And the not being online constantly part.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 29, 2007, 07:32:17 PM
I found 23 (omfg) labels under my station at work and wrote cryptic/graphic things on them all shift. Tonight I think I'll put them on the payphones/PBX cabinets/Traffic lights/bus shacks around my current base of operations.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 30, 2007, 04:47:16 PM
And the not being online constantly part.  :-)

Exactly.  This also means they are able to check my away messages and read my profile and then grill me on what every little thing means until they are satisfied by the answer.  So I try to use numbers in the place of letters every so often (my 733t sp34k kinda sucks, so I wouldn't quite call what I do "leet") as that really messes them up....I lead a sad and useless existence.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on January 30, 2007, 06:15:51 PM
Exactly.  This also means they are able to check my away messages and read my profile and then grill me on what every little thing means until they are satisfied by the answer.  So I try to use numbers in the place of letters every so often (my 733t sp34k kinda sucks, so I wouldn't quite call what I do "leet") as that really messes them up....I lead a sad and useless existence.
But, you're like away at college, right?  Like....AWAY???  Like, not living under their roof, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 30, 2007, 06:19:42 PM
Why do you care what they think anyway?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 30, 2007, 06:41:47 PM
Cut those apron strings!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 30, 2007, 07:06:31 PM
Today it occurred to me that much hilarity could ensue if I got an electric toothbrush, connected it to my laser pointer, and cemented it in a public place where the whirling red dot would provoke much speculation from the onlookers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 30, 2007, 09:36:42 PM
Sounds like when I worked in an Exxon convience store. Yeah, we did the "superglue-a-quarter-to-the-counter-and-deliberately-place-their-change-on-top-of-it" joke. Management frowned on that. Party poopers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 31, 2007, 02:16:00 PM
I'm glad Miko fell. I never liked her. HAHA!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 31, 2007, 11:15:30 PM
Today at work I got a call for a product I'd never seen before: the Fresh Box.

I did lol for about five minutes right at the caller, then gained enough composure to proceed to the help screen, where I found this:

WARNING: All operators are to deny knowledge that the product will enhance home grown marijuana.

I did lol for another five, then hung up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 01, 2007, 06:39:00 PM
Funniest headline of the day:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/pl_nm/bush_economy_ceos_dc_1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 01, 2007, 06:46:57 PM
 :lol:

Did you hear what he said the other day? Something about 'the history of the past'?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 01, 2007, 08:12:42 PM
I loved the bit about the large print myself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 02, 2007, 12:43:39 PM
I love living in CA. One of our state lawmakers wants to make it so all high school kids must register as Democrats to vote before they can graduate. Yes, it's important register to vote, but it shouldn't be mandatory.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 02, 2007, 01:13:20 PM
That's horrible. It's all part of a wider plot to prevent anarchists from getting diplomas I'm sure...I suspect you'll find the number 23 all over the proposed legislation as well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 02, 2007, 03:22:09 PM
I love living in CA. One of our state lawmakers wants to make it so all high school kids must register as Democrats to vote before they can graduate. Yes, it's important register to vote, but it shouldn't be mandatory.

They can register no affiliation or for any of the dozen or so parties recognized in the state.  Plus by registering, they're not forced to vote in any election (as we see with the majority of already registered voters).  If I were in HS I'd probably register as a communist or something just to piss off the lawmakers who put this in.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 02, 2007, 03:54:12 PM
They can register no affiliation or for any of the dozen or so parties recognized in the state.  Plus by registering, they're not forced to vote in any election (as we see with the majority of already registered voters).  If I were in HS I'd probably register as a communist or something just to piss off the lawmakers who put this in.

Now THAT would be funny. Do people still get pissed off at Communists in California or are they recognised as harmless eccentrics for the most part?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 02, 2007, 04:12:24 PM
Where is Ivan when we need him?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 02, 2007, 07:31:48 PM
I love living in CA. One of our state lawmakers wants to make it so all high school kids must register as Democrats to vote before they can graduate. Yes, it's important register to vote, but it shouldn't be mandatory.
What about the significant number of people who are on track to graduate well before their 18th birthday?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 02, 2007, 07:32:39 PM
Pre-registration.  It becomes effective on their 18th birthday.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BDC256 on February 03, 2007, 11:52:45 PM
I do not think forcing people to register would help all that much in getting them to vote.  I know people who are registered drive passed the polling place everyday and still did not vote.

Random idea: also crazy: replace the voting machines with polygraphs that ask questions like do you think canidate A is the best canidate quilified for the job.

on a side note I just installed a gig of ram.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 04, 2007, 01:21:23 PM
 :slap Does anyone remember how to turn "Invisible" on and off? :oops:  I've looked at every setting on every page of every link in my profile; I can not find it.

 Or . . .  is it actually an invisible setting?  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 05, 2007, 11:38:52 AM
I decided to dress up nicely for work today and now everbody is suspicious. My boyfriend thinks I'm having an affair, my boss thinks I'm interviewing and my officemate think it's a plot to make him look bad. /sigh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 05, 2007, 11:41:59 AM
Wow. The Power... 
I'm impressed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 05, 2007, 12:12:23 PM
I had to do an experiment for one of my business classes, once.  It went like this.

Days 1 through 4: Shave extra close.  Make sure your hair looks great.  Dress nicely.  Wear a suit.  Shine your shoes.  Really go all out to look your best.
Don't tell anyone why you're dressed up.  Just kind of shrug and say, "I felt like it."  Be upbeat and smile.

Day 5: Don't shower.  Don't comb your hair.  Don't shave.  Wear sweat pants/shirt - preferably dirty and wrinkled.  Act all bummed out all day.

Record people's reactions.

I had to get permission to do this with my work.  My boss and the lady from HR were very interested in the results and they provided me with a LOT of feedback that I wouldn't have otherwise heard.  I was amazed to find that several people who never said a word to me, commented to my boss and the HR lady.  There was great concern on day 5 as to my well being.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 05, 2007, 01:14:15 PM
I read about a similar study where a lecturer came in and talked for an hour to a different class three times. Each time when he was introduced, the prof told the class that the lecturer was more and more educated and accomplished. At the end of the experiment, each class was asked how tall they thought the lecturer was, and it turned out that the more impressive his supposed qualifications the taller he was percieved to be.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 05, 2007, 01:59:04 PM
I had to do an experiment for one of my business classes, once.  It went like this.

Days 1 through 4: Shave extra close.  Make sure your hair looks great.  Dress nicely.  Wear a suit.  Shine your shoes.  Really go all out to look your best.
Don't tell anyone why you're dressed up.  Just kind of shrug and say, "I felt like it."  Be upbeat and smile.

Day 5: Don't shower.  Don't comb your hair.  Don't shave.  Wear sweat pants/shirt - preferably dirty and wrinkled.  Act all bummed out all day.

Record people's reactions.

I had to get permission to do this with my work.  My boss and the lady from HR were very interested in the results and they provided me with a LOT of feedback that I wouldn't have otherwise heard.  I was amazed to find that several people who never said a word to me, commented to my boss and the HR lady.  There was great concern on day 5 as to my well being.

If I were a boss or cow-orker I would have thought that you've been going in for various rounds of interviews on days 1-4.  On day 5, I would have figured that you didn't get the job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 05, 2007, 06:21:38 PM
If I were a boss or cow-orker I would have thought that you've been going in for various rounds of interviews on days 1-4.  On day 5, I would have figured that you didn't get the job.
That would have been my interpretation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 06, 2007, 12:16:14 AM
Aww, I got .sigged!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 06, 2007, 09:16:20 PM
Pfffffft!  "Facts".  You can prove anything with facts.

 :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 06, 2007, 10:32:19 PM
Fact: Penguins dress nice for interviews; nicer than normal.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 06, 2007, 10:33:41 PM
Fact: I wasn't kidding. Anyone?

Does anyone remember how to turn "Invisible" on and off? :oops: 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on February 06, 2007, 10:34:45 PM
Fact: I wasn't kidding. Anyone?


Profile>Account Related Settings: "Show your online status"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 06, 2007, 11:05:03 PM
It's not there. I tried to screen shot that page, but Im at work and I cant get the damn ftp to work. Trust me, though. It aint on there. On mine, anyway.
Here it is..fuzzy, but you can see I dont have that option.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 07, 2007, 09:08:01 AM
Yeah, I don't see it on mine, either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on February 07, 2007, 09:21:53 AM
Can you switch to the SMF Default Theme and try it? Maybe it's just a theme thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 07, 2007, 09:33:04 AM
Still not there with the default theme.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 07, 2007, 01:57:18 PM
Kick it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 07, 2007, 06:24:02 PM
Kick it.

Thanks.  Now I have a Beastie Boys song stuck in my head.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 07, 2007, 06:26:35 PM
Exactly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 07, 2007, 10:58:21 PM
I've made a terrible mistake.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on February 08, 2007, 07:37:39 AM
Thanks.  Now I have a Beastie Boys song stuck in my head.
Thanks. Now I have a cranberries song stuck in my head.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 08, 2007, 08:01:36 AM
I have a cranberry stuck in my tooth.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 08, 2007, 08:36:13 AM
Whee hee heeee!! Animals, animals everywhere, and nary a one shall lie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 08, 2007, 08:50:40 AM
Wow. This video is crazy. I am thoroughly impressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24SoPihLdq4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24SoPihLdq4)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 08, 2007, 04:41:47 PM
Holy shit!  Anna Nicole Smith is dead!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 08, 2007, 04:43:50 PM
Holy shit!  Anna Nicole Smith is dead!

I know, this sucks. I feel really bad for her. She was struggling with so many things in her life and to die like this....it's just wrong.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 08, 2007, 05:19:20 PM
There's something fishy going on there. She just collapsed and died? Weird Tingly Feeling?
 They should investigate those two arguing about being the baby-daddy. Wouldn't one of them stand to be in charge of her daughter's money? Now that her son is gone, too...
 One could spend a lot of cash by the time that little girl is eighteen. Just sayin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 08, 2007, 09:36:37 PM
I just finished watching Ruthless People (one of my favourite older comedies) and I never realized just how short Danny DeVito really is.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 08, 2007, 09:37:56 PM
I just finished watching Ruthless People (one of my favourite older comedies) and I never realized just how short Danny DeVito really is.

For me it was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that really showed it. On a related note, did he EVER have a full head of hair?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 09, 2007, 04:15:26 PM
Fact: Penguins love Danny DeVito.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 09, 2007, 06:19:39 PM
Fact: Penguins also LOVE Burgess Meredith
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 09, 2007, 06:22:37 PM
I wonder if Burgess Merideth invented the Martian language in Mars Attacks!...it reminds me of him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 09, 2007, 06:53:30 PM
AAACCKKK!!! ACK ACK ACKack ack ACK.AACCCKKK!! ack ack ackack!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 09, 2007, 07:09:01 PM
AAACCKKK!!! ACK ACK ACKack ack ACK.AACCCKKK!! ack ack ackack!

WE-COME-IN-PEACE-WE-ARE-YOUR-FRIENDS...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 09, 2007, 08:18:24 PM
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/mars.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 09, 2007, 10:12:44 PM
Wow that's awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 12, 2007, 12:08:01 PM
Does anyone remember how to turn "Invisible" on and off? :oops:
Anybody ever figure that out?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 12, 2007, 02:28:04 PM
Anybody ever figure that out?

It used to be there but now it isn't, that I can find.  I know I hid mine a long time ago and now can't find the option to unhide it.  Not that I actually wanted to.

You may want to ask this in the "forum woes" thread so Chris will notice it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 12, 2007, 09:51:17 PM
One of these things is not like the others; one of these things just doesn't belong....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 12, 2007, 10:34:47 PM
You mean the adult in the picture?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 12, 2007, 10:45:41 PM
Nope

to cheat, go to cuteoverload.com for more pics/cute-induced aneurysm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 12, 2007, 10:56:13 PM
I'll, uh, play fair then. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 13, 2007, 12:13:46 PM
Anybody ever figure that out?

You should be good to go now.

Go to your profile and select, "Account related settings" on the left and deselect, "Show others your online status?" to hide your online status.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2007, 12:57:22 PM
Why, THERE I am!
Thanks, Chris!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 13, 2007, 08:32:28 PM
Heh.  I just ran across this among other old FARK photoshop entries of mine I still have online:


(http://www.guildhaven.org/tal-dania/fark/joes_kitchen.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 13, 2007, 08:53:08 PM
If a deaf relay operator ever says that the phone has been referred to the authorities, don't sweat it and keep using that phone, the cops don't care.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2007, 10:54:48 PM
Yeh, they're cops.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 14, 2007, 10:19:50 AM
When I got down to my truck this morning to start the long drive into work, I noticed a few things different. Namely on the rose on the seat along with a card and a sealed package. Inside my truck. The thought of 'how sweet' was quickly replaced by 'how the fuck did that get inside my locked and alarmed truck?' Then I remembered I gave Ping Ping and extra key and alarm clicker thingy in for emergency use. So it was a really sweet suprise to start my day off with a rose, lovey-dovey card and a new Sinatra CD.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 14, 2007, 12:36:42 PM
Sinatra is putting out new stuff?  Amazing...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 14, 2007, 12:39:32 PM
Sinatra is putting out new stuff?  Amazing...

Him and Tupac share a cave in Africa. Latest reports put them a little north of South Africa.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 14, 2007, 02:35:23 PM
Sinatra is putting out new stuff?  Amazing...

I don't have this one so it's 'new' to me.

Zagnut.  :slap
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on February 14, 2007, 04:00:58 PM
I sorta forgot today was valentine's day. All I have is a heart shaped sucker. I'm so fucked.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 14, 2007, 04:02:50 PM
I got the wife a box of HoHos and some bubble bath.  Oh and a card.  She's taking me out for dinner tonight and Grandma is watching Ian.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 14, 2007, 04:13:06 PM
I'm boycotting the "holiday" all together.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 14, 2007, 04:35:42 PM
I seriously hate how this new daylight savings time change will fuck up everybody's outlook appointments. Trying to coordinate 15,000 users to manually apply a special tool (tool.bat if I had my way) asap is not easy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 14, 2007, 06:49:36 PM
I'm boycotting the "holiday" all together.

Amen.  Who needs Hallmark day?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 14, 2007, 11:10:27 PM
Today I got off work three hours early.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 16, 2007, 10:45:21 AM
Ahhhh, Nerdy Geometry Goodness...

http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 17, 2007, 12:19:11 PM
That is too much fun for some reason.

If I'm inadvertantly learning something at the same time, then win! =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 17, 2007, 05:32:52 PM
I dropped a heavy piece of furniture on my toe.

It hurts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 18, 2007, 02:02:16 AM
It's Saturday night, I'm bored, and stuck at home. This sucks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 18, 2007, 07:37:41 AM
I'm back...it's been so long, I'm glad to be back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 18, 2007, 07:58:46 AM
Cut loose from the noose, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 18, 2007, 08:25:49 AM
Yeah...and I've been living like a star, cause it's getting me high.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 18, 2007, 09:17:49 AM
Guess what I forgot?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 18, 2007, 10:41:33 AM
Daytona?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 18, 2007, 10:44:22 AM
HAHA!! No way, man. Gots the Speed channel on.
I forgot the hearse, cos she never dies. She just leaves.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 18, 2007, 06:12:08 PM
HAHA!! No way, man. Gots the Speed channel on.
I forgot the hearse, cos she never dies. She just leaves.

But then she comes back, just as sexy as she ever was.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 20, 2007, 07:21:25 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 20, 2007, 07:56:16 PM
I suspect my keyboard has been cheating on me...today I removed the keys to clean it out and found it to be full of hairs that are not mine...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 20, 2007, 08:18:23 PM
In the five years I've worked here, it never occured to anybody to defragment any of the 150+ servers. Guess what I'll be doing all week?  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 20, 2007, 08:27:30 PM
Ouch that's horrible, my condolences.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 21, 2007, 11:06:27 PM
Bummer, that is pain on a massive scale...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 21, 2007, 11:44:26 PM
Just like having your head shoved up your own asshole!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 22, 2007, 12:26:10 AM
Without the obvious jokes and party tricks.




What?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 22, 2007, 12:46:54 AM
I just finished testing of the new tape recorder I've gotten to replace my old drunken blackbox and it has a recording range of at least twice far as the old one, and needless to say I'm quite pleased.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 22, 2007, 04:06:02 PM
I stopped by the local SPCA the other day and checked in on the kitten house, and though it's technically pre-kitten season there was a momma cat with 5 week-old kittehs!  SOOOOOO CUTE.  5 teeny balls of fluff passed out in ready to nurse position, and momma cat looked so pleased with herself/content.  So yeah, kittens and stuff.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 22, 2007, 11:25:15 PM
Urgh, remind me that I can't have pets in this flat. =(

Used to live with a guy who had three cats, they were cool as hell.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 23, 2007, 01:28:40 AM
Sorry 'bout that.  I can't have any pets in my dorm and I miss my cat at home terribly.  That's why I'm going to start volunteering at the SPCA.  Also, by the time my session starts in March it will be kitten season!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 23, 2007, 03:07:32 AM
Hmm, good thinking.

Had a friend who was planning that a while back, don't know if she ever went through with it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 23, 2007, 06:33:42 AM
Kitten season? Crap. I've been shooting them all year. I didn't know they had a season. Is there a limit, too?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 23, 2007, 09:59:10 AM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q124/mo_d_/eye_chart.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on February 23, 2007, 10:58:36 AM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q124/mo_d_/eye_chart.jpg)

Yes!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 23, 2007, 03:34:09 PM
Tonight on It's The Mind....

Yep, I read BC first today...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 23, 2007, 04:03:07 PM
I brought my dog's food bowl inside. He shall see who has power!  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 23, 2007, 04:52:02 PM
Tonight on It's The Mind....

Yep, I read BC first today...

Holy Crap! I forgot all about Tanetal!  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 23, 2007, 04:53:55 PM
I brought my dog's food bowl inside. He shall see who has power!  :x

Did you decide you didn't have THE power?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 23, 2007, 04:55:16 PM
Holy Crap! I forgot all about Tanetal!  :-o

The old DB is gone since the host migration, you'll need to re-register.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 23, 2007, 05:06:39 PM
I brought my dog's food bowl inside. He shall see who has power!  :x
Did you decide you didn't have THE power?
No, I meant I cut his lights off too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on February 23, 2007, 06:27:03 PM
Damn....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 23, 2007, 07:15:56 PM
Why the hell is gas up to $3 a gallon again? What happened now? Troop surge?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 23, 2007, 07:17:43 PM
Collusion
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 23, 2007, 07:19:46 PM
Collusion

Oh, I didn't know we invaded Collusia.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 24, 2007, 10:58:57 AM
Explains
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 24, 2007, 11:43:21 AM
Quagmire in Collusion?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 24, 2007, 11:53:03 AM
I had to
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 24, 2007, 11:54:47 AM
The Quagmire In Iraq


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/quagmire_iraq.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 24, 2007, 12:55:22 PM
I am so fucking bored. I'm in my HTML class and it's just dragging on. Professor gave us two weeks to do the first lab. Now that the two weeks are up, what is he doing in class? Doing the lab step-by-step for us all on the projector. WHY? I've done this already!

MUST

POST

INTERNET

NERD

RAGE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 24, 2007, 07:33:55 PM
HTML class? I'd love to teach that, but somehow managing to stretch it out a whole semester would be the biggest challenge.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 27, 2007, 01:09:14 PM
Hmmm...that's odd. The Anti-virus server isn't responding to pings. I wonder what's up?

*goes down to the server room*

Oh, it's at the BIOS screen with a prompt stating Disk 1 needs to be rebuilt. That's not good. I better swap the disk out.

*grabs new hard drive and swaps out a hard disk, then presses F1*

That's really strange. Windows isn't loading. Missing or corrupted Configced file. I'll reboot it.

*Bios Prompt: SCSI disk 0 currently rebuilding*

Wait a minute, that's not right....OH GODDAMMIT! FUCK FUCK FUCK!

My day is off to a terrible start.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 27, 2007, 01:30:19 PM
It's times like this that make you say things like "yep, good thing I do nightly backups."

Right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on February 27, 2007, 02:23:01 PM
That and "I don't care that they laugh at me for doing nightly backups" =P

(Of course, in a big company, backups are a necesity.  Ensuring the safety of your data is no laughing matter kids! *Cheesey Grin*)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 27, 2007, 03:29:28 PM
HAHA!! My ferret snores!! I just heard this little, faint "wheeeee....wheeeeee....wheeeee" coming from the direction of her cage. I go over, and she's buried somewhere in the windbreaker she uses for a bed; but you can clearly hear it's her snoring. I just thought that was funny and hadda type it out loud.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 27, 2007, 04:14:00 PM
Both of our dogs snore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 27, 2007, 04:23:10 PM
My five year old sister snores.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 27, 2007, 05:18:34 PM
Yesterday I mounted my huge Army of Darkness poster I got on eBay. My walls are soft enough that I could push the tacks in with my fingers alone, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. I also got a bottle of ferrofluid and some free neodynium magnets and played around with that stuff for an hour or so. Then I listened to some Hour of Slack and drank some Dr Pepper.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 27, 2007, 05:41:20 PM
Yesterday I mounted my huge Army of Darkness poster I got on eBay.

Ewwwwwww.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 27, 2007, 05:42:35 PM
I shouldn't have to use a Windows 2003 CD version of recovery console to fix a Windows 2000 server, but damned if it didn't work. I'm not so much suprised about the OS difference, but that a Microsoft website support article actually was useful.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 27, 2007, 05:45:54 PM
Yesterday I mounted my huge Army of Darkness poster I got on eBay.
Ewwwwwww.

I think Demo wishes you had mounted him instead...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 27, 2007, 06:00:28 PM
I shouldn't have to use a Windows 2003 CD version of recovery console to fix a Windows 2000 server, but damned if it didn't work. I'm not so much suprised about the OS difference, but that a Microsoft website support article actually was useful.

Hey, it happens... There're like 20 million KB pages. I've found one or two helpful.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 27, 2007, 06:10:03 PM
Ever had to use this one?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823472
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 27, 2007, 06:37:56 PM
No.

Was it helpful?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 27, 2007, 06:43:12 PM
No.

Was it helpful?

Sure.  Good thing, too, because it comes up for our users a lot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 06:00:45 PM
I got a card in the mail from a parent today saying that caring and good teachers like me make good students.

/brag   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 01, 2007, 06:02:21 PM
So you're a teacher AND a student???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 06:05:26 PM
I don't really get your joke.  Is it because you're reading it as the teachers like me?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 06:05:45 PM
(Make that 11 stories high)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 01, 2007, 06:06:26 PM
I don't really get your joke.  Is it because you're reading it as the teachers like me?

Oh I get it alright.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 01, 2007, 06:09:43 PM
I read it like "caring and good people like me make good students".

It's not a very funny joke at all.

*sigh*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 06:15:05 PM
Ohhhhhhh.  Sorry I wrecked your joke.

Today on the announcements, they said "The 2006 football players must report to the gym for their picture", and I yelled to my class, "WOW, THAT'S ALOT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS!!!".

and no one laughed except me.  :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 06:15:19 PM
I'm still laughing about it.  I thought it was a good one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 01, 2007, 06:15:34 PM
:lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 01, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
Now THAT'S a funny joke!!!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 01, 2007, 06:51:49 PM
I got a card in the mail from a parent today saying that caring and good teachers like me make good students.

/brag   :-D

Funny, I read that as though the parent thought you were making your students.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 01, 2007, 06:54:52 PM
Some assembly required.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 01, 2007, 08:44:49 PM
And now, time for an exciting edition of "Don't be that person!" starring Xolik and Dumb Bitch Who Can't Drive! Let's check in and see what our players are up to...

X "God, I hate driving home on the 101. Traffic is completely stopped! This sucks!"
*CRUNCH*
X "Ouch! What the fucking fucking was that?"
*Gets out and sees an H3 has decided to truckrape his poor Tacoma*
X "Oh god oh god pleasebenodamageIdon'thaveinsuranceohgod..."
*Sees a slight bumper adjustment to his truck, no damage at all to the H3*
DBWCD "Ooops, tee hee. I'm sorry, here let me put down this tiny Paris Hilton type dog I'm holding in one hand and my cellphone which I'm holding in the other hand, thus causing me not to notice that the whole fucking freeway had been actually stopped."


So in this, we learned that Don't Be That Person applies to two things: Don't be that idiot who puts off renewing his insurance for 'just one more day' AND 'don't be a stereotypical Malibu Bitch with more money than brains.


I'm calling that company with the cute lizard-thing first thing in the morning and getting a policy.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2007, 09:01:06 PM
Did you get her to give you some dough?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 01, 2007, 09:31:14 PM
Here if you dont have insurance they suspend your tag.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 01, 2007, 10:02:27 PM
Here if you dont have insurance they suspend your tag.

I'm pretty sure I'd be in heap trouble if I got the law involved, so I was happy to just get the hell out of there.

Did you get her to give you some dough?

I should have tried, but I kinda paniced and just wanted to get away.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 01, 2007, 10:55:42 PM
Aww, poor xolik!  As a NJ driver, I can honestly say that most of us can't drive for shit.  I've been there man.  But with AAA and insurance.  You didn't get hurt though right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 01, 2007, 11:15:34 PM
Ohhhhhhh.  Sorry I wrecked your joke.

Today on the announcements, they said "The 2006 football players must report to the gym for their picture", and I yelled to my class, "WOW, THAT'S ALOT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS!!!".

and no one laughed except me.  :(

I was going through the HECTAR thread and saw that...AMAZING+1.  Ohhh, the comedy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 02, 2007, 10:01:39 AM
Naw, I ain't got hurt none.

In other news, Michael Jackson may convert to Islam.

http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/185161 (http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/185161)

What's the point? Hasn't he already gotten his 70 virigins?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 02, 2007, 10:49:40 AM
Glad to hear that. How bad did she f*(k up your truck? Can ya get it fixed, or do you even need to?
 I hear ya about not getting the law involved. Here, though, your insurance company will tell on you as soon as your policy lapses. A letter goes to the state tax/tag office; and they in turn send you  a letter demanding a fee and letting you know your tag is suspended. So, if you even drive to the store right quick and an officer just happens to see your tag- you're toast. Even more bizarre is if you reside in a small enough community the sheriff deputies actually stop by your house to collect the tag and/or see if the vehicle is being used. Good thing you live  ..where you do.  Lotsa people; no time for stupid sheriff antics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 02, 2007, 11:59:19 AM
No real damage to the truck. I've got an online quote from Mercury Insurance right now telling me 6mos will be about $400. If that's true, then great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 02, 2007, 12:30:02 PM
Around here if you let your insurance lapse for any reason, say if the company cancels you, you automatically become a high risk candidate.

I haven't let that happen in many many years now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 02, 2007, 12:52:07 PM
Around here if you let your insurance lapse for any reason, say if the company cancels you, you automatically become a high risk candidate.
Same here. It's like if you EVER for ANY reason dont have insurance; you pay HUGE to get back "in".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 02, 2007, 01:20:29 PM
Such a rip off. I remember when I got my bike, I went to my existing insurance company where I had my car, my house and used to have insurance for my previous bije a few years back. They wanted $2200/year for a motorcycle! I have a completely clean record! They said it's because it' sbeen over 3 years without motorcycle insurance so you start from scratch. (but my impeccable "car" driving record counts for nothing of course, nor does my motorcycle safety course count for anything). So the next day, I got a much better rate elsewhere (about $700/year I think), and moved everything else with them.

You're a loyal client for years, you never had a single claim or been in an accident or had a traffic violation in the last 5 years so... they try to rob you blind when you need additional insurance! If that isn't a FTW moment, I don't know what is!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 02, 2007, 06:05:18 PM
My boss gave me a big bag of beef jerky and then left early for the day.


It's good stuff.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 02, 2007, 06:19:11 PM
I find nothing in the Urban Dictionary for "boss, beef jerkey, leave early".

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 02, 2007, 06:34:40 PM
If I recall correctly from the scrolls, it means that we're going to have a long winter three years from now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 03, 2007, 06:44:29 PM
Only if a groundhog sees its shaddow while cows are lying down... =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 03, 2007, 11:20:21 PM
I swear Ping Ping is so adorable sometimes. He's downstairs right now reading my paper copy of The Onion that I brought home and no matter how much I try to tell him otherwise, he's convinced it's a legit newspaper and is totally engrossed in its articles.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 04, 2007, 02:59:35 PM
New workstation! Yipee! Goodbye Celeron POS and hello P4 2.8 Shuttle!

Makes me almost forget that I'm working on Sunday.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 04, 2007, 04:39:05 PM
Makes me almost forget that I'm working on Sunday.
Hmm. My pc doesn't have that feature. *checks update history*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 05, 2007, 03:41:55 PM
Glad things are going well, Xol.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 06, 2007, 05:17:38 PM
A friend of mine insisted I get ahold of the first Dark Tower comic on eBay when it came out and I read it today...it wasn't very good. I mean, it was cool and everything, but not there wasn't any new content. I hope the next one is better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 06, 2007, 11:15:17 PM
One of the many ways I avoid work:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/s-o-s/pool/

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY"

cute overload spam:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 08, 2007, 01:44:16 PM
Only slightly creeped out that someone's viewing my profile here - and I check the IP address and find out they're in the same city.

DIAF, stalker.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 08, 2007, 01:46:54 PM
I've been checking out your profile for years, bay buh...

But I'm in a different city.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 08, 2007, 01:51:03 PM
You're free to check my profile, ivan. As far as I know, you're not a card-carrying member of the Litigious & Batshit Club™.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 08, 2007, 01:56:12 PM
Heavens, no!

But I've heard of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 08, 2007, 01:57:55 PM
They didn't approve my application... :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2007, 12:33:12 PM
I don't care if it's getting bad reviews, I'm going to go see 300 anyways. Slate.com can go fuck themselves. Not every movie is OMG JUST LIEK IRAQ WITE PPL KILLING BRWN PPL OMG RACISTS!!1!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on March 09, 2007, 03:30:39 PM
Few things make me LOL, but this is one of them. (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/condoleezza_rice_drives)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 09, 2007, 03:45:00 PM
I was just looking at (not 'watching') the weather report on TV. The screen was partially hidden by the monitor on my desk, and at the time I looked up, visible to me were the words "RIGHT NOW:" in the top left, "Bangor" in the top right, and the pretty weathergirl's face in the middle, smiling at me.
I thought that was kinda chuckleworthy .
Yup, . . . think Imma git cleaned up an ride inta town this evenin...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 09, 2007, 04:00:35 PM
That reminds me.

It's supposed to be over 90 here this weekend.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 09, 2007, 04:12:14 PM
What is?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 09, 2007, 04:15:02 PM
What is what?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 09, 2007, 04:17:10 PM
What is supposed to be?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 09, 2007, 04:18:26 PM
Ambient temperature in the shade.

And I was planning to chop wood.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 09, 2007, 04:20:02 PM
Doin' a lilttle woodsheddin', huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 09, 2007, 04:22:01 PM
Not in no 90-degree weather, I ain't.

Which really sucks, because by mid-week it'll probably be winter again, and I'll have no wood.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 09, 2007, 04:27:37 PM
Rush Order, dude. (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200316859_200316859)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 09, 2007, 04:29:36 PM
Not in no 90-degree weather, I ain't.

Which really sucks, because by mid-week it'll probably be winter again, and I'll have no wood.


Day laborers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2007, 06:07:13 PM
Goddamn new DST rules are fucking my servers up.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 09, 2007, 06:11:36 PM
Dang, that's right. 90-degree weather AND I have to get up an hour earlier Monday AND reset a bunch of computers all over the place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 09, 2007, 06:22:54 PM
Hate DST
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 09, 2007, 08:37:43 PM
In the past, this has been my favourite day of the year.  But now I have a job where I get out early and get in early.  I hate driving to work in the dark.  I hope the extra daylight hours at night make up for it.

And more great news, I just agreed to work at my old job over my spring break.  I guess I'll have to wait till August to have an actual week off.  Just like regular people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 11, 2007, 08:51:37 PM
Wow. Kinda quiet today, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 11, 2007, 09:21:38 PM
No kidding...I figured everybody was out of it from DST.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 11, 2007, 11:03:56 PM
How's that been for you guys?

Just realised it's gonna mess up GMT to EST/CST etc conversions, since we've stuck with the regular switch time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 12, 2007, 01:25:29 AM
It's 2:25am, EST.  Except it feels like it's 11pm.  Which has nothing to do with DST, my sleep cycle is just frakked up and DST is not helping.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 12, 2007, 01:30:54 AM
"Let's Spend The Night Together"

:-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 12, 2007, 01:51:42 AM
"Hey hey! Where ya goin? Hey!
Ahhh!!"
Ahhh yeh, Beautiful Girls!
"I love em!
I Need em!"
Ah yeh, Beautiful Girls!
"Cant live without em! NO!"
Ah yeh, Beautiful Girls!
Ah yeh, Beautiful Girls!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 12, 2007, 08:09:39 AM
Last year I had a great idea for a flash game. Basically you would play Angelina Jolie voyaging around the world Tomb-Raider style to collect babies from every country in the world (you'd have a little map), stowing them in a backpack along the way. After a while they'd start putting up a fight and you'd have to use the ones you'd already gotten to subdue it (like Pokemon).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 12, 2007, 12:20:37 PM
If you had an indeterminate amount of time left to live, what would you change in your life?
I find the "indeterminate" part very important.  If you only had a few days, certainly you wouldn't go to work and you would run up every amount of credit you have.  But knowing that you might possibly live to a ripe old age, you probably wouldn't quit your job or run up your credit. 

I find myself doing the same stuff I was before, except I quit smoking.

But you know, saying that you might die at any second is pretty much the same for a healthy person.  Anyone could die on any given day, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 12, 2007, 12:42:44 PM
I would start smoking again.  I miss smoking, still... 4 years later.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 12, 2007, 12:46:10 PM
If you had an indeterminate amount of time left to live

What do you mean 'if'?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 12, 2007, 12:53:45 PM
I would start smoking again.  I miss smoking, still... 4 years later.

Sometimes I still do it in dreams.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 12, 2007, 01:20:53 PM
Hate DST
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 12, 2007, 01:47:39 PM
I tend to concur. However, upon reflection, my inner Hobbit finds something good about both time changes. In the fall, I get an extra hour of sleep. In the spring, I can start dinner one hour sooner.

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the bright side of life...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on March 12, 2007, 03:12:36 PM
Which is more pathetic: eating a whole bag of chocolate chips by yourself, or baking chocolate chip cookies and eating the whole batch by yourself?  :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 12, 2007, 03:49:33 PM
Which is more pathetic: eating a whole bag of chocolate chips by yourself, or baking chocolate chip cookies and eating the whole batch by yourself?  :?

Yes.

But on the other hand I'd love doing either one myself.  'Specially with some peanut butter to spread on em' and a large glass of milk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 12, 2007, 04:10:23 PM
I would start smoking again.  I miss smoking, still... 4 years later.
Wow. Has it been that long? I remember when you started. Err...quit. Started to quit.
 Well, kudos, man. That's a looooong time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 12, 2007, 05:31:36 PM
I still smoke in my dreams sometimes too, and I quit smoking 7 years ago this May.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 12, 2007, 05:58:03 PM
I sat down today to write a disclaimer and basically get around to coding my new site (www.screamingbrain.net) and I realized that my skillz are horrifically out of date. I originally learned HTML from reading the source of other pages back in the nineties and I haven't learned much since. I dislike what I've read about XHTML because it seems to basically be really a strict and picky version of my beloved and tolerant HTML, and I'm a bit intimidated by it. Still, the disclaimer seems alright at least:


Any and all information (text, images, executables and otherwise) is for informational purposes only, and I am in no way liable if you decide to be an idiot and follow instructions that could get you arrested/beaten/kicked out of the bowling alleys. Anything illegal/immoral/disgusting/that could get me in trouble if you were to rat me out on this site is of course complete fiction and should never be attempted by a real life person such as yourself.

Any audio and/or video recordings you may find on this site were of course fabricated entirely myself and my friends (regardless of how convincing they may appear) in the case that such recordings are illegal where you or I live. If you are a Con dupe of any sort (cop, rent-a-cop, security professional, private investigator, government employee, trailer park superviser, ect.) by entering this site you certify that you are doing so in a strictly unprofessional capacity and are not trying to get me into any sort of trouble whatsoever.

Any seemingly copyrighted material you may come across on this site is but an illusion, much like the very concept of copyright itself. Ignore this: fnord, and death to the Illuminati.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 13, 2007, 03:38:42 PM
I find myself pacing around sometimes, kinda hungry, kinda not, kinda ... unfulfilled.

That's when I really want a cigarette.

Or a twinkie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 13, 2007, 04:01:20 PM
Can't smoke a twinkie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 13, 2007, 04:20:23 PM
Can't smoke a twinkie.
Oh god this could mean so many different things...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 13, 2007, 04:29:52 PM
I thought only 2.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 14, 2007, 01:29:34 AM
Today kicked ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 14, 2007, 01:53:29 AM
Who's?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 14, 2007, 12:32:33 PM
Mine.  (I'm sick :-( )
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 14, 2007, 01:46:13 PM
Get well soon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 16, 2007, 01:39:08 PM
Time sure does go by quickly. It seems like I was just hired at this place last week, but I'm getting my five year recognition tonight.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 01:45:10 PM
I've been working here for five years, and I still haven't finished some of the projects I started on in my first week.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 16, 2007, 03:05:27 PM
I am SO SICK of correcting my coworkers code.  She doesn't follow conventions, she doesn't indent, she doesn't use good names for her variables (ie, myISBN, or myInteger), she doesn't use intelligent spacing within her code, no inline documentation, she doesn't capitalize her queries, she doesn't qualify her table names, she doesn't use locking hints....

Am I asking too much here???  I wish I could fire her...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 16, 2007, 03:36:52 PM
I am SO SICK of correcting my coworkers code.  She doesn't follow conventions, she doesn't indent, she doesn't use good names for her variables (ie, myISBN, or myInteger), she doesn't use intelligent spacing within her code, no inline documentation, she doesn't capitalize her queries, she doesn't qualify her table names, she doesn't use locking hints....

Am I asking too much here???  I wish I could fire her...

Hey cat... didn't you work with that programmer before, at your last job?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 03:44:59 PM
I am SO SICK of correcting my coworkers code.  She doesn't follow conventions, she doesn't indent, she doesn't use good names for her variables (ie, myISBN, or myInteger), she doesn't use intelligent spacing within her code, no inline documentation, she doesn't capitalize her queries, she doesn't qualify her table names, she doesn't use locking hints....

Am I asking too much here???  I wish I could fire her...

Sloppy code without documentation makes for job security.  She is actually probably an evil genius.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 16, 2007, 03:58:20 PM
Sloppy code without documentation makes for job security.  She is actually probably an evil genius.

Never assume malicious intent when gross incompetence will suffice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 03:59:04 PM
Sloppy code without documentation makes for job security.  She is actually probably an evil genius.

I may not be evil, and I may not be a genius, but by golly I've got job security! Mostly due to time constraints. I mean, do you want it now, or do you want it documented?



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 03:59:30 PM
OK that answers that question.  Now who is the remaining one?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 04:00:34 PM
I document things before I hand them over to one of my lesser peers.  This usually happens when I'm given some impossible task where I won't have time to do the old stuff anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 04:05:43 PM
I don't consider a project completed until I have documented it thoroughly.

I have yet to complete a project.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 16, 2007, 04:13:18 PM
Never assume malicious intent when gross incompetence will suffice.

Brilliant!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 16, 2007, 04:25:29 PM
I'm a server admin.  It's my motto.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 04:35:25 PM
My motto is,

If I'm going to be an ass, I might as well be a smart one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 16, 2007, 05:19:59 PM
Is it possible that I knew both of you when you quit smoking?  Nah, just Biz.  When was I born, 2002?  Wow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 16, 2007, 05:32:20 PM
Nope.  I quit smokening on May 18th, 2000.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 16, 2007, 05:59:27 PM
Who's?
Who is what?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 06:15:53 PM
February 27, 2001.

The SECOND time around, that is.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 06:20:30 PM
So you guys probably didn't hear us, but me and Detta were just talking...

I was telling her I saw our old friend John Hutchison on TV last night.

Detta's all like "NOOOOE WAAAAAYYY!", and I'm telling her, "Yup, I kid you not."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 06:39:22 PM
Of the Hutchison Effect?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2007, 06:53:54 PM
The same!

He's got long salt-and-pepper hair, and believes there's a mini black hole in the Bermuda triangle connected through a mini wormhole to a mini white hole somewhere else on Earth, which pretty much explains everything.

HE'S A GENIUS!

(Actually, he was only one of several... uh... scientists... interviewed about this. Sometimes the History Channel goes over the deep end.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 08:04:18 PM
Edu-tainment!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 16, 2007, 08:06:15 PM
Get well soon.

Thanks :-)  Still sick.  Stupid weather isn't helping matters.  Yay for dayquil.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2007, 08:08:13 PM
Stupid weather?  We're sunny in the mid 80s the past week.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 16, 2007, 08:11:02 PM
(...Sometimes the History Channel goes over the deep end.)

...and into a black whole that's connected through a mini wormhole to a mini white hole somewhere.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 16, 2007, 08:20:25 PM
Stupid weather?  We're sunny in the mid 80s the past week.

Ohhhh I wish.  It's sleeting/snowing in Jersey.  A couple of days ago it was in the upper 60s/lower 70s and gorgeous.  The weather can stop going through menopause any time now, that'd be great plzthnx.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 16, 2007, 09:14:43 PM
Hey cat... didn't you work with that programmer before, at your last job?

Oh dear lord. Don't remind me. Now I just have to deal with someone who thinks float:bottom; is a valid CSS declaration.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 19, 2007, 02:34:23 PM
I don't really know where to begin with this, other than to say it's a huge museum of sad: http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page (http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 19, 2007, 04:53:59 PM
AH HAAAAAA ha... Naomi Campbell begins her Community Service with the Sanitation Department...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 19, 2007, 06:54:50 PM
I just woke up from being cussed out in a dream for sleeping in the mall.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 20, 2007, 02:35:21 PM
I had a dream that I was smoking a cigarette.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 20, 2007, 04:22:51 PM
Live the dream!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on March 20, 2007, 09:58:09 PM
I played Guitar Hero for the first time this past weekend....now I see those gorramn blobs whenever I close my eyes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 21, 2007, 08:36:43 AM
I've made few mistakes back when I was a bench tech, but nothing like this poor guy: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/20/lost.data.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/20/lost.data.ap/index.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 21, 2007, 08:56:14 AM
I played Guitar Hero for the first time this past weekend....now I see those gorramn blobs whenever I close my eyes.

Haha, it's taking hold!  Shouldn't be long before you spend more money than you have on a plastic guitar and stop seeing your friends! =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 21, 2007, 01:40:18 PM
I really like these.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 21, 2007, 02:08:14 PM
This was pretty funny (http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/03/26/070326sh_shouts_rich)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 21, 2007, 03:03:22 PM
HAHA!!! "Don't tell the kids."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on March 22, 2007, 03:32:00 PM
Hey, today wasn't as bad as yesterday.  Right on!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 22, 2007, 08:18:01 PM
It's going to be one of those weeks. Trolls and spammers beware.  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on March 23, 2007, 01:18:46 AM
It's going to be one of those weeks. Trolls and spammers beware.  :evil:
:-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 23, 2007, 07:03:19 AM
IDIOTS BEWARE!!!!

PMS + moderator power = excessive spatula action
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 23, 2007, 10:16:29 AM
Superman, your foot looks just like a giant...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 23, 2007, 10:42:53 AM
:popcr0n
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 23, 2007, 02:27:12 PM
IDIOTS BEWARE!!!!

PMS + moderator power = excessive spatula action

Funny how you assume it's PMS. I'm just overstressed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 23, 2007, 02:40:45 PM
Ban TEH JUDGE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 23, 2007, 03:47:24 PM
Funny how you assume it's PMS.
Whew. For a minute I thought Judgie was a goner.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on March 23, 2007, 03:50:46 PM
It's always PMS.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 23, 2007, 04:03:14 PM
You don't have many good relationships with women, do you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 23, 2007, 04:08:39 PM
Only the ones he keeps chained in his basement.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 23, 2007, 04:31:17 PM
and only if by relationship you mean...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 23, 2007, 05:12:55 PM
and only if by Women you mean...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 23, 2007, 06:07:37 PM
It's always PMS.
You know, you just make it so easy for me.  So easy that it's not even a challenge.  I mean, come on!!!  If you're going to try to be provocative, you have got to do better than this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 23, 2007, 06:26:56 PM
Jeopardy time!

"You're a wizard now, Harry!"


"What is 'something that you should never blurt out right after sex'?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 23, 2007, 07:05:12 PM
GOLD! +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 24, 2007, 07:40:51 AM
"What is 'something that you should never blurt out right after sex'?"


What is the name of another sexual partner?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on March 24, 2007, 02:41:36 PM
You don't have many good relationships with women, do you?

Well, it depends on the types of relationships really. I get along good with my mom, and I have a reasonable amount of female friends I get along just fine with.

As far as <3 relationships, no those usually don't turn out real well.

You know, you just make it so easy for me.  So easy that it's not even a challenge.  I mean, come on!!!  If you're going to try to be provocative, you have got to do better than this.

Probably true, I'll do better next time!  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 26, 2007, 01:51:29 PM
Funny how you assume it's PMS. I'm just overstressed.

I was just trying to be funny.

Stress sucks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 29, 2007, 12:08:40 PM
(http://cdn.davesdaily.com/pictures/892-take-that.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 29, 2007, 05:11:26 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/spit.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 29, 2007, 05:43:54 PM
My new roommate is frigging gorgeous. 

Before all you guys start with the 'pixplskthnx', I'll tell you it's a D00D!!!   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 29, 2007, 05:46:25 PM
pixplzkthx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 29, 2007, 05:49:47 PM
picxplzkthx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 29, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
pixplzkthnks
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 29, 2007, 06:11:42 PM
pixplzkthx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 29, 2007, 06:13:28 PM
;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 29, 2007, 06:14:55 PM
mrmxyzptlkpixplsthx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 29, 2007, 06:24:27 PM
asdfjkl;asdfjkl;








  What?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 29, 2007, 06:24:55 PM
iqtmpoa
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 29, 2007, 06:37:53 PM
How does that go over with your Enrique? Gorgeous roomate guy ...
 Or is he xolik- style gorgeous? 

Please check all that apply:

1. Weird Tingly Feeling?
2. FUCK OFF!
C. FUCK OFF and DIE!
4. Nah.
5. Yep.
6. Nunya.
7. All of the above.
H. None of the above.
9. Some of the above.
10. One of the above.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 29, 2007, 06:47:14 PM
I called Enrique with the good news that the guy that came by is going to move in.  His looks didn't happen to come up in conversation.

Since Enrique is a guy, he won't even notice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 29, 2007, 06:50:32 PM
Ah! Gotcha.









 pixplzkthnx! ;-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 30, 2007, 02:13:38 AM
Are we talking Brad Pitt good looks?

PIXPLZKTHX
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2007, 11:31:19 AM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 30, 2007, 11:33:29 AM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

Who knows?  What did I do to get 16 of them?  Here, have a positive Coolio Point to make up for it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 30, 2007, 11:47:51 AM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

I think your ratio of >100:1 should make up for it ;)

Nonetheless, here's a +1 from me too =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 12:06:14 PM
And one from me.

Could be someone clicked it accidentally. The two buttons are pretty close together.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on March 30, 2007, 12:17:14 PM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

14, man.

Then again, over at the other place, smites are like spankings.  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 30, 2007, 01:36:04 PM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

1% Smithing... So I guess there is some truth to "Will and Grace" after all. Queers are uptight!



*runs*














*begs for forgivness*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 01:44:48 PM
Running and begging at the same time.

Valuable skill set.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 30, 2007, 01:51:24 PM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

Since you don't like 3 I changed it to 4 for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 30, 2007, 02:16:15 PM
What the hell did I do now to deserve a third smite?  :x

I think I just got smited for joking about being cool =/

Shit happens I guess, it's only a number.  Would be nice to know what it was for though, I've seen other forums where positive or negative rep came with feedback.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2007, 02:23:30 PM
Since you don't like 3 I changed it to 4 for you.

Gee thanks.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 30, 2007, 02:50:21 PM
Yeah I'm not sure what my last one was for either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 30, 2007, 03:22:59 PM
This one was to make your smites prime.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 30, 2007, 03:55:30 PM
I just gave you a +1 Xolly.  Personally I wouldn't worry about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 04:06:43 PM
Frankly, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed I only have 7. What am I doing wrong?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 04:07:09 PM
AHA!

8!

Thank you, mysterious smiter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 04:07:35 PM
NINE!!!!!




*sniff*


You love me, you really love me!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 30, 2007, 05:24:16 PM
I feel like going to the pub downstairs and finding out what thier DJ is taking to make him forget what fucking songs he played last week...

If I hear "Working Nine to Five", "Dancing Queen" or that whiney-assed new Ordinary Boys song once more, I am gonna snap and kill someone!  Unfortunately, he'll probably play the exact same set tomorow.

At least on Sundays it's karaoke... Hmm, never thought I'd be glad of that...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 30, 2007, 05:30:34 PM
Wait.  You live over a pub?

I'll be right over.  What's the address?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2007, 05:37:59 PM
I feel like going to the pub downstairs and finding out what thier DJ is taking to make him forget what fucking songs he played last week...

If I hear "Working Nine to Five", "Dancing Queen" or that whiney-assed new Ordinary Boys song once more, I am gonna snap and kill someone!  Unfortunately, he'll probably play the exact same set tomorow.

At least on Sundays it's karaoke... Hmm, never thought I'd be glad of that...

I like those songs.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 30, 2007, 05:52:54 PM
I love Abba.

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen

Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for the place to go
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
You come in to look for a king
Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the musics high
With a bit of rock music, everything is fine
Youre in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance...

You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen

Youre a teaser, you turn em on
Leave them burning and then youre gone
Looking out for another, anyone will do
Youre in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance...

You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 30, 2007, 05:56:07 PM
Good god, he actually just played that goddamn 'I Love You' song again, half an hour later!

I like those songs.  :oops:

I used to man (less the Ordinary Boys one, I can stand most of thier other stuff, but that song gets right on my tits.) but I've heard them multiple times every weekend for the past month or so.  It's getting rediculous.  I'm getting used to the loud music into the night, I just wish it was varied loud music! =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2007, 06:03:51 PM
Maybe you'd have a different perspective if you had a dozen pints or so.

How's the barmaid?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 30, 2007, 06:09:48 PM
I love Abba.
ABBA - Angeleyes.mp3
ABBA - Chiquitita.mp3
ABBA - Dancing Queen (Accapella).mp3
ABBA - Dancing Queen.mp3
ABBA - Does Your Mother Know.mp3
ABBA - Eagle.mp3
ABBA - Fernando.mp3
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).mp3
ABBA - He is Your Brother.mp3
ABBA - Head Over Heels.mp3
ABBA - Honey, Honey.mp3
ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.mp3
ABBA - I Have A Dream.mp3
ABBA - Knowing me, Knowing you.mp3
ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me.mp3
ABBA - Love Isn't Easy.mp3
ABBA - Mamma Mia.mp3
ABBA - Money, Money, Money.mp3
ABBA - On And On And On.mp3
ABBA - One Of Us.mp3
ABBA - People Need Love.mp3
ABBA - Ring Ring.mp3
ABBA - So Long.mp3
ABBA - SOS.mp3
ABBA - Summer Night City.mp3
ABBA - Super Trouper.mp3
ABBA - Take a Chance on Me.mp3
ABBA - Thank You For The Music.mp3
ABBA - The Day Before You Came.mp3
ABBA - The Name of the Game.mp3
ABBA - The Visitors (Crackin' Up).mp3
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All.mp3
ABBA - Under Attack.mp3
ABBA - Voulez-Vous.mp3
ABBA - Waterloo.mp3
ABBA - When All Is Said And Done.mp3
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 30, 2007, 06:18:50 PM
"Hey DJ, here's a CD with some new/more music to play."

 "I've got a library, thanks."

"I know; I've heard all twelve songs several times. I didn't really realize you were playing the same ones over and over until I heard the people leaving talking and laughing about it in the parking lot, lol."

 ". . ."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on March 30, 2007, 06:27:30 PM
Maybe you'd have a different perspective if you had a dozen pints or so.

How's the barmaid?


I'm guessing thats the thinking behind his set.

I wouldn't know about the barmaid, never been in the place.  I quit drinking half a year ago.

"I know; I've heard all twelve songs several times. I didn't really realize you were playing the same ones over and over until I heard the people leaving talking and laughing about it in the parking lot, lol."

+1  XD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 02, 2007, 06:01:28 PM
I had to add this to my collection today:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/hillary_mouth.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on April 02, 2007, 06:05:56 PM
I had to add this to my collection today:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/hillary_mouth.jpg)

(http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/happy0065.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 02, 2007, 06:14:01 PM
That smiley looks like it emerged from the depths of goatse
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2007, 07:15:23 PM
 Nah.
 This one did.
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/goatse.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 02, 2007, 07:34:10 PM
No, that's the goatse smiley.  That one looks like a difference entity emerging from deep within the goatse dude.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2007, 07:36:58 PM
ohohoh. Gotchas. "different entity emerging"


Ya know; you're right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2007, 07:37:26 PM
And it seems happy to be out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 02, 2007, 07:43:16 PM
Wouldn't you be?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2007, 07:50:42 PM
I would have to know exactly why I was in there in the first place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 02, 2007, 08:10:15 PM
Good point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 02, 2007, 08:29:55 PM
The goatse guy could be like one of those russian dolls, with one goatse guy hidden within one another perpetually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 02, 2007, 08:34:35 PM
Didn't someone do a recursive goatse back in the day?  Anyone have a link to it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 03, 2007, 04:46:16 PM
Even if I did, I wouldn't try it to make sure it's still valid.


EDIT:

"Recursive Goatse".

That totally sounds like a band.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2007, 04:58:07 PM
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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2007, 05:32:08 PM
I found a Star Wars internet scavenger hunt for my Computer Math class.  It was just something for them to do so I didn't have to start a new topic right before spring break.

In the middle of class a girl yells out, "I hate Star Wars!!"  I cracked up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2007, 05:33:17 PM
Did you ask?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2007, 05:33:43 PM
And also, could I have a link to that scavanger hunt, if possible?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2007, 05:36:17 PM
Yeah, it's at school.  It's not that impressive and alot of the links don't work.  I'll try to remember to find it tomorrow for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2007, 05:37:55 PM
Thank you.

I'm thinking of making a scavanger hunt, and I'll use it for ideas.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2007, 05:43:02 PM
Ooooh, send it to me when you're done so that I don't have to plan a lesson someday.  I mean...so that my students can learn to use the internets.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2007, 05:54:54 PM
Ok.

I'll try not to scar them for life.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 03, 2007, 06:30:34 PM
Make sure you have the recursive goatse as part of the hunt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 03, 2007, 08:16:08 PM
hate recursive goatse
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 03, 2007, 10:57:24 PM
Keith Richards' daddy's a BOOGER! (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=257092&GT1=7702)
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father" Richards was quoted as saying.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 03, 2007, 11:04:20 PM
Goatse is so awesome. I have it saved on my hard drive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on April 04, 2007, 12:10:22 AM
Keith Richards' daddy's a BOOGER! (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=257092&GT1=7702)
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father" Richards was quoted as saying.

its freakin' priceless ... but after the initial shock, c'mon its Keith Richards ...

I did hear an interview with Tommy Lee once where he was talking about partying at some hotel with Ozzy Osborne and Ozzy pissed on the pool deck.  All these ants came (do ants do that with urine???) so Ozzy got down on his hands and knees and snorted up these ants that were crawling around in his urine.  Tommy and the rest of the band got pretty freaked out and packed Ozzy off to his room.  You'd think its gotta be pretty bad to freak Motley Crue out ... lol.

So which is stranger ... dead father's ashes or ants soaked in one's own urine???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 04, 2007, 01:19:49 AM
Sounds like a winning combination!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 04, 2007, 12:06:10 PM
Now they're saying it was a J-O-A-K joke.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 04, 2007, 12:31:50 PM
hate recursive goatse

Why?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 04, 2007, 08:08:06 PM
I forgot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 04, 2007, 08:16:49 PM
explains
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on April 04, 2007, 09:46:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNqiSkd1M6k


good times.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 04, 2007, 11:23:47 PM
I can't remember if I've made this observation before, but I heart Jake Ryan.  In fact, I have a t-shirt with his picture on it that says I <3 Jake Ryan.  The sad part is that this article of clothing was acquired fairly recently.

P.S. I should no longer be allowed to watch 80s brat pack movies.  Although, I guess Molly Ringwald was more on the periphery of the brat pack, rather than actually being in the brat pack.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 05, 2007, 01:52:55 PM
I can't help but call her Molly Ringworm.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 05, 2007, 03:24:45 PM
If Francis Scott Key was alive today, the Star Spangled Banner might sound like this...

Can you see that flag we drank under now that it's morning?
The one with the gang colors and stars that the homies were shootin' at?
The cops had rockets and bombs They're the reason we could see it.
Can't you just look out the window and see if it's there before I bust a cap in your ass?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 05, 2007, 04:23:15 PM
Today my RFID blocking wallet arrived and it's pretty spiffy. I needed a new one anyway, my old one was more electrical tape than vinyl by this point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 05, 2007, 07:37:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNqiSkd1M6k


good times.

So much better than the actual movie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 05, 2007, 07:40:07 PM
So much better than the actual movie.

you                                                       my last nerve

   :| ----------------------------------------------     :evil:


how did you not enjoy a movie like 300? Shit man, I read books almost for a living and I found it a fun time.

ok, you aren't really on my last nerve. but still, that statement needs a bit of explanation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 05, 2007, 07:52:47 PM
(http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070403/i/r3970853579.jpg?x=380&y=307&sig=7mdgLPGtxpRqLAkDPlJ.Cw--)
Pelosi bogarts the joint.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2007, 07:57:39 PM
Pelosi bogarts the joint.
explains
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 05, 2007, 08:04:37 PM
you                                                       my last nerve

   :| ----------------------------------------------     :evil:


how did you not enjoy a movie like 300? Shit man, I read books almost for a living and I found it a fun time.

ok, you aren't really on my last nerve. but still, that statement needs a bit of explanation.

I hated 300 with a passion. I thought it was the worst piece of shit to crawl out of someone's ass in quite a long time. The movie had almost no plot, no character development, no character self conflict, and no originality. They took a few new fancy camera tricks they thought up and made an hour and a half long battle scene with them. I found it incredibly repetitive, and really didn't care about the characters, because they didn't bother to make them anymore than mindless killing machines. I seriously considered walking out like 3/4 of the way through it, just because I was so bored.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 05, 2007, 08:37:51 PM
I hated 300 with a passion. I thought it was the worst piece of shit to crawl out of someone's ass in quite a long time. The movie had almost no plot, no character development, no character self conflict, and no originality. They took a few new fancy camera tricks they thought up and made an hour and a half long battle scene with them. I found it incredibly repetitive, and really didn't care about the characters, because they didn't bother to make them anymore than mindless killing machines. I seriously considered walking out like 3/4 of the way through it, just because I was so bored.

Lol. In this case, the "mindless killing machines" did a pretty good job of keeping me entertained, and the "fancy camera tricks" made it look cool. Call me sophomoric, but I don't go to the movies for an incredibly intellectual experience.

But The Departed was a really good movie on the other end of the spectrum from 300, and in the end, I'm not sure which one I liked better. Regardless, 300 was a good time. It's just not a good date movie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 05, 2007, 08:49:54 PM
I hated 300 with a passion. I thought it was the worst piece of shit to crawl out of someone's ass in quite a long time. The movie had almost no plot, no character development, no character self conflict, and no originality. They took a few new fancy camera tricks they thought up and made an hour and a half long battle scene with them. I found it incredibly repetitive, and really didn't care about the characters, because they didn't bother to make them anymore than mindless killing machines. I seriously considered walking out like 3/4 of the way through it, just because I was so bored.

You went for plot? I went for nice swordfights and the IMAX screen.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2007, 09:02:14 PM
It's just not a good date movie.
Unless you're dating a Geekery ch!|< !!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on April 05, 2007, 09:30:10 PM
I haven't seen it yet, and quote frankly, my 2 motivations for seeing 300:

nifty camera tricks
half naked men

I'm sold!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2007, 09:35:29 PM
I'm sold!
Pick ya up at 8?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 05, 2007, 09:36:44 PM
Pick ya up at 8?

Hands off, bud!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2007, 10:59:56 PM
/me takes hands off bud; rolls with shake instead
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 05, 2007, 11:06:33 PM
/me takes hands off bud; rolls with shake instead

You going to share some of that keef?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2007, 11:13:28 PM
You going to share some of that keef?
Soitinleh.
/me codes out big, fat, Intarweb joint

Here ya go. Exe that fucker.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 06, 2007, 01:37:54 PM
Lol. In this case, the "mindless killing machines" did a pretty good job of keeping me entertained, and the "fancy camera tricks" made it look cool. Call me sophomoric, but I don't go to the movies for an incredibly intellectual experience.

But The Departed was a really good movie on the other end of the spectrum from 300, and in the end, I'm not sure which one I liked better. Regardless, 300 was a good time. It's just not a good date movie.

I liked the departed, I just hated the ending, it was so defeating.

You went for plot? I went for nice swordfights and the IMAX screen.

I figured it was going to be an action movie, but I wouldn't ever go to see a movie if I knew there wasn't going to be any kind of plot or character development involved. Usually those things are implied. Take Troy for instance, it was also a movie about a war. There was a lot of killing in it. However, there was also a rich amount of character development, and even a little philosophy. I considered Troy to be a very good movie. 300 seemed more like Kill Bill to me.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 06, 2007, 03:28:42 PM
I liked the departed, I just hated the ending, it was so defeating.

I figured it was going to be an action movie, but I wouldn't ever go to see a movie if I knew there wasn't going to be any kind of plot or character development involved. Usually those things are implied. Take Troy for instance, it was also a movie about a war. There was a lot of killing in it. However, there was also a rich amount of character development, and even a little philosophy. I considered Troy to be a very good movie. 300 seemed more like Kill Bill to me.

Heh, apparently we judge the relative merits of movies VERY differently. You like Troy, whereas I... well, lets just say your opinion about 300 pretty closely matches mine about Troy. :)

Agree to disagree, then?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 06, 2007, 03:33:11 PM
Ugh.  Troy was very nearly in the "I Want My Time Back" category. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 06, 2007, 03:37:49 PM
Was Troy the one with the annoying eagle that the camera kept flashing to, or was that Alexander? All those old Roman war movies sorta run together in my head, I'm not sure I managed to stay awake through one of them.

300 kicked ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 06, 2007, 03:38:49 PM
Was Troy the one with the annoying eagle that the camera kept flashing to, or was that Alexander? All those old Roman war movies sorta run together in my head, I'm not sure I managed to stay awake through one of them.

300 kicked ass.

I haven't seen "Alexander", so I'm not sure.  I don't think that was "Troy" though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 06, 2007, 03:56:15 PM
Would you believe I liked Troy?

(http://stb.msn.com/i/BD/E56230B762BDD9F266B1FDA898D88.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 06, 2007, 03:58:32 PM
Hell.  I bet several million other women, and most gay men could watch that movie with the sound off and find nothing wrong with it at all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 06, 2007, 03:58:56 PM
Would you believe I liked Troy?

(http://stb.msn.com/i/BD/E56230B762BDD9F266B1FDA898D88.jpg)

I can't imagine why.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 06, 2007, 04:15:15 PM
Was Troy the one with the annoying eagle that the camera kept flashing to, or was that Alexander?
<snip>
No, I think that was Clash of the Titans.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 06, 2007, 04:23:49 PM
<snip>However, there was also a rich amount of character development, and even a little philosophy. I considered Troy to be a very good movie. 300 seemed more like Kill Bill to me.
Are you implying that Kill Bill was light on character development and/or philosophy?  Are you friggin HIGH?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 06, 2007, 08:21:57 PM
Are you implying that Kill Bill was light on character development and/or philosophy?  Are you friggin HIGH?

No the comparison to Kill Bill was mainly done to relate the overdone bogus action scenes in both. Although Kill Bill only developed the villan, not the protagonist, not really anyway. And I didn't see any philosophy in there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 06, 2007, 08:47:45 PM
It's stylized, like a Monet. I'm actually amazed at how similar the actual event appears to have been to the movie (if you closed your eyes or otherwise excised what appear to be Chernobyl refugees enlisted into the Persian army), as when going in I treated it as pure fiction in the great 'inspired by vaguely plausible events that I may or may not recollect from drive in movies I passed out baked out of my skull while watching' Frank Miller style that I love so much.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 06, 2007, 10:10:39 PM
Fuck.

 POST *beep!*
 *click-click*
 *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!*
 Power OFF.

 With two different CPU's. :-(
 My MAIN computer.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on April 07, 2007, 12:04:33 AM
Hell.  I bet several million other women, and most gay men could watch that movie with the sound off and find nothing wrong with it at all.

That's pretty much the only way I'd be able to stand it...and stand it quite well...hmmmm....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 07, 2007, 01:28:56 AM
Women are such pervs, they go to see movies for half naked men. Guys like never do that. That's why we have porn, so we don't have to waste money on bad movies with hot women.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 07, 2007, 01:37:19 AM
Women are such pervs, they go to see movies for half naked men. Guys like never do that. That's why we have porn, so we don't have to waste money on bad movies with hot women.

You actually made me laugh. First time for everything.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 07, 2007, 01:39:26 AM
You actually made me laugh. First time for everything.

Glad to know I met my goal in one of like 600 posts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 07, 2007, 10:39:43 AM
Cool! You can scratch that one off your list. Only 368 items to go!



 :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 07, 2007, 12:01:28 PM
Tonight on ABC, "My Name is Evonus".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 07, 2007, 01:49:42 PM
Tonight on ABC, "My Name is Evonus".

'Tis a sad story indeed.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 08, 2007, 08:19:51 PM
I just scored [my last name].com!

It was parked for ages.  On a fluke, I checked to see if it was available, and it was.  I'm excited, now.

I plan on setting up a blog space for everyone in my family in such a manner that they'll be able to use, for example, pete.mylastname.com as their blog's url.

When I was attempting to set up the non-profit, ismissing.org, I was going to use the same type of sub-domain wild-cards so that people could use, for example, sarah.connor.ismissing.org as their media contact information site.  But, alas, I learned that setting up a non-profit is a huge PITA.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 08, 2007, 08:47:45 PM
That's great ! What a cool idea.

I just tried mylastName.allofit and could only find a couple of foriegn extensions available.  :|


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 08, 2007, 09:40:59 PM
I got www.screamingbrain.net and only just got around to starting work coding for it, but found out that my skillz are all insanely out of date so I'm working on acquiring new ones.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 08, 2007, 10:21:32 PM
They need to have the White Party in Palm Springs more than once a year. God, I needed this break.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on April 08, 2007, 11:02:53 PM
(http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/poot.jpg)

Damn you ihatecliches, for mentioning http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 08, 2007, 11:25:34 PM
Puking really hurts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 09, 2007, 07:27:33 AM
(http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/poot.jpg)

Damn you ihatecliches, for mentioning http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/.
That was me.  You're welcome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2007, 08:47:53 AM
I just scored [my last name].com!

It was parked for ages.  On a fluke, I checked to see if it was available, and it was.  I'm excited, now.

I plan on setting up a blog space for everyone in my family in such a manner that they'll be able to use, for example, pete.mylastname.com as their blog's url.



Good thing it's for your family.  No one else would be able to speel it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2007, 09:16:41 AM
I'm on Spring Break and working at my old office job for the week.

Entertain me!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 09, 2007, 11:52:03 AM
/me does the penis dance.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2007, 12:03:24 PM
Hey!  It's raining penises now.  Good job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on April 09, 2007, 02:09:22 PM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2007, 02:14:20 PM
I see you too.  And I haven't...for a long time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 09, 2007, 02:16:14 PM
I see you.

HAMMY! I've missed you so. Much love! :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 09, 2007, 03:54:17 PM
I'm on Spring Break and working at my old office job for the week.

Entertain me!!!!

Okay,

and now a proof that women are evil.

T = Time
M = Money
W = Women
E = Evil

Women because of their nature take up both money and time so

W = T x M

As we all know time is money. So this equation simplifies slightly.

W = M x M

or

W = M^2

Now from the old saying we know that money is the root of all evil so

W = (sqrt(E))^2

Which simplifies to

W = |E| which is the absolute value of evil.

So therefore we have proved that women are absolutely evil. :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 09, 2007, 03:55:36 PM
No, I don't think that's what you've proven here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 09, 2007, 03:59:32 PM
No, I don't think that's what you've proven here.

It's a simple mathematical proof! I would think you of all people would appreciate it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 09, 2007, 04:13:53 PM
I don't remember when I first saw this stupid gag.

But it was before the internets.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 09, 2007, 04:36:59 PM
HAY GUYZ HAVE YOU SEEN THIS LADDER THEORY IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!11!!!!



Also, I seriously love Order of the Stick.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 09, 2007, 05:37:58 PM
Women are the devil, I invented electricity!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 09, 2007, 05:57:59 PM
Also, I seriously love Order of the Stick.

Oh no doubt.  I got way behind for a while and I just got caught up the other day on the past 30 episodes.

I can't believe the writing on this guy.  He just keeps getting better and better.

Geekbert picked up a copy of his last book at his booth at GenCon last year and had him sign it for me.

I <3 OotS.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 09, 2007, 07:13:43 PM
Women are the devil, I invented electricity!

Yeah well I invented magnetism!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 10, 2007, 12:25:26 AM
Sorry I had to.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 10, 2007, 07:02:09 AM
Oh no doubt.  I got way behind for a while and I just got caught up the other day on the past 30 episodes.

I can't believe the writing on this guy.  He just keeps getting better and better.

Geekbert picked up a copy of his last book at his booth at GenCon last year and had him sign it for me.

I <3 OotS.

The writing behind the Paladin losing her way was better and more believable than the writing behind Anakin turning into Vader.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 10, 2007, 09:18:14 AM
And now....The MS Paint drawing you've all been waiting for......


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Wow, I thought it would be a let down because of the picture itself.  It's a let down for some other reason.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 10, 2007, 09:54:33 AM
You're off the hook! :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on April 10, 2007, 11:35:41 AM
I adjusted the folder's quota. You should be good to go now. I really ought to see if I can do away with that. It's not the first time that it's happened.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on April 10, 2007, 11:55:15 AM
Oh no doubt.  I got way behind for a while and I just got caught up the other day on the past 30 episodes.

I can't believe the writing on this guy.  He just keeps getting better and better.

Geekbert picked up a copy of his last book at his booth at GenCon last year and had him sign it for me.

I <3 OotS.

Who's this Geekbert dude?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 10, 2007, 12:06:06 PM
Heh.  I typed that without even thinking about it.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 10, 2007, 12:06:41 PM
I miss bobert  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 10, 2007, 12:51:41 PM
Ok then.

And NOW the Waankerbot drawing you've been waiting for....

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 10, 2007, 02:17:27 PM
The writing behind the Paladin losing her way was better and more believable than the writing behind Anakin turning into Vader.

Hey now Revenge of the Sith was awesome. Shut your pie hole.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 10, 2007, 02:28:04 PM
Hey now Revenge of the Sith was awesome. Shut your pie hole.
Shirley You jest.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 10, 2007, 02:31:34 PM
Shirley You jest.

I do not. I <3 SW.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 10, 2007, 02:36:10 PM
Obligatory 'hate star wars'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 10, 2007, 02:38:55 PM
I do not. I <3 SW.
Then You are Shirley, in favour of SW ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 10, 2007, 03:21:05 PM
Then You are Shirley, in favour of SW ?

I suppose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 10, 2007, 04:36:13 PM
Hey now Revenge of the Sith was awesome. Shut your pie hole.

Stupid kids these days...


If Lord of the Rings hadn't come out at roughly the same time, I would have had to fly over there and fire bomb the beard's house. All three  new ones were abominations. How could Leia remembers her mother, no matter how vaguely, if her mother died giving birth?




It boogles the mind! Aaah!



Oh, I, I can't stand it any longer.  This whole planet is insane.  Insane, I tell you!  Daahh!  Aaah!
I can be lazy too! Look at me, I am a worthless director, just like George Lucas!  Give me lots of money!

Ooh, I eat like a slob, but nobody minds!
I'm peeing on the seat.  Watch my movies!
Now I'm returning to work without washing my hands. But it doesn't matter, because I'm George Lucas!

I don't need consistent stories, 'cause it is my story and anything I say goes.  D'oh!  D'oh!  D'oh!
Oh, hi, everybody.  I'm the worst director in the world.  Time to go home to my mansion and eat my lobster.

What's this?"Extremely High Voltage."  Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm George Luc--
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 10, 2007, 05:08:12 PM
You have a rich fantasy life, Mil.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 10, 2007, 05:08:32 PM
Stupid kids these days... It boogles the mind! Aaah! ...

And double Aaah !

The droning dialague reminded me of a poorly rehearsed, student written, Jr. High school play. I was constantly imagining/expecting the classic scenario where upon a cue line, the character who's supposed to emerge doesn't show until said cue line is repeated, ever louder, and then he stumbles through the curtain and stutters his part ... and he looks as if he thinks he got it wrong.

Utter crap these episodes are.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 10, 2007, 05:10:44 PM
It boogles the mind! Aaah!

Oh, I, I can't stand it any longer.  This whole planet is insane.  Insane, I tell you!  Daahh!  Aaah!
I can be lazy too! Look at me, I am a worthless director, just like George Lucas!  Give me lots of money!

Ooh, I eat like a slob, but nobody minds!
I'm peeing on the seat.  Watch my movies!
Now I'm returning to work without washing my hands. But it doesn't matter, because I'm George Lucas!

I don't need consistent stories, 'cause it is my story and anything I say goes.  D'oh!  D'oh!  D'oh!
Oh, hi, everybody.  I'm the worst director in the world.  Time to go home to my mansion and eat my lobster.

What's this?"Extremely High Voltage."  Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm George Luc--

I see what you did there.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 10, 2007, 05:12:16 PM
Oh yeah!

So how is old Grimey, anyway?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 10, 2007, 05:16:57 PM
Stupid kids these days...


If Lord of the Rings hadn't come out at roughly the same time, I would have had to fly over there and fire bomb the beard's house. All three  new ones were abominations. How could Leia remembers her mother, no matter how vaguely, if her mother died giving birth?




It boogles the mind! Aaah!



Oh, I, I can't stand it any longer.  This whole planet is insane.  Insane, I tell you!  Daahh!  Aaah!
I can be lazy too! Look at me, I am a worthless director, just like George Lucas!  Give me lots of money!

Ooh, I eat like a slob, but nobody minds!
I'm peeing on the seat.  Watch my movies!
Now I'm returning to work without washing my hands. But it doesn't matter, because I'm George Lucas!

I don't need consistent stories, 'cause it is my story and anything I say goes.  D'oh!  D'oh!  D'oh!
Oh, hi, everybody.  I'm the worst director in the world.  Time to go home to my mansion and eat my lobster.

What's this?"Extremely High Voltage."  Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm George Luc--

It's a minor inconsistency, over the course of like 40 years of movie making, it happens. Trust me, it didn't slip by me, I noticed it, as well as other things, but it's not something that would make the entire plot line fall apart over.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 11, 2007, 07:10:32 AM
Hey now Revenge of the Sith was awesome. Shut your pie hole.
The 3 new movies were just disappointing.  I know I should have been excited watching that massive space battle in nbr 3 but it was just boring and predictable.  The dialogue was horrible and Lucas tried too hard to tie absolutely everything together.

But hey you can like the movies just don't expect me to have the same opinion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 11, 2007, 08:43:55 AM
Some asshole keeps sitting on their phone and calling here.   :x

Hello?  Hellloooooo?  HELL FUCKING OOOOOOOOOO??
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 11, 2007, 09:11:33 AM
I was nervous and didn't know what to say.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2007, 09:27:59 AM
(http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/1/Q/condoleeza_rice.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 11, 2007, 12:45:59 PM
The 3 new movies were just disappointing.  I know I should have been excited watching that massive space battle in nbr 3 but it was just boring and predictable.  The dialogue was horrible and Lucas tried too hard to tie absolutely everything together.

But hey you can like the movies just don't expect me to have the same opinion.

Oh don't get me wrong, they weren't as good as the originals, and I hated TPM. I dunno, the love dialog was pretty bad, but besides that I just attribute the occasional awkward moment to bad acting. (Haden Christenson, Why would anyone hire that guy?!)

But yeah, to each his own opinion wise. Everyone has different things that make a movie for them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 11, 2007, 01:30:29 PM
Hate Star Wars
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 11, 2007, 01:45:51 PM
WHY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 11, 2007, 01:48:25 PM
Stupid
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 11, 2007, 01:57:50 PM
Hating star wars is like hating chocolate ice cream, or the Beatles!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 11, 2007, 02:01:25 PM
Disagree
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 11, 2007, 02:03:09 PM
Disagree

Poll time! Or a future QOTD.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 11, 2007, 02:04:15 PM
(http://images.43things.com/consuming/20225pw40.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 11, 2007, 02:04:35 PM
You got it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 11, 2007, 02:14:56 PM
Why thank you Detta!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 13, 2007, 03:13:03 PM
Quote
Ignored by: 2 members

NOICE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 13, 2007, 04:31:35 PM
I just got a new mouse at wr0k.

I less-than-three this new mouse. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 06:18:30 PM
I got a new mouse as well. It's a wireless mouse, but it doesn't have an off button, so I have to remove the batteries everytime. :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 13, 2007, 06:28:47 PM
Is it a Logitech Evonus ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 06:30:22 PM
Is it a Logitech Evonus ?

No, the one I had previously was a logitech, and it worked great until I dropped it too many times. :(

The new one is a Microsoft brand mouse(I should've known better I suppose.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 13, 2007, 06:33:16 PM
Normally they turn off within 5 mins if nothing happens.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 06:35:35 PM
Normally they turn off within 5 mins if nothing happens.

I'll keep that in mind. Sadly there's no way for me to test that, because if I pick it up to check it'll turn back on again.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 06:38:20 PM
You forgot the  :-(.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 06:39:24 PM
You forgot the  :-(.

I fixed it just for you. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 06:59:59 PM
Please don't wink at me. It makes me feel funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 07:12:54 PM
Please don't wink at me. It makes me feel funny.

Okay, fixed, again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 07:14:04 PM
STOP BEING SO AGREEABLE!!!  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 07:17:37 PM
STOP BEING SO AGREEABLE!!!  :x

But how can I answer to that. If I disagree then I'll be being agreeable, but if I agree then I'll have to disagree, which will still make me agreeable!

I'll just have to be silent, very loudly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 13, 2007, 07:18:04 PM
You forced him !
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 07:20:35 PM
I should've done this WEEKS ago!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 07:20:51 PM
Hey Evonus ...............
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 13, 2007, 07:21:09 PM
................ :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 13, 2007, 07:31:03 PM
You have he majority of the board behind you Ivan, I have the feeling you are abusing that.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 13, 2007, 07:48:17 PM
I honestly do hope that this kinder, gentler Geekery grows on me.

'Cause right now it makes me wanna barf.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 13, 2007, 07:50:11 PM
I honestly do hope that this kinder, gentler Geekery grows on me.

'Cause right now it makes me wanna barf.

Barfbags are located in the seat back pockets.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 13, 2007, 07:54:47 PM
I am not sending you subliminal messages.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 13, 2007, 08:12:41 PM
and a big, fat +1 to you, xolly.  i really did lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 14, 2007, 03:14:47 AM
I honestly do hope that this kinder, gentler Geekery grows on me.

'Cause right now it makes me wanna barf.

A bit friendlier would not hurt Vespertine.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 14, 2007, 11:51:35 AM
A bit friendlier would not hurt Vespertine.
I'm not suggesting that it would hurt.  To me, 'friendlier' has a different connotation that 'kinder, gentler'.  I'll be completely and totally honest, I don't feel like it's acceptable for me to be myself any longer.  Under normal circumstances, I'm snarky and sarcastic from time to time.  I point out flaws in logic.  I point out absurd points of view.  I feel like it is no longer acceptable for me to do that.  I feel like, if I do that with the "wrong" person, I'm going to be getting PMs telling me to cool it.  In essense, it feels like speech around here has been "chilled".  I'm not trying to start an argument, and I'm not really questioning anyone's recent actions, I'm just telling you how I feel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 14, 2007, 12:17:39 PM
Stupid IRS!  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 14, 2007, 01:41:09 PM
I point out flaws in logic.  I point out absurd points of view.  I feel like it is no longer acceptable for me to do that.
Not at all. Please continue to do so. I won't speak on behalf of anyone but myself here, but I would never send a PM to anyone because they tried to get a valid point across. If anyone gets a PM from me, it will be because of the way they presented the point, what ever the point was, if I felt it was inapropriatly rude or disrespectful, or made personal as opposed to objective.

In essense, it feels like speech around here has been "chilled".  I'm not trying to start an argument, and I'm not really questioning anyone's recent actions, I'm just telling you how I feel.
No arguments need to come from this. In fact, I think it would be a good topic to talk about it. I know there are some frustrations and different opinions about some of my actions, and perhaps the actions of others as well. I still stand by my decisions but certainly do not in no way shape or form want to prevent dialogue from occuring. If anyone has opinions, please do not supress them. Bring them out! You agree or disagree with some of the things that have happen, feel free to speak your mind. Start a thread and feel free to say what ever you want to say. We don't all have to agree, and we probably won't, but at least everyone will know where everyone stands.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2007, 09:27:21 AM
Can you vultures at least wait for bodies to grow cold before you start exploiting this to push your shitty political agendas?

"OMG IT'S TEH VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES!"
"I'm a gonna protest this here funeral. This shootin' happened cause God don't like dem fags"
"GUN CONTROL NOW GUN CONTROL!"

And the worst one of all..."This is all George Bush's fault!" (Ping Ping and he was serious.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 17, 2007, 09:53:32 AM
It's those damn christians!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2007, 10:12:55 AM
His picture is up on the ABC website. I don't really understand why people do these kinds of things. What did he hope to accomplish? That shooting up everyone would somehow make everything right? All those people's lives wasted and for what? The most prominent theory is that his (ex)girlfriend was messing around with another guy. Big fucking deal. Just dump her and move on, don't start killing everybody you can. I'm actually surprised it was an Asian kid. I thought us white guys cornered the market on school shootings. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 17, 2007, 03:53:03 PM
It's probably just me, but I find it mildly amusing that Microsoft Word's spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "hotfix".    :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 18, 2007, 01:03:38 AM
While cleaning up various inboxes, I found a couple emails from Bane from 2004.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 18, 2007, 01:40:24 AM
(((((cat)))))
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 12:20:30 PM
I'm not suggesting that it would hurt.  To me, 'friendlier' has a different connotation that 'kinder, gentler'.  I'll be completely and totally honest, I don't feel like it's acceptable for me to be myself any longer.  Under normal circumstances, I'm snarky and sarcastic from time to time.  I point out flaws in logic.  I point out absurd points of view.  I feel like it is no longer acceptable for me to do that.  I feel like, if I do that with the "wrong" person, I'm going to be getting PMs telling me to cool it.  In essense, it feels like speech around here has been "chilled".  I'm not trying to start an argument, and I'm not really questioning anyone's recent actions, I'm just telling you how I feel.

Vespertine, I've had to come to terms with some things because I like this place and a lot of the people in it. However, I am endlessly perplexed when otherwise reasonable and intelligent people suffer fools. A forum such as this can be a wonderful gathering place for people who trust and enjoy each other, but I have only a limited amount of time to spend here, and I don't like spending any of it reading useless drivel, offensive crap or ignorant posturings (UDOCIP).

However, no site on the net is immune from at least occassional UDOCIP, and UDOCIP is a subjective judgement. The moderators of this site have been tolerant of UDOCIP to such a degree that I mistook it for either extraordinary lenience or inatentiveness. So I began to take matters into my own hands and light little fires under the feet of people whose presence diminished my own personal OMFGTEHGHEEKRY experience. That was my error. What I did not anticipate was that the levels of UDOCIP that I found intollerable were still within what moderators are willing to allow. Thus, by lighting my fires, I myself became a problem that had to be dealt with, and was duly chastised. My choice then was either to abandon the playground where my friends like to hang out and wallow in solipcistic selfrighteousness, or eat crow and STFU. It is a measure of my respect and affection for certain people here that I chose the latter.

I will only add to this that I will continue to find offensive things offensive. However, my claws have been dulled by what has transpired, and instead of battling assholes head on, I will have to let their shit go unchallenged. I have never used an ignore system, because that constitutes a distortion of reality. I will not live in a fool's paradise. Instead, I will bite my tongue and try not to let the fuckwads ruin it for me.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 18, 2007, 02:06:12 PM
My choice then was either to abandon the playground where my friends like to hang out and wallow in solipcistic selfrighteousness, or eat crow and STFU. It is a measure of my respect and affection for certain people here that I chose the latter.

Eat crow?  :-)

And I think plenty of people respect/love you too ivan. It would be horrible to see you go. (Love in a perfectly non-homosexual way... always laugh when someone has to add that in.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 18, 2007, 02:07:05 PM
I can still mock whomever I want though, right guys?

...guys?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 02:13:47 PM
I can still mock whomever I want though, right guys?

...guys?


Which one were you again?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 18, 2007, 02:15:01 PM
Which one were you again?

(http://www.geekforum.org/avatars/75640132842034286927d5.gif)<--
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 02:15:24 PM
Doesn't ring a bell.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 18, 2007, 02:16:43 PM
Doesn't ring a bell.

(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/7566/index3hv.jpg)?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 02:17:51 PM
That one rings one of those come and get it triangle thingies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 02:24:48 PM
What did you have?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 02:31:30 PM
I had the chicken fried steak dinner special.  Pretty cool place.  I loved the pickle slices that they bring to the table to start with.  The rye bread was good, the mashed potatoes were good, the country gravy was alright, the chicken fried steak was pretty good, the dinner vegetables were overcooked, the price unbeatable.  The ambiance was a complete throwback to a time long gone though.  The guy in the next booth over had a rather impressive looking reuben.  All in all a good experience.  Thanks for the suggestion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 02:50:57 PM
Very welcome. The ambience is what it's all about there. I've never had anything like the chicken fried steak -- I always get sandwich-type fare. The pickles are a great touch, and have been a feature since we've been going there, which is over 20 years now.

In the late 80s, we were regulars in the lounge for breakfast. The dining room was always packed with a waiting line, but if you didn't mind eating breakfast in a dark overstuffed booth while crusty old boozers sat at the bar a few feet away drinking their breakfasts, then you could usually just walk in and sit down without a wait and order anything from the menu. We got pretty friendly with the lounge waitress, and one day we told her we were contemplating a trip around Europe, including parts of Germany. She asked us to bring her back an Amon Duul CD. I had never heard of Amon Duul, but when we happened to be passing a Virigin Records store in downtown Munich, we popped in and looked around. We couldn't find anything by that name, so we asked a sales guy whether they carried anything by something called Amon Duul. "Ah," he smiled, "you want the oldies section." We brought back a couple of CDs -- all they had -- of what was actually Amon Duul II, but our friend was nonetheless very pleased. I still have a cassette of those disks -- pretty wild stuff. What was interesting is that our waitress friend was not a music-head, not into any kind of alty stuff... So we were scratching our heads over how in the world she came to be familiar with such (at that time at least) an esoteric German band. Of course, we asked her. Turns out, her ex-boyfriend, who indeed was a music head, listened to Amon Duul LPs a lot, and she grew to like them.

Just goes to show -- music is the most democratic of the arts, and a book's cover means jack.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 02:58:09 PM
Great story.  We never lived any place long enough (during our younger years) to be regulars anywhere.  Now that we're old I guess we could, but we never seem to have the time, nor the funds to do something like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 03:02:53 PM
Yeah, that was back in more carefree and fiscally fluid times. It was a weekly habit. Now we go there -- and all other places -- maybe twice a year.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 18, 2007, 03:15:24 PM
The moderators of this site have been tolerant of UDOCIP to such a degree that I mistook it for either extraordinary lenience or inatentiveness.
Honestly, I don't think there is a clear concensus or guideline on how lenient moderators need to be. For sure, this is not HN which you were used to. That's where judgement kicks in, and sometimes bad calls can be made. It happens.

Instead, I will bite my tongue and try not to let the fuckwads ruin it for me.
May I suggest that instead of lighting fires, or bottling up frustrations, that perhaps sending a pm to a moderator to express your concerns would probably be the best thing to do for everyone? That's what we are here for.

I get the sense from V's previous post, and from what you just posted, that part of you feels like you can't speak your mind anymore. And perhaps others feel the same way, I don't know. What I do know is that this is really not the case. When anything at all bothers you and it appears as though no one is reacting or doing anything, just talk to one of the mods.

I think everyone's goal here is the same. We wan't to make this place fun for everyone. For a lot of us, it's our intraweb home and we want to protect it. But we're a big family, and that means differences in opinions and approaches. The only way to make things as pleasant as possible is trough communication. So please, don't hold your tongue when something troubles you. I don't think that will be beneficial in the long run.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 18, 2007, 03:36:08 PM
However, I am endlessly perplexed when otherwise reasonable and intelligent people suffer fools.



(http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/images/baracus.gif)


 :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 04:06:41 PM
/me right click saves
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 04:50:28 PM
When anything at all bothers you and it appears as though no one is reacting or doing anything, just talk to one of the mods.

Well, I don't think a request like "Hey, I demand that you ban {insert name} because I find him a waste of my time" would propmt moderators to act, nor should it.

Frankly, I'm a bit perplexed that people have an impression that HN moderators were draconian. We were often quite lenient. Some of us were largely absent, others would ban only very reluctantly. I suppose I have a reputation for being ogrish in that respect, which really stems merely from the showmanship with which I tried to spice up what would otherwise be a routine banning. The vast majority of those I banned were unquestionably spammers and trolls.

The celebrated cases which resulted in upsets and the occassional mass exodus were not actual bannings, as I remember them, but squables between regulars. In that respect, as a moderator, I was very liberal. I let it happen. Regular posters have earned their right to shape the forums as they see fit. My job, as I saw it, was to protect the forums against the barbarians beating at the gate, not against internal strife.

I attempted to maintain a unique set of standards. HN was a place where one could redeem oneself by posting even one intelligent, correctly spelled message, and where one could be banned for refusing to do so. And while that was true, one could also flaunt every rule with impunity as long as he made people laugh. I loved that. Nowlege and Needles could get away with murder, because what they posted was awesome, and made the forums worth reading. There was no pretense of a "free speech" forum. HN was a meritocracy in which every person was judged by what he posted.

I would love to hear former HNers' thoughts on this, even if they completely contradict or reflect poorly on me. I still don't entirely understand why people like Fade and Cat walked off, and what could've been done to prevent that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 18, 2007, 05:48:00 PM
My general rule of thumb on HN as a moderator was "does [whatever] make the forum more entertaining?".

That was how I made banning decisions there.  If banning someone made the forum more entertaining, I did it.  If doing so made the forum less entertaining, I held off.

Like ivan, the vast majority of people I banned on HN were spammers and trolls.  But some I banned because it was funny to do so.

Some people that grated against other board members I kept around while I was in charge there.  The main reason for that was because without a little variety -- even of the Fool genus -- the place would start to get boring in a hurry.

In most cases, when the rest of the board was calling for blood on someone I stubbornly didn't want to ban, if that individual stuck around, they almost always turned out to be a valuable member of the forum after time went by.  I was only disappointed a few times.

You can't please everyone.  I know this.  Hell, sometimes not only does one not please everyone, but one struggles to even please a majority.

If I banned everyone on HN back-in-the-day that grated MY nerves or bothered ME in the way ivan described Evonus as bothering him, there would be some regulars on that list as well, at least a few of whom are in the "widely beloved" category by most, and some of whom may or may not have accounts here in addition to HN's forums.

So why didn't/don't I?

Is it because I'm more tolerant of this behavior than ivan or some others? 

No, I don't think so.  If anything, I'm probably more easily irritated by Teh Stupid than ivan is.

It's because it wouldn't be good for the forum as a whole, in my opinion, to whack every account that belonged to someone that got on my nerves.

If that means that some users are going to annoy some users, so be it.  If they don't break the rules, and make an honest effort to be a part of the community and not just a drooling nimrod, I say "hey, why not?  Who knows? They might grow into a quality member some day".  I've seen it in the past, and I'm sure I'll see it again.

And if they get tired of the abuse they get from other regulars because they are continuing to be fools, it's their choice whether to stay or not. 

But I dislike banning someone who's making an effort to contribute, even if they fall on their proverbial face in every attempt. 

That kind of shit just stinks of high school clique-ishness, and I like to think that most of us are at least a little above that, a little more sophisticated than excluding someone because they're not fitting in as well into our little lovefest.

You don't have to like it.  Hell, I don't have to like it either.  Most of the reasons people have listed for which they dislike Evonus I happen to agree with.

Feel free to continue to call him out on the carpet for it.  If he posts shit, or contradicts himself, or makes no sense, let him know.  I'll not defend posts that are garbage or intentional trolls.

But as long as he's making an honest effort and isn't breaking the rules, I won't ban his account. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 06:32:13 PM
That all makes a ton of sense, Demosthenes.

I'd like to add, on my own behalf, that my behaviour as a rank-and-file member here is different from my behaviour as a moderator at HN. I have no power over anyone -- all I have is words. So I use them, and I use them with no restraint, unlike the restraints I imposed upon myself when moderating. When I started a poll about banning Evonus, it was purely for antic reasons. I was laughing as I typed. It was funny to me, at the time, and I even thought it might be funny to Evonus. If he had any grit -- which I hope he does -- this would be just the kind of thread he could make a good showing in. But somehow my words were taken very seriously. Does anyone here think for one minute that I would've started such a thread if I thought it would actually cause Evonus to be banned? I doubt it. You should be accustomed to those kinds of antics from me. But I got everyone's message, which is basically that my jokes were too ill-natured for everyone's delicate sensibilities, and that Evonus is a precious buddling to be cherished and coddled.

Evonus, you should feel warm and welcomed, although I doubt unconditional acceptance is good for you. In any case, I've laid down the lance.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 06:39:48 PM
heh heh he said lance heh heh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 06:44:10 PM
Here is an excerpt from The Secret Sharer, by Joseph Conrad:

Quote
There must have been some glare in the air to interfere with one's sight, because it was only just before the sun left us that my roaming eyes made out beyond the highest ridges of the principal islet of the group something which did away with the solemnity of perfect solitude. The tide of darkness flowed on swiftly; and with tropical suddenness a swarm of stars came out above the shadowy earth, while I lingered yet, my hand resting lightly on my ship's rail as if on the shoulder of a trusted friend. But, with all that multitude of celestial bodies staring down at one, the comfort of quiet communion with her was gone for good. And there were also disturbing sounds by this time--voices, footsteps forward; the steward flitted along the main-deck, a busily ministering spirit; a hand bell tinkled urgently under the poop deck....

I found my two officers waiting for me near the supper table, in the lighted cuddy. We sat down at once, and as I help ed the chief mate, I said:

"Are you aware that there is a ship anchored inside the islands? I saw her mastheads above the ridge as the sun went down."

He raised sharply his simple face, overcharged by a terrible growth of whisker, and emitted his usual ejaculations: "Bless my soul, sir! You don't say so!"

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 06:50:33 PM
Now, here is the same excerpt after running it through the pbsaurus filter:

Quote
There must have been some glare in the air to interfere with one's sight, because it was only just before the sun left us that my roaming eyes made out beyond the highest ridges of the principal islet of the group something which did away with the solemnity of perfect solitude. The tide of darkness flowed on swiftly; and with tropical suddenness a swarm of stars came out above the shadowy earth, while I lingered yet, my hand resting lightly on my ship's rail as if on the shoulder of a trusted friend. But, with all that multitude of celestial bodies staring down at one, the comfort of quiet communion with her was gone for good. And there were also disturbing sounds by this time--voices, footsteps forward; the steward flitted along the main-deck, a busily ministering spirit; a hand bell tinkled urgently under the poop deck....

I found my two officers waiting for me near the supper table, in the lighted
cuddy. We sat down at once, and as I helped the chief mate, I said:

"Are you aware that there is a ship anchored inside the islands? I saw
her mastheads above the ridge as the sun went down."

He raised sharply his simple face, overcharged by a terrible growth of whisker, and emitted his usual
ejaculations: "Bless my soul, sir! You don't say so!"


Except Weird Tingly Feeling is a cuddy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 06:59:39 PM
Close.  But you missed disturbing sounds and mate.  Heh heh, heh heh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 18, 2007, 06:59:49 PM
Ivan, I know I reacted differently than you probably expected, and it wasn't because I thought you were actually serious about the poll. I know you better than that. Give me some credit here! hehe! I posted because jokes of this nature were starting to be less and less funny in my opinion, and also I couldn't close my eyes on the fact that evonus was actually making efforts. I just felt he deserved a chance, yet he wasn't really getting one and I was a little pissed about that.

When I say send a pm to a mod, I don't mean whiny "OMG CAN U BAN FR34XST0RZ16263???" Banination is not the only solution, especially when I know Chris is hoping to get the number of registrations to go up. Hence my tolerant side, when I feel there is potential for redemption. If there is no potential, then I'm just like you and demo were on HN: It can stick around as long as it's entertaining. When it ceases to be funny, it's spatula time.

To answer your question about HN, I was one of those who was really really bored with it in the last months of its existence. I would rarely look it up, and rarely would I post anything. I'll be very honest with you. What did it for me was the DM trolling of random nonsense, and those who encouraged it. It was funny at first, but it got so out of hand so fast. When you get to the point where you login in the morning, looking forward to see what has been happening, and 75% of it is HUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! posted by regulars (and even moderators sometimes), well it's really not funny anymore. There were plenty of idiots out there already, we didn't need the inside jobs. Like you, I have limited time to invest on a forum, and that was a waste of it. So I left.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 07:06:13 PM
So I left.

By that time, so had I -- at least in spirit. A few months before it went down, I made one last attempt to revive it, and failed. Moderators can't save a forum from itself.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 07:07:41 PM
Close.  But you missed disturbing sounds and mate.  Heh heh, heh heh

DANG!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 18, 2007, 07:18:45 PM
But I got everyone's message, which is basically that my jokes were too ill-natured for everyone's delicate sensibilities, and that Evonus is a precious buddling to be cherished and coddled.

I don't think we'll be "coddling" anyone here, and I think you know that.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 07:21:10 PM
I don't think we'll be "coddling" anyone here, and I think you know that.  :)

Except for me of course, but then that goes without saying.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2007, 07:24:19 PM
I don't think we'll be "coddling" anyone here, and I think you know that.  :)

I know. I just wanted to work in the "precious buddling" bit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 18, 2007, 07:25:03 PM
I know. I just wanted to work in the "precious buddling" bit.

Right.  Carry on then.  As you were.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 18, 2007, 08:02:18 PM
HN was like a gang.  You had to get jumped in to be accepted.  You had to bring something to the "family" and you had to R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Aretha (or at least Martha).

Now, get funny or piss off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 18, 2007, 08:03:39 PM
HN was like a gang.  You had to get jumped in to be accepted.  You had to bring something to the "family" and you had to R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Aretha (or at least Martha).

Now, get funny or piss off.
con-fucking-cur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 18, 2007, 08:26:15 PM
Great, now let's all cuddle!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 18, 2007, 08:37:34 PM
Great, now let's all cuddle!

Sure, you bring the gravy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 18, 2007, 09:08:57 PM
So we's a gravy cuddling gang now?

 band name!!...

 The Gravy Lumps

 "G" Cuddles

 Cuddlegravy

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 18, 2007, 10:01:29 PM
I would love to hear former HNers' thoughts on this, even if they completely contradict or reflect poorly on me. I still don't entirely understand why people like Fade and Cat walked off, and what could've been done to prevent that.

Because there was simply too much stupid, even from regulars (see TehJudge's comment on DM's trolling). It eventually became apparent that the only way to make it clear that the forum wasn't an appealing place any longer for those of us who were fed up with it was to leave.

By the way, ivan, I still love you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 19, 2007, 06:56:16 AM
I'll bring the cheese for pb's love fest.

From the point of view of someone who spent years on HN but very rarely said anything, it just going real boring to read during the year or so of it's existence.  I'm just glad I found out about here before HN went belly up.  I know I don't say much on the forums but I do read every day.  I enjoy the serious discussions, the movie/music/book recommendations, the helpful technical bits and yes the jokes and stupidity.  Since this forum technically belongs to Chris I think what really matters is that he is happy with the way it is growing.  If it changes into something I don't enjoy to read I'll stop reading.

For me what is important is that I can imagine hanging out in a bar with a bunch of you and I think the conversations wouldn't be much different than they are here on the forum.  Speaking of bar's I miss hearing from Ergo, and that crazy swede Kryzec.

back to work....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 19, 2007, 07:52:41 AM
My only complaint with The Geek Forum (OMGLOLBBQWTF!!!11!one!) - and the internets in general - is that I've grown weary of serious discussions online in general and even though I want to spew forth my (correct) opinions on matters that appear to be life-altering and of utmost importance, I realize that there's no point.  I just don't have the energy to explain to the likes of Evonus how he is wrong when he explains that because the government doesn't take away all of our rights, they're 'granting' us rights.  That's like saying that because time hasn't allowed star light to reach us from all corners of the universe, time is thereby granting us darkness.

This complaint of mine, of course, isn't going to be resolved here, or anywhere else online.  So, I'll skim those discussions and, where I see fit, I'll interject something funny in an attempt to derail the serious tone and remind everyone where they are.


Darkness just is.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 19, 2007, 08:58:09 AM
The decline and fall of Hacker Network was the result of four major events (I might not be remembering them in the correct order):

!. The server hack that broke the frontpage. When I had joined, the frontpage was a constantly changing showcase of the interesting and funny topics from the forum. It may seem kind of silly, but getting a topic on the frontpage was an incentive to post good topics (at least it was for me). It was a way to gauge the quality of topics. It also brought in a steady flow of members that became regulars. The site seemed more alive to the casual observer.

@. BizB got a new job. Before the new job, BizB would post several new, interesting or funny topics in the first few hours of the work day. BizB played a major part in setting topics of discussion and the general tone for the day.

#. Demo quit. He was also a major player in creating the topics of the day. You can't have such a loud voice in a room go silent without making the room seem a little empty.

Eventually other members started drifting away. More so than the regular ebb and flow of a forum. This was a gradual diaspora. In the vacuum of real topics, nonsense flourished. Some of the nonsense could even be entertaining (well, if you like DM's sense of humour [which I do]). There wasn't anything else going on. Even the flow of script kiddies to screw with had slowed.

$. The Turkish deathblow. It was almost merciful when it came. Although, I still miss screwing with the script kiddies. At very least, it is a shame that the old forum couldn't be restored and locked as some sort a museum.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 19, 2007, 10:11:10 AM
I'm still curious as to why these Turkish scoundrels decided to hack HN. I guess I'm still thinking that it was meant as a revenge of some kind, though logic would dictate that nobody actually knows for sure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 19, 2007, 10:29:34 AM
I'm glad I could be so loud over there.   That's the nicest thing you've ever said about me, milifist :lol:


I'm with BizB on the subject of serious discussions.  I don't have the energy to get very involved in them anymore, particularly when some participants need point-by-point correction on their logic that I've given others time and time again in the past.

Anymore it takes a lot to drag me into a protracted discussion of that nature.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 19, 2007, 11:12:01 AM
For me, serious discussions are still a lithmus test. A person who can't understand and deliver logical argument in a serious discussion is rarely worth talking with at all. Being funny and entertaining is as much a brain function as being dead serious. That doesn't mean I want to have serious discussions all the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 19, 2007, 11:18:03 AM

By the way, ivan, I still love you.


Ahem.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 19, 2007, 12:53:05 PM
I love DM's sense of humor.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 19, 2007, 02:24:29 PM
He has his moments, I'll definitely give him that.  Other times I want to strangle him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 19, 2007, 02:36:55 PM
BizB is to comedy as Christopher Lloyd is to comedy :: DM is to comedy as Andy Kaufman is to comedy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 19, 2007, 02:42:51 PM
When he first joined HN, I thought he was mostly annoying. I didn't know him as long as you other guys. I really didn't get it. Then everyone started posting the sweet lovin' and I had to start lurking Somewhere to understand anything you guys posted. Eventually I did get it (it helped to learn he was a big fan of Carlin and Kaufman).



If it helps anyone, the things that influence my humour the most are The Simpson's (obviously), and Ghoulardi (by proxy through my dad who was a big fan).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 19, 2007, 02:45:18 PM
pbsaurus is to comedy as _______ is to comedy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 19, 2007, 03:49:56 PM
For me, serious discussions are still a lithmus test. A person who can't understand and deliver logical argument in a serious discussion is rarely worth talking with at all. Being funny and entertaining is as much a brain function as being dead serious. That doesn't mean I want to have serious discussions all the time.


Amen.

That said, I too don't spend hours and hours online anymore. The time I do spend here, I'd rather spend reading quality, intelligent debate and the funny, instead of nonsense and drivel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 19, 2007, 05:24:34 PM
BizB is to comedy as Christopher Lloyd is to comedy :: DM is to comedy as Andy Kaufman is to comedy.

I disagree, largely because I grok Andy Kaufman.

DM is to comedy as Tom Green is to comedy.  He has his moments, but the signal to noise ratio is a bit off in my opinion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 19, 2007, 06:06:46 PM
Kryzec always made me laugh because he was a foreigner.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 19, 2007, 07:10:43 PM
I disagree, largely because I grok Andy Kaufman.

DM is to comedy as Tom Green is to comedy.  He has his moments, but the signal to noise ratio is a bit off in my opinion.
That is solid.  Good call.  +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 20, 2007, 07:02:10 AM
Kryzec always made me laugh because he was a foreigner.
+1 for the out of left field chuckle
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 20, 2007, 03:37:15 PM
A public note to lupolux:


I went to school with one of the professors who was killed at VT.

I'll thank you kindly to refrain from reducing the Time + Tragedy = Comedy to this...
Now + 33 Dead = Phototshop material.

From the moment it's okay to make Columbine jokes, mark 8 years and then come back and make your VT massacre jokes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 20, 2007, 03:39:06 PM
Ok, so it wasn't just me.  Thanks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 20, 2007, 03:42:21 PM
Oh, and I didn't know that sanjaya had some sort of meltdown because I haven't really been watching the news.  If something was taking attention away from VT, that's probably a good thing since all of the students just want to be left the fuck alone anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 20, 2007, 03:46:06 PM
I don't know anyone who's ever been to VT, but lupolux' despicable trolling still pissed me off.

So did NBC's.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 20, 2007, 03:47:48 PM
I'm never going to watch NBC again! (Until Heroes comes back on Monday but then I'm not watching it after that! (Until Heroes comes back on Monday but then I'm not watching it after that!(Until Heroes comes back on Monday but then I'm not watching it after that! )(Until Heroes comes back on Monday but then I'm not watching it after that! )))
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 20, 2007, 03:49:03 PM
Heroes is also shown on SciFi, I believe. At least it was.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 20, 2007, 03:50:15 PM
That would require that one have cable or satellite reception in their home.

To be honest, though, I watch Heroes on Tuesday or Wednesday online.  They don't have commercials there and I can watch it at my leisure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 20, 2007, 03:52:45 PM
Even better.

Have you tried pirating? The cable companies are rich enough already, so it's ok.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 20, 2007, 04:00:09 PM
No need to pirate, NBC puts it on their wesbite.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 20, 2007, 04:05:13 PM
I meant pirating cable. It's common practice around where I live. The cable company sends guys out just to look for the strange bits of cable that seem to sprout off the main line overnight like vines in a jungle.

I wonder why that's called "pirating", and not "ninjaing"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 20, 2007, 05:45:30 PM
I meant pirating cable. It's common practice around where I live. The cable company sends guys out just to look for the strange bits of cable that seem to sprout off the main line overnight like vines in a jungle.

I wonder why that's called "pirating", and not "ninjaing"?


I have friends who pirate TV and cable, and I don't understand why you'd want to do that if you could just download TV shows minus commericals and shit with pirated WiFi.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 20, 2007, 06:22:25 PM
What the hell did I miss?  What did the irritating little bastard post that's got you guys so worked up?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 20, 2007, 06:44:45 PM
She posted an image of the Virginia Tech shooter holding a hammer, but with the head of some American Idolatry contestant's face pasted in.

I found it mildly inappropriate.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 20, 2007, 07:08:46 PM
I deleted it, and will ban it next time.













edit - ok, so maybe I won't then.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 20, 2007, 07:11:44 PM
BTW - who put that thread back up?? 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 20, 2007, 07:21:50 PM
Never mind.
Quote
« Last Edit: Today at 05:35:43 PM by Chris »

It was an image the first time she posted; I deleted it about five minutes later. Nobody saw it but me. I guess he changed it to a link. Maybe she complained. I don't know.
 Sorry ya had to see it. I tried. I figured not only was it distasteful, stupid, inane, and offensive to an old fart like me; but we have a lot of decent adults and college-attending people too. Not to mention our favourite teacher being a teacher in Virginia.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on April 20, 2007, 09:11:21 PM
On a lighter and more loserly note, it's Friday night...I'm eating haagen-dazs right out of the container, watching what not to wear, posting here and checking my okcupid account.  I'm taking this pathetically single thing head on, bitches!  And by that I mean I'm being really lazy about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 20, 2007, 09:18:57 PM
Sounds a little like what I'm doing tonight.  I'm watching Numb3rs though.  One of my favourite nerdy nerd shows.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 20, 2007, 09:30:36 PM
I've got 12 Monkeys going on right now...my god that kicks ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on April 20, 2007, 10:15:27 PM
I snuck out of work early. I'm making myself some dinner. Josh has to work overtime until 3am, so I'm on my own tonight.

And what am I choosing to do? Give in my urges to perform spring cleaning.

 :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on April 20, 2007, 10:42:00 PM
I've spent friday night catching up with my long forgotten childhood pastime - ripping apart electrical goods and screwing with the components.

So far I've made a phone that plugs into an audio jack, I'm easilly amused =)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 21, 2007, 02:29:25 AM
Nobody saw it but me.

I did.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 21, 2007, 04:00:48 AM
I did.
Nah; the first time it was only up for about five minutes. The only members that were on at the time were Socrates, BizB, buddamus, and ivan was on, then off, then back on. I only know for sure because I was watching everyone to see if anyone went to look at it and comment. No one did, and in five minutes it had really made me mad seeing it, so I deleted it. You must've seen it after it was put back up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 21, 2007, 04:03:38 AM
checking my okcupid account. 
*signs up*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 21, 2007, 07:31:10 AM
Nah; the first time it was only up for about five minutes. The only members that were on at the time were Socrates, BizB, buddamus, and ivan was on, then off, then back on. I only know for sure because I was watching everyone to see if anyone went to look at it and comment. No one did, and in five minutes it had really made me mad seeing it, so I deleted it. You must've seen it after it was put back up.

It was put back up? I can't seem to find it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 21, 2007, 07:44:47 AM
It was in the General Forums. I deleted it; it went into the Deleted Crap (which you cant see)
Then it was back in the General forums again, and the "last edited" tag said Chris. Then Detta deleted it a second time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on April 21, 2007, 07:51:50 AM
Cool. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy.




(Crazier than usual, anyway.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 21, 2007, 01:10:08 PM
Since I'm sportin' a new widescreen monitor for my desktop machine at home, I went on a hunt for some new wallpapers this morning.  Found a site that had some good stuff in higher-resolutions (I'm running 1680x1050).

Interfacelift.com (http://interfacelift.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 22, 2007, 04:34:11 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/goat_tree.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 22, 2007, 07:28:22 PM
Its the goatse tree!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on April 22, 2007, 09:41:52 PM
At lest the real Goatse only had one pair of hands!

(Oh no, what have I done (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=715)? >.<)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 23, 2007, 12:06:54 AM
For a minute I thought you were lamenting exposing your knowledge of Goatse trivia.







 :lol: ... quantum fetish mechanics...  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on April 23, 2007, 02:07:05 AM
I'm almost afraid to Google "comunal anal stretching" to check the validity of the theory =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 23, 2007, 02:12:51 AM
Here, (no cookie trail)

http://www.whythefuckwouldyawannalookthatup.omg (http://www.scroogle.org/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on April 23, 2007, 02:25:39 AM
Haha, I ment in case there were matching results, but thanks, I'd never heard of Scroogle.

QFM, it would seem, does not hold water in this instance. *Phew*  :lol:

(This is probably about the time chaners would invoke Rule-34 =P)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on April 23, 2007, 02:59:43 AM
Indeed, rule 34 could easily be invoked here,

... and it usually does  =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 23, 2007, 05:13:19 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/goat_time_cover_092004.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 23, 2007, 08:41:31 PM
There's an actual wikipedia entry on Goatse, and some of the mirrors, and it also talks about an ongoing auction for the domain name.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 24, 2007, 01:37:22 AM
There's an actual wikipedia entry on Goatse, and some of the mirrors, and it also talks about an ongoing auction for the domain name.

I wonder what the bid is at. I want to own goatse!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 24, 2007, 08:23:52 AM
We should all chip in a few thousand dollars and make goatse our new domain name! That's SURE to make the spambots leave us alone!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 24, 2007, 02:40:22 PM
We should all chip in a few thousand dollars and make goatse our new domain name! That's SURE to make the spambots leave us alone!

Then we could be the spambots!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 24, 2007, 05:14:32 PM
ok.... GO! (http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 24, 2007, 05:16:19 PM
Site won't work on my work compy :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 24, 2007, 05:18:52 PM
You have to name the 50 states in 10 minutes.

You can probably do it in 5.

I started at the 9 minute mark, and had 47 named by the 4 minute mark, then stared at the countdown with a blank mind until the end.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 24, 2007, 05:19:37 PM
Actually, you can probably do it in 2 or 3.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 24, 2007, 05:39:38 PM
ok.... GO! (http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html)

I fail at this due to my inability to spell
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 24, 2007, 05:43:13 PM
Quelle surprise.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 24, 2007, 05:44:15 PM
 :?

What's "goatse"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 24, 2007, 05:49:15 PM
*BUZZ!*

"What's the last thing you want your mother to ask you?"

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 24, 2007, 05:53:21 PM
Oh come on, you mean you didn't send your mom links to goatse after she continuously spammed you with those internet hoaxes and chain emails?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 24, 2007, 05:56:31 PM
Oh come on, you mean you didn't send your mom links to goatse after she continuously spammed you with those internet hoaxes and chain emails?

Hmmmmm.  That's a good idea.  My mom is CONSTANTLY sending me stupid internet hoaxes and chain emails.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 24, 2007, 07:41:09 PM
Make sure that you send it in the following format
Quote
Dear friend,
This is real!  I saw it on snopes.com The authority for internet hoaxes - link goes to article (http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/godhands.asp)
Tell all your friends they need to see this!
[insert goatse image here]
Mail this to 15 people in the next 10 minutes and the Taco Bell dog will sing you a song on your desktop!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 25, 2007, 01:53:56 PM
This one is awesome (http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/56498_GoatseGame.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 25, 2007, 02:01:37 PM
This one is awesome (http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/56498_GoatseGame.jpg)

lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 25, 2007, 05:21:57 PM
So when people roll 5 of a kind they yell "GOATSE!!!!!!".

Brilliant!

Some of you may remember this, but this is my conceptual packaging image I created around the application I was stuck helping code in-house to do project and task tracking at my last job.  In one of the design by committee brainstorming meetings on this application they were looking for ideas for a name for it, and I suggested "General Accounting Time System/Entry" for it, or "G.O.A.T.S.E." for short, and the project managers liked it, so the name stuck.   :lol:

Here's the image I threw together for what I imagined the packaging might look like if we ever polished the app up and sold it to our clients as an add-on (since this was for the software company for whom I worked):

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/goat_packaging.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 25, 2007, 08:44:12 PM
HECTAR is not enough.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 26, 2007, 04:46:02 PM
I just noticed I just passed '1337' posts...I guess I'm Beyond 1337 now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 26, 2007, 05:24:45 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling are you on about?

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1355/agenttyc3.png)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 26, 2007, 05:29:30 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling are you on about?

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1355/agenttyc3.png)

omfg pb is teh l337 h4x0r!!!!!!!!1    :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 26, 2007, 05:32:17 PM
OMG HAX MY POSTS ASPLODE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on April 26, 2007, 05:35:41 PM
OMG HAX MY POSTS ASPLODE!

Quick man, spam to get back to your elite position of 1337dom.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BDC256 on April 27, 2007, 10:00:27 PM
Just got my drivers license today. I know it's sad it took me unitl I was 21.  Now I just need a car.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on April 28, 2007, 08:19:07 AM
Quote
Posts: leet

Haha, gold!  I wish I knew who to +1 for that! =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 28, 2007, 11:26:43 AM
Haha, gold!  I wish I knew who to +1 for that! =P

ditto
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 29, 2007, 08:21:07 PM
T'was I whose posts were leet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on April 30, 2007, 06:34:34 PM
T'was I whose posts were leet.

But who set them that way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on April 30, 2007, 08:56:43 PM
I did, with much hard work and dedication. And skillz of course.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on April 30, 2007, 11:23:39 PM
Haha, gold!  I wish I knew who to +1 for that! =P

You can mail you +1 checks to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 01, 2007, 12:50:15 AM
The ê is in the mail
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 01, 2007, 09:28:08 AM
You can mail you +1 checks to me.

Done!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on May 01, 2007, 09:42:40 AM
 :x


I hate applying for new jobs. I never have any good references to give. I've spent too much time working in family-owned businesses. Makes it hard to give a reference who isn't related. The vast majority of people I've worked with in the last 10 years were related somehow.


 :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 01, 2007, 10:23:37 AM
:x


I hate applying for new jobs. I never have any good references to give. I've spent too much time working in family-owned businesses. Makes it hard to give a reference who isn't related. The vast majority of people I've worked with in the last 10 years were related somehow.


 :x

Change your name, they'll never figure you out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 01, 2007, 04:23:44 PM
Just make up some shit, by the time they realize (if ever) that the resume was full of crap they'll realize you're good enough to do the job and won't care.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 01, 2007, 05:46:17 PM
Just make up some shit, by the time they realize (if ever) that the resume was full of crap they'll realize you're good enough to do the job and won't care.
If the dean of MIT's admissions department can get away with it, why can't you?
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/04/23/daily40.html

...answer:  Because she stirred the pot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 01, 2007, 05:58:08 PM
Firstly she had some balls (ovaries...no it doesn't work...balls) to lie to become a goddamn DEAN, and secondly it was pretty cool of her to tell parents to quit driving their kids insane with perfection. Hope Fark gave this a Hero tag.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 01, 2007, 06:15:35 PM
Ya know, it must be a really dismal, shitty life to just go
around being a Total Dick just because that's how you are. Ya
know that cool feeling you get when you help someone out, or
just be nice to someone? Well, apparently, as a Dick, you don't
get that. You just go around being in a foul mood and living
life wallowing in shitty emotions and stress. Good grief. Shit,
by now I actually do feel sorry for the guy. What a shitty, mean,
little life. Then he'll die. Damn.
*back to work*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 01, 2007, 06:28:03 PM
Total Dicks suck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 01, 2007, 07:15:28 PM
Ya know, it must be a really dismal, shitty life to just go
around being a Total Dick just because that's how you are. Ya
know that cool feeling you get when you help someone out, or
just be nice to someone? Well, apparently, as a Dick, you don't
get that. You just go around being in a foul mood and living
life wallowing in shitty emotions and stress. Good grief. Shit,
by now I actually do feel sorry for the guy. What a shitty, mean,
little life. Then he'll die. Damn.
*back to work*


Was that directed at me?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 01, 2007, 07:33:21 PM
They were both talking about me.

I can't help it.  It's just the way I am.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 01, 2007, 07:46:31 PM
They were both talking about me.

I can't help it.  It's just the way I am.

Damn, and I thought it was directed towards me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 01, 2007, 08:36:32 PM
They have a support group for that sort of affliction and, I might add, a retreat for Big Dick get-togethers (Total Dicks of course are allways welcome)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 01, 2007, 09:22:59 PM
They have a support group for that sort of affliction and, I might add, a retreat for Big Dick get-togethers (Total Dicks of course are allways welcome)


If I was ever in the area I would stay there just because that name is so innuendotastic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 02, 2007, 01:17:31 AM
Quote
innuendotastic.

... Good word
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 02, 2007, 10:17:45 AM
Was that directed at me?
:?  You're kidding, right? Talking about a guy at work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 02, 2007, 10:47:51 AM
Hey, I'm a guy at work. In body, if not in mind, at least.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 02, 2007, 01:02:02 PM
My favourite quote of the day...

"In these bones you see what war is like. I know war now. I'll tell you what it is. War is young men killing other young men they do not know on the orders of old men who know one another too well." (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bonedigger2may02,0,6539020.story?coll=la-home-world)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 02, 2007, 01:02:36 PM
Yep
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 02, 2007, 01:11:51 PM
Read the hard copy of that this morning.

And, yep.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 02, 2007, 04:30:48 PM
Yep.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 02, 2007, 04:31:33 PM
Oh god I think I'm getting a crush on my idiot boss. Shoot me now plzkthxbye.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 02, 2007, 04:55:23 PM
Have you shared your feelings with him?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on May 03, 2007, 07:07:40 AM
It is amazing the difference between a good, quality, (expensive), silk necktie and an average one. From now on, only really good ones for me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 03, 2007, 10:10:00 AM
Have you shared your feelings with him?


Nope. I'm just going to take some Tylenol and lie down until the feeling passes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 03, 2007, 10:29:15 AM
Tylenol's good for that?   :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 03, 2007, 12:57:16 PM
Bee See is down?

WHAT GIVES?!?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 03, 2007, 12:59:30 PM
Yep, sadness ensues
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 03, 2007, 03:37:40 PM
So, my next door neighbor is one of those ultra-annoying fuckers who repeats myths/inaccuracies/urban legends as though they are fact.  And he's so incredibly intelligent that, when you try to correct him, he argues about it because, of course, he's smarter that you are.  It doesn't matter who "you" are, he's smarter than you.  Just ask him.  A couple weeks ago, he tells a group of us that the reason that blacks have "taken over" most sports is because they have an extra ligament in their knee that allows them to run faster and jump better than white people.  I point out that this is total crap of the myth variety, he argues about it.  Last night, he informs a group of us that Jagermeister is made with deer's blood.  I point out that this is crap of the urban legend variety, he argues about it.  I think it may be time to find a series of polite ways out of associating with this idiot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 03, 2007, 03:40:16 PM
Just print out all the snopes pages and have them handy to go "bam" whenever he does this.  Public embarassment is the only thing that will put an end to his behavior.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 03, 2007, 03:42:42 PM
Funny you should mention that.  I just got done printing out the Snopes page on Jagermeister.  I plan on leaving it under his windshield wiper tonight.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 03, 2007, 03:47:19 PM
The original urban myth, at least the one I first heard in the 70s, attributed african athleticism to an extra bone in the leg. I wonder why it morphed into a ligament?

The deer's blood in Jagermeister myth is not even worthy of being a myth. There's a deer on the label. You need like zero imagination to come up with that one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 03, 2007, 03:56:23 PM
Ves, being passive aggressive?  I kinda pegged you to be more of the overtly aggressive type.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 03, 2007, 05:15:44 PM
She'll wait until he finds the note and reads it, and THEN she'll punch him in the nose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 03, 2007, 05:18:16 PM
Hope so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 03, 2007, 05:29:21 PM
Ves, being passive aggressive?  I kinda pegged you to be more of the overtly aggressive type.
Well, you read my story.  Overtly aggressive doesn't work.  He stands there and argues about it because...he's the smartest person in the FREAKING room!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 03, 2007, 05:36:09 PM
You need to find another room.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 03, 2007, 05:52:40 PM
Agreed,

I expected something on the order of stapling it to his forehead or another insignificant part of his anatomy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 03, 2007, 05:58:11 PM
Well, you read my story.  Overtly aggressive doesn't work.  He stands there and argues about it because...he's the smartest person in the FREAKING room!!!

Well that's a good start for the passive aggressive approach.  If you need any more tips, my wife says I'm a master...and how can I argue with that ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 03, 2007, 09:06:22 PM
That's absurd.  Everyone knows that black people are better at sports because of medulla oblongata.  Mamma says it's because they gots all them inches in they pants and no place to put 'em.


Seriously.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 04, 2007, 12:24:28 AM
Black people are better at sports because the secret Soviet communists that took over the lost city of Atlantis after the fall of the USSR steal them during the night and enhance them so that their success can create racial stereotypes and myths and bring down the great western world.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 04, 2007, 12:40:45 PM
Is this before or after they created May Day?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 04, 2007, 01:26:22 PM
Is this before or after they created May Day?

Obviously after because May day has been around longer than the fall of the soviet union.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on May 06, 2007, 09:16:25 PM
Well, you read my story.  Overtly aggressive doesn't work.  He stands there and argues about it because...he's the smartest person in the FREAKING room!!!

I feel your pain V ... that was my ex husband's fave line "... but I was the smartest guy in the room" <gag/>.  Sometimes you can almost block out what the dumbasses are saying but its that condescending "I've got a superior intellect" tone that's like nails on a chalkboard making a person want to ram the speaker's tongue down their throat and pull it out via their left nostril.

Hmm ... I think I have a little pent up rage.  If you want help dealing with the neighbour dude I'll gladly assist  :evil:.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 08, 2007, 12:10:05 PM
So, here's an excellent add-on to this story. For well over three months now, I have been telling fuckwad neighbor that he has a leak in his sprinkler line.  He has claimed every time that the problem is that the sprinkler head just needs to be adjusted (turned 'inward').  Part of my back yard has been wet for so long that the ground has a covering of mold/mildew on it.  I LIVE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.  IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT!!!  For the most part, we don't have mold/mildew problems here.  So, this past weekend I happen to go outside right after his sprinklers shut off.  I can see water FLOWING through the cinder block wall and pooling in my yard.  I go inside and call him on his cell phone.  He tells me "the dog probably bumped the sprinkler head" and he just needs to adjust it again.  This morning, before work, I go in the back yard again, and see the same thing; water flowing through the fence and pooling in my yard.  Then I hear asshole back there; turns out that he's talking to me.  He tells me - and this is just eye-rollingly DUH - "I think I might have a leak in my sprinkler line.  I can see all the water in your yard, and my yard is just soaked to the point that it's mushy".  Well, fucking DUH!!!!  I've only been saying this for three months.  But of course, I have no flaming clue what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 08, 2007, 12:29:45 PM
Well, at first I was going to make a comment about your idiot neighbor's gender bias (every woman runs into this sort of thing all the time), but I think it's possible that your neighbor does and says those things to you not because you're a woman, but because he is actually a complete and total moron. Against such idiocy, even the comforting protective male appendage offers no defense. I have dealt with these kinds of clowns, with much the same results as you, and I'm a man. Honest, I am. I think if I were a woman, it would sting more, because there is the overall smarmy "let me tell you how it is little lady" attitude, but the results are the same for everyone. Filthy stupid is filthy stupid. The only benefit I have as a man in dealing with this kind of cretin is that the exchange might trigger a testosterone rage that might result in injury or death, thus preventing the promulgation of his genes. Good for society, but not so good for me.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 08, 2007, 01:49:32 PM
I love it when an auto mechanic or someone of that ilk pulls that on my wife.  It's so fun to see her eat them alive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 08, 2007, 01:56:08 PM
"Yeh, your bulb sockets are out of filament. We can change just the bulbs; but unless we go ahead and swap out the sockets, too, it's just gonna burn another bulb out eventually."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 08, 2007, 04:25:03 PM
You could always take some bolt cutters at night and chop the hose into as many pieces as you can. Boy will he ever be suprised in the morning!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 08, 2007, 04:30:35 PM
Hose?  There's no hose.  It's a sprinkler line.  He put in his own sprinkler system and has a leak in a PVC pipe that he buried.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 08, 2007, 04:39:10 PM
Oh sorry, I misunderstood. It's a bit harder, but with a long bit and a good strong cordless drill you could make many holes in it at night as well, and get much the same result. Another good idea would be to somehow block off the sprinkler until SOMETHING explodes from the pent up pressure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 08, 2007, 04:39:31 PM
That plan wouldn't make her yard any LESS wet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 08, 2007, 05:02:58 PM
Yeah!  More Detta!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 08, 2007, 05:07:34 PM
Only about 28 days left of school!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 08, 2007, 05:31:52 PM
:kickass

Be sure to tell us what happens 28 Days Later.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 08, 2007, 05:35:10 PM
That plan wouldn't make her yard any LESS wet.

The idea is to let the water leak underground in HIS yard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 08, 2007, 07:29:49 PM
Does anyone know if burnt steel wool is iron oxide? I've heard conflicting reports about this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 08, 2007, 07:32:08 PM
yes
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 08, 2007, 09:41:31 PM
Be sure to tell us what happens 28 Days Later.

This gets the official seal of lame. Congrats sir!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 08, 2007, 10:13:37 PM
I'm watching that movie right now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 08, 2007, 10:15:35 PM
Does anyone know if burnt steel wool is iron oxide? I've heard conflicting reports about this.

Iron oxide is rust.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 08, 2007, 11:10:19 PM
I'm watching that movie right now.

Greatest Brit-Flick ever.

Friday fast aproaches! =D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2007, 10:15:15 AM
I'm in Washington D.C. on training all week. It's a pretty neat place so far. However it was a great letdown when I found out that the National Mall wasn't what I had in mind.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 09, 2007, 11:41:44 AM
Iron oxide is rust.

Correct.  Another word for "burning" is "oxidation".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 09, 2007, 12:14:17 PM
I'm in Washington D.C. on training all week. It's a pretty neat place so far. However it was a great letdown when I found out that the National Mall wasn't what I had in mind.  :-(

It may not have a Gap store, but things are still being bought and sold there.

Souls, for instance.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 09, 2007, 12:15:25 PM
Correct.  Another word for "burning" is "oxidation".

Oh good call, thanks everyone for indulging my n00bishness. The reason I asked was because on several sources of thermite recipes (textfiles.com, TOTSE, Anarchist Cookbook, all the standard places the Darwin Award hopeful goes for extremely dangerous ideas), the given way to prepare iron oxide is with steel wool in water (sometimes with electricity to speed up the process), and I was wondering why they wouldn't just stick a nine-volt into a clump of steel wool and burn it all up in a few seconds.

Apparently they're just not that smart, which comes as no suprise to me since many of those sites still have plans for blotto boxes and other such uber-1337 yet wholly imaginary things.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: milifist on May 09, 2007, 12:23:55 PM
I'm almost afraid to ask, but why are you reading up on making thermite?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 09, 2007, 12:24:07 PM
Oh good call, thanks everyone for indulging my n00bishness. The reason I asked was because on several sources of thermite recipes (textfiles.com, TOTSE, Anarchist Cookbook, all the standard places the Darwin Award hopeful goes for extremely dangerous ideas), the given way to prepare iron oxide is with steel wool in water (sometimes with electricity to speed up the process), and I was wondering why they wouldn't just stick a nine-volt into a clump of steel wool and burn it all up in a few seconds.

Apparently they're just not that smart, which comes as no suprise to me since many of those sites still have plans for blotto boxes and other such uber-1337 yet wholly imaginary things.
I expect a new influx of 11 year old girls joining the forum over the next couple of days.

Carnivore+=1;
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 09, 2007, 12:26:27 PM
I'm almost afraid to ask, but why are you reading up on making thermite?

Did you read my posts about mice in that other thread?  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 09, 2007, 12:30:57 PM
The word "overkill" inexplicably came to mind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 09, 2007, 12:32:48 PM
Too much is ALWAYS better than not enough.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 09, 2007, 12:59:17 PM
: /   just got some sort of notice claiming it's been 20 years since I graduated High School or something. Bullshit. I graduated in 1987. That's not . . .



20



years



ago.  Crap.
*wheezes*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2007, 02:25:20 PM
20 years isn't anything. Don't sweat it.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 09, 2007, 02:26:47 PM
Dude, mine was two years ago, you young whippersnapper.  Kids these days, sheeesh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2007, 02:29:38 PM
Breaktime is over. Back to my boring class now. If only I could get that cute Korean guy sitting next to me to give me his number...

j/k
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 09, 2007, 02:31:36 PM
If he does, be sure to say Kamsahamnida.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 09, 2007, 03:39:32 PM
20 years isn't anything. Don't sweat it.  :-D

I resent that!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 11, 2007, 01:16:46 PM
I had no idea there was a such a large gay area in DC. It's really different here. People are more friendly than in Los Angeles. I'm homesick though and can't wait to go back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 11, 2007, 01:19:21 PM
I had no idea there was a such a large gay area in DC.

yeah duh, it's called "the senate" har har
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 11, 2007, 01:41:31 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/11/wrussia11.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/11/wrussia11.xml)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 11, 2007, 02:39:43 PM
Xol, I'll wave at you in DC when I pass through there this evening.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on May 11, 2007, 10:08:32 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/11/wrussia11.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/11/wrussia11.xml)

Of course that guy could do crunches on a bed of broken glass ... his back hair was as thick as a flak jacket!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 12, 2007, 08:26:52 AM
:-D +1 for the back-haired flak jacket!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 14, 2007, 03:43:53 PM
tired...sick...can't keep eyes open...head exploding any minute now...want to DIE!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 14, 2007, 04:31:51 PM
+1 for still being gorgeous through all that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 14, 2007, 07:11:02 PM
The other day I found a shitty plastic purse with seventy dollars in quarters in my 73 Vega I keep parked on my lawn. I took out the seats and steering wheel so I didn't bother to lock the doors, so it doesn't suprise me that somebody would try and go in there, but I have no idea why this money is here. I've spent half of it, but I'm a bit worried about somebody coming back to look for it. What would you guys do?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 14, 2007, 07:12:36 PM
Paint the Vega yellow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 14, 2007, 07:18:20 PM
The other day I found a shitty plastic purse with seventy dollars in quarters in my 73 Vega I keep parked on my lawn. I took out the seats and steering wheel so I didn't bother to lock the doors, so it doesn't suprise me that somebody would try and go in there, but I have no idea why this money is here. I've spent half of it, but I'm a bit worried about somebody coming back to look for it. What would you guys do?

Spend the other half.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 14, 2007, 07:22:34 PM
I'm planning on spending it. My first thought was that a crazy crackhead must have done it, but that doesn't make any sense because crackheads spend their skrilla on crack, not leaving it in old cars on people's lawns. I thought maybe a hobo was living in that car, but there was no room since I shoved the disconnected seats in there. I thought maybe it was from a robbery since they're all shiny new quarters and some are in rolls of 10$, but why wouldn't a robber just SPEND the money???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 14, 2007, 07:26:48 PM
Probably fell out of one of the pockets of a pair of lusty teens.

Consider it a gettin'-it-on-in-your-Vega tax.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 15, 2007, 09:21:14 AM
Use the rest to buy some food for the homeless guy that's always begging in front of the 7-11.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 12:22:17 PM
At my 7-11 he's always pissing on the wall. I considered asking him why he doesn't just use the inside one, then realized the answer on my own. The next day I pissed on that wall myself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 01:10:29 PM
I despise two-legged, two-armed beggars. Get a fucking job, or have the balls enough to rob someone. Just how fucking lazy can one person be...



On a crime-related note:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18675823/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18675823/)
 He better get used to "tasting the Rainbow" where he's going, heh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 15, 2007, 01:15:09 PM
The only thing I notice is that a suprisingly large number of homeless people I encounter all claim to be veterans of sorts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 01:16:12 PM
Yeh. "claim" would be the operative word there, I believe.
I'd like to hear one claim to be a veteran of the "Work Force".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 01:44:40 PM
Probably fell out of one of the pockets of a pair of lusty teens.

Consider it a gettin'-it-on-in-your-Vega tax.

Nos, I posted this yesterday in that thread that was created and deleted by that oddly pluralistic fellow, but I gotta say that while I can see how Gervais' schtick can become tiresome, it hasn't for me, nor for my immediate and even extended family. I've given box sets of The Office as gifts more than once. Maybe it plays better over here than in Blighty. But in any case, how could you not have been at least mildly amused by the Extras episode with Ross Kemp? What a love gift (unless, of course, EastEnders is such an anathema that you can't tolerate the sight of a Mitchell, even when it's a lampoon). The scene where Maggie is hopelessly confused by the Kemp and Mitchell brothers is perfect.

But then, of course, I also still laugh at my tape of Mike Reid.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 15, 2007, 02:16:26 PM
Bits of it are chuckleworthy, I'll give you, but the way he repeats the same foot-in-mouth gag over and over again grates on me.  I'm sure I could find him funny if he could get out of the whole awkward situations are funny rut he's been in for the last few years.  Such situations would have more effect if he didn't go around getting himself in them several times every episode.

I have been told though that most people who didn't like The Office have never worked in an office.  I hear stuff like "It's so true!" thrown around alot, so perhaps it's my own inexperience that leads me to miss the humour.

As for Eastenders, it's actually the only British soap I can tollerate.  After spending years avoiding all of them,  I caught an omnibus edition one Sunday through boredom and lack of any other stimulating TV and became interested in one of thier arcs, I've been an on-off viewer ever since.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 15, 2007, 02:25:39 PM
I despise two-legged, two-armed beggars. Get a fucking job, or have the balls enough to rob someone. Just how fucking lazy can one person be...

Yeah I feel the same way. I feel bad for the disabled people, but in all honesty, of all the homeless I've run into over the years, the actual or at least seemingly disabled people were less than 5% of them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 02:31:13 PM
A local publicly funded station here has been airing EastEnders in order since 1988. It airs 2 episodes every week, so when it began it was 3 years behind the episodes aired in England. But after BBC went to -- what is it now, 4 episodes every week? -- our local station still only shows 2, so we have fallen further behind and are now watching episodes from 2001, even though the station tried to catch us up a bit by skipping a year back in the 90s, the bastards, so I never saw Debs go bonkers and eat the dirt on Baby Hassan's grave. I came across the show by accident a couple of weeks after it began airing here. It was unlike any program I'd ever seen. They managed to stay within decency restrictions, but still convey the grittiness of a working class neighborhood. I was hooked from that day, even though it took a few weeks of intense listening before I could understand every word. Part of the realism of the early seasons was the constant background din, either street noise or jukeboxes or arguing neighbours. Totally cool, but you had to be pretty tuned in to the dialect to know what the hell everyone was muttering.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 15, 2007, 02:37:09 PM
It is a well made slice of London life - blown out of all proportion to make it interesting. =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 03:35:23 PM
Yeah I feel the same way. I feel bad for the disabled people, but in all honesty, of all the homeless I've run into over the years, the actual or at least seemingly disabled people were less than 5% of them.

I'm not quite sure what to think about the homeless. Most of the ones I've seen seem to be at least slightly mentally ill in some way, and may not be able to help themselves. Still, simply giving them something won't help them much if they're too fucked in the brain to figure out how to get a job.

Getting a job seems a bit tough for a person who's been living on a street for years though. Suppose one of them (portrayed expertly by myself, who has never been homeless) suddenly got a bowlful of Brain Grain and wised up, and decided to head off to McDicks say, to get a job (this is assuming I'm not hooked on drugs, that's a whole other issue).

If it were me, I'd firstly head on over to the Rec center or somewhere else with a lost and found and steal me some new and relatively clean clothes.

I'd then head on over to a river or something suitable to clean myself and maybe get a haircut (I'd say I could probably steal enough change from various machines in a couple of days to afford one, less if I get an 8 dollar crewcut from the army barber), or about twenty minutes if I stole a pipecutter so I could get into a parking meter.

Of course, prior to any of this, a real hobo would get some food (but I'm still full of Brain Grain, so I don't bother), and then maybe some paint thinner. As far as food goes, on most days in my neighborhood the grocery stores leave all sorts of edible things in the dumpsters, and if you have some culinary talent there's always the 'sharpened broomhandle meets alley cat and shortly afterwards heat source' method of feeding onesself.

So now I'm cleaned up, full, and of course posessed of the necessary intelligence and know-how to do all this stuff (which of course most real hobos would be totally unable to do, since they're either mindfucked, lazy, or just plain like being hobos in which case they are in no position to beg), I'm ready to get a minimum wage job and help myself.

With some cunning and friend-making, I'd bet I could survive off food stolen from McDicks and other local sources, and smuggle water off the premises in bottles (I've tested this technique at my call center to GREAT SUCCESS!). With a portable mirror and razor and some other cheap things I could shave and brush my teeth daily in a bathroom stall and wash with moist towellettes or the aforementioned smuggled water.

After a while, (totally guessing here) let's say four months, I can afford to move into better accomodations and eventually rise until I'm in the comfortable middle class.

I'm not entirely sure why I just went through that whole exercise, since I don't think it's applicable to any real hobos, but it could make a cool book or maybe a summer adventure. That and I got to use 'Brain Grain Cereal' in a serious discussion about poverty.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 15, 2007, 03:47:10 PM
It sounds easy, but what most employers want from prospective employes is an address, phone number, bank account and (Not sure what the US equivilant is, if applicable) a National Insurance number.  Especially the bigger chains like McD's (I should know, I've just got through the interview stage for my very own McJob... Urgh.).

Somehow, I don't think they'd accept "The bench outside" as an address, "A payphone" as a phone number or "My pocket" as a bank account.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 03:51:38 PM
It sounds easy, but what most employers want from prospective employes is an address, phone number, bank account and (Not sure what the US equivilant is, if applicable) a National Insurance number.  Especially the bigger chains like McD's (I should know, I've just got through the interview stage for my very own McJob... Urgh.).

Somehow, I don't think they'd accept "The bench outside" as an address, "A payphone" as a phone number or "My pocket" as a bank account.

Oh damn I forgot about that. Well, I'd give a local business number to be my reference and hope they don't ever use it until I can afford a cheap cell phone (I got my current model from a garage sale for five bucks and registered it for 30 bucks). It doesn't take a lot to apply for a bank account, I could probably do that legitimately or else just get a MoneyMart account and cash my checks immediately to stash somewhere (maybe a local derelict 73 Vega), though I'd prefer to leave them in the bank to gain interest. As for an address, I could use a house that nobody is living in, preferably a really shitty one that isn't likely to be sold any time soon, and use it as a maildrop until I can afford a PO Box. Come to think of it, I could probably squat there for a while if the mood struck me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 04:40:29 PM
If most homeless people are too mentally ill to hold a job, what would you propose doing about them? What if they are too mentally ill to care for themselves? No employer I have ever worked for would consider hiring a dirty-looking lunatic. No person I have ever met would patronize an establishment staffed by dirty-looking lunatics.

What do we do?

We have 2 options:

1. Institutionalize them.

2. Ignore them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 04:45:15 PM
If most homeless people are too mentally ill to hold a job, what would you propose doing about them? What if they are too mentally ill to care for themselves? No employer I have ever worked for would consider hiring a dirty-looking lunatic. No person I have ever met would patronize an establishment staffed by dirty-looking lunatics.

What do we do?

We have 2 options:

1. Institutionalize them.

2. Ignore them.


That's essentially my conclusion (though if possible I'd prefer to replace #1 with Brain Grain). Being anti-authoritarian, I'd have to say I prefer #2 in the vast majority of cases. I'm going out on a limb here, with no research beyond what I've seen (feel free to call bullshit if you have some better data) and I think that most of the mindfucked ones have been on drugs for a long time. I don't think that anyone is ever FORCED to take drugs, and they're now fucked up by their own choices, and not my problem.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 05:00:17 PM
Oooo, harsh.

Well, it could be completely their fault, but still your problem. Having humans live in inhuman conditions, regardless of root cause, diminishes us all. Eventually it becomes more than a moral problem, too, as disease and crime flourish.

We really only have the first option.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 05:07:19 PM
I suppose. Would it be authoritarian for me to lock up somebody because they're mentally unable to take care of themselves? I could justify this on the grounds that they could potentially be a danger to others, and therefore must be removed. Maybe some of the less mindfucked ones would be open to the suggestion of going to some place to get cleaned out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 05:09:19 PM
Any one of the homeless who are actually handicapped should have the basic essentials neccessary to them - oh wait- they do in soup kitchens and shelters all over the fucking place.
 As far as a job; KEEP LOOKING. I've seen PLENTY of mentally and physically handicapped individuals who work a real job. It may not be a 75K/year endeavor, but neither is mine. Nor was the FIRST job I ever had, either. As a matter of fact; it took me around ( 40 - 15= 25) twenty-five years to finally land this job; and it STILL aint 75K...not even 55K.
  I've had the experience of EVERY SINGLE 'homeless' person that has approched me for a handout being able to walk, hold out both hands, speak English very well, and be "savvy" enough to NOT get a job and live off of handouts. If you can pull that off, you can get a fucking job. Not every employer wants/needs/cares about addreses, bank accounts, etc. - you guys are thinking of jobs YOU might apply for.  There's probably MORE work to be done in jobs NOT requiring all those credentials than there is requiring them. Don't forget how rural this nation STILL is.
  And furthermore, why is it the guy holding the sign "Will work for Food"  asks me 'Whats the job?" when we pull over to recruit him? Weird Tingly Feeling??? You're begging for food, but being choosy about what you want to do? (BTW- these are white dudes; not Mexicans. In my experience, the Mexicans will work their ASSES off without a peep of complaint)
  "Will work for food"...   Isn't that what we all do? How about going and applying for one like everybody else?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 15, 2007, 05:10:37 PM
Hey!  Who the hell smited me today? And why?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 05:15:59 PM
Any one of the homeless who are actually handicapped should have the basic essentials neccessary to them - oh wait- they do in soup kitchens and shelters all over the fucking place.
 As far as a job; KEEP LOOKING. I've seen PLENTY of mentally and physically handicapped individuals who work a real job. It may not be a 75K/year endeavor, but neither is mine. Nor was the FIRST job I ever had, either. As a matter of fact; it took me around ( 40 - 15= 25) twenty-five years to finally land this job; and it STILL aint 75K...not even 55K.
  I've had the experience of EVERY SINGLE 'homeless' person that has approched me for a handout being able to walk, hold out both hands, speak English very well, and be "savvy" enough to NOT get a job and live off of handouts. If you can pull that off, you can get a fucking job. Not every employer wants/needs/cares about addreses, bank accounts, etc. - you guys are thinking of jobs YOU might apply for.  There's probably MORE work to be done in jobs NOT requiring all those credentials than there is requiring them. Don't forget how rural this nation STILL is.
  And furthermore, why is it the guy holding the sign "Will work for Food"  asks me 'Whats the job?" when we pull over to recruit him? Weird Tingly Feeling??? You're begging for food, but being choosy about what you want to do? (BTW- these are white dudes; not Mexicans. In my experience, the Mexicans will work their ASSES off without a peep of complaint)
  "Will work for food"...   Isn't that what we all do? How about going and applying for one like everybody else?

I definitely agree, I'd bet at least 90% of the homeless people COULD get jobs if they really wanted to. My moral dilemma rests instead with the borderline zombilike creatures who're too screwed up in the noggin to know their own names.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 05:17:20 PM
Yeah; if the riff-raff were collected, and the actual needy folks were left; there would be (I imagine) so few that the problem could be easily solved.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 05:18:33 PM
I seem to recall Brazil having an interesting solution to that particular problem...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 05:20:49 PM
They seem to be solving a few of the so-called 'serious global issues'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 15, 2007, 05:30:38 PM
It sounds easy, but what most employers want from prospective employes is an address, phone number, bank account and (Not sure what the US equivilant is, if applicable) a National Insurance number.  Especially the bigger chains like McD's (I should know, I've just got through the interview stage for my very own McJob... Urgh.).

Somehow, I don't think they'd accept "The bench outside" as an address, "A payphone" as a phone number or "My pocket" as a bank account.

A lot of people say this, but I find it funny that Mexicans, and Caribbean people can come into this country, speaking no English, and some of them not even being in here legally, and yet still find a job. Restaurants will take pretty much anyone as a dishwasher or bus boy. You just can't be lazy.

If most homeless people are too mentally ill to hold a job, what would you propose doing about them? What if they are too mentally ill to care for themselves? No employer I have ever worked for would consider hiring a dirty-looking lunatic. No person I have ever met would patronize an establishment staffed by dirty-looking lunatics.

What do we do?

We have 2 options:

1. Institutionalize them.

2. Ignore them.


You forgot,

3. Set up an agency to help them get jobs.

It really doesn't take much to work as a Janitor or housekeeping staff, or like I said above, a dishwasher or whatnot. We have some mentally slow people working at my college that work in the housekeeping staff, and people who don't speak a word of English working as mechanics and such.

4. If all else fails, terminate them.

There's no point in keeping them alive if they can't even accomplish anything but a raise in the crime rate, and I don't think people that go bust their ass for 40-60 hours a week should have to shell out money to pay for people they don't care about.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 05:36:31 PM
3. Set up an agency to help them get jobs.

It really doesn't take much to work as a Janitor or housekeeping staff, or like I said above, a dishwasher or whatnot. We have some mentally slow people working at my college that work in the housekeeping staff, and people who don't speak a word of English working as mechanics and such.

4. If all else fails, terminate them.

There's no point in keeping them alive if they can't even accomplish anything but a raise in the crime rate, and I don't think people that go bust their ass for 40-60 hours a week should have to shell out money to pay for people they don't care about.

If I ever start a company (sort of a co-op collective thing I've been contemplating for some time) I'll make an effort to hire hobos to carry shit and stuff like that. #4 doesn't seem necessary, since as long as you don't give them any money they aren't exactly draining anybody's money (I'm assuming you're in the US where there is no socialized health care).

I was thinking about institutionalizing them and that's a real headscratcher. What right do I have to decide that the crazy dude outside mumbling about the devil squirrels bringing about the end of the world should be locked up if that makes him happy? I'm sure I know people who'd like to see me institutionalized for some of my more radical ideas (that trepanning would have WORKED if he hadn't stopped me...), and I sure wouldn't like that much.

The only reason I can think of that could justify that would be if they'd be happier after being treated, and I have no reason to think that would be the case, or if they were a danger to other people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 15, 2007, 05:41:17 PM
Institutionalizing them is absolutely pointless. It's making an investment of money, land, and people, using up good resources, on people that'll never ever give any sort of return investment. I don't see the logic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2007, 05:44:56 PM
Hey!  Who the hell smited me today? And why?

I applauded you today.

As for the homeless problem, most are mentally ill and do not have a support network.  If I become mentally ill, I have my wife, then beyond that my parents, siblings, in laws, etc.  Your typical homeless person doesn't have that.  Because they are mentally ill, the shelters usually don't make a good fit, plus many of the shelters are religious in nature and take the same tack that several have mentioned lately that they are able bodied and should pull themselves up by their bootstraps.  This doesn't work well with someone who is already paranoid and should be medicated not berated.  Anyhow, Ivan is correct.

As for the comment about employing the homeless.  I did when I was a restaurant manager and a couple of them worked out, for a while, but the regimentation of having to show up at a particular time, do a set task, and have to interact with others ultimately proved too hard for these people without the aforementioned support network.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 05:51:17 PM
Agent and 12AX7, from the vantage point of my advanced years, I submit humbly that a person who is capable of getting off the streets eventually does. The shelters and soup kitchens could be godsends to such individuals, and these individuals do not rely on such societal handouts indefinitely. However, that leaves behind what I believe to be the vast majority of homeless people -- folks who may appear to be fit of body and mind, but are actually screwed up in some way. These kinds of mentally ill people are the most aggravating, because they appear almost normal, and there should be no reason, from our point of view, for them to continue to live like animals; in fact, most of these kinds of people seem to prefer to live that way. But I don't think that's due to laziness, or a defect of character, but is a clear symptom of a mental disability.

I know this reasoning is very close to the Soviet's definition of insanity (who in their right mind would be against Communism? A dissident is by definition insane), but there has to be some kind of line drawn, or else society has no way of dealing with this problem. It is not illegal to be unemployed and homeless (as it was in Soviet Russia); it is not illegal to be crazy (as it has been in traditional societies); so what recourse does society have against a growing problem like this? Let me ask this another way: What kind of society are we that can look at a toothless old alcoholic grandma lying in the streets in a puddle of her own urine, and think this is somehow preferable to bunging her up in an institution?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 05:55:54 PM
Oh, and what pbS said about support network. Spot on. Aside from the Reagan-era disgorgement of our loony-bins, the chief reason for homelessness is the erosion of traditional family and village communities. I'm not calling for a return to the past, I'm just saying we need an effective and humane way to deal with a new problem.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2007, 05:56:26 PM
There is also a point of no return for most.  If they remain homeless long enough, there is no way they can return to society as we know it.  I read about one study, I think it was in the Economist a couple years ago where neuroscientists have discovered structural changes in the chronically homeless.  So the question is, did the homelessness cause the change, or was the defect there originally which led to the homelessness.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 15, 2007, 05:59:34 PM
Well, ivan, according to Evonus, you would be doing the right thing by society if you took that toothless, old, alcoholic grandma and put a bullet in the back of her head.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2007, 06:02:15 PM
No according to him it would be a waste of resources.  Afterall the bullet has a cost.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 06:02:30 PM
Oh, and what pbS said about support network. Spot on. Aside from the Reagan-era disgorgement of our loony-bins, the chief reason for homelessness is the erosion of traditional family and village communities. I'm not calling for a return to the past, I'm just saying we need an effective and humane way to deal with a new problem.


I'm not sure that cities are a good idea at all. I'd prefer to see people in smaller groups of around a hundred to 150. I think that alone would fix a lot of social problems. I think that it would be a lot harder to ignore the suffering of, or even kill, somebody that you see every single day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2007, 06:07:18 PM
From the vantage point of my advanced years, I submit you must have an entirely different brand of 'homeless' people inhabiting the West Coast. Please re-read my post. I stated any one of these homeless people who actually are handicapped should have help. However, as I stated a few sentences later, EVERY SINGLE PANHANDLER (not "most", not "nearly all", not "usually" - I mean EVERY SINGLE TIME)  I've come across is more than capable of aquiring a job. I've YET to be accosted by a mentally OR physically handicapped person asking me for money.
  I actually think we're talking about two different peoples. You keep mentioning handicapped, and alcoholic grandmas and whatnot. Sure; help them out. I'm talking about the fucker who is more muscular than ME; yet is stepping in my face asking me for money as I come out of the convience store.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 15, 2007, 06:16:31 PM
Oh no, fuck those guys. Hell, introduce them to Evonus, they're annoying.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 06:26:02 PM
12AX7, that guy might be more muscular, but, as pbS pointed out, is mentally not capable of holding down a regular job. There is a fine line between a loser and someone who just can't do it, but there is that line. The loser will eventually get off the streets, because he can. Those that can't will stay on the streets until they are removed.

When there's only a few homeless here and there, no one sweats it. But when there are entire refridgerator box towns under the freeway overpass, and people have to step over unconscious bodies on their way to work, we've got a problem. Insisting that these people should get a job does nothing. Jailing them is out of the question. Offering food and shelter as a charity seems to prolong the condition. Shooting them in the head is only feasible in the mind of a nitwit. What do we do?

There may, of course, be a Malthusian solution.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 15, 2007, 06:32:29 PM
I realy don't know if anything along these lines exists or has been tried, and I guess it's down to personal opinion whether you think it'd be a good idea or not.  There's definately arguments for both sides, regardless, what about homeless recruitment agencys?

A place homeless people can use to get thier mail, calls, paychecks, get scrubbed up and can help them find a job working for people who are actively seeking homeless employes in order to better thier own community.  It wouldn't be great work, and you'd have to expect minimum wage, but it'd be a foot on the ladder.

It would of course all rest of thier being empolyers actively seeking homeless empoyes and homeless people actively seeking work. =/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 15, 2007, 06:32:55 PM
They live that way because they like it that way. And if Limbaugh says it, it MUST be true!  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 15, 2007, 06:48:37 PM
Hey!  Who the hell smited me today? And why?
Okay you bastards.  I started the day with 7.  When #8 happened, I asked the above question.  Evidently the above question prompted screwing around.  'Fess up.  Who did #8, and who's been screwing around with numbers 9 and 10?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 06:51:53 PM
Maybe they were love-smites.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2007, 06:52:51 PM
That's purely a BC phenomenon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 15, 2007, 06:58:33 PM
Let me ask this another way: What kind of society are we that can look at a toothless old alcoholic grandma lying in the streets in a puddle of her own urine, and think this is somehow preferable to bunging her up in an institution?

One that doesn't like to waste money on worthless people.

Well, ivan, according to Evonus, you would be doing the right thing by society if you took that toothless, old, alcoholic grandma and put a bullet in the back of her head.

Nah, that should be the police's job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 15, 2007, 07:08:53 PM
From the vantage point of my advanced years...

I almost let this go by.

LuciferSam is the only one here who has me beat, and not by much.

Which reminds me: He showed up briefly today.

That, and some other things, have made this a good day.

Have great evenings, y'all! I'm off to the pan-Asian market for sake and some other stuff!


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 15, 2007, 07:14:54 PM
LuciferSam is the only one here who has me beat, and not by much.

I thought you were born the year of Sputnik.  Youngster.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2007, 07:17:11 PM
Relandr is also in that age range I believe.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 15, 2007, 08:13:41 PM
<snip>

Have great evenings, y'all! I'm off to the pan-Asian market for sake and some other stuff!
Make sure to stay away from the aspirin!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2007, 11:27:01 AM
I thought you were born the year of Sputnik.  Youngster.

Good Lord, I had completely forgotten! Or rather, began thinking of you as a year behind rather than ahead of me.

So ok, I'm third in line now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2007, 11:30:24 AM
Make sure to stay away from the aspirin!

Yes, I am a changed man ever since I stopped taking aspirin and started shooting homeless people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 16, 2007, 12:08:28 PM
Better watch out Ivan, that makes you a criminal and therefore in line for termination yourself, possibly through long and drawn-out torture (be sure to get your badge BEFORE you start shooting)!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 16, 2007, 02:14:07 PM
Yes, I am a changed man ever since I stopped taking aspirin and started shooting homeless people.

I'm laughing my ass off, because you're making fun of me for something you're wrong about. This is like telling a retard the world is round and having him make fun of you for it. XD Classic!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 16, 2007, 02:48:12 PM
Awesome headline on cnn.com: Pink Lightning Bolt Misses Kids by 10 Feet

I was all like, "Holy shit!  When did the gays get lightining?"

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2007, 02:49:51 PM
What do you think killed Falwell?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 16, 2007, 03:01:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceNf-11-ddI
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 16, 2007, 05:36:30 PM
Richard Dawkins came to me in a vision and said I'd be raped by a panda.







I'm scared.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2007, 05:38:39 PM
I'd be more scared of Richard Dawkins.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 16, 2007, 05:40:06 PM
I'd be more scared of Richard Dawkins.


Suppose he's a divine figure that's really in the closet?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 16, 2007, 05:42:06 PM
Do you think he has a divine figure?

I guess for an old guy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 16, 2007, 05:54:30 PM
Do you think he has a divine figure?

I guess for an old guy.


This reminds me of a fling I had many years ago. God why do Asian guys look so young? He was 52! Unclean, unclean... :cry:


Hey, give me a break, he looked 20 and when I'm his age, I'm gonna want karma to return the favour to me.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 16, 2007, 08:00:36 PM
Thar be Whales (http://www.sacbee.com/257/story/181750.html) in our river.

... Humpbacks that is, careful xolik ... this ones a might bigger than a Panda and a Pig put together.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 16, 2007, 09:18:33 PM
Richard Dawkins came to me in a vision and said I'd be raped by a panda.







I'm scared.

Richard Dawkins once spoke to me while I was extremely high, but he had nothing so dire to report.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 17, 2007, 09:09:13 AM
No more reading Dragonlance stuff before bed. Exploding Bozak dreams are no fun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 17, 2007, 05:32:33 PM
I love giving presentations at work. I'm pretty sure I pissed off the consultant, had a great time ripping into my boss's practices and had the audience in stitches. Best part is, boss was laughing his ass off as well. If my memory weren't total crap, I'd totally be in show business.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 17, 2007, 05:52:39 PM
Today is Take Your Bike To Work Day.

So, I was a good german and did so, even though it made me a little late.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 17, 2007, 05:53:13 PM
Because it took me an extra 5 minutes to stuff the damn thing in the back of my SUV.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 17, 2007, 06:47:49 PM
Best use of a page break EVAR!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 17, 2007, 07:09:41 PM
Serendipity.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 17, 2007, 08:31:03 PM
Watching "Going Tribal" on Discovery. How do I land a job like that? Just traveling the world, hanging out with friendly tribes here and there... what an experience that would be. And to think that he actually gets PAID for it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 18, 2007, 02:52:43 PM
I have no business trying to play basketball. I got knocked on my ass.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 18, 2007, 03:44:45 PM
Don't bruise that thang, now! ;-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 18, 2007, 04:20:04 PM
One of these days I will invent a way to store slurpees without having them melt OR solidify.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 18, 2007, 04:30:02 PM
Guargum.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 18, 2007, 04:36:07 PM
I was thinking more along the lines of something that would leave it in drinkable quality, but thanks for the suggestion. :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 18, 2007, 04:37:36 PM
One of these days I will invent a way to store slurpees without having them melt OR solidify.

Son of a gun!  Someone beat you too it!

(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11468814/Fcb_Icee_Slurpee_Frozen_Carbonated_Beverage_Machine.jpg)

;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 18, 2007, 06:13:29 PM
Since BC is hosed right now, here: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.3utilities.html (http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.3utilities.html)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 21, 2007, 07:53:09 PM
I've got a niece who now signs ALL her emails like this:

 ?Mí§§ ߣå?? §±à??
  ? *~For?ever~*?

... makes me want to stick needles in my eyes everytime.



@!#!^!$!&%*)@_+ Relatives

edit: See, even SMF can't deal with all of it
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 21, 2007, 08:07:14 PM
Ah-hahaha. I once knew someone like that.

~{//d e n n a b\\}~

lolz  :-D  8-)  :-P  :evil:  :-D  :-)  :w:  :slap  :wink:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 22, 2007, 12:51:33 AM
The one that gets me is usernames with pointless leading and trailing "x"s.  Go to a busy forum and take a look at the "X" page of the memberlist.  How many of those names would actually start with "x" if it wasn't for sixteen-year-old-chicks (Read: Feds) trying to be cute...

I'm rarely able to tollerate people with MSN screenNames like {-~[*^*\THIS/*^*]~-} for long either...

ASCII art can be cool - assuming it actually looks like something - but it has it's place...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 22, 2007, 12:54:37 AM
Like hell.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 22, 2007, 12:55:08 AM
And AOL (teh  SAMe THING LOL!)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 22, 2007, 11:00:04 AM
Oh, I'm so excited! I get to review my boss in front of his superiors. This is going to be great. "For a man of his hygiene, he doesn't steal as often as you'd think..."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 22, 2007, 11:33:53 AM
I would love to have that opportunity, but to do it anonymously.

...especially after this month!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 22, 2007, 12:12:42 PM
My supervisor sits down with us and asks the managers how we would rate our fellow managers on a scale from 1 to 10.

At first, I used to be pretty conservative and give everyone pretty high scores. Though, as time went on, I started giving out 6s, and then 4s as they rightfully deserved. This was a good idea because the behaviors cited would be fixed for a few weeks after the intervention.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 22, 2007, 12:25:50 PM
... makes me want to stick needles in my eyes everytime...

8/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 22, 2007, 03:34:40 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/chucknorris.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 22, 2007, 03:36:26 PM
Where ya been, d00d?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 22, 2007, 03:39:09 PM
Where ya been, d00d?


Hiding.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 22, 2007, 03:41:43 PM
Don't blame you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 22, 2007, 03:42:35 PM
Hiding.

The salami?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 22, 2007, 03:47:03 PM
The salami?

Not until I get home.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 22, 2007, 09:39:37 PM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2343050.html (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2343050.html)

Gay flamingos adopt.

Great story, covers gay in nature, gay adoption and confirms my suspicion that flamingos are the gayest creatures known to mankind all in one.

Obligatory "Flamingo? More like Flaming-o, amirite?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 22, 2007, 09:59:26 PM
I had an idea today to sneak out onto my neighbor's lawn and plant some of those horrid looking pink lawn flamingos and put some more every night as though they were mating (or adopting, as the case may now be!).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 22, 2007, 10:20:27 PM
You need to do that.

And set up a webcam too, to capture the response each morning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 25, 2007, 02:16:42 PM
I just accidentally put a max bid of $196,058 on a set of four Yankees-Mets tickets on ebay, with 4 days left in the auction.

Holy Shit!!!

I was freaking out until I found the "bid retraction" button.

Holy Shit!!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on May 25, 2007, 02:18:19 PM
You need to do that.

And set up a webcam too, to capture the response each morning.

I want to get ahold of one of those hidden pen cameras, but those could be expensive. Maybe this summer.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 25, 2007, 02:22:05 PM
That's more than my our net worth even after all the housing appreciation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 25, 2007, 02:23:30 PM
Happy Father's Day, we're going to Yankee Stadium!! 

Uhhh....say dad, can I borrow some money?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 25, 2007, 02:39:08 PM
So you're taking me too for Father's Day?  It said four tickets, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 25, 2007, 02:43:23 PM
Heh.  Are you going to be in NY that weekend?  We're getting a ticket for me, Enrique, my dad and Enrique's dad.  Enrique is a Met fan, the rest of us are Yankee fans.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 25, 2007, 02:58:22 PM
No I wasn't planning on it, but hell I've never been to NY before and it sounds like a good excuse...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 25, 2007, 03:45:54 PM
And you meet the "father" criterion as well!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 25, 2007, 05:03:45 PM
Heh. I can't wait to hear how the dads beat up on poor Enrique!  :D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 25, 2007, 06:09:45 PM
I have no idea...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 25, 2007, 09:15:02 PM
Heh.  Are you going to be in NY that weekend?  We're getting a ticket for me, Enrique, my dad and Enrique's dad.  Enrique is a Met fan, the rest of us are Yankee fans.

Them's fightin words 'round here!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 25, 2007, 10:51:05 PM
Which words were the fightin ones?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 26, 2007, 02:12:09 AM
the rest of us are Yankee fans.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 26, 2007, 09:38:15 AM
Are you one of those Anti-Yankites?  Just can't let them have their glory, can you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 26, 2007, 02:03:00 PM
we're going to Yankee Stadium!! 

*hiss*  :slap
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 26, 2007, 02:41:27 PM
This place is full of Anti-Yankites, isn't it?  Where's flipside when I need him?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 26, 2007, 02:45:43 PM
Are you one of those Anti-Yankites?  Just can't let them have their glory, can you?


I live in Boston. I think that explains it all. =D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on May 27, 2007, 12:03:44 AM

I live in Boston. I think that explains it all. =D

And I'm from Boston. I'm so envious of you right now, I wish I lived in Boston.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Naibaf on May 27, 2007, 12:06:11 PM
wh<at is this ribbed for her pleasure thingie?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 27, 2007, 02:22:18 PM
Nothing you'll ever have to worry about.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 27, 2007, 06:23:17 PM
wh<at is this ribbed for her pleasure thingie?

You will die a lonely virgin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 28, 2007, 12:06:41 AM
You will die a lonely virgin.


Yeah! You'll die a lonely, virgin! (Don't mind me, fiddling with my comma)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 28, 2007, 12:19:59 AM
fiddling with my comma

Punctuation fetish?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 28, 2007, 01:29:38 AM
lol... mine curves, too, but not that much.
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Post by: Demosthenes on May 29, 2007, 11:20:11 AM
You guys are talking about baseball, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 29, 2007, 11:56:06 PM
You guys are talking about baseball, right?

Yes, if by baseball you mean penis'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 30, 2007, 02:48:41 AM
Yes, if by baseball you mean penis'.
:? I was talking about my fastball. It curves just a little bit; but not enough to really consider it a curve ball.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 30, 2007, 04:30:48 AM
:? I was talking about my fastball. It curves just a little bit; but not enough to really consider it a curve ball.

Yes, if by fastball you mean penis'.



Everything is Phallic my friend!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 30, 2007, 04:40:25 AM
If I had to punctuate that situation I'd avoid the comma, and stay far away from the period.

... fiddle this !
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 30, 2007, 06:06:27 AM
lol...  Idruther fiddle me own dangling participle.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 01, 2007, 05:18:19 PM
Technician from off Campus "You'll have to move accounts across domains in order to give them access to this share? Sounds like a hassle...is there any other way?"
Xolik "Well, there is another way, but it involves...
(http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/9b8db9904a.gif)
MURDER!"






EDIT: Holy shit, my boss just gave me a new iPod for no fucking reason!  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 01, 2007, 05:38:27 PM
Is this the one you have a crush on?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 01, 2007, 06:08:47 PM
Is this the one you have a crush on?

Yeah.... :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 02, 2007, 01:19:58 AM
Hmmmmm ... there just may be a fucking reason after all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 04, 2007, 06:21:50 PM
Tiptoe through the TwoLips
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 05, 2007, 02:47:30 AM
haha ... Allways a big hit
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 06, 2007, 06:57:21 PM
I got a kitten today.  :)

He's orange striped.  I named him Jim, but I don't think that name is going to stick.  Maybe I'll go with Percy, after Sir Percival Blakeney.  He put the PIMP in Pimpernel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 06, 2007, 07:00:55 PM
Cool.  Jim is a perfectly good name.  If it's good enough for Kirk, it's good enough for your kitty.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 06, 2007, 07:42:33 PM
I got a kitten today.  :)

He's orange striped.  I named him Jim, but I don't think that name is going to stick.  Maybe I'll go with Percy, after Sir Percival Blakeney.  He put the PIMP in Pimpernel.

Cool. I've always had bad experience with cats. I had one when I was little, but it's last owner tortured it or something so it had anger management issues. I have 2 right now and one has a neurological disorder and the other is afraid of his shadow, he runs away from grasshoppers. I wish you better luck than I've had.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 06, 2007, 07:48:24 PM
I read somewhere that pets often take on the traits of their owners.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 06, 2007, 07:50:01 PM
I predict Jim will develope a mathmatical fetish.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 06, 2007, 07:57:38 PM
The only one he's developed so far is a pooping on my blanket fetish.  I know I've never done that, so he must have gotten it from the chick who gave him to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 06, 2007, 07:59:49 PM
Cool. I've always had bad experience with cats. I had one when I was little, but it's last owner tortured it or something so it had anger management issues. I have 2 right now and one has a neurological disorder and the other is afraid of his shadow, he runs away from grasshoppers. I wish you better luck than I've had.  :lol:

My last cat wore a spiked dog collar.  People thought it was cute... until he bit them.  Then they realized it was for a reason.  He was the best.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 06, 2007, 08:11:57 PM
Bill, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 06, 2007, 08:14:32 PM
Yup.  People used to call him "the devil cat".  Haha.  Not MY Bill...he was an angel!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 06, 2007, 10:24:29 PM
I am overjoyed that the Ducks won.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 06, 2007, 10:29:10 PM
The Mighty Ducks ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 07, 2007, 08:06:56 AM
Not anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 07, 2007, 01:02:55 PM
Can somebody translate Japanese? I want to know what this specs are on this laptop. I'm thinking about ordering it.

http://www.necdirect.jp/psp/PA121/DIRECT1K/ENTPND/h/?tab=N1K_Z_NPL_02&catalogid=N1K_Z_NPL_02 (http://www.necdirect.jp/psp/PA121/DIRECT1K/ENTPND/h/?tab=N1K_Z_NPL_02&catalogid=N1K_Z_NPL_02)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 07, 2007, 02:00:26 PM
Find Needles.  Probably over at BC.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 07, 2007, 02:44:55 PM
Can somebody translate Japanese? I want to know what this specs are on this laptop. I'm thinking about ordering it.

It's not very complete but scroll down On Here (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpc.watch.impress.co.jp%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8) and find the Kitty link, it gives a 'baseline' spec read.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 08, 2007, 10:33:02 PM
I bought a new truck. N E W (not just 'new to me'). It had 8 miles on it when they gave me the keys.
It is fricken HUGE. Double Cab/Long Bed/Tow Suspension type huge.
Hey, it's a truck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 09, 2007, 02:12:55 PM
Hey, you're right ...  it IS a Truck ! :wink:










Good for ya 12, congrats. ... heated side mirrors huh? that's sweet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 09, 2007, 07:29:11 PM
Wow, pretty cool!  Have fun!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 09, 2007, 08:00:08 PM
I bought a new truck. N E W (not just 'new to me'). It had 8 miles on it when they gave me the keys.
It is fricken HUGE. Double Cab/Long Bed/Tow Suspension type huge.
Hey, it's a truck.

Enjoy your $2,640 per year gasoline expense.  (based on 15K mi and $3/gal)

I'm spending $3750 based on 17.5K miles and $3/gal.  That puts my cost of ownership on my Hemi powered Ram 1500 at $725 per month.  That's $140 more per month than my mortgage, taxes and insurance on the house.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 09, 2007, 09:03:40 PM
 I was looking at a Ram first, but I couldn't find one like I wanted so I was going to wait for the 2008s and
order one. My Camaro had other ideas, though, and died, so I had to find something quick.
The truck was almost empty when I left the dealership, and using their voucher for a free full tank; I filled it up - $70.00
Yeeouch. Thankfully, though, it's paid for in full, and I just paid the house off; so what I would've spent there
will be my new fuel budget I reckon.
 I'll have some good pictars soon; my mom has my camera at the moment, hence the dealership page. The photo
there is the actual truck, though.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 10, 2007, 05:32:40 PM
This would be the brand new baby that I bought today.  2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe.  Mine's the same color as the one in the picture.  I luuurve it!!!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 10, 2007, 06:13:43 PM
I got a new haircut today, and what with my new glasses, I am now officially donning the sexy librarian look.

I'm too young to die >.<
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 10, 2007, 07:59:28 PM
I got a new haircut today, and what with my new glasses, I am now officially donning the sexy librarian look.

I'm too young to die >.<

Sounds purty, does the look work for you? How does zat make you feel?

Which reminds me, I'm in need of a haircut.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 10, 2007, 08:15:26 PM
I shaved my head the other day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2007, 10:50:10 PM
I shaved my head the other day.

Which one?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on June 11, 2007, 05:35:49 AM
Probably the only one hair grows from.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on June 11, 2007, 08:18:41 AM
You should have got the Texas Edition
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2007, 08:55:38 AM
Probably the only one hair grows from.

Well, you could be this guy for all I know....

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on June 11, 2007, 11:00:12 AM
Touche, Mr Beeblebrox. =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 11, 2007, 01:10:01 PM
Oh man, that identical-twin thing that guy has goin' on is too pinche wierd for words
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 02:07:43 PM
Enjoy your $2,640 per year gasoline expense.  (based on 15K mi and $3/gal)

I'm spending $3750 based on 17.5K miles and $3/gal.  That puts my cost of ownership on my Hemi powered Ram 1500 at $725 per month.  That's $140 more per month than my mortgage, taxes and insurance on the house.

Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding.  Our mortgages are about $3200/month.  Taxes about $550/month.  Insurance about $80/month.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 11, 2007, 03:34:22 PM
Sounds purty, does the look work for you? How does zat make you feel?

Which reminds me, I'm in need of a haircut.  :|

I think it works, though it's a bit beyond my age. >.<
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 11, 2007, 05:20:11 PM
Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding.  Our mortgages are about $3200/month.  Taxes about $550/month.  Insurance about $80/month.

Holy fucking shit, what's that mortgage on, Wyoming? That's more than six times my rent.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 05:29:31 PM
1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 11, 2007, 05:50:16 PM
1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA

Something tells me you're getting ripped off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2007, 05:52:18 PM
1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA
:-o  DAYUM!!!  I know your pay scale out there is higher (cost of living/wages/etc) than here so that accounts for some of it, but
 Holy Crap!  I have a 2BR/1ba, 1098sq ft first floor (partially finished basement- where the Studio is); 1100 2nd floor; all on (almost) one acre (8/10ths of one acre, actually). Total, including closing costs AND a city water tap (which I had to have for the VA loan, even though I have my own well) was right at 121K. My Monthly payments were $864 / month (thats including the escrow). All this in a nice location, too. Upper-middle class neighborhood, and my closest neighbor is just over an acre away (not exactly sure how far they are "feet" or "yard"-wise). NONE of my neighbors (one on each side, and one across the street) can even SEE my house; save the roof.
  I was making $1k/month payments, putting the extra on the principle; but thanks to my dead wife's insurance company's persistance, they found me in Georgia and informed me that she had never changed her beneficiary (me), and it was double-indemnity on a 100K life policy. I recieved two checks for 90+k each. This is how I just paid the house off and bought that truck, btw. Mixed feelings for sure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2007, 05:54:05 PM
Something tells me you're getting ripped off.
I dunno. You should see prices on everything out there. Jeeeeeez.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 05:57:56 PM
It's worth about $780K right now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 11, 2007, 06:01:37 PM
Wow 12.  Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome.  Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 11, 2007, 06:03:38 PM
Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding.  Our mortgages are about $3200/month.  Taxes about $550/month.  Insurance about $80/month.
Eff... I don't even make enough to make those payments.  Certainly, you make triple what I make.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 11, 2007, 06:04:51 PM
This would be the brand new baby that I bought today.  2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe.  Mine's the same color as the one in the picture.  I luuurve it!!!

Those are fricking SWEET.  I'm quite envious.


People ask me why I live in a place like central Minnesota.

Here's why.

I live in a 2,000 square foot house built in 1989.  4 levels, 3 bedrooms 2 baths.  2 car garage, private well, private septic, 1/2 acre lot with mature trees and a big deck to boot.

My mortgage is a little over $1,500 a month.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 06:08:57 PM
Wow 12.  Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome.  Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.

I couldn't find a job there, remember?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2007, 06:09:35 PM
Wow 12.  Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome.  Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.
Thanks! :)  Yeah, I'd MUCH rather have been mature enough to keep her. Fuck the money. She was my soulmate; and I acted like a self-important, immature little boy. I waited years to marry her- from when we met in 86 until we married in 93. This was, of course, a long-distance relationship (Germany / U.S.); but I KNEW she was for me.
 Anyway. Live and learn.
 If there's anybody you guys love; and you havent said so recently, DO IT NOW. They may be dead and gone when you wake up; and you'll never have that chance again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 11, 2007, 06:12:17 PM
About 15 years ago, I almost moved out of SoCal to a state much further North and a bit East. At that time, I could buy a house there for about 1/4 of what I'd pay here, which sounded great. The part that didn't sound great was that my skillset earned LESS than 1/4 of what my skillset earned here. My income-to-mortgage ratio would actually drop.

Also, there was another thing: it would be very easy and tempting to move away, but it would then be out of the question for ever to move back. The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 11, 2007, 06:12:47 PM
I couldn't find a job there, remember?

Werd.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2007, 06:14:26 PM
The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.
Never thought about that; but that's a good point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 11, 2007, 06:20:49 PM
Indeed.  The wife watches a lot of property ladder, flip this house, etc..  If we could move our little 1000 sf house to some of the places in SoCal the price would be closer to a million than the 125K it's worth here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 11, 2007, 06:25:38 PM
Yeah, the difference is amazing, and some areas are undergoing a market correction. But then there are areas that seem to just keep getting higher. Pretty soon we'll have to build a wall, establish a military and print our own money.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2007, 06:28:00 PM
:D  ivan the Terribly Great?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 11, 2007, 06:30:58 PM
... it would then be out of the question for ever to move back. The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.

About the only logical way "out" of the Calif. market is to "retire out", that or relocate somewhere at equal $level.

=======================================

12, that's a bitter-sweet story for sure.


Me and my Mrs. are in our 30th year, I can't imagine waking up without her there.


... and saying so is all too important.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 11, 2007, 06:31:54 PM
Since we're comparing notes...I have a 1500 square foot historic house in the city.  My mortgage is about $1250/month.  City taxes suck. 

Sorry pb.  Carmax is stoopid.  (But if you have one near you, kids, buy a car there anyway because that will help me pay for my wedding.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 11, 2007, 06:33:47 PM
:D  ivan the Terribly Great?

Ivan's a Czar / Tsar  ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 11, 2007, 06:34:11 PM
I couldn't find a job there, remember?

Forget her PB, you should come move here with Chris and I.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 06:38:41 PM
I did get a Jersey offer but it was 95% travel.  Not too conducive to family life.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 11, 2007, 07:32:47 PM
I just found Arrested Development, Seasons 1, 2 AND 3 behind my TV.  I don't know how they got there. Either I was REALLY drunk when I got them as a gift, or one of my two last roommates left them.  Only season 2 is opened.

Maybe I'll watch them, and THEN find out who they belong to...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 07:39:51 PM
They're yours.  If they had belonged to any of your previous roommates, consider it a portion of the rent they still owe you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 12, 2007, 02:55:47 PM
It's such a great feeling when you bump into somebody you haven't seen in months and the first thing they say is "You look terrific!"  :-D

Having a coworker drag me down to the gym on our lunch breaks is the best thing I've ever done.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 12, 2007, 05:08:46 PM
You go to the gym in drag??  You're a brave one! I only go to friendly clubs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 12, 2007, 05:20:20 PM
Perhaps it's so he can get into Curves.  Afterall it worked for Kip and Henry when they wanted to stay at the Susan B.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 12, 2007, 05:33:24 PM
Perhaps it's so he can get into Curves.  Afterall it worked for Kip and Henry when they wanted to stay at the Susan B.

Season 1 of that show is actually next up on my Netflix queue.   I can't wait.  It's been probably 20 years since I've seen any of it.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 12, 2007, 05:40:46 PM
Albino snake.

Except I don't think he ever called it albino -- I just filled that in later.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 13, 2007, 10:09:55 AM
Perhaps it's so he can get into Curves.  Afterall it worked for Kip and Henry when they wanted to stay at the Susan B.

What am I going to do in a women's gym? Nothing for me to look at. No fun at all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on June 13, 2007, 12:40:31 PM
But if you go to a women's gym in an upscale neighbourhood they have super hot male trainers for all the little desperate housewives.

Personally I preferred to work out with the lesbian semi-pro soccer player.  Less distraction and no temptation to play weak little girl and end up having a crappy workout.  She knew when I wasn't working hard enough.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 13, 2007, 12:54:56 PM
She knew when I wasn't working hard enough.

Then what? Did she spank you? Please?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on June 13, 2007, 01:02:43 PM
Then what? Did she spank you? Please?
No ... she was built like a guy ... a spanxing would have HURT.  She would just give me that look that only women can truly master ... usually only after having children (although some are naturals) ... that says "I know you're not working up to your potential.  You're not giving it your all.  You're only cheating yourself."  Then I'd feel guilty.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 13, 2007, 01:05:22 PM
No ... she was built like a guy ... a spanxing would have HURT.  She would just give me that look that only women can truly master ... usually only after having children (although some are naturals) ... that says "I know you're not working up to your potential.  You're not giving it your all.  You're only cheating yourself."  Then I'd feel guilty.

That's a disappointing story v.v
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BlackWidow on June 13, 2007, 01:09:01 PM
That's a disappointing story v.v

Sorry :( ... My "writer" Mimi is out ... she's the one that embellishes all the stories into interesting (albeit far fetched) ones.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 13, 2007, 01:13:46 PM
Damn, I wish I could afford a writer.  And a band to play my theme song whenever I make an entrance.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 13, 2007, 01:23:51 PM
I think I'm going to request that I get an office of my own. I can't keep sharing it with this guy. He's lawful and I'm chaotic so we're having all kinds of personality clashes. Everything has to be in perfect order following set in stone procedures and no tolerance for deviation from the rules. Total 'letter of the law' type guy. I'm more of a 'fuck it, I know what this person meant, I'll just do it and get it done' type person and don't really care to follow rules that are outdated and serve no practical purpose. Did I do it how it's 'supposed' to be done? No. Is the end result correct and done in a fraction of the time it would have taken otherwise? Yes.

So shut up.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 13, 2007, 01:26:09 PM
I didn't know you were chaotic.

You're CG then, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 13, 2007, 02:29:33 PM
Xolik is Crazy Greek?

OPA!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on June 13, 2007, 02:35:52 PM
I'm chaotic too (but chaotic/ good i like to think), my office mate is an idiot, and i suspect evil. But we started to get along fine since i keep pointing out he's an idiot every time he says/does something stupid (witch is pretty much every time he opens his mouth), and i think he's bored with that and leaves me alone.
Maybe you should try that, sometimes it works.

Idiot/evil workmates are the worst kind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 13, 2007, 02:47:46 PM
I didn't know you were chaotic.

You're CG then, right?

I'm pretty much Chaotic Good these days. I can't stand rules and I simply need my freedom, but I won't use my freedom to hurt other people. I really like being helpful actually. This puts me at odds with several co-workers who can only be classified as Lawful Stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 13, 2007, 04:25:38 PM
I think I'm Chaotic Neutral but I've been leaning more to Good as I get older (not for the sake of maturity, but failure to cover my tracks sufficiently).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 13, 2007, 04:30:11 PM
I want so much to say I'm not Chaotic Evil, but it's just not true.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 13, 2007, 04:46:37 PM
Whatever happened to that Chaotic L4wy3r we had?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 13, 2007, 05:11:16 PM
I have a strong feeling that he is spending his pennies in meatspace.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 13, 2007, 05:33:24 PM
Damn, I wish I could afford a writer.  And a band to play my theme song whenever I make an entrance.

You should get a Christian rock band to do it. God knows they need the business. No pun intended.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 13, 2007, 05:34:22 PM
I'll send my brother Wally to give them the business.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 13, 2007, 05:35:20 PM
You should get a Christian rock band to do it. God knows they need the business. No pun intended.

Don't you think they'd be a bit uncomfortable playing his theme song? I mean, is "Feed My Frankenstein" really appropriate for a Christian band?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 13, 2007, 05:47:05 PM
Don't you think they'd be a bit uncomfortable playing his theme song? I mean, is "Feed My Frankenstein" really appropriate for a Christian band?

Tell them it's symbolic of worshiping Jesus, they'd probably buy it.

As far as the alignment discussion, I'm definitely Chaotic neutral. I have no respect for rules or procedures, because all they do is complicate things and make them more inefficient. The neutral part is because I can really go either way on the good or evil thing, depends on the person, situation, and day, and I don't mind helping others, but at the end of the day I always put myself first.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 13, 2007, 06:00:48 PM
I'm Chaotic Neutral if I recall correctly from the last time I tested.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 13, 2007, 06:01:52 PM
I am the exact alignment all forum moderators should be.  Chaotic Evil.

At least, that's what I test out to every time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 13, 2007, 06:05:26 PM
Gee, all of us people coming here from work are testing out as Chaotic.  Who woulda thought....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 13, 2007, 06:22:25 PM
Goddammit, I just had another big fight with the guy.

Me -"Look, I don't give two shits if that's how the vendor's website says to do it, I did it this way and I KNOW it works like this."

Him - "Oh, no, no no, we have to do it step by step just like it says here oh wait no it says to do it like this but we need this first but that page is down so we have to look here and it's not the x32 version but the x64 version but we're on x32 so we need to investigate more and..."

AARRRGH!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 14, 2007, 11:56:16 PM
Goddammit, I just had another big fight with the guy.

Me -"Look, I don't give two shits if that's how the vendor's website says to do it, I did it this way and I KNOW it works like this."

Him - "Oh, no, no no, we have to do it step by step just like it says here oh wait no it says to do it like this but we need this first but that page is down so we have to look here and it's not the x32 version but the x64 version but we're on x32 so we need to investigate more and..."

AARRRGH!

See, if you were CE instead of CG, you'd already have a solution to this problem.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 15, 2007, 10:27:43 AM
He gave up and did it my way. It worked.

Amazing, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 15, 2007, 10:45:41 AM
That's only because you're all buff now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 15, 2007, 12:34:56 PM
I got my Tears for Fears tickets!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 15, 2007, 12:35:40 PM
That's only because you're all buff now.

I thought it was Lacerda who is all buff now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 17, 2007, 03:46:32 AM
Nah; he all swole, brah.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 18, 2007, 12:23:15 PM
Oh god too true...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 18, 2007, 02:39:27 PM
That's hilarious.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 19, 2007, 05:17:03 PM
So, we have internal blogs at work.  For the most part, employees can blog about whatever they like (within the bounds of not violating workplace policies).  Some guy posts a blog about "why he hates NPR".  It's a bunch of blah blah blah about NPR being all left-leaning, and their experts aren't really experts at all, blah blah blah.  Well, these blogs have the ability to leave comments.  Most, but not all, of the comments were of the harumph harumph, right-leaning variety.  None of it was particularly vitriolic, but for some reason it annoyed the hell out of me.  I posted the following comment:
Quote
There's a very simple solution for those of you who don't like the (perceived) bias that NPR brings to its reporting.  Don't listen to NPR's reporting.  Watch Fox News, and only Fox News.  Frequent Rush Limbaugh's web site and listen to his radio show.  Find a Universal Press Syndicate outlet and read Ann Coulter's columns.  If that doesn't satisfy your need for demagoguery, nothing will.

I'm wondering if it's a bit much for the workplace...I'm considering emailing the blog owner and asking him to remove it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 19, 2007, 05:23:08 PM
Isn't that about the same argument as "if you don't like this country you can leave"?  If you don't like this station, you can turn it...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 19, 2007, 05:32:06 PM
I listen to NPR every day, and hear a full spectrum of opinion and viewpoint. You are as likely to hear a conservative as you are a liberal take on things. Where does the notion that NPR is liberal come from? Because it has the word "Public" in its title?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 19, 2007, 05:39:44 PM
Because they actually allow Libertarians, Constitution Party, Greens, etc. to express their opinions.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 19, 2007, 05:41:07 PM
I listen to NPR every day, and hear a full spectrum of opinion and viewpoint. You are as likely to hear a conservative as you are a liberal take on things. Where does the notion that NPR is liberal come from? Because it has the word "Public" in its title?

Simple word association: "Public" = PBS = LIEberal media.

Can't have that.

I'm wondering if it's a bit much for the workplace...I'm considering emailing the blog owner and asking him to remove it.

You know who else liked to censor dissenting viewpoints? That's right. Bush Hitler.




GODWIN ITT


Besides, you get more comedy if he continues to post. Give him enough rope and eventually he'll post something that will get him in hot water.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 19, 2007, 05:49:24 PM
You know who else liked to censor dissenting viewpoints? That's right. Bush Hitler.

Besides, you get more comedy if he continues to post. Give him enough rope and eventually he'll post something that will get him in hot water.
no, no, no...i meant, that i'm considering emailing him and asking him to remove my comment, not his blog post.  i meant that i was worried that my snarky comment was a bit much for the workplace.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 19, 2007, 05:55:19 PM
If you censor yourself, does that make you a fascist?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 19, 2007, 05:56:26 PM
I try to keep politics out of the workplace.  In my book political harassment is akin to sexual harassment.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 19, 2007, 06:00:01 PM
no, no, no...i meant, that i'm considering emailing him and asking him to remove my comment, not his blog post.  i meant that i was worried that my snarky comment was a bit much for the workplace.

Oh, God no, let it stay. If he bitches enough, sure, but not before. Watch, though, he'll pull the persecution card on you. Now post two more times to you'll be nice and evil.  :evil:

I try to keep politics out of the workplace.  In my book political harassment is akin to sexual harassment.

Hey, baby, how about we go back to my place and I do to you what Bush has been doing to the country?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 19, 2007, 06:06:09 PM
Hey, baby, how about we go back to my place and I do to you what Bush has been doing to the country?

What, cause me to bang my head against the wall and cry in despair?

SEX-AY!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 20, 2007, 12:44:09 AM
What, cause me to bang my head against the wall and cry in despair?

SEX-AY!

Fear is attractive, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 20, 2007, 12:02:28 PM
If you're the one holding the whip, yeah.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 20, 2007, 05:19:41 PM
Fear is attractive, right?

That would explain why I'm so horny every Halloween.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 20, 2007, 08:07:41 PM
That would explain why I'm so horny every Halloween.
Ya sure it aint the kids coming to your door of their own accord?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 20, 2007, 08:08:33 PM
That was low. And uncalled for.
Eh, well. My bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 20, 2007, 09:27:39 PM
Eh...

I laughed a bit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 20, 2007, 09:33:28 PM
That was low. And uncalled for.
Eh, well. My bad.

I laughed at it, so no harm done.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 21, 2007, 05:18:39 PM
Ya sure it aint the kids coming to your door of their own accord?

If you hadn't said it, someone else would have.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 21, 2007, 10:13:35 PM
So, what'd I miss?

I'll have vacation pictures up soon. I promise.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on June 22, 2007, 05:23:50 PM
So, what'd I miss?

I'm a pedophile now apparently.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2007, 05:27:14 PM
We're pretty much a Windows based network where I work. We have a few bastard Apple notebook machines out there that we don't really support but keep around because they're pretty and higher ups like to carry them around to make themselves look more sophisticated. I got this gem in my support queue a few minutes ago:

Customer "I’m running Mac OS emulating Windows XP and using Entourage to connect to a remote Windows terminal server to connect to my custom application with it's own special login ID and password WHY IS MY ACCOUNT GETTING LOCKED OUT ALL THE TIME?"

Me - (http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5017/emotpsyducklj3.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2007, 05:29:51 PM
I'm a pedophile now apparently.  :-(

Then I've got just the gift for you! A Nintendo DS!

Think about it:


Perfect!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 22, 2007, 05:31:34 PM
Then I've got just the gift for you! A Nintendo DS!

Think about it:

  • It's less than ten years old
  • It lets you touch it
  • It won't run away from you

Perfect!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 22, 2007, 06:59:51 PM
I am SO going to order up one of these: http://www.arbico-organics.com/1112512.html (http://www.arbico-organics.com/1112512.html), grab a funnel, and make a midnight trip to the mail slot in my bosses front door.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 23, 2007, 02:45:32 AM
My kind of luck would have me crouching, bugs in hand, reaching for the mailslot when the door opened.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 24, 2007, 02:37:34 AM
My kind of luck would have me crouching, bugs in hand, reaching for the mailslot when the door opened.

There is only one correct thing to do in a situation like that.


Toss the bag at his face while screaming "The eyes, Boo, go for the eyes!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on June 24, 2007, 08:18:25 PM
I tried to order a dozen boxes of those the other day but was thwarted once again by Amazon's elitist eskimophobic shipping regulations.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on June 25, 2007, 12:14:06 AM
My kind of luck would have me crouching, bugs in hand, reaching for the mailslot when the door opened.

I wouldn't even get that lucky, I'de just have cops show up at my front door two weeks later and arrest me, no questions asked.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 25, 2007, 01:27:49 AM
I tried to order a dozen boxes of those the other day but was thwarted once again by Amazon's elitist eskimophobic shipping regulations.


Well we can't have our aphid eradication technology falling into the wrong hands,
... now can we ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 27, 2007, 12:35:21 PM
Wow. I thought she had been gone for good a looooooooong time ago...

Daria
Last Active:     March 21, 2007, 07:51:22 PM

 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 27, 2007, 02:09:17 PM
Ooooh.  I miss her.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 27, 2007, 05:34:07 PM
I love summertime. Now is when I go into full on industry certification-whore mode. Time to update my MCS*\HP\CompTia crap.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 28, 2007, 03:22:39 AM
It's 1:21am where I'm at and I can't sleep. I knew I shouldn't have chugged that Starbucks thing after six. Dammit, I need to wake up and go to work in four hours!  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 28, 2007, 06:36:03 AM
One measly coffee? Before SIX?? Lightweight! :D
 I can (no bullshit) eat four Vivarin with tea on an empty stomach and go right to sleep.
Of course, I've been eating them for years now. . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2007, 10:39:26 AM
It's 1:21am where I'm at and I can't sleep. I knew I shouldn't have chugged that Starbucks thing after six. Dammit, I need to wake up and go to work in four hours!  :cry:

Curiously Ian woke up at 1am and I went back to bed at about 1:10.  At 1:21 I couldn't sleep.  The dog was licking herself and the fucking male mockingbird was trolling for bitchez, so I got out of bed about 1:45 and surfed for porn.  I never did get back to sleep so I went to early practice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 28, 2007, 11:16:26 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287109,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287109,00.html)

Buahahahahhaahahahaha! My parents wanted to get me involed with these Exodus creeps. I'm so tempted to forward this to them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 28, 2007, 12:53:56 PM
Ix-nay on the orwards-fay ...

Only "Former leaders" are doing the apology circuit,

whereas "Current leaders" are holding their ground, albeit with a softer approach.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 28, 2007, 12:55:06 PM
... I never did get back to sleep so I went to early practice.

... Porn practice ?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 28, 2007, 12:56:16 PM
Swim practice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on June 28, 2007, 01:05:16 PM
That's what I thought, before I said that other thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 28, 2007, 01:31:17 PM
Swim practice.
The difference being 3 letters

Swimmer practice versus Swim practice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on June 29, 2007, 06:54:38 AM
You could do both at once if you wanted
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 29, 2007, 04:04:42 PM
I just found out I'm a SQL admin. Apparently, I've BEEN a SQL admin for quite some time, but nobody told me about it. They told plenty of other people, though, and now I'm trying to figure out database issues because I'm getting all kinds of wacky calls.

I never once told anybody that I knew anything about SQL. Boss said he just knows I'll handle it fine and left me at that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 29, 2007, 04:26:02 PM
So now you can use the secret sa login.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 29, 2007, 08:10:22 PM
username:sa
Password:



Or if yu have a clever DBA

username:sa
password:password
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 29, 2007, 08:39:23 PM
I can see that. Does that mean I'm a System Administrator somewhere?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2007, 09:14:20 PM
At work I use Dilbert characters as my passwords.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 30, 2007, 12:17:38 AM
username:sa
Password:



Or if yu have a clever DBA

username:sa
password:password

Oh, you have no idea how true that is.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 30, 2007, 07:20:09 AM
At work I use Dilbert characters as my passwords.
Dilbert has his own alphabet?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2007, 01:09:03 PM
Why somebody would wait in line for hours and hours just to pay hundreds of dollars for a first gen apple product eludes me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 02, 2007, 02:34:28 PM
Quote
Why somebody would wait in line for hours and hours just to pay hundreds of dollars for an first gen apple product eludes me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2007, 06:33:42 PM
Xolik - "You can't send email? What's your user name?"
Hurr - "It's imanidiot."
Xolik - "Oh, I remember you. Remember when I told you that if you kept forwarding me crappy joke emails and multimeg video clips of youtube crap that I'd revoke your Exchange send ability?"
Hurr - "Yeah, I remember that, why?"
Xolik - "I wasn't joking." *click*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on July 02, 2007, 07:18:29 PM
Xolik - "You can't send email? What's your user name?"
Hurr - "It's imanidiot."
Xolik - "Oh, I remember you. Remember when I told you that if you kept forwarding me crappy joke emails and multimeg video clips of youtube crap that I'd revoke your Exchange send ability?"
Hurr - "Yeah, I remember that, why?"
Xolik - "I wasn't joking." *click*

Is this a work conversation?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 02, 2007, 08:46:09 PM
My hero.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on July 02, 2007, 09:34:20 PM
Xolik - "You can't send email? What's your user name?"
Hurr - "It's imanidiot."
Xolik - "Oh, I remember you. Remember when I told you that if you kept forwarding me crappy joke emails and multimeg video clips of youtube crap that I'd revoke your Exchange send ability?"
Hurr - "Yeah, I remember that, why?"
Xolik - "I wasn't joking." *click*

Score one for the good guys! +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2007, 10:34:08 PM
Is this a work conversation?

Yes it was, actually. It wasn't a permanent thing, of course. I already told this person multiple times that I don't want to be on whatever DL he's using to send this crap out to everybody but he kept ignoring me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 03, 2007, 12:40:36 PM
I just received the worst email possible. Full of glittering gif images, super GO AMERICA FUCK YEAH JESUSLAND ALL THE WAY messages and other atrocities. It's like a self-parody, only I know the sender and she's probably very serious about it. Too bad I can't show it here.  You'd be doubling over with laughter for sure.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 03, 2007, 01:29:45 PM
I just received the worst email possible. Full of glittering gif images, super GO AMERICA FUCK YEAH JESUSLAND ALL THE WAY messages and other atrocities. It's like a self-parody, only I know the sender and she's probably very serious about it. Too bad I can't show it here.  You'd be doubling over with laughter for sure.



That's ok; I'm already doubled over with laughter because of your avatar XD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on July 03, 2007, 06:22:11 PM
I just received the worst email possible. Full of glittering gif images, super GO AMERICA FUCK YEAH JESUSLAND ALL THE WAY messages and other atrocities. It's like a self-parody, only I know the sender and she's probably very serious about it. Too bad I can't show it here.  You'd be doubling over with laughter for sure.



You should suspend her email privileges too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on July 03, 2007, 09:59:42 PM
I just received the worst email possible. Full of glittering gif images, super GO AMERICA FUCK YEAH JESUSLAND ALL THE WAY messages and other atrocities. It's like a self-parody, only I know the sender and she's probably very serious about it. Too bad I can't show it here.  You'd be doubling over with laughter for sure.

I get those from my aunt once in a while. Hurrrrr.

Edit: Post 4444!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 04, 2007, 04:04:18 PM
It's not that I'm afraid of death; I don't believe I am; it's just that I realize the potential experience here. What am I going to miss? No one likes leaving familiarity, though that doesn't mean they are averse to the coming experience. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Evonus on July 04, 2007, 08:47:17 PM
It's not that I'm afraid of death; I don't believe I am; it's just that I realize the potential experience here. What am I going to miss? No one likes leaving familiarity, though that doesn't mean they are averse to the coming experience. 

I'm actually kind of looking forward to dying actually. I don't really see much that I'm going to be losing by not being alive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 04, 2007, 09:17:34 PM
I have no fear of death and I accept the reality that everything must die eventually, but I sincerely do think that there is much good I could do for the world and don't want to leave just yet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 04, 2007, 09:47:01 PM
It's not that I'm afraid of death; I don't believe I am; it's just that I realize the potential experience here. What am I going to miss? No one likes leaving familiarity, though that doesn't mean they are averse to the coming experience. 

As said in Hook (which is a fucking awesome movie)

Peter Pan: Death is but the next great adventure.
Captain Hook: My boy, death is the ONLY adventure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 04, 2007, 10:40:51 PM
I've suprised I'm still around.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 05, 2007, 09:53:43 AM
I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to learn that Al Gore's crotchspawn was busted for pot possession.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 05, 2007, 09:54:28 AM
He was studying the Greenhouse Effect.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 05, 2007, 11:36:14 AM
I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to learn that Al Gore's crotchspawn was busted for pot possession.

How else do you live with parents who dance like that publicly?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on July 05, 2007, 11:52:50 AM
It wasn't even his, it was his friends! I personally hate it when my friends leave their drugs in my car  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 05, 2007, 01:58:01 PM
That's a great way to get free drugs and educate your friends at the same time!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 05, 2007, 04:17:05 PM
Well thats one way to look at it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 05, 2007, 04:45:14 PM
Another way to look at it is upside down!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 05, 2007, 04:47:35 PM
or you could get a mirror
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 03:17:40 PM
Dieting is a pain in the ass. One month and I've dropped six pounds. It's a fantastic coincidence that it also happens to be about a month since I quit and uninstalled WoW.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 06, 2007, 03:20:12 PM
Dieting is a pain in the ass. One month and I've dropped six pounds. It's a fantastic coincidence that it also happens to be about a month since I quit and uninstalled WoW.  :w:

I've always held to the belief that WoW gradually eats the human soul.

And I still do; I hold to the belief while I'm playing Ragnarok Online (http://www.ethereal-revenge.com).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 06, 2007, 03:26:47 PM
Dieting does suck i have to do it for Cross Country, and its even worse when you have to run upwards of 5 miles a day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 03:33:16 PM
I'm going to start taking swim classes here at the college since I don't know how and I'm hoping that will speed things up a bit. Plus, I've always wanted to relearn how to swim.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 06, 2007, 03:56:50 PM
Swimming is pretty fun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 06, 2007, 04:28:13 PM
I'm going to start taking swim classes here at the college since I don't know how and I'm hoping that will speed things up a bit. Plus, I've always wanted to relearn how to swim.

You're just hoping you don't get a female instructor.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
You're just hoping you don't get a female instructor.   :-D

Quite the opposite, actually. They're all private one on one lessons and I don't want an embarrassing situation to arise.

I just found out that the only other gay guy in my work building is quitting in a few weeks. Great. Now, I'm the token.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 06, 2007, 04:41:34 PM
So?  Who said the instructors at the college have to be straight?

Hehe.  You said arise.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 06:27:28 PM
Note to self - When the new CIO is looking for your boss by jokingly stating "I'm looking for a short Filipino guy" the correct response isn't "Join the club."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 06:53:36 PM
http://www.christianshirts.net/ (http://www.christianshirts.net/)

I refuse to believe (GET IT?) this is for real. It can't be. Just no. Wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on July 06, 2007, 07:59:40 PM
GIJESUS
Forgivingruven
HastaLaVistaSatan

... haha, there's some gooduns in there ...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 06, 2007, 08:18:24 PM
How come no one ever draws and quarters someone? They have people drawn and quartered all the time; but never hear anyone telling of doing it.

 "I shall draw and quarter you!"
 "I shall have you drawn and quartered!"

 I must admit, having it done certainly sounds better. Wonder if there was ever anyone who claimed they would have it done, but then had to do it themselves? Now that would be embarrassing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2007, 08:47:01 PM
Lacerda did draw me once, but he never gave me any quarters.


I'm a big proponent of the old 'tar and feather' option.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 06, 2007, 09:14:04 PM
Heh. Tar and feathers. Reminds me of my early years, standing too close to the freshly paved potholes at the corner in that long-ass boa I used to have.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on July 06, 2007, 11:42:33 PM
Haha (http://www.christianshirts.net/designs.php?id=181), knew they were high when they wrote that book =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on July 07, 2007, 12:45:37 AM
Jesus' brother Joseph designed that one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 09, 2007, 12:29:09 PM
I hate cramming for tests. I'm almost done, which is good, because my exam is on weds. After going over 430 practice questions and still having another 250 left, I'm starting to feel burned out.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 09, 2007, 03:23:54 PM
It wasn't even his, it was his friends! <snip>
From which orifice did you pull this nugget of wisdom?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on July 09, 2007, 03:32:41 PM
It was a joke, but I did hear something on the news, whether it was true or not I do not know, but they were saying they weren't sure if they were his or not until he was convicted. But that was right after it happened.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 10, 2007, 07:44:30 PM
Why do I have to go and get really sick the day before a non-refundable, non-resceduleable exam? I hate my immune system. I swear, it's out to get me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 10, 2007, 08:30:42 PM
Is it for a job or something? Why is it not reschedulable?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 10, 2007, 09:52:16 PM
You can modify several brands of nail guns into fully functional automatic weapons (capable of firing standard ammunition)!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 10, 2007, 10:10:46 PM
Is it for a job or something? Why is it not reschedulable?

It's the Security+ exam and if you want to reschedule, you need to do it 24 hours in advance. I missed the cut by a few hours.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 10, 2007, 10:58:11 PM
Gotta burn one, eh? :-D
Canada has the most potheads! w00t! (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288846,00.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 10, 2007, 11:08:42 PM
That's awesome! Does anyone know roughly how hot the spark gap in an automotive sparkplug is?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 11, 2007, 02:05:00 AM
Not to be facetious....  click here (http://www.dodgeram.org/tech/gas/spark_plugs/s_plug_faq.htm)
 More specifically:

  "Q: What is the operating temperature of a spark plug tip?

   Whether a spark plug is installed in a lawn mower, boat, truck, or race car, the plug tip temperature must remain between 450° C and 850° C. If the tip temperature is below 450°C, the insulator area surrounding the center electrode will not be hot enough to burn off carbon and combustion chamber deposits. These deposits will accumulate and foul the plug gap, leading to a misfire. When the tip temperature exceeds 850°C, the ceramic around the tip will blister and the electrodes will melt. Preignition and detonation caused by the overheatede tip are likely to cause engine damage.
   The borderline netween the fouling and operating regions (450°C) is called the spark plug self-cleaning region. This is the temperature at which the accumulated deposits burn off of the center insulator. A function of temperature only, the self-cleaning region has no relationship to spark quality or intensity."

 :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 11, 2007, 12:17:10 PM
I passed my CompTia Security+ exam. Joy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 11, 2007, 12:18:24 PM
Kickass!  Dude!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 11, 2007, 12:31:00 PM
Not to be facetious....  click here (http://www.dodgeram.org/tech/gas/spark_plugs/s_plug_faq.htm)
 More specifically:

  "Q: What is the operating temperature of a spark plug tip?

   Whether a spark plug is installed in a lawn mower, boat, truck, or race car, the plug tip temperature must remain between 450° C and 850° C. If the tip temperature is below 450°C, the insulator area surrounding the center electrode will not be hot enough to burn off carbon and combustion chamber deposits. These deposits will accumulate and foul the plug gap, leading to a misfire. When the tip temperature exceeds 850°C, the ceramic around the tip will blister and the electrodes will melt. Preignition and detonation caused by the overheatede tip are likely to cause engine damage.
   The borderline netween the fouling and operating regions (450°C) is called the spark plug self-cleaning region. This is the temperature at which the accumulated deposits burn off of the center insulator. A function of temperature only, the self-cleaning region has no relationship to spark quality or intensity."

 :-)

Thanks a pile, I actually did google "spark plug temperature" and "spark plug temperature gap" a few times unsuccessfully. I guess this means I'll have to go back to the magnesium ignitor...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 11, 2007, 03:35:12 PM
Thanks a pile
No problem, hoss! :-)

I passed my CompTia Security+ exam. Joy.
Kickass!  Dude!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on July 11, 2007, 05:48:13 PM
I passed my CompTia Security+ exam. Joy.

Grats!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 12, 2007, 02:07:21 PM
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/hmm.jpg)


 65.55.210.49

OrgName:    Microsoft Corp
OrgID:      MSFT
Address:    One Microsoft Way
City:       Redmond
StateProv:  WA
PostalCode: 98052
Country:    US

 ...they're on to me...
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/hiding.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on July 12, 2007, 04:33:36 PM
That's a disturbing thought. Are they watching all of us?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 12, 2007, 05:07:02 PM
Quote from: Member12337
Probably so.
My sources say yes. Have you said anything like "Fuck Vista" recently?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 12, 2007, 05:11:19 PM
I made fun of Bob, but doesn't everyone?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 12, 2007, 05:15:28 PM
"Bob" loves you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on July 13, 2007, 12:25:56 AM
Don't anybody mention Linux, they'll probably alert SCO.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 13, 2007, 05:00:40 PM
My boss's project planning in a nutshell:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 18, 2007, 11:28:09 PM
If you haven't seen "Employee of the Month" then you're missing out. It's pretty funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on July 19, 2007, 01:21:37 AM
If you haven't seen "Employee of the Month" then you're missing out. It's pretty funny.

Amen to that. Seconded.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on July 19, 2007, 10:49:34 AM
Amen to that. Seconded.

thirded*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 27, 2007, 10:57:58 PM
I had no idea that dying flowers could smell so bad when they're in 95+ degree heat. Good gravy, it's like somebody died in here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 27, 2007, 11:02:47 PM
I think anything dying in that kinda heat smells bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 27, 2007, 11:11:28 PM
The worst part is, my boyfriend is going to be pissed. He just brought those flowers home two days ago.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JuggaloGeek on July 27, 2007, 11:12:41 PM
Well that could turn out badly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 28, 2007, 12:01:27 AM
I had no idea that dying flowers could smell so bad when they're in 95+ degree heat. Good gravy, it's like somebody died in here.

Haven't you seen Taxi Driver?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 28, 2007, 12:05:27 AM
No, actually. I've been meaning to, but never got around to actually doing it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on July 28, 2007, 01:17:40 AM
Well, when youre sitting there
In your silk upholstered chair
Talking to some rich folks that you know
Well I hope you wont see me
In my ragged company
You know I could never be alone

Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think youre the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave

Well, when youre sitting back
In your rose pink cadillac
Making bets on kentucky derby day
Ill be in my basement room
With a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away

Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think youre the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave

Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think youre the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the us mail
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave
No I wont forget to put roses on your grave
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on July 28, 2007, 02:47:50 AM
No, actually. I've been meaning to, but never got around to actually doing it.

This summer I've been steadily working through a pile of 60s/70s movies that I've always wanted to see but never got around to.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on July 28, 2007, 06:33:00 AM
thirded*

Fou...  Eh, ditto.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on July 29, 2007, 08:33:30 AM
Quote of the millennium:

"Can I get some ketchup packetseses?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 30, 2007, 10:32:36 AM
No, actually. I've been meaning to, but never got around to actually doing it.

Are you talking to me?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 30, 2007, 11:13:28 AM
Are you talking to me?


I thought he was talking about you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 01, 2007, 06:39:43 PM
I'm so glad I'm getting the hell out of here and going to Vegas for the weekend, because after the way these past two weeks have been going, I pretty much feel like this:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 01, 2007, 08:53:49 PM
Isn't DEFCON this weekend?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 07, 2007, 06:27:47 PM
15lbs. All I need is to lose another 15lbs and I've reached my goal. Now how can I quickly drop 15lbs short of just cutting off my head?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 07, 2007, 09:43:42 PM
"The human head weighs 8 lbs."

[/annoying little fucker from that tom cruise movie]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on August 08, 2007, 12:14:49 AM
Why is Fables such a good comic? And why the fuck am I such a fangirl for Bill Willingham and Grant Morrison?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2007, 01:23:17 AM
"The human head weighs 8 lbs."

[/annoying little fucker from that tom cruise movie]

I HAVE A TUMOR OK  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 08, 2007, 01:00:46 PM
Quote
posted by Ahhhnold Schwarzenegegegeger
No, it's not a tooomuur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 09, 2007, 02:49:40 PM
I have a horrible confession to make. I'm starting to like country music. I wonder what it means?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 09, 2007, 02:53:45 PM
I have a horrible confession to make. I'm starting to like country music. I wonder what it means?

Some country is good.  Hank, Johnny, Patsy, Ryan Adams, Crosstops, etc.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 09, 2007, 03:15:26 PM
Dolly Parton has the most angelic voice ever.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 09, 2007, 03:26:04 PM
Dolly Parton has the most angelic voice ever.

"angelic voice" is an euphemism, now, too?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on August 09, 2007, 10:34:11 PM
Hank Williams is the father of sad country songs and I love him for it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 10, 2007, 02:34:13 PM
It might be my widely acknowledged state of mental instability, which frequently sparks bouts of paranoia, but do you ever have like, a week when you feel like the entire fucking world is out to get you? Like the Gods suddenly decided that eating M&Ms goes against divine providence and now they're making you pay?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 10, 2007, 03:01:03 PM
Not suddenly.  That particular confection has been on the books for at least the past score and a half.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 10, 2007, 08:56:53 PM
Nah, I've come to realize its not the gods who are out to get me. Its the purple penguins in the basement of my non-existing house that is in the desert near Norway. *Googles for a desert near Norway*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on August 10, 2007, 10:48:30 PM
Nah, I've come to realize its not the gods who are out to get me. Its the purple penguins in the basement of my non-existing house that is in the desert near Norway. *Googles for a desert near Norway*

You have them too?!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 11, 2007, 12:25:51 AM
*Googles for a desert near Norway*

Well I don't care what Google thinks, I'm definitely against it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 11, 2007, 02:32:24 AM
Yes... I'm afflicted with the rare case of Purple Penguin Syndrome. I also happen to have the Green Fairy Syndrome, and Purple Dinosaur Syndrome. *shrugs* I hear the last two are abit more common though. *looks to Crystalmonkey* Against what? Me locking Purple Penguin up in a basement? He's the one who bit me...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 11, 2007, 03:55:47 PM
....

Suddenly I feel better about my situation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 12, 2007, 08:25:44 PM
I hate you, you hate me,
let's all go and kill Barney!
With a shotgun *bang bang*
Barney's on the floor,
no more purple dinosaur.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 12, 2007, 09:58:48 PM
Tick, Tack, Toe
Three in a row
Barney got shot by G.I. Joe
Mama called the doctor
and the doctor said

Whoop Barney's dead!
Whoop Barney's dead!
*do a little dance randomly flailing arms*


On top of ol' Smokey
All covered in blood
I shot my poor teacher
With a .44 slug

I went to her funeral
I went to her grave
Everyone threw flowers
I threw a grenade

The cops tried to catch me
But I was too fast
So I lit off
The gas...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 15, 2007, 12:19:50 PM
Merc, I'm blocking your signature. Nothing personal, per se, but when I can't even read what it says due to the hideous fonts, what's the point?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 15, 2007, 09:37:40 PM
*shrugs* Artistic idiocy at its best. I can change it, since its only a matter of a few minutes out of my way. If your talking about the font in the top right hand corner though, that was done on purpose. Its a font taken from The Elder Scrolls video game series, and is an in game text. Pretty much transferring an 'A' to say, some cool looking symbol. I'll go back and make another one, more basic and prettier.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 17, 2007, 11:03:42 AM
Root DC disk failures make my morning so much brighter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 21, 2007, 11:54:46 AM
*sound of crickets*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 21, 2007, 01:22:40 PM
This place has been too quiet lately. But then again, I've been working my tailend these past few days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on August 21, 2007, 02:02:46 PM
This place has been too quiet lately. But then again, I've been working my tailend these past few days.

I'm not a fan of people prostituting themselves, but money is money.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 21, 2007, 07:35:06 PM
I hate this place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 22, 2007, 01:59:19 AM
This place has been too quiet lately. But then again, I've been working my tailend these past few days.

I'd flash everyone, but there are still some states in which I'm not legal. Until December. So I guess I'll just have to keep my revival techniques under wraps until then.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 22, 2007, 01:06:31 PM
I hate this place.

Why?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 22, 2007, 02:39:43 PM
Too many questions; not enough Demo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 22, 2007, 03:58:26 PM
I think you must have ran him off again.   :lol:  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on August 23, 2007, 03:26:36 PM
What do you mean too many questions?

 :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2007, 03:50:14 PM
I was on vacation.  And I'm going to be scarce on Mondays and Fridays because I'll be taking them off for paid family leave until Ian's first.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 24, 2007, 06:39:47 PM
In before thread about Castro's death.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 24, 2007, 09:00:12 PM
Reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated in the past, I'm not holding my breath this time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2007, 09:59:14 PM
I have a friend who lives in the Castro.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on August 24, 2007, 10:03:44 PM
Is he a plastic rectum?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 25, 2007, 01:50:50 AM
Plastic rectum? Sounds like a good job... what's the requirements to hold such a position? :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on August 25, 2007, 02:59:41 AM
Ahh, but it's not all fun and games.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Merc on August 25, 2007, 05:56:15 PM
No sitting there and whistling all day? Darn... my life's goal is ruined. You know what, I need a new passion then just being an ass.

I KNOW! I'll be a penis! Do they have plastic penises though? I'm not sure if it's a joke or an actual medical procedure...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 28, 2007, 10:07:11 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_us/odd_iphone_unlocked (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_us/odd_iphone_unlocked)

I wonder if Apple can sue him for this?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on August 28, 2007, 03:57:05 PM
IMO:

I don't think they're going to sue him. I think they're going to look at it as one of those "wow a 17 year old hacked our phone, we need to really check our work" and learn from it.

They'd get a lot of negative feedback from the press if they sued a 17 year old kid...

But who knows?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 28, 2007, 08:58:21 PM
There's a really funky smell in my house.  I have searched everywhere, and I am unable to locate the source.   :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 28, 2007, 08:58:50 PM
Did you check the microwave for fish?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 28, 2007, 09:02:55 PM
Wiseass
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 28, 2007, 09:09:33 PM
That's why you love me.

Seriously though, what does it smell like.  Sewer gas would be plumbing related; dead animal smell could be mice or rats in the walls; if it's moldy I'd look for water damage.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 29, 2007, 07:12:59 AM
There's a really funky smell in my house.  I have searched everywhere, and I am unable to locate the source.   :x

Don't hate me here, but did you put on deodorant this morning?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on September 01, 2007, 10:33:34 PM
Soooooo.....

I bought a car today.

(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/Indigo_Ink_Pearl_vehicle.jpg)

I feels fucking AWESOME.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on September 01, 2007, 11:04:28 PM
If you got a new car, and you feeling like a star
Now what cha gonna do?
GHOST RIDE CHA WHIP!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 04, 2007, 01:50:11 PM
Nice.  What kind is it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on September 04, 2007, 02:10:51 PM
Nice.  What kind is it?

The King cannot ride in anything less than THE shit mobile. It wouldn't be proper.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on September 04, 2007, 02:56:37 PM
Nice.  What kind is it?
It's a Toyota Matrix M Theory.
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/car001.jpg)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/car004.jpg)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/car006.jpg)

This came with it and makes me feel kinda of lame and cool all at once. What the hell do I need that much speaker for??
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/car003.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 04, 2007, 03:12:44 PM
Did you look at the Scion Xd before you bought that?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 04, 2007, 07:10:46 PM
You need that much speaker so you can roll through the hood blasting Weird Al.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on September 04, 2007, 09:04:50 PM
You need that much speaker so you can roll through the hood blasting Weird Al.

concur.

Also, my friend has a matrix, it's a few years old (so obviously not the same model), but she loves it.  I've driven it a few times and didn't die/crash, so...

Yay for a new car!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: d_money on September 06, 2007, 01:59:19 AM
The sub is a 10 or and 8? Can't tell from the pic. Nice ride tho.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on September 06, 2007, 01:10:45 PM
Did you look at the Scion Xd before you bought that?
I originally wanted the Xd but apparently they don't make it anymore. Now they have the Xa which isn't as easy on the eyes in my opinion.

I'm really not sure if the sub is 8 or 10 but yeah...it's pretty freaking sweet when I want to be roll with the white and nerdy crowd ;)

Also it's great for when I'm listening to El Pus - Thuggin in the Suburbs.

So far I love it but I have to get used to not having a trunk. I keep freaking out when people are on my ass because there isn't a trunk that extends out so the seem so much closer to the back of my car. I'm pretty sure they're the same distance as before but just look closer.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 06, 2007, 04:57:11 PM
lol@iphone fanatics

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/06/steve_jobs_and_apple_drop_iphone_price/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/06/steve_jobs_and_apple_drop_iphone_price/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 06, 2007, 06:54:52 PM
I originally wanted the Xd but apparently they don't make it anymore. Now they have the Xa which isn't as easy on the eyes in my opinion.
visa-versa, but I get your point.  I'm seriously considering the Xd for my next car (soon).  I did like the Xa better, though.  And, I'd love to know why the new Xd gets 6mpg less than the Xa.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on September 08, 2007, 12:40:44 AM
visa-versa, but I get your point.  I'm seriously considering the Xd for my next car (soon).  I did like the Xa better, though.  And, I'd love to know why the new Xd gets 6mpg less than the Xa.
Exactly......AND it costs a little more. The Xa I had looked at was marked down from 14k to 11k and the Xd starts at 16k. (at least on the ones on the lot that I saw.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on September 12, 2007, 12:33:43 PM
Anybody here go to renfaires?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 12, 2007, 12:55:06 PM
Renaissance festivals?  I attended my first one last year.  I liked it a lot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on September 12, 2007, 03:13:08 PM
Yah.  I usually go every year, and I'm going to the NY Renfaire this weekend so I thought I'd ask if anyone else here did that sort of thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 12, 2007, 06:57:08 PM
BizB does.  He went to one last year.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 12, 2007, 06:59:05 PM
True.  But it was my first one, so I don't know how much I could contribute to a conversation related to the topic.  So, I kept my reply rather short.  I could add to it, though.  Here...

MMmmmm wenches.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on September 12, 2007, 09:42:10 PM
I'm going to a renfaire next Sunday....I'm not quite sure where it is but I know I'm supposed to be serving something there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 13, 2007, 02:29:33 PM
Mozart wants a rimjob, kinda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on September 13, 2007, 04:26:22 PM
Ahhhh, wikipedia.  The place where anyone can add "information" as they please.  That's probably the funniest thing I've seen all day...dare I ask how you came across it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 13, 2007, 04:37:28 PM
Ahhhh, wikipedia.  The place where anyone can add "information" as they please.  That's probably the funniest thing I've seen all day...dare I ask how you came across it?

SA thread.

Also:

(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_02/monkeypigPHTSHT1309_468x325.jpg)

"Hey, where da white pigeons at?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on September 13, 2007, 04:53:14 PM
I'm getting an awwww, ehhhhhhh feeling from that.  Every time I see a pigeon I just want to kick it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 14, 2007, 03:53:35 AM
But then, the pigeons came....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 14, 2007, 07:49:39 PM
Hey, Xing-Xing. Yes, I did get your phone messages, and I am so sorry I didn't get back to you right away. I'm glad you agreed to meet me for coffee, though, because we need to talk. See, I was sort of confused by some of the things you said on my voicemail: "Hey, that Kurosawa festival at the Orpheum was extended another week if you want to go." "There's a new Cuban place on Eustace Street. I'm free Thursday evening if you're interested." "Hi, Xolik, it's Xing-Xing. Call me."

Since we only met last weekend, I didn't really understand all this chummy familiarity. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized that a big misunderstanding had occurred: You think there's something between us. Xing-Xing, you're a really nice, intelligent, attractive guy, and I'm truly sorry to have to say this, but I didn't mean to lead you on last weekend by fucking you.





http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33164 (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33164) <--I love it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 30, 2007, 12:54:23 PM
*drive-by posting*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 01, 2007, 08:45:39 PM
*following cat around*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 02, 2007, 04:52:42 PM
*wondering why there's posts all over his lawn*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 02, 2007, 05:37:42 PM
*wondered that, too, but was more interested in following cat's ass. . . *
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on October 02, 2007, 05:45:46 PM
GET OFF SHADE'S LAWN! =P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 03, 2007, 04:00:40 PM
All I need now is a cane and a pitcher of lemonade.

Oh yes, and a gun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 04, 2007, 03:15:07 PM
What a great day at the gym! First I was listening to Jock Jams, then I was covered in them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 05, 2007, 05:01:00 AM
What a great day at the gym! First I was listening to Jock Jams, then I was covered in them.

Sexcellent!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 08, 2007, 11:38:11 AM
Crap. Ping Ping has a job offer in Vietnam and he's been over there the past week and a half looking into it.

Not good, not good....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 08, 2007, 12:36:25 PM
Not sexcellent!

That would be a shame if he left, Xol. I hope everything works out alright.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 08, 2007, 01:47:38 PM
Yeah, me too. We're coming up on seven years together now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 08, 2007, 05:30:38 PM
Congratulations! That's quite a milestone!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 10, 2007, 12:52:54 PM
Could you move there and be a kept man?  It could be an adventure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 10, 2007, 02:47:43 PM
Yeah, me too. We're coming up on seven years together now.

Good communications! One could even say you're receiving ping ping's pings clearly. hehe!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 10, 2007, 03:07:56 PM
Yeah, me too. We're coming together now.

That's what I saw.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 10, 2007, 04:12:14 PM
Could you move there and be a kept man?  It could be an adventure.

I can't. I have family obligations that are keeping me in California. Looks like he's going to go through with it, too. He says it may be a few months, one year at the latest before it happens.

Poor guy. I know he misses home dearly. He wasn't happy at all to be back in the United States, even if Bush were out of office.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 11, 2007, 02:31:33 PM
I'm sorry Xolik.  So is it a permanent position?


In other news, I just got back from the NERD FESTIVAL...also knows as the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Conference.  I got a free math t-shirt.  Nerd-o-licious!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 11, 2007, 02:54:46 PM
Dare I ask what's on the math shirt?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 11, 2007, 04:24:23 PM
It says, "We all use math every day".  You know, as in www.weallusematheveryday.com?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 11, 2007, 04:52:43 PM
It says, "We all use math every day".  You know, as in www.weallusematheveryday.com?

Pffft.  I work with computers.  What possible reason would I have for needing math?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 12, 2007, 12:35:27 PM
I'm having a serious case of CSSP right now and need a break.




Can't Stand Stupid People
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 13, 2007, 04:18:53 AM
Lucky for you; you only have flare-ups.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 22, 2007, 02:26:08 PM
So I'm in Malibu at work right now and HOLY SHIT the smoke is all over the place. There's a big ol'patch of burnt grass right outside of my office where the fire was. This would be totally awesome if it weren't so scary.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 26, 2007, 08:44:24 AM
Now this is kinda handy:

SpeedTrap Listing (http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on October 26, 2007, 12:03:53 PM
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20071023040252&Page=K&Headline='Cow-eating'+trees+of+Padrame&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 27, 2007, 08:40:30 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_en_mu/theater_fanadus_2
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 29, 2007, 12:50:16 PM
lol...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on October 30, 2007, 12:12:28 PM
Shakespeare Barbie Fishing Kit (http://"http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0049601117754a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=mini+tackle+box+plastic&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=mini+tackle+box+plastic&noImage=0")

I know nothing about fishing, so seeing "Shakespeare" and "Barbie" in the same sentence made me laugh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 02, 2007, 08:02:59 AM
And now, a little something from the W, T, and F folders....

Install Linux on a Dead Badger (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 03, 2007, 08:28:33 PM
I upgraded my comp. I'm now using an AMD 64 6000+ Dual Core, 4GB of ram which XP only sees 3.25GB of, and an Nvidia 6800 GTS which is my new favourite video card of all times. 640mb of DDR3 goodness.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 05, 2007, 03:01:54 PM
I've had this thing for several years, and I JUST noticed my notebook is wireless; and
has more advanced features than I was aware of:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 07, 2007, 05:55:55 AM
Wholly CRAP! 
The NEW "Crack"heads (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308841,00.html)...
  The Collier County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Fla., recently released a bulletin warning of a new drug threat in America — jenkem — made by fermenting human feces and urine and huffing the gas produced.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on November 07, 2007, 06:27:40 AM
I play with my autococker every other weekend.






well, sometimes just once a month.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 07, 2007, 08:10:55 AM
COCKS LOL!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 07, 2007, 12:25:04 PM
Wholly CRAP! 
The NEW "Crack"heads (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308841,00.html)...
  The Collier County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Fla., recently released a bulletin warning of a new drug threat in America — jenkem — made by fermenting human feces and urine and huffing the gas produced.


Thank god for Fark...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 07, 2007, 12:45:17 PM
What's a Fark?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 07, 2007, 12:51:24 PM
www.fark.com
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 07, 2007, 01:05:57 PM
Is that new?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 07, 2007, 01:15:25 PM
Maybe, if so it may not be news.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 07, 2007, 01:19:30 PM
Wait.  That fark site looks like it might not be completely serious.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 07, 2007, 01:28:21 PM
I gotta tell bit0 about that site!  He's going to really love it.  They even have b(.)(.)bies!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 07, 2007, 01:43:54 PM
I was thinking the same thing, so I already sent him an email.

Just wait until Pb sees it.  I bet he'll register like 100 accounts there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 07, 2007, 03:02:38 PM
I play with my autococker every other weekend.






well, sometimes just once a month.

TD! Good to see you back in our neck of the woods. It's been what, a few months now? How ye be?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 07, 2007, 03:51:16 PM
Thank god for Fark...
That wasn't from Fark.  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308841,00.html

Even if it was, what's your point? I could just not ever post anything; assuming you all probably saw it somewhere else.



Wait - somewhere else isnt there anymore, is it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 07, 2007, 05:17:31 PM
Somewhere is though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 07, 2007, 08:29:36 PM
Didn't mean for that to sound all antagonistic, though. Sorry, there, Age.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 07, 2007, 10:59:45 PM
No man I thought maybe it'd sound like that when I posted it but did it anyway. I actually intended it to mean "Thank god for fark, how else would I hear about people inhaling shitgas?". I saw it on fark yesterday, and figured maybe you had too since I knew a lot of people were in fark photoshop contests.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 07, 2007, 11:33:09 PM
Ah! Gotcha.

GMTA, hehe
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 08, 2007, 03:41:51 AM
. . . and this time, I aint farkin' around:

  Some of you have children; beware of these:

Aqua Dots (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,309318,00.html)

  The toy beads are sold in general merchandise stores and over the Internet for use in arts and crafts projects. They can be arranged into designs and fused together when sprayed with water.
Scientists say a chemical coating on the beads, when ingested, metabolizes into the so-called date rape drug gamma hydroxy butyrate.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on November 08, 2007, 05:28:10 AM
Now if i could only get somebody to swallow some plastic toys without noticing....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark_Prince on November 08, 2007, 10:21:41 AM
ummm like how do i post? llollz im stupid n00b
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 08, 2007, 10:24:13 AM
*click*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 08, 2007, 10:28:05 AM
Please, in the name of Pepe. Please succeed. (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954554/index.htm?postversion=2007110712)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 08, 2007, 12:19:06 PM
Where is the DONATE link? The money would flow in non stop until they foudn a solution. What's more important? This, or cancer research? I think you all know the anwser. I rest my case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on November 08, 2007, 01:35:13 PM
zOMG!!111!!!!









Nah, won't work, idiots are very smart at beating this kind of filters, we still need a serious AI to filter stupidity.
Or better yet, intelligent people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 08, 2007, 01:38:55 PM
Shirley, you jest.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on November 08, 2007, 02:36:40 PM
Instead of filtering people out, we should filter people in. In other words, to join this forum, it would be nice if there was a test you needed to pass first. If you don't pass it, it's an auto IP ban for a year. OMG that would be sweet!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on November 08, 2007, 05:11:48 PM
Yup, an intelligence test when you make an account.
As they mentioned in the FAQ:
Quote
Isn't filtering stupidity elitist?
    Yes. Yes, it is. That's sort of the whole point.


Oh crap, if existing users must take it i'm outta here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on November 08, 2007, 05:30:47 PM
...we still need a serious AI to filter stupidity.

I thought that's what Demo was for.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 08, 2007, 06:14:36 PM
I thought that's what Demo was for.

 :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 08, 2007, 09:59:52 PM
I thought that's what Demo was for.

Nah, that was Lacerda. :P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on November 09, 2007, 04:24:13 AM
Waitaminute... Demo is an AI?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 09, 2007, 09:29:42 AM
Waitaminute... Demo is an AI?

Hey.  Artificial Intelligences are people too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Paladin on November 09, 2007, 09:48:58 AM
Yup, just organically challenged.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 09, 2007, 10:06:35 AM
http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on November 09, 2007, 12:04:02 PM
Quote
Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

Dammit Biz, when Demo reads that he's gonna start thinking he can be smarter than us.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 09, 2007, 03:34:13 PM
Dammit Biz, when Demo reads that he's gonna start thinking he can be smarter than us.

And that's exactly what I wanted you to think.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 16, 2007, 03:43:40 PM
Where the hell is everybody? It's Friday ffs. You should be at work, true, but slacking off.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 16, 2007, 03:55:05 PM
Where the hell is everybody? It's Friday ffs. You should be at work, true, but slacking off.  :x

You must be having a slow work day.  I noticed you've been fagging up the whole forum today.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on November 16, 2007, 04:21:38 PM
(http://www.picpop.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10513/More%20Cowbell.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 16, 2007, 04:42:54 PM
You must be having a slow work day.  I noticed you've been fagging up the whole forum today.

Well SOMEBODY has to.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 16, 2007, 04:46:46 PM
It's coming down to that whole IT career "OMG IT'S FUCKING INSANE" versus "so bored you're trying to stick pencils into the suspended ceiling over your desk", isn't it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 16, 2007, 05:04:10 PM
Yeah, it is. This sucks. I'm browsing this place, SA, WoW forums and just waiting for the next four hours to creep by.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 16, 2007, 05:06:06 PM
Yeah, it is. This sucks. I'm browsing this place, SA, WoW forums and just waiting for the next four hours to creep by.  :-(

I feel your pain.

My job is so incredibly insane anymore I've found myself wishing for a completely dead day lately just so I can take a breath.

And Wednesday this week, for whatever reason, I got my wish.  It was totally quiet all day, and I found myself doing exactly what you're doing.

Clockwatching.  Bleah.

:|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 16, 2007, 05:27:27 PM
I see you changing your avatar and sig.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 16, 2007, 05:31:31 PM
Oh great the one time my phone actually rings in three hours and I when I pick it it up, I get bukkaked by stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 16, 2007, 05:33:02 PM
I see you changing your avatar and sig.

Yeah, I'm blowing the dust off some oldies.  I figured I'd change it today to something that actually looks like me.


Oh great the one time my phone actually rings in three hours and I when I pick it it up, I get bukkaked by stupid.

Bwahaha, bukkaked by stupid.  That's an all-too-apt image, I'm afraid.  Every time my phone rings today it's the same.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on November 16, 2007, 09:14:39 PM
It's coming down to that whole IT career "OMG IT'S FUCKING INSANE" versus "so bored you're trying to stick pencils into the suspended ceiling over your desk", isn't it.

I've been exploring the rest of my building to combat this and have made several intriguing discoveries. I attached a rope to the roof beneath the suspended ceiling above a tile in the bathroom and can now hoist myself within the structure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 20, 2007, 08:30:26 PM
I'm so sorry for this, but...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 20, 2007, 09:42:04 PM
 :-D  +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 22, 2007, 09:59:13 AM
Pfff.  As if women aren't smarter than men. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Apollyon on November 23, 2007, 10:06:09 PM
(http://www.picpop.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10513/More%20Cowbell.jpg)

(http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/img/snl-more-cowbell.jpg)
 :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 26, 2007, 09:36:50 AM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/morecowbell.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on November 27, 2007, 02:47:19 AM
I think the cowbell has officially been brought.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kouhii on December 10, 2007, 10:59:45 AM
oh yes! COWBELLS!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on December 10, 2007, 09:40:14 PM
*click
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 18, 2007, 08:20:58 PM
If pigs could fly, would the price of bacon rise? I would think so because they now have a new escape mechanism.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 18, 2007, 08:23:28 PM
But if they could fly, it's plausible that they could increase their population due to the added mobility.  If the population increased the supply more than their ability to escape processing, we could be eating even more delicious bacon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Twizted on December 18, 2007, 09:52:23 PM
MMMM! Heart attack!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 19, 2007, 07:17:23 AM
But if they could fly, it's plausible that they could increase their population due to the added mobility.  If the population increased the supply more than their ability to escape processing, we could be eating even more delicious bacon.
Plus, there would be those delicious BBQ pig wings. Fix me a plate! 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on December 19, 2007, 08:51:35 AM
we'd have to invent powedered bacon. Just add cooking oil!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 21, 2007, 06:34:19 PM
This one's for you, Dark Shade!

(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7640/smithsingszg1.gif)

(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6913/db9b68372de84f79b7304bdhq9.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on December 22, 2007, 01:42:06 AM
 :lol:

That's great! Mind if I add them to my personal collection?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 02, 2008, 07:43:56 PM
Overheard in Barnes & Noble:

woman 1: "I want like, orange orange"

woman 2: "Like, Mexican orange?"

woman 1: "Like, Home Depot orange"


Not entirely sure why they would be in a book store, really.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 02, 2008, 08:45:50 PM
What is mexican orange?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 02, 2008, 09:03:54 PM
What is mexican orange?

An orange from Mexico, duh! Geeze, do I have to do ALL the thinking around here?

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 02, 2008, 10:31:57 PM
Mexican Orange (http://"http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n4_v184/ai_8833983")

....blossom.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 03, 2008, 01:00:16 AM
Not entirely sure why they would be in a book store, really.
Rosetta Stone English?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 04, 2008, 08:08:04 PM
Rosetta Stone English?

I was thinking more along the lines of an I Can Read book.  Level One or Pre-level One.  Or maybe they were there to pick up something from the Gossip Girls series, same reading level really.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 08, 2008, 06:07:33 PM

These are just some of the things that are smarter than our auditor.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 08, 2008, 06:24:51 PM
I know some guys who do auditing down town. It's really expensive though, and you have to meet with this guy called Xenu before they'll start.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 08, 2008, 11:31:46 PM
if bushes father whose father introduced Jack Ruby to Nixon in '47 "how far back the corrupt under-over world confluent interface goes????" in charge off assassin groups ZR1 Rifle Alpha 66 Operation 40 and September 30th movement at the U.Of M. in '62 and the steel fed mossaud for Ben Gurions nukes for Israel they weren't otherwise to to get from JFK,if they hadn't assassinated him,is real , the oil oligarchy and N.S.A.M 263 canceled Vietnam leaving the military warless, as peace is far too expensive, to be dissolved cia,retired dq hoover, he and MLK with bother Bobby would have gone along way in making a more peaceful non xenophobic , non schaeden freude world with detente with the Soviets and rapproachment with Cuba thereby stabilizing the Middles east forty years ago, a mere nanosecond in a 45 billion light years multiverse
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 09, 2008, 12:26:47 PM
RON PAUL!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 09, 2008, 01:39:50 PM
Pr0n Haul!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on January 09, 2008, 03:04:20 PM
Talk about adventures in moving!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 09, 2008, 05:35:57 PM
I know a guy who hauls prawns considerable distances.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 09, 2008, 06:16:11 PM
He's a seaman?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on January 09, 2008, 08:57:29 PM
Perhaps a Master Baiter?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 09, 2008, 09:06:43 PM
Not only is he a seaman, he lives in a long hard shaft full of people just like him!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 10, 2008, 07:21:04 AM
So he's a sub type, then. I bet all those other people really like him!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 11, 2008, 06:36:36 PM
I usually bring my lunch to work with me, but all the bread I had at home was really stale, so I decided to just go out and get lunch today instead of bringing my own. I don't have a car because I have an anxiety disorder that prevents me from being able to drive, so I have to stick to places that are close to the car wash that I work at. There's a Subway restaurant a few hundred yards away, so I decided to go there for lunch.

I'm standing in line looking at all the choices, and I decide to just stick with the plain old turkey sandwich that I'm used to. I have a lot of allergies, so I can't get too crazy with anything. The guy in front of me in line is asked for his order first, and he also gets a turkey sandwich. When the guy gets to the part of the line where you can put your sandwich toppings on, he gets a lot of stuff on there like mayo, mustard, lettuce, olives, peppers, cheese, and all sorts of other stuff. He put almost every topping they had on there! So I'm next in line in the topping bar, and because I'm allergic to a lot of that stuff or just plain don't like it, I just get my turkey sandwich completely plain.

The guy in front of me goes up to the register and I hear the cashier say that his sandwich is $5.23. The guy pays and walks away, and then I go up to the register. The guy asks me what I had, and I said that I had a plain turkey sandwich. Then he says, "Ok, that will be $5.23." So I look at him for a minute wondering if he heard me right, and then I say, "Sorry, my sandwich was plain." The guy gives me this weird look like my head just spun around and then repeats, "Ok. It's $5.23." At this point I think the guy is trying to scam me because I don't see how I'm getting charged the same amount for my sandwich with nothing on it as the guy in front of me who put every topping available on his sandwich, so I say to the man, "EXCUSE ME SIR, but I heard that you charged the gentleman in front of me $5.23, and he had a LOT more stuff on his sandwich than I do. I WON'T be taken advantage of, thank you very much." The cashier tries making up some poppycock story about how it's the same price whether or not you get toppings on your sandwich or not, so I said to the guy, "Let me speak to your manager, please. I bet he'll be VERY interested to know about your little operation you have going here." At this point, I hear a groan behind me from a gentleman a few people back standing in line. I went to the restaurant at noon sharp (I can't sleep well if I don't eat my meals on a strict schedule), so it was pretty busy in the place while this cashier was trying to rip me off. I announce to the people, "Sorry for the hold up, folks. This cashier is trying to overcharge me for my sandwich, but I'm going to talk to the manager about it, so you have nothing to worry about." Surprisingly, nobody said "thank you" or anything. They all just kind of gave me a dead look, and one woman even laughed at me.

The manager finally comes out of his back office and asks me about the problem. I explained the problem to the manager, and then to my complete shock, the manager actually says, "Sir, my employee is correct. Subway does not charge for toppings, so it's the same price for a plain sandwich as it is for one with everything on it." I thought this was a ludicrous policy, considering I am a lower cost to the place than a customer who can eat a lot of toppings, so I asked for the phone number of somebody in the corporate office who I could talk to about this. At this point, a guy in the line behind me loudly proclaims, "CAN YOU JUST PAY FOR THE SANDWICH AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, URKEL?" and then everyone in line starting cheering and clapping! It made me quite embarrassed, but I wasn't to be deterred. I didn't think it was fair, and I wasn't going to give up without some sort of a fight because Clark Howard says you should never settle for customer noservice. I repeated my request for a district manager's number, and the manager then tells me that I have to leave the restaurant immediately. I tell him that I'm not leaving until I speak to someone above him, and I tell him that whoever I speak to will be informed of about his behavior. As I'm arguing, the same guy who yelled before says, "IF YOU DON'T LEAVE RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SHOVE THAT PLAIN SANDWICH RIGHT UP YOUR FUCKING ASS." Now, I know my rights, and I know what constitutes a threat, so I tell the gentleman that I am going to call the police and inform them about his actions. At this point, the man picks me up by arms and throws me out the front door of the restaurant. All the time, the other customers are laughing and clapping and cheering him on. It was like a scene out of a Fellini film! I ran back inside to ask the man his name, and after that he punched me in the face. I woke up a little while later on the street with my pants pulled down to my ankles, and my sandwich inserted inside my underwear. Needless to say, I filed a police report immediately, and am waiting for an officer to take my statement now.

fakeposting itt
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 11, 2008, 06:43:51 PM
See what happens when you don't twist your breadbag back up nice and tight? Stupid bags.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 11, 2008, 07:15:12 PM
I said to myself, "I didn't know Xolik had an anxiety disorder that prevents him from driving"...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on January 11, 2008, 07:18:03 PM
It reminds me of every time I've been in Best Buy. Besides the sandwich in my pants part.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 11, 2008, 08:02:49 PM
Reminds me of every time I have a plain turkey sandwich. Besides the Best Buy part.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on January 11, 2008, 11:24:28 PM
And here I was thinking "I didn't know Xolik worked at a car wash."

Or that he looked like Urkel.

On the other hand, that would be extremely sad if it were true.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 12, 2008, 04:03:37 PM
If I had a nickle for every time that happened to me, I'd have $5.23.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 12, 2008, 06:11:02 PM
So how many times is that?  I'll do the math.....waaaaaiiiiitaminit!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 12, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
Well, on the 105th time, it started to happen but then didn't happen all the way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 12, 2008, 11:33:35 PM
Happens to all of us once in a while champ.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on January 14, 2008, 09:36:31 PM
I said to myself, "I didn't know Xolik had an anxiety disorder that prevents him from driving"...
Funny, I said to myself, "Since when does Xolik work at a car wash?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 15, 2008, 10:20:45 PM
http://www.lasagnacat.com/ (http://www.lasagnacat.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on January 16, 2008, 12:52:41 AM
http://www.lasagnacat.com/ (http://www.lasagnacat.com/)

I just saw this on Jeff Gerstmann's Blog today. http://www.jeffgerstmann.net/ (http://www.jeffgerstmann.net/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 22, 2008, 08:48:33 PM
Jonah Goldberg is being pilloried on the left and exalted on the right for his book, "Liberal Fascism". In it, he attempts to "set the record straight" regarding which side of the political divide is more fascist by demonstrating the continuum between fascism of the early 1900s and today's progressivism. No surprises there, really. He is not the first to notice the permutations of left-wing philosophies. Yes, us lefties have a lot of skeletons in many closets, eugenics and fascism being possibly the worst. Democrats were once the party of the KKK. Yada yada yada.

The point of the book is to gleefully (and somewhat childishly) deflect the "fascist" slur commonly hurled at conservatives. Jonah claims he shines a light on fascistic thinking on the right, as well, but that gets lost in the braying issuing from conservative radio. Whatever scholarly merits the book may have, it has been reduced to another bout of name-calling.

Anyway, here's the thing: fascism, simplistically, is the subordination of the individual to the good of the state. Obama's call for unity for the sake of the common good is faintly fascistic, as is Hillary's mommy-statism (these two being the main targets of conservatives currently brandishing Jonah's tome). However, so is Bush's militaristic expansion of democracy, the erosion of the Bill of Rights, the call to patriotism and his administration's crass demagoguery. Anyone who puts the common good over the individual is fascistic.

So what do we do? How do we maintain the common good without a degree of fascism?

The answer is that we don't. As much lip service as we pay to individual freedoms, the collective, the state, will always be ascendant as long as there is a state. When confronted with non-conformity, what state will voluntarily dismantle itself in favour of individual freedom? Never gonna happen.

We have not figured out how to live without a state, so we're stuck with one. Schools, roads, armies, police, trasportation, health, safety -- you can argue about the degree to which a state should maintain these vital aspects of society, but no one is prepared to do without them entirely. So it becomes a question of balance.

Look at the state as a giant balloon being held in place by a bunch of people on the ground. Everyone is pulling it in their own direction. Think what would happen if a bunch of people just gave up and let it go, or if another bunch of people were removed on the grounds of being incompatible with everyone else, or not worthy of participation. It would be a disaster, as the balloon veers in the direction of those left pulling and surges out of control.

So whoever you are -- right-wing, left-wing, moderate, progressive, liberal, conservative, or Libertarian -- stop worrying about who's the biggest fascist, and just keep on pulling and never let go.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 22, 2008, 08:56:59 PM
Too bad it's a hot air balloon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on January 22, 2008, 09:17:32 PM

We have not figured out how to live without a state, so we're stuck with one. Schools, roads, armies, police, trasportation, health, safety -- you can argue about the degree to which a state should maintain these vital aspects of society, but no one is prepared to do without them entirely. So it becomes a question of balance.


That a fact?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on January 23, 2008, 12:00:53 AM
Good point.




. . .




. . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 23, 2008, 11:52:40 AM
That a fact?

Yes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 29, 2008, 06:35:06 AM
My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them were and wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine X, got a girl care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son said, "Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him." I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine X another package. He told me not to worry about Marine X because every time I send something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him too.

He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, "What'd we get this time?"

My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He said he wasn't sure who we were sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20, and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties over his head and yelled, "Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!!" One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then of course.......they had those tampons.
When he brought this up, my imagination just went running, but he continued. My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the Chap-Stick and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it he grabbed the tampons too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about "not forgetting his feminine hygiene products."

He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down, and someone said, "Hey! Use Marine X's tampons!" My son said they put the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told Me, "Mom, did you know that tampons expand?" ("Well....yeah!")

They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention. When they went to check on him later The surgeon told them, "You guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have bled to death." My Son said, "Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake saved a Marine's life."

At this point I asked him, "Well, what did you do with the rest of the tampons?"
He said, "Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak jackets,
And I kept two for our first aid kit."

I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines. I can't believe that something that started out as a mistake then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone's life.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 29, 2008, 03:04:13 PM
I like that story. I think my favourite bit is, "Mom, did you know that tampons expand?".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 29, 2008, 04:56:31 PM
NEWS FLASH!  SPAM FILTERING NOT 100% EFFECTIVE!  END USERS SHOCKED!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on January 31, 2008, 11:15:45 PM
I've got the A Daily Show on, and during the commercial break (I wasn't paying attention), I heard something that played out in my head as, "Your Hitler network and your Fox reality channel!"  Which makes sense if you're a Firefly fan.  Or a Family Guy fan and are still mad it got canceled even though it's been back awhile.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 01, 2008, 08:31:50 PM
My best friend in the world for the last 15 years was killed Wednesday night by dogs. He was just a cat, but he was my buddy.
 I'll probably be an unsociable asshole for a while, but Im sure y'all'll get over it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 01, 2008, 08:34:05 PM
My best friend in the world for the last 15 years was killed Wednesday night by dogs. He was just a cat, but he was my buddy.
 I'll probably be an unsociable asshole for a while, but Im sure y'all'll get over it.

oh, wow.  sorry to hear that, 12.   :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 01, 2008, 08:37:27 PM
Thanks mandy. He meant a lot to me. 15 years is a long time, and he stuck with me the whole way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 02, 2008, 03:17:00 PM
*hugs*   :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 04, 2008, 10:27:55 AM
My pets have always been like kids to me.  It has always hurt my heart to lose any of them.  I'm sorry to hear that, 12.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 06, 2008, 04:55:11 PM
What's this world coming to when you get bitched out for innocently suggesting a threesome? All I wanted was to see Ming-Ming play with Ping-Ping's thing-thing.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 06, 2008, 05:55:31 PM
Bring in thing one and thing two and have a five-some.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 06, 2008, 06:45:57 PM
Zing-zing!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 06, 2008, 06:46:53 PM
 . . . or would it be "xing-xing!"  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 07, 2008, 10:45:10 AM
What's this world coming to when you get bitched out for innocently suggesting a threesome? All I wanted was to see Ming-Ming play with Ping-Ping's thing-thing.



Is it me, or does it sound like Xolly's talking about pandas?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 07, 2008, 11:55:57 AM
cuncurs
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 07, 2008, 08:02:23 PM
Is it me, or does it sound like Xolly's talking about pandas?

Haven't heard that euphemism before, but with multicolored condoms, I'm sure it could easily be explained...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 08, 2008, 04:58:54 PM
My best friend in the world for the last 15 years was killed Wednesday night by dogs. He was just a cat, but he was my buddy.
 I'll probably be an unsociable asshole for a while, but Im sure y'all'll get over it.

Oh, I'm sorry.  Same thing happened to my little buddy in October.  They were not "just cats".

Hug him good when he visits you in your dreams.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 09, 2008, 09:37:51 AM
Hug him good when he visits you in your dreams.
I still feel him hop up on the bed, and hear him purring behind me; waiting on me to turn over and pet him.
I want to turn and look so bad. . .  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 09, 2008, 02:12:16 PM
I still feel him hop up on the bed, and hear him purring behind me; waiting on me to turn over and pet him.
I want to turn and look so bad. . .  :cry:

I still get that sometimes, but my Heidi died 10 years ago...it was worse at first.  We have 2 cats now, so if I feel one hop on the bed I no longer think it's Heidi, but sometimes late at night I'll feel it and no one's there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 09, 2008, 04:59:42 PM
YOU CAN'T CENSOR ME!  :x

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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 09, 2008, 06:02:59 PM
I'm so tempted to modify that post to say

<post deleted by Princess Biscuit>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on February 09, 2008, 10:49:03 PM
That's somewhat epic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 10, 2008, 06:42:55 PM
And I just have to ask, since when is classic, iconic art "nudity"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 10, 2008, 07:04:11 PM
When it includes a pink pony.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 11, 2008, 06:48:31 PM
I hadn't heard that euphemism before.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 12, 2008, 03:44:21 PM
I JUST GOT A SNOW DAY, BYOTCHES!!! No class tonight for this chica!!! :lol: :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 12, 2008, 04:35:24 PM
It won't snow here!   :x


Anyway so I have to take an online driving class.  I'm done with the first section, but I did it too fast and it won't let me take the quiz for another 20 minutes.  Wow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 12, 2008, 04:37:12 PM
Snow day here means something completely different.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 12, 2008, 04:40:59 PM
It won't snow here!   :x


Anyway so I have to take an online driving class.  I'm done with the first section, but I did it too fast and it won't let me take the quiz for another 20 minutes.  Wow.

Well, I'm pretty sure it's going to suck tomorrow when I have to be at my internship, no matter the road conditions (or the fact that my car is not designed for snow), so you can have some of NY's!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 12, 2008, 04:44:26 PM
i'm about to go shovel the driveway for the forth time today.. as if my back hasn't been bothering me enough lately.  I HATE SNOW.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on February 12, 2008, 05:28:17 PM
It won't snow here!   :x


Anyway so I have to take an online driving class.  I'm done with the first section, but I did it too fast and it won't let me take the quiz for another 20 minutes.  Wow.

Online driving class? Racing sim?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 12, 2008, 05:29:39 PM
i'm about to go shovel the driveway for the forth time today.. as if my back hasn't been bothering me enough lately.  I HATE SNOW.  :x

Ouch!  Literally. 

I lack my own driveway as I live in grad housing.  I am, however, looking forward to maintenance plowing my car in so I'll have to dig it out in the morning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 12, 2008, 07:34:06 PM
Quote
You must only sound your horn as a safety warning, AND AT NO OTHER TIME.

    * NOT because you're angry with the driver ahead of you.

    * NOT because you want your kids to come outside to help with groceries.

I guess also NOT to make your daughter laugh when you wave and point at no one.  I'd better tell my dad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 12, 2008, 07:54:09 PM
When I honk at the driver in front of me because he has made me angry, I assure you, it is a safety warning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 13, 2008, 02:47:53 PM
When I honk at the driver in front of me because he has made me angry, I assure you, it is a safety warning.

Sigged.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 13, 2008, 04:51:57 PM
When I honk at the driver in front of me because he has made me angry, I assure you, it is a safety warning.

"An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 1 hours."


ahhhhh, crap.  +1.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 14, 2008, 11:39:39 AM
OH HAPPY DAY!


http://www.hellokittyonline.com/us/ (http://www.hellokittyonline.com/us/)

Goodbye, WoW!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 14, 2008, 11:59:42 AM
OH HAPPY DAY!


http://www.hellokittyonline.com/us/ (http://www.hellokittyonline.com/us/)

Goodbye, WoW!

Ugh, why do I click on these things???  At least it wasn't obnoxiously pink. Just moderately tacky.


Ok, I admit it, some of that shit is cute.

ps: Happy S.A.D.!  (Singles Awareness Day)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 15, 2008, 03:20:13 PM
   8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 15, 2008, 03:25:57 PM

If you are sitting next to someone who irritates you on a plane or train follow these instructions:

1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.
2. Remove your laptop.
3. Start up
4. Make sure the guy who is annoying you, can see the screen.
5. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky.
6. Then hit this link (http://boortz.com/mp3/archive/countdown.swf)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 15, 2008, 04:15:44 PM
LMPJRJJO!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 15, 2008, 04:59:37 PM
I'm getting tired reading about school shootings. One kid gets shot twice in the head because his mere presence made some idiot uncomfortable and then a University room gets all shot up.

It's getting to the point where I thank goodness I'll never breed so I don't have to bring any of my own children into such a messed up world.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 15, 2008, 06:13:26 PM
It's all a conspiracy of the homeschoolers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 15, 2008, 07:29:05 PM
I'm getting tired reading about school shootings. One kid gets shot twice in the head because his mere presence made some idiot uncomfortable and then a University room gets all shot up.

It's getting to the point where I thank goodness I'll never breed so I don't have to bring any of my own children into such a messed up world.

I know of a girl who was home schooled for much of her educational life. At first I thought that it was a dumb idea to be home schooled for such a long period of time, then after this recent barrage of shootings it kind of hit me that from a parent's point of view home schooling is a good solution to the problem law makers and other officials refuse to deal with. If we as a society stopped being some damn "politically correct" all the time, worrying about who we're going to piss off or whose feelings we're going to hurt, we could turn to the parents and tell them, "You're doing a shitty job parenting your child. Take responsibility for your child's actions now before it's too late".

That's just my opinion on the subject matter. I'm sure someone here will argue for the fact that he played Doom as a young child, how he had some kind of disability, or how he was being bullied and had no other options.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 15, 2008, 08:10:29 PM
If we as a society stopped being some damn "politically correct" all the time, worrying about who we're going to piss off or whose feelings we're going to hurt, we could turn to the parents and tell them, "You're doing a shitty job parenting your child. Take responsibility for your child's actions now before it's too late".
Very well said. Hear hear.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 19, 2008, 12:12:46 AM
Personally I wouldn't ever subject a child to the public education system given the choice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 19, 2008, 02:48:14 PM
We're going to be saving up for private school for Ian.  The one we liked the best is really expensive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 19, 2008, 02:55:01 PM
/me casts conjure(catwritr)

Miss havening her around.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 19, 2008, 03:21:07 PM
concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 20, 2008, 05:46:00 AM
Bloods, C.R.I.P.s, MS-13, Police, Costa Nostra, Skinheads, Sheriff . . .  (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=142C64AA7978232E00E867477D3E4AB3?contentId=5812247&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1)
anyway. . .
  So this guy is out of a job. I can't understand why he's not being prosecuted. There is absolutely NO reason/excuse for this.
 Can you imagine if this was your Mom? Sister? Wife? Some man at the police station handcuffs her, turns off the cam, and beats her that badly... (note the big pool of blood on the floor in the video). My God I cant imagine what I would do in response to something like that. (I can; but Im not gonna put it out here in public).
 Some way to be "Protected and Served", huh? She was served, alright...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 20, 2008, 08:18:21 AM
WOW.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 20, 2008, 12:46:33 PM
She must have been reaching for those invisible guns that suspects always seem to have.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 20, 2008, 01:37:59 PM
i keep mine where i can reach it at any time, just in case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 20, 2008, 02:05:34 PM
Your drunk redneck, or your pistol?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 20, 2008, 02:21:08 PM
my drunk redneck pistol.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 20, 2008, 06:56:27 PM
I've decided to turn over a new leaf in my life.

From now on, no more forgive-and-forget.

Anyone -- and I mean anyone -- that wrongs me will be summarily pwned.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 20, 2008, 08:00:54 PM
Ummm.  So what are you saying has changed?  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 20, 2008, 08:25:39 PM
I've decided to turn over a new leaf in my life.

From now on, no more forgive-and-forget.

Anyone -- and I mean anyone -- that wrongs me will be summarily pwned.

(http://www.geekforum.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=1209;type=avatar)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 20, 2008, 11:02:23 PM
I've decided to turn over a new leaf in my life.

From now on, no more forgive-and-forget.

Anyone -- and I mean anyone -- that wrongs me will be summarily pwned.

 You're turning over a new leaf? You sure it's not an old leaf, and you're only just now turning it? That would make it seem like a new leaf. But it would still actually be an old one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2008, 10:09:53 AM
Ummm.  So what are you saying has changed?  :-o

I'm no longer going to allow people to take advantage of my kind and forgiving nature.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 21, 2008, 10:58:54 AM
If the population of  China  walked past you, 8  abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 21, 2008, 11:03:05 AM
What if you had a Clamore for every other row?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 21, 2008, 12:42:37 PM
I'm no longer going to allow people to take advantage of my kind and forgiving nature.

Ahhhhhh.

That must be the side which we have never seen.    :-D :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2008, 12:58:30 PM
Ahhhhhh.

That must be the side which we have never seen.    :-D :w:

That's one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 21, 2008, 09:27:30 PM
I can't get over how quickly Obamamania has spread across this country. Seems like everybody wants in on Barack's big black caucus.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 22, 2008, 12:02:14 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501#description

crazy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on February 22, 2008, 02:06:24 PM
Someone's never heard of BitTorrent.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 25, 2008, 10:46:30 AM
The difference between a suthern zoo and a nawthern zoo...

A suthern zoo has a placard describing the animal species followed by

 a recipe.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: what the funk on February 28, 2008, 04:07:36 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501#description

crazy.

Certainly, they spent over three million dollars and got a tenner back, I earn better rewards than that on my Tesco Clubcard.

On the real though i'd love to own that collection, it says individually its worth over fifty million, it makes my record collection look like a box of junk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Jaepheth on February 28, 2008, 07:45:43 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501#description

crazy.

e-bay was a terrible place to auction such an item. Sotheby's or Christie's would've been far more appropriate to reach the target demographic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 28, 2008, 10:08:22 AM
In song lyrics, I like to replace the word "hand" with "ham" wherever it occurs.  It makes for particularly funny songs that way.  For example, Jerry Cantrell's song "Jesus Hands".


If you ever torch your bridges
If you're ever past the starlight
If you're ever unassured
Forever you will burn
As you sleep unearthly grace
Lay Jesus hams upon your face
To this sea you've been shot down
Now find the shore, it can be found
Can be found
Can be found
If you ever crack your small mind
If you're ever much disturbed
If you ever reach the shore
Forever be your turn
As you sleep unearthly grace
Lay Jesus hams upon your face
To this sea you've been shot down
Now find the shore, it can be found
Can be found
Can be found
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 28, 2008, 05:04:42 PM
/me backhams Demosthenes
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 28, 2008, 06:04:06 PM
It also makes things like "Hams Across America" more interesting.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 28, 2008, 06:28:39 PM
Put your ham in the ham of the man who stilled the water.
Put your ham in the ham of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently.
Put your ham in the ham of the man from Galilee.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 28, 2008, 06:34:57 PM
Hey girls, gather 'round
Listen to what I'm puttin' down
Hey baby, I'm your hamyman
I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule
I'm hamy with love and I'm no fool
I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can
If your broken heart should need repair
Then I am the man to see
I whisper sweet things, you tell all your friends
They'll come runnin' to me
Here is the main thing that I want to say
I'm busy 24 hours a day
I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come, come
They'll come runnin' to me
Here is the main thing I want to say
I'm busy 24 hours a day
I fix broken hearts, baby I'm your hamyman
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come, come
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's me
(Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come) I'm your hamyman
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) That's me
(Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come, come) I'm your hamyman
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 28, 2008, 06:39:29 PM
Oh yeah, I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I'll say that something
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham

Oh please, say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You'll let me hold your ham
I'll let me hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham

And when I touch you I feel happy
Inside
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide
I can't hide
I can't hide

Yeah, you've got that something
I think you'll understand
When I'll say that something
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham

And when I touch you I feel happy
Inside
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide
I can't hide
I can't hide

Yeah, you've got that something
I think you'll understand
When I'll feel that something
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 28, 2008, 06:50:38 PM
BUGGER! I WAS ABOUT TO POST THAT ONE!

Anyway...

All men have secrets and here is mine
So let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you ...
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

So, what difference does it make?
So, what difference does it make?
It makes none
But now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight


The devil will find work for idle hams to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
Because you asked me to!
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hams
Well, I'm still fond of you...

Oh-ho-oh!

(dang, I'll have to dig out that Smiths LP when I get home -- love this track SO MUCH)

*runs to YT in search of earworm*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Anyanka_was_framed on February 28, 2008, 07:13:40 PM
I'm a fan of "pants" in the place of the subject of movie titles/popular movie lines.  I haven't tried out pants in songs.  I guess that's sort of old ham hand by now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 28, 2008, 07:31:04 PM
I like replacing the work reaper with reaver in song lyrics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 29, 2008, 08:53:57 AM
I like to occasionally rewrite songs.  I probably shouldn't post this here to avoid copyright issues, but what the hell.


Come on home a drinkin'
rewritten by: dcrog
Original Lyrics: Don't Come home a drinking. (Loretta Lynn - Peggy Sue Wells)



Well I sat up a waitin' on you
 Till’ you came home last night
You'd been out with all the girls
 and you ended up half tight

Liquor and love that’s just the mix
 That does it every time
So come on home a drinkin'
 with lovin' on your mind

Yeah come on home a drinkin'
 with lovin' on your mind
We’ll play right here on the couch
 After closing time.
Cause if you want that kind of love
 To me you know that’s fine
So come on home a drinkin'
 with lovin' on your mind

[ steel - guitar ]

I never take you anywhere
 because you're always gone
Many a night I wait right here
 Sometimes until the dawn
Then you come in a kissin' on me
 I love it every time

So come on home a drinkin'
 with lovin' on your mind

Yeah if you come home a drinkin'...
Please have lovin' on your mind
Pretty Please.


I really like to follow someone doing the original version on Karaoke night.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Jaepheth on February 29, 2008, 09:18:16 AM
This ham is your ham, this ham is my ham
From Chinese barbecue, to the honey glaz-ed
From the German Black Forest, to the Hawaiian Islands
This ham was baked for you and me
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on February 29, 2008, 10:25:36 AM
We live in a remarkable age......The age of BACON BOWLS!

GENTLEMAN BEHOLD!
(http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4613/spreadcupdetailvr3.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 29, 2008, 10:38:48 AM
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey,
Dont you know that I love you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby,
Dont you know that Ill always be true?

Oh, wont you come with me
And take my ham?

Oh, wont you come with me
And walk this land?
Please take my ham!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 29, 2008, 04:44:38 PM
sure, i'll play.

you want a man with a slow ham, you want a lover with an easy touch
you want somebody who will spend some time
not come and go in a heated rush
baby, believe me, i understand, when it comes to love
you want a slow ham

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 29, 2008, 04:46:44 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 29, 2008, 04:48:26 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)
There's a thread for that, mister.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 29, 2008, 05:04:05 PM
now every gambler knows the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep
'cause every ham's a winner and every ham's a loser
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 29, 2008, 05:12:11 PM
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
We can be like they are

Come on baby... Don't fear the Reaper
Baby take my ham... Don't fear the Reaper
We'll be able to fly... Don't fear the Reaper
Baby I'm your man...

Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...
Romeo and Juliet

40,000 men and women everyday... Like Romeo and
Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday... Redefine
happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like
they are

Come on baby... Don't fear the Reaper
Baby take my ham... Don't fear the Reaper
We'll be able to fly... Don't fear the Reaper
Baby I'm your man...

Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear we couldn't go on
The door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared
Saying don't be afraid

Come on baby... And we had no fear
And we ran to him... Then we started to fly
We looked backward and said goodbye
We had become like they are
We had taken his ham
We had become like they are

Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 29, 2008, 05:15:03 PM
you know i can't stand to be around you
'cause you know i'm still in love with you
and my arms keep reaching to do
what my thoughts do all the time
i just can't keep my hams off of you

'cause it's like looking at heaven while i'm standing in hell
we shared something precious for a while
you look just like a baby in a cradle to me
i just can't keep my hams off of you

woman you've got the man inside my body
trembling the way only you know how to
and i guess that's just one of a million reasons
i just can't keep my hams off of you

'cause it's like looking at heaven while i'm standing in hell
we shared something precious for a while
you look just like a baby in a cradle to me
i just can't keep my hams off of you
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 29, 2008, 05:16:52 PM
And I've just ruined a ton of otherwise perfectly good songs for you people.

My work is done here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 29, 2008, 05:21:40 PM
This has to be a euphemism:

Oh yeah, I'll tell you something,
I think you'll understand.
When I'll say that something
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.

Oh please, say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You'll let me hold your ham.
Now let me hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.

And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.

Yeah, you've got that something,
I think you'll understand.
When I'll say that something
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.

And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.

Yeh, you've got that something,
I think you'll understand.
When I'll feel that something
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on February 29, 2008, 09:59:50 PM
et je mon le pas. qui son jubalen poui' con VET'.
*walks around pretending I know how to speak french*
I'll learn how to speak it someday. I hope.
 :lol: <<<<<<that face is so cute ^_^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on February 29, 2008, 10:00:53 PM
/._.\ I just realized my little "status" is probably correct in everyone else's eyes.
psh. who cares.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 29, 2008, 10:31:03 PM
Mayhap you should follow the forum custom and create a newbie introduction thread. Go on, now.  We'll wait.  They're free.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on February 29, 2008, 10:32:30 PM
why? it's not like they'll be here in a week anyway. at least that's my hope.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 01, 2008, 08:16:05 PM
see, I almost did that. but I mean all I'd do is say "Hi, I'm new!" just like everyone is expected to...then the thread would just be there to take up space.
buut if you suggest I should then I guess I will. ^_^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 01, 2008, 08:31:21 PM
You never know when an introduction thread will turn into a really good discussion about something that we wouldn't ordinarily talk about.

...or a pun thread.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 01, 2008, 08:33:55 PM
^_^ *hugs*
well, I made one. ...
so, we can talk about underwear, but let's make it brief.
ahh that's a knee slapper.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on March 02, 2008, 06:22:31 AM
^_^

If I see one more of those...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 02, 2008, 10:37:09 AM
they are pretty irritating, aren't they? ^_^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 02, 2008, 01:22:44 PM
*notes to never make that face in the presence of Dark Shade.*
Yeah, it is a pretty common happy litte anime face.
I like this face o_O
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 02, 2008, 01:26:49 PM
who's in charge of clean-up around here?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 02, 2008, 01:55:13 PM
okay... sorry was that aimed towards me?
I can delete my post if you want me to..
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on March 02, 2008, 04:32:34 PM
I can delete you if I want to, so please...don't push it. Those smilies are like nails on a chalkboard to me.

who's in charge of clean-up around here?

I'm filling the mop bucket as we speak.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 02, 2008, 04:42:22 PM
I'm filling the mop bucket as we speak.

have i told you lately that i love you
have i told you there's no one else above you
fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles, that's what you do
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 03, 2008, 01:52:46 PM
~`'~
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 04, 2008, 07:11:36 AM
lol... "falling Hillary" (http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/hillary.htm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 04, 2008, 08:17:36 AM
She should be in the bumble bee suit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on March 04, 2008, 11:11:23 AM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 04, 2008, 02:01:45 PM
lol... "falling Hillary" (http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/hillary.htm)

She's really flexible.  Thanks for the fantasy fodder!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 04, 2008, 06:47:47 PM
My cat has a really stinky butt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 04, 2008, 06:56:12 PM
but she has awesome fucking eyes!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 04, 2008, 10:03:33 PM
I wish I had a cat...but I have two dogs instead. I love animals but when it comes down to it I'd prefer to have a cat more than a dog.
my parents wouldn't really warm up to that, though (plus my brother is allergic).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 04, 2008, 10:44:04 PM
i have two of each, and trust me- you're better off with dogs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2008, 04:22:38 PM
I hear vaginas are self-cleaning, like ovens. Is this true?  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 05, 2008, 04:53:02 PM
Getting curious about the other side, are we?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 05, 2008, 05:16:55 PM
Easy Off
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on March 05, 2008, 09:13:36 PM
I hear vaginas are self-cleaning, like ovens. Is this true?  :|

After some of the encounters I have had, I am going with a definitive NO.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 06, 2008, 03:34:16 AM
What if your name was Evel and
you lived in a town called Eeville
drove a Cadillac sEville
to your job exterminating bowl weevils
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 06, 2008, 01:33:12 PM
I hear vaginas are self-cleaning, like ovens. Is this true?  :|
They can get pretty hot, but you wouldn't know anything about that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 06, 2008, 01:36:45 PM
You can't adjust the rack, though.  That's separate.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 06, 2008, 03:38:32 PM
I hear vaginas are self-cleaning, like ovens. Is this true?  :|
They can get pretty hot, but you wouldn't know anything about that.
They're usually locked up tight then, though. You can't get in until it's done.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 06, 2008, 03:39:23 PM
Oven Toolkit
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 06, 2008, 07:37:33 PM
You can't adjust the rack, though.  That's separate.
I've seen quite a few that have been upgraded.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 06, 2008, 07:55:25 PM
Sometimes you can fix a cold oven by fiddling with the knobs.

Sometimes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 06, 2008, 08:34:04 PM
Tune in Tokyo!
(http://www.agirlmustshop.com/archive/070418-tokyo_tank2.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 07, 2008, 07:49:34 AM
Here's to making a whole new meaning for . . .

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/114698304v9_240x240_Front.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 07, 2008, 08:55:56 AM
By the look on her face, Tyra Banks begs to differ.
http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20159306_8,00.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 07, 2008, 03:39:40 PM
hate tyra banks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 07, 2008, 04:02:06 PM
Why?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 07, 2008, 04:52:56 PM
I bought some socks on sale at Sears today.  I was so happy to get such a good deal, they were on clearance!

When I got home and looked at the receipt to, again, marvel in my bargain shopping abilities...I noticed that there was something on the receipt that I didn't buy!  It was $1.99.  It's not enough to go back to the store for, but enough to annoy the shit out of me.  I can't marvel anymore.  They've taken that away from me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 07, 2008, 05:09:51 PM
did you charge it to your credit card? if so, call your credit card issuer and dispute the $1.99. it's such a small amount that most companies won't even waste their time processing the dispute - they'll likely write it off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 07, 2008, 06:28:27 PM
Oooh, I could wax poetic about all the evils of Sears.  Needless (not Needles nor Needleses) to say I'm boycotting that evil entity and urge all of the rest of you to do so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 07, 2008, 07:05:47 PM
Was it for a poncho?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 07, 2008, 07:10:41 PM
Oh, that was bad.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 07, 2008, 11:38:56 PM
I hate Sears. It's so bright...and nice.
I prefer Wal-mart. It's a pretty dirty place once you look at it, and it's got bargains. My kind of place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 08, 2008, 01:29:52 AM
Bloated and sprawling over half the town?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on March 08, 2008, 02:20:16 AM
What, him or Wal-Mart?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 08, 2008, 06:43:54 AM
Mmm...  bloating. Now the feast can begin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 08, 2008, 06:47:09 AM
Crazy.

At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story.
 
On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his despondency). As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, which killed him instantly. Neither the shooter nor the decedent was aware that a safety net had been erected at the eighth floor level to protect some window washers and that Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide anyway because of this.
 
Ordinarily, a person who sets out to commit suicide ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he intended.
 
That Opus was shot on the way to certain death nine stories below probably would not have changed his mode of death from suicide to homicide. But the fact that his suicidal intent would not have been successful caused the medical examiner to feel that he had homicide on his hands.
 
The room on the ninth floor whence the shotgun blast emanated was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing and he was threatening her with the shotgun. He was so upset that, when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window striking Opus.
 
When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. When confronted with this charge, the old man and his wife were both adamant that neither knew that the shotgun was loaded. The old man said it was his long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her; therefore, the killing of Opus appeared to be an accident. That is, the gun had been accidentally loaded.
 
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun approximately six weeks prior to the fatal incident. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother.
 
The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.
 
There was an exquisite twist.
 
Further investigation revealed that the son [Ronald Opus] had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23, only to be killed by a shotgun blast through a ninth story window.
 
The medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 08, 2008, 08:05:18 AM
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 08, 2008, 08:56:26 AM
Party pooper.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 08, 2008, 12:59:06 PM
Every party needs one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 08, 2008, 06:05:42 PM
don't you even think you're going to be mine. and that goes for the both of you. :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 09, 2008, 01:59:57 PM
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/rynooo/ba6a3a3a.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 11, 2008, 03:36:23 PM
I'm going to request these for all of my subordinates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4



EDIT:

Part two of the informercial is here, in case anyone wants to watch more of this. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3BR-G7aFw&NR=1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 11, 2008, 04:59:52 PM
I remember watching that thing on G4.
And....here it is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnPgHsVJ5rw&feature=related
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 12, 2008, 03:30:54 PM
As I sit here watching Top Gun (not on purpose, it's just on TV), I feel the need to state the following for the record.  As much as I am mindlessly entertained by this movie, the only reason it's tolerable is Goose. 

Also, Rick Rossovich  (Slider) is way hotter than any of the other meat in that movie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 12, 2008, 04:03:09 PM
Hot Gun, the porn parody of that movie was one of the first that I ever rented from a video store.  It may have been the first, but it could also have been Debbie Does Dishes.  Even then I really enjoyed parodies...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 12, 2008, 11:40:23 PM
As if Top Gun needed a porn parody.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 13, 2008, 07:21:40 AM
Wait.
You mean Top Gun isn't a porn parody?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on March 13, 2008, 07:23:23 AM
Takes my breath away.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 13, 2008, 11:22:38 AM
It's been a pain in the ass, but I've paid off all but one of my credit cards.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 13, 2008, 01:41:50 PM
It's been a pain in the ass, but I've paid off all but one of my credit cards.

Did you pay the other ones off with the one credit card?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 13, 2008, 02:49:19 PM
Did you pay the other ones off with the one credit card?

Oh no. I took the card with the highest interest amount and payed it down, while just doing the minimums on the other ones until it had a zero balance. Then did the same thing with the next highest rated card, etc, until it's just this one left with a small balance and a rate that doesn't make my eyes bleed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 13, 2008, 03:06:05 PM
Wow!  Good job.  I rolled all of mine into various mortgage refinances.  I admire your mettle.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 13, 2008, 05:17:03 PM
Perhaps we should have a thread titled "Things that make your eyes bleed".

The local TV station sent a news crew out to cover an Army recruiting event where they brought a Blackhawk helicopter to a local high school and let the kids check it out and sit in it.  When the segment was over, they threw it back to the ditz at the news-desk.  These were her words:
Quote
Now, Bill tells me that the color is actually an olive, not black.  So, I don't know why they named it 'Blackhawk'.  Still, it's a cool name, Blackhawk.  Like 'Blackhawk Down'."
I'd be willing to bet the farm on the fact that she has no clue what "Blackhawk Down" is about.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 13, 2008, 06:14:51 PM
I'd be willing to bet the farm on the fact that she has no clue what "Blackhawk Down" is about.

Isn't that what they make those really expensive pillows out of?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 13, 2008, 06:48:31 PM
So is a Chinook also Olive colored?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 13, 2008, 09:14:10 PM
that's kind of sad...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 14, 2008, 09:41:11 AM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/tal-dania/fark/blackhawk_down_periscope.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 14, 2008, 05:02:44 PM
I'm more down with the System of a Down Syndrome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 14, 2008, 05:03:40 PM
Yeah, but I didn't make that one.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/system_of_a_down_syndrome.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 15, 2008, 12:37:25 PM
Maintenance weekend when everything is going right the first time just kicks ass.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 17, 2008, 03:34:07 AM
Im pretty certain there's no pussy worth $4k a night; but she sure does make ya look and touch your wallet...




edit - ok; eww. He was paying 4k a night . . . and he was NUMBER NINE!!! 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 17, 2008, 10:20:53 AM
Ha!  $4K/night is cheap!  Look what Paul McCartney just paid!  If he got laid once per day, EVERY day for the entire four years of his marriage (time they were actually together), he paid 33,417.86 per fuck.

Charlie Sheen once said, "I don't pay them for the sex.  I pay them to leave."

There's a smart man.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 17, 2008, 04:56:43 PM
"Fuck you very much, the FCC,
fuck you very much for fining me,
5,000 bucks a fuck, so I'm really out of luck.
That's more than Heidi Fleiss was charging me."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 17, 2008, 06:38:32 PM
so apparently, this creepy guy in my sociology class has the hots for me. anyone wanna go to class for me on wednesday?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 18, 2008, 12:12:39 AM
You should put a shotgun shell into his muffler.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 18, 2008, 07:52:10 AM
To what end?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 18, 2008, 09:55:33 AM
Once round outside and check the door
Only thing he came here lookin' for
One man wasting another man
One ham washes the other ham

Born traitor, soul fader

Stoplight flashes in the street
Injected concrete hide bloody feet
Armed and shining in his hams
Cold metallic green, he don't give a damn

Born traitor, soul fader

Down come the hammer, fall my god, you say
Once again the big dog has his day
One man wasting another man
One ham washes the other ham

Born traitor, soul fader
One man wasting another man
Born traitor
One ham washes the other ham
Born traitor
One man wasting another man
Born traitor
One ham washes the other ham
Soul fader
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 18, 2008, 06:43:32 PM
You should put a shotgun shell into his muffler.

i need to do something. this is getting ridiculous. creepy guy found me on myspace. in a 24-hour period, i've received a friend request and seven- yes, seven- messages from him. i responded to none, but opened the first several. apparently, anytime he saw that i'd read one and not responded, it would prompt another, usually something along the lines of, "hmmmmm..." or- if he was feeling especially articulate- "aren't you going to respond to my messages?"

what the fuck?  :x

why would anyone be this creepy? do you honestly think this will impress me? can you not figure out why you're single?

i am seriously contemplating skipping out on class tomorrow.. no big loss, really; we don't do anything in there anyway.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on March 18, 2008, 06:54:51 PM
So, just respond and tell him he's being creepy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 18, 2008, 06:58:42 PM
i suppose i could do that.. i just didn't want to be mean to him. that's probably what it's going to take, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on March 18, 2008, 07:01:14 PM
Yes. Just be honest with him that you're not interested and let him know he's coming off as a creephat. It's not mean to be honest.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 18, 2008, 07:09:07 PM
If he can't take a hint like silence, remaining silent isn't going to help. From the sound of it, you need to say something to him. I agree with pickled kitten...

Quote
So, just respond and tell him he's being creepy?

And besides, telling someone you find their behaviour is creepy is less mean than the alternative, which is, "I don't like you, I don't care, fuck off."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 18, 2008, 08:32:29 PM
well, i solved that problem. heh. thanks, you two. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Agent_Tachyon on March 18, 2008, 10:11:32 PM
To what end?

To do this, one unravels a coathanger or other piece of wire and uses it to shove a shotgun shell (I'd recommend a blank if lethality is not desired) down the exhaust pipe til it drops into the muffler. Hopefully, a while down the road the muffler will be heated enough to set off the shell and blow a big hole in the muffler.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 18, 2008, 10:26:14 PM
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/90s_flowchart.png)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 19, 2008, 11:13:45 AM
wow.

http://dogblog.dogster.com/2008/02/27/dachshund-adopts-piglet/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 19, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html
Hey, guys, let's regulate the internet!

On another random note, I've just realized I cannot function all too well with about three hours of sleep. I'm definitely not a morning person.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 19, 2008, 09:41:38 PM
o.o
hmm.
I like the 90's. and a lot of other times before this one. if you criticize me for liking the 90's then I'll cast a spell on you. so don't..
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 19, 2008, 10:49:34 PM
o.o
hmm.
I like the 90's. and a lot of other times before this one. if you criticize me for liking the 90's then I'll cast a spell on you. so don't..
Weird Tingly Feeling?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 19, 2008, 11:25:07 PM
o.o
hmm.
I like the 90's. and a lot of other times before this one. if you criticize me for liking the 90's then I'll cast a spell on you. so don't..
I put on my robe and wizard hat. I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 20, 2008, 11:32:05 AM
Humans to admire

From: http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html)


     Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is just one part of a communal kill site complex.  The buffalo would graze in the basins above the cliffs where the young men would disguise themselves under wolf and buffalo calf skins to lure and then push the herd into narrow drive lanes marked by stone cairns (heaps of stones), some of which are still evident.  Along the way hunters hidden behind brush piles would jump up and wave buffalo robes to keep the animals going on course.  There was a visual deception that made the land above and below the cliff appear unbroken; the buffalo, usually galloping at full speed, were unable to stop or veer away once they saw the cliff.  After the drive hunters used spears to finish off the buffalo as the 10 meter fall didn't always immediately kill the animals (Corbett 1997).  The carcasses were then dragged to the nearby campsite for butchering and skinning, a task shared by the hunters.  The meat was divided accordingly to the need of each family while special allotments were made for the sick and elderly.  Communal hunts took place in June, July, and August when the buffalo fat and their meat prime.

      Out of respect of kinship with the buffalo and the sense of eating their own flesh the Blackfeet describe the hunt as leading the buffalo and calling to them, not driving or chasing them to their death.  It was a good life that sustained itself for thousands of years, but it all ended in less than a century with the arrival of the horse and gun in 1730.



So much for technology (always) = advancement.  :-(

**edit - for clarification of a complete thought
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 20, 2008, 12:49:04 PM
hmmmmmmmm...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 20, 2008, 05:22:02 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling?
heh..I made him say Weird Tingly Feeling...o.O
well... I didn't want anyone beating me down for liking the 90's...since I'm sick of people beating me down for things I like in general...
*sighs*
does anyone here like salt and vinegar potato chips?


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 20, 2008, 05:22:17 PM
Nothing boosts the ol'self esteem better than hearing "Damn, Xolik, you've got a little python going!"  :-D Guess my working out for the past two months is starting to show.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 20, 2008, 05:34:43 PM
Humans to admire

From: http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html)


     Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is just one part of a communal kill site complex.  The buffalo would graze in the basins above the cliffs where the young men would disguise themselves under wolf and buffalo calf skins to lure and then push the herd into narrow drive lanes marked by stone cairns (heaps of stones), some of which are still evident.  Along the way hunters hidden behind brush piles would jump up and wave buffalo robes to keep the animals going on course.  There was a visual deception that made the land above and below the cliff appear unbroken; the buffalo, usually galloping at full speed, were unable to stop or veer away once they saw the cliff.  After the drive hunters used spears to finish off the buffalo as the 10 meter fall didn't always immediately kill the animals (Corbett 1997).  The carcasses were then dragged to the nearby campsite for butchering and skinning, a task shared by the hunters.  The meat was divided accordingly to the need of each family while special allotments were made for the sick and elderly.  Communal hunts took place in June, July, and August when the buffalo fat and their meat prime.

      Out of respect of kinship with the buffalo and the sense of eating their own flesh the Blackfeet describe the hunt as leading the buffalo and calling to them, not driving or chasing them to their death.  It was a good life that sustained itself for thousands of years, but it all ended in less than a century with the arrival of the horse and gun in 1730.



So much for technology = advancement.  :-(



Usually this stuff makes me go off on a rant for hours, but I'm not feeling it today. Just wanted to point out that the link talks about how the Sundance was banned because of self-mutilation, but it's okay that sects of Christians dance around with venemous snakes.

And they have balls to defend that with separation of church and state... Love that the U.S. is all about freedom of religion, but only if you're a Christian.

Rant finished.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 20, 2008, 06:05:09 PM
heh..I made him say Weird Tingly Feeling...o.O
well... I didn't want anyone beating me down for liking the 90's...since I'm sick of people beating me down for things I like in general...
*sighs*
does anyone here like salt and vinegar potato chips?



By that reasoning, though, you would have to add a disclaimer every time you admitted to liking something.
Waitress: "Ma'am, do you want mayo on your burger?"
Violet: "YES I LOVE MAYO, DON'T CRITICIZE ME!"

:(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 20, 2008, 06:10:33 PM
hate mayo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on March 20, 2008, 06:13:49 PM
I went to taco cabana the other night and this sign hurt my brain SO MUCH.
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/pickledkitten/noname-3.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 20, 2008, 06:15:21 PM
...


...


...


When are they open?

... :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 20, 2008, 06:27:13 PM
By that reasoning, though, you would have to add a disclaimer every time you admitted to liking something.
Waitress: "Ma'am, do you want mayo on your burger?"
Violet: "YES I LOVE MAYO, DON'T CRITICIZE ME!"

:(
lol.  I almost got irate at her post; then I pictured this little tiny kitten that everyone smacks around and purposely scares. Now when you just move, it takes off and hides, terrified.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 20, 2008, 06:32:35 PM
lol.  I almost got irate at her post; then I pictured this little tiny kitten that everyone smacks around and purposely scares. Now when you just move, it takes off and hides, terrified.
I wasn't trying to scare or smack her. I just didn't really.. get.. her post. Or posts.

On another note, my computer ignorance is finally catching up to me. There's something up with it, and in the span of four days, the problem has only gotten increasingly worse, no matter what I try to do to remedy it.  /cry
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 20, 2008, 06:40:38 PM
only 58 more posts till you can post in the really nerdy technology forum!


and goddammit, 12, shouldn't you be used to the procedure by now? (yahoo)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 20, 2008, 06:45:33 PM
I would be able to post, but I really wouldn't do much more than lurk. I've always wanted to learn more about computers but never had the means to learn. I didn't even get my own computer until I was, oh, 18 or so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 20, 2008, 11:16:28 PM
By that reasoning, though, you would have to add a disclaimer every time you admitted to liking something.
Waitress: "Ma'am, do you want mayo on your burger?"
Violet: "YES I LOVE MAYO, DON'T CRITICIZE ME!"

:(

yes, of course, I see what you mean  :-)
I was generalizing. I could've worded it better if I wanted to..
haha sorry, but that'd be kind of funny if that really did happen...where I was dramatic about everything constantly saying "OOHH don't criticize me!!!!"
of course I'd never really do that..
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on March 20, 2008, 11:22:58 PM
I may be small and timid now, constantly getting beaten down...but I might just go on a killing spree one day. all people like me usually do, only I'm not being serious right now...
I just sit at home and draw comics of me killing people who are mean to me with a scythe.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 20, 2008, 11:30:25 PM
o  k
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 20, 2008, 11:45:12 PM
This has nothing to do with anything being discussed, but I'm interested in your responses. I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine, and we got onto the subject of qualities we find desirable in friends. When I mentioned intelligence as one of the higher-ranking qualities, he halted, and told me I was shallow and foolish, that intelligence is fleeting and means nothing in friendship. I reasoned that while what sort of person he/she is is equally as important, without intelligence and some sort of depth, I find it difficult to befriend someone. I don't watch many movies/much television, the music I listen to isn't well liked, the way my mind works is far from common, and my interests are nearly as nerdy as you get. I wouldn't say that someone had to be a nerdy for me to befriend (I'm not a nerd-elitist!) but if there is no depth, then what is there to discuss? How can I be friends with someone as interesting as a rock?

Insight? Opinions? Back massages?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 21, 2008, 12:03:17 AM
I may be small and timid now, constantly getting beaten down...but I might just go on a killing spree one day. all people like me usually do, only I'm not being serious right now...
I just sit at home and draw comics of me killing people who are mean to me with a scythe.


Wow.

I'm not even that bad.

This has nothing to do with anything being discussed, but I'm interested in your responses. I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine, and we got onto the subject of qualities we find desirable in friends. When I mentioned intelligence as one of the higher-ranking qualities, he halted, and told me I was shallow and foolish, that intelligence is fleeting and means nothing in friendship. I reasoned that while what sort of person he/she is is equally as important, without intelligence and some sort of depth, I find it difficult to befriend someone. I don't watch many movies/much television, the music I listen to isn't well liked, the way my mind works is far from common, and my interests are nearly as nerdy as you get. I wouldn't say that someone had to be a nerdy for me to befriend (I'm not a nerd-elitist!) but if there is no depth, then what is there to discuss? How can I be friends with someone as interesting as a rock?

Insight? Opinions? Back massages?

I concur. Not to say that I'm not friends with some very interesting rocks, (and pointing out that, that particular simile might be insulting to rocks considering some people), but I certainly prefer the conversation when the person I'm with isn't completely... numb. Then there are the incredibly 'normal' people who just scare the shit out of me. I can't help but ask, "Weren't you paying attention?"

I don't think it's shallow or foolish to want intelligence in your friends, but I should point out. If it's a condition as well as a desire, you might end up with few friends.

Personally, the desire to learn in a person, the only condition I put down. They don't have to be intelligent, but they do have to be willing to open their minds up. Needless, to say, my circle of friends tends to be very small. But I just can't stand the large hoards of brainwashed flesh lumps walking around out there.

... yes, I know that sounded very elitist. I don't care. Just as long as you can come with something more elborate than... "You're mean, you big meanie!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 21, 2008, 12:10:10 AM
Wow.

I'm not even that bad.

I concur. Not to say that I'm not friends with some very interesting rocks, (and pointing out that, that particular simile might be insulting to rocks considering some people), but I certainly prefer the conversation when the person I'm with isn't completely... numb. Then there are the incredibly 'normal' people who just scare the shit out of me. I can't help but ask, "Weren't you paying attention?"

I don't think it's shallow or foolish to want intelligence in your friends, but I should point out. If it's a condition as well as a desire, you might end up with few friends.

Personally, the desire to learn in a person, the only condition I put down. They don't have to be intelligent, but they do have to be willing to open their minds up. Needless, to say, my circle of friends tends to be very small. But I just can't stand the large hoards of brainwashed flesh lumps walking around out there.

... yes, I know that sounded very elitist. I don't care. Just as long as you can come with something more elborate than... "You're mean, you big meanie!"
If you're an elitist than I am too, but I agreed with everything you just said. While you don't have to be well educated or intellectually driven, all I ask is that you use your brain. If I wanted to talk with sheep, I would find a petting zoo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 21, 2008, 12:21:02 AM
Sheep may be more intelligent that you give them credit for...
And besides, the way some people are, they make you want to go find a petting zoo, the conversation there might be brighter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 21, 2008, 12:29:11 AM
Sheep may be more intelligent that you give them credit for...
And besides, the way some people are, they make you want to go find a petting zoo, the conversation there might be brighter.

Did you ever read Far From the Madding Crowd? I read when I was about 14, and I remember having a giggling fit when Gabriel's flock of sheep all jumped off the cliff. I remember thinking, "Oh, they're just like people. One jumps off and the others follow suit without realizing it."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 21, 2008, 12:36:29 AM

Did you ever read Far From the Madding Crowd? I read when I was about 14, and I remember having a giggling fit when Gabriel's flock of sheep all jumped off the cliff. I remember thinking, "Oh, they're just like people. One jumps off and the others follow suit without realizing it."


Never read it, but I have family that owns a herd.

We like to mess around while we're visiting on vacation. If you put a rod a few inches above the ground, blocking the path out of the paddock into the pasture, and let one sheep jump over it, then remove the rod, the rest of the sheep will still jump in the same spot, without even knowing why. When you turn them back into the paddock at night, they still jump over that same damn spot, regardless of whether or not anything is there. They'll continue to jump over air for several weeks, until one them doesn't (I don't know if one is smart enough to finally realize it's not there anymore, or if he just forgets to jump), then they all stop.

Quote
We like to mess around while we're visiting on vacation.

Shit. I just opened this up to all manner of jokes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 21, 2008, 12:50:46 AM

Never read it, but I have family that owns a herd.

We like to mess around while we're visiting on vacation. If you put a rod a few inches above the ground, blocking the path out of the paddock into the pasture, and let one sheep jump over it, then remove the rod, the rest of the sheep will still jump in the same spot, without even knowing why. When you turn them back into the paddock at night, they still jump over that same damn spot, regardless of whether or not anything is there. They'll continue to jump over air for several weeks, until one them doesn't (I don't know if one is smart enough to finally realize it's not there anymore, or if he just forgets to jump), then they all stop.
 
If I could give you one of those coolio points for this paragraph, I would. I always wish I knew people like you in-person.


Quote
Shit. I just opened this up to all manner of jokes.
Hey, I wasn't going to say anything. Some people have odd sorts of fetishes. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 21, 2008, 01:00:34 AM
I always wish I knew people like you in-person.

That, is why, no how much I prefer to remain off-the-grid, I love the internet. If I couldn't be a member here, and talk to other intelligent minds I'd go the way of Poe.

Drink too much absinthe, smoke way too much opium, think way too many dark thoughts, and eventually end the misery myself.

Fortunately, the internet does exist, there is intelligent life out there, and I now have hope for a brighter day. (If only I could find someway to take over the world, then give countries away to the people in this forum...)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 21, 2008, 12:26:29 PM
Nothing boosts the ol'self esteem better than hearing "Damn, Xolik, you've got a little python going!"  :-D Guess my working out for the past two months is starting to show.

You've been working your little python out?

 :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on March 21, 2008, 01:06:16 PM
You've been working your little python out?

 :?

You don't Demo?
(http://members.cox.net/shoude/pushups.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 21, 2008, 01:12:55 PM
Well, not as often as I probably should, but I can disable a laser security system in a museum with it when I need to.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on March 21, 2008, 03:01:31 PM
Well, not as often as I probably should, but I can disable a laser security system in a museum with it when I need to.
At least you've got that going for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 21, 2008, 05:54:57 PM
Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit
 their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high
school essays.

 These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of
 teachers across the country. Here are last year's winners.



1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two
 sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
 alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience,
 like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse
without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around
the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking
at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with
 a pinhole in it.

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was
 room-temperature Canadian beef.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog
 makes just before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had
 disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude
shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the
 way a bowling ball wouldn't.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty
 bag filled with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had
 an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another
city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m.
 Instead of 7:30.

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a
 sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots
 when you fry them in hot grease.

14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced
across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one
 having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from
Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket
 fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds
 who had also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she
 was the East River.

18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel
 trap, only one that had
 been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike
 Phil, this plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, The kind you get from
 not eating for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
 either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping
on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one
 slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids
 around with power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard
 bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 21, 2008, 06:01:41 PM
Personal favourite:

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she
 was the East River.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 21, 2008, 06:08:46 PM
I liked that one and this one especially.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one
 slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.


//Excellent ydman.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 21, 2008, 06:32:05 PM
Some of those are excellent, but I don't believe for one second they were all disingenuously written by highschoolers. Certainly not disingenuously. Certainly not all of them.

Maybe Snopes will tell...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 21, 2008, 06:47:25 PM
Well, in this age, plagiarism is pretty easy for the little buggers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 21, 2008, 09:43:11 PM
Quote
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog
 makes just before it throws up.
That one did it for me.

Excellent find. Source?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 21, 2008, 10:57:31 PM
it was sent to me via email from a co-worker. where she got it and whether they're from actual essays, i don't know.
a few more i've stumbled across:

She was as easy as the TV Guide crossword.

Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.

She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.

Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightened.

It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.

The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

"Oh, Jason, take me!"; she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 22, 2008, 08:09:35 AM
It's really unfortunate that nobody realizes that the majority of those are similes, not mataphors.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 22, 2008, 01:17:15 PM
i noticed, but posted it in its entirety as it was sent to me. my intent was to provide a chuckle or two; where it came from or what it's made up of is irrelevant, in my opinion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 23, 2008, 05:16:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kALi0iDMpc

my best friend's "little" brother- i've known the kid since he was a year old. he's going to be so frickin' famous someday!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 23, 2008, 08:02:08 PM
Just be sure he don't end up like Barry.
BARRY SMASH!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 24, 2008, 01:44:20 AM
Disoriented, or disorientated? I learned "disoriented", and have always used that, so "disorientated" sounded like a misspoken word. Imagine my suprise to learn they are both real words.
"Disorientated" sounds like "broke-tified" or something like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 24, 2008, 04:29:09 AM
Disoriented, or disorientated? I learned "disoriented", and have always used that, so "disorientated" sounded like a misspoken word. Imagine my suprise to learn they are both real words.
"Disorientated" sounds like "broke-tified" or something like that.

Disorientated is a word?

I cannot find it in encyclopedia britannica online or webster's online. I googled it and only found a wikipedia reference to it, but the entry didn't look trustworthy.
The thesaurus entry I found for it had it labeled as "slang" for "disoriented".
Every time I searched for "disorientated", it asks me, "Do you mean 'disoriented'?"

Nope, can't find any professional proof that disorientated is more than a commonly mispronounced/misspelled word. (Of course, that is how we ended up with 'fuck', so you never know.)  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 24, 2008, 04:59:55 AM
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/6425/
I think I just died from the sheer awesomeness of this.

And some pictures for those too lazy to look themselves:

(http://images.thinkgeek.com/action/large/211dcdb.jpg)
(http://images.thinkgeek.com/action/large/211d502.jpg)
(http://images.thinkgeek.com/action/large/2109b43.jpg)

About to order it. Well, as soon as I can figure out where I would put them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 24, 2008, 05:10:06 AM
Nope, can't find any professional proof that disorientated is more than a commonly mispronounced/misspelled word.

That's what I was expecting as well. I didn't believe it was a real word.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disorientated (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disorientated)

dis·o·ri·en·tate /dɪsˈɔriənˌteɪt, -ˈoʊr-/ [dis-awr-ee-uhn-teyt, -ohr-]
–verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
to disorient.
[Origin: 1695–1705; dis-1 + orientate]
—Related forms
dis·o·ri·en·ta·tion, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 24, 2008, 05:17:14 AM
About to order it. Well, as soon as I can figure out where I would put them.
  :lol:
Make sure you don't get arrested and charged for placing those 'suspicious objects' in random places. You'll be labelled a "guerilla decorator" or something like that and be fined. Finer than you already are.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 24, 2008, 05:19:36 AM
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006


Ah. I see now. We won't go into my fierce hatred of Random House. I'll save that for the Flamer's Corner.

That being said,

thus is the evolution of language. However, I agree with you. Disorientated is the most awkard word I've ever pronounced, it's like saying evict-icated.

(Or uniquer... U'-ni-ker... uniquer... )
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 24, 2008, 06:59:45 AM
Disorientated is a word?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disorientated

To disorient. Past tense.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 24, 2008, 07:57:14 AM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disorientated

To disorient. Past tense.

...yep

Ah. I see now. We won't go into my fierce hatred of Random House. I'll save that for the Flamer's Corner.

That being said,

thus is the evolution of language. However, I agree with you. Disorientated is the most awkard word I've ever pronounced, it's like saying evict-icated.

(Or uniquer... U'-ni-ker... uniquer... )

(Is that the only source on the internet of disorientated actually being a word?)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 24, 2008, 08:34:31 AM
That's strange.  Posts 3021-3023 weren't there this morning when I posted my last response, almost two hours later than the time they were posted.  The only thing after Wunderkind's post was canoftuna's.

Makes me look like an idiot, but I guess some things never change.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 24, 2008, 08:39:11 AM
That's strange.  Posts 3021-3023 weren't there this morning when I posted my last response, almost two hours later than the time they were posted.  The only thing after Wunderkind's post was canoftuna's.

Makes me look like an idiot, but I guess some things never change.   :-D

Maybe you're computer was stuck in a time warp. Mentioning Random House, Inc. seems to do that to people and objects, but, again, that's a rant I'll save for when I'm in a really bitchy mood and want to post in the Flamer's Corner.

No fear.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on March 24, 2008, 08:50:32 AM
That's a great one, 'rog. I'm going to use it the next time I have a senior moment as well!  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 24, 2008, 08:52:18 AM
Perhaps the old timers disease is kicking in.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on March 24, 2008, 08:54:52 AM
Memopocalypse
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 24, 2008, 07:31:08 PM
Disoriented, or disorientated? I learned "disoriented", and have always used that, so "disorientated" sounded like a misspoken word. Imagine my suprise to learn they are both real words.
"Disorientated" sounds like "broke-tified" or something like that.

i have the same beef with "systemically." i understand it's a word, but it sounds so freakin' foreign to me- i've always known it to be "systematically." i cringe anytime i hear someone at work say, "systemically" to a cardmember. i absolutely hate it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 24, 2008, 08:04:59 PM
Systemically is more of a medical term that a process term.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 24, 2008, 08:10:03 PM
is it? well, good- all the more reason for me to hate hearing it at work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 24, 2008, 09:02:42 PM
They are actually totally different meaning words. Systematically refers to having a 'system' or 'procedure' for doing something; usually "step-by-step".
 Systemic (or sytemically) refers to characteristics of a system or method.
 ("The problems in this corporation are systemic." - ie; the problem is in "how they run things" - not one person, one policy, or one situation.)
Clear as mud now?
 :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 24, 2008, 09:05:27 PM
Same meaning applied to medical use as well; only the 'systems' referred to are body/mind functions.

 "The disease is systemic" as opposed to, say, just one nerve being damaged.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 24, 2008, 09:06:25 PM
clear, yes.




i still hate the word.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 25, 2008, 12:01:37 AM
I feel that way about oriented/orientated thing and also commented/commentated.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 25, 2008, 10:38:21 AM
There was an incompetent programmer with whom I used to work who used to mispronounce the word "encapsulate".

She used to say "enscapulate".  It drove me batshit nuts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on March 25, 2008, 01:30:40 PM
There was an incompetent programmer with whom I used to work who used to mispronounce the word "encapsulate".

She used to say "enscapulate".  It drove me batshit nuts.
It drives me nuts when my BF pronounces STAMINA as STANIMA.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 25, 2008, 03:33:13 PM
It drives me nuts when my BF pronounces STAMINA as STANIMA.
I've.. been guilty of that one before.

Speaking of completely butchering pronunciations of words, when I was about 13 or so, I added the word "epitome" to my vocabulary. To my embarrassment, I had been pronouncing it as "e-pit-tome," and I had been using it for weeks until a teacher gently corrected me. :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 25, 2008, 03:47:55 PM
I pronounced "asterik" as "as-er-tisk" up until college.
Then again, I live in North Carolina. If you want to hear mispronounced words, come, live here, where evict-icated is something your land-lord can do to you if you don't pay your rent.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 25, 2008, 05:41:40 PM
I hate it when people can't pronounce "Aluminum". Some people say "Alunimum".
I also don't like it when people pronounce "Either" "Ee-ther". It just bothers me, I don't know why. Probably because it sounds like a donkey.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 25, 2008, 06:42:39 PM
So I found out from the vet today that my cat has a dermititis that she got from being allergic to fleas.  :cry: To fix the problem, I have to give her a scrub bath, wherein I get her all lathered up and let the soap soak on her skin from anywhere from ten to fifteen minutes.

No really, I'm going have a wet, soapy cat sitting in her kennel glaring at me with death in her eyes for ten to fifteen minutes, and the vet's assistant is saying it so flippantly, like the cat's not going to go piss on everything once I'm done with the bath.

There are moments when being a cat owner are so worth it...

This is not one of them. (Then again she will be happier once she's dry and done taking out her revenge.)

EDIT: Having completed the task, it's official, my cat now hates me, and wants to kill me and everyone of my family members.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 25, 2008, 10:03:47 PM
That's different from normal?  :-o
My cat tried to kill my whole family daily.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 25, 2008, 10:58:29 PM
(http://conflusions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/pope_benedict_xvi.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 25, 2008, 11:09:12 PM
(http://conflusions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/pope_benedict_xvi.jpg)
That's the funniest image I've seen in a while, haha!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 25, 2008, 11:23:21 PM
Offensive?

For once the man is pictured in his true form. One should never be encouraged to hide their true self.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 26, 2008, 10:37:59 AM
People actually bitched out that? It's not like they purposely photoshopped in evil demon eyes like what happened with Condi Rice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 26, 2008, 01:28:54 PM
Bizarre optical illusion my ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on March 26, 2008, 02:01:12 PM
Wow that is bizzad... His horns look like the other guy's collar!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on March 26, 2008, 07:19:41 PM
Its snowing.... at the end of March... in Seattle...  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 26, 2008, 07:27:09 PM
So that's what the weather is like, in spring, in Seattle.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on March 26, 2008, 07:35:17 PM
I haven't seen snow in this area in March for many many years.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 26, 2008, 07:44:23 PM
We had snow in March in Georgia and South Carolina just a few years ago. Of course; we dont usually get any until at least February.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Tprime on March 26, 2008, 08:34:57 PM
We had snow yesterday, and will probably have snow halfway through April too.
Suck it up, Princess.  :lol: :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 26, 2008, 09:02:22 PM
We had snow yesterday, and will probably have snow halfway through April too.
Suck it up, Princess.  :lol: :-P
I don't think he was really complaining.

It's so irritating when people get arrogant about weather. Seriously. So it's hotter in some places, colder in others. Just because you live there doesn't mean everyone should automatically know what it's like living with that weather.

Anyhow:

(http://g.photos.cx/Pokemon_animated-44.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 26, 2008, 09:36:56 PM
it was sixty today.. in pennsylvania! :)

also, my sociology professor doesn't have the greatest grasp of the english language- that didn't take long to learn- but tonight was just friggin' hilarious. not once, not twice, but probably close to 30 times, she said "fenimism"-- feNiMism!

she also told someone she "didn't like to be confrontative."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 26, 2008, 11:57:58 PM
Then again, I live in North Carolina.

 :-)  Yay another night owl "hoo"s also Southern! I'm originally from South Carolina (Greenwood, and then Greenville) before I moved here to Georgia. Used to go to Charlotte all the time, and have family in Apex/Chapel Hill.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 12:46:04 AM
:-)  Yay another night owl "hoo"s also Southern! I'm originally from South Carolina (Greenwood, and then Greenville) before I moved here to Georgia. Used to go to Charlotte all the time, and have family in Apex/Chapel Hill.

I don't know how "southern" you can call me since we didn't permanently move here until I was eleven (yay, my parents were hippies and dragged me all over the earth!), but it is an extremely small world considering how close to Charlotte I live. And I'm thrilled to know that if I slip up and print something profoundly deep south (say for instance, chitlins) at least somebody will know what I'm talking about.

DISCLAIMER: This post does not suggest that only someone from the south-eastern United States knows what 'chitlins' are, only that it is very rare to find otherwise.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 01:05:56 AM
Mmm!! Chitlins...  stump-slapped, creek-cleaned, fried 'testine, yep. Goes great with the pickled feet!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 01:30:26 AM

I don't know what's more disturbing.

That fact that I know what you saying, that fact that I know why it's said that way, the fact that I've done it, or the fact that I agree with you. (Except for the feet. Never been a fan of pickled feet.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 01:35:55 AM
I don't know what's more disturbing.

That fact that I know what you saying, that fact that I know why it's said that way, the fact that I've done it, or the fact that I agree with you. (Except for the feet. Never been a fan of pickled feet.)
Umm...   ditto.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 01:42:14 AM
Why the embrassement?

I love chitlins, I know what they are and damn it, I love them anyway!

Part of me is just really disturbed by the other part of me, and I can't decide which part it's distrubed the most by - the fact that I eat them, love them, or have made them from scratch. But as much as I love them, every time I say I love them a part of my brain goes, "God, you're such redneck."

Oh well, at least I look really hot in Daisy Dukes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 02:33:49 AM
Why the embrassement?
It IS the embarrass smiley aint it...  I just picked the 'sourest' face on there; and it was about the pig feet. I actually didnt mean it 'embarrass'; I meant it as "Eww." I haven't ever even tried pickled pig feet. I guess growing up seeing them in jars on every counter (eye-level for a kid) was enough to make that decision.
 Chitlins are ..ok. I've only had em a few times; fixed by the same person. He was a member of the rural volunteer fire dept I belonged to back then. Ancient black man; old as the hills. Every year our fund-raiser (still is; but Im not there) is hash sales.
 Deer hash; it's the best meat hash you will ever have melt in your mouth...ohGOD. It is some good stuff.
 Anyway; we cooked the hash in huge cast-iron kettles for several days, finally having a big dinner together when it was finished, and he would always fix chitlins. So that's the extent of my chitlin experience.

Oh well, at least I look really hot in Daisy Dukes.
PICSPLZKTHX!!
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 02:43:18 AM
Every year our fund-raiser (still is; but Im not there) is hash sales.
 Deer hash; it's the best meat hash you will ever have melt in your mouth...ohGOD. It is some good stuff.

And here I was thinking I was the only one who would know what meat hash was, without automatically assuming it was meat with... "hash" in it. That was my first assumption anyway, imagine the shock on my thirteen-year-old face, then the sudden relief once it was explained to me that there was no actual "hash" in it (shock and fear really, relief because there were rules in my hippie household about the who, what, where, when, and why when it came to... ah hell, when it came to weed alright, let's just say it, I thought it was meat and weed!). And you're right, it's like meat butter. There's something to be said about us country folk, we know about good eats.

Quote

 PICSPLZKTHX!!

Still working out how to get them on my computer. As soon as this technilogical leap can be made I will post them (remember I am technilogical pond-scum).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 03:00:57 AM
 :-D  I get a similar reaction nearly every time I mention our fire department sold hash to raise money.







    .  .   .   ok, ok, ok.. sometimes I maybe didn't explain it exactly all the way at first...  :evil:

 "HASH??? YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT sold HASH?? WHat the... how did you...    HASH?? Y'all sold...HASH??"

  "Yep. 5$ a quart."

 " . . .  quart? Of hash?"

 
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 03:39:15 AM
 HAHA!

I've got to remember to leave the long explaination for later next time!  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 27, 2008, 07:34:17 AM
I live in Louisiana. I know aaaaaall about eating nasty food items and lovin' it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 11:10:52 AM
 :-D Like sucking the heads off them mudbugs!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on March 27, 2008, 11:38:16 AM
:-D Like sucking the heads off them mudbugs!

Did you just say that you like to give oral pleasure to insects??
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 02:22:58 PM
It's " insex ".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 27, 2008, 04:05:49 PM
It's " insex ".

I knew I'd never make it with the "in" crowd.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 27, 2008, 06:13:00 PM
Bugging out so soon?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 27, 2008, 06:38:06 PM
Naw.  I've ketched them critters in the swamps in Loosianna. Pretty good etin.

Damn.  Thinking back of wading waist deep, mud up to your ankles, drizzling rain, drinking vodka/whiskey/whateva was open, in da swamp.  There is gators in them things ya' know.  I'm suprised more coonies don't die from that.

*Good times...Good times*

BTW one sister and my mom still live down there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 27, 2008, 08:50:26 PM
I actually am not a fan of Louisiana.  The culture, horrid southern drawls, drunkenness, low morality, and general stupidity here is more than I can tolerate. Don't misunderstand me- you find stupidity wherever you find people... but it just seems more focused here. I just stay selective with my friends, spend spare time on the internet chatting with fun people like you, and I'm set. As long as I lock myself indoors, I can make my own reality. :D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 27, 2008, 09:01:25 PM
Miss Well Actually Says:

Staying locked inside your own home is not a necessity for facilitating one's own reality. Many philosohpers and psychologists agree, reality is all our mind anyway. If you want to change your reality, change your mind.

 :-P

I, personally, have only been to Louisiana for select reasons and to see a select handful of people for a limited amount of time. But, in general, I concur. (Drunkness and low morality aside since I have been and will be in the future guilty of both, the culture is - okay - the food is fantasitic... I can't comment on the language since I don't speak it. Yeah, pretty much it's the stupidity that bothers me. :-D)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 27, 2008, 09:25:35 PM
i spent my first ten years in the south and miss it terribly.

i've decided that when i finish school- whenever the hell THAT will be- i'm moving back there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 28, 2008, 05:07:16 AM
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/CAN.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 28, 2008, 06:53:12 AM
I actually am not a fan of Louisiana.

Me either.  I was forced to live there two years.  Moved between my junior and senior years in high school, from a school system I had been in since the first grade.  That took a while for me to get over.

I hated the weather.  It was either so hot and humid it sucked, or in the winter it rained all the time.  Came back to the Bluegrass as soon as I could.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on March 28, 2008, 07:30:40 AM
But Louisiana is the home of throwed rolls (http://throwedrolls.com/). It's the place to pig out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on March 28, 2008, 02:29:48 PM
Concur with chris, I am a big fan of Louisiana.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 28, 2008, 03:23:04 PM
Haven't been there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 28, 2008, 03:38:45 PM
i lived in mississippi for four years growing up, and we occasionally found ourselves over in louisiana. i remember enjoying the trips, but don't remember much about them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 28, 2008, 04:11:49 PM
If you went across I-10 you would remember the bump...bump...bump...badump...bump...bump...bump...badump...bump...bump...bump...badump...bump...bump...bump...badump...
while traveling.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 28, 2008, 04:13:58 PM
you know, i do, actually. to this day, i love the bump-bump-bump of certain interstates because it reminds me of my childhood.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 28, 2008, 04:20:15 PM
The causeway on I-10 is still something to see.  I just wish they'd let you stop and look over the barricades.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 28, 2008, 06:01:18 PM
If I ever get married, it's going to be done like this:

http://www.planethellokitty.com/hello-kitty-wedding (http://www.planethellokitty.com/hello-kitty-wedding)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 28, 2008, 11:28:58 PM
Are you going to be the bride or the groom? 


*runs and hides as quickly as possible*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 29, 2008, 10:52:17 PM
saw this on a car in the parking lot at school today:

(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/moron.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 29, 2008, 11:06:02 PM
speaking of school, i was all excited because my sociology prof decided to make our test on chapters 5-10 a take-home test (probably because everyone did so poorly on the first one because she hasn't quite grasped the english language and it was damn near impossible to decipher what she was asking..). my friend/co-worker drema, who's in my class, and i were THRILLED because- really- how hard can a take-home, open-book test be? right?

wrong. i got to drema's at 1:30 (after spending a couple hours in the school library researching for a huge research paper due in english..). with the exception of about 45 minutes to eat around 5 or 6, and maybe an hour tops goofing off/chit-chatting, the rest of the time was spent on this test. what time did i leave her house? 10:34 pm. NINE HOURS LATER.


and it was hard as hell. there are still several questions that are unclear. because the prof is so poor at english, it's really difficult to even figure out what she's asking. sigh. i will be emailing her for clarification on some of these questions.


but yes, i'm done. finally. and i still have to compose a working outline for english AND bake cookies tomorrow. doing anything more tonight is completely out of the question. i feel like death.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 30, 2008, 04:04:23 PM
Yay college! Boo tests.

I have a somewhat similar experience. My english instructor made a large essay due the Monday before spring break here at WSU. Before that week, he made it clear that if we were to ask for an extention (usually an extention is 24 hrs) then we would not have to turn the paper in until the Monday after spring break. This was because he was going out of town Tuesday and would not be able to pick up the papers that had asked for an extention until that Monday after break.

Of course, I did not get the paper done until the Sunday before. Partly because I was in L.A. the entire spring break, and partly because well, I procrastinate.

That Monday I also had to take an oral mid-term from my speech instructor who is from Slovenia. I understand that an oral mid-term may be easier or more appropriate for speech class, but maybe when you cannot speak english that great, a written exam may work a little better. Most of that class was spent asking for a repeat of the question.

Not sure how I did on either the paper or the test, but let's just say I feel your pain.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 30, 2008, 06:05:25 PM
did anyone actually turn the english paper in when it was due? i can't imagine someone not taking advantage of having an extra week to write an essay. craziness.

maybe your speech instructor and my sociology professor should be friends. they both sound.. well.. difficult.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 30, 2008, 08:37:08 PM
Actually there were a few. They possibly already had it somewhat done and didn't want to worry about it over the break which I guess I can understand.

If your sociology professor thinks her class is the most important thing in every one of her student's lives then yes, they would be best friends.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on March 30, 2008, 08:44:44 PM
If your sociology professor thinks her class is the most important thing in every one of her student's lives then yes, they would be best friends.

actually, that would be my english professor.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on March 31, 2008, 01:50:24 AM
Some professors have the mentality built up that their class is the most important class that you will ever take. They also like to think that their students should not / cannot work while in college because it detracts from their education... Then they go and cry to the board of directors saying they need a raise which makes tuition go up, and thus their students need to come up with the money somehow.

But it's ok, I know they are very over worked and have long 14-hour days like I do.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on March 31, 2008, 02:16:34 AM
I just got the most awesome shirt as a gift. Pictures with it on coming soon!

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/dead_lolcats.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 01, 2008, 09:23:34 PM
wow. what a way to go..




Shopper killed by train after 'getting Ugg Boot stuck' in tracks despite desperate attempts to pull her free

By LUCY BALLINGER and CHRISTIAN GYSIN
Last updated at 12:13pm on 29th March 2008

A woman was killed by a train after her Ugg Boot became stuck on a level crossing. The 29-year-old had tried to cross the railway tracks after the barriers came down across the road. But her foot became stuck in the wooden grid which prevents animals from straying on to the line. The women was struck by the train at the Hythe crossing, Colchester. Police gather at the scene where the woman had been trapped.

A man believed to be her boyfriend battled to pull her free.He was helped by Jonathan Smith, a passer-by who had seen them walk on to the track, as the train approached Hythe station, in Colchester, on Thursday. The woman died almost immediately. Her companion was taken to Colchester General Hospital with leg injuries.

Yesterday, the woman's father, who declined to be named, visited the scene, and told onlookers that her boot had become stuck. It is thought she was wearing Ugg Boots - the fashionable sheepskin footwear which has wide, flat soles. Mr Smith, 18, said they had managed to free the woman, known locally as Kelly, before she was hit by the National Express East Anglia service from Liverpool Street to Clacton. The IT student said he saw the pair continue crossing, even though the train was bearing down on them. He said: "I was standing waiting to cross. She got her foot stuck.

"There were four or five people waiting there but they just watched, none of them were helping. No one wanted to get hit by a train. "I didn't think, it was just instinct - it was a young girl's life. I saw the train coming. I just thought, 'I've got to save her', I didn't think about my own life. I went through and saw she had her foot stuck at first and I grabbed her hand and got her foot out. I had her in my arms, she was safe. But her boyfriend screamed at her to get to the other side. I said, 'Stay on this side'. But he said, 'This is my train, I've got to be on this side of the track', and so she tried to cross.

The train was about 25ft away. The train didn't have any chance to stop. "She just curled up in a ball. Her boyfriend jumped out of the way. I tried to help her but I slipped on the wet. It was luck I wasn't hit. I was still holding her hand when the train came.

Jonathan Smith was one of the men who tried to rescue Kelly as the train sped towards her "My friend told me to let go of her hand, otherwise I would lose my arm."

British Transport Police said: "Police can confirm that a woman in her late twenties died at the scene after she attempted to cross the line when the barriers were down and got her foot stuck in the wooden guards of the crossing and became trapped.

"Two men attempted to pull her free from the crossing as the train, which was travelling between 40mph and 50mph, approached." Locals said that the crossing was dangerous and pedestrians often tried to make it across the track before the train arrived. Matt Wilson, who was on the train, said: "There was no warning, the driver slammed on the brakes. Just a minute later you heard the sirens. "It is such a dangerous crossing. People chance it all the time. They just push back the barrier and run over. I've done it before - loads of people do it."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 01, 2008, 10:02:18 PM
 . . .


 she got UNstuck; then tried to cross again?

Yeh, shitty way to go, for sure, but this one reeks of Darwin...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 01, 2008, 11:13:29 PM
The report says her boot got stuck.

Question:

At what point did she say to herself, "My boot is worth more than my life." I've worn those boots, it's tremendously easy to slip your foot out of them. I'm confused.

And yes, this reeks of the Darwin Award. She got free once, but no, "I'm gonna do it again because I was so lucky the first time!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 01, 2008, 11:22:42 PM
At what point did she say to herself, "My boot is worth more than my life." I've worn those boots, it's tremendously easy to slip your foot out of them. I'm confused.

and those boots aren't even cute.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 02, 2008, 09:02:28 PM
so, as i'm leaving class tonight, i get a text message from some weird number i don't know. i open it and there are no words, only this picture:

(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/attachment.jpg)

i couldn't figure out what it was until i forwarded it to my email, turned it counter-clockwise and looked at a larger version of it (as you see it now). it's an advertisement for the squished eyeball theater-- which i went to in 2001 when i was in san fransisco. Weird Tingly Feeling? i have no idea who sent it, where they got it, or why they sent it. and when i sent a message back asking who they were, it was ignored.

i'm thoroughly confused. i hope it's not my sociology class stalker. he wasn't in class tonight.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 02, 2008, 09:09:12 PM
speaking of school, i was all excited because my sociology prof decided to make our test on chapters 5-10 a take-home test (probably because everyone did so poorly on the first one because she hasn't quite grasped the english language and it was damn near impossible to decipher what she was asking..). my friend/co-worker drema, who's in my class, and i were THRILLED because- really- how hard can a take-home, open-book test be? right?

wrong. i got to drema's at 1:30 (after spending a couple hours in the school library researching for a huge research paper due in english..). with the exception of about 45 minutes to eat around 5 or 6, and maybe an hour tops goofing off/chit-chatting, the rest of the time was spent on this test. what time did i leave her house? 10:34 pm. NINE HOURS LATER.


and it was hard as hell. there are still several questions that are unclear. because the prof is so poor at english, it's really difficult to even figure out what she's asking. sigh. i will be emailing her for clarification on some of these questions.

i got a 92%. not bad, no- but not as high as i'd hoped. we're supposed to be going over the test next week. i fully intend to bring that test grade up then. i will argue some of my answers as being correct and i will win my arguments.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2008, 11:52:30 PM
Two whole asses? Or a two holed ass? Or two ass holes? (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2774241.html?menu=)

 ...she checked in for an operation on her leg - and woke up to find she had been given a new anus. :-o

 I wonder if they mean she got the bill, and man, they tore her a new one?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on April 03, 2008, 01:58:12 AM
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)

It's sad how often I feel this way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 03, 2008, 02:03:35 AM
+ 1

and hear, hear!

(or is it here, here! heer, heer?)

O well

Concur. There I know what that one is.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on April 03, 2008, 02:08:07 AM
+ 1

and hear, hear!

(or is it here, here! heer, heer?)

O well

Concur. There I know what that one is.  :-)
It's "hear, hear," I believe.

And the site is here (http://xkcd.com) if you want to see more- most are dripping in sarcasm, and make a lot of nerdy references. :P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 03, 2008, 09:59:13 AM
Every day on my way home from work, I drive by a place in a local strip mall called "The Prom Shop".

And every day I misread the sign at first glance as if to say "The Pr0n Shop".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 03, 2008, 10:32:52 AM
Some tape to cover the second hump on the 'm' and it could be.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 03, 2008, 01:22:39 PM
Some tape to cover the second hump on the 'm' and it could be.
That should be done. Wonder how long it would take them to notice it, and then how long for them to fix it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 03, 2008, 04:57:29 PM
I've been reading some stories on THE INTERNET about these subprime folk that are losing their houses so they're doing the only rational thing: trashing the place.

I just can't understand that mentality. "wait, you mean just because I missed six months worth of payments you're going to take my house away?!?" *shits in every room*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2008, 05:03:17 PM
subprime indeed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 03, 2008, 05:04:02 PM
Well, duh, xol. Didn't you know? It doesn't matter that I didn't pay for it, it's still mine and nobody has any right to take it from me!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 03, 2008, 05:13:50 PM
Well, duh, xol. Didn't you know? It doesn't matter that I didn't pay for it, it's still mine and nobody has any right to take it from me!

And it's THIS kind of attitude that is fucking up our society. "Me, me, me, it's all about me, fuck yours I got mine." Couple the entitlement complex with a victimhood complex and you've got pretty much a huge chunk of Americans in a nutshell.

I put partial blame on all products that enforce the self-centered lifestyle. iPod, MySpace, basically anything that tries to make you out to be some unique little snowflake.

Damn kids get offa the lawn.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 03, 2008, 05:26:34 PM
The baby boomers coddled their kids because they didn't want them to have it as hard as they did.  I guess the entire generation didn't realize that it was the working hard that made them as strong and independent as they were.  So we're left with an entire generation who want everything handed to them.  And the generation coming up will want the same because it's always been that way as far as they're concerned.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 03, 2008, 05:28:20 PM
*shits in every room*

They probably did that anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 03, 2008, 05:30:45 PM
When I used to repo cars I was similarly flabbergasted by the reactions some people would have.

"What?  You mean you haven't made a car payment for 8 months and yet somehow you're surprised to see me?"

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/hurr.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 03, 2008, 05:38:32 PM
Damn kids get offa the lawn.

(http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/44/44698/folders/249532/2299644goaway.gif)

There ya go Xol.  Get Chris or Judgie to add it to the collection.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 03, 2008, 05:46:40 PM
That should be accessible by :oldfart: or perhaps :bizb:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 03, 2008, 05:50:39 PM
:bizb:

Would get my vote.

Oh wait.  Were you saying both of those were the same thing?  (http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/44/44698/folders/249532/1968195hitwithrock.gif)  Oww.  That hurts Biz.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 03, 2008, 06:18:49 PM
That smilie reaks of win.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 03, 2008, 06:32:53 PM
That smilie reaks of win.

Thank you.  I try to only steal the best.   (http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/44/44698/folders/249532/1968191biggthumpup.gif)

*Now Demo will be throwing rocks at me*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on April 03, 2008, 11:47:30 PM
http://www.awfulyearbook.net/topall/1

Some of these are made of sheer brilliance.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 04, 2008, 05:36:42 AM
http://www.awfulyearbook.net/topall/1
OH my FUCKING GAWD.
Y'all, I ain't laffed this hard for this long in a loooong time. HOLY SHIT some of those are funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 04, 2008, 05:37:54 AM
Interesting trivia:

 The series M*A*S*H* had a laugh track; but they never played it during O.R. scenes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 04, 2008, 10:53:01 AM
http://www.awfulyearbook.net/topall/1

Some of these are made of sheer brilliance.

DO YOU HAVE STAIRS IN YOUR HOUSE
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 04, 2008, 11:04:33 AM
ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY INCLINE DUMBELL PRESS HIS WAY INTO MORDOR
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 04, 2008, 12:53:11 PM
OH my FUCKING GAWD.
Y'all, I ain't laffed this hard for this long in a loooong time. HOLY SHIT some of those are funny.

Concur
Title: Pissed
Post by: Min on April 04, 2008, 05:57:50 PM
The hotel where I'm having my wedding reception just jacked up the meal prices.  I understand that the price of food is going up lately.  And I understand that I haven't yet signed a food contract and can't do anything about it. 

But I did sign a contract and forked over a giant rental fee BASED ON THE FOOD PRICES THAT THEY GAVE US!!!

Jerks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2008, 03:21:17 PM
Why the hell does the GEICO gecko have a British accent?
G.E.I.C.O. - Government Employee Insurance COmpany...  as in the US Government.
 So, I understand they aren't solely for government employees anymore, but . . . a British accent? (no offense, Brits; I'm just asking)
 That's a phenomenon here that I wonder if it exists in other places. It seems here in the US, if a commercial has someone with a British or German accent; -oh man- we are SO totally all over that! Its GOT to be true; he has a British accent!!
 Does this happen in other places, in other languages?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 05, 2008, 04:15:22 PM
For the same reason that the chick at my bank's talking ATM has a British accent, I suspect.  The accent lends an aire of credibility and bad teeth.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2008, 04:34:39 PM
Yeh, I wonder if it's just an American thing, or that happens all over (different languages, of course).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2008, 04:48:30 PM
Do I have a red x sig or no sig?  On my browser it shows nothing, but at Enrique's I get a red x.

Anyone want to host me if I can find my sig?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2008, 05:00:14 PM
I will.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2008, 05:00:31 PM
Oh; and I dont see anything.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 05, 2008, 05:11:54 PM
i don't see anything either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 05, 2008, 05:12:40 PM
You keep sayin that...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 05, 2008, 05:35:45 PM
i don't see anything either.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on April 06, 2008, 04:59:48 AM
I... don't see anything?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 06, 2008, 07:55:17 AM
Why the hell does the GEICO gecko have a British accent?

I thought it was Aussie.  Which still makes no sense, just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 06, 2008, 02:50:37 PM
Hmm..  could be. I thought it was Cockney British.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 06, 2008, 05:47:01 PM
He may have changed with time, come to think of it.  He does seem more cockney these days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on April 06, 2008, 05:50:20 PM
Little cockney in big texas.

It really doesn't make any sense.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on April 06, 2008, 08:16:42 PM
Isn't everything bigger?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: LuciferSam on April 06, 2008, 09:14:53 PM
That's what I've heard.

I think we're all forgetting a tidbit here though,

He's GECKO, not GIECO. So, since he is simply suffering a continual case of mistaken identity, it's entirely plausible that he could be a cockney tom who likes millwall far more than they deserve as a club, and lives a horrid life of identity crisis and self doubt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 06, 2008, 10:29:46 PM
Hopefully that's it. I can't stand the bastard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 06, 2008, 11:00:27 PM
So.. what about this Tempurpedic foam mattress? Is it Swedish, or did NASA develop it? They mention both in the commercial...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 07, 2008, 11:12:22 AM
I'm six away from having every American released Turbografx game. So close...  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 07, 2008, 01:42:10 PM
Whelp, looks like I'm switching to Stoli.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 07, 2008, 01:52:43 PM
I thought it was Aussie.  Which still makes no sense, just sayin'.

concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 03:30:08 PM
Whelp, looks like I'm switching to Stoli.
I was JUST about to post about that. A boycott. How fucking stupid.
 It would be different (it would actually be making a statement) if it was Jose Cuervo with that label, but c'mon...  Absolut?? OF COURSE they didnt think about it beforehand. Why the hell should they have? They've already apologized (which I thought was very polite of them); and they sure didnt have to.
 It's crap like this (call for a boycott) that embarrasses the American almost out of me. No wonder we're seen collectively as idiots.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 03:32:19 PM
Although ... at least we didn't riot and kill people. Over this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 07, 2008, 03:41:29 PM
Although ... at least we didn't riot and kill people. Over this.

Ok, how about now?

(http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5258/ascz2za8.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 03:43:34 PM
How about now what?  :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 07, 2008, 03:57:41 PM
How about now what?  :?
Psst - I believe the Absolut bottle as been turned into a WMD.

In other news, I've always prefered Stoli anyway, so this will not be affecting my drinking habits. But it is sad if people are boycotting over this. You'd think they'd have more important things to boycott... like the Beijing Olymipics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 07, 2008, 04:01:11 PM
How about now what?  :?
Yeah.  Me and 12 are still in the USA.  Not our fault you got moved to Mexico.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 04:08:48 PM
Psst - I believe the Absolut bottle as been turned into a WMD.
Is that what that is? I saw the little ...thing on top of the bottle; I cant tell what it is, though.
 Eh well.  8-)

like the Beijing Olymipics.
Now that I can understand.

Yeah.  Me and 12 are still in the USA.  Not our fault you got moved to Mexico.
  :lol: +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 07, 2008, 04:44:05 PM
The gekko's accent is cockney. The guy who does the lizard's voice also plays a character on EastEnders.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 07, 2008, 04:45:50 PM
Also, Stoli might be a better vodak, but traditionally their vision of a reimagined US did not involve Spanish.

Oh, nyet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 04:51:49 PM
vision of a reimagined US

 I thought it was a supposed to be an waaay old map. More 'territorial' than actual defined nations.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 04:55:08 PM
did not involve Spanish.
:lol: Good point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 07, 2008, 05:12:07 PM
Great. Just what I need. California to turn from Alliance Territory to Contested Territory.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2008, 05:15:26 PM
On that map it ain't contested. You're Mexican.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 07, 2008, 05:20:10 PM
Great. Just what I need. California to turn from Alliance Territory to Contested Territory.  :x

California is a contested territory?

News Flash! The Micronation of the Republic of Wunderkinder Claims Land in California!

CALIFORNIA

A state that has been neglected, abused, pillaged, and exploited by the rest of the world for centuries of history. A dozen wars burn across the state, dictators sack their own nations, millions starve and die of disease each year, and the rest of the world is content to look the other way. Shame on them.

International aid shipments are seized by corrupt governments before they can reach those in need. Humanitarian groups can only do so much, and the good they manage to do is rarely permanent. Some groups have even gone so far as to write off Africa as a lost cause, and give up.

The Republic of Wunderkinder refutes that sentiment. Ours is the ONLY micronation intent on building the world's first modern civilization in this forsaken land; to give the neglected people of California a chance for prosperity. We envision a new nation, on par with that of the most developed nations in existence today, which could lead the rest of California out of the slums of the third world.

Powerful as that vision is, we cannot do it alone: we need the strength to make a difference. We have the plan and the vision: we just need the means to bring it to life.

If you find this interesting and would like more information, or would like to contact the Republic of Wunderkinder government, please take a moment to visit our website.

...

Sorry, it was irresistable.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 07, 2008, 05:20:14 PM
On that map it ain't contested. You're Mexican.

While I may not be Mexican, I am familiar with the Spanish tongue. 

*Pure Awesome*

There's not enough + to hand out to sufficiently express how great this was.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 07, 2008, 05:21:40 PM
I enjoy the occassional taco de lengua myself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 10, 2008, 05:15:30 PM
I was awoken about 2pm to the sound of the doorbell. Flying out of bed I saw two well-suited gentlemen, Bibles in one hand, pamplets in the other. Typically I just let the dogs out the back door when that happens, but today I was in an evil mood. So I answered the door nekkid and started trying to convert them to paganism.  :evil:

As a result, the Southern Baptist Church will be burning a cross in my front yard tonight, if anyone wants to come. We will be roasting marshmallows and hotdogs. I also intend to invite some of my wiccan friends so there is a slight chance of boobies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 10, 2008, 05:19:51 PM
Would you try to convert me?




 Please?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 10, 2008, 05:40:48 PM
Show up at my door in the middle of my sleeping period with a Bible, try to exercise me, and sure, I'll try to convert you. It goes something like this:

Are you willing to pick and blend your favourite parts of any small and/or dead pastoral religion to make one of your own? (optional)

Do you understand the concept of, you leave my religion alone and I won't steal your god?

Do you have an unending urge to argue on the side of complete ridiculousness just to point out how bad someone is at apologetics? (optional)

Are you passive about religion in general and just want a church to associate with that won't ask for money, but includes fun stuff like eating babies?

Do you enjoy bon-fires regardless of the occasion?

Do you believe boobies are sacred?

Yes? Then paganism is the religion for you!

We're out of marshmallows so I have to run to the store before the company arrives.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 10, 2008, 05:43:08 PM
I really just meant the "be nekkid" part.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 10, 2008, 05:43:17 PM
I also intend to invite some of my wiccan friends so there is a slight chance of boobies.

First Post?

 :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 10, 2008, 05:47:18 PM
First Post?

 :?

/me is confused
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 10, 2008, 05:52:01 PM
Sweet Lovin' confuses him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on April 10, 2008, 05:54:36 PM
AHAHAHAAA

AWESOME! I pulled something similar with my ex-boyfriend and room mate. It was like 9am on a saturday so my bf got up to answer the door in his boxers and when we (me and the room mate) heard who it was we jumped into action.

I walk up with a thin sheet that barely covered anything to ask "honey, who's at the door?" then the (male) room mate walks up naked and says "guys, come back to bed. i'm cold and it's too early to be awake after our night"

That guy looked like he was going to shit a mule!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 10, 2008, 06:03:40 PM
AHAHAHAAA

AWESOME! I pulled something similar with my ex-boyfriend and room mate. It was like 9am on a saturday so my bf got up to answer the door in his boxers and when we (me and the room mate) heard who it was we jumped into action.

I walk up with a thin sheet that barely covered anything to ask "honey, who's at the door?" then the (male) room mate walks up naked and says "guys, come back to bed. i'm cold and it's too early to be awake after our night"

That guy looked like he was going to shit a mule!

That's one of those things that money can't buy. Priceless.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 10, 2008, 07:08:53 PM
I'll need to see visual documentation before I believe either story.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2008, 10:25:06 AM
/me is confused

There is a site called FARK (http://www.fark.com) where the term "first post" is filtered to the word "boobies", mostly to dissuade the usual trolls from posting "LOL OMG FIRST POST!!!!111" at the start of every single article thread posted.

For most FARK old-schoolers, we just automatically replace that term with 'boobies' in our normal vernacular.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2008, 10:52:03 AM
While provisioning a new extension on our phone system where I work today, I noticed this great message box when it finished the creation process and I had to get a screenshot of it:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/end_of_creation.jpg)

I'm afraid to click "ok".

 :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2008, 01:21:59 PM
Stupid ham obsession...


Garden
by Pearl Jam

the direction of the eye
so misleading
the defection of the soul
nauseously quick

I don't question
our existence
I just question
our modern needs

I will walk...with my hams bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden
garden of stone

after all is done
we're still alone
I won't be taken
yet I'll go...

I will walk...with my hams bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden
garden of stone

I don't show...
I don't share...
I don't need
what you have to give...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 11, 2008, 01:23:24 PM
i heard that jewel song, "hands" the other day in the grocery store and thought of you, Demo.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2008, 01:28:24 PM
i heard that jewel song, "hands" the other day in the grocery store and thought of you, Demo.  :lol:

Heh.  That's a really good ham song too.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 11, 2008, 01:46:26 PM
Curiously I mentally replace process with prosciutto:

Morcheeba - Part Of The Prosciutto Lyrics


Part Of The Prosciutto

Angry faces, cursing loud,
Changing places, falling proud
Behind the bomb, no one cares,
Time is money
We're taught to tear
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
How can we show, how to feel
Situation ain't so real
Chopping wood won't stop the rage
We need targets on war we wage
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
You smash they grab 'til it's gone
Attempt to grow and fix undone
And I am the way it's all to scale
We're all companions on which we sail
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance is never around
It's all part of the prosciutto
We all love looking down
All we want is some success
But the chance

Part Of The Prosciutto
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 14, 2008, 12:46:50 PM
Has anybody here train in or is currently training in Tae Kwan Do? I've tried a few martial arts forms before and none of them have felt right for me yet, and this one has gotten me curious due to the leg work. I don't want a style that's throw heavy, and it looks like this doesn't employ tossing me all over the room like a cheap rag doll like my last attempt at martial arts training.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 14, 2008, 12:54:42 PM
Xolly, check your PM.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on April 14, 2008, 05:22:03 PM
Random image!
(http://74.54.212.169/PDnNzpm7g7t2dwbbwTV6NVuA_500.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 14, 2008, 05:24:39 PM
HAHA! I just gave you 77! (its better than 69, cos you get ate more. I mean eight)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 14, 2008, 05:35:03 PM
HAHA! I just gave you 77! (its better than 69, cos you get ate more. I mean eight)

*ahem*  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 14, 2008, 05:38:23 PM
haha! I didnt see this...
But  um...  *ahem*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 14, 2008, 06:05:04 PM
On this day in history President Abraham Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

And tomorrow is Tax Day.

Thought I'd point that out.  :-P

Hope everyone's day is going better than history says!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 14, 2008, 06:48:18 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2386249086_957216965b.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 14, 2008, 07:16:08 PM
 a five spot?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 16, 2008, 11:24:21 AM
The Ham That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails

You're keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the ham that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the ham that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on April 16, 2008, 03:18:49 PM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 16, 2008, 03:19:42 PM
Because the Ham is quicker than the eye.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 16, 2008, 09:30:08 PM
hate hootie and the blowfish, but:


with a little love, and some tenderness
we'll walk upon the water
we'll rise above this mess
with a little peace, and some harmony
we'll take the world together
we'll take em by the ham

cause i've got a ham for you
cause i wanna run with you

yesterday, i saw you standing there
your head was down, your eyes were red
no comb had touched your hair
i said get up, and let me see you smile
we'll take a walk together
walk the road awhile, cause

cause i've got a ham for you
i've got a ham for you
cause i wanna run with you
won't you let me run with you? yeah

hold my ham
want you to hold my ham
hold my ham
i'll take you to a place where you can be
hold my ham
anything you wanna be because
i wanna love you the best that, the best that i can

see i was wasted, and i was wasting time
till i thought about your problems, i thought about your crimes
then i stood up, and then i screamed aloud
i don't wanna be part of your problems
don't wanna be part of your crowd, no

cause i've got a ham for you
i've got a ham for you
cause i wanna run with you
ah, wont you let me run with you?

hold my ham
want you to hold my ham
hold my ham
i'll take you to the promised land
hold my ham
maybe we cant change the world but
i wanna love you the best that, the best that i can, yeah

hold my ham
want you to hold my ham
hold my ham
i'll take you to a place where you can be
hold my ham
anything you wanna be because
i..oh...no, no, no, no, no

hold my ham
want you to hold my ham
hold my ham
i'll take you to the promised land
hold my ham
maybe we cant change the world but
i wanna love you the best that, best that i can
oh, the best that i can
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 17, 2008, 09:23:40 AM
Perfect!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 17, 2008, 09:54:57 AM
Hambeatles


Oh yeah, i'll tell you something,
I think you'll understand.
When i'll say that something
I want to hold your ham!
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.

Oh please, say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You'll let me hold your ham!
Now let me hold your ham!
I want to hold your ham.

And when i touch you i feel happy inside.
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide, i can't hide, i can't hide.

Yeah, you've got that something,
I think you'll understand.
When i'll say that something
I want to hold your ham!
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham.

And when i touch you i feel happy inside.
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide, i can't hide, i can't hide.

Yeah, you've got that something,
I think you'll understand.
When i'll say that something
I want to hold your ham!
I want to hold your ham,
I want to hold your ham!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 17, 2008, 10:01:58 AM
Ham Jive

I know a cat named Way-out Willie.
He's got a groovy little chick named Rocking' Lily.
Yeah, rock & rolling Suzie Q
Does that crazy old ham jive, too.

Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
Do that crazy ham jive.

Mama, Mama, look at Sister Flo,
Doing that ham jive with Uncle Joe.
When I gave little sister a dime,
I said "Do that ham jive one more time."

Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
Do that crazy ham jive.

A doctor, a lawyer and an Indian Chief,
They all dig that Bo Diddley beat.
Way-out Willie gave them all a treat,
When he did that ham jive with his feet.

Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
Do that crazy ham jive.

Papa told Willie, "You'll ruin my home.
You and that ham jive have got to go."
Willie told Papa, "Don't you put me down.
They're doing that ham jive all around town."

Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
Do that crazy ham jive.

Willie and Lily got married last fall.
They had a little Willie Junior, and that ain't all.
Well, the baby got famous in his crib, you see,
When he did that ham jive on MTV.

Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
Do that crazy ham jive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 18, 2008, 03:47:34 PM
    Well then that shows the difference between "pure" and "purestrain" gold I was talking about; purestrain can't be gold that doesnt fulfil it's full abilities including to not change over time - like I said you can face it with any natural event under nature and purestrain gold won't tarnish or rust or corrode or stop being worth something. Unless you want to throw all our gold into a nuclear bomb I dont think abything your saying makes sense though; if my gold turns into mercury or iron then it's not gold anymore so how can you talk about "gold's" values after that? There's no way you could terroform the moon and live there permanently like on Mars or Venus because of it's density and the fact it'll ultimately either crash into the Earth or spin on into space. Mining it or using it for minerals is totally possible though; and the argument that it'll change the relationship with the Earth through something like gravity can be ignored because if we're doing that to the moon we'll have the technology to redact a problem like that. But even if there was a problem the fact we'd never have to worry about overpopulation, landfill or natural resources ever again as a race would make up for the tides being different. Most people agree with this in one way or another; the only argument you get against it is from people who only look at it as an "emotional" issue or see something morally wrong with mining dirt in space. In the Soviet Union "schizophrenia" most commonly happened the moment you started thinking socialism was a bad idea; in the Kennedy family "schizophrenia" most commonly happened the moment a kid was acting in a way that might politically affect your ambition to get into the White House. I just like how everybody here has all the answers except for me; everybody here who just agrees with everything that's said by the same mainline politicians and shown on the media all the time has 100% perfect answers and people who don't agree should just shut up. And the reason things are going so well in the economy and in politics and with the war is because the answers we have now are working perfectly just like everyone in all these threads says they are. What's hillarious is that you think playing these word games proves anything; when if you look outside and in the economy and at Iraq in the real world the ideas you've been following for years are fucking up and taking everything with them right at your door and yet I'm the really dangerous one. You'll still be "proving" you right here when the dollar and the conomy finally flatlines and the lights go out. I wish I had 30 useful idiots to take on any of you like this and see how your ideas helf up; how long do any of you think you'd last like that? If by real you mean persecuition that actually exists then I can give you literally hundreds of examples; Ron Paul could have played the "eternal victim" card with the way he's been treated by interests like the mainstreme media and his supporters have been treated. Any look at the bare facts points this out; from the way information about Dr. Paul is manipulated or created or suppressed and his profile bent like with polls "disappearing" whenever he "iconveniently" wins them. So to hear a kooke like Romney complain about being "persecuited" for choosing to be one of the most powerful families in his racist polygamy cult and comparing that to the dignity of someone who is slandered daily and stays above it just shows the difference between the kind of candidates on offer. If that's not enough youtube is full of Ron Paul supporters being physically assaulted by paid-off thugs from mainline candidate's camps; I didn't know holding up a sign with a doctor's name on it was such a threat to the status quo - maybe there's something about Dr. Paul's message that these people can't allow to be seen? And that's when people begin to ask questions.
    Yes; I've already said numbers don't mean anything because the Constitution is only 1 document so you can't suddenly say they mean something when people come in. It's a majority of mandate based on the will of the Constitution which allows the general will; when they look the same that's when the most can be done legally. Nobody can use the powers in the Constitution to change that the Constitution has powers that allow it to have it's powers changed.... it's circular becuase if they stop that power they stop the power that allows them to stop that power and... You can't vote to stop your right to vote because how could you make that vote; no majority votes against it's own mandate because it's impossible and no will divides itself so you can't use the will of the Constitution agains itself. If it was easy surely someone would have done it by now; so nobody should expect it to be easy. But either you think justice is only the prevailing crime or you believe things are right or wrong no matter how difficult or easy they ever are. I don't know why you're falling into the anti-Ron Pauls' trap and talking about "death" though because that's nothing to do with it; but at the same time not doing this or anything that needs to be done once and for all because you're frightened of "death" or "chaos" is true weakness and once a majority of people believe like that you can't use conventional means to save a nation any more. I don't think anyone really knows if we've gone past that point already.Nobody wants this to be untrue as much as me, but I only have to be right once here and thousands of people will die. Hitler wrote everything he did in a book and published it and then ran on it and was elected democratically on it and actually did everything he warned he was going to do; Roosevelt ran by attacking Hoover's deficit and then running up the biggest government bill in history. Saying things that are more pleasing to your political masters and their backers and support their side doesn't make you "smarter"; it's just giving them what they want so you hope they'll fuck you over last. You either know that and you're evil or you don't and your stupid. I stopped being a "useful idiot" for them; it's sad so many people who claim to have their own principles and aren't led by those in power like to get off and take their side all the time and attack people who are talking to their interests against the gang that run the system. Justice would be the right name for that process; I'm not saying the US has "blood" but it does have a currency supply which is the same function as blood and so comes under the same rules and laws. Just like you ca'nt pollute blood without weakening the body if you poison a currency you destroy the economy; if there's something that's been allowed to grow in the body that's doing that you have to destroy it or remove it if you want to save the body.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 18, 2008, 04:04:59 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 18, 2008, 04:31:18 PM
    Well then that shows the difference between "pure" and "purestrain" gold I was talking about; purestrain can't be gold that doesnt fulfil it's full abilities including to not change over time -

Awesome.
I think it deserves its own thread.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI

I particularly enjoyed the "shadowy overlord" lady. And now in other news, dogs, apparently, are responsible for all the barking in your neighborhood. This has been another episode of the blatantly obvious, thank you and good night.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 18, 2008, 04:48:59 PM
I HAVE A SUNBURN! IN PENNSYLVANIA! IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-D

it's almost summer! yippie!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 18, 2008, 09:11:06 PM
Its still 52 one day and 74 the next here along with wind advisories about every day, but yes, almost!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 18, 2008, 09:16:23 PM
yeah, the weather's definitely all weird. i swear to you- yesterday, at 6:30 am when i left for work, i had to scrape my windshield, yet it was almost 80 degrees when i left work at 5:30 pm. what the fuck?

regardless, it was friggin' 84 today! woohoohoo!  :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 21, 2008, 07:14:17 AM
Someone with more time than me should do the lyrics for Ham-bone number 5
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on April 21, 2008, 07:31:56 AM
I HAVE A SUNBURN! IN PENNSYLVANIA! IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-D

it's almost summer! yippie!

Where in Pennsylvania do you live?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 21, 2008, 11:52:45 AM
yeah, the weather's definitely all weird. i swear to you- yesterday, at 6:30 am when i left for work, i had to scrape my windshield, yet it was almost 80 degrees when i left work at 5:30 pm. what the fuck?

regardless, it was friggin' 84 today! woohoohoo!  :-D :-D :-D

Global Warming Climate change.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 21, 2008, 04:44:10 PM
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3764/votemoneb3.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 21, 2008, 05:50:11 PM
Where in Pennsylvania do you live?

south-central. literally three miles from the mason-dixon line. in fact, my work is partly in pa, partly in md.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 21, 2008, 07:53:49 PM
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/arithetic.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2008, 10:50:21 AM
I feel really bad right now. I heard a 'crunch' sound when I stopped in front of my building door, looked down, and see that I just stepped on a recently deceased bird that apparently flew itself into the glass. I feel terrible. I know the bird is dead already, but stepping on the body and probably breaking all those little birdy bones just makes it worse.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 22, 2008, 11:06:13 AM
Don't feel bad.  It may have only been unconscious before you stepped on it.

Wait, I guess that doesn't help much.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 22, 2008, 01:48:35 PM
I made my first worthless/funny flowchart, today.

(http://www.bizb.biz/images/fun/cutabitch.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on April 22, 2008, 02:19:19 PM
Awesome BizB, just plain Awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 23, 2008, 02:48:08 AM
http://www.roadkilltoys.com/ (http://www.roadkilltoys.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 23, 2008, 04:16:24 AM
Now, that's something I'd expect to see out of Georgian.


 :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 23, 2008, 01:44:49 PM
heh, guess what I read that one as (http://www.roadkilltoys.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,flypage_rk/product_id,4/category_id,5/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,80/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 24, 2008, 04:16:09 PM
I made my first worthless/funny flowchart, today.

(http://www.bizb.biz/images/fun/cutabitch.jpg)

I wish I could use that in class.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 24, 2008, 04:17:32 PM
Dear Mr. Z.

Will you please order some really big spoons, which I will use to spoon feed the material to my students?  Apparently the spoons I have now are WAY TOO SMALL.

Thank you.

Miss C
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on April 24, 2008, 04:23:24 PM
heh heh heh.
that's too true..

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 24, 2008, 10:27:20 PM
Not a good day. Found out I need ear surgery and got into a car accident with a guy who doesn't speak any English and may or may not have legit insurance. Need to wait for my adjuster to call back after checking out the other guy's info. Only reason why I question it is because he was very nervous and the name he gave me wasn't even remotely close to what was on the card he had.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 25, 2008, 01:01:12 AM
.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 25, 2008, 01:16:17 AM
My favourite part of medicinal ads is the side-effects. This one has turrets! Yes! Finally! An excuse for suddenly blurting "cheese-monger" in the middle of a sentence, where no else gets it!  :lol:

It was a joke from college, you had to have been there to get, but it's still funny to me. You say, "Just think..." I say, "Cheese-monger!" Here is the line it is derived from. You say, "Just think of all the possibilities..." I interject, "I don't care if you're my favourite cheese-monger, I'm not buying it." We had a chef/professor who would say the "just think" line all the time, and he had worked as an actual cheese-monger in France. It became a "thing". It's funnier when your drunk, but then, so is randomly shouting, "Soylent Green is people!" Hey, the turrets excuse works there too!  :-D

What? Hey, dude, it's turret's syndrome, I can't help it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on April 25, 2008, 02:02:57 AM
Turret's Syndrome?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 25, 2008, 12:57:17 PM
Tourette's
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on April 26, 2008, 04:54:56 AM
Oh, I got it. I was just attempting to bring 'teh funnay'.

Evidently I failed.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 26, 2008, 06:14:15 AM
I got it Dark Shade, and I laughed.   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 26, 2008, 07:48:04 PM
any takers?

http://www.gumtree.com/london/55/22945155.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 26, 2008, 08:07:10 PM
Evidently I failed.  :-(

No you didn't.

But I'd like to tour it one of these days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 27, 2008, 01:30:48 AM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/grandmasboy284870.jpg)

I can hear my hair growing . . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 28, 2008, 01:07:53 AM
lol...
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/who.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 28, 2008, 01:09:45 AM
Apparently, we are.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 29, 2008, 01:23:45 PM
Every year, just AFTER they do the employee evaluations and raises, they release the internal employee satisfaction survey.  Because nobody believes that the survey could make a difference, it's tough to get people to participate.

The survey is called "Look Inside"

Every year, for the month before the survey goes live, we get daily reminders via email and posters and yatta-yatta telling us that the survey is coming up.

I just made my own little reminder on my buddy's whiteboard...

(http://www.bizb.biz/images/fun/lookinside.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 29, 2008, 03:36:26 PM
That reminds me of this....

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/goat_packaging.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 29, 2008, 04:25:07 PM
HA!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 29, 2008, 04:53:34 PM
If I'd had just a little more time at my last job, I would have been able to suggest that as the name for that app (it was something we were developing in-house for time and project tracking and accounting and billing and stuff).

I'd already gotten them to call a stupid project status report they made developers fill out for clients a "TPS Report" (it stood for "Team Project Status Report").

I even fed the idea to one of the project managers there notorious for taking other peoples' ideas and suggesting them as if they were his own, so it didn't even look like it came from me. 

I was maneuvering to do the same thing with the G.O.A.T.S.E. application, but I got a job offer for my current job and just didn't have enough time to get it in there before my last day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 30, 2008, 11:08:28 AM
i had a lunch date today, and dude bailed last-minute. guys stink. 

now my gay friend, jason, and i are going on a date instead. i've prettied myself up already, so why waste it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 30, 2008, 01:12:15 PM
It's not like you were going to put out at lunch anyway.

Were you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on April 30, 2008, 03:49:20 PM
that really depended on where he would've taken me. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on April 30, 2008, 04:04:56 PM
Soooo.  The dining room at Motel 6 could be a yes.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 30, 2008, 04:45:38 PM
It's an email text, yes, but it's funny:

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
____________________________________________________________
 #1- ATTORNEY:   Are you sexually active?
WITNESS:      No, I just lie there.
____________________________________________________________
 #2- ATTORNEY:  What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS:      Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
__________________ ____________________
 #3- ATTORNEY:   This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS:        Yes.
ATTORNEY:   And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS:       I forget.
ATTORNEY:   You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
_____________________________________
 #4- ATTORNEY:  What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS:    He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY:  And why did that upset you?
WITNESS:    My name is Susan!
______________________________________
 #5- ATTORNEY:   Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS:     We both do.
ATTORNEY:  Voodoo?
WITNESS:     We do.
ATTORNEY:  You do?
WITNESS:     Yes, voodoo.
______________________________________
 #6-  ATTORNEY:  Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS:    Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________
 #7- ATTORNEY:  The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS:      Uh, he's twenty-one.
________________________________________
 #8- ATTORNEY:  Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS:     Are you shitt'in me?
______________________________________
 #9- ATTORNEY:   So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS:      Yes.
ATTORNEY:  And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS:     Uh.... I was gett'in laid!
______________________________________
 #10- ATTORNEY:    She had three children, right?
WITNESS:      Yes.
ATTORNEY:    How many were boys?
WITNESS:      None..
ATTORNEY:    Were there any girls?
WITNESS:     Are you kidding? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
      ______________________________________
 #11- ATTORNEY:   How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS:     By death.
ATTORNEY:   And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS:  Now, whose death do you suppose terminated it?
______________________________________
 #12- ATTORNEY:  Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS:     He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY:  Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS:  Guess.
_____________________________________
 #13- ATTORNEY:   Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS:     No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
______________________________________
 #14- ATTORNEY:   Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS:      All my autopsies are performed on dead people.  Would you like to rephrase that?
______________________________________
 #15- ATTORNEY:   ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?What school did you go to?
WITNESS:      Oral.
______________________________________
 #16- ATTORNEY:  Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS:      The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY:  And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS:      No, he was sitting on the table, wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
____________________________________________
 #17- ATTORNEY:   Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS:  Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
______________________________________
---   And the best for last:  ---
 #18- ATTORNEY:   Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS:      No.
ATTORNEY:   Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS:      No.
ATTORNEY:   Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS:      No.
ATTORNEY:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS:      No.
ATTORNEY:  How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS:     Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY:  I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS:    Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on April 30, 2008, 05:28:50 PM
I've decided I'm never going to eat school pizza again- it makes my stomach feel TERRIBLE.
and I want to make it a public announcement since I was near puking on the dude who sits next to me in math. yayyy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 01, 2008, 11:34:58 PM
I've decided I'm never going to eat school pizza again- it makes my stomach feel TERRIBLE.
and I want to make it a public announcement since I was near puking on the dude who sits next to me in math. yayyy

You know, this kind of reminds of this old story my great aunt used to tell about the vulture and how he got a bald head. I'll spare you the actual details, but the moral of the story is to learn to not eat it if it makes you sick.

Are they still serving pizza in schools? I thought the health wing-nuts had knocked that business out. I guess, only in my county.  :-P

EDIT: I am posting after 48 hours of being awake, there is a good possiblility that this makes little to no sense, is completely unrelated or is just weird, but at this time, I can't tell.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 02, 2008, 05:21:12 PM
preping for a nice long relaxing weekend while the BF is getting his chemo treatment in dallas!  :-D

I know it's weird of me to be so happy but honestly the past two weeks have been exhausting so it's nice to have a few days to myself and not have to worry about taking care of him.

I plan on taking some awesome pics around town and jaming out with my room mate's bassist for a while....possibly even grilling up some steaks for the band on saturday so we can get our drink on with good food before we play some rock band. (apparently rock band is funner to practice than their real instruments...Weird Tingly Feeling?)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 05, 2008, 12:10:56 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HQCkNo0qfgY

Suitemate*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 05, 2008, 11:19:41 AM
 :-) - "Hey, Xolik, you know what today is?"
 :? - "Catch up Monday? You know since I missed work all last week and I have a crapload of work to do."
 :-) - "No, It's Cinco de Mayo! What are you going to do to celebrate?"
 :? - "Nothing. I'm not Mexican. Today isn't special to me. Come back on July 4th."
 :x - "Racist."
 :? - "Yeah, that must be it."

Sometimes I really hate my coworkers.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 05, 2008, 11:22:17 AM
Ha!  I'm eatening Taco Bell just as an FU to Mexican food.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 05, 2008, 12:44:59 PM
pfft....I'm going to make enchiladas for dinner and down some tequila with my room mates.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 05, 2008, 01:13:24 PM
:-) - "Hey, Xolik, you know what today is?"
 :? - "Catch up Monday? You know since I missed work all last week and I have a crapload of work to do."
 :-) - "No, It's Cinco de Mayo! What are you going to do to celebrate?"
 :? - "Nothing. I'm not Mexican. Today isn't special to me. Come back on July 4th."
 :x - "Racist."
 :? - "Yeah, that must be it."

Sometimes I really hate my coworkers.
 
You could have told them you were going to eat some Asian.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 05, 2008, 07:24:19 PM
We're having lumpia tonight.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 05, 2008, 08:31:55 PM
4.0 again this semester. yay!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 05, 2008, 08:59:50 PM
(http://www.garyzyriek.com/images/coachZ.gif)

good jeorb
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 05, 2008, 09:22:03 PM
thanks, darlin'. i busted my butt this semester, so i'm glad it paid off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 05, 2008, 11:55:19 PM
Congrats, many!

Those 4.0s are hard to get!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 06, 2008, 04:36:28 AM
Yes! Good j0rb!  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 06, 2008, 05:06:58 AM
aw. you guys are the best!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 06, 2008, 08:44:06 AM
Excellent work ydnam.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 06, 2008, 01:11:20 PM
"Only your doctor can tell you if Fuxitol is right for you, even though our suggestive imagery will no doubt cause you to imagine symptoms and badger him for it anyway. He'll be a pushover since we gave him some neat stuff. Side effects include distended colon, runny nose, itchy rash, tardiness, sleepiness, synaesthesia, tactile hallucinations, insomnia, bleeding from eyes, sleephumping, paralysis, death, and dry mouth. You should contact your doctor immediately if you experience any loss of vision or feeling, so he can put you on a different medication, also made by us."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on May 06, 2008, 02:02:21 PM
I have actually seen a commercial for "Aciphex", where they do indeed say "check with your doctor to see if Aciphex is right for you."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 06, 2008, 04:31:25 PM
Oh joy of joys! Windows XP SP3 is out! Quick, no time to test it! *mashes the 'mass deploy' button and pushes it out to 10,000+ clients mid-workday*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 06, 2008, 05:39:03 PM
You should have waited until Friday!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 06, 2008, 05:39:43 PM
Oh joy of joys! Windows XP SP3 is out! Quick, no time to test it! *mashes the 'mass deploy' button and pushes it out to 10,000+ clients mid-workday*

You just described our data center engineering philosophy in a nutshell there.  Lately, at least.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 06, 2008, 09:23:14 PM
I have actually seen a commercial for "Aciphex", where they do indeed say "check with your doctor to see if Aciphex is right for you."
I love the pronounciation. Ass Effects.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 07, 2008, 08:43:05 AM
Do animated avatars like Wunderkind's avatar annoy anyone else here?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 07, 2008, 10:14:22 AM
no
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 07, 2008, 10:33:15 AM
Do animated avatars like Wunderkind's avatar annoy anyone else here?

Does mine? I'm just curious, I was thinking about that lately.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 07, 2008, 10:38:18 AM
Do animated avatars like Wunderkind's avatar annoy anyone else here?

Not at all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 07, 2008, 11:10:36 AM
Do animated avatars like Wunderkind's avatar annoy anyone else here?

I have seen them other places that do.  But the ones I've seen here, no.

With maybe the exception on Demo's new one.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 07, 2008, 11:21:51 AM
subtle animation isn't an issue.  It's when the motion draws my attention from the words on the scre... ohhhh shiny!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 07, 2008, 11:33:44 AM
If you're serious;  . . . well, even if you're not it's still there; but you can turn off 'show avatars'.
"Look and Layout Preferences" in your profile.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 07, 2008, 01:03:36 PM
Does my sig bother you Biz?  Or anyone else?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 07, 2008, 02:02:36 PM
Not even a little bit.  Though, I'm a little bit partial to the Coolio sig that some awesome d00d made for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 07, 2008, 02:58:58 PM
I really liked the one that E! had over at that other place with the disturbing looking child who's eye popped out and she ate it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 07, 2008, 04:26:44 PM
I'm not sure of what you speak d00d.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 07, 2008, 05:59:30 PM
Wow, that's bigger than I remember.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 07, 2008, 07:41:01 PM
and more frightening than i remember.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 08, 2008, 12:11:02 PM
Wow, that's bigger than I remember.

That's what she said.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on May 08, 2008, 01:24:10 PM
I remember that avatar Demo

+1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 08, 2008, 02:07:47 PM
I remember that avatar Demo

+1
I remember it too, but for some reason I thought it belonged to JSP.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 08, 2008, 02:48:12 PM
Yeah, it was Sixpack's avatar for a while or maybe it was in his signature.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 08, 2008, 03:42:00 PM
Yeah, Sixpack used it.  Seems like Crazy Greek did too for a while.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2008, 02:53:16 PM
So I has this guy IM me out of the blue from Mexico City stating he knew me and was a friend of mine. Never heard of him. He sent me his pic, didn't recognize him. Started sending me mp3s of good music. Still didn't ring any bells, but I appreciated the songs. Weird Tingly Feeling is going on? I don't know anybody in Mexico. I'm all confused.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 09, 2008, 02:54:17 PM
Sounds like a trap, to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2008, 02:59:32 PM
I thought so too, at first. I figured that at any minute, he was going to link to some website or send me Tool.bat and try to get me to run it or something, but he didn't. Very odd.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 09, 2008, 03:00:51 PM
I thought so too, at first. I figured that at any minute, he was going to link to some website or send me Tool.bat and try to get me to run it or something, but he didn't. Very odd.

OMG Xolik, get out now!  HE'S IM-ING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 09, 2008, 03:09:11 PM
Sending music? Does that require a "direct connect" of some sorts different from that of regular chatting?

If so, he may be trying to steal yer Ips and sending you his trojans.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2008, 03:16:18 PM
Sending music? Does that require a "direct connect" of some sorts different from that of regular chatting?

If so, he may be trying to steal yer Ips and sending you his trojans.

Nope. Came right through the chat windows. I think Demo is right. It's coming from DOWNSTAIRS!

Wait, I don't use my computer upstairs from Mexico. Nevermind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 09, 2008, 03:16:46 PM
is he cute?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 09, 2008, 03:20:47 PM
is he cute?

Actually, yeah. The pic he sent me was supposedly of him at the beach. Skinny, but cute.

Also: WHY HELLO THERE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENT
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 09, 2008, 03:28:12 PM
Actually, yeah. The pic he sent me was supposedly of him at the beach. Skinny, but cute.

Also: WHY HELLO THERE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENT

care to share, gummi bear?

and yay! i got mine too!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 09, 2008, 04:24:12 PM
GOODBYE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENT AND HELLO PS3!


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 09, 2008, 04:36:26 PM
We spent ours on plane tickets already for the family reunion in Rhode Island in March. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2008, 12:47:40 AM
care to share, gummi bear?

and yay! i got mine too!

I wouldn't feel right posting his pic for the world to see. Also, fuck spending this money. It's sitting in my savings account waiting for the day when the price of gas goes up to $15 a gallon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 10, 2008, 07:34:39 AM
Mine is going in my account so I can use it to fix my car and start spending my regular money on gas again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 10, 2008, 08:04:51 AM
I haven't seen my check yet.

In other news, today is the last day of insanity schedule! I can now return to my normal night shift instead of pulling 48hours at a time with less then 6 hours of sleep inbetween.

*does happy dance.

The bad news is that today I have 38 eight-year-olds all to myself to get ready for a dance recital.  :-P
It'll be fine. It's just one more day until sleep anyway.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2008, 07:58:26 PM
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2916/mnmh0081cv2.jpg)

Oh my.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 11, 2008, 12:31:59 AM
Economic stimulus payment...must be nice... :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 11, 2008, 01:44:29 AM
Whelp, the Boy Scouts are officially on my shit list. Got asked to make a donation from one of their scouts while I was on the way out of Lowes. Halfway though my, "No, thank you" the scout leader or whatever it is when they're old and still play dress up also starts asking for my money. I tell him "No" as well and he responds with this gem: "Do you even love your country?"

What
the
fuck?

You're gonna question my patriotism because I don't want to donate my money to continue to fund a junior paramilitary organization* that isn't exactly know for its tolerance? I just kept walking. No point in telling him where he can take his junior brownshirt league*. What is this country coming to where if you don't give your money away to an ALL AMERICAN FUCK YEAH organization, you're suddenly a commie pinko America hater?



*Slight troll here, but dammit, I'm pissed
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 11, 2008, 02:06:17 AM
Communist!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 11, 2008, 08:08:09 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/2386684684_9db54ab0e2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 11, 2008, 11:34:49 PM
Help! Help!

That woman is eating her baby!

. . . Oh, wait. False alarm.

(It was probably from Chipotle)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 11, 2008, 11:55:53 PM
The El Nino burrito.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 12, 2008, 11:19:56 AM
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2916/mnmh0081cv2.jpg)

Oh my.

Great Boris Yeltsin!!!!!

 :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 12, 2008, 02:38:16 PM
Economic stimulus payment...must be nice... :x

A benefit to being married.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 12, 2008, 02:45:00 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/2386684684_9db54ab0e2.jpg)

OMG that's the police blotter from the Palo Alto Daily.  Now that I work in San Jose I rarely see that anymore.   :x  I used to work about two blocks away from that Walmart.  And there's a Bueno Bueno Burritoria close by.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 12, 2008, 05:32:11 PM
My hedgehog, Salsa, died today.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 12, 2008, 05:34:25 PM
Aw, so sorry kitten.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 12, 2008, 05:34:59 PM
My condolences to you and everyone whose life Salsa spiced up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 13, 2008, 10:42:58 AM
Some people are giving Barko Bama shit for saying he's visited 57 states with some left to go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws) They think he doesn't know how many states make up the U.S. thus being unfit to be POTUS.

I say hogwash. He's obviously counting the muslim countries as part of the US already.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 13, 2008, 11:52:00 AM
Aw, so sorry kitten.  :-(
My condolences to you and everyone whose life Salsa spiced up.

Thanks guys. It was kind of hard to go home and take care of my other hedgehog, Pico, without having Salsa there. It seems kind of pointless to keep her wheel or rolly ball since Pico doesn't like them and only Salsa played with them.

RIP The Baroness de Salsalido.
She is survived by The Contessa De Pico de Gallo (hedgehog), Pickles The Cat, and Sebastian (cat). Her humans will miss her and remember how Salsa made all the pretty girls want to dance and take off their underpants.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 13, 2008, 01:13:04 PM
Geez, I like her already.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on May 13, 2008, 01:13:59 PM
Sorry to hear about your loss PK.

But in other news: 

Salsa made all the pretty girls want to dance and take off their underpants.

Damn.  I got's to get me one o' those.  [/Will Smith]

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 14, 2008, 06:34:30 AM
Damn.  I got's to get me one o' those.  [/Will Smith]
concur!


 Hey pk, so sorry to hear this. My condolences. I lost my best friend who was also a Cat just a couple of months ago; I feel your pain.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 14, 2008, 06:49:26 AM
In other animal news; here is a site (well; just a page from the site) that you can - if you so desire-  clix0r their banner; the funds which they use to feed animals. I have it set as my home page; so whenever I open Firefox, I click the banner; then go on my way.
 Here it is if you are so inclined:

 www.theanimalrescuesite.com (http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3)


 It's somewhat of a hassle, yes, but not as much as an empty belly.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 14, 2008, 02:10:02 PM
That's awesome! I'm setting it for my home page now! Thanks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 15, 2008, 07:38:01 AM
So why are things RIGHT straight in front of you, and LEFT behind you?
Why are APARTments all jammed in together?
Oh- you know this one- PARKway = you drive...... DRIVEway = you park ...Weird Tingly Feeling

  BIG     LITTLE     <--- now which word is actually big, and which one is the little one?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 15, 2008, 11:34:00 AM
New 50" plasma gets delivered tomorrow!!

OH GOD WHAT TO WATCH FIRST!?!?!?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 15, 2008, 11:39:26 AM
New 50" plasma gets delivered tomorrow!!

OH GOD WHAT TO WATCH FIRST!?!?!?

Pictures please, thanks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on May 15, 2008, 11:46:55 AM
I comes tomorrow but here is what it is...
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/514EPhNF0RL._AA280_.jpg)
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 15, 2008, 12:10:35 PM
you know what would be awesome? receiving mail by may 24th from a couple of the members here about a certain occasion coming up.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 15, 2008, 12:26:36 PM
My private message wasn't sufficient?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 15, 2008, 01:18:54 PM
i like receiving mail!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 16, 2008, 02:08:06 PM
I'm going to send an angry letter to the California Supreme Court demanding to know why they're allowing gay marriages to be legal. I mean, what the hell are they thinking? I've been using this as a dodge for years! "Gee, honey, I'd just LOVE to marry you, really I would, but that darned law and all. Sorry."

Jerks.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on May 16, 2008, 03:56:51 PM
I suppose shredding the fabric of American society and bringing the wrath of  :evil: OMG :evil: on us all wouldn't make it worthwhile to do your part, huh?




edit: ohFuckMeRunning ... I forgot to put in the sarcasm tag
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on May 16, 2008, 04:06:29 PM
The church is not what it used to be:

 http://www.flabber.nl/archief/024057.php
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 18, 2008, 12:09:17 PM
I think we all say this coming.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080518/lf_afp/lifestyleentertainmentjapantourism_080518024123 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080518/lf_afp/lifestyleentertainmentjapantourism_080518024123)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 18, 2008, 01:15:40 PM
12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 18, 2008, 01:58:48 PM
12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.

Nine? Why not ten? Surely the man deserves an even number!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 18, 2008, 02:09:19 PM
Nine? Why not ten? Surely the man deserves an even number!
Because ten is too predictable! Nine is used far less often, therefore making the praise even more special.

Eh. I ain't got nuttin'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on May 19, 2008, 06:39:00 AM
Hi, not dead.

And I finally get that icon pickled kitten!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 19, 2008, 02:55:48 PM
12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.
:-) Thanks!


 TIP:

Open Firefox and type about:config in the location bar. Find the setting for browser.cache.check_doc_frequency. Right click on this and choose modify from the popup menu. Change the value to 1 and the browser will now check for a new version of the page on every page load.



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on May 19, 2008, 08:43:27 PM
so my totally awesome co-worker, ron, surprised me today with a friggin' cool as hell marilyn monroe print he stumbled across at a flea market in new jersey recently.

i have the best co-workers ever.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 20, 2008, 02:28:40 PM
I started training for my new job (blackjack dealer in some fancy casino). Should be interesting, to say the least.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 20, 2008, 04:44:02 PM
I started training for my new job (blackjack dealer in some fancy casino). Should be interesting, to say the least.

Are they going to train you to spot cheaters/card counters/etc? I think that would be pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 20, 2008, 10:21:53 PM
This afternoon we had hailstorm. As soon as it started we ran out to get the horses in and I was hit on the head by a broken branch.
...

Of all the things that could happen to me in a hailstorm, I was hit on the head with a branch. Nice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 21, 2008, 02:18:07 AM
Are they going to train you to spot cheaters/card counters/etc? I think that would be pretty cool.
No. Those are the things you learn when you want to go higher up in the chain-of-command. I'm just learning to be a mere blackjack dealer. With that said, I plan on taking the next Pai Gow class (which should fall right around a few months after comfortably dealing blackjack).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 21, 2008, 10:34:43 AM
We don't have anything like that at the local Casino. I've kinda half assed though about applying there as a change of pace from IT stuff.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 21, 2008, 01:19:37 PM
We don't have anything like that at the local Casino. I've kinda half assed though about applying there as a change of pace from IT stuff.

That's one of my dreams. I want to buy a place out in Nevada and get a job working at a casino. Although I'd probably still be in some kind of IT function.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 21, 2008, 04:39:30 PM
From what I hear, it's pretty hard getting a job like that. You would have a better chance getting a job at one of the casinos where I live. They're still really fancy and all that, but you don't need years of dealing experience to get the job, and dealing school is *free*.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 21, 2008, 06:49:41 PM
From what I hear, it's pretty hard getting a job like that. You would have a better chance getting a job at one of the casinos where I live. They're still really fancy and all that, but you don't need years of dealing experience to get the job, and dealing school is *free*.

*laughs*
I just got a mental image of some d00d standing on a street corner saying "Hey buddy, wanna buy some cards?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 22, 2008, 04:42:08 AM
*laughs*
I just got a mental image of some d00d standing on a street corner saying "Hey buddy, wanna buy some cards?"

I'm not laughing. That d00d is me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 22, 2008, 05:15:23 PM
Slow days at work are the worst. All I can do is wait for things to break or pull nonsense busytime projects out of the air to pass the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 22, 2008, 06:09:37 PM
Why is it called Pai Gao some places and Red Dog others? 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 22, 2008, 08:05:25 PM
Why is it called Pai Gao some places and Red Dog others? 

Cause people can't figure out how to pronounce Pai Gao. (or think it's some sort of Chinese food)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 23, 2008, 01:50:35 AM
We had to put my grandfather in assisted living today. My mom's beating herself up like crazy because we can't help him in his current physical condition. (He's a little emotionally abusive too so his general atmosphere isn't good for her, but she's freaking out because she can't take care of him herself anymore.)  :-( I feel bad too because I work full time and can't afford not to in order to help take care of him. Sucky day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 23, 2008, 07:52:22 AM
That does suck. :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 23, 2008, 07:58:40 AM
After an interrupted nights sleep (woke up at 2ish and couldn't get back to sleep until 5ish) I woke up from a bad dream at 9:11 this morning.

I don't remember a whole lot, but right as I woke up there was a little girl (I think she was Japanese) peeking in through a creepy
basement window at someone scary looking piling wood in front of a front loading washing machine. All the while saying "I know there's a
little girl in there".

I woke up at that point, but I know that the scary person was going to light the wood on fire. Earlier in the dream
I remember being in that same (haunted) house in the present and part of that washing machine was boiling/bubbling.

It was really weird, and I can't really remember a whole lot more, but for some reason most of the old NOC
crew from Rcom was living in the house, and I remember someone saying Herb (one of the guys I used to work with) was dead, and I kept
having these flash backs to different children peeking into that same creepy basement window at different points in the houses past. And
they'd all see that same scary person, but I only remember the wood once.

Weird?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 23, 2008, 09:36:50 AM
Dude.  Seriously.  Stop it.  You're freaking me out.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/freak.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 23, 2008, 10:30:53 AM
Dude.  Seriously.  Stop it.  You're freaking me out.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/freak.gif)

How the hell do you think I felt? *shudders*

I rarely remembers my dreams for the most part. The only ones I normally recall are the scary ones that wake me up. I have a recurring one of being chased through some sort of research lab by werewolves.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 23, 2008, 03:56:14 PM
In my dreams, I have a pony.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 23, 2008, 03:57:52 PM
I don't really dream about anything out of the ordinary. Except maybe for that one dream where I saw the Earth come to an end. That was a little freaky.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 23, 2008, 04:30:13 PM
In my dreams, I have a pony.

Yup.  In my dreams you do too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: canoftuna on May 24, 2008, 01:39:11 AM
Yup.  In my dreams you do too.
Hahahhaa! +1!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 24, 2008, 01:46:06 AM
Yup.  In my dreams you do too.

Is it wrong to be flattered?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 27, 2008, 10:18:25 AM
Is it wrong to be flattered?

I misread that as "flattened".  In that case, I would say no, it's not wrong at all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on May 27, 2008, 12:34:31 PM
I got myself a new monitor this weekend.  It's a 22", flat-panel, LCD.  Everquest II just rocks on that thing!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 27, 2008, 02:17:43 PM
I got myself a new monitor this weekend.  It's a 22", flat-panel, LCD.  Everquest II just rocks on that thing!!!

Nice. I've got a Westinghouse 24" and a Samsung 20". Dual monitors is soo soo nice. Gaming on one, web/IM/pr0n on the other.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 27, 2008, 02:43:06 PM
I misread that as "flattened".  In that case, I would say no, it's not wrong at all.

Aww, where's the love?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 27, 2008, 02:53:40 PM
I gave my cat a flea bath today.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 27, 2008, 02:57:52 PM
I gave my cat a flea bath today.

I think we found the love.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 27, 2008, 03:16:47 PM
I think we found the love.

I love my kitty (http://www.geocities.com/theonetriplex/pics.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 27, 2008, 04:00:59 PM
Unless your kitty looks like a 'Service Temporarily Unavailable' page, I'm not feelin' it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 27, 2008, 04:02:53 PM
Doh!  Bandwidth already exceeded on that again.

Good thing FOO mirrored it before it went down!   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 27, 2008, 04:17:53 PM
Weird... I musta killed the bandwidth sucking the site down. It had to be preserved for posterity.

Try This is my kitty I love my kitty (http://www.hyperion.org/theonetriplex/pics.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 28, 2008, 06:59:48 AM
I wnet to a brest feeding class last night. When I asked my wife if I had to go and she gave me the look, I said I suppose it makes sense. The more nipples the better right? lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 28, 2008, 10:01:53 AM
So did you learn anything?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 28, 2008, 11:07:19 AM
mmmm tasty snack in a self serve container!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 28, 2008, 01:54:10 PM
So did you learn anything?
Not much. I knew most of the stuff already.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 28, 2008, 02:23:53 PM
That you like bewbies?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 28, 2008, 03:33:29 PM
Did you get 'the look' again for eyeballing the competition?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 28, 2008, 03:39:56 PM
... or offering them assistance?

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 28, 2008, 05:53:01 PM
Nooners!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 28, 2008, 07:59:28 PM
Nooners!

I'm a second breakfast kinda guy myself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 29, 2008, 06:56:08 AM
I was wise enough not to let out cracks about bewbies in a room full of pregnant women about to essplode and likely angry or looking for an excuse to strangle someone.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 29, 2008, 07:11:50 AM
Smart man. They do get (extra) touchy with all those hormones acting up don't they?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on May 29, 2008, 07:15:40 AM
My wife is actually the same. No changes.











She was cranky before! lol

Just kidding. She's great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 29, 2008, 07:20:53 AM
My wife is actually the same. No changes.

She was cranky before! lol

Just kidding. She's great.

Yeah, she is. She says to say hi BTW. Oh, and pick up some milk on the way home. ;-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 29, 2008, 02:30:11 PM
Nothing like revisiting an old childhood classic. This is one of my favourite Winnie the Pooh stories. It warms my heart to see that the younger generation can continue to enjoy these works.

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4907/poohsmallxj4.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on May 29, 2008, 02:53:04 PM
Nothing like revisiting an old childhood classic. This is one of my favourite Winnie the Pooh stories. It warms my heart to see that the younger generation can continue to enjoy these works.

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4907/poohsmallxj4.jpg)

The scary this is I read that with the voices of the cartoon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 29, 2008, 03:28:21 PM
I died inside.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 29, 2008, 03:29:00 PM
I died laughing!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 29, 2008, 03:30:02 PM
Oh, I laughed. But then I died.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 29, 2008, 03:44:17 PM
I just thought it was funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 29, 2008, 03:51:53 PM
No death? None? At all? Aww.. come on, man! At least bleed a little!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 29, 2008, 04:05:29 PM
No death? None? At all? Aww.. come on, man! At least bleed a little!

Just wait until Eeyore is done with him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 29, 2008, 05:10:02 PM
hectar
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on May 30, 2008, 03:11:09 AM
No death? None? At all? Aww.. come on, man! At least bleed a little!

I'm a remorseless laughing machine.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 02, 2008, 07:52:55 PM
after almost three months of waiting, i was finally notified today that my insurance company has approved my breast reduction.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 02, 2008, 11:51:14 PM
after almost three months of waiting, i was finally notified today that my insurance company has approved my breast reduction.  :|

Reduction?  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 03, 2008, 04:54:13 AM
Reduction?  :-o

yes. i assure you i'm not thrilled with the idea-- it's a last resort.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 03, 2008, 07:32:27 AM
Back problems?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on June 03, 2008, 09:35:38 AM
yes. i assure you i'm not thrilled with the idea-- it's a last resort.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes well for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 03, 2008, 10:18:23 AM
Do we get before and after pics?

Seriously though, good luck and best wishes your way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 03, 2008, 10:21:10 AM
Do we get before and after pics?
This why I admire the man.   :-D

 Seriously, though, hope everything goes smoothly, and turns out however you want it. Good luck!  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 03, 2008, 08:23:50 PM
thanks, guys.

and yes, judgie- back problems galore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 03, 2008, 08:59:44 PM
thanks, guys.

and yes, judgie- back problems galore.

Dat sucks. Glad you're able to do something about it, even if it is rather drastic. Hope it all goes well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 04, 2008, 01:16:16 AM
 :-( I've heard of that before. So sorry, that is what you have to go through to get it fixed.

Now... Random Website of the Month:

MyCatLovesYou (http://www.mycathatesyou.com/).

Hope this cheers you up some, many.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 04, 2008, 07:39:05 AM
thanks, guys.

and yes, judgie- back problems galore.

Instead of a reduction, have you considered geting a second set attached to your back to act as a counter weight? 4 is better than 2!   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 06, 2008, 01:10:55 PM
I had to walk out on my final for my database admin class because the professor stated if you had to leave to use the restroom, you're not coming back. Well, an hour into it, I had to go really really bad and I figured it would be poor form for me to whip it out and let it fly right there in class, so I turned in the final missing a healthy amount of answers and told her "See you next semester for the retake." So today I decide to check what my grade was for that class and it's telling me I got an "A" which I totally don't understand. The way grading was set up, everybody in that class was getting an "F" right up until the final, no matter what you got on the previous exams. (I had all high Bs on every exam prior to the final) Now since I turned in a half-ass completed final, there's no way I should have gotten an A in the class. I hear stories about how the public education system is really really bad, and I think I'm proof.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 06, 2008, 02:14:38 PM
Maybe she liked the looks of your ass as you were walking out?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on June 06, 2008, 02:30:19 PM
Leaving on a jet plane in less than 24 hours.

Spending a week at the beach.

See you guys later!

 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 06, 2008, 02:36:11 PM
Have a nice trip PK.

On a side note.  It's amazing how much your avatar of Harrison Ford looks like Hugh Laurie.  They could be brothers.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 06, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Have a nice trip PK.

On a side note.  It's amazing how much your avatar of Harrison Ford looks like Hugh Laurie.  They could be brothers.   :-D

Ditto on the trip. Enjoy, and bring me back a horgon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain's_Holiday).


That's Harrison Ford?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on June 06, 2008, 03:47:55 PM
Thanks guys! It's going to be so much fun hanging out with my friends for a week on the beach. We're going to Busch Gardens on Tuesday and since I've never been that should be an adventure too.

Yes it IS Harrison Ford. It's from Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Foo: If it doesn't fit in my luggage it's not coming back. Then again at some point I'm sure I'll be drunk enough to try  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 06, 2008, 04:07:45 PM
That's Harrison Ford?

Yep.  I didn't realize it until I re-watched the temple of doom a couple of weeks ago.

He could still pass for Laurie though, in that shot.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 06, 2008, 06:47:41 PM
Cool. I haven't seen ToD in years. (Despite owning the box set, I tend to skip that one.)

PK: Will I fit in your suitcase? I could use some time on the beach.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 08, 2008, 06:13:30 PM
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/digitalcamera7701.jpg)

cute, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 08, 2008, 08:51:46 PM
Do I get one next week?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 08, 2008, 09:29:48 PM
you can have the rest of miiiiiine if you want.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 09, 2008, 09:50:44 AM
i have zero cell phone service. several people i know with the same provider also have no service. i called, and apparently they're aware of it and "working on it," but i need to make a long distance call. now.

motherfuckers.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 09, 2008, 03:54:51 PM
Summer session starts for me tonight. I'm sure having three hours of English right after I get off of work for four nights a week will be a real blast. I was looking over my transcript today to figure out just how many more classes I'll need before I get my useless A.S. and I'm not quite sure what's making me more depressed: That I've been going to a J.C. since 2003 or that I'll need another year and half to finish at the rate I'm going. :x If only I had gone directly to college right out of high school, I wouldn't be in this mess. So there's a lesson for all you youngsters out there: Don't just 'take a year' off once you're out of high school. Trust me on this one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 09, 2008, 04:17:54 PM
Summer session starts for me tonight. I'm sure having three hours of English right after I get off of work for four nights a week will be a real blast. I was looking over my transcript today to figure out just how many more classes I'll need before I get my useless A.S. and I'm not quite sure what's making me more depressed: That I've been going to a J.C. since 2003 or that I'll need another year and half to finish at the rate I'm going. :x If only I had gone directly to college right out of high school, I wouldn't be in this mess. So there's a lesson for all you youngsters out there: Don't just 'take a year' off once you're out of high school. Trust me on this one.

heh. i, too, just took a year off.. eight years before i actually went back to school.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 09, 2008, 04:27:07 PM
I graduated high school in '87; and Im still taking my year off.






What? 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 09, 2008, 04:46:49 PM
i finished the first grade in 1987.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 09, 2008, 07:27:01 PM
I graduated high school in '87 73; and Im still taking my year off.






What? 

Fixed that to fit me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 09, 2008, 08:27:47 PM
I never graduated High School. Or University either for that matter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2008, 12:53:25 AM
So today I found out if you miss a semester, when you come back and your graduation requirements change, you have to go by the new plan and not the plan you've been working on for the past three years.

/wrist
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 10, 2008, 07:47:02 AM
Ouch! That sucks.

I graduated from high school in 1984.  I got my Associates degree in 1997 and my BS in 2001.  Once I got started, I did it in four and 1/2 years.  It was the getting started that took a long time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 10, 2008, 08:34:24 AM
So today I decide to check what my grade was for that class and it's telling me I got an "A" which I totally don't understand.  I hear stories about how the public education system is really really bad, and I think I'm proof.  :|
This is actually quite common. It doesn't look good for a prof to have an F for class average. So what they do when this happens is they bump up everyone's grades while keeping relativity. So the one's who had B's get A's, the C's get B's, etc. Sometimes, the grades or so low they actually need to bump you 2 grades.

it is a compeltly unfair system because those who had A's prior to the adjustment still get A's at the end of the day, and their grade ends up being equal to others who were in fact outperformed. To make matters worse, I don't think the F's get bumped to D's, because that would mean no one fails, and that's also not good. Universities require people to fail so that they can make more money off students. It's just a fact. I suspect that prof are selective about who gets bumped up form F's and who doesn't. It's completely crooked.

Some profs deliberatly grade everyone low just to be pricks and stress out students all year round, when they know thta they will in fact readjust all the grades at the end anyway. You know it's deliberate because it happens every single semester for every class they teach. The best thing you can do in my opinion is aim for C's. At the end, you'll either get a C or a B, and aiming for C's means you have time to actually enjoy the student life and do a little partying (those will be the best years of your life, trust me. Don't waste them in a library). In the long run, wheter you had D's or B's, it won't matter once you hit the market place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on June 10, 2008, 02:08:59 PM
In honor of the Smurfs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472181/) live action movie, I will be replace my normal, "Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits" and other horrible curses, with the classic, "smurf."

Now get ouf my way you smurfing smurf-hole!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 10, 2008, 02:26:27 PM
*smurfs sociald1077*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2008, 02:46:55 PM
I used to have just about every Smurf available back when I was a little kid. Wish I had kept them all.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 10, 2008, 02:58:42 PM
That's pretty smurfed up, Xol.  There were like 3-smurfing-hundred of those little mothersmurfers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 10, 2008, 04:13:25 PM
*Trying not to imagine Xolly's little bed covered in smurfs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 10, 2008, 04:18:41 PM
That's pretty smurfed up, Xol.  There were like 3-smurfing-hundred of those little mothersmurfers.

If I recall correctly, there were only 100, and then 101 after Gargamel created Smurfette.

</pedant>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on June 10, 2008, 04:20:52 PM
Smurfette would be the one he didn't collect.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2008, 04:59:17 PM
If I recall correctly, there were only 100, and then 101 after Gargamel created Smurfette.

</pedant>

Originally yes. Now there are tons of them. The only openly gay ones were Vanity and Hefty.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 10, 2008, 05:14:53 PM
Originally yes. Not there are tons of them. The only openly gay ones were Vanity and Hefty.

Vanity Smurf I can see, but Hefty?


















Oh.  Yeah.  Gotcha.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on June 11, 2008, 01:35:54 PM
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/belair.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2008, 01:44:44 PM
So this is the written equivalent of a rickroll or what?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2008, 09:59:37 PM
Unicorn Planet (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365629,00.html)
 
Planet Unicorn Heyy !!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on June 11, 2008, 11:07:02 PM
An old pic i found while going threw my hardrives.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 17, 2008, 03:53:26 PM
It's getting close to beach time and I'm nowhere near ready for it. So, I've got one of those celebrity workout\diet books and I'm gonna see how this works. Says it's a six week plan, so I figure 'why the hell not?' If anything, at least I have a book full of nifty pictures of Mario Lopez in it.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on June 17, 2008, 10:22:28 PM
I'm not sure what Mario Lopez does, but you could try the Zack Morris workout - it consists of carrying around this phone:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 18, 2008, 07:57:22 AM
Mmmmmm...Mario Lopez.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 18, 2008, 09:48:38 AM
It's a ME! Mario!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on June 18, 2008, 06:02:03 PM
eh!
I haven't been on here in awhile....
so my grandma told me that they are coming out with another X-Files movie this summer. I'll definitely go see it, but I hope it'll be worth it. I know all the episodes after like 1998 or 1999 are just not very good, so I don't know about a new movie coming out. plus in my oppinion the clunky cell phones just add on to the charm of the whole show. but maybe I'm the only one who thinks so?
I donno if anyone else here watches that show or not...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 18, 2008, 08:43:33 PM
The comment at the end of this article is priceless.  I suspect it was written by FOO.
http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/06/bag-o-water-fri.html#more
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 18, 2008, 10:30:34 PM
The comment at the end of this article is priceless.  I suspect it was written by FOO.
http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/06/bag-o-water-fri.html#more

*laughs* What'd I do to piss you off?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on June 19, 2008, 08:03:24 AM
Nada.  I was just giving you credit for the funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 19, 2008, 12:35:02 PM
In kindergarten they said I was really good with the blocks, and nobody could touch me when it came to nap time.

But, like all shooting stars, I too burned out, and by the time I turned the tender age of 8 I was an alcoholic, pack-a-day smoking, D-average student, just one more term evaluation from washing out of MIT.

My boyfriends at the time broke it off, not because they found out about the fact that I was seeing both of them at the same time, or because I didn't even know what pubes were let alone have them, but because I told them that they didn't mean a drat to me, much like everything else in the world.

Yeah, I had seen it and heard it all, and the noise was no good. I had flown so high I touched the sky and saw it was already tainted in every direction.

Then I found Jesus, amen.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 19, 2008, 02:09:28 PM
What did they break off?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 19, 2008, 03:41:24 PM
What did they break off?

(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4449/lolax4.jpg)

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 19, 2008, 05:16:34 PM
Nada.  I was just giving you credit for the funny.

OH!!! I completely misunderstood. My bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: AppleJax on June 20, 2008, 09:50:07 PM
In kindergarten they said ........................

Then I found Jesus, amen.

just about the best autobiography I've ever read... Kudos
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on June 22, 2008, 11:29:37 PM
haha that was very inspiring.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 24, 2008, 04:51:06 PM
I thought I was being clever by electing to have liability only insurance. Went great for about a year, then I bumped into somebody. All that money I 'saved' just got spent fixing my truck.  :| So, don't ever choose liability only. Ever. Pay the extra and do full coverage and save yourself a lot of grief later on.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 25, 2008, 10:40:12 AM
I thought I was being clever by electing to have liability only insurance. Went great for about a year, then I bumped into somebody. All that money I 'saved' just got spent fixing my truck.  :| So, don't ever choose liability only. Ever. Pay the extra and do full coverage and save yourself a lot of grief later on.

Uh, that's why they call it insurance. It's there in case you happen to need it. :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 25, 2008, 03:44:04 PM
What the fuck is up with Cavelier Telephone?  I spent alot of time on hold with them to tell them I have a hanging phone wire in my backyard last week.  Now the phone rings and it's them so I answer it and it's a fucking recording telling me to call them.  If you want to talk to me...have a fucking person call me!!

So after the fourth fucking time, I had to call them.  I was immediately put on hold and then the guy comes on and asks how he can help me.  YOU called ME!  Now they're asking me the same questions I answered the first time I called.

Stupid jerks.  I bet that guy gets alot of cranky people calling him up and he doesn't know why.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 25, 2008, 03:53:03 PM
A random thought on high school graduation: I will never understand how thirteen years of education somehow culminates in three hours of quiet time interspersed with several rounds of "Follow the Leader." I feel like such and adult.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 25, 2008, 04:29:16 PM
A random thought on high school graduation: I will never understand how thirteen years of education somehow culminates in three hours of quiet time interspersed with several rounds of "Follow the Leader." I feel like such and adult.
Then don't go.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: AppleJax on June 25, 2008, 04:57:52 PM
I was just getting lunch and the guy ahead of me was all sorts of pissed off that he wasn't being served. I felt sympathic twords him until I saw that he was wearing a kilt and looking pissed off. It was just a funny combination i suppose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 25, 2008, 04:59:52 PM
Then don't go.

There's a thing I enjoy called "having a place to live for the summer," which my mother assured me I would not have if I skipped graduation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 25, 2008, 05:59:20 PM
I was just getting lunch and the guy ahead of me was all sorts of pissed off that he wasn't being served. I felt sympathic twords him until I saw that he was wearing a kilt and looking pissed off. It was just a funny combination i suppose.

Groundskeeper Willy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on June 25, 2008, 06:13:54 PM
There's a thing I enjoy called "having a place to live for the summer," which my mother assured me I would not have if I skipped graduation.

Feh! You're ejimacated now, you can get a job and pay for your own place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 25, 2008, 06:15:51 PM
Feh! You're ejimacated now, you can get a job and pay for your own place.

I have got a job, but I can't pay tuition while simultaneously paying rent. Unless I start stripping...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 28, 2008, 05:06:47 PM
(http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3382/brownridgewl9es7.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 30, 2008, 05:43:45 AM
Party week!

In a freak chance the entire hotel has emptied for the week due to a giant group cancelling. Third shift gets to party!









It's scary how happy I am about this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: bobbyk on July 01, 2008, 04:50:30 PM
Thought i'd enrich this thread with my latest internet finding.  It's pretty cool.  Actually, it's 'wicktacular.'  The Ultimate site! (http://www.zombo.com)

It will rock your world.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 01, 2008, 09:03:23 PM
Thought i'd enrich this thread with my latest internet finding.  It's pretty cool.  Actually, it's 'wicktacular.'  The Ultimate site! (http://www.zombo.com)

It will rock your world.
Just thought I'd remove your spam link.  Don't let it happen again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 02, 2008, 09:18:24 AM
Be glad that your car doesn't run on hot air. (http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm)  THAT could be expensive!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2008, 10:13:29 AM
Limbaugh is irrelevant, nobody listens to him, he's a hack, just a phase, he'll be kicked off the air, hypocrite, Air America will be his undoing, blah blah blah

Every year the above statements get said, every year he still has huge ratings. I'm not surprised by this at all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2008, 03:37:45 PM
There once was a vampire named Mabel
whose periods were really quite stable.
Every full moon, she'd get out a spoon
and drink herself under the table.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 02, 2008, 04:44:16 PM
There once was a vampire named Mabel
whose periods were really quite stable.
Every full moon, she'd get out a spoon
and drink herself under the table.


 :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 02, 2008, 04:57:13 PM
There once was a vampire named Mabel
whose periods were really quite stable.
Every full moon, she'd get out a spoon
and drink herself under the table.

I'm sorry xolly, but -1 for making me gag.  Blech!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 02, 2008, 06:40:23 PM
What? She likes vodka! What did you think she was drinking?  :w:

FINE! No more gross limericks. Killjoys.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 02, 2008, 08:59:08 PM
Don't worry, I enjoyed it and sent it to all my friends  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The_FOO on July 02, 2008, 09:18:00 PM
What? She likes vodka! What did you think she was drinking?  :w:

FINE! No more gross limericks. Killjoys.  :x

Poor Xoli... No appreciation for your genius.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 03, 2008, 02:16:48 PM
Apologies in advance..

Two men are standing at the top of a cliff. One has two budgies, one on each shoulder. The other has a parrot and a shotgun. The first guy jumps off the cliff and on the way down the birds fly away. He crashes on the rocks below and rolls over on his back. He looks up just in time to see his friend jump off too.

As the second guy falls and the parrot flies off, he pulls up his shot gun and shoots the bird just before he too crashes onto the rocks. They lie there groaning in agony for a bit before the first guy says, "I really don't see what is supposed to be so great about budgie jumping!"

The second guy lets out a groan and says, "I'm really not too impressed with free fall parrot shooting either!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 03, 2008, 02:49:41 PM
Two city slickers went duck hunting, and after several hours returned to their Escalade with nothing. Coming out of the woods at the same time were several other hunters; each with their limit bagged. Noticing the other hunters had dogs; they decided they would try that as well.
 The next day, after several hours of hunting, the two men returned to the Escalade without a single duck.
 
  "I don't get it." one said.
 
  "Me either. We have dogs now; like everyone else..." said the other.

  "Maybe we aren't throwing them high enough?"


 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on July 03, 2008, 03:55:16 PM
There's a line at an ATM. A woman starts to massage the man in front of her.
"What the hell are you doing?" he asks.
"You looked stressed and I thought I'd give you a massage
since I'm a masseuse." she says.
"Well I'm a lawyer and you don't see me f*cking the guy in
front of me do you!?!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 03, 2008, 06:19:33 PM
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere, is making a penny." -Steven Wright
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 04, 2008, 12:36:37 AM
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere, is making a penny." -Steven Wright

It only costs one penny to think it, it's another penny to say it. It's all in the fine print.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 04, 2008, 09:02:41 PM

Y duz a chikin koop hav 2 doars??


Cos if it had 4 doors, it'd be a chicken sedan...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 04, 2008, 09:32:32 PM
*shoots at 12 for making her take the time to translate that

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on July 05, 2008, 03:27:07 PM
I've always enjoyed that icon, wunderkind  :-P hehe
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pickled kitten on July 05, 2008, 05:14:40 PM
Bad jokes ahead!

(highlight black text for answers)

What's black and rhymes with Snoop Dogg?
Dr Dre

Why shouldn't you bathe with Pokemon?
Because it might Pickachu!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 07, 2008, 11:26:30 AM
Every time I go out and do something social, I just get reminded on how much I really dislike society as a whole. What the hell is wrong with people these days? So damn selfish. This country is going straight to the hotseat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 08, 2008, 05:55:25 PM
So I have to find a place to get my hair done the day of my wedding.  I'm already behind on this.  I live in a somewhat urban area.  So uh...when I call these places, like, how do I ask...you know, if they do, uh...like....uh....

white people hair?

There's a couple of places up the street from me.  House of Roz?  International Hair Salon?  I'm feeling like those places specialize in weaves and hair extensions, but I don't know how to ask it.

On the other hand, I just made an appointment at an upscale salon further up the street, but it's going to cost me $100...twice!!  It's over my budget.  Frickin hair.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 08, 2008, 06:12:10 PM
I always told my wives, "I don't know why you'd want to spend all that money on your hair.  I'm just going to smear cake in it later any way."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on July 08, 2008, 08:14:24 PM
I always told my wives, "I don't know why you'd want to spend all that money on your hair.  I'm just going to smear cock in it later any way."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on July 09, 2008, 06:48:18 AM


I swear that was what I read the first time, I had to go back and double check to see what you changed
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 09, 2008, 04:31:07 PM
HOLY CRAP THOSE BIRDS ARE GETTING CLOSE TOGETHER!!!!!!

(http://dw.daisypath.com/tygem5.png)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 09, 2008, 04:31:59 PM
Hm.  Doesn't come out too clear on the black background. 

IT SAYS 1 MONTH UNTIL OUR WEDDING!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 09, 2008, 05:01:08 PM
IT SAYS 1 MONTH UNTIL OUR WEDDING!!!
  :-) Yay!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 09, 2008, 08:51:39 PM
So when's the wedding?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 10, 2008, 02:20:06 PM
Yesterday I got my Atari adapter in from Ebay. This is a great little device that will convert an Atari 2600\5200\7800 or Commodore 64 audio\video output to a standard coax connection. I fired up my 5200 on a new 37 inch LCD and it came up beautifully! Then my only joystick promptly broke.  :? But at least I had a glorious ten minutes of Pitfall II - The Lost Caverns!

I'm turning into such a retro-gaming geek, it's not even funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 10, 2008, 03:39:31 PM
It's funny you say that... I was just discussing with some coworkers how great games like "Combat" and "Rodeo" were for the 2600.   8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 10, 2008, 06:47:43 PM
Broke your joystick eh?  That's gotta hurt!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 10, 2008, 07:11:59 PM
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 12, 2008, 12:12:29 PM
So I have to find a place to get my hair done the day of my wedding.  I'm already behind on this.  I live in a somewhat urban area.  So uh...when I call these places, like, how do I ask...you know, if they do, uh...like....uh....

white people hair?

There's a couple of places up the street from me.  House of Roz?  International Hair Salon?  I'm feeling like those places specialize in weaves and hair extensions, but I don't know how to ask it.

On the other hand, I just made an appointment at an upscale salon further up the street, but it's going to cost me $100...twice!!  It's over my budget.  Frickin hair.
I'm confused.  Why not just start calling salons and asking them if they do wedding hair?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 12, 2008, 02:42:47 PM
So I have to find a place to get my hair done the day of my wedding.  I'm already behind on this.  I live in a somewhat urban area.  So uh...when I call these places, like, how do I ask...you know, if they do, uh...like....uh....

white people hair?

There's a couple of places up the street from me.  House of Roz?  International Hair Salon?  I'm feeling like those places specialize in weaves and hair extensions, but I don't know how to ask it.

On the other hand, I just made an appointment at an upscale salon further up the street, but it's going to cost me $100...twice!!  It's over my budget.  Frickin hair.

 Cornrows would go great with your low-rider school bus!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 14, 2008, 07:56:48 AM
Kidgrater!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 14, 2008, 02:12:21 PM
I'm confused.  Why not just start calling salons and asking them if they do wedding hair?

Simple enough, I know.  I just have this crazy fear of walking into a place and feeling like I just don't belong there.  You know the scene in the movie where someone walks into a bar (or wherever) and the place falls silent and everyone stares at the 'outsider'.  When I see ads like this...

MICRO BRAIDS $90.00
SINGLES $90.00
KINKY TWIST $90.00
BASIC CORNROWS $30-40.00

...I get paranoid that I might find myself in that situation no matter where I go.

Irrational?  Absolutely.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2008, 05:10:56 PM
Just advertise on Craig's List.  *not serious just in case you were thinking of doing this*

But have you checked Citysearch or Yelp for reviews?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 17, 2008, 06:03:33 PM
OH HAPPY DAY! A boxed, complete Air Zonk arrived and I'm now down to just need six turboduo games to have all American releases. My collection is almost complete.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 17, 2008, 07:35:27 PM
I propose that not allowing an opponent's king (or any remaining pieces) to move but not having him in check is a perfectly reasonable checkmate and not a draw!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Myriter on July 17, 2008, 08:49:18 PM
Impossible! :slap

The whole point of check mate is that you will win in your next turn.

Because one of the basic rules of chess is that you can't pass your turn and another is that you can't move into check, The game therefore comes to a stand still and must be called a draw.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 18, 2008, 09:46:33 AM
You can once you've been Kinged.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 18, 2008, 04:24:00 PM
To be honest I just started playing and was getting angry until I finally figured out why I kept getting into draws.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 18, 2008, 06:03:47 PM
The last two hours of the work day before you take a week long vacation are the LONGEST two hours ever.

I've never claimed to be the first to hop on a trend or even getting around to actually seeing what's currently popular in any reasonable amount of time. Hell, I just discovered Starbucks about a month ago. (That is, actually go in and order something) Now that I've found the place, enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate with a fruit muffin while reading in one of those REALLY comfy chairs, they go and close down a fuckton of stores.

I'd say I need to get out more if the thought of having to interact with society didn't just depress the ever lovin' fuck out of me.



INTERNET SHUT-IN ITT
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 19, 2008, 09:14:47 PM
Grilling up some halibut and some whole potatoes. Not often I make fish or grill (yet alone the both).

Can't wait for dinner :D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 19, 2008, 09:24:58 PM
Grilling up some halibut and some whole potatoes. Not often I make fish or grill (yet alone the both).

Can't wait for dinner :D
That sounds good. Now I'm hungreh...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on July 23, 2008, 02:04:38 PM
I'm lonely  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 23, 2008, 03:35:59 PM
I'm lonely  :cry:

/hug
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Lord Liznit on July 23, 2008, 05:09:20 PM

Group hug!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: violet34 on July 23, 2008, 10:43:06 PM
ohh you guys don't know how much I needed that  :cry:
 :-D thank you! I like you people, you're nice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 25, 2008, 10:35:19 AM
Did anyone else have a dream about Acuvue contact lenses? I think they finally figured out how to advertise in our dreams.

I don't even wear corrective lenses. Still some bugs I guess.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 25, 2008, 04:03:54 PM
Did anyone else have a dream about Acuvue contact lenses? I think they finally figured out how to advertise in our dreams.

I don't even wear corrective lenses. Still some bugs I guess.

I've been having nightmares regarding haunted locations, dead things that haven't figured out that they're supposed to be dead, and me generally being killed in one form or another.

These kinds of dreams can stop anytime now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 25, 2008, 04:07:34 PM
I've been having nightmares regarding haunted locations, dead things that haven't figured out that they're supposed to be dead, and me generally being killed in one form or another.

These kinds of dreams can stop anytime now.

Sounds like you need a copy of this (http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217020033&sr=8-1).  Just in case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 25, 2008, 04:11:58 PM
Not a bad idea. It's odd because I normally dream in color, but the one I had the other night was in black in white. I was out alone in the dead of night by an abandoned farmhouse. There was a huge field with haystacks and either crows or ravens circling around up above. After a bit, they started to swoop down and scatter the the hay and underneath the stacks were mummified corpses. Then they started moving. Stupid dead things aren't supposed to be moving.  :x I woke up after they closed in on me and started ripping me apart.

FUN TIMES
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 25, 2008, 04:22:42 PM
So your job is a hostile work environment too, huh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on July 28, 2008, 06:47:50 AM
GIS for "tauren porn" ::

http://common.allakhazam.com/images/uf/Demea/avatar_retarded.jpg
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 28, 2008, 08:32:15 AM
Oh the irony.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 28, 2008, 11:15:57 AM
Drink recipe I came up with last night:

Ingredients
1 part vodka
1 part Maker's Mark
1 part TripleSec
3 parts pineapple juice
1 orange slice, quartered

Pour the liquor and the pineapple juice into a shaker with some ice.  Shake thoroughly.  Pour into a tall glass over ice and the orange pieces.

Enjoy!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 28, 2008, 11:18:05 AM
I'm gonna try that once I get some Makers Mark. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 28, 2008, 11:27:05 AM
I didn't have any on-hand to test it out, but I think it would also work garnished with a couple of Maraschino cherries.

Maybe I should start a cocktail recipe thread.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2008, 05:16:48 PM
I caught myself singing "Ham Jive" yesterday.

I'm just jetskiing towards insanity.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 30, 2008, 05:23:14 PM
I caught myself singing "Ham Jive" yesterday.

I'm just jetskiing towards insanity.

Join the club.   I'll save you a seat. :lol:

Though I prefer the term "Astro-glide coated stripper pole straight to hell", myself.  YMMV.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2008, 05:50:01 PM
I'm sure I have no idea what sliding down an astro-glide coated pole is like.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 30, 2008, 05:51:45 PM
Wait.















What?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2008, 05:57:44 PM
You said it, not me.  :x

And another thing: Dear Chris, plz increase number of karma points I can give the same poster in an hour. I owe Demo around three more + kthxbye.

VVVVV dammit, that's FOUR now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 30, 2008, 05:59:43 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/lolgifs/roflmao.jpg)

Right back atcha, man.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 31, 2008, 04:08:11 PM
Forecast for next Saturday: 89 and scattered thunderstorms.

That temp is good.  I hope I miss the storms though.

(PS.  I'll only tell you guys the forecast about 1/10th of the time that I actually look at it.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 31, 2008, 04:41:03 PM
A Theory Regarding The Internal Workings Of Air Conditioning Units

Heat is caused by friction.  Therefore, if you're in a hot room, the heat is due to friction.

But friction between what?  Obviously there is a particle, invisible to the naked eye, which is responsible for this friction, which leads to a buildup of heat in any environment.

For clarity purposes, let's refer to this particle as a fricton.

Inside an air conditioner, a process exists to remove excess frictons from the environment.  Frictons are heavier than normal air particles, so this is obviously done with a rotational centrifuge.

These "low velocity fricton colliders" as we have begun referring to them in my office, suck in air mixed with high concentrations of frictons, spin out the frictons and release the remaining air back into the environment, noticably cooler.  The much heavier frictons, on the other hand, are collected in a distilled fluid form which is then discarded into the exterior environment in the case of outdoor units, or stored in an internal tank and manually disposed of down a common drain in the case of indoor units.

It occurred to us after much debate and discussion on the nature of frictons that these are in fact Helium nuclei.

One might be curious as to how we arrived at this rather startling conclusion.  Understandable.

Consider the hottest location in our entire solar system.  It is the Sun.

What is the largest reservoir of Helium atoms in the solar system?  The Sun.  As the energy levels on the sun tend to strip the electrons away from their nuclei, effectively ionizing them, what we're left with are high-energy frictons.

Another term for a Helium nucleus is an Alpha Particle.  This is typically symbolized by the Greek letter "Alpha".

This is why low velocity fricton colliders are referred to as "AC Units"; "A", standing for "Alpha" and "C" standing for "Collider".

This concludes my explanation for how air conditioners work.

Any questions?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 31, 2008, 05:14:23 PM
What time is it on the moon?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 31, 2008, 05:19:01 PM
Right now? 11:19 PM.  The moon goes by GMT.

EDIT:

Nope, I stand corrected.  Apparently there's a Lunar Standard Time (http://lunarclock.org/).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 01, 2008, 04:57:46 PM
This looks like a damn cool thing:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html)

I must confess to reading it at first as "Large Hardon Collider."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 01, 2008, 05:31:39 PM
I must confess to reading it at first as "Large Hardon Collider."

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/spit.gif)

That's a completely different area of physics, I think.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 02, 2008, 11:24:30 AM
okay, so my 2001 nissan altima has been acting up for several months- rough idling, mostly. phyre, who's a mechanic, finally came here from richmond in june and experienced what the car was doing and said it was likely some sort of misfire and i should have my spark plugs replaced.

well, i did about a month later (he didn't have time to do it while he was here), and it cost me around $80. there was no improvement in the car whatsoever. i told the ex this, and he said to have the spark plug wires replaced next, and if that didn't do the trick, to have a "proper diagnosis" done on the car. fine.

when i took the car back to the shop and reiterated my problem, they said they'd let me know what they discovered. they called several hours later, and said my spark plug wires were burnt in spots, so they needed to be replaced (which, obviously, i had been expecting), but also that the car needed a tune up too. total cost, including $85 diagnostic fee, spark plug wires, and labor? $360 plus tax. goddamn.

but the best part? IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. their next "solution" was a fuel injection cleaning. another $100. i dropped the car off tuesday night (i'm off work wednesdays, so i figured it was the best day to be without a car), and wednesday around 4 pm, i still hadn't heard from them. what the fuck? so i called. they had "just gotten" the car on the lift. seriously? they opened at EIGHT am.

guy calls back about an hour later. the fuel injection cleaning is done, but the problem hasn't gone away. he doesn't know what else it can be, so he's going to have some special somebody from somewhere come down to the shop in the morning to try to diagnose the problem. translation: i now have no ride to work or home thursday, and i'm now looking at much more money.

thursday. i call on my lunch break at work. they're "still looking." great. it's already 1 pm. 2-something, i get a voicemail from them. i call back. the girl at the counter says they have good news and bad news, which anyone knows is NEVER good news. okay, the good news? they found the problem. the bad news? i have a leak in my intake gasket. total cost, including 5 hours of labor? another $400. nice.

fast forward to friday night. where is my car? NOT HERE. i hadn't heard from them all day, so i called at 4. the job was taking longer than he expected, but he was trying to have the car done that day. it took everything in me to not flip the fuck out: the only reason you wouldn't have had the car done is if you DIDN'T START WORKING ON IT FRIDAY MORNING AS PROMISED. you put it off, even though you've inconvenienced me for SEVERAL days and cost me much more money than you should have with all your false diagnoses.

today is my work picnic at hershey park. guess who couldn't go because, once again, she doesn't have a car? yep. me. also, i had plans to see a friend before he left for north carolina for two weeks, but that didn't happen either due to the car issue. i promised two little girls i used to babysit that i would take them swimming friday, but- you guessed it- i had no car to take them.

two mechanics i've talked to since said the intake should've been the first thing this guy looked at considering my car's.. symptoms. and i googed "intake gasket leak" on altimas, and apparently this is a really common problem. so why did he not know to look for it?

in case it wasn't obvious, i'm finding a new mechanic.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 02, 2008, 01:25:48 PM
so why did he not know to look for it?

 Truthfully? He did know; but he also knew you didn't. That's usually good for a few hundred at least. Sorry to hear your luck.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 02, 2008, 02:44:19 PM
Concur.

Even if he didn't know enough to consider the intake a likely place to look at first, certainly at the point of the 'Diagnostic' being performed he would have seen a huge drop in vacuum in the stats and could have been on the right track tuesday, before much of the 'trial and error' fixes.

By all rights, your bill should have been the $400 for the intake + $85 diagnostic and finished by Wed. evening.

I'd contact the Bureau of Automotive Affairs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 02, 2008, 03:54:15 PM
thanks, guys. i finally got my car back and it's running wonderfully. i know i should pursue this, but i'm just so relieved at this point to have one less thing on my plate, that i may just let it go. 

regardless, i won't go back there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 02, 2008, 05:23:13 PM
And also be thankful that the intake wasn't cracked when they took it off. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 02, 2008, 06:31:57 PM
And also be thankful that the intake wasn't cracked when they took it off. 
Yeh, or after.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 03, 2008, 01:43:54 PM
yeah, it definitely could have been worse.


moving on.  :-D
student punished for spaghetti beliefs (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=43272&in_page_id=2)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 03, 2008, 01:51:35 PM
Haha! Go Killian.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 03, 2008, 02:15:55 PM
Cheezus, that's great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 03, 2008, 02:35:11 PM
Moving on to a buzz killing note, This (http://current.com/items/89006544_10_airports_install_body_scanners) is so fucking Orwellian, I want to puke.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 03, 2008, 02:58:14 PM
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x190/ydnamtnediserp/orwell.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 03, 2008, 03:00:37 PM
also, nude man charged with having sex with table (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=130090&in_page_id=2).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 03, 2008, 03:34:46 PM
 :lol: Haha ... Thanks. I needed that.

Nothing brings back the good humor like the fluid spewing goodness of nekid table secks.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 03, 2008, 04:06:42 PM
Pics or it didn't happen.

Was it a sexy looking table?

It was probably asking for it.


/fark.com
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 03, 2008, 09:52:20 PM
*!!*UPDATE*!!*

 
TAWDRY TABLE TAPPER GETS OFF IN FRONT OF ASTOUNDED COURTROOM! (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=132159&in_page_id=2)


.  .  .  I'm havening seconded thoughts about having my wood ...stained.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on August 03, 2008, 11:54:32 PM
Stitches feel weird. I want to play with them, but I know I shouldn't.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 04, 2008, 05:19:09 AM
Stitches feel weird. I want to play with them, but I know I shouldn't.
HA! I'm the same way.  What happened?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 04, 2008, 05:19:34 AM
Last night my daughter and I were sitting in
the den and I said to her,
"I never want to live in a vegetative state,
dependent on some machine and fluids from a
bottle to keep me alive. That would be no
quality of life at all... if that ever happens,
just pull the plug."
 
So she got up, unplugged the computer,
and threw out my wine.
 
She's such a bitch.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on August 04, 2008, 12:54:54 PM
HA! I'm the same way.  What happened?

I had a tumor removed from over my tail bone. And I just found out today that my health insurance might not cover one cent of it because they do not cover treatment of "non-malignant warts, moles or leisions." 

*Will edit later for spelling.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 04, 2008, 01:54:14 PM
Carbonite...

I keep hearing these ads on the radio for carbonite.com trying to sell their online data backup solution.  Every time, they have some poor sap talking about how on Tuesday they signed up for carbonite's services.  Then, just two days later they lost all their data!  It was okay, though.  They were able to recover all their lost data thanks to carbonite.

Kind of makes you wonder how carbonite blows up people's hard drives two days after install.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 04, 2008, 08:29:36 PM
They'd have better luck with Corbomite.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 05, 2008, 03:58:35 AM
That would be a good maneuver.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 05, 2008, 05:59:47 PM
/me raises shields
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on August 06, 2008, 12:00:53 AM
/me fires a volley of photon torpedoes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 06, 2008, 02:38:12 PM
Got this in an email from a parent yesterday...

"Again, thank you for taking your summer vacation to empower the future generation of executives, CFOs, COOs, scientists, and even a president of the united states."

Yeah that's right.  That's what I do.  Wuh! 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 06, 2008, 04:45:05 PM
You taught a president of the united states?

You're a lot older than you look.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 06, 2008, 09:00:12 PM
Well, not yet I haven't.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 07, 2008, 12:36:28 PM
Well, if you can convince that 'all seeing parent' to divulge who the little fucker is ...




Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2008, 01:31:12 PM
Well, if you can convince that 'all seeing parent' to divulge who the little fucker is ...

Ask the All Knowing Ham. The Ham sees all.


Dear people who ask me a question and then interrupt me while I'm trying to give you an answer,

I will murder your families, dance in their blood and wear their skin like a coat while I sing the hymns of the Old Ones.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 08, 2008, 02:21:22 PM
Dear people who ask me a question and then interrupt me while I'm trying to give you an answer,

I will murder your families, dance in their blood and wear their skin like a coat while I sing the hymns of the Old Ones.

This belongs on a t-shirt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 08, 2008, 02:44:43 PM
Careful Demo.  He may not have been finished yet. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 08, 2008, 02:52:34 PM
You know, there is no clear reason why we call it "Georgia".

The ancients knew it as Iberia, but their own name for their country is Sakartvelo.

The Russians have always called it Gruzia, a derivation of Gurjia, a region in Sakartvelo.

Let's hope it stays Sakartvelo.

Good wine, good food, proud mountain people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 08, 2008, 03:20:54 PM
That must be why Ray Charles sang about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 08, 2008, 03:50:31 PM
You know, there is no clear reason why we call it "Georgia".
Fuckin rebels.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 08, 2008, 04:02:24 PM
So Im trying out Gatorade A.M., and the flavor is Tropical Mango. It would be great if it didn't make me feel uneducated and ignorant. I thought mango was solely a tropical fruit, and all my Google hits for Arctic Mango and Temperate Mango are mixed drinks. Is there a Mango wiki? I must be properly educated on such an elusive, exotic fruit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 08, 2008, 04:12:51 PM
I'm going to my wedding rehearsal soon and tomorrow I'm getting married (I'll finally shut up about it!).  I'm pretty nervous.  I don't like being the star of the show.  This is going to be a pretty big show.  Pb is coming out for it so you know there will be pictures coming pretty soon.

If I don't talk to you guys, have a great week while I'm in Puerto Rico with my new husband, Enrique!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 08, 2008, 04:20:00 PM
:-)  Congratulations again, Mrs. Enrique!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 08, 2008, 04:31:58 PM
You're going to be gorgeous, and almost everything is going to go perfectly (there's always at least one little thing that goes wrong ;) ), and you're going to look back on it all fondly and still be glad it's all done with.

I promise.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 08, 2008, 04:36:41 PM
You're going to be gorgeous, and almost everything is going to go perfectly (there's always at least one little thing that goes wrong ;) ), and you're going to look back on it all fondly and still be glad it's all done with.

I promise.   :-D

and I concur.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 08, 2008, 04:46:00 PM
I'm going to my wedding rehearsal soon and tomorrow I'm getting married (I'll finally shut up about it!).

When did all of this come about?   :-D

Congrats Detta.  Here's hoping everything goes as planned.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 08, 2008, 04:51:26 PM
You know, there is no clear reason why we call it "Georgia".

According to the map at the bottom of this:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hpNRP9ysixHH3P9izLJRjYT1ATkA

I've always called it Georgia.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 08, 2008, 05:22:17 PM
lol...   Media bias??

(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/georgiaq.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2008, 05:28:21 PM
I'm going to my wedding rehearsal soon and tomorrow I'm getting married (I'll finally shut up about it!).  I'm pretty nervous.  I don't like being the star of the show.  This is going to be a pretty big show.  Pb is coming out for it so you know there will be pictures coming pretty soon.

If I don't talk to you guys, have a great week while I'm in Puerto Rico with my new husband, Enrique!!!!

I'm happy for you. Really, I am. If there is one thing this world needs, it's more love. I know you will, but try not to be so nervous. At least it won't be like my brother's first marriage where he staggered around with a fixed drunken stare while the flower girl threw the flowers on the floor and started howling like a baboon and the ringbearer decided to pretend he was a stormtrooper and goosestep down the aisle and I spent most of the time cruising the catering staff.

Vegas weddings are classy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 08, 2008, 05:29:56 PM
Xolly, that sounded like a good application for something like this (http://www.mcphee.com/resources/april/items/bacontux.html).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2008, 05:32:13 PM
Xolly, that sounded like a good application for something like this (http://www.mcphee.com/resources/april/items/bacontux.html).

Can I have "I LOVE PORK" written across the back of it?

If an HR person ever asks you "to what person living or dead do you relate yourself?" Queen Margret the Second is apparently not the right answer.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 08, 2008, 09:19:24 PM
Back when I was but a wee little Xolly, I had quite the collection of G.I. Joe action figures. I had more Cobra figures because their uniforms were cooler. Anyways, I see they've released the 25th Anniversary Edition version of many of my favourite characters I used to have. So I bought a couple (manchild ITT) and I've got say, these are the worst action figures ever made. What the hell happened? The little blue buggers I used to have back in the day were made out of hard plastic with metal joints. These new ones are cheap soft plastic and the hand and arm both came off of poor Buzzer when I tried to get him to hold his chainsaw.

If you're going to repackage my childhood and sell it back to me at today's rates, at least keep the quality the same.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 08, 2008, 09:25:47 PM
Congrats and good luck, Detta.  Everything will be great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 08, 2008, 10:33:23 PM
You taught a president of the united states?

You're a lot older than you look.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Dude, Hamilton never became president.  They cheated him.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 10, 2008, 10:48:43 AM
the mr. t virtual playset (http://www.ironicsans.com/MrT.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 10, 2008, 02:01:33 PM
bush or batman? (http://www.snotr.com/video/1459)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 10, 2008, 04:03:09 PM
This is going to be a pretty big show.  Pb is coming out for it so you know there will be pictures coming pretty soon.

Well Pb????
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 10, 2008, 04:04:52 PM
bush or batman?
 (http://www.snotr.com/video/1459)

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 11, 2008, 11:24:17 AM
I'm going to my wedding rehearsal soon and tomorrow I'm getting married (I'll finally shut up about it!).  I'm pretty nervous.  I don't like being the star of the show.  This is going to be a pretty big show.  Pb is coming out for it so you know there will be pictures coming pretty soon.

If I don't talk to you guys, have a great week while I'm in Puerto Rico with my new husband, Enrique!!!!

Yeah, Detta didn't show, but I had a blast at the reception anyway. 



Well actually the wedding was beautiful as was the bride.  I got a few crappy pictures (http://picasaweb.google.com/pbsaurus2/MinSWedding811081254AM), sorry about the quality, they really don't do her justice.  The part about not liking to be the star of the show, well she's a natural, not just a star but an ultramegasuperstupendousnova.  I had a great time and spent a lot of time with another good friend :tal: and was really appreciative that I got to spend a little time with Detta and her new spouse.  Well worth all the time I spent in airports and airplanes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 11, 2008, 11:32:57 AM
Sweet photos, Pb

Congrats, Detta!   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 11, 2008, 11:59:52 AM
Random:

Lately I've been putting this stuff (http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm) on practically everything, from hot dogs (instead of ketchup) to the turkey sandwich I brought for lunch today.

Also: it's really good on scrambled eggs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 11, 2008, 01:47:12 PM
YAY, Detta!  You look fantastic (and the cake kicks ass too).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 11, 2008, 03:02:46 PM
Random:

Lately I've been putting this stuff (http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm) on practically everything, from hot dogs (instead of ketchup) to the turkey sandwich I brought for lunch today.

Also: it's really good on scrambled eggs.

So the corrolary to Lacerda's put onions on that sucker and it's going in his mouth is put Sriracha on that sucker and it's going in Demo's mouth?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 12, 2008, 07:00:56 AM
Yeah, Detta didn't show, but I had a blast at the reception anyway. 



Well actually the wedding was beautiful as was the bride.  I got a few crappy pictures (http://picasaweb.google.com/pbsaurus2/MinSWedding811081254AM), sorry about the quality, they really don't do her justice.  The part about not liking to be the star of the show, well she's a natural, not just a star but an ultramegasuperstupendousnova.  I had a great time and spent a lot of time with another good friend :tal: and was really appreciative that I got to spend a little time with Detta and her new spouse.  Well worth all the time I spent in airports and airplanes.

Looked like a beautiful event, a gorgeous dress and the cake did look tasty.  The bride trumps it all of course.

Congrats Mrs Enrique!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 14, 2008, 04:16:12 PM
http://fumpr.com/images/ja9649gwx25j20sykl0q.png
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 17, 2008, 04:38:41 PM
http://www.thehumorarchives.com/joke/Drugs_busts_and_sex_toys
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 17, 2008, 05:55:25 PM
http://www.thehumorarchives.com/joke/Drugs_busts_and_sex_toys

"lawl. and not a regular lawl, but a flopping all around the screen lawl."

 Go Minnesota.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 18, 2008, 08:18:17 AM
Thank you!

Thanks Pb.  These are the first pictures I've actually seen.  We just got back yesterday from Puerto Rico.  I guess I have some uploading of my own to do.  Everything was great and Enrique and I are so happy!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 18, 2008, 10:53:13 AM
Glad to hear it, Detta.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 18, 2008, 11:09:19 AM
Much congrats and best wishes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 18, 2008, 12:56:13 PM
Everything was great and Enrique and I are so happy!

AWE Σ!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 18, 2008, 01:48:42 PM
awesigma?

Cool!  Tell us all about Puerto Rico, or did you two even leave the room?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 18, 2008, 03:38:59 PM
awesigma?

Detta will understand.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 18, 2008, 09:13:33 PM
In other news, I am the only one here to have met Socrates and/or Ivan
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 18, 2008, 10:17:49 PM
I haven't met any of you guys\gals yet.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on August 18, 2008, 10:40:23 PM
In other news, I am the only one here to have met Socrates and/or Ivan

Going through PA anytime soon?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 19, 2008, 07:07:15 AM
In other news, I am the only one here to have met Socrates and/or Ivan

It was great, I even introduced pb to a stuffy
 :w:

you still have to try a Del's Lemonade, a Newport Storm beer and Coffee Milk
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 19, 2008, 07:08:39 AM
I haven't met any of you guys\gals yet.  :cry:

Don't you live in Cali? and pb still hasn't visited you?

I suppose not every state is as small as RI but still....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on August 19, 2008, 08:21:15 AM
Going through PA anytime soon?

I grew up in PA, what part are you from? I grew up near Philadelphia.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 19, 2008, 08:29:05 AM
xolik, you're on my short-list of "Must meet in meat space".  You craxr0z my shit up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 19, 2008, 09:20:34 AM
The few times I've been in SoCal, Xol's and my schedules conflicted.  But someday.  I was looking forward to meeting a certain Toledoian too but that didn't work out.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 19, 2008, 09:58:05 AM
xolik, you're on my short-list of "Must meet in meat space".  You craxr0z my shit up.
I hate to break it to you but I don't think you're his type
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 19, 2008, 10:57:18 AM
Is    " must meet in meat space "    Toledoian code for    " must meat in meet space " ?

... If so you might have a point, Type may apply.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 19, 2008, 12:19:44 PM
xolik, you're on my short-list of "Must meet in meat space".  You craxr0z my shit up.

Ditto.  Xolly, if you're ever in the midwest, let me know.  I don't make it out west very often, but if I do, you're on my own short list of good people to look up.   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scribcake on August 19, 2008, 12:47:47 PM
If you guys ever stop by Michigan, bring some jobs with you.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 19, 2008, 04:10:01 PM
I haven't met any of you guys\gals yet.  :cry:

When you went to northern Kentucky last year you had to drive right by me.  Did you call?  Didn't I tell you to?

I think you're just anti-social.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 19, 2008, 04:13:07 PM
I hate to break it to you but I don't think you're his type


Xolick is a chikzor? 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 19, 2008, 04:13:40 PM
I think you might be thinking of Lacerda.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on August 19, 2008, 04:19:40 PM
Naw, just trying to start a new meme.   :-D

Sorry biz.  Loveyameanit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 19, 2008, 05:43:54 PM
If I were gay, xolik would be on another short list.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 20, 2008, 12:15:10 AM
I heard he was on the long list.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 20, 2008, 07:39:22 AM
I heard he was on the long list.
I thought I was the only one he sent those photos to....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2008, 07:42:32 PM
I miss the good old days of my 486 and doing marathon DOOM sessions.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 21, 2008, 06:56:45 AM
I miss the good old days of my 486 and doing marathon DOOM sessions.

When I was in college i had a job scanning engineering size schematics during second shift.  They took about a 1/2 hour each to scan.  I had another PC and played Wolfenstein 3D all the damn time after everyone else left at 5pm.  Good times
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 22, 2008, 06:46:30 PM
Obama just needs to pick Jimmy Carter as his veep and introduce him as "someone who really knows how to fix a stumbling economy."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 22, 2008, 09:46:11 PM
(http://www.bizb.biz/images/smilies/praying.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 23, 2008, 09:21:02 AM
Obama just needs to pick Jimmy Carter as his veep and introduce him as "someone who really knows how to fix a stumbling economy."


Then Obama can give him the fist bump and be all like "HAAAAAY MISTA CAH-TERR!!"

(http://www.thetownie.com/images/washington.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 23, 2008, 08:03:37 PM
the semester starts tomorrow. ugh- what was i thinking signing up for a four-hour sunday class?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 24, 2008, 01:07:00 AM
There are days when I am dead-ass wrong regarding an issue or form an opinion without having full knowledge of a situation. (I call those days 'weekedays')

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/wrestling/news?slug=ap-wre-abrahamian&prov=ap&type=lgns (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/wrestling/news?slug=ap-wre-abrahamian&prov=ap&type=lgns)

So, Mr. Olympic Wrestler, I hereby apologize for calling you a whiny little shit with an entitlement complex.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on August 24, 2008, 04:43:49 AM
the semester starts tomorrow. ugh- what was i thinking signing up for a four-hour sunday class?

You weren't thinking.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 24, 2008, 10:12:12 AM
There are days when I am dead-ass wrong regarding an issue or form an opinion without having full knowledge of a situation. (I call those days 'weekedays')

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/wrestling/news?slug=ap-wre-abrahamian&prov=ap&type=lgns (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/wrestling/news?slug=ap-wre-abrahamian&prov=ap&type=lgns)

So, Mr. Olympic Wrestler, I hereby apologize for calling you a whiny little shit with an entitlement complex.

 Here's a replacement:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409525,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409525,00.html)
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 24, 2008, 10:45:21 AM

  BizB??

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409382,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409382,00.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 24, 2008, 02:12:11 PM
To which story on that page are you referring?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 24, 2008, 05:09:12 PM
I think it was the one about the grammar nazi sign vandalizers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 24, 2008, 10:16:04 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 26, 2008, 08:49:34 PM
what the..?  (http://www.shoutfile.com/v/TWdSb0Jj/The-Strangest-Internet-Video-Online-Ever.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on August 27, 2008, 07:40:28 AM
I'm speechless. Really.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 27, 2008, 08:06:49 AM
this one is hilarious. (http://www.break.com/index/jewish-girl-prank-calls-her-parents.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 27, 2008, 03:36:44 PM
exactly one year ago today, i had my last cigarette.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 27, 2008, 03:41:17 PM
Congrats!

So how's it been?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 27, 2008, 03:49:52 PM
thank you!

i'd have much rather NOT have gained twenty pounds in the process, and i still want one every friggin' day. other than that, though.. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 27, 2008, 04:36:12 PM
I quit smoking about the same time as I went on a steroid based asthma medication.  I put on about 35 pounds in 3 or 4 months.

After I got off the asthma meds, I managed to lose all of it but 10 pounds or so.

I'm still carrying that around, 7 years later.  I blame quitting smoking for that part of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 27, 2008, 05:43:01 PM
I blame quitting smoking for that part of it.

I blame Bush. He's behind it, somehow.

YES! Number One Google.com result for "Orcs with glowsticks" is ME!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 27, 2008, 05:43:50 PM
That's one angle.  I suppose I could blame Microsoft, just to be different.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 27, 2008, 07:01:04 PM
It's really the military industrial complex.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 27, 2008, 07:18:00 PM
Congrats, Mandy!  It's been almost 6 years for me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 27, 2008, 08:15:49 PM
thanks, Biz- has it been six years already? my goodness, time flies!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 28, 2008, 12:08:22 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/sith.jpg)


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/harriet.jpg)


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/cheney_and_dubya.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 28, 2008, 06:43:32 PM
I bought a new vacuum cleaner last night and am actually looking forward to using it.

This is what my life has become. /wrist
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 28, 2008, 07:22:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbLvbKnMa_Q&feature=related
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on August 30, 2008, 03:23:31 PM
R.I.P. Smilin'Bob.


Horshak Warshak will likely be performing male enhancement the old fashioned way for awhile.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 30, 2008, 09:28:42 PM
i finally gave in and ordered the kindle. i should have it next week.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on August 31, 2008, 12:11:00 PM
dog walks 70 miles through war zone to find his master (http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0cf42d39-be79-4ed0-903a-269a194c42f8)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 02, 2008, 11:03:49 AM
I'm so happy that school is starting for me again. In addition to a 60 hour workweek, I get to pile up 12 units of night classes as well. DRINKS ALL AROUND!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on September 02, 2008, 12:04:41 PM
Here ya go ...

*Pours xolik a Quad espresso with two drops of cream and six pumps of XXX caffeine extract
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 02, 2008, 12:16:22 PM
Somebody needs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) some PowerThirst (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk)!


400 BABIES!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 02, 2008, 02:13:03 PM
Somebody needs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) some PowerThirst (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk)!


400 BABIES!

That's some funny stuff there.  :lol:

So last weekend, I went and met an old coworker of mine that I haven't seen in over three years.
Xolik - "Wow, Ting Ting, you look great! I mean, really, really great. You're totally ripped! What the hell happened?"
Ting Ting - "I got lasik done and go workout five times a week. Wow, Xolik, you look....you look....riiiiiight." /drevil
Xolik - "Like a guy that life has repeatedly kicked the crap out of?"
Ting Ting - "Your words, not mine."

 :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 02, 2008, 02:59:24 PM
On second thought, maybe you need to lay off the PowerThirst.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on September 02, 2008, 06:24:56 PM
Somebody needs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) some PowerThirst (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk)!


400 BABIES!

Demo, that was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! You've just made my day/week/month!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 02, 2008, 10:05:07 PM
You know what's really underrated these days? Mustard. I don't care if it's spicy mustard, brown mustard, yellow mustard, whatever flavor it is, mustard doesn't get enough love in society today. One of the best things in the world are good french fries with mustard. When I'm at one of the local Chinese restaurants, I always get the fried wanton strips and then dip them in that super spicy mustard they have that makes the insides of your nose burn. And let's face it, Deli Mustard makes just about anything taste better.

(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4900/delimustardeg5.gif)

Mustard: Is there anything it can't do?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 02, 2008, 10:44:00 PM
You're using too much mustard.

In other news, some one left a little orange kitten out on the side of our driveway again. I think we should just post a sign that says, "We Take Strays", so they'll come knock on our door, instead dumping them by the road.

*sighs*

Well, at least he's cute.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 02, 2008, 10:44:53 PM
You're usening too much then. Nuance is everything.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 02, 2008, 10:45:24 PM
In other news, some one left a little orange kitten out on the side of our driveway again. I think we should just post a sign that says, "We Take Strays", so they'll come knock on our door, instead dumping them by the road.

*sighs*

Well, at least he's cute.


 Yeh. And alive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 02, 2008, 10:52:29 PM
Yeh. And alive.

That too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Jaepheth on September 03, 2008, 07:06:38 AM
Naw, even the smallest particle of mustard ruins it for me.

And what's your opinion of horseradish? Or wasabi?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 03, 2008, 08:39:17 AM
Wasabi!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 03, 2008, 09:17:51 AM
I less-than-three mustard, horseradish, and wasabi.


WASABI!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on September 03, 2008, 12:01:17 PM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 03, 2008, 01:02:59 PM
I see you.

I love you, All_Knowing_Ham. You're the best gimmick account ever! Also, you taste good with mustard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 03, 2008, 03:52:02 PM
I'm not that big on mustard, but I totally respect your feelings toward it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 03, 2008, 11:27:06 PM
You had a conversation with a security guard about your ass hurting?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 03, 2008, 11:50:17 PM
You had a conversation with a security guard about your ass hurting?

It's more common than you think.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 04, 2008, 12:01:35 AM
*applies for Security job*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 04, 2008, 12:30:22 PM
I am probably the only n00b on the planet who didn't know about Pure Pwnage. But in case I am not, I suggest you get your micro going and check it out (http://www.purepwnage.com/episodes/s1/1/).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 05, 2008, 02:34:05 PM
What the hell am I going to do with a five pound Gouda cheese wheel? Ping Ping won it in a raffle last night and we have no idea what to do with it now. What I want to know is what kind of raffle gives away cheese as a prize? Maybe we'll just eBay it.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 05, 2008, 04:24:34 PM
Just for your FYI, it's not pronounced "GOODA" like a lot of people think, but more like "HOWDA".

Or so a Dutch lady once told me.

Jeee?

Also, you can have a big fondue party (http://www.fondue-recipes.info/gouda-cheese/).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 05, 2008, 04:38:37 PM
I thought about getting a few more wheels of different cheeses, a variety of beers from around the world and then......


HN Beer and Cheese party at Xollys!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 05, 2008, 05:38:36 PM
Just for your FYI, it's not pronounced "GOODA" like a lot of people think, but more like "HOWDA".

Or so a Dutch lady once told me.

Jeee?

Also, you can have a big fondue party (http://www.fondue-recipes.info/gouda-cheese/).


Tonight on It's The Mind....

Gouda ya do, Ivan?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 05, 2008, 06:57:35 PM
Tonight on It's The Mind....

Gouda ya do, Ivan?

Quite cheesy, thank you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 06, 2008, 11:28:44 AM
I'm pro-Valone (http://www.valone.com/).

Just letting you all know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 06, 2008, 12:17:30 PM
my kindle finally came!!!!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 06, 2008, 09:17:56 PM
my kindle finally came!!!!  :-D
Awesome!  Now, just learn how to read and you'll be all set.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 06, 2008, 11:28:19 PM
Today, for the first time in my life, I was actually offered money for sex.

I'm at the gym, minding my own business, toweling off and getting dressed after taking a shower. About halfway into getting my clothes on, I noticed that I have what I will just call 'an admirer' watching me the entire time. More like salivating like a starving man would upon seeing a steak. I finish putting my shirt on and he waves me over to him.

Now I'm thinking to myself "Oh great, maybe he's one of my old clients at The Pit and I fixed his computer at one point or something and he just wants to say 'hi' or some such nonsense." Nope. He leans way over and whispers in my ear, "I'll pay you $200 right now if you'll fuck me."  :-o

A wide variety of thoughts raced through my head at that moment. Things like "What, do I look like a cheap whore?" I politely declined and excused myself and hurried home to post about it on THE INTERNET. It was an interesting experience, to say the least.

 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on September 07, 2008, 12:27:00 AM
Today I offered someone $200 dollars if they would have sex with me, but they declined for some odd reason.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 07, 2008, 12:31:32 AM
What did he look like?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on September 07, 2008, 02:40:06 PM
Today I offered someone $200 dollars if they would have sex with me, but they declined for some odd reason.

What? The two hundred dollars, or the sex?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on September 08, 2008, 06:48:45 AM
What the hell am I going to do with a five pound Gouda cheese wheel? Ping Ping won it in a raffle last night and we have no idea what to do with it now. What I want to know is what kind of raffle gives away cheese as a prize? Maybe we'll just eBay it.  :|

Start at the top and work your way down I'd say (http://www.google.com/search?q=gouda+recipes&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on September 08, 2008, 12:34:15 PM
What? The two hundred dollars, or the sex?  :lol:

The money, of course.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 08, 2008, 04:39:57 PM
I just got a job offer as a result of a couple of recent interviews with a major financial institution that gives me a $10,000 per year raise plus a yearly incentive bonus that is equivalent to 18% of my salary.

 :shock:

I guess I still interview well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2008, 04:47:37 PM
I just got a job offer as a result of a couple of recent interviews with a major financial institution that gives me a $10,000 per year raise plus a yearly incentive bonus that is equivalent to 18% of my salary.

 :shock:

I guess I still interview well.

Do they need a semi-competent Windows admin?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 08, 2008, 04:49:14 PM
Do they need a semi-competent Windows admin?

Lots of them.  Their headquarters here is only about half-staffed in the IT department and they're already pumping me for recruits.  Wanna move to central Minnesota?  I'll vouch for you, no problemo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2008, 04:50:47 PM
Lots of them.  Their headquarters here is only about half-staffed in the IT department and they're already pumping me for recruits.  Wanna move to central Minnesota?  I'll vouch for you, no problemo.

As much as I'd love to, I can't. I'm still going through college here and I'm almost done. Then, if things go well, I'm getting the hell out of this shithole of a state and moving to a slightly less shithole of a state. (NV)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 08, 2008, 05:15:45 PM
Lots of them.  Their headquarters here is only about half-staffed in the IT department and they're already pumping me for recruits. 

  Could I telecommute?  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 09, 2008, 08:43:20 PM
I just got a job offer as a result of a couple of recent interviews with a major financial institution that gives me a $10,000 per year raise plus a yearly incentive bonus that is equivalent to 18% of my salary.

 :shock:

I guess I still interview well.

Kick ass!  My spell worked.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 10, 2008, 04:54:33 AM
Holy crap these came out fast...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3000388.html?menu=


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 10, 2008, 09:16:52 AM
Kick ass!  My spell worked.

Dude.  I had no idea you were that high a level.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 10, 2008, 09:34:40 AM
Holy crap these came out fast...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3000388.html?menu=

i want one!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 11, 2008, 12:06:35 AM
Dude.  I had no idea you were that high a level.

You are not on the need to know list.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 11, 2008, 09:34:11 AM
Huh. I do still exist!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 11, 2008, 10:08:55 AM
Huh. I do still exist!

You do.  Told you so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 11, 2008, 12:26:40 PM
I have a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I was supposed to do something today, but damned I can remember what.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on September 11, 2008, 12:39:45 PM
I have a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I was supposed to do something today, but damned I can remember what.

An attractive Asian man?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on September 11, 2008, 01:56:09 PM
He said in the back of his mind, not--
 :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 11, 2008, 03:28:52 PM
Huh. I do still exist!

Hey!  Good to see you!  What's been up?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 13, 2008, 12:08:00 PM
<--just got a Wrath of the Lich King beta code.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 13, 2008, 08:21:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMjMPlXzdA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 15, 2008, 04:06:19 PM
Yahoo news writers are idiots.

"While the FDIC insures individual accounts up to $100,000, the reaction to IndyMac's failure this summer -- lines outside retail branches -- shows Americans have limited faith in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees individual accounts up to $100,000." -Department of redundancy department.




I've been giving people advice on finances for quite some time now. Sometimes, this advice was even asked for. Nobody seems to care, however, about how to live a debt free life. Since personal responsibility and self-denial are simply too hard for us Americans, here's my advice on how to be a total fuckstick when it comes to your finances. Why worry about the future when you can enjoy today? Here's how to live the modern American Dream!

Obtain as many credit cards as you can. Nothing says "Power" and "Wealth" than a wallet full of credit cards. Not only does it give you plenty of "free" money to work with (who cares if it's got a 20% rate? Just make the minimum payments!) but think of how impressed all your friends will be when they see you whip out that Discover Platinum edition. After all, what good are friends if you can't make them envy you?

Buy things based upon their looks, not functionality. Let's say it's your eighth year at the Community College (only three more to go until you graduate!) and you want a laptop to be able to take notes during class. Sure, Best Buy may have that Acer on sale for $250, but look at it! It's gray and ugly. That simply won't do. You're a working professional! A highly respected Barrista at the local Starbucks! You can't be seen with a "commoners" laptop. No, only a fully loaded MacBook Pro will do. You'll blend right in with locals where you work, as well. Who cares if you don't know the first thing how the thing actually works and give up trying to figure out how to turn it on? It's silver and shiny and would look great with your text book sitting on top of it as you scribble down sheet after sheet of notes during lecture. You'll be the envy of the class!

Wear only imported clothes. And from good countries like Italy and Spain. The more European sounding the label, the better. Prada sunglasses, Louis Vuitton bags, Patek Phillipe watch, D&G shirts and Versace jeans. Wear no shoe under $300. You can make up the cost by eating nothing but raman twice a day. Plus think of all the weight you'll lose since you can't afford to eat real food! It's a win-win situation!

You are what you drive. Don't be scared off by all the horror stories of high gas prices. (You have a credit card for that anyways, remember?) You need to show the whole world that you are among the elite. A real mover and a shaker. Get a fully loaded H3. The less miles to the gallon the better. This lets the world know that you're not bothered by such trivial things as the price of oil or the war in Iraq. Plus, if you're a guy, an SUV practically screams machismo. You're the boss of the road and don't take shit from anybody. Cut off as many people as you can to remind them of this fact.

Subprime loans are awesome! A Million dollar home for $1200 a month? You'd be an idiot to turn that down! And for such a great rate for the first two years as well. Certainly you'll have earned that much sought after promotion to assistant manager by then and won't have any problems paying it off. You don't want your friends to think that you're some type of poor person do you? And won't your family be so proud of you when eventually you tell them you're foreclosing on a MILLION DOLLAR MANSION? You'll be the talk of the next family reunion!

Yes, you too can live the American Dream by simply following the above steps. Don't put it off any longer! It's getting harder and harder to get that much coveted subprime loan, so what are you waiting for? And besides, the government can always just bail you out! START TODAY!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 16, 2008, 09:42:14 PM
the sarah palin baby name generator (http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html)

i am scat dubya palin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 16, 2008, 10:38:27 PM
Still Hardrock Palin


If she were my mom; I'd be a very bad boy. Incestuously bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 16, 2008, 11:01:29 PM
I am...

Nam Guadalupe Palin. I'd have to commit matricide.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 16, 2008, 11:41:29 PM
Well, of course.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on September 17, 2008, 07:37:38 AM
Seam Marauder Palin.

A life of plundering between the stitches can't be all bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 17, 2008, 08:09:24 AM
Daa-Da-da-Daaaaa!  Fire Patriot Palin
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 17, 2008, 09:14:25 AM
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2931 (http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2931)

CLACK HERE LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 17, 2008, 04:16:28 PM
Buster Taint Palin

That sounds painful.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 18, 2008, 10:31:50 AM
Over the years, I’ve noticed a steady decline in the number of young people that have any sense of right and wrong. Last night in English class, I had yet another painful reminder that we are raising a group of young people with a complete lack of moral judgment. The topic for the discussion was 'ways to avoid plagiarism.' The professor explained that you don’t want to take somebody else’s work and pass it off as your own. Then I heard it from the back row: “Why not?”

At first I thought he was joking, but was the young gentleman in question was dead serious. Here he is, in college, honestly asking what is wrong with plagiarism. Is this what we are teaching our children these days? Do whatever you want to do as long as it gets you ahead in life? There is no right or wrong? That you should do only what feels good to you? What type of person can go through his life and not know that stealing is wrong?

I can see him as being yet another victim of our utter failure of a public school system. If, by his college years, he hasn’t learned that plagiarism is bad, then I’d wager to say he’s done quite a bit of it himself and probably gotten away with it. I also see him as being a victim of bad parenting. What kind of parent would raise a child with no ability to see the difference between right and wrong? Modern societal influences are partly to blame as well. When was the last time a successful television show depicted the hero following the rules and having a positive outcome as a result? It’s always the ‘bad boy’ hero that gets the job done in the end. No right or wrong, just what’s right for me at the moment. As much as I'd like to place the blame totally on him, can you really fault somebody for not knowing stealing is bad when they've never been taught otherwise? If you give a chimp a gun and the chimp shoots somebody, you can't blame the chimp.

Sorry if I’m rambling a bit, it’s just saddening to see society swirl faster and faster down the toilet. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 18, 2008, 02:59:53 PM
*double posting ITT*

I just had an Army Reserve recruiter cold-call me at work. Are we really that low on soldiers that they're having to resort to asking me?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 18, 2008, 04:15:51 PM
*double posting ITT*

I just had an Army Reserve recruiter cold-call me at work. Are we really that low on soldiers that they're having to resort to asking me?
How did THAT conversation go?

"Xolly, we'd like you to join the army."

"YAY!  I'll get more ass than a toilet seat!  Blow jobs for everyone!"

"Well, you've told, but you're enlisted yet so it doesn't really count.  Would you have a problem with hiding that part of your life?"

"Uh, yeah."

"PICSPLZKTKSBYE"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 18, 2008, 05:31:19 PM
How did THAT conversation go?

Never mind that, I want to know where he copied and pasted that rant from.  That was a pretty good find xolik.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 18, 2008, 05:34:38 PM
What the Whisky Tango Foxtrot is a "referral"?


<--------------------------

And how the come do I has a zero? Ain't I ferral enough?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 18, 2008, 07:05:45 PM
It's in you's profile!  There's a link that you can put in all you's emales and on you's wesbites so that when someone comes hear with you's bucket, you can get cretid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 18, 2008, 10:55:23 PM
1 minute and 7 seconds for cat lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REQRHdMRimw)

52 seconds more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otb8pz6ZotQ&feature=related)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 22, 2008, 09:24:26 PM
HOLY SHIT. (http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8837232&postcount=1)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 22, 2008, 09:39:22 PM
Whoever has to clean that up doesn't get paid enough.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 23, 2008, 10:31:51 AM
I am grateful -- indeed, weeping with gratitude -- that they didn't show what was inside that big blue bucket.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 23, 2008, 07:06:33 PM
the first time i looked at it, i thought the towels (or whatever it is on the floor in the pictures with the blue bucket) were like, the woman's body (the high heel next to it probably didn't help)- that she had died inside the apartment and was rotting away on the bathroom floor. ha.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 25, 2008, 05:33:22 PM
Re: the California gay marriage ban ballot measure...

Quote
"This is not political to us. We see it as very spiritual," said Garlow, a leader of an interfaith coalition that has held monthly teleconferences, shared sermons and solicited donations for the ballot measure.

EXACTLY!  Exactly my point.  You are trying to create secular law based on your religious belief.  Thank you, Mr. Garlow, for making my point so clearly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 25, 2008, 05:51:18 PM
Also, good op-ed type article on why we should be elitist when choosing our leader(s)...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080 (http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 26, 2008, 01:30:42 AM
Re: the California gay marriage ban ballot measure...

EXACTLY!  Exactly my point.  You are trying to create secular law based on your religious belief.  Thank you, Mr. Garlow, for making my point so clearly.

It's gonna fail. Gay marriage has been legal for a bit now and CA hasn't been smote with fire\flood\tornado type stuff. People are starting to realize that the doom and gloom total collapse of society just simply isn't happening.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 26, 2008, 12:57:29 PM
It's gonna fail. Gay marriage has been legal for a bit now and CA hasn't been smote with fire\flood\tornado type stuff. People are starting to realize that the doom and gloom total collapse of society just simply isn't happening.



God smote us with Sacramento gridlock and a lousy budget. It's teh gheys's fault.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on September 26, 2008, 01:19:13 PM
I'm waiting for the "Crash of '08" to be somehow connected as a national "wake up children"  punishment from OMGAWD upon the nation for not rising up against the apos-States that have allowed it to get this far.

God smote us with Sacramento gridlock and a lousy budget. It's teh gheys's fault.

... and a special slap on teh ass for Californi.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 26, 2008, 02:28:00 PM
This morning, I explained the current crisis to my daughter in terms that a 10 year old could understand.  This is how it went.

Let's pretend that you found a really cool dog house for your pet, but you didn't have any money to buy it and you didn't have a job to pay for it over time - like lay-away.  So, you come to me, the bank, and you say, "Dad... errr... Mr. Banker, I want to buy this dog house, can you give me a loan?"

I ask, "Can you pay me back for it?"

You assure me that you can.

I never ask for proof that you're going to earn any money and I just take your word for it.  I do this because I know that I'm going to spend $100 on this dog-house, but I owe your mom $100, so I'm just going to tell her, "Bubbles owes me $100 for this dog house that I bought her,  but since I owe you $100, I'm just going to have Bubbles pay you back the money.  Okay?"

Mom, agrees.

You never pay mom for the dog house and after 6 months, she takes it away from you and sells it to the neighbor for $30 (all she could get for it).

Now, you don't really care because you got to use the dog house for 6 months.

I don't care because I no longer owe mom $100.

Mom's pissed because she only got $30 for her $100 outlay and Mom's husband is pissed because he was going to use that $100 for tickets to a football game.

The football team owner is pissed because there's an empty seat, now.  Not just one empty seat, but lots of them because lots of little kids made the same deals with their parents.

The concession stand guy is pissed because there are fewer people to buy hot dogs and the people that are there aren't buying as many hot dogs because they were hurt buy their kids' dog-house purchase, too.

The concession stand guy's wife is pissed because she can't buy more materials for her dog-house sales business because her husband only sold 1/2 of the hot dogs that he bought and the rest went bad.

Now, imagine that same thing happening with Billions of dollars on real houses.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on September 26, 2008, 04:44:58 PM
excellent!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 26, 2008, 04:51:31 PM
Wait.  Where is the poor dog living now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 26, 2008, 08:10:41 PM
There's no dog.  The pet was a goldfish.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 26, 2008, 10:33:56 PM
This morning, I explained the current crisis to my daughter in terms that a 10 year old could understand.  This is how it went.

Let's pretend that you found a really cool dog house for your pet, but you didn't have any money to buy it and you didn't have a job to pay for it over time - like lay-away.  So, you come to me, the bank, and you say, "Dad... errr... Mr. Banker, I want to buy this dog house, can you give me a loan?"

I ask, "Can you pay me back for it?"

You assure me that you can.

I never ask for proof that you're going to earn any money and I just take your word for it.  I do this because I know that I'm going to spend $100 on this dog-house, but I owe your mom $100, so I'm just going to tell her, "Bubbles owes me $100 for this dog house that I bought her,  but since I owe you $100, I'm just going to have Bubbles pay you back the money.  Okay?"

Mom, agrees.

You never pay mom for the dog house and after 6 months, she takes it away from you and sells it to the neighbor for $30 (all she could get for it).

Now, you don't really care because you got to use the dog house for 6 months.

I don't care because I no longer owe mom $100.

Mom's pissed because she only got $30 for her $100 outlay and Mom's husband is pissed because he was going to use that $100 for tickets to a football game.

The football team owner is pissed because there's an empty seat, now.  Not just one empty seat, but lots of them because lots of little kids made the same deals with their parents.

The concession stand guy is pissed because there are fewer people to buy hot dogs and the people that are there aren't buying as many hot dogs because they were hurt buy their kids' dog-house purchase, too.

The concession stand guy's wife is pissed because she can't buy more materials for her dog-house sales business because her husband only sold 1/2 of the hot dogs that he bought and the rest went bad.

Now, imagine that same thing happening with Billions of dollars on real houses.

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428641,00.html

  "Even though he's only been on the job for less than three weeks, he's bailing out with parachute worth close to $20 million, according to an executive compensation analysis conducted for the New York Times by James F. Reda Associates.

That's right, $20 million for 17 days on the job ... and his company failed.

Fishman, who formerly was chairman of Meridian Capital Group, apparently was much coveted by WaMu, which was counting on him to lead the failing thrift out of mortgage troubles that pushed the bank to a $3.3 billion second-quarter loss.

According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, WaMu threw a $7.5 million bonus at Fishman when it hired him on Sept. 8, and guaranteed him an immediate cash severence of $11.6 million — both of which he gets to keep.

He also was eligible for annual bonuses of up to 365 percent of his annual base pay — set at $1 million — to go with millions of shares of company stock.
"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 26, 2008, 11:02:00 PM
Also, good op-ed type article on why we should be elitist when choosing our leader(s)...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080 (http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080)

 Dudette, you really hate Sarah Palin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on September 26, 2008, 11:44:05 PM
I liked that piece and I don't hate Sarah Palin.

 

Actually, there is a n00gget o'love in there:

Quote
"Palin may be a perfectly wonderful person, a loving mother and a great American success story—but she is a beauty queen/sports reporter who stumbled into small-town politics, and who is now on the verge of stumbling into, or upon, world history."

Okay ... tough love, but love nonetheless.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on September 26, 2008, 11:51:30 PM
In other news:  John McCain is not, I repeat IS NOT Miss congeniality,

... but admits that he is commonly known as the sharewiff.







At least those are two points about him of which I was totally unaware.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 27, 2008, 12:16:00 AM
Dudette, you really hate Sarah Palin.
Yes, I do.  But that's not why I like the article.  I like the article because someone is finally pointing out that our leaders should be smarter, better educated and more qualified than the rest of us, and that in that sense, elistism is not wrong.  I wouldn't go to a doctor who knows less about the human body than I do.  I wouldn't use a financial planner who knows less about retirement/finances/taxes than I do.  So why would I want the leader of this country to be "just like me"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 27, 2008, 12:27:19 AM
Makes perfect sense to me.
 On the other hand, when considering a person who is a 'common' person yet has the passion, drive and determination to actually DO something (instead of just bitching about it like the rest of us) and go from a virtual nobody to local politics, then to state, then to national politics -presidential, even- one has to ask the question; is this person actually "just like us"? I would be hard-pressed to say yes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 27, 2008, 12:33:37 AM
I should clarify that I meant to distinguish a route to national politics more like Palin's; its not as if she started out headed on the road to politics (law school, "community organizer", etc). If this was someone you DID like; I'm sure you would see that as a very UNcommon and impressive achievement.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on September 27, 2008, 07:13:43 AM
There's no dog.  The pet was a goldfish.

I'm calling PETA.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 01, 2008, 02:54:53 PM
Woo hoo! Posting via my new iTouch. Now if I can just get a Cisco AnyConnect VPN app. . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 01, 2008, 05:39:37 PM
*moved from the HECTAR HECTAR thread.

A comment a read on a blog that made me LOL.  I realize it's not entirely accurate, but it still made me laugh.

Bush has always claimed that God told him to go to Iraq.  How come God didn't know there were no WMDs? (http://Bush has always claimed that God told him to go to Iraq.  How come God didn't know there were no WMDs?)

Oh, I'll field this one.

God has a history of giving people goofy orders and ideas to see if they actually follow through. It goes something like this:

God: "Hey, Gabe, come here, check this out. See those guys down there? They'll do ANYTHING I tell them to, no matter how silly. Turn off your cell and watch this." God then leans over and says "Don't mix fabrics!"

Gabe: "Oh my You, they're actually doing it!"

Flash forward to a just a few years ago.

Gabe: "Hey, God, the new guy here doesn't believe it when I tell him how you can get the folks down there do anything, no matter how ridiculous."

God: "Fine then. See that drunk down in the White House? Watch this! Hey, Georgie, there's WMDs in IRAQ. Hop to it!"

Gabe: "Oh ffs what have you done?"

God: "Hey, don't blame Me, blame the new guy. He's the one who had to test Me! Besides if anybody asks, we'll just say it was all Mohammed's idea!"

Mohammed: "HEY, you keep me out of this!"

And thus, that's how the whole thing went down and the moral of the story is...something, I'm sure, but damned if I know what it is.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 02, 2008, 03:17:46 PM
I'm really looking forward to the fair and impartial questions that will be asked during the VP debate.

:mod: - "So, Senator Biden, what's your favourite color?"
:mod: - "Mayor Palin, I call you mayor because I see no reason to actually somehow elevate you by calling you 'governor', when stifling freedom which method do you prefer more: book burning or merely book banning?"
:mod: - "Senator Biden, When Obama become president, could you ask him to sign the new book I'm writing about him? Pretty please?"
:mod: - " Mayor Palin, will you turn to drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism when your crushing defeat in November arrives? Or both?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 02, 2008, 04:42:14 PM
Well, we'll see. Her reputation as an objective journalist is solid. I think it's the Commission's mistake to not get up-to-date on what-all Ifill has been up to lately. Ifill herself is under no obligation to recuse herself.

Also, at this point, any favoritism towards Biden will probably backfire.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 02, 2008, 04:49:23 PM
on a lighter note, palin bingo! (http://www.palinbingo.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 03, 2008, 01:24:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that I won't voting Republican again any time soon. Maybe when the party gets its shit back together, I'll consider doing it again, but for now...well, let's see:


The list goes on but I'm kinda pissed off right now about the whole thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 03, 2008, 05:10:05 PM
I'm voting for First Post.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 04, 2008, 10:24:50 AM
Daaaaaaayum. What a SHITty job.

(note: you must have GoogleEarth installed to view the attachment)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 08, 2008, 06:26:13 PM
I'm voting for First Post.

Boobies?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on October 08, 2008, 11:59:33 PM
Boobies?
You rang?   :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 09, 2008, 04:29:35 AM
You rang?   :-P

Useless without pics.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 09, 2008, 02:22:33 PM
ugly-man-transvestite-fat-bitch-men-women.jpg

that file name alone...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 09, 2008, 05:40:10 PM
that file name alone...
Looks like it's for a searchable database. How handy would that be, eh?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 10, 2008, 01:06:57 PM
I just programmed a macro that prepares a manager's report for a rehire named Gary Coleman.  Dude we rehired Arnold Drummand...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on October 10, 2008, 01:10:51 PM
I just programmed a macro that prepares a manager's report for a rehire named Gary Coleman.  Dude we rehired Arnold Drummand...

At the beginning of the report it should read "Here is what we're talking about, Mr. Coleman."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 10, 2008, 10:04:15 PM
wow. (http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/palinsatscores.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 10, 2008, 11:35:00 PM
wow.
 (http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/palinsatscores.jpg)
Ahaha! I like her, but "lol" at the " Foreign Language - D " That sure aint gonna help.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 11, 2008, 12:16:21 AM
I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange, so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank.

Short line.

Just one lady in front of me . . . An Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars and she was a little irritated . . .

She asked the teller, "Why it change?? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla of yen. Today I get hunat eighty?? Why it change?"

The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations".

The Asian lady says, "Fluc you white people, too!"


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 13, 2008, 09:38:09 AM
I really should not have laughed at that, but I did.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 13, 2008, 11:10:25 AM
I wonder if zorgon would laugh at it.  I know Irish would.

I did, too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on October 13, 2008, 12:03:48 PM
That was fluccing funnay.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 14, 2008, 03:01:16 PM
My current avatar was my Halloween costume for last year. I just forgot to take it off. The good new is I'm all set of this year's Halloween :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 15, 2008, 12:12:08 PM
Picture a wall full of television screens. On each of these screens, the channels are changing constantly, with no show being on for more than about ten to fifteen seconds and all of them have the sound turned way up.

This is how my mind operates. It's only getting worse as I get older and I'm getting sick of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 15, 2008, 12:44:56 PM
Welbutrin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MoonLover on October 16, 2008, 12:43:14 AM
But I didn't wanna be anything slutty.

Where I'm from those words don't coexist with one another... Wherever your from must a strange, scary place.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 16, 2008, 08:34:17 AM
Speaking of Halloween... I GOT MY COSTUME YESTERDAY. Haha I'm such a kid. I'm a cat, original I KNOW! But I didn't wanna be anything slutty.

I dressup every year.

I still tried to convince my wife that it would be hilarious to put a dummy sitting on my porch a few days before Halloween, and I would actually get in the dummy outfit on Halloween night and scare the kids. She absolutely refuses to let me do it. lol!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 16, 2008, 08:50:01 AM
You've seen all the youtube videos of people who got punched when doing just that... yes?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 16, 2008, 03:34:26 PM
God, people always got me with those evil pranks. Its not fun watching an 8 year old have a heart attack, well maybe it is.

They got me once a while ago...it really sucked too.

Is it possible for an 8 year old to have a heart attack?  Hrrm...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 16, 2008, 04:01:48 PM
Picture a wall full of television screens. On each of these screens, the channels are changing constantly, with no show being on for more than about ten to fifteen seconds and all of them have the sound turned way up.

This is how my mind operates. It's only getting worse as I get older and I'm getting sick of it.


Come and knock on our door...PFFT...love, love LOVE...PFFT...keep your EYYYYYYEEEEE on the spar-ROW!...PFFT...YOU TAKE THE GOOD YOU TAKE THE BA...PFFT...sunday, monday ha...PFFT...This is it (this is it!), this is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball...PFFT...this is it (this is it!), straight ahead and rest assured, you can’t be sure at all...PFFT!!!...so while you’re here enjoy the view, Keep on doing...PFFT! PFFT!...what you do, so hold on tight we'll...PFFT! FOR GOD'S SAKE!...muddle through one day at a time (one day at a time!)...AAAARRGH! PFFT-PFFFT-PFFFT-PFFFT!...I bet we been together for a million years...OH THANK GOD...And I bet we'll be together for a million more...NEVER THOUGHT...Oh, It's like I started breathing on the night we kissed...THIS ONE COULD SOUND SO GOOD...And I can't remember what I ever did before...LA-LA-LA-LA-LA...What would we do baby, without us?...OK, PFFT...Thank you for being a friend...PFFT...It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights...PFFT...

Ya, that would suck.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 17, 2008, 04:43:24 PM
Come and knock on our door...PFFT...love, love LOVE...PFFT...keep your EYYYYYYEEEEE on the spar-ROW!...PFFT...YOU TAKE THE GOOD YOU TAKE THE BA...PFFT...sunday, monday ha...PFFT...This is it (this is it!), this is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball...PFFT...this is it (this is it!), straight ahead and rest assured, you can’t be sure at all...PFFT!!!...so while you’re here enjoy the view, Keep on doing...PFFT! PFFT!...what you do, so hold on tight we'll...PFFT! FOR GOD'S SAKE!...muddle through one day at a time (one day at a time!)...AAAARRGH! PFFT-PFFFT-PFFFT-PFFFT!...I bet we been together for a million years...OH THANK GOD...And I bet we'll be together for a million more...NEVER THOUGHT...Oh, It's like I started breathing on the night we kissed...THIS ONE COULD SOUND SO GOOD...And I can't remember what I ever did before...LA-LA-LA-LA-LA...What would we do baby, without us?...OK, PFFT...Thank you for being a friend...PFFT...It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights...PFFT...

Ya, that would suck.




I watched the Tivoed most recent South Park episode last night and forgot to tivo past the commercials but they were advertising something with rabbits TV Party.  And I wondered to myself if Greg Ginn had seen this commercial.  And then you post that Ivan.   Sheesssh
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 17, 2008, 04:44:49 PM
Oh and Ivan how could you forget "A crack team of commandos..."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 19, 2008, 03:08:32 PM
palin as president! (http://www.palinaspresident.us/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: JaseyWasey on October 20, 2008, 01:17:58 AM
actually, that link is quite funny, even if I do hate flash :D

J
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on October 20, 2008, 07:28:11 AM
You've seen all the youtube videos of people who got punched when doing just that... yes?
This is why I'd go for a hockey goalie dummy :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 20, 2008, 09:11:21 AM
A hockey goalie dummy? I thought YOU were gonna sit there.... 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 20, 2008, 12:30:42 PM
Oh and Ivan how could you forget "A crack team of commandos..."

I was thinking jingles. But since we're on Steven J. Cannel spoken-word opening theme preambles...

He was a cop, and good at his job. But he committed the ultimate sin, and testified against other cops gone bad. Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter, a Renegade.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 21, 2008, 08:30:46 AM
Picture a wall full of television screens. On each of these screens, the channels are changing constantly, with no show being on for more than about ten to fifteen seconds and all of them have the sound turned way up.

This is how my mind operates. It's only getting worse as I get older and I'm getting sick of it.


You're gonna end up just like this guy (http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/matrixreloaded63.jpg) eventually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 21, 2008, 05:09:52 PM
You're gonna end up just like this guy (http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/matrixreloaded63.jpg) eventually.

That was my first thought.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2008, 05:16:09 PM
If you're running windows, hit up windows\microsoft update RIGHT NOW. Big bad exploit is out and MS has released a patch for it.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TeraHammer on October 27, 2008, 11:16:25 PM
So there is this footballplayer playing a match, but everytime he shoots wide he yells: "Damnit I missed".
A priest who is watching the game says to him "If thou says that one more time, God's lightning will strike you down where you stand!"

So when the footballplayer misses again, and again says "damnit I missed"; suddenly a lightning bolt strikes and annihilates the priest. And directly after that a booming voice was heared from the skies: "Damnit I missed!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on October 28, 2008, 05:20:54 AM
So there is this footballplayer playing a match, but everytime he shoots wide he yells: "Damnit I missed".
A priest who is watching the game says to him "If thou says that one more time, God's lightning will strike you down where you stand!"

So when the footballplayer misses again, and again says "damnit I missed"; suddenly a lightning bolt strikes and annihilates the priest. And directly after that a booming voice was heared from the skies: "Damnit I missed!"

 :lol:

And welcome back! It's been awhile!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2008, 12:20:21 PM
You betcha'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 28, 2008, 01:20:15 PM
AHAHA!! Looks like the Family Circus style! We could have a whole new round of Family Circus-type Photoshop and Caption threads!
 This opens up  w o r l d s  of new possibilities . . .  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 28, 2008, 02:54:43 PM
<Detta>Hate Family Circus</Detta>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 28, 2008, 03:14:14 PM
concur


That was why we mutilated and made fun of them, wasn't it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2008, 04:19:19 PM
Linux has too many commands available. I think all anybody should really have to know are ls and vi. No special arguments either.

Hate learning a different OS...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 28, 2008, 04:20:41 PM
lol stfu n00b
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2008, 04:49:13 PM
lol stfu n00b

QQ
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 28, 2008, 04:54:45 PM
Seriously though, there's a few of us around that have a decent *nix knowledge level.  Feel free to PM me if you need a hand... Linux is all I run at home anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2008, 05:46:08 PM
I suppose I wouldn't have this much trouble if I could actually retain any of the commands I'm supposed to be learning. Plus I'd really love to be able to actually focus on what the chaptTHATDOGHASAPUFFYTAIL!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 29, 2008, 09:03:23 AM
read the first comment. (http://www.demotivatorblog.com/2008/10/17/broomrape-demotivator/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 29, 2008, 09:06:44 AM
read the first comment.
 (http://www.demotivatorblog.com/2008/10/17/broomrape-demotivator/)

LMFAO *rolls on floor*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2008, 09:43:02 AM
read the first comment.
 (http://www.demotivatorblog.com/2008/10/17/broomrape-demotivator/)

Maybe I have some kind of magic glasses on, but I actually understood what He posted!

Sign of end days, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 29, 2008, 10:14:33 AM
hi, ivan! :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 29, 2008, 02:32:06 PM
kanca, this might help with your boredom. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiGJ8hUWLc)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 29, 2008, 02:36:28 PM
Thank you for curing my boredom, you kind, kind person.   :-D

If nothing else, I got a good laugh out of it.  But now I am bored again...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on October 29, 2008, 02:43:30 PM
i thought you decided to stumble? (http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/index.html?nid=g3d5pMLBHqjh1cs6DOYT6TQ1ODIyMDA-&referred_by=11471093-JXFM2Qx)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 29, 2008, 02:47:26 PM
i thought you decided to stumble?
 (http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/index.html?nid=g3d5pMLBHqjh1cs6DOYT6TQ1ODIyMDA-&referred_by=11471093-JXFM2Qx)

LMFAO

That video was awesome.  Thank you very much...I think I am currently cured of boredom. :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2008, 06:55:00 PM
A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician were sitting in a street cafe watching the crowd. Across the street they saw a man and a woman entering a building. Ten minutes later they reappeared together with a third person.
- They have multiplied, said the biologist.
- Oh no, an error in measurement, the physicist sighed.
- If exactly one person enters the building now, it will be empty again, the mathematician concluded.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 29, 2008, 10:29:34 PM
Cannot compute.

Don't try too hard. Your head might a-spode.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 30, 2008, 09:56:51 AM
A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician were sitting in a street cafe watching the crowd. Across the street they saw a man and a woman entering a building. Ten minutes later they reappeared together with a third person.
- They have multiplied, said the biologist.
- Oh no, an error in measurement, the physicist sighed.
- If exactly one person enters the building now, it will be empty again, the mathematician concluded.


Did they ever think that maybe there was another person already in the building?  I mean, come on.  Thanks, by the way.
Too late. My head a'sploded all over my beautiful computer screen. :(.

You have a monitor?  I figured you did not have one and just winged it.  After all, your avatar does not have a head, so what use would a monitor be?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 30, 2008, 10:23:35 AM
I'm in love. :\ This feeling bothers me. Cannot compute.

Was it because of Ivan's joke?  It was pretty funny and all, but it seems like you're overreacting a bit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 10:43:19 AM
I don't think the headassplosion was re: my joke. This is, after all, the Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread. But on the slim chance that it was, full disclosure: I read it yesterday on 4chan /b/, after following banana's link in the Bored thread.

Oh, and Kanca -- A scientist is limited to observable facts within the framework of the experiment. A philosopher, the other hand, might consider the possibility of people pre-existing in the building. A philosopher might also consider the possibility of a green jello monster spawning satanic minions, or that the building is an illusion. But the 3 guys in the joke were scientists.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 30, 2008, 02:50:33 PM
Oh, and Kanca -- A scientist is limited to observable facts within the framework of the experiment. A philosopher, the other hand, might consider the possibility of people pre-existing in the building. A philosopher might also consider the possibility of a green jello monster spawning satanic minions, or that the building is an illusion. But the 3 guys in the joke were scientists.

The problem with me is that I do not stop and consider the small details in stories like that, which often leads me to false conclusions.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 30, 2008, 03:13:04 PM
The problem with me is that I do not stop and consider the small details in stories like that, which often leads me to false conclusions.
:-D  Ooo!! Ooo!! Me too! Me too! 
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 30, 2008, 03:18:51 PM
:-D  Ooo!! Ooo!! Me too! Me too! 
 

I feel a little bit more understood now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 03:24:23 PM
I feel a little bit more understood now.

I think we're all trying our best.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 03:24:34 PM
No it wasn't because of Ivan.

dang
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 03:25:01 PM
No it wasn't because of Ivan.

I mean, hey -- congratulations!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on October 30, 2008, 03:26:55 PM
I think we're all trying our best.


Thank you very much.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 03:37:18 PM
That's ok, I'm over it. I already snagged someone with my wit, and she still puts up with it 20 years later. Can't beat that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 30, 2008, 05:05:54 PM
Apparently Necessary Random Stuff:
I got a phone call at 2am.
A friend of mine passed away from cancer a month ago.
I lost my internet connection.
I started to care that I lost my internet connection.
I regained my internet connection.
I am back.
 :-P

That is my random necessary stuff.
Deal with my randomness.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 30, 2008, 05:07:41 PM
Welcome back, WK.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 30, 2008, 05:22:13 PM
Thank you, and damn you people post a lot in a month.

I'm not reading all of those.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 30, 2008, 05:27:24 PM
You'll read them all and you'll LIKE IT, young lady!  Otherwise it's no supper for you!   :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 30, 2008, 05:56:24 PM
Only if I can raise a few dead ones with meaningless spam.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 06:08:30 PM
Well thats good, wouldn't wanna see you go to jail for little old me :) ahah.

Um... I was talking about impressing chicks with my wit, not sex. Is it now illegal to make someone laugh?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2008, 06:53:37 PM
Ok, I'll wait another ten years or so before posting another joke about the scientific method.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 30, 2008, 08:35:41 PM
Don't worry Wunderkind.  I didn't say anything interesting.  Just skip over my posts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 31, 2008, 07:11:34 AM
I'm now finished reading all of Detta's posts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 01, 2008, 12:12:44 PM
California Prop 8 is going down like a cheap Thai whore.

1. Being Gay Is Not Natural
And real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning, tattoos, piercings and silicon breasts...

2. Gay Marriage Will Encourage People To Be Gay
In the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing Gay Marriage Will Open The Door To All Kinds Of Crazy Behavior
People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. Lamps are next.

4. Straight Marriage Has Been Around A Long Time And Hasn't Changed At All
Hence why women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight Marriage Will Be Less Meaningful If Gay Marriage Were Allowed
And we can't let the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage be destroyed.

6. Straight Marriages Are Valid Because They Produce Children
So therefore, gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our population isn't out of control, our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously Gay Parents Will Raise Gay Children
Since, of course, straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay Marriage Is Not Supported By Religion
In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children Can Never Succeed Without A Male And A Female Role Model
Which is exactly why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay Marriage Will Change The Foundation Of Society; We Could Never Adapt To New Social Norms
Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 02, 2008, 08:32:16 PM
vote and get free stuff! tuesday only-

free coffee at starbucks: http://www.starbucks.com/sharedplanet/news.aspx

and

free scoop of ben & jerry's!: http://www.benjerry.com/features/i_voted/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on November 03, 2008, 01:15:12 PM
things

Stop using logic, you gay smartypants...it's not fair

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 03, 2008, 09:17:30 PM
wow. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NGAYR7RHfQ)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 03, 2008, 09:28:47 PM
wow.
 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NGAYR7RHfQ)
Strange things are done under the midnight sun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 03, 2008, 10:25:38 PM
in case you ever find yourself bored in wally world.. (http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/imageswalmart-20bingo.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 04, 2008, 04:10:37 PM
<-- Voted comedy "Bob Barr" option.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 04, 2008, 04:53:58 PM
<-- Voted comedy "Bob Barr" option.
That makes 2, then.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 04, 2008, 07:58:41 PM
<---voted comedy McKinney option
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 04, 2008, 11:11:31 PM
Apparently Necessary Random Update:
It appears we will be eating hope and change for breakfast.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 04, 2008, 11:27:46 PM
it took me 1 hour and 56 minutes to vote today. in the rain. but i did it because i'm.. uh.. tough. or something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 04, 2008, 11:28:08 PM
If Prop 8 passes, I'm driving to San Fan and punching Gavin in his loud fat mouth.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 04, 2008, 11:52:25 PM
Oh this is utter horseshit. All these anti-gay laws are being passed. Why is this? I'm not a threat to anybody! I'm not out to destroy America or any of that nonsense, I just want the same things everybody else gets. Why is that so bad?

I'm getting depressed now, dammit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 04, 2008, 11:57:47 PM
Of course you are out to destroy America!

Right along with the blacks and the aliens...

and Sigorny Weaver.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on November 05, 2008, 01:33:10 AM
Oh this is utter horseshit. All these anti-gay laws are being passed. Why is this? I'm not a threat to anybody! I'm not out to destroy America or any of that nonsense, I just want the same things everybody else gets. Why is that so bad?

I'm getting depressed now, dammit.
xolly, I don't understand it either.  2 years ago, AZ was the first state in the nation to vote this crap down.  I was actually pround of Arizona that night.  Somehow, it made it onto the ballot a second time, and this time it's passing.  As much as I am sitting here tonight realizing that this is a remarkable moment in American history, it's tempered by that goddamn ballot measure.  I fail to understand why it's okay to make the constitution a vehicle for discrimination.  All I can figure is that this time the churches (specifically the Mormon church) just poured the right amount of money into it.

Anyway, I am sorry...I do wish with all my heart that 102 and 8 had gone down in a blazing defeat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 05, 2008, 05:07:01 AM
You CAN'T have religious symbols in view on public grounds - that might offend someone of a different or of no faith. But you CAN, however, -faith or not- dictate how they can and cannot live/love based on religious doctrine(s). Sounds about right.|>
 :slap
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 05, 2008, 12:25:47 PM
If Prop 8 passes, I'm driving to San Fan and punching Gavin in his loud fat mouth.

Give him one for me, too. What a stupid, stupid thing to say.

But that soundbite was only part of the problem. The bit about teaching alternative wedding models in grade school found a lot of traction, as did the fear that churches could be forced by law to perform weddings they don't want. Not enough was done to dispel those fears.

One possible tactical error (seen only with 20/20 hindsight) on the part of the No campaign: they did not specifially target the african american community, where prop 8 had an astonishing 80% approval rate.

It looks pretty dismal, but it will be challenged.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 05, 2008, 12:44:15 PM
Give him one for me, too. What a stupid, stupid thing to say.

But that soundbite was only part of the problem. The bit about teaching alternative wedding models in grade school found a lot of traction, as did the fear that churches could be forced by law to perform weddings they don't want. Not enough was done to dispel those fears.

One possible tactical error (seen only with 20/20 hindsight) on the part of the No campaign: they did not specifially target the african american community, where prop 8 had an astonishing 80% approval rate.

It looks pretty dismal, but it will be challenged.



I have several theories about why it passed:


Ping Ping was very upset last night. He was shouting nasty things at the prop 8 supporters on television. I haven't seen him this worked up since he heard Cher was 'retiring'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 05, 2008, 01:38:56 PM

"Oh no, Mister Pollster, I'm voting AGAINST 8. I'm very tolerant!" *mashes the 'yes' button*

The Bradgey effect.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 05, 2008, 02:01:17 PM
Obama had the election in the bag so a bunch of people decided to stay in and celebrate instead of going out the polls since it was clearly over.

Maybe in some parts of the state, but not in conservative OC. Here, prop 8 won 57% to 42%, a pretty big spread. McCain also won, but with only a 3% margin, 50% to 47%! That is pretty frikken amazing, but aside from that, it means a substantial number of Obama voters also voted yes on 8. Which is not a huge contradiction -- although he disapproved of prop 8 in particular, Obama has stated that he is against gay marriage in general.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 05, 2008, 02:05:56 PM
Also, if it's any consolation, we OCers voted pro-chicken by 6%.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 05, 2008, 03:15:00 PM
This just bottles the mind....
Quote
“ Blacks turning out in droves to support Obama also threw their support strongly behind Proposition 8, which would overturn the state Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage. —AP, “California exit poll highlights”

There is something so indescribably wrong about voting to remove the barriers of one injustice, while simultaneously voting to shore up the barriers of another.
Stolen from talix18's tumbler page.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 05, 2008, 11:27:22 PM
In other news I spend way too much time on G4 (http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690673/Moms_Compare_Internet_To_Drunk_Drivers.html) and mothers now equate the internet to drunk driving (http://techliberation.com/2008/11/02/whats-more-dangerous-the-internet-or-drunk-drivers/).

Quote
“about two-thirds of mothers of teens in the United States are just as, or more, concerned about their teenagers’ online safety, such as from threatening emails or solicitation by online sexual predators, as they are about drunk driving (62 per cent) and experimenting with drugs (65 per cent).”

Original source. (http://kids.yahoo.com/parents/blog/1003/103--Is+the+Internet+as+Dangerous+as+Drunk+Driving%3F) (Yay! I can search the internets properly.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 05, 2008, 11:50:04 PM
(But can you drink and drive properly?)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 05, 2008, 11:51:34 PM
Wait.

I meant that like , "Can you 'drinkandrive' properly"; not can you drink and then drive properly afterwards.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 05, 2008, 11:53:38 PM
I avoid it, I don't have that special knack for injuring and killing other people in car wrecks and walking away unharmed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 07, 2008, 04:11:08 PM
As much as I'd liked to have been a part of the protests going on all round where I live, I never found the time to actually go.  :x

Eh, I wouldn't know what to do anyways. I supposed I could stand out in the cold and shout slogans that would accomplish nothing in the long run but knowing me I'd be cruising every Pinoy there instead.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 07, 2008, 06:05:19 PM
As much as I'd liked to have been a part of the protests going on all round where I live, I never found the time to actually go.  :x

Eh, I wouldn't know what to do anyways. I supposed I could stand out in the cold and shout slogans that would accomplish nothing in the long run but knowing me I'd be cruising every Pinoy there instead.

The court challenges will probably fail. The amendment will stand. But all we need is a 51% vote to repeal it in two years. It will have to be repealed by an additional amendment, just like Prohibition. Hopefully quicker.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 08, 2008, 08:53:52 PM
Ok, this part of a protest I like.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 10, 2008, 01:07:38 AM
.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 12, 2008, 10:28:49 PM
freaky. (http://zapatopi.net/dactylfractal/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MoonLover on November 16, 2008, 08:05:49 AM
What if say two women wanted to get married and one of those women looked so butch you'd haveta squint with all your might to even THINK, 'ooh, that could be a woman...'

They get hitched without a problem and about a month after a staggeringly beautiful wedding, a raunchy honeymoon and some sort of fungal problem, their pro-proposition 8 uncle who wasn't invited to the wedding rats them out as both being women.

Because same-sex marriage is outlawed, what would happen? Would they be charged and forced to divorce? Or would the document saying they got married all signed as a legal document just be voided? Can the big cheese do that?

Why on earth is same-sex marriage bad anyways? I thought those chaps with that lovely flag and that big ol' statue holding the torch made America one of them whachacallit free countries...?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 16, 2008, 12:13:50 PM
The thing about proposition 8 is that it's going to work hilariously in favour of the homosexual community.

The Catholic and Mormon churches both put a LOT of money into adverts and campaigning for proposition 8. They wanted it passed because they were convinced that if in Florida and California they could ban gay marriage outright, then they'd be able to do it anywhere.

Wrong.

First of all, homosexuals as a whole tend to be much wealthier than heterosexuals. In California, the proposition that was passed allowed for the rewriting of the state constitution to make homosexuals second-rate citizens. Now just imagine if/when the homosexual community in California stands up and says, "Oh, we're secondary citizens now? Okay. We're not paying property taxes anymore." Just delicious.

Second, this isn't going to just stand. It's going to get pushed up to the supreme court, and just imagine if they rule that you cannot ban gay marriage/civil unions/whatever you want to call it...that means the Catholic and Mormon churches will have spent all that money to ensure that gay marriage was legal EVERYWHERE. And isn't that just a knee-slapper?


Until then, though, yes. They can void marriages, take away your benefits, etc.

Also, if you need that uncle killed, I'm certain we could work something out. (http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/character/character0214.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MoonLover on November 17, 2008, 04:53:10 AM
Proposition 8 doesn't exist here. I had to Google it. I doubt my Uncle would know anything about it either... Uh... Not that I look like a man.

Although he DID forget my birthday... Strike one old man.

Our old prime minister was a lesbian and the new one is just too clean to be straight. Being gay is normal here, so normal in fact that we can tell the difference between a person pretending to be gay so people notice them and an actual gay person. Think about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on November 17, 2008, 01:43:49 PM
<snip>
Until then, though, yes. They can void marriages, take away your benefits, etc.
<snip>
Did you get a graduate degree in Constitutional law while you were away?  At the moment, what happens to the people who were legally married (in the legal window) is totally up in the air.  The California AG (I think) has offered the legal opinion that those marriages will stand, but until it goes to court no one can say for sure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 17, 2008, 02:20:08 PM
Did you get a graduate degree in Constitutional law while you were away?  At the moment, what happens to the people who were legally married (in the legal window) is totally up in the air.  The California AG (I think) has offered the legal opinion that those marriages will stand, but until it goes to court no one can say for sure.

No, I'm just going by A) what my poli sci professor has said and B) information from articles and news reports I've read. I'm sorry if I've misrepresented the situation (which, if I did, was a simple mistake), but everything I've read and watched on the news about this has suggested that the marriages can and will be voided, according to the wording of the Proposition.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on November 17, 2008, 02:45:59 PM
You're on drugs, dude.
The wording of the proposition does not mention previously existing unions whatsoever.  It almost assumes that they will be void, but that's no given.
The prevailing sentiment, for whatever that's worth, seems to be that courts would hold that previously existing unions are not affected by the propositions passage, and that it would take a new one to dissolve them.  You might think that it'd be pretty spiteful to go to all that trouble again just to make sure that some homos don't have a government-sanctioned married, and, well... you'd be right.
It'll be in court forever, and one would think that, being California, the whole thing will be found to be unconstitutional and it'll go back to how it was before - Gay Marriages for some!  Miniature American flags for others!

(http://evankeane.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/kang_kodos_hitchhiking.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 17, 2008, 09:42:58 PM
this thread's getting too serious, so i decided to try and lighten the mood. (http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/good_idea_man_submits_drawing.php)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 18, 2008, 09:51:54 AM
this thread's getting too serious, so i decided to try and lighten the mood.
 (http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/good_idea_man_submits_drawing.php)

LMFAO that was hilarious.

Thank you so very, very much.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 19, 2008, 06:02:00 PM
So here's (http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=225623) my latest proposal on donorschoose.org.  It's for batteries.  The County requires us to provide a calculator for every student to use at school and then they school cut the budget in half for the batteries!  Yes!!  So I'm trying to get them donated.  I sent this to all of the parents of my students and asked the other math teachers to do the same. 

The most awesomest part is that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is matching our donations dollar for dollar!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 19, 2008, 06:03:16 PM
Oh yeah, my awesome quote of the week:

"When you're done with the first side of the quiz, don't forget to turn it over and do the other side because...THIS BABY'S GOT BACK!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 20, 2008, 09:18:14 AM
Lame jokes aren't made funnier by using the word fuck as an adjective more frequently.

You're going to spend $20 a month on paper towels any way!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on November 20, 2008, 10:21:36 PM
Anybody who spends $20 a month on paper towels deserves to be wowshamed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 21, 2008, 07:00:37 AM
Oh. My. God.

There's snow in central NC before Thanksgiving.

Everyone run screaming in circles, the world is ending.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 21, 2008, 03:41:16 PM
Our harvest season ends in November.

When does the Canadian harvest season end?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 21, 2008, 03:48:52 PM
Different locations.  Angles to sun, rotation of the earth, etc.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 21, 2008, 03:49:52 PM
True, but they do not farm.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 21, 2008, 04:43:12 PM
Canadia LOL.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 21, 2008, 05:04:47 PM
this thread's getting too serious, so i decided to try and lighten the mood.
 (http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/good_idea_man_submits_drawing.php)

and there you have it. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190265903424)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 21, 2008, 05:56:46 PM
Our plants grow slower.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 21, 2008, 07:38:52 PM
so i went to this crappy little store in town to pick up some dog and cat food an hour ago. the total was $3.68. i handed the cashier my mastercard check card. she handed it back to me, saying there was a minimum transaction amount of $5. i normally correct a merchant when they attempt to impose this "rule" on their customers, as they're in violation of their merchant card agreement with visa and mastercard international, but this girl was super nice and there were people in line behind me, so i quietly ran to grab another item to bring me above the $5 mark and paid for my items (i happened to have no cash on me at the time).

upon returning home (and only after feeding my pets!), i looked up the rules and regulations and printed off rule 5.9.3 of the mastercard rules regarding merchants and sales transactions, then composed a letter (which i will send certified mail) to the owners of the store. i will be stopping back in a week or two to attempt a similar purchase. if i am still rejected, i am reporting them, which will result in anywhere from $10-25k in fines for the first reported offsense.

i'm such a bitch. also, i hate the owners of this store. ha.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on November 21, 2008, 08:17:46 PM
Get 'em Tigrrrr ...


You scare me.  :-)


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 22, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!  :-D

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 23, 2008, 08:54:44 PM
so i somehow managed to lose my GPS thingamajig after only a few months. only i could lose something designed to keep one from getting lost.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 24, 2008, 09:26:05 AM
That's when you get another GPS to find the GPS you lost.  Assuming you know where the first one is...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 24, 2008, 08:40:12 PM
if i knew where the first one was, why would i not be able to find it? silly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 25, 2008, 10:55:09 AM
if i knew where the first one was, why would i not be able to find it? silly.

Hence the blatantly stupid humor.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on November 26, 2008, 04:55:07 AM
They make technology so smart nowadays. It wouldn't surprise me if you found it by calling its name.
You DID name it right?  :-o
The tiny high pitched noise of a location device is calling you. Listen to it damn it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 26, 2008, 07:49:36 AM
found it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 26, 2008, 10:25:00 AM
found it!

NICE!

Congratulations!  Did you use a GPS to find the GPS?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ydnamtnediserp on November 26, 2008, 11:56:50 AM
nah. i lifted the clothes out of the laundry basket and.. well, there it was.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on November 26, 2008, 02:43:49 PM
How did it get in the laundry basket?  Wait...I do not want to know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 26, 2008, 05:30:19 PM
I hate Thanksgiving.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 26, 2008, 08:04:35 PM
I hate Thanksgiving.

Why?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on November 27, 2008, 12:43:48 AM
Why?

Because I can't eat turkey, no one in my family can cook, and my ENTIRE family mistakes "Thanksgiving" for "Let's-ridicule-each-other-until-things-get-violent" day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on November 27, 2008, 12:49:40 AM
I've never had Thanksgiving but I hear it's the most difficult meal to get rid of, leftover wise.
Turkey sammiches for months afterwards.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: duwanis on November 27, 2008, 08:05:08 AM
I've never had Thanksgiving but I hear it's the most difficult meal to get rid of, leftover wise.
Turkey sammiches for months afterwards.  :|
That's the best part, actually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on November 27, 2008, 11:41:34 AM
I've never had Thanksgiving but I hear it's the most difficult meal to get rid of, leftover wise.
Turkey sammiches for months afterwards.  :|

The solution is to get yourself a poor, hungry college student like me and leftovers are a thing of the past!

By the way I am now taking donations in the form of any kind of Thanksgiving leftovers. Please don't bring cranberries. Turducken preferred.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 01, 2008, 03:38:06 AM
 "One of these days, this'll fit me. You'll be sorry then."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 02, 2008, 02:51:48 PM
No, silly. That's the kitty telling ME that! I think he's planning to avenge the carpets...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 02, 2008, 02:56:52 PM

Although

You rub the lotion on cat's skin ...

 sounds pretty damn good...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on December 03, 2008, 06:53:41 AM
Either way is good I suppose. It just depends on how much Jeebus powder was involved 2 to 3 hours ago.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 04, 2008, 12:21:14 AM
Interesting read for those who care about deep sea life. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27998561/)

And, along with everything else, the Japanese have found another way to reinvent the beer.  (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28014682/)

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 04, 2008, 10:49:04 AM
This time, instead of flying in on private jets, the Big 3 CEOs are driving hybrids to DC to ask for help from Pelosi.

Our modern American version of crawling on knees before a monarch to beg for mercy.

I hope it works for them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 04, 2008, 11:16:35 AM
Couldn't they have taken a bus? Greyhound goes to DC.
That would have been crawling.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 04, 2008, 01:12:42 PM
That would've been crawling on their motherfucking bellies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 05, 2008, 10:59:55 AM
Isn't that what snakes do?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on December 05, 2008, 11:04:16 AM
Isn't that what snakes do?

Do you not know how to snake?  "To drag or draw [often out]".

http://www.answers.com/snake
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 05, 2008, 12:37:04 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/robinvsbatmanpk2.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 05, 2008, 12:38:09 PM
I'll be in my bu...

Wait, maybe not.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: duwanis on December 05, 2008, 12:40:49 PM
(http://pics.livejournal.com/duwanis/pic/000028y7)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 07, 2008, 11:10:07 PM
So, my sister's ballet company was doing this charity event over the weekend so the whole lot of them (12 girls between the ages of 13 and 17) spent the weekend at our home. I now fear for the future of the female gender. This is how I felt this whole weekend. (http://news.yahoo.com/comics/overthehedge;_ylt=Ajk4gqMchw5Zqedj3ipQ1jsK_b4F)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 08, 2008, 02:08:43 AM
http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/player.swf?b=10&l=197&u=ILLUMllSOOAvIF//P_LxP92A42lCHCeeWCejXnHAS/c
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 08, 2008, 02:09:34 PM
Last night at the Trevor Project event they had an open bar for two hours sponsored by Absolut vodka. For two hours I was slamming back as many drinks as they'd give me.

At two this morning I woke up with the worst hangover known to mankind. I really really need to not go so hog wild on during these things.

Best event ever!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 08, 2008, 02:13:01 PM
Did you do anything that you have to write contrite letters of apology over? Or go to court? Paternity tests?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 08, 2008, 02:15:45 PM
Did you do anything that you have to write contrite letters of apology over? Or go to court? Paternity tests?



Well, Ping Ping isn't speaking to me, so I'll assume at least one letter is in order.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 08, 2008, 02:19:57 PM
Awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 08, 2008, 02:31:53 PM
Any mysterious checks missing out of your checkbook?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 08, 2008, 03:17:48 PM
http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/player.swf?b=10&l=197&u=ILLUMllSOOAvIF//P_LxP92A42lCHCeeWCejXnHAS/c

Amazing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 09, 2008, 01:06:09 AM
Hanny's Voorwerp Identified (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28113917/)

No, not that voorwerp of Hanny's.
Don't worry it's just more space geek news.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 09, 2008, 04:19:36 PM
My stupid fucking gawk script isn't sorting and it's pissing me off.   :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 10, 2008, 05:36:25 AM
what a black hole.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 10, 2008, 05:02:12 PM
In Stevie Ray Vaughan's song Dirty Pool (http://search.playlist.com/tracks/dirty pool), I always thought it sounded like he was singing "Titty Pool".

Which is obviously an entirely different song.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 10, 2008, 06:19:09 PM
Or not.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 11, 2008, 05:03:46 AM
Apparently, cats don't like Santa. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_santa_clawed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 05:14:52 AM
Hmm. Cats don't usually bite unless they're being held; as in gripped - as in to keep him from getting away. And as anyone knows; you just can't do that with a cat. Of any size. If you want to keep a cat in your lap and it doesn't want to stay there; you have to keep maneuvering it around without actually gripping/holding it.
  That or scruff 'em.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 11, 2008, 08:58:55 AM
my friend has his cats clawed removed. Then he got reported, and then he got fined. Bummer!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 09:03:07 AM
and then he got fined.

Good for him! He should have the tip section of his fingers and toes 'removed' as well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 11, 2008, 09:04:28 AM
its almost as bad as canned lion hunting!!!!

Remove the tip of his what what i'd say!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 09:05:55 AM
Canned lion is nasty. You can taste all the preservatives. Fresh is much better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 11, 2008, 09:11:42 AM
um, I can see the pun. Maybe you wanna google it and see the seriousness of it...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 11, 2008, 12:00:50 PM
Or not.

*puts chalk on the tip of his cue*

Rack 'em up!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 12:04:29 PM
Whoa don't scratch on that! :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 11, 2008, 12:11:20 PM
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "9 ball".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 12:12:09 PM
Heh. Or "behind the 8 ball"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 11, 2008, 12:13:42 PM
Or "trick shot".  (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 12:21:48 PM
hehehe... "felt"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 11, 2008, 12:24:04 PM
COCKS LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 11, 2008, 12:25:06 PM
+1 lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 11, 2008, 03:03:56 PM
One of my students came back to school after a dentist appointment but he missed his lunchtime and wanted to go get something from the cafeteria and bring it back to class.  I wrote him a pass to "there and back again" and said, "Just like Bilbo!".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 11, 2008, 04:45:48 PM
Hopefully he doesn't get captured by the goblins under the Misty Mountains.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 11, 2008, 04:52:33 PM
Or the Trolls.

THE TROLLS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 11, 2008, 08:44:19 PM
Good for him! He should have the tip section of his fingers and toes 'removed' as well.

So if I use these (which I do) (http://www.softpaws.com/), does that mean I should have someone give me a manicure every four to six weeks?
Because I need an excuse to include the nail salon into my budget.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 12, 2008, 12:55:39 AM
Tell us more about your budget, I could help you work it out. Money is my thing see.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RubberFingerStan on December 12, 2008, 12:56:05 AM
No Charge eh...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 12, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
My roommate is making a gingerbread house, and I want nothing to do with this...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 12, 2008, 01:28:03 PM
Heh-heh. And y'all thought I was just joshing in my sig banner... (http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/46-of-women-prefer-internet-to-sex-says-intel-survey)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 14, 2008, 07:18:48 PM
/me realizes why Adderall is overtaking marijuana as the drug of choice for college students while he studies for Physics 314 final tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 14, 2008, 07:27:39 PM
  I had that prescribed at one time. I never got anything out of it. Nothing noticeable, anyway. Of course, I was at the same time prescribed Imipramine; which totally blew out any/all motivation to do practically anything (which prompted me to stop taking both). So that may have been a mitigating factor.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 14, 2008, 07:45:25 PM
Besides my occasional Geekery breaks, I have been studying for about 4.5 hours straight. I will likely study for another hour or two after this as well. It's basically a motivation pill for me. It amazes me how much I actually want to study and how much I will retain the next day. Normally, I think studying is overrated and would maybe sit down for an hour if I'm lucky.

I only take one (or two on separate days) during finals week and stay away from taking it any other time. I watched "True Life: I'm addicted to Adderall" and would rather not turn into a speed junkie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 14, 2008, 08:16:15 PM
 I actually didn't know (and maybe it was before it started) that Adderall was a potentially abusable drug at the time. It wasn't until a couple years later that I started hearing that.
  When I quit taking it, I just went back to eating three Vivarin. I don't drink coffee; so a shot like that is definately a buzz. And of course there's the inevitable crash; but I pretty much have my day (which is at night, lol) planned out, and at what times I should and better not take it.
  I know you can get addicted to caffeine; but taking it in pill form has one definate deterrent - HEARTBURN.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 14, 2008, 08:19:42 PM
Wow. Here I was thinking my B-Complex supplement was bad-ass.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 14, 2008, 08:30:43 PM
lol... I take that, too, in addition to a multi.  St John's works for me as far as stress/mad/aggravation, though. And yes, I use it almost daily (nightly) at work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 14, 2008, 09:51:27 PM
I actually didn't know (and maybe it was before it started) that Adderall was a potentially abusable drug at the time. It wasn't until a couple years later that I started hearing that.
 When I quit taking it, I just went back to eating three Vivarin. I don't drink coffee; so a shot like that is definately a buzz. And of course there's the inevitable crash; but I pretty much have my day (which is at night, lol) planned out, and at what times I should and better not take it.
  I know you can get addicted to caffeine; but taking it in pill form has one definate deterrent - HEARTBURN.

Adderall can essentially be considered speed. People who become addicted will open the capsule, crush up the medicine and snort / smoke it. Adderall is actually fairly expensive and will be taken away if the user is thought to be abusing it (like any medicine), so cheaper and probably more dangerous drugs exist to supplement it for abusers. I'm not sure what exactly is used, though.

I generally have an addictive personality but Adderall pretty much just makes me feel like I took an extended-release somewhat stronger caffeine pill. For normal days (and tomorrow morning before my final) I usually just chug a can of soda. I can't do coffee, though I definitely am addicted to caffeine.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 15, 2008, 01:24:18 AM
...I can't do coffee, though I definitely am addicted to caffeine.

Curiousity has taken hold. I must now know why Novice can't do coffee.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 15, 2008, 01:01:15 PM
It's gross!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 16, 2008, 12:32:56 AM
You've all probably seen this already, but hell, it's funny.

Let's Throw Shoes at a Bush! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLa4abI57Ko)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 16, 2008, 01:48:52 AM
Was it a high-heeled shoe? Or a tennis shoe?










Or a hiking boot?

These are important details.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 16, 2008, 11:08:02 AM
You've all probably seen this already, but hell, it's funny.

Let's Throw Shoes at a Bush! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLa4abI57Ko)

I'm actually proud of our president! Cat-like reflexes. You think Sarkozy or Gordon Brown could've moved that fast? Maybe Putin or Chavez, although I'd like to see them put to the test. But Raul Castro? Merkel? Forget it, they'd take it right in the kisser.

And no one is playing up Bush's best joke on the incident, so I will: "I don't know what the guy was saying, but I saw his sole (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5345331.ece)," a reference to his own remarks about Putin that garnered so much ridicule from the press.

Suck it, World Leaders!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 16, 2008, 07:26:45 PM
When my mother was a kid, she threw a shoe at her brother and broke his glasses.  I think she's still paying for them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 16, 2008, 08:45:25 PM
I once threw a ballet slipper at a man in a giant rat costume under the instruction of an adult.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 16, 2008, 09:29:15 PM

 'Boomerang' heels.

 </eddie murphy>
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 16, 2008, 09:33:55 PM
During the summertime back when I was a young teenager, my first job was working at a Chuck E Cheese. The pay was lousy but I got all the pizza and soda I could eat within reason when I was allowed to take a lunch break. Among my many duties, was cleaning out the little caged area filled with plastic balls that the kids loved to jump all around in. You'd be amazed at how much crap you'd find at the bottom of that stack of colored spheres. Literally. A kid shat himself and tried to hide it by scooping it out of his pantleg and burying it underneath a bunch of plastic balls. Good times.

The only part of the job that I kind of enjoyed is when I got to wear the Chuck costume. Finally I could make faces at the little bastards and not have their hambeast mothers screaming at me for doing so! Every time we had a large birthday party celebration, I'd always be asked to go in the back and change into the Chuckster and go entertain the kids.

Most of the times it wasn't too bad. The kids usually were all hopped up on sugar and greasy pizza goodness and generally wouldn't pay me that much attention. Being a mascot doesn't really get you that much respect, however. Since you don't really have a human face, people think that gives them carte blanche to abuse the ever lovin' fuck out of you. I remember this one time, this spoiled bitch chucked a pink ballet slipper right at my head while her mom was laughing it up, thinking it was the most hilarious thing she'd ever seen. I wonder if they would have laughed so much if they knew I had pissed in their Mountain Dew pitcher prior to brining it out?

God, I hate children.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 16, 2008, 09:58:52 PM
At least you weren't on a stage in front about 2000 paying audience members.  :|











I like children.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 17, 2008, 10:38:10 AM
That's nice to hear once in a while.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 17, 2008, 12:31:38 PM
Back in the 50s, when I was barely scraping by with some crappy pump jockey job in the bad part of Newark, I decided to join a greaser gang for my own protection. I got myself a leather jacket and a Mexican switchblade, slicked back my wavy locks into a classic DA, and practiced the swagger and bluster until I had them down pat, daddy-o. So I'm talking to Roadkill, leader of the Newark Nutjobs, about my prospects in his gang, and I tell him, look, I'm young now, and can pretty much take anything they throw at me, but that won't last for ever. How do I maintain this aura of cool, quiet, sexy danger well into my golden years? I don't want to be cracking heads and taking hits from young turks when I should be relaxing in my Barcalounger watching Ozzie and Harriet with my lovely wife of 50 years. And Roadkill says, not a problem, not a problem -- we're all looking forward to retirement. But that's the thing, you dig? The older generation steps back, and we get fresh blood. They do all the head banging, we take all the credit. Then they retire and get in a whole new batch of recruits to do the head banging for them. An so it goes, on and on, and no one is ever the wiser. Well, I thought about it for a day or two, and decided to pass. I could see it working for a while, but this reliance on a never-ending supply of fresh leather-jacketed DA-coiffed motorcycle-riding young greasers to prop up the organization amounted to just another elaborate Fonzie scheme.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on December 17, 2008, 12:36:19 PM
HECTAR
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kanca mosan on December 17, 2008, 03:47:39 PM
I like children.
That's nice to hear once in a while.

So out of context, but so funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 17, 2008, 03:57:51 PM
Back in the 50s, when I was barely scraping by with some crappy pump jockey job in the bad part of Newark, I decided to join a greaser gang for my own protection. I got myself a leather jacket and a Mexican switchblade, slicked back my wavy locks into a classic DA, and practiced the swagger and bluster until I had them down pat, daddy-o. So I'm talking to Roadkill, leader of the Newark Nutjobs, about my prospects in his gang, and I tell him, look, I'm young now, and can pretty much take anything they throw at me, but that won't last for ever. How do I maintain this aura of cool, quiet, sexy danger well into my golden years? I don't want to be cracking heads and taking hits from young turks when I should be relaxing in my Barcalounger watching Ozzie and Harriet with my lovely wife of 50 years. And Roadkill says, not a problem, not a problem -- we're all looking forward to retirement. But that's the thing, you dig? The older generation steps back, and we get fresh blood. They do all the head banging, we take all the credit. Then they retire and get in a whole new batch of recruits to do the head banging for them. An so it goes, on and on, and no one is ever the wiser. Well, I thought about it for a day or two, and decided to pass. I could see it working for a while, but this reliance on a never-ending supply of fresh leather-jacketed DA-coiffed motorcycle-riding young greasers to prop up the organization amounted to just another elaborate Fonzie scheme.


I always imagined you as the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/childcatcher-431x300.jpg)

...only sexier.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 17, 2008, 04:05:22 PM
I'm blond, and wear purple flowers in my hat. Otherwise, spot-on.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 17, 2008, 04:08:09 PM
As I said: sexier.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 18, 2008, 05:40:42 AM
Guests can leave requests at the hotel where I work for the front desk to check-in their flights for them. I just handled one for Detta Airlines.









Typos rock.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 18, 2008, 05:54:47 AM
LOL!    :detta:



  :detta:  =  (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/dettaTU.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on December 18, 2008, 12:22:15 PM
Once upon a time, my mom nailed me right in between the shoulder blades with a high heel.  The only time in her entire life that she had good aim.  God damn she was pissed at me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 18, 2008, 12:49:55 PM
What'd you do?  Did you deserve it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 18, 2008, 03:29:28 PM
I just handled one for Detta Airlines.

(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)


In other news...a six foot ladder was just delivered to my house.  I have a bad feeling that this is supposed to be the "step ladder" that I asked for for Christmas and I wasn't supposed to see it.  Perhaps Enrique never noticed the six foot ladder that we have down in the shed and never noticed me complain that I hate getting it every time I need to change a light bulb and that I wished I had something smaller.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 18, 2008, 04:12:42 PM
/me is curious at how Vesp pissed off her mom too.

:popcr0n:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 18, 2008, 04:14:01 PM
She was probably naugh-teh.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/browsmiley.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 18, 2008, 04:17:16 PM
Maybe there was a big bug crawling up her back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 18, 2008, 04:18:48 PM
..hate getting it every time I need to change a light bulb and that I wished I had something smaller.

Now that you have two, you can keep one in the bedroom.

Just in case, you know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 18, 2008, 04:23:20 PM
She was probably naugh-teh.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/browsmiley.gif)

 Was she makin' teh VSUBs?  (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/topless.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 19, 2008, 01:26:25 AM
It's just messed up when Las Vegas gets snow and it feels like summer where I'm at.  (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_re_us/western_weather)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 19, 2008, 05:56:41 PM
It was warmer at 1:00am this morning than it was the entire day yesterday here in Wichita. I watched all the snow on the ground melt with a combination of warm air and rain in the middle of the night! I've given up trying to figure out what it's going to be like outside.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 21, 2008, 02:27:23 AM
So the weather here is horrible. I got into a car accident today... I was oddly calm during the experience... It was weird. First car crash ever, first time I've ridden in a cop car either.... It was awesome :). That's what I get for skipping the last day of school.

So how are you?

How is your car?

How are the hittee(s)/hittor(s) depending on which group you belong to?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 21, 2008, 02:37:36 AM
Karma can and will come back to you instantaneously.
Exhibit A:
...We were driving and saw a car in a ditch, so we were like, "LOL there's a car in a ditch." Then we began to slide all over the road, did a 360, and drove into a ditch, the car almost flipped.

Glad to hear everyone's alright. You know... other than that whole 2k in damages bit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 21, 2008, 01:55:48 PM
 *snicker*

 Canadian Car Chase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKGdRNjqS0s)  :-)














**edited to link the video; not the Midas ad. Jeez. That was as bad as a pop-up. :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 21, 2008, 11:49:08 PM
Video games are good for you. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28318215/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 22, 2008, 12:46:03 AM
Though they only did the test with strategy-heavy video games, it seems. Games like the GTA series might be out of the question then.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on December 22, 2008, 01:14:41 AM
GTA has strategy.
Shoot the hooker or sleep with the hooker. The decisions are virtually endless...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 22, 2008, 05:14:55 AM
Out of curiosity since I've never played GTA; is there an option to help the hooker get cleaned up and/or marry her?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on December 22, 2008, 09:22:54 AM
Where's the strategy in that?!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Double Botch on December 22, 2008, 09:39:36 AM
GTA has strategy.
Shoot the hooker or sleep with the hooker. The decisions are virtually endless...

It's sleep with the hooker, then shoot the hooker and get a refund plus any other cash she's made.


Out of curiosity since I've never played GTA; is there an option to help the hooker get cleaned up and/or marry her?

Didn't they call that game Fable II?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 22, 2008, 05:35:54 PM
Finals are over for the semester and I'm happy.

So I'm posting about it on the internet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on December 22, 2008, 07:18:12 PM
... is there an option to help the hooker get cleaned up and/or marry her?

Where's the strategy in that?!

Improving one's R.O.I. ?

... Conceivably, one could reap teh benefits >1+ times per payout.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on December 22, 2008, 07:39:34 PM
I just had a silly thought about the word "speculate."

I propose that this particular word should have its definition expanded to include, "an action performed by a gynecologist."

"Put your feet in these stirrups, ma'am, and I'll speculate you."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 23, 2008, 12:33:27 AM

In other news:
That's one way to commit suicide. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28351627/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on December 23, 2008, 02:03:44 AM
That would've been the unintended result, evidently he was looking for some hot 440 lb. bear on lonely schmuck action.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Bloodsau Sage on December 23, 2008, 02:08:49 AM
Stupid bear. If he used his head, he would've got two legs and an arm before the moron realised suicide wasn't the answer.

And all the German sausage jokes... Ruined.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 23, 2008, 12:33:22 PM
Oh, I could think of wurst.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 23, 2008, 01:34:24 PM
What a weiner.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 23, 2008, 02:22:35 PM
I got a hole in one on the 8th hole of Wii golf.  Just so you know.

(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/200812191814591_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/200812191814591.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 23, 2008, 02:35:04 PM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/yay.jpg)

It's always a good day when you get to keep your scholarship money.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Double Botch on December 23, 2008, 02:41:04 PM
Grats to you Novice.

In completely unrelated news, my graphics card is in the process of shitting its pants. Gonna need a new one due to hardware failure. Damn it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 23, 2008, 05:09:14 PM
I got a hole in one on the 8th hole of Wii golf.  Just so you know.

(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/200812191814591_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/200812191814591.jpg)


Good jorb.

I've never gotten a hole in one but I have holed it in from about 120 and 140 yards on an actual course.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Timberwolf on December 23, 2008, 05:39:47 PM
My boss has custom license plates on his vehicles- one says "5 hlz 1" and the truck has "6 hlz in 1"-golf fanatic :-o
Title: !
Post by: Zwillinge on December 23, 2008, 10:37:25 PM
I wanted to throw a post out there involving hellos and how are you all!

Hope everyone is well, I haven't popped by here in awhile!

Seasons Greetings/Happy Holidays and whatever suits you! Have a good one! Be as merry as a mouse with cheese!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on December 24, 2008, 02:24:49 PM
I just got paid to design a bumper sticker for a group called "Main street against the Bailout." They came to this political organization at my school, who directed them towards me, and asked simply "for a bumper sticker that will get noticed."

The bumper sticker is quite plain and says (with slashes representing new lines), "My other car is my house./Main Street Against the Bailout/[their contact info]"

I was afraid it wouldn't be good enough but they liked it very much.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 24, 2008, 02:52:10 PM
Oh yeh! Nice one, lol! Congratulations!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 02, 2009, 09:41:03 PM
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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 03, 2009, 01:47:22 AM
I like Emo Philips's business plan for lemonade stands.

The first glass is free.  The second glass will cost you dearly because it contains the antidote.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 05, 2009, 02:29:34 PM
I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY

by Jane Taylor


I like little Pussy, her coat is so warm;
And if I don’t hurt her, she'll do me no harm.
So I’ll not pull her tail, nor drive her away,
But Pussy and I very gently will play.
She shall sit by my side, and I’ll give her some food;
And she'll love me because I am gentle and good
I’ll pat little Pussy and then she will purr,
And thus show her thanks for my kindness to her.
I’ll not pinch her ears, nor tread on her paw,
Lest I should provoke her to use her sharp claw;
I never will vex her, nor make her displeased,
For Pussy can’t bear to be worried or teased.



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 07, 2009, 06:19:11 PM
If I was 20 years younger... On second thought, maybe no. (http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&sho)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on January 07, 2009, 09:04:21 PM
For me it would require (in addition to the age thing) having an intact unwavering belief in and a well documented, ironclad guarantee of a wonderful afterlife.





Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 07, 2009, 09:54:28 PM
Anyone else experience some problems here today?  My internets couldn't find.  I didn't like.



In other news.  I have to take a college class to get recertified for teaching.  I found an online course and submitted it and it was approved.  Would you believe that I get to take....ALGEBRA II?  I'm so effing psyched!  I didn't think they'd really approve it!  Algebra II!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 07, 2009, 09:57:48 PM
Anyone else experience some problems here today?  My internets couldn't find.  I didn't like.



In other news.  I have to take a college class to get recertified for teaching.  I found an online course and submitted it and it was approved.  Would you believe that I get to take....ALGEBRA II?  I'm so effing psyched!  I didn't think they'd really approve it!  Algebra II!!
Isn't that like... cheating or something?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: RelandR on January 07, 2009, 10:10:50 PM
Anyone else experience some problems here today?  My internets couldn't find.  I didn't like.
Yes.

Isn't that like... cheating or something?

Well, if it comes up, just tell'em that this is Algebra II ver. 2.0 and from now on you will need to retake it each re-cert time because a new version comes out and you need to be up with all the bug patches.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 08, 2009, 07:39:06 PM
And I thought Pin-ups for Vets would have been dog on cat porn.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on January 09, 2009, 02:08:56 AM
And I thought Pin-ups for Vets would have been dog on cat porn.

Same here. I was in a vet today actually. I had this wicked cough that just wouldn't go away...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 12, 2009, 04:35:55 PM
Armor for cats and mice: click (http://jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/CatsandMice/tabid/77/Default.aspx)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 13, 2009, 11:18:27 AM
*sigh* Another sushi joint to add to the vast list of sushi places from which I've been banned.

I guess the server didn't like it when I asked if he "wanted to go out back and play 'hide and go anal'."  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 13, 2009, 12:01:02 PM
Was this at Nippon in Toluca Lake?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 13, 2009, 01:02:35 PM
Was this at Nippon in Toluca Lake?


No, but I think I know the place you're talking about.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 13, 2009, 02:13:43 PM
Ok, which one of you chucklefscks signed me up for the "Christian Singles" email letter?  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 14, 2009, 11:26:32 AM
Ok, which one of you chucklefscks signed me up for the "Christian Singles" email letter?  :x

LOL!  Not me, but I wish I'd thought of it...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 14, 2009, 02:38:38 PM
COFFEE FILTERS -- 1957 vs 2007

Scenario 1: Mark and Johnny, a same-sex mixed race couple in rural Oklahoma, put a coffee filter in their Melitta, and attempt to brew some coffee.

1957 -- The filter breaks, prompting Mark to swear loudly. A passing woman hears him through the window, and complains to friendly law officer Smith about the breach of community decency standards. Officer Smith has a conversation with Mark and Johnny and ascertains that they are living together. Pending arrest warrants for breach of sodomy laws, officer Smith spreads word around town that Mark is shacking up with a person of color. A lynch mob is formed by the school's vice principal, who has a shotgun. Actually, every person in town over age 2 has a shotgun. Johnny is dragged out on the street and hung from a tree. Mark commits suicide in the town jail.

2007 -- Mark and Johnny each enjoy a cup of almond-mocha decaf while listening to show tunes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on January 15, 2009, 12:10:49 AM
COFFEE FILTERS -- 1957 vs 2007

Scenario 1: Mark and Johnny, a same-sex mixed race couple in rural Oklahoma, put a coffee filter in their Melitta, and attempt to brew some coffee.

1957 -- The filter breaks, prompting Mark to swear loudly. A passing woman hears him through the window, and complains to friendly law officer Smith about the breach of community decency standards. Officer Smith has a conversation with Mark and Johnny and ascertains that they are living together. Pending arrest warrants for breach of sodomy laws, officer Smith spreads word around town that Mark is shacking up with a person of color. A lynch mob is formed by the school's vice principal, who has a shotgun. Actually, every person in town over age 2 has a shotgun. Johnny is dragged out on the street and hung from a tree. Mark commits suicide in the town jail.

2007 -- Mark and Johnny each enjoy a cup of almond-mocha decaf while listening to show tunes.

BRAVO!!!!   +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: kit on January 18, 2009, 09:56:07 PM
I have this room spray that I bought awhile back.
There's a misuse of the word there on some text on the bottle and it was bugging me a little bit after I got it. Oh well, I still like the product all the same.
Here's the text

"Stale rooms and cars become nicer to be in when there filled with a fresh, light scent. Or spritz on sheets and blankets. Renews potpourri, too"

at least it smells good, like wildflowers  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 18, 2009, 11:38:26 PM
You know that 1-800 number they put on those bottles for questions and comments. Call it and tell them their editing department needs to be re-thought.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 19, 2009, 09:52:40 PM
No, it's take a bag of M&Ms squish two together the one that cracks put in the discard pile.  The one that doesn't put in the keep pile.  After you get to the end of the bag, repeat process with all the keepers.  Repeat again and again until you have the winner.  Send that back to them telling them that this is the one that was naturally selected and they may now use it for breeding.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 21, 2009, 11:48:44 PM
 So what is it with you Canadiatics and your goats??

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/goat_incident/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/goat_incident/)

"Calgary Zoo is one exotic goat short of an Arkful after a Turkmenian markhor "accidentally hanged itself" over the weekend."

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aBc0HgW2zHw (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aBc0HgW2zHw)



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 22, 2009, 12:24:11 AM
I'm not following you. Where'd the 'new obsession with goats' in the US come from?
 Your goats are committing SUICIDE, ferfucksakes.

**edit- also there have been recently an INORDINATE number of suspicious animal deaths at that zoo. Come on; FORTY ONE stingrays just up and died?? An elephant died from HERPES?? A goat 'accidentally' HANGS himself?
 No; none of that "works for me".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 22, 2009, 02:15:09 AM
They can't stand all the love and attention that we give to them so they just an hero.
OH! Ok, then. :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2009, 12:29:31 PM
Be it known that "Sam and Max Season One" is probably one of the funniest game series I've played in a long, long time. If you liked Grim Fandango, you'll like this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 28, 2009, 08:15:51 PM
I always wondered what happened to Fat Bastard...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/27/inauguration.drum.major/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/27/inauguration.drum.major/index.html)

"Contact was made with our eyes both together and I felt a strange stirring in my loins," he told the station.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 29, 2009, 05:59:38 AM
I wonder if this qualifies for HOMOEROTIC A-TEAM FAN FICTION ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/a_team_movie/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/a_team_movie/)


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 29, 2009, 02:21:23 PM
Yeah, I could see Ice Cube doing Bruce Willis.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on February 02, 2009, 12:09:09 AM
The argument over marijuana and it's positive and negative effects will likely go on until the end of the world, but it's always nice to see an inspiration for those of us who do use.

The URL says it all.

http://us.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/michael.phelps.marijuana/index.html (http://us.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/michael.phelps.marijuana/index.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 02, 2009, 01:47:57 AM
The argument over marijuana and it's positive and negative effects will likely go on until the end of the world, but it's always nice to see an inspiration for those of us who do use.

The URL says it all.

http://us.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/michael.phelps.marijuana/index.html (http://us.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/michael.phelps.marijuana/index.html)

Explains all the food he eats.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on February 04, 2009, 04:53:10 PM
Just when I thought Cox Cable would finally shut up about it, it seems they have an excuse to keep bothering me!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/04/house-votes-postpone-transition-digital-tv/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/04/house-votes-postpone-transition-digital-tv/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 06, 2009, 04:59:35 PM
I'm going insane. No bullshit. My mind is so fragmented, I can't focus on any one topic for any significant length of time and I'm finding myself frequently giggling for no reason whatsoever.

 :oops:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 06, 2009, 05:01:39 PM
Sounds like someone works in IT.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 08, 2009, 03:30:08 PM
I don't know if anyone has ever posted this link, but I just found out about it yesterday.

http://www.tuckermax.com (http://www.tuckermax.com)

The guy is a total asshole, and yet it's still some of the funniest shit I have EVER read.

Text only (no nudie pics or anything), but the stories are still totally NSFW.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 12, 2009, 12:23:04 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11/health.hiv.stemcell/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular (http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11/health.hiv.stemcell/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular)

This is very encouraging. Even it it's just this one guy, it's still pretty cool.

STEM CELL RESEARCH IS A GOOD THING
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 12, 2009, 01:48:44 PM
Adult, bone marrow stem cell research has always been good.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 12, 2009, 04:06:12 PM
It's way, way beyond bullshit. Bullshit is inoffensive fertilizer compared to this bogus new-age spiritual ponzi scheme.



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 12, 2009, 05:23:02 PM
Pshhhhhhh, its a bunch of self absorbed people telling me that I can get whatever I want in life without working for it

They're called "Democrats"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 12, 2009, 08:25:37 PM
http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm (http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 13, 2009, 01:43:14 AM
http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm (http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm)

I'm stuck with a blue ball. Not too far off from reality, actually.

Also, there's a typo in the Title Bar for that page. It's showing "gam" instead of "game" unless at one point a leg on a string appears.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2009, 06:03:18 AM
I cheated. I right-clicked and held it, moved the mouse cursor just under the ball; then release the right button and immediately click. After blue it's red, then grey. I only cheated cos I wanted to know what colors were next, lol. It's still fun. In it's own, ...fun way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 13, 2009, 01:07:21 PM
http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm (http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm)

GODDAMMIT! MAKE ME STOP!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 16, 2009, 09:42:47 AM
This game reminds me of my last job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 16, 2009, 12:48:33 PM
Here we go: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf)

The best score I've gotten is "Bobbing Bobcat".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2009, 12:54:19 PM
Bobbing Bobcat - twice.

 Coffee, Demo? :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 16, 2009, 01:05:25 PM
Bobbing bobcat.

I think it's rigged.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 16, 2009, 01:53:00 PM
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2009, 02:02:08 PM
Did you mean to put that in the Hectar thread?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 16, 2009, 02:22:50 PM
Did you mean to put that in the Hectar thread?

I wondered that myself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on February 16, 2009, 02:34:46 PM
Bobbing bobcat.

I think it's rigged.


concur
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 16, 2009, 03:25:29 PM
http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm (http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm)
light blue, purple, pink, greenish-yellow, a tealish color, purple again, dark blue, light blue again, pink again, orangey color, dark blue, light yellow, like a cream color, electric blue, bright pink, seafoam green, lighter purple, bright light blue...what is the damn point of this?  is there an endgame?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 16, 2009, 05:30:10 PM
It's a sad, sad state of affairs when my friends turn to me for relationship advice. Jee-zus. "Yes, I'm Doctor Xolik Schlessinger, like Laura but without the bitter judgments and bad perm, how may I help you?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2009, 10:11:35 PM
       A cowboy named Ryan was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous
pasture in  Taylorsville when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward
him out of a cloud of dust.
       The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses
and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you
exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me
a calf?"
       Ryan looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully
grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
       The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects
it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. He then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg ,  Germany.
       Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
       Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
       "That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Ryan.
       He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with
amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
       Then Ryan says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
       The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why
not?"
       "You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says Ryan.
       "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
       "No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even
though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 17, 2009, 08:50:20 AM
chortle
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 17, 2009, 09:06:50 AM
       ..."You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
       "That's right....
... This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."
So actually, the congressman was wrong. There weren't 1586 cows and calves in his herd, there were 0. Why did he answer "That's right"?

(This is why people don't crack jokes to us Pollacks.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 17, 2009, 09:17:52 AM
I dunno. Maybe none of em were bull sheep.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 17, 2009, 10:42:35 PM
This will be me in my next job!

Unfortunately, as I've gotten a little older, I've become a little
less sensitive.  So after landing my new job as a Wal-Mart greeter, a good find
for many retirees, I lasted less than a day.
 
About 2 hrs into my  first day on the job, a very loud, unattractive,
mean-acting woman walked into the store with her 2 kids, cursing & yelling
obscenities at them all the way thru the entrance. 
 
As I had been instructed, I said pleasantly, "Good morning , &
welcome to Wal-Mart.  Nice children you have there.  Are they twins?"
 
The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, "Hell no, they
ain't twins.  The oldest one's 9, & the other one's 7.  Why the
hell would you think they're twins?  Are you blind, or just stupid?"
 
So I replied, "I'm neither blind nor stupid, madam; I just
couldn't believe you got laid twice.  Have a good day, & thanks for
shopping at Wal-Mart."
 
My supervisor said I probably wasn't cut out for this line of work
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on February 19, 2009, 10:50:00 PM
Go fuck yourself!

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/RobotChickenTrap_1229991865.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 20, 2009, 01:05:03 PM
Me - "What the hell is wrong with me now? I can't breathe! This sucks!"

*ding*"You've got mail!"

From: The Kids, RE: OBAMA IS A SECRET MUSLIM! Also, you have Asthma.

"Hey, Xolly! I think I forgot to tell you that when you were little, the doctor told me that your asthma would come back with a vengeance when you hit your 30s.  Thought you ought to know. P.S. Dad needs the God Code for Doom3 again because he lost it."

Me: (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1483/ugh2zq4.gif) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on February 22, 2009, 06:22:58 PM
I just tried to yodel and failed.  SadJay.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 22, 2009, 10:51:24 PM
SEND HELP!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 24, 2009, 01:53:09 PM
Lent time!

If you do this kind of thing, what are you going to give up?

I'm going for three things, but two only will probably make it out. Give up WoW, Give up soda, Give up not going to the gym each day.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 24, 2009, 04:06:09 PM
Oh first of all...lol on Ping Ping's return!

Second, not sure if I'm doing lent this year.  Enrique always does, of course.  Two years ago, he gave up alcohol and every time we went out with friends, he'd put what he would have spent in a jar and at the end of lent, he donated it to testicular cancer research since one of my students was suffering from it at the time.  Did I already brag about what a wonderful man I have?

So for you....hmmm, no soda and no gym every day?  Did I guess right which one will prevail?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 24, 2009, 05:07:43 PM
Oh first of all...lol on Ping Ping's return!

Second, not sure if I'm doing lent this year.  Enrique always does, of course.  Two years ago, he gave up alcohol and every time we went out with friends, he'd put what he would have spent in a jar and at the end of lent, he donated it to testicular cancer research since one of my students was suffering from it at the time.  Did I already brag about what a wonderful man I have?

So for you....hmmm, no soda and no gym every day?  Did I guess right which one will prevail?

Oh, not quite. I'm giving up on not going to the gym everyday. I've been a lazy slacker and gained 10 pounds, and not the good kind. So I'll have to go every day.  :-D And yes, Enrique is quite the nice fellow.

Today is kind of going slow at work. I think I'll log into one of the Domain Controllers with my Enterprise Admin account, fire up Internet Explorer and just run every goddamn executable I find in my spam email folder. That ought to keep me busy for a while.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 24, 2009, 05:40:35 PM
I misunderstood.  I thought you meant that you go every day and that it's too much so you were going to not go every day.  I think I still would have answered the same way though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 24, 2009, 06:57:12 PM
I'm going to try Lent sometime.  I also want to do Ramadan fasting sometime.  And maybe a few of the Jewish fasts.  Maybe I'll start with the Lent thing starting tomorrow.  But what to give up?  Well I have a few hours to decide I guess.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 24, 2009, 07:18:24 PM
I hear Ramadan fasting really sucks.  I had a Palestinian student last year.  I think that's what she was fasting for anyway.  She had to wake up at like 3 am to eat or something.  She couldn't do her schoolwork because she was so tired and hungry.

Anyway, have you been on facebook pb?  I put some nicer pics on there from the wedding.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on February 24, 2009, 11:13:09 PM
Reminds me of a joke.

A couple on their honeymoon check in to their hotel and get settled in.  The wife comes out of the bathroom in a teddy, but the husband shrugs at her and says, "Sorry, it's Lent." 

"Well," she says, "who the fuck did you lend it to?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 25, 2009, 10:16:11 AM
The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, 'Hello.'


'Mrs. Sanders, please.'


'Speaking.'


'Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory.


When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a
biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well.


We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly,
either way the results are not too good.'


'What do you mean?' Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.

'Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the
other one tested positive for HIV. We can't tell which is which.'

'That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?' questioned Mrs.
Sanders.


' Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive
tests one time.'

'Well, what am I supposed to do now?'

'The folks at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off
somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him.'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 25, 2009, 07:02:29 PM
I hear Ramadan fasting really sucks.  I had a Palestinian student last year.  I think that's what she was fasting for anyway.  She had to wake up at like 3 am to eat or something.  She couldn't do her schoolwork because she was so tired and hungry.

Anyway, have you been on facebook pb?  I put some nicer pics on there from the wedding.

Yep.

Oh and the lenten sacrifice will be donuts.  And it's all I've been thinking of all day.  FSM grant me the power to overcome the evil of that donut shop on the way to work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 01, 2009, 05:39:57 PM
It is snowing in Richmond, VA.  The miracles just keep rolling in in 2009.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 01, 2009, 06:55:55 PM
It is snowing in Richmond, VA.  The miracles just keep rolling in in 2009.

 Snowing down in the ATL, too, but not up here in the hills (yet).

 http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ (http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/)

 This is a pretty good real-time animated weather map. You can set preferences for where (by ZIP code), and what you want to see (NEXRAD radar, weather stations, cloud cover, etc) without having to sign up or register or anything. I used all the time when it was warmer to go ride the bike without having to tote rain gear, lol.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on March 02, 2009, 11:26:58 AM
This is a new Dutch Heineken Commercial, I tought it was pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIutgtzwhAc#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIutgtzwhAc#noexternalembed)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 02, 2009, 12:08:54 PM
AHAHA!! +1
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 05, 2009, 03:55:37 PM
This octopus walks into a bar and orders a Corona. "That'll be two bucks," says the bartender. So the octopus pays up and says "Will you give me fifty bucks if I can play any instrument you name? "Sure," says the bartender, "go play that piano." So the octopus goes to the piano, sits down, and out comes Van Cliburn, Paderewski, and Liberace all at once. "Damn!" says the bartender, "That's amazing!" And he pays up the fifty bucks. 
Another guy at the bar pulls out a trumpet and says "Play this for fifty." So the octopus starts playing it, and it sounds just like Doc Severinson and Louie Armstrong all at once. And another guy pulls out a guitar, the octopus plays it, and Les Paul, Mary Ford and Andres Segovia are all right there in the music. 

Finally a Scot, in full kilt, walks in and he says "Aye laddie, I'll wager ye cannae play these pipes. So the octopus picks up the pipes, twists them this way and that, looks at the plaid bagskirt, holds them up in the light, and finally puts them down on the barstool next to him while he used six of his eight arms to scratch his head. "Ha!" said the Scot, "Ye canne play them and I win!" 

"Play, hell!" said the octopus, "I wanna have sex with it if I can get its pajamas off...!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on March 05, 2009, 05:47:31 PM
I would very much enjoy reading some Octopus/Bagpipe porn... I wonder if it exists on the internet.

They always file that right next to the Homoerotic A-Team fan fiction.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 05, 2009, 05:57:01 PM
I would very much enjoy reading some Octopus/Bagpipe porn... I wonder if it exists on the internet.

Rule 34, my dear.  Rule 34.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2009, 06:07:54 PM
I did a Google Image Search for 'tentacle sex' but no results were returned. I don't think it's out there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 05, 2009, 06:11:07 PM
I did a Google Image Search for 'tentacle sex' but no results were returned. I don't think it's out there.

That's because there's no such thing as tentacle sex. 

Weirdo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2009, 06:27:51 PM
That's because there's no such thing as tentacle sex. 

Weirdo.

I did learn an interesting thing about Hitler. He liked it when Eva would, uh, 'rain' on him. In fact, it was even in his book. You see I was doing my normal Google searches and just happened to enter 'Hitler goldenshower mein kampf' and then I learned all about it. I fee like I've accomplished something today.

Not like last week. Last week was all fucked up. I went over to the Department of Motor Vehicles because I wanted to get a Motorcycle License and they said, "Well, you gotta go over there and talk to the man," so I went over to the man and he gave me a ticket so I sat down-- I was there until eight and by then the place was closed and I had to spend the night there. When they opened up the next day, I was very hungry and they said, "What were you doing here over-night?" and I said, "Well, I was waiting to get a Motorcycle License," and they said, "Well, you're at Home Depot."

I still don't have a license. Only a permit.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2009, 06:38:37 PM
Oh, der fuhrer was a wonderful dancer, and he could paint an entire apartment in a single afternoon TWO COATS!


Chuarrrrghchill....

I remember reading about him pulling an R. Kelly back in grade 10 when we were still allowed to use Wikipedia for information.

You should be happy you at least had Wikipedia, missy, because back when I was in grade 10, the only thing I had like that was the bum on the corner.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 05, 2009, 07:39:48 PM
Hitler painting.

"I can't . . .  get . . . ze fucking . . . tree - Damn! I will kill Everyone in the world!"

As recited by Eddie Izzard
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on March 06, 2009, 07:39:06 AM
I just took a trigger-style guitar capo I wasn't using, held it upside down and pretended it was a Walther PPK, then skulked around the house humming the 007 theme.

I need to get out more.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 06, 2009, 10:18:08 AM
I would love to have a bum. But there are no bums where I come from. NONE AT ALL!

Then how do you crap?


In other news, Coppertone changed the formula for their sunscreen so it's a lot thicker now which is great because that means I can finally use it without looking like I just took one off the chin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on March 06, 2009, 10:31:13 AM
In other news, Coppertone changed the formula for their sunscreen so it's a lot thicker now which is great because that means I can finally use it without looking like I just took one off the chin.

They took Steve Irwin's line of suntan lotions off the market, though.  No protection against deadly rays.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on March 06, 2009, 10:32:46 AM
They took Steve Irwin's line of suntan lotions off the market, though.  No protection against deadly rays.

cheap shot and you know it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on March 06, 2009, 10:35:38 AM
cheap shot and you know it.

That's what makes it great!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 06, 2009, 03:55:58 PM
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/25/gop-lawmakers-comments-hiv-promiscuity-cause-uproa/ (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/25/gop-lawmakers-comments-hiv-promiscuity-cause-uproa/)

Damn babies. It's all their fault, you know. We'll make them suffer.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 06, 2009, 05:44:19 PM
TF2 is great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on March 11, 2009, 01:58:15 PM
They took Steve Irwin's line of suntan lotions off the market, though.  No protection against deadly rays.

T________________________________________T
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 12, 2009, 07:46:12 PM
Linear algebra is simultaneously the last math class I will ever have to take and the first math class I haven't been able to breeze through. College isn't fair.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 15, 2009, 10:59:44 AM
I'm going to be so late for church. I knew I shouldn't have stayed up all night watching "Fortune Nookie."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 16, 2009, 03:39:24 AM
So far my plans for spring break:

Monday: Go to Super Target, buy  bawls (http://www.bawls.com/) (safe for work :wink:), play as many HL2 episodes I can.

Tuesday - Sunday: TBD . . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on March 16, 2009, 04:06:25 AM

Did you ever try Jolt? My collegue raves about it. I'm into the orange relentless right now, but I also like red devil...it just so damn small.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 16, 2009, 06:44:28 AM
I aint seen Bawls like that since BC/DC.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on March 16, 2009, 12:15:33 PM
They recently started stocking BAWLS at the 7-11 near my house...it made me so happy. If I never have to drink another can of sweetened ram's piss (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mk14eXcSrbY/SEkc0rVHYtI/AAAAAAAAANY/pwBd6a8ahj0/s320/Red%2BBull.jpg) it'll be too soon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 16, 2009, 05:50:37 PM
I'm going to be so late for church. I knew I shouldn't have stayed up all night watching "Fortune Nookie."

This is the first I've ever heard of this "Fortune Nookie", so I don't know anything about it.

And yet, somehow I suspect I know everything about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 16, 2009, 06:20:29 PM
I aint seen Bawls like that since BC/DC.

Last time I had any.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 17, 2009, 09:25:46 AM
Police in Conn. chase outbreak of cockfighting.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2009/03/16/police_in_conn_chase_outbreak_of_cockfighting/ (http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2009/03/16/police_in_conn_chase_outbreak_of_cockfighting/)

Quote
"They could hear roosters crowing," Corbett said. "They could hear people cheering. And when they went inside, there were these 23 men in there with - for lack of a better term - a miniature boxing ring."

Dare I say it was a cock ring?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 18, 2009, 03:15:45 PM
Fucking Nowledge.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 18, 2009, 03:35:13 PM
Right so anyway I found a dude on craigslist who is selling all of his Stupid Sexy Flanders DVD's for 20 bucks and I want them.  Putting a coordinate plane on top of a map of Richmond, I live at (-1,-1).  He lives at (-7, -1).  I suggested we meet at a starbucks around (-4,-1)...you know, around the midpoint.

Dude emails me and asks if I am familiar with the Short Pump area (stop snickering).  That's at (-7, 7)!!!  Are you serious?  He is clearly not familiar with the distance formula.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 18, 2009, 05:26:58 PM
So where is the long pump area?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 18, 2009, 05:36:34 PM
Ask Xolik.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 18, 2009, 05:49:32 PM
Ask Xolik.
When he's 10 feet tall...

And if you go chasing rabbits,
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call...
Call Xolik
When he was just small...

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Xolik...
I think he'll know...


When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"

Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head Feed your head Feed your head"


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 18, 2009, 06:00:29 PM
oh god my boss was singing that today... minus my name of course. FREAKY.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 18, 2009, 06:58:26 PM
Yes. It's happening.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 18, 2009, 07:50:28 PM
Sends out word to begin phase V11
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 23, 2009, 01:31:21 PM
Whisky Tango Foxtrot Japan? Seriously...

http://www.metro.co.uk/galleryDetailPage.html?in_gallery_id=2142&in_page_id=3&in_image_id=26251&in_category_id=2087 (http://www.metro.co.uk/galleryDetailPage.html?in_gallery_id=2142&in_page_id=3&in_image_id=26251&in_category_id=2087)

Cute word filter. :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 23, 2009, 01:47:44 PM
I can see myself in one of those.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 24, 2009, 04:20:35 PM
Nothing to see here. My WSUS server is a damn dirty liar.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on March 26, 2009, 04:47:34 AM
We play Jenga as sort of a drinking game, next time I am gonna bring this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9BmTmMEOhQ#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9BmTmMEOhQ#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on March 26, 2009, 05:08:56 AM
We play Jenga as sort of a drinking game, next time I am gonna bring this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9BmTmMEOhQ#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9BmTmMEOhQ#noexternalembed)

This is almost as amazing as daft punk hands!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 01, 2009, 11:25:59 AM
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ (http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/)

The twinkie\bacon thing looks good.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 01, 2009, 11:36:20 AM
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ (http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/)

The twinkie\bacon thing looks good.

The thunderdome caught my eye
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 01, 2009, 01:29:23 PM

I have been eyeing up the heat attack sandwich for a while now!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 01, 2009, 03:03:48 PM
I made this one for a potluck lunch at work.
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post/87907663/bacon-weave-roll-with-cheese-submitted-by-staci (http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post/87907663/bacon-weave-roll-with-cheese-submitted-by-staci)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 01, 2009, 07:12:24 PM
LEGION OF DOOM EVIL PLAN LIST FOR APRIL 2ND, 2009:

-Lex Luthor proposes that we destroy Superman once and for all by utilizing the full potential of his Nazi Gorilla Factory.

-Scarecrow proposes handing out haunted Gameboys to the world's children, then stealing their pocket change as they are eaten by ghosts. This will lure Batman out of hiding, and to his doom.

-Captain Cold has discovered The Flash's weakness: his crippling fear of donkeys. He proposes we kidnap him, and leave him at...THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DONKEY FARM.

-Brainiac has a special gift in store for Hawkman's birthday. A birthday cake....MADE OF COBRAS. And those cobras are made of knives.

-The Riddler has a riddle for Robin: what carries a laser rifle and is red all over? SPACE BOLSHEVIKS!

-For the 917th consecutive time, Bizzaro's plan doesn't make any fucking sense.

-Black Manta proposes that Aquaman should "meet his doom." Details of said doom-meeting are forthcoming due to a delayed funding request, but tentative plans call for an evil submarine which shoots smaller, even more evil submarines.

-Sinestro has just returned from Planet Yellowgun, where all their guns and bullets are yellow. He cannot wait to see Green Lantern again.

-Giganta has put in her third request to receive a new arch-enemy, stating that yesterday, she distracted Wonder Woman for ten minutes by placing a box containing two paper clips, some masking tape and a tennis ball in front of her. She demands a new nemesis on the grounds that "I have a right to some fucking self-respect."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 02, 2009, 03:40:24 AM

This is potentially old, but I only came across it the other day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQGtucrJ8hM#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQGtucrJ8hM#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 03, 2009, 04:43:30 PM
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet)

Quick answer: No. The Anointed One should not.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Cerberus on April 06, 2009, 01:48:04 AM
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 now that idea is madder than a fish biscuit on a hot summers day. The internet should be left free, we need the WWF (I mean the tree hugging hippies not the men in tights formanly know as WWF) before the free internet is extinct.. Well life on this side of the pond isn't any better "new labour"are just as mad and bad.
 And for all you North Korean subscribers, well done for getting on the internet however now have a peek at the NASA website or the ESA (if your desperate).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 13, 2009, 08:07:34 PM
So, uh, about me and Lopeka....






Yeah....  :-D

It's not much for now. Just simple titanium bands, but....I hope to upgrade them later on.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 13, 2009, 08:40:03 PM
Whoa!  Congratulations!!!   :-D :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 14, 2009, 06:56:33 AM
So, uh, about me and Lopeka....






Yeah....  :-D

It's not much for now. Just simple titanium bands, but....I hope to upgrade them later on.

Congrats!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 14, 2009, 08:36:28 AM
Awesome!   8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 14, 2009, 09:27:15 AM

Woohoo! Also that picture is the sweetest thing I have seen all day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 14, 2009, 01:30:48 PM
Thanks so much for the happy thoughts! I'm pretty jazzed about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 14, 2009, 11:03:26 PM
Gratz, xolly!  I'm very happy for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 15, 2009, 01:03:45 PM
Today on "Professor Xolik Explains it All" we take on the age old issue of "Would you fuck a clone of yourself?"

And now, here he is, Professor Xolik! *applause*

Ahem, thank you for that lovely introduction! I've been frequently asked during various occasions (fancy state dinners and the such) if it is right or proper for one to fuck a clone of themselves. Fortunately, the Ancient Texts of Yore cover this very problem. Let us now turn to them for their wisdom, shall we?

"If Yew shall run encountre with a Homonculuf shaped in your visage, it is Lawful and Mandatorie that Relationf of a Sexual Nature must occur and Rightly. If upon encountering Yourself from a Future Date, having arrived at this tyme using a Tyme Travelling Machine, having threwn them selves around the Sunne counter-clock-wife or by using means of Devilry and Witchecraft, you must also engage in Relationf of a Sexual Nature. It is God's wille that this is not a Homo-sexual Incident, as one can not be a Bedaemoned Sodomite if one is giving a copie of Himself a Blow-Job."

And there you have it. Not only is it the right thing to do, it doesn't even count as being gay so you're off the hook!

That's all the time we have for today's show. Thank you, you've been a great audience!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2009, 03:13:43 PM
I apologize for the length of the post but it's slightly amusing.

RULES OF THE BATHHOUSE <--*note this is totally NOT from person experience*  :w:

You can have a heart attack screwing in the whirlpool. <--This actually happened to a guy I used to work with. Did some drugs, hit the bathhouse and was found floating in the pool the next day. Yikes!

It is extremely hazardous to your health to attempt to inhale poppers while under water.

Saying "I'm resting" to everyone who seeks entry into your room defeats the purpose of going to the baths.

If everyone who said "I don't come here often" ( :w:) was telling the truth, there would be no one there.

Those who lay naked on their stomachs with their asses in the air remind one of electric pencil sharpeners.

If you are looking for a wonderfully spiritual union with a kindred spirit, you are in the wrong place.

Do not assume that the guys walking into walls are on some weird new drug; most likely, they have just left their glasses in their lockers. It is better to look good than to see good.

Please realize that bathrooms, even those at the tubs, do have legitimate purposes. Giving someone a bj in a stall while outside the locked door seven guys are turning various shades of green will not make you popular.

If you see a man in a room with a can of Crisco, a thick belt, and a bottle of poppers neatly arrayed on the little table, before entering, be certain you know the purpose of all three items.

When it's past the wrist is not the time to say "no".

Spending seventy-two consecutive hours at the tubs will neither destroy your reputation nor greatly enhance it.

If you are at the baths busily cheating on your lover, don't make a scene should you discover him there.

People who say, "I've never done that before," should be informed that the ability to deep throat is not genetic.  :w:

After you've been hosed by twelve guys in the orgy room, you will never again convince anyone with your coy routine.

Law of maximum discomfort: When they call your room number or locker number to the front desk you will inevitably be in a position impossible to get out of quickly without seriously injuring yourself.

You can cause a panic by yelling, "There's a man in room 379!"

Giggling is not a correct response to, "Wanna screw?"

It is pointless to consider why guys who won't even talk to you at the bars are so eager to blow you at the baths.

Spending more than two hours with one number at the baths makes you two "an item." More than four hours makes you engaged. On a good night, it is possible to commit bigamy.

For some unknown reason, it is considered embarrassing to make it with someone you already know.

Spending hours deciding what to wear to the bathhouse is a particularly inane waste of time.

Possession of more than three bath cards makes you a serious faggot.

Believe it or not, it is possible to have good sex without using poppers. A man in New Jersey claims to do it all the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2009, 05:45:33 PM
I'm a fairly center-right kind of fellow and I don't see what all the hoopla is from conservatives over the DHS report about right-wing extremist groups getting recruits during this period in time. People like Rush, Sean Hannity, Mark Levine (all of which whom I actually listen to) got their panties in a bunch over it screaming about how they're all being persecuted and blah blah blah. Funny thing is, in the entire report the word 'conservative' doesn't show up. Just right-wing hate groups and things of that nature. So...why do they think it's about them? Guilty conscience, maybe?  :wink:

Oh and before you wonder why I listen to people like that, I also have a button set to the local Air America affiliate. I like to try to hear things from all angles.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2009, 06:53:25 PM
I OWN THIS THREAD MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

And George Will hates denim.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502861.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502861.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 17, 2009, 08:21:44 PM
Heh.  I like George Will.  That op ed was pretty over the top though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 22, 2009, 02:39:35 PM
Congratulations Xolik
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 23, 2009, 04:40:34 AM
So, uh, about me and Lopeka....






Yeah....  :-D

It's not much for now. Just simple titanium bands, but....I hope to upgrade them later on.


She has pretty big hands... :w:










Congrats Dude.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 23, 2009, 06:14:24 AM
Congrats DudeS.
FTFY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 23, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
TY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 23, 2009, 08:18:34 AM
NP 

 :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 25, 2009, 02:42:37 PM
http://www.jaggle.nl/index.php/media/item/vervolg_heineken_inloopkoelkast/ (http://www.jaggle.nl/index.php/media/item/vervolg_heineken_inloopkoelkast/)

Follow up on the Heineken commercial I posted two pages ago

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 27, 2009, 03:13:41 PM
For those of you fellow World of Warcraft players out there, I got my Bloodsail Admiral title last night. /dance
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 28, 2009, 04:11:05 PM
What about those of us that aren't players? Would you accept a warm, cheery, and most sincere congratulations from one of such standing?

 Actually, now that I think about it; What are we really supposed to do- those of us who do not play; but wish to congratulate Xolik?
 It has occurred to me that to congratulate him (sincerely) could be taken as sort of an 'insult', or "minimization" or some such.
  [idea being]:"I have no clue what it is that you do, but Good J0rB!" indicating no real interest, only a condescending remark.
  But then, giving NO congratulations leads us to the same place; save the 'condescending remark'.

  Hmm.









 ** In all seriousness; I have no clue what it is you do; but Good J0rB! I do recognize it means something to you, and I like you, and wish you the best. All the above is purely satire; meant for humorous reading and not intended as a serious POV of the author. Any debate, replies, discussions, quoted or otherwise; will be construed to be a continuation of said satire; with no intention of serious discussion. Any similarities between this post and any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 28, 2009, 06:39:08 PM
"Bloodsail Admiral" basically means I spent my entire weekend killing the same monsters over and over again until an in-game faction liked me enough to give me a hat.

Yeah.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 29, 2009, 03:34:09 AM

oh dear.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 29, 2009, 07:14:08 AM
For those of you fellow World of Warcraft players out there, I got my Bloodsail Admiral title last night. /dance

I no longer play WoW because I found a home in Shaiya, but congratulations, that's awesome!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on April 29, 2009, 09:32:30 AM
Do you als hold the sword of a thousand truths?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2009, 10:23:51 AM
Do you als hold the sword of a thousand truths?

I'm not l33t enough for that.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 29, 2009, 10:58:23 AM
I like hats. Who do I have to kill to get a hat?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2009, 11:41:47 AM
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=4624 (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=4624) x 1000 or so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on April 29, 2009, 12:23:25 PM
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=4624 (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=4624) x 1000 or so.

So you spent the weekend smacking booty's and got elected to receive a hat?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2009, 12:49:58 PM
So you spent the weekend smacking booty's and got elected to receive a hat?

Bring me the cabin boy and a bucket of larrrrrrrrrrrrrrd.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 30, 2009, 06:24:00 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518405,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518405,00.html)

Not my internets! Nooooo!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 30, 2009, 09:42:29 PM
I thought the internet already was an unreliable toy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 01, 2009, 11:45:40 AM
Whatever happened to WWW2
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hiredgun on May 03, 2009, 12:40:03 AM
btw i lost the game
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 03, 2009, 08:11:08 AM
Who are you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 03, 2009, 11:47:02 AM
If the object of the game was to make an introduction thread, then yeah I'd say you lost it.

HA!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 03, 2009, 06:32:31 PM
If I explain to you what game hiredgun is talking about and how to play it, you have to play as well. Once you know, you are playing for the rest of your life.

I lost too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on May 04, 2009, 08:47:22 AM

Don't explain the purpose of the game, the purpose of the game is lame.


Incidentally I lost.

Stupid game.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on May 05, 2009, 04:14:08 PM
I lolled:

(http://www.pokercollege.nl/GetImage.ashx?username=_luc_)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on May 05, 2009, 04:47:13 PM

 i have that in my collection along with the humorous one!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 12, 2009, 04:38:01 AM

* America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized. * Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims. * They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government. * Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer. * The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about. * They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries. Hollywood cliches: * Without capitalism there'd be no Hollywood - yet filmmakers hate capitalism. * Filmmakers hate capitalism - yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies. * They sue for unauthorized copying - yet on screen they teach us to share. * On screen they teach us to share - yet they keep their millions to themselves. * They keep their millions to themselves - yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity. * They revel in stories of American misery and depravity - yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism. * They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism - yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 12, 2009, 06:41:59 PM
Dear Perez Hilton,

     Shut the hell up, you obnoxious, hate filled, bitter little man. You're ruining it for the rest of us.

     Hugs and kisses,

    Xolik
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 12, 2009, 07:57:17 PM
I just saw an ad on MTV (why I was watching I don't know) for the straight-to-DVD "S. Darko", and soon may die of unknown causes (But you all will know the truth).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 14, 2009, 12:15:36 PM
But my boyfriend was like come on S. Darko's gonna be good watch it with me and I finally caved. It was the most pointless thing I've ever seen.

Dump.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 15, 2009, 03:40:30 PM
oh god I'm laughing so hard I'm crying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 15, 2009, 04:28:11 PM
They used to play that sound clip on the morning show that I used to listen to.
Title: Glowing Dogs!
Post by: 12AX7 on May 17, 2009, 01:01:52 AM

  I must have one...

   http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090428-glowing-dogs.html (http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090428-glowing-dogs.html)

  "South Korean scientists claim to have put fluorescent genes into eggs to create four cloned dogs (all named Ruppy) that glow red under ultraviolet light."


Title: Re: Glowing Dogs!
Post by: xolik on May 18, 2009, 09:16:19 AM
  I must have one...

   http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090428-glowing-dogs.html (http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090428-glowing-dogs.html)

  "South Korean scientists claim to have put fluorescent genes into eggs to create four cloned dogs (all named Ruppy) that glow red under ultraviolet light."




Misread the title as "Glowing Dongs" and thought 'what's so special about those?'

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 18, 2009, 10:40:36 AM
You shoulda realize it wasn't dongs when I said I must have only "one".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheHighlander on May 19, 2009, 05:34:48 AM
Ah, so it's like a bunch of tiny little speed bumps on the road of love.

LOLZ that has to be one of the greastest lines ever said, not gonna lie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 19, 2009, 12:36:14 PM
ANYWAY.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 19, 2009, 03:00:00 PM
Dear Chris,

How the hell do you keep your motivation for going to the gym? I have a hard time dragging myself down there, but usually wind up enjoying it once I'm there. But I swear I'll look for any excuse not to go.

Sincerely,

Me

No, really, I'm supposed to go to Hawaii near the end of July and want to look somewhat passable in swim trunks.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on May 19, 2009, 04:47:33 PM
Dear Chris,

How the hell do you keep your motivation for going to the gym? I have a hard time dragging myself down there, but usually wind up enjoying it once I'm there. But I swear I'll look for any excuse not to go.

Sincerely,

Me

No, really, I'm supposed to go to Hawaii near the end of July and want to look somewhat passable in swim trunks.  :cry:

You're lucky I read this. No, really thought, things have been pretty crazy these last few months. But finally I'm done for the semester and now I just have 55 hours of work per week to worry about.

I honestly don't know what gives me the drive to go to the gym like I do. I just do it. I don't find myself making up excuses as to why I can't go, or why I can't work out on a given day.

If you're looking for a way to "slim down" for your vacation in July, then I suggest doing at least 25 to 30 minutes of aerobic exercise per day, and watch your sodium and carb intake. Sodium is what makes your body retain water, thus hiding definition, and carbs will turn into fat if not used.

This summer my goal is to add on a good 15 to 20 pounds of muscle by labor day. I'm currently weighing in at only 170 pounds, so my goal is between 185 and 190 pounds.

If you need some advice, feel free to PM me and I'll see if I can help you out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on May 21, 2009, 04:16:51 AM


http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/17/digital-clock-tells-time-with-48-analog-hands/ (http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/17/digital-clock-tells-time-with-48-analog-hands/)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on May 21, 2009, 07:40:46 AM

http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/17/digital-clock-tells-time-with-48-analog-hands/ (http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/17/digital-clock-tells-time-with-48-analog-hands/)



That is cool as hell. I want one for my house!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 21, 2009, 07:50:44 AM
Yeah so I was walking into my house yesterday morning and while I was opening the screen door and bent forward to take off my shoes ( because I thought I could do two things at once, silly me ). I brought the edge of the door into my head, knocked myself flat on the porch, and now have a wonderful gash in my face. Other than the two seconds of unconscious and the five minutes of slurred speech it was uneventful, but the sympathy tips at work have been f-ing awesome!

To the gamers, it looked like this:
- Wunderkind aggros Screen Door
- Wunderkind hits for 500 hp
- Screen Door uses Concussion, hits for 5,000,000 mp
- Wunderkind is unconscious
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on May 22, 2009, 02:34:30 AM

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/05/21/it-workers-are-best-in-bed (http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/05/21/it-workers-are-best-in-bed)

I've been saying this for years! Geeks are the most *freaky* in bed!



On a related note, I popped into Games Workshop and let me tell you unadulterated untapped G33K!  :evil: awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 22, 2009, 06:41:51 PM
I've been saying this for years! Geeks are the most *freaky* in bed!

We try harder.  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 28, 2009, 04:49:59 AM
Quote
There is already an initiative to burn a Linux kernel into a PC's BIOS, so the box effectively boots Linux off it's own hardware - rather than needing a disk with an O/S installed. Maybe this is the future: to turn Linux into a firmware product and PCs into embedded devices with no local storage (or just an SSD with a database on it, to preserve state information across reboots).

Will this be the death of operating systems?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on May 28, 2009, 04:55:09 AM

That's pretty deep stuff, who are you quoting?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 28, 2009, 06:21:12 AM
Comment section on the Register.com  :-)

This article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/27/desktop_linux/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 31, 2009, 09:25:16 AM
My family is so big.

How big is it?

Well, I just compiled a birthday/anniversary list by month.  Every single month has between 4 and 17 special dates.  112 in all and I know I'm missing some people.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 04, 2009, 02:19:08 PM

http://kotaku.com/5278109/protesting-mario (http://kotaku.com/5278109/protesting-mario)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 05, 2009, 02:41:19 PM
/me wonders what the date is of my quote from the onion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: mryellow on June 06, 2009, 03:36:05 PM
Make love, not war. Or both.
(jeee can explain)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 06, 2009, 11:19:20 PM
WANT. (http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/11/vertipod_is_segway_of_the_sky.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 09, 2009, 07:00:27 AM

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/06/09/0641243/The-Rise-of-Originality-In-MMOs?art_pos=1 (http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/06/09/0641243/The-Rise-of-Originality-In-MMOs?art_pos=1)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 10, 2009, 08:21:11 AM

I hate recursive acronyms and people who call sql sequel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 10, 2009, 04:14:15 PM
Well, what do you call it then?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2009, 04:19:05 PM
Well, what do you call it then?

Ess Cue Elle. I've known only one SQL admin actually call it like that, though.

But I call it "sequel" just like almost every other admin I've ever met.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 10, 2009, 04:28:31 PM

yeah they're all at it. It drives me nuts. It really gets my goat. I say SQL like most of the acronyms I use.

I also hate when people say A sap. It may not be rational, but I care not. It's how I feel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 10, 2009, 04:52:53 PM
Oh yeah, "A Sap" irritates me. It's not just because it sounds dumb, but generally whatever it is that they need you to do ASAP was something THEY were charged with doing about a month ago that was due two weeks prior to them getting the assignment in the first place and now it's somehow your problem.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 10, 2009, 06:53:34 PM
I've never really known anyone (even DBAs and such) who actually call it Ess-Cue-Ell.  Interesting.  Is it an English thing?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 11, 2009, 02:36:20 AM

A lot more people say sql here, but there is still more people calling it sequel. I just don't like it, it's already abbreviated to three syllables, why does it then need to be shortened further?
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2009, 10:12:45 AM
A lot more people say sql here, but there is still more people calling it sequel. I just don't like it, it's already abbreviated to three syllables, why does it then need to be shortened further?
 

Sequel isn't shorter than SQL. It's got a whole three more letters!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2009, 10:17:18 AM
Sequel isn't shorter than SQL. It's got a whole three more letters!  :-D

 BIG     <--- the little one
 LITTLE <--- the big one

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 11, 2009, 10:34:05 AM

it's two syllables though.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 11, 2009, 12:46:09 PM
What does it stand for anyway?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2009, 12:47:09 PM
BIG     <--- the little one
 LITTLE <--- the big one



MY MIND IS BLOWN
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2009, 12:56:47 PM
StandardQueryLanguage

CCRMA is pronounced karma by all the people in it.

And San Luis Obispo everyone calls slow, plus they have SLO transit, SLO made Creamery, SLO Brewery, etc.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 11, 2009, 01:21:03 PM
I eliminate acronyms from my life whenever possible. I've found they cause confusion. For instance, SQL really does stand for "sequel" or "sequential" in certain circles. Thus, I will now procede to piss everyone I know off by referring to it as Standard Query Language.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 11, 2009, 01:35:11 PM

I actually find that more pleasing. I have no real qualms with acronyms although you are completely right as some acronyms are used more than once within the same field.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
I love acronyms and now I work for a company that overueses them!  When I encounter a new one, I'm always thinking to myself, "self, CIC must stand for Concubines In Congress, Completely Interactive Conspiracies, Chocolate Infused Carcasses, etc."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 11, 2009, 02:02:50 PM
StandardQueryLanguage
It's Structured Query Language.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 11, 2009, 02:03:34 PM
I eliminate acronyms from my life whenever possible. I've found they cause confusion. For instance, SQL really does stand for "sequel" or "sequential" in certain circles. Thus, I will now procede to piss everyone I know off by referring to it as Standard Query Language.
And they will all laugh at you for referring to it by the wrong name.   :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2009, 02:16:28 PM
So the Structure is non-Standard?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 11, 2009, 03:05:21 PM
So I had this really nerdy dream the other night:  Wolverine vs. Fenrir Greyback.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 11, 2009, 03:34:50 PM
So the Structure is non-Standard?
Pretty much, yeah.  There are many different flavors of SQL that all have slight (to moderate) syntax differences.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 11, 2009, 05:41:14 PM
Thanks for the correction.  It felt really good :knotty:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2009, 07:27:25 PM
   My periodontist is a magician. How else could one bust up a big, rear chewing tooth; extract it root by root, close the gaping hole (sort of- cant close it all the way), and send me home - and I have YET to feel any pain from it. That was yesterday between 11:00 and 12:30, so the whateveritisnowadays-ocaine has been worn off for over a day and a half. Still, no pain, no soreness, nothing. The only real incovienience at all, really, is the gauze packing in the corner of my mouth.
   It was the same when he cut out my wisdom teeth, too. One he had to open up the jaw and grind a big calcium buildup down. No pain. Not during, nor after.
He does write me prescriptions for heavy-duty painkillers (Lortabs); but I always get it filled and then never need them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on June 11, 2009, 09:09:19 PM
Unused painkillers you say . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 12, 2009, 04:32:01 PM
Well, now, I didn't say unused...  I said "not needed". *ahem*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 15, 2009, 01:07:46 PM
Thanks for the correction.  It felt really good :knotty:
That's, "Thanks for the correction, Mistress."  Don't make me pull out the ball-gag again!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 15, 2009, 02:15:30 PM
You are too good to me Mistress
/me cowers appropriately
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ShieldProtector on June 18, 2009, 09:59:12 PM
Drink recipe I came up with last night:

Ingredients
1 part vodka
1 part Maker's Mark
1 part TripleSec
3 parts pineapple juice
1 orange slice, quartered

Pour the liquor and the pineapple juice into a shaker with some ice.  Shake thoroughly.  Pour into a tall glass over ice and the orange pieces.

Enjoy!

          Is this drink is much better when you put some ice to it.,? What kind of ice maker do you use?



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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 18, 2009, 10:07:35 PM
*shoots the newbie with spam in his signature*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 19, 2009, 04:17:31 AM

yummy yummy yummy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 19, 2009, 08:30:26 AM
I was going to edit the sig but that's just so lame it's hilarious!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 22, 2009, 02:49:26 PM
I hung out with my family in NY this weekend.  It's always tons of fun.  Best line of the weekend:

We're playing Wii Bowling.  Uncle Dick is pestering Uncle Steve...


Uncle Dick:  Ah, you threw it too hard Steve.  Too much spin, Steve.  You can't get them down!

Uncle Steve knocks the rest of them down.

Uncle Steve:  I GOT A SPARE, DICK!!
.
.
.
.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 22, 2009, 06:43:47 PM
HECTAR!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 30, 2009, 02:27:23 PM
Congratulations, Minnesota! You just joined Iran in in the “how to run a fair election” category!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/30/franken.ruling/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/30/franken.ruling/index.html)

1 -- Get the initial count close
2 -- Start the recount, and keep (re)counting until the Democrat is ahead
3 -- Stop counting and declare victory
4 -- Profit!

You'd think after the whole Bush\Gore fiasco, people would learn.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 01, 2009, 10:30:18 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/us_nm/us_americanapparel (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/us_nm/us_americanapparel)

The ironing is delicious.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on July 01, 2009, 12:11:04 PM

when you're eyes hurt because you "forgot to blink" you know you've been sitting infront of your pc for too long!  :| my eyes hurt.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 01, 2009, 05:13:01 PM
There is a certain point where all your hard worn efforts to get along with other people comes crashing down around you and drama cracks the frame of peace you've been living in. You get blamed for everthing going wrong, even though you were the only one trying to steer away from it. It's you're fault, even though you were the only trying to avoid the mess to begin with. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It's just annoying as hell. Here I am going on about my life as if nothing is wrong, minding my own business, only to be reminded loudly how long grudges can be held and how, no, no one will ever forget how you are the family fuck up and yes, you will always be reminded of it.
You make an effort. You decide. I'm not going to be an asshole. What she said to me last night, really wasn't that big of deal. He didn't really mean it that way. She's just tired. He's working twice as hard as I am. You're efforts are useless garbage, tossed away into some wanton metal can on some diseased street corner, a crumpled up piece of white on the corner of block in that graphic novel you're reading, insignificant.
You know what? Fuck it all. Be an asshole. You're working just as hard as everyone else to make end's meet and if it's good enough of an excuse for other people to treat you like shit. It's just good enough of an excuse to work the other way. Be a significant portion of red splattered over the page at the place of the murder scene.
Don't help other people if you want a thank you... ever. Don't be like me. Don't give a hand up to people even though you know their just going to stand on your shoulders and say that they are that tall. Don't help people out even though you know they're going to take you and preverbially mug you. Don't be glad to watch them walk away with all they ever wanted because you've got nothing left. I'll probably still be this way in the morning, but for what ever reason you believe in, be it God, science, or the lack thereof of either or both, don't be like me.
It's a shitty way to go through life. Be a cock-sucking bastard to everyone you meet. There's only a nominal chance they'll remember you in the morning. And the world can afford those casualties... right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 01, 2009, 05:43:34 PM
Be a cock-sucking bastard to everyone you meet.

Way ahead of you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on July 01, 2009, 06:20:39 PM

HECTAR!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 02, 2009, 11:36:52 AM
There is a certain point where all your hard worn efforts to get along with other people comes crashing down around you and drama cracks the frame of peace you've been living in. You get blamed for everthing going wrong, even though you were the only one trying to steer away from it. It's you're fault, even though you were the only trying to avoid the mess to begin with. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It's just annoying as hell. Here I am going on about my life as if nothing is wrong, minding my own business, only to be reminded loudly how long grudges can be held and how, no, no one will ever forget how you are the family fuck up and yes, you will always be reminded of it.
You make an effort. You decide. I'm not going to be an asshole. What she said to me last night, really wasn't that big of deal. He didn't really mean it that way. She's just tired. He's working twice as hard as I am. You're efforts are useless garbage, tossed away into some wanton metal can on some diseased street corner, a crumpled up piece of white on the corner of block in that graphic novel you're reading, insignificant.
You know what? Fuck it all. Be an asshole. You're working just as hard as everyone else to make end's meet and if it's good enough of an excuse for other people to treat you like shit. It's just good enough of an excuse to work the other way. Be a significant portion of red splattered over the page at the place of the murder scene.
Don't help other people if you want a thank you... ever. Don't be like me. Don't give a hand up to people even though you know their just going to stand on your shoulders and say that they are that tall. Don't help people out even though you know they're going to take you and preverbially mug you. Don't be glad to watch them walk away with all they ever wanted because you've got nothing left. I'll probably still be this way in the morning, but for what ever reason you believe in, be it God, science, or the lack thereof of either or both, don't be like me.
It's a shitty way to go through life. Be a cock-sucking bastard to everyone you meet. There's only a nominal chance they'll remember you in the morning. And the world can afford those casualties... right?

Well-said.

My Rule #1: Don't take crap from anyone.  And I mean anyone.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 03, 2009, 01:18:59 PM
Dude, you're ugly and your mom dresses you funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 03, 2009, 05:16:06 PM
Dude, you're ugly and your mom dresses you funny.

..and she wears combat boo- ...wait. That's not a joke anymore, is it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 05, 2009, 05:25:38 AM

   Bananas! BananaSkittles!! BananaDaquiri! Banana boat! Banana. . . coffins?

   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529985,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529985,00.html)

     Best line in article:
   "I guess you can go to hell in a handbasket now."


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 08, 2009, 06:47:40 PM
Banana hammock?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 09, 2009, 01:09:24 PM
You asked for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 09, 2009, 09:03:50 PM
Stay classy, Mr. President.

(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6269/wwwreuterscomq.jpg) (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/wwwreuterscomq.jpg/)

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10806432 (http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10806432)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 09, 2009, 09:53:26 PM

   "Feeling the strain of inflation, Obama eyes French assets"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 09, 2009, 09:54:52 PM

   lol... look at Sarkozy.


   "I knew he would like!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 10, 2009, 11:32:30 AM
Evidently that stupid picture has caused enough of an uproar that MSNBC has video and a story about it.  Apparently the video "clears Obama's name" and you can tell that he not actually looking at her ass.  Sarkozy on the other hand definitely is looking at it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31849470#31849470 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31849470#31849470)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 10, 2009, 01:31:49 PM
Evidently that stupid picture has caused enough of an uproar that MSNBC has video and a story about it.  Apparently the video "clears Obama's name" and you can tell that he not actually looking at her ass.  Sarkozy on the other hand definitely is looking at it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31849470#31849470 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31849470#31849470)

But I heard on Fox that you know how those darkies love the booty so it must be true.

Oh, Matt Drudge, you card*, you.

(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1117/lolbama.jpg) (http://img93.imageshack.us/i/lolbama.jpg/)




*closet homo
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 11, 2009, 03:23:36 PM
Dat ass.

Tapped
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 13, 2009, 02:20:00 PM

   HEEEYY WAAITAMINNIT

  A "sacka howm grown clowns" isn't the same up North...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 13, 2009, 06:57:22 PM
So the man has taste.  That is a nice ass.  If he didn't look there would be something wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on July 20, 2009, 06:54:57 AM
This I like:

http://www.dontevenreply.com/index.php (http://www.dontevenreply.com/index.php)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 21, 2009, 10:23:24 AM
This made me LOL.

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=708 (http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=708)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 21, 2009, 12:49:41 PM
It's the music that makes it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 21, 2009, 06:57:11 PM
it's 'oi polloi

In Greek a rough breathing mark preceding an omicron takes an 'h' sound.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: YercrupZer on July 22, 2009, 10:07:15 PM
They are parallel. As abortive as alongside badinage is, erect would be even added so.





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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on July 22, 2009, 10:16:34 PM
Believe it or not, all I did was zombo his link.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 23, 2009, 09:13:53 AM
Wow. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 23, 2009, 12:08:55 PM
They are parallel. As abortive as alongside badinage is, erect would be even added so.





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jlmr11 is that you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 23, 2009, 02:49:11 PM
GIS result for "jlmr11": click (http://www.errorhits.de/files/lolpics/tiere/032.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 26, 2009, 11:16:54 PM
. . . "The world is literally her oyster," Stapleton, who remains Palin's spokesperson, told CNN . . .

Literally (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Aliteral&btnG=Search)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 27, 2009, 08:44:21 AM
I wonder if she'll be eating her oyster on the half-shell or in a chowder.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 27, 2009, 12:01:39 PM
I cracked and got my first tattoo while I was in Honolulu last week. Nothing too fancy, just a kanji symbol for 'fire' on my left arm on account of I'm a fire sign and I just loved fire so much as a kid they put me in that special school for six months because of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 28, 2009, 12:31:48 PM
I cracked and got my first tattoo while I was in Honolulu last week. Nothing too fancy, just a kanji symbol for 'fire' on my left arm on account of I'm a fire sign and I just loved fire so much as a kid they put me in that special school for six months because of it.

Pics or it didn't happen.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 28, 2009, 12:41:47 PM
Pics or it didn't happen.

As soon as the last bit of scabbing drops, I'll take a clean shot. It's half-done healing now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 29, 2009, 03:12:22 PM
how much does a standard tat cost? i want to go get the imperial aquila from WH40K on my 18th bday and im thinking of getting the starwars Mandalorian symbol later down the road
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 29, 2009, 04:04:47 PM
how much does a standard tat cost? i want to go get the imperial aquila from WH40K on my 18th bday and im thinking of getting the starwars Mandalorian symbol later down the road

The one I had which is pretty small, was $200. Remember: These things are pretty much permanent, so don't do something stupid. Get something that actually has some type of meaning for you. 30 years down the line, you don't want to look at it and think 'Weird Tingly Feeling was I on when I did that to myself?'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 29, 2009, 05:07:36 PM
thanks, and advice duly noted. in another news i recieved a package from the Black Library today. i am now the proud owner of a blessed Bolter Shell Pendant. in the grim darkness of the future there is only MERCHANDISE.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 29, 2009, 05:19:36 PM
The one I had which is pretty small, was $200. Remember: These things are pretty much permanent, so don't do something stupid. Get something that actually has some type of meaning for you. 30 years down the line, you don't want to look at it and think 'Whisky Tango Foxtrot was I on when I did that to myself?'

http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/7/tattoo_of_wife_-_fail.jpg (http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/7/tattoo_of_wife_-_fail.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 29, 2009, 05:37:41 PM
http://biggeekdaddy.com/miscvideos/TedNugent.html (http://biggeekdaddy.com/miscvideos/TedNugent.html)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 29, 2009, 11:34:59 PM
http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/7/tattoo_of_wife_-_fail.jpg (http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/7/tattoo_of_wife_-_fail.jpg)

His heart may have been in the right place but GOOD GRAVY that's an awful job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 30, 2009, 02:59:49 PM
So a few years ago, I bought a few raffle tickets at school and won me an ipod nano.  2 whole GB's!!

Last week, I won a new one.  I'm up to 8GB's!! 

I don't buy ipods, I win em.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 30, 2009, 03:57:39 PM
i have a 2gb one too. its aggravating how much music WONT fit on it. i hate having to go all darwin's theory of evolution on my ipod playlist.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 30, 2009, 04:27:13 PM
Yeah.  I didn't have much of a problem with the music, but I hated only fitting half a book on there.  Now I can fit a bunch of books!!  :D  And a bunch of music too. 

I highly recommend.  You can get the yellow one on walmart.com for under $130.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 30, 2009, 04:36:24 PM
eh i can wait, i'm hoping on getting an itouch for my bday. then i'll have plenty of room for books, videos, music, games, AND data devouring pixies
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 30, 2009, 06:14:15 PM
I couldn't live without my 160GB one.  I never know what I might want to listen to, so I need it all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 30, 2009, 08:22:01 PM
see thats more like it. how much did that cost?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 31, 2009, 01:05:40 PM
I don't remember.  Probably around two fiddy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 31, 2009, 01:44:38 PM
My girlfriend got a rebate on a 8GB iTouch and gave it to me for my b-day.  8-) That's right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on July 31, 2009, 03:45:43 PM
whew dang. still cheaper than an itouch. which way you think i should go? lots n lots of music and videos. or lots of music, vids, games, and assorted aps?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on July 31, 2009, 05:06:45 PM
I just have an 8 gig non-ipod mp3 player. Serves me well given I just can't bring myself to join the rest of the world with an iPod. I would feel like some kind of tool with one. Though I wont deny the attraction of an iPhone...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 31, 2009, 07:12:20 PM
I have an eyepod. The doc says he can remove it fairly easy; but my insurance don't cover it. It's about 2g; maybe a gram and a half; something like that. It doesn't play anything though, just hangs there and oozes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 03, 2009, 11:06:06 AM
I just have an 8 gig non-ipod mp3 player. Serves me well given I just can't bring myself to join the rest of the world with an iPod. I would feel like some kind of tool with one. Though I wont deny the attraction of an iPhone...

I'm still using one of these (http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/black_archos_gmini_xs202s_pocket_music_player.html) as my primary MP3 player.

I love this thing.  I get around 10-15 hours of battery life out of a single charge, it's small, the sound quality is excellent, the interface easy and intuitive, and it's platform agnostic: when you plug it in to a computer, it just shows up as a portable USB hard drive.  Drag and drop to get songs onto it.

No proprietary software to "sync" it, no special drivers.  It just works.  Windows, Mac, Linux.

I only wish ARCHOS (http://www.archos.com) hadn't discontinued it.  I'd love to get a new one with a bigger hard drive (like a 60GB of the same model), but all they're making these days are little flash-based 8GB and 16GB players with short-ass battery lives because of their power-thirsty screens.  Bleah.  It's sad that the MP3 player I have now -- which came out in 2005, ferfucksake -- is better than what Archos' current product lines offer.

I don't want video, I don't care about a full color screen.  I just want an MP3 player with at least 60GB of space, at least 10 hours of battery life, and a non-proprietary means of loading it.  Is that too much to ask?

Apparently it is, from my recent shopping around.  When my current MP3 player dies, I have no idea what I'll buy to replace it, because NOBODY makes what I need.  (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/banghead.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 03, 2009, 01:11:40 PM

   Time to start the design plans?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 03, 2009, 01:13:33 PM
Ugh.  It's about that time, yeah.  NOBODY makes just a simple, decent battery life, high-capacity MP3 player anymore that doesn't require special software to sync it.

I guess there isn't a market for it, which kind of surprises me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 03, 2009, 01:15:52 PM

  *rips cassette player out of old Walkman; slaps in a hdd...*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 03, 2009, 01:48:25 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/nunchuckslol.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 03, 2009, 02:05:51 PM

   Chuck Norris doesn't use nunchuks. Chuck Norris uses Godchuks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 03, 2009, 03:26:19 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/nunchuckslol.jpg)

I hate you for this.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 03, 2009, 04:31:47 PM
Sorry.  I couldn't help it.   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FleetStrike on August 04, 2009, 10:07:56 AM
OBEY THE HYPNO TOAD. sweet pic
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 05, 2009, 11:19:18 AM
COCKS LOL (http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/photoshop4/cocks.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on August 08, 2009, 10:44:34 PM
I'll admit, I'm feeling pretty good about myself as I lifted an engine into the back of a van on my own. Without a engine hoist. The freight company said the load was about 300 pounds, too.

Sadly, I believe this feat might take me out of the traditional "geek" category.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on August 09, 2009, 07:32:57 AM

on the outside you might not look like a geek, but we all know the true.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 10, 2009, 10:00:05 AM
I saw Penn and Teller do their magic act at the Rio last weekend and I liked it a lot. They made no bones about be Libertarians and incorporated a nice pro-American message into their act. This is something I hope more entertainers do because usually it's the other way around.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 10, 2009, 10:03:35 AM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/pennstfu.gif)

You know, I'm getting to the point where my images collection is almost large and diverse enough that I can soon communicate almost exclusively through the IMG tag on forums.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on August 10, 2009, 01:15:33 PM

I watched the one about the female orgasm the other week and it was so funny. I always thought they were just two annoying guys who didn't do much. But they were really really clever and funny. I stand corrected.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 11, 2009, 03:37:20 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8190292.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8190292.stm)

lowut
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 11, 2009, 05:29:52 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8190292.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8190292.stm)

lowut

   lol..saw that earlier.

 "I feel very good for her [Mrs Clinton] to have answered - almost in the affirmative," Mr Chepkurgor told the BBC's Network Africa programme.

"She promised that she will take the proposal to the daughter and I am now waiting," he said.

and waiting.


and waiting..


and waiting...


and  ...make that 39 goats. We can't fast forever.










...still waiting...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 11, 2009, 05:41:28 PM
40 goats and 20 cows for one dog is not a fair trade.


yeah, yeah, I know. I'm a bad man.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 11, 2009, 10:33:14 PM
 Heh. She's not that bad. I'd hit it; but not for various livestock.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 12, 2009, 07:47:38 AM
I'm at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver.  Xolik, I'm thinking of you.  There are Asians EVERYWHERE!!  You'd love it here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 12, 2009, 09:22:00 AM
Ah, you're sweet to think of me.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 13, 2009, 01:27:43 PM
Night of August 11th:
/me climbs to the roof and watches the sky for the meteor "shower" until 4:30am. Sees about five.

Night of August 12th:
/me climbs to the roof after four heated games of beer pong and one of beer ball.
/me wakes up at 6:00am August 13th (still on roof) and doesn't remember seeing anything.

What a jip!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 13, 2009, 02:05:37 PM
What a jip!

Ya.

So Number One Son has been excited about District 9 for months already, and some time ago I promised I would go with him to a midnight screening on opening night at some local venue. Earlier this week, I counceled him sternly about the care one should take in determining the exact day and time of suchlike midnight showings, for they are oft subject to the vagueries and whims of boneheaded theater managers. "If they are on the ball," I told him, "they will schedule the showing not at midnight, but at an unambiguous time, such as maybe 23:59 or 00:01. That way," I said, feeling posititvely Sotomayor-like in my profound wisdom, "That way, there will be no doubt as to which calendar day the screening is scheduled for." Well, Number One Son quickly browsed to the Regal Cinema website and announced, "August 13, 12:01 am." I looked, and, sure enough, there it was, just as he said. "Hmmm, unusual for a film to have a Thursday opening..." I murmured thoughtfully. "Check some other theaters in our area." He did, and at every one of them found the same entry -- Thursday, August 13, 12:01 am. So last night at around 23:15 we got in the truck and headed out to the theaters, only to find them deserted. We knocked on the door, rousing a befuddled youth wielding a bucket and mop, who helpfully informed us that "uh... we're uh... closed." And there, just to the left, was a big poster for District 9, with a boldly emblazoned rebuke across the bottom: "Opens August 14". "Never mind," I exclaimed stalwartly, "let's run home and watch the meteor shower!" But in the time that it had taken us to drive to the theater and back again, the fog had rolled in, obscuring the fantastic light show. So I had a Guinness and we watched a Season 1 episode of Lost and went to bed. We'll try again tonight. And I wouldn't give back the time I spent with my son last night for anything.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 13, 2009, 03:06:50 PM
Story about quality time with his son.

Awwwwww....how nice!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 13, 2009, 03:27:37 PM
See it was August 13, 2010, that way it would be early Friday morning
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 13, 2009, 04:57:34 PM
I'm a bad, bad man for enjoying this too much.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/908010317 (http://www.pnj.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/908010317)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 14, 2009, 03:28:12 PM
No you're not.  If you are, I am.

Wait.

At any rate, isn't it funny how "Doctor" Kent Hovind's about page (http://www.drdino.com/speaker.php?s=3) on his website doesn't say anything about him doing time in a Federal prison?   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 14, 2009, 05:04:33 PM
I liked District 9 a lot.

I've also reached a time of life when I realize that no one benefits from knowing my opinions. I mean, District 9 could be a totally crappy movie for someone else.

But if you go see it, and you like it as much as I did, then you are pretty fucking smart.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: phyre on August 15, 2009, 10:33:00 PM
Y'know what, I'm glad I clicked the link that brought me back by this way tonight, but it's getting damn late and I'm going to bed.

Thought you should know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 16, 2009, 07:53:46 PM
Always makes me nostalgic to see someone sporting the HN!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: phyre on August 16, 2009, 08:47:08 PM
I'm just flashing my creds so people who don't know me don't think I'm some random n00b. Who were you over there, Novice?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 16, 2009, 11:07:55 PM
Who were you over there, Novice?

squirelmasta772. Not too much of a regular or anything, but enough to make it here I guess.

I decided to take out the misspelling and the numbers and start somewhat fresh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 17, 2009, 12:54:06 PM
squirelmasta772. Not too much of a regular or anything, but enough to make it here I guess.

I decided to take out the misspelling and the numbers and start somewhat fresh.

Holy crap, that was you? I hated that a-hole!






 :lol: Just kiddin'!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 17, 2009, 01:11:23 PM
I hated that a-hole

Me too sometimes.  :-P

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: phyre on August 17, 2009, 08:01:00 PM
Yeah, I can't remember being much of a fan of squirrelmasta, though I'm sure things have changed. Here's to new beginnings, right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 18, 2009, 01:09:39 PM
So my friend's dad makes bullets and he and my friend sells them by the box at local gun shows. Normally he pulls in about $300-600 per show, which is a modest amount considering it's more like a side hobby for him. Ever since Obama took office, he's now making about $2000-3000 per show. Apparently Obama is going to ban all weapons because he's part of the Zionist conspiracy to enslave all white people on behalf the the space lizard master race to prevent the second coming of Christ who happens to be the only person who knows the location of the REAL birth certificate.

My friend just nods, smiles, and takes their cash.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 18, 2009, 01:12:53 PM
I think it's hilarious that people think the Space Lizards can be stopped by your bullets.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 18, 2009, 02:19:11 PM
What Obama has already done is stop the sale of spent casings from the military - unless the buyer promises to melt down the materials for recycling.  This has drastically increased the cost of ammunition and decreased the availability of cheap ammunition.

...or so I heard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 18, 2009, 02:21:26 PM

   Boon for the black market.  Fools. 
Title: Re: Bad Ass T-Shirt
Post by: RainsfordTriumphs on August 18, 2009, 05:13:21 PM
I found this T-Shirt the other day. Figured what the hey, some geeky brethren might want to get crunk up in the club with this piece strapped on.

It's a tee that has an LED equalizer that actually responds to muzak.

I went to a party with it and all the girls had chick-boner's for me.
Title: Re: Badass T-Shirt
Post by: RainsfordTriumphs on August 18, 2009, 05:18:22 PM
Oh, I guess I should have linked it.

Here: http://www.dillyeo.com/Product/Detail/6881 (http://www.zombo.com)
Title: Re: Bad Ass T-Shirt
Post by: xolik on August 18, 2009, 05:35:16 PM
I went to a party with it and all the girls had chick-boner's for me.

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7886/apostropheposter.jpg) (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/apostropheposter.jpg/)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on August 19, 2009, 06:51:54 AM
I think it's hilarious that people think the Space Lizards can be stopped by your bullets.

I think you need to fill out some paperwork after making this slip up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 19, 2009, 04:44:24 PM
So my friend's dad makes bullets and he and my friend sells them by the box at local gun shows. Normally he pulls in about $300-600 per show, which is a modest amount considering it's more like a side hobby for him. Ever since Obama took office, he's now making about $2000-3000 per show. Apparently Obama is going to ban all weapons because he's part of the Zionist conspiracy to enslave all white people on behalf the the space lizard master race to prevent the second coming of Christ who happens to be the only person who knows the location of the REAL birth certificate.

My friend just nods, smiles, and takes their cash.

The gun show ad here in Richmond says "Get your guns WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!".
Title: Re: Bad Ass T-Shirt
Post by: RainsfordTriumphs on August 20, 2009, 09:00:36 AM
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7886/apostropheposter.jpg) (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/apostropheposter.jpg/)



Aw damnit, damnit, damnit. PAY ATTENTION, SELF.
Title: Re: Bad Ass T-Shirt
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2009, 09:53:27 AM
Aw damnit, damnit, damnit. PAY ATTENTION, SELF.

Ok, I like you. You took a humorous critique and didn't go all INTERNET TOUGH GUY as a result.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 26, 2009, 12:52:15 PM
Leave it to KFC.

http://www.kansascity.com/stargazing/story/1405435.html (http://www.kansascity.com/stargazing/story/1405435.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 31, 2009, 09:03:08 AM

mentally stimulating diversions (http://www.sporcle.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 03, 2009, 04:30:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQawLBC59g#noexternalembed&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQawLBC59g#noexternalembed&feature=related)

I PLEDGE TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO DEAR LEADER PRESIDENT OBAMA!

What the hell is wrong with these people? I don't give a rat's ass who the president is but when you turn into such a goddamn drone that you declare loyalty pledges to the guy, this country is heading down the wrong path.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090903/pl_ynews/ynews_pl888_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090903/pl_ynews/ynews_pl888_1)

Why no, this isn't an attempt to indoctrinate school children at all. You're just stupid and dumb. No indoctrination attempts at all here, so move along citizen. Have you said your loyalty pledge to the President today? How has President Obama inspired you recently?

The Cult of Obama is really starting to scare me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 05, 2009, 04:29:18 AM
Here, we witness the deserved punishment of those who voted for Barack Obama. (Just kidding. I don't care who you voted for. But I still don't like him.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlknfLlsWU#noexternalembed&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlknfLlsWU#noexternalembed&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 05, 2009, 05:15:20 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090903/pl_ynews/ynews_pl888_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090903/pl_ynews/ynews_pl888_1)

Why no, this isn't an attempt to indoctrinate school children at all. You're just stupid and dumb. No indoctrination attempts at all here, so move along citizen. Have you said your loyalty pledge to the President today? How has President Obama inspired you recently?

The Cult of Obama is really starting to scare me.

   I lolled ..a little bit:

   
Quote
In an ironic twist, one Missouri school won't be airing the speech because of a lack of funding. Michelle Baumstark, spokeswoman for Columbia public schools, told the Columbia Daily Tribune, "We don’t have the funding or the equipment to support that type of broadcasting.”


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 08, 2009, 02:03:11 PM
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays (http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 08, 2009, 03:10:25 PM
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays (http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays)

Wow, this is the greatest.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2009, 04:16:27 PM
   I lolled ..a little bit:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/wh-withdraws-call-students-help-obama/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/wh-withdraws-call-students-help-obama/)

Haha. Priceless. "After the speech, how about everybody write about what they can do to help our Glorious Leader. Perhaps you know of some neighbors or maybe there are some in your family that don't fully support the Great Leader's vision that you could email the White House about? Why not have a nice group discussion on what He would want you to do, or to make it easier, perhaps think of it as WWOD?" Oh crap, people actually have a problem with this? Let's quickly change all the language and claim it was all just a big misunderstanding and blame kkkonservatives.

 :roll:

In all honesty, President Obama is fast becoming my favourite president.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 08, 2009, 04:48:05 PM
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays (http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays)

Oh man, I wish I had said every one of those things. Brilliant.

Quote
"It's just a fucking june bug, calm down. Jesus Christ, what happens when something bigger than a testicle attacks you?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 08, 2009, 05:40:18 PM
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays (http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays)

Yep, I added that a couple of weeks ago!  :detta:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on September 09, 2009, 05:56:41 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXel2cTkx_8#noexternalembed&feature=channel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXel2cTkx_8#noexternalembed&feature=channel_page)

I know its been done a lot. But I found this particularly funny. Also if your English look out for the very last sub title!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on September 09, 2009, 06:06:32 AM

I also found this when looking at the shitmydadsays twitter page

http://twitter.com/textsFromPedro?utm_source=follow&utm_campaign=twitter20080331162631&utm_medium=email (http://twitter.com/textsFromPedro?utm_source=follow&utm_campaign=twitter20080331162631&utm_medium=email)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on September 09, 2009, 07:22:08 AM

And something serious!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8245760.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8245760.stm)

This boy was held for four and half years of his life for a crime someone else admitted to! It's a very big case where I live and we are very relieved it is over. But justice needs to be done. Jack Straw should get sacked for his behaviour during the whole of this event and the real culprit should serve the time sentenced. Shields should also get compensation for the four years of his life that have been stolen.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 14, 2009, 07:39:13 PM
Sorry, but a lot of you guys aren't really helping the cause....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42406957@N04/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42406957@N04/)

Pics from the 9/12 protests.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 14, 2009, 11:37:03 PM


  Marcus Parmigiana (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090914/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_sheep;_ylt=Avj2JvTMOzE.SmQC5eBcy3ztiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzbGFuZGVvBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwOTE0L291a29lX3VrX2JyaXRhaW5fc2hlZXAEcG9zAzE2BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDc2Nob29sa2lkc3Nl)


heh. Kids.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 15, 2009, 07:30:19 AM
Pics from the 9/12 protests.

Who knew yelling at the president during a speech could make you a hero?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 15, 2009, 10:54:32 AM
I think its hilarious that after he yells "you lie!" everyone in congress (or at least all the democrats) go "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH" like they were little kids and he had just said a naughty word.

Oh Republican party, why did you wait until you were a minority before growing a spine?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 15, 2009, 11:59:21 AM
I think its hilarious that after he yells "you lie!" everyone in congress (or at least all the democrats) go "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH" like they were little kids and he had just said a naughty word.

Oh Republican party, why did you wait until you were a minority before growing a spine?

Calling the President a liar is a horrible thing that shouldn't be done, ever. I, for one, am proud that Democrats would never stoop so low as to call a sitting President a liar.

The fact that they're still hounding the guy frightens me a bit. He already apologized to the President and the President accepted. Now the Democrats want another vote to condemn him. What do they want from him? To resign? Over openly challenging the President? Wow.

On a side note, LOL@ACORN. Those politicians that you lied, cheated and engaged in all kinds of illegal activity in order to get them elected? Remember those guys? Well they don't need you now. There's a bus leaving DC and you've just been tossed under it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/14/senate-votes-cut-acorn-housing-funding/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/14/senate-votes-cut-acorn-housing-funding/) Yeah, I know, 'fox news' but for some strange reason, I'm having a hard time finding too many other news outlets reporting on it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on September 15, 2009, 02:25:38 PM
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2977/24aybft1.gif) (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/24aybft1.gif/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 15, 2009, 03:41:06 PM
LOL @ "Aim for the lava, Frodo!".   :lol:

It was worth watching entirely for that single frame.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 15, 2009, 04:13:05 PM
"i still think its retarded"  poor aragorn
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 15, 2009, 04:14:37 PM
Made my day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 15, 2009, 05:35:32 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/chicken-fu.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 15, 2009, 05:45:54 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/chicken-fu.gif)

Don't tease the Cock. (LOL)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 15, 2009, 05:49:46 PM
LOL!
+1
+1

 :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 15, 2009, 06:13:24 PM
Dude looked like he was ready to deliver a cockpunch, but I guess he chickened out....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 15, 2009, 06:19:20 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/caution_sparta.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 15, 2009, 11:05:12 PM
Dear President Obama,

I normally don't really agree with you very often, but you were spot on with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbatjA-N5z8#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbatjA-N5z8#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded)

If I could +1 him for saying this, I would.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 16, 2009, 11:38:29 AM
If you've got about an hour or so to kill, mosey on over to http://peopleofwalmart.com/ (http://peopleofwalmart.com/) for some shots of some of the more exotic clients of Walmart. Some of that stuff is pretty damn sad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 16, 2009, 01:48:12 PM
I've been checking that out recently. Their servers are usually too busy for me to look beyond the first page.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 16, 2009, 01:55:22 PM
Why do you hate America?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 16, 2009, 03:52:26 PM
Why do you hate America?

One word: Walmart.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 16, 2009, 03:56:40 PM
I never saw this before yesterday and felt the need to share it.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/ghostbusters_steveerwin.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 16, 2009, 04:19:13 PM
Demo, that was AH-mazzzing. Verrrrry interesting.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 16, 2009, 04:32:29 PM
Crikey!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 16, 2009, 07:57:16 PM
now all we have to worry about is billy mays :/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 17, 2009, 12:14:38 AM
It's too soon!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on September 17, 2009, 05:17:26 AM

Just don't make an Ghost jokes. I don't think I could handle it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 17, 2009, 07:16:00 AM
Maybe don't look at this then

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/2vi5gzm.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 17, 2009, 04:00:54 PM
Haha, that was ah-mazing, Novice. Best PS joke yet (and I've been hearing a lot in school related to Dirty Dancing... scary).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 17, 2009, 05:44:16 PM
http://www.popcrunch.com/patrick-swayze-dead/ (http://www.popcrunch.com/patrick-swayze-dead/)

Despite a report from KISS-FM radio station in Florida claiming that actor Patrick Swayze died early Tuesday, reps for the cancer-stricken star say he is alive and well, blasting the death claims as “categorically false.”

“This is to confirm that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning contrary to severely reckless reports stemming from a radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. Patrick Swayze is alive, well and is enjoying his life and he continues to respond to treatment,” the actor’s rep said in a statement this afternoon.

The Dirty Dancing star, who also starred in the critically-acclaimed 1990 film Ghost, has been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer since March 2008.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on September 17, 2009, 05:57:37 PM
You almost had me there 12.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 17, 2009, 06:20:20 PM

  Funny they haven't taken that article down yet...



  well, not "funny" but odd...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 20, 2009, 05:31:05 PM
Nothing like a nice, lazy Sunday, watching classic "Star Trek" reruns.


(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2455/21aihbl.png) (http://img85.imageshack.us/i/21aihbl.png/)

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4104/et5gef.png) (http://img132.imageshack.us/i/et5gef.png/)

 :w:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 21, 2009, 12:32:33 PM
So is someone who's into tribbles a furry?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 21, 2009, 05:53:10 PM
Heh.  This is pretty funny 10 years later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huyzCJvS6UQ#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huyzCJvS6UQ#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2009, 07:15:09 PM
Heh.  This is pretty funny 10 years later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huyzCJvS6UQ#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huyzCJvS6UQ#noexternalembed)


"This is funny if your a geek!"

/facepalm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 21, 2009, 10:31:37 PM
I bet I could get some badass fps on Number Munchers with that thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 22, 2009, 10:32:58 AM
128 mb ram!  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 22, 2009, 11:30:50 AM
128 mb ram!  :-o

And did you see the size of that case?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 22, 2009, 12:11:31 PM
And did you see the size of that case?

One of my 486 machines had a case that tall and it was completely justified. The mobo was freaking HUGE. The damn VLB video card was about as long as my laptop is wide.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 22, 2009, 12:41:27 PM
http://pictures.todaysbigthing.com/2009/09/15 (http://pictures.todaysbigthing.com/2009/09/15)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 22, 2009, 01:06:15 PM
That's awesome! The idea of bike with a skull and lightning flag acting as a personal transport straight to the hotseat is just too funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 22, 2009, 10:33:10 PM
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2455/21aihbl.png) (http://img85.imageshack.us/i/21aihbl.png/)

I saw that episode. Kirk is planning on using the stalagmite(not dildo) in his hands to bash the other guy, who turns out to be an android. Then somebody vaporizes the android with a phaser.

good times, good times.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 23, 2009, 11:28:04 AM
And the other guy is Lurch!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 24, 2009, 04:03:54 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/mac_shutup.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 24, 2009, 04:12:33 PM
+1  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 24, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
This is a metaphor for the first posts of about 80% of the n00bs we used to get at Hackernetwork:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/faceplant.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 24, 2009, 04:28:22 PM
This is so wrong, but it made me laugh like an idiot when I ran across it.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/kirk_i_sucked.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 24, 2009, 04:52:58 PM
Put that one next to the He-Man one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 24, 2009, 08:09:13 PM
this makes me wonder what Kirk is actually saying
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 25, 2009, 12:20:12 PM
I saw that episode. Kirk is planning on using the stalagmite(not dildo) in his hands to bash the other guy, who turns out to be an android. Then somebody vaporizes the android with a phaser.

good times, good times.

That's the one where Lurch calls "Captain Kii-iiirk" in Mrs. Roddenberry's voice. I do that all the time now.

Then later Lurch exclaims "THAT'S the missing equation!" and kills his master. I say that all the time now.

And that female android... Oh, my.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 25, 2009, 12:34:52 PM
this makes me wonder what Kirk is actually saying

"I'M CAPTAIN KIRK!"

From "The Enemy Within".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 25, 2009, 02:25:22 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/ohface.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 25, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
Anyone ever hear of a Okeowo Emmanuel. B.?  He wants to join HN Alumn on FB but I don't know who he is.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 25, 2009, 04:09:50 PM
Anyone ever hear of a Okeowo Emmanuel. B.?  He wants to join HN Alumn on FB but I don't know who he is.

I have no idea who that is.  Have you asked him for clarification?

EDIT: I just look a look... I don't think that's anyone we knew, just some random guy trying to join a random group.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 25, 2009, 04:14:55 PM
Sounds perfect for HN. Just like old times.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 25, 2009, 04:19:17 PM
Sounds perfect for HN. Just like old times.

Yep.  We have to ban idiots from HN and HN doesn't even exist anymore.  Seriously, WxTxF.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 25, 2009, 04:20:20 PM
Send him a message requesting a picture of him as the Lizard Queen in MSPaint with lots of pretty colors.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 25, 2009, 04:23:13 PM
Send him a message requesting a picture of him as the Lizard Queen in MSPaint with lots of pretty colors.

I just sent him a message asking him what his username was on HN.  The Lizard Queen request is next.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 25, 2009, 05:43:15 PM
pretty colors = absolutely mandatory
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 27, 2009, 12:09:18 AM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/kirk_i_sucked.gif)

HECTAR!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 30, 2009, 02:46:27 PM
Glad that's finally settled. (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/police-sold-beatles-2587389-albums-dre)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 30, 2009, 03:28:48 PM
surprised here was even a contest
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 30, 2009, 05:54:40 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/slater.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on September 30, 2009, 07:13:36 PM
(http://us.mg3.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1662683%5fAL7HtEQAAQUHSsPtpwhNzgvH76Q&pid=22&fid=Inbox&inline=1)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 30, 2009, 07:44:20 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/slater.jpg)

I'd do him. /captainobvious
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 30, 2009, 07:56:06 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/slater.jpg)



OMG
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on October 01, 2009, 09:36:34 AM
www.cantyouseeimbusy.com (http://www.cantyouseeimbusy.com)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 01, 2009, 11:23:14 AM
www.cantyouseeimbusy.com (http://www.cantyouseeimbusy.com)



The idea alone is funny, but the games actually work!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 01, 2009, 08:14:39 PM
RIP (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31525)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 02, 2009, 12:05:01 PM
Oh, Drudge, you card....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 02, 2009, 12:17:50 PM
bwahaha!  Drudge hates the darkies!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 02, 2009, 01:12:55 PM
I was pulling for Rio
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 02, 2009, 03:02:20 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/spelling.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 02, 2009, 03:24:13 PM
Acquired.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 02, 2009, 03:32:14 PM
Acquired.


Which is exactly how I got it.

Because that's how I roll, motherfucker.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 02, 2009, 03:44:19 PM
HATE STAR WARS!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 05, 2009, 07:52:19 PM
I'm thinking about buying a condo at the start of the new year and was wondering what I should take into consideration? So far, all I know is to watch out for excessive HOA fees. That's about it.  :-( Advice plz, kthx.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 05, 2009, 07:56:33 PM
Not only large HOA fees but also find out about recent special assessments and their reserve.  Since you own everything between the outside paint, when things like water mains, need for re-roofing, common area repairs and maint, etc. will be picked up by the HOA.  If the HOA doesn't have sufficient reserves for these, they do special assessments where you could be hit with a one time fee of multiple thousands of dollars.  My wife used to manage an HOA in Shell Beach and they were looking at a huge special assessment to repair a seawall.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 05, 2009, 08:12:13 PM
Not only large HOA fees but also find out about recent special assessments and their reserve.  Since you own everything between the outside paint, when things like water mains, need for re-roofing, common area repairs and maint, etc. will be picked up by the HOA.  If the HOA doesn't have sufficient reserves for these, they do special assessments where you could be hit with a one time fee of multiple thousands of dollars.  My wife used to manage an HOA in Shell Beach and they were looking at a huge special assessment to repair a seawall.

Good to know, thanks. I need to get out of my little apartment. I'm sick of renting.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 06, 2009, 07:08:42 AM
You should find out if they're furry-friendly.  We need more funny stories around here and if you moved into a condo unit where there were frequent furry parties, the stories would be fabulous.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 06, 2009, 09:17:12 AM
I'll be sure to ask where the nearest dry cleaner is for my fursuit.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 06, 2009, 12:45:55 PM
 N S F W ! ! ! (http://xhamster.com/movies/212908/pet_play_training.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 06, 2009, 03:04:52 PM
CAIR sent me a downright beautiful Qur'an that I've actually started reading. I was a bit put off that they included a very apologetic introduction, however. Any Holy book that start off with "Hey now, don't get any misconceptions due to recent events" doesn't bode well to me.

It's interesting, to say the least.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 06, 2009, 03:18:32 PM
What does it have to say about sticking things in places with nerve endings?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 06, 2009, 04:28:40 PM
What does it have to say about sticking things in places with nerve endings?

Depends on how old she is.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 07, 2009, 01:18:40 AM

I've been wanting to eat it for a while now. I'm reading about buddism first and then i might get a copy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 07, 2009, 11:09:51 AM
I've been wanting to eat it for a while now. I'm reading about buddism first and then i might get a copy.

Probie! It is a Holy Book, not a falafel!

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 14, 2009, 08:26:10 PM
HAY XOLIK, I FOUND BOARDWALK FOR YOU.   (http://richmond.craigslist.org/bar/1421797372.html)

I better get a fat fucking finders fee.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 15, 2009, 06:25:04 AM


I've head it tastes good!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 15, 2009, 06:42:41 AM

I've head it tastes good!

  Is that the head I gave you?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 15, 2009, 11:32:19 AM

What is wrong with my typing ability!!!!!

How do I know what the head you gave me tasted like?   :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 15, 2009, 04:01:13 PM
What is wrong with my typing ability!!!!!

How do I know what the head you gave me tasted like?   :w:


   ; *


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 19, 2009, 11:52:15 AM
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 20, 2009, 03:31:24 PM
I do not aim with my hand;
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand;
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun;
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on October 20, 2009, 05:55:22 PM
gun is easier
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 21, 2009, 11:53:32 AM
My heart is a gun.

A Colt to be specific.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 21, 2009, 07:53:07 PM
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO126794/# (http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO126794/#)

This is pretty terrible.

I don't get it. Obama is on television all the time! He's right there, how can you Nazi him?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 22, 2009, 12:57:12 AM
how can you Nazi him?

What did you there, see I.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 22, 2009, 05:45:28 AM

You've got to be some kind of stupid if you can't even get racism right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on October 22, 2009, 11:30:31 AM
Holy. Crap. Those are some dedicated vandals.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 22, 2009, 02:19:38 PM
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-UOz0e0dEk#noexternalembed&feature=related] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-UOz0e0dEk#noexternalembed&feature=related)
What dedicated Vandals might look like. OC punk band since 1980.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on October 22, 2009, 03:25:52 PM
Vandals?  Pshaw.  That's the new breed of alien crop circles.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 22, 2009, 06:18:14 PM
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-UOz0e0dEk#noexternalembed&feature=related] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-UOz0e0dEk#noexternalembed&feature=related)
What dedicated Vandals might look like. OC punk band since 1980.


 Thats awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on October 22, 2009, 09:29:43 PM
I do not shit all over my Opus Magnum with my ass
I shit all over it with my word processor

-Stephen King
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Morin on October 23, 2009, 01:30:49 AM
 :-D Launched at the end of November is a new device called Else and it's gonna rock the mobile phone arena!


(http://www.instantfilehosting.com/images/access/number-4403.JPG)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 23, 2009, 08:08:30 AM
Worst spam ever.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2009, 09:36:07 AM
:-D Launched at the end of November is a new device called Else and it's gonna rock the mobile phone arena!

I'm not one of those idiots who has to justify their existence by running out and buying a new phone every two weeks, so kindly screw off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 23, 2009, 11:21:31 AM
B-b-b-but it's LINUX!

And you call yourselves geeks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 23, 2009, 12:23:58 PM
Well, one sweet link on frak today, at least: A rundown of our favourite internet laws on Telegraph.co.uk (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html).

Number 6, "Danth's Law", was one I hadn't heard of:

Quote
States: “If you have to insist that you've won an internet argument, you've probably lost badly.” Named after a user on the role-playing gamers’ forum RPG.net.

Danth’s Law was most famously declared in “The Lenski Affair”, between microbiologist Richard Lenski and the editor of Conservapedia.com, Andrew Schlafly, who cast doubt upon Prof Lenski’s elegant experimental demonstration of evolution.

After what is widely held to be one of the greatest and most comprehensive put-downs in scientific argument from Prof Lenski, Mr Schlafly declared himself the winner.

Here is the Schlafly/Lenski email exchange: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lenski_dialog (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lenski_dialog). It's lengthy, but I haven't read anything this satisfying in a long time.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 23, 2009, 01:24:02 PM
I don't see how Schlafly didn't just admit defeat after the second reply. That's epic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 23, 2009, 01:32:06 PM
Only two things are infinite.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2009, 02:37:19 PM
Well, one sweet link on frak today, at least: A rundown of our favourite internet laws on Telegraph.co.uk (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html).

Number 6, "Danth's Law", was one I hadn't heard of:

Here is the Schlafly/Lenski email exchange: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lenski_dialog (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lenski_dialog). It's lengthy, but I haven't read anything this satisfying in a long time.



PNAS LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 23, 2009, 02:40:30 PM
PNAS LOL
I totally typed that and then deleted it before posting it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 23, 2009, 02:49:04 PM
I totally typed that and then deleted it before posting it.

 :-P

That little exchange was a good read.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2009, 07:00:41 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/28/afghanistan.taliban.pay/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/28/afghanistan.taliban.pay/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn)

I'm at a loss...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 28, 2009, 07:16:24 PM
Actually, it might make sense. Similar tactics are used are used in Iraq.

A day or two after 9/11 a Pakistani guy I know said, in effect, "This is not driven by fanaticism. This is driven by poverty. Where you have poverty, you have fanatics."

This won't cure poverty, but it might plant seeds of dissent.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 28, 2009, 11:30:07 PM
Actually, it might make sense. Similar tactics are used are used in Iraq.

A day or two after 9/11 a Pakistani guy I know said, in effect, "This is not driven by fanaticism. This is driven by poverty. Where you have poverty, you have fanatics."

This won't cure poverty, but it might plant seeds of dissent.


They'll be 'loyal' until the money runs out. I dunno, it just seems odd to me. We bailing out the Taliban now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 02:06:32 PM
(http://www.ivandavidoff.com/misc/scholarlooool.jpg)

WHO LOCKED THE PHOTOSHOP THREAD?

*grumble grumble grumble*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 29, 2009, 02:18:51 PM
I did, after I was declared the winner.

WINNAR IS ME!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 02:26:43 PM
You won a PS contest with WORDS?

Awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 29, 2009, 02:35:47 PM
I don't make the rules.  I just win by them.

You need to talk to Demo if you have issues with the judging.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 03:13:39 PM
No issues.

But I think I can claim second place.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 03:22:17 PM
W00000000000TERZZZ!!!!!!

2ND!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 03:23:34 PM
Heh. Opera makes it look weird.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 29, 2009, 03:52:27 PM
(http://www.ivandavidoff.com/misc/scholarlooool.jpg)

WHO LOCKED THE PHOTOSHOP THREAD?

*grumble grumble grumble*

LOOOOL!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on October 29, 2009, 05:01:28 PM
I always thought that adding extra Os to lol was really dumb. what are you doing, laughing out out out out out loud?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 29, 2009, 05:27:14 PM
I think it's pronounced "lool", as in "drool".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 29, 2009, 11:45:08 PM
or fool
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 30, 2009, 08:59:50 AM
I don't make the rules.  I just win by them.

You need to talk to Demo if you have issues with the judging.

I stand by my decision.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2009, 10:44:14 AM
Why does everyone think I have a problem with this? All I wanted to do was make fun of the n00b.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 10:54:48 AM
Thank you for being a friend

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/29/bea.arthur.donation/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/29/bea.arthur.donation/index.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2009, 10:59:52 AM
Is that you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 11:45:28 AM
Is that you?

Haha, neither one of them.

Also, guys, you're doing it wrong:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2009, 11:57:33 AM
Xolik, have you heard of this? http://rescuemarriage.org/ (http://rescuemarriage.org/)

Puts the prop [h]8ers to the test.

You want to save marriage? BAN DIVORCE!

(Hey -- prop [h]8ers -- I thought of that myself)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 12:25:01 PM
Xolik, have you heard of this? http://rescuemarriage.org/ (http://rescuemarriage.org/)

Puts the prop [h]8ers to the test.

You want to save marriage? BAN DIVORCE!

(Hey -- prop [h]8ers -- I thought of that myself)


Yeah, I heard that guy on the Jon and Ken show the other day. It's a neat idea, but it will fail.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2009, 12:34:05 PM
I don't think they expect to actually get on the ballot. They're just making a point.

But you never know....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on October 30, 2009, 01:18:18 PM
I would LOVE to see that make the ballot!
/me : divorced 3X
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 01:43:57 PM
Our Governor is the best one ever.

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf (http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf)

Can you spot the hidden message?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on October 30, 2009, 03:04:40 PM
if they ban divorce, there will immediately be a rash of brutal spouse murders, followed by a rash or remarriages. rinse and repeat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 03:31:17 PM
if they ban divorce, there will immediately be a rash of brutal spouse murders, followed by a rash or remarriages. rinse and repeat.

I'm Henry the 8th, I am!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 30, 2009, 03:52:51 PM
Our Governor is the best one ever.

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf (http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf)

Can you spot the hidden message?



Help me out...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 03:53:58 PM
HOLY CRAP IT'S JOHN CANDY!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/10/30/chaz.bono.man/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/10/30/chaz.bono.man/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn)




Lady, I like being a man also, but you don't see me making a damn new conference about how much I enjoy pulling my pud. Jeeze.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 30, 2009, 04:18:42 PM
... but you don't see me making a damn new conference about how much I enjoy pulling my pud. Jeeze.

Well, there was that ONE time.  Or are you denying that ever happened now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on October 30, 2009, 05:14:11 PM
Well, there was that ONE time.  Or are you denying that ever happened now?

While I'm not saying Glen Beck raped and murdered that young girl back in 1990, I do find it fishy he hasn't addressed the issue....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on November 01, 2009, 12:06:39 AM
Who knew! I didn't even do the math.

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/posts.jpg)

Edit: Shit! (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/post.png)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on November 01, 2009, 08:26:30 PM
you'll have to abstain for a day
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 02, 2009, 01:13:20 PM
abstinence never works.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 02, 2009, 08:39:22 PM
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/victim_in_fatal_car_accident (http://www.theonion.com/content/video/victim_in_fatal_car_accident)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 02, 2009, 08:56:35 PM
http://www.bizb.biz/index.php?type=1&id=461 (http://www.bizb.biz/index.php?type=1&id=461)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: jeee on November 04, 2009, 11:02:15 AM
(http://humor.nl/roflmao.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 04, 2009, 12:25:49 PM
Our Governor is the best one ever.

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf (http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf)

Can you spot the hidden message?



Oh wow, I see it now!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on November 04, 2009, 03:48:35 PM
I find The Onion's news crawl is often funnier than the actual stories
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on November 17, 2009, 09:42:05 AM

For Detta:


http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/fun/minus1.html (http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/fun/minus1.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 17, 2009, 12:08:35 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on November 17, 2009, 08:00:45 PM
Awesome!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 20, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Court rules Army Corps of Engineers failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34028940/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34028940/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/)

Sounds like the Corps is all washed up.

*puts on sunglasses*

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 23, 2009, 02:17:17 PM
I invite someone to do a Safe For Work photoshop of this picture to put her next to Ron Jeremy:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/palin_fingers.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 23, 2009, 02:45:30 PM
I invite someone to do a Safe For Work photoshop of this picture to put her next to Ron Jeremy:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/palin_fingers.jpg)

If my Photoshop instructor hadn't specifically said 'no nudity', I would totally do this as my final project for the semester.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on November 24, 2009, 02:09:19 PM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 24, 2009, 03:30:22 PM
Hammy hit the shoutbox and this thread.

Hammy is attention whoring at this point. I'm so let down.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 24, 2009, 05:29:11 PM
Nah.  Hammy's just adjusting to the new communications paradigm.

That makes the AKH a pretty hip food item.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 12, 2009, 02:07:32 AM
Quote
If you don't have a gun, here's a more humane way to wreck someone’s evil plans for you.

A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.

The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn't attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use.

On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.

Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High School. For decades, he's suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet spray near your door or bed. Glinka says, "This is better than anything I can teach them." Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says "spray the culprit in the eyes". It's a tip he's given to students for decades. [/]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 12, 2009, 07:51:15 AM
That's interesting.  They do make pepper spray that comes out in a spray but if you don't have any handy, wasp spray would do in a pinch.  Just hope the feds don't bust you.  I kinda doubt they would, but I don't know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 12, 2009, 07:52:36 AM
The high school where I work has a big (HUGE) football game today!  State Championship!  I aint driving all the way to Charlotteshole to see it, but it's on TV here!!  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 12, 2009, 06:01:58 PM
Smells like school spirit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 13, 2009, 08:24:43 AM
I couldn't find it on TV, but I listened to the second half on the radio.  It was awesome.  And we won 35-21.   :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 14, 2009, 12:24:37 AM
I couldn't find it on TV, but I listened to the second half on the radio.  It was awesome.  And we won 35-21.   :-D


12ax7 and several others Like this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 14, 2009, 04:34:05 PM
Are you annoyed by my cross-site post?  ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 14, 2009, 04:36:37 PM
  Of course not!   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 14, 2009, 04:36:51 PM
I was wondering what to do with myself after college . . .

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/11/cannabis.kid/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/11/cannabis.kid/index.html)

And then I knew.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 15, 2009, 01:22:43 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD4D020091214?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD4D020091214?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true)

I hope they're ready to cut some pretty big checks out to pope Al Gore for carbon indulgences credits.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 15, 2009, 02:04:27 PM
Yeah, don't they have live meeting?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on December 15, 2009, 02:44:25 PM
I like this carbon emission unit of measure : The Ethiopian. One Ethiopian in measure being equal to the annual emissions from one person from Ethiopia.

For example, the Copenhagen climate talks will generate .5 million Ɛ.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 15, 2009, 02:58:06 PM
Best Comment::



CO2 is a greenhouse gas for good reason: green=photosynthesis, photosynthesis requires C02 and light. Consequently, limiting atmospheric CO2 emissions will suffocate plants and turns the green to brown. High levels of greenhouse production are achieved by controlling CO2 and light; i.e.: increased greenhouse production is accomplished using bottled or gas-generated CO2 and oftentimes even artificial light to promote the photosynthesis required to make plants grow and produce. Pumping large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere also stimulates plant growth. The burning of fossil fuels and the resulting tons of carbon emissions can be claimed responsible, at least in part, for the abundance of the food supply during the last century thereby helping us to avoid the Malthusian famines predicted for our day over 200 years ago. Luckily, Parkinson’s Law of photosynthesis indicates that vegetation will expand to deplete the CO2 in the atmosphere regardless of the source and/or the amount released into the atmosphere. Bottom line: drive your car, heat and cool your home, create as much CO2 as possible, your may just be saving the planet for others and preventing a future famine!
Green = Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis requires CO2 and sunlight. Why not associate the increased worldwide food production as actually being made possible by the increased CO2 emissions be they man made or otherwise. Burning coal, oil, and driving your SUV may actually help prevent famine and food shortages in our future. On the other hand, preventing CO2 emissions slows photosynthesis and equates with going brown not green.

CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) is the most friendly gas in our atmosphere. CO2 remains as a trace gas because photosynthesis converts it to O2 (Oxygen) almost immediately. We need mega-tons of CO2 to be put into our atmosphere daily to grow our food for an expanding population of the world. Our food supply depends on the CO2 emissions of SUVs, Volcanoes, Fires, and Plant-rot, to supply this essential greenhouse gas at sufficient levels to ward off famine. By the way, current levels of CO2 have been measured at 385 p.p.m., yet a good greenhouse requires 4 to 5 times that level to get a decent green plant production. To avoid a famine the government regulators better hope they do not lower the atmospheric level of CO2 from current levels; in fact, they should hope CO2 levels will rise to accommodate the increasing global food supply requirement, otherwise, world-wide anthropogenic famine!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 15, 2009, 07:34:35 PM
so very true. this intelligence of that post boggles my mind.

actually, i think it's ridiculous to worry about the disappearance of arctic ice. arctic ice is at sea level for the most part, so since ice takes up more space then water (Al Gore should probably go read a third grade science book) and arctic ice happens to contain air as well as water, that means that if the north polar ice cap were to melt completely, sea levels would actually go down.

antarctic ice is another story, since there is in fact a continent down there. of course, this is assuming they melt at all.

so all this talk about the entire north polar ice caps melting is both funny and endlessly annoying,
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 15, 2009, 08:35:02 PM
Quote
Oral Roberts Dead at 91

Oral Roberts has finally been killed by God for not raising enough money.

Oral Roberts was a pioneer of televangelism, and he profited handsomely from it. Born into poverty in Oklahoma, he suffered from tuberculosis as a child, thereby learning early on that desperately sick people are willing to part with their money in exchange for some hope. You can make a good living this way if you travel around and take cash directly. Roberts' innovation was in lying to hundreds of thousands—millions!—of people at a time through the miracle of television, and taking checks in the mail.

His show "Oral Roberts Presents" was a forum for healing the sick and disposessed through God's power, but God doesn't work for free. Roberts famously told his viewers in 1987 that God was going to "call him home" if he didn't raise $8 million from the poor dupes who believed what he said. The death threat worked: After climbing up into a "prayer tower" and going on a hunger strike—a "fast"—until he got his money, Roberts hit the $8 million mark.

He was worth every penny, though, because he had the rare ability to raise the dead. When someone died in the crowd at one of his revivals, he told an audience once, "I had to stop and go back in the crowd and raise the dead person so I could go ahead with the service." Sadly, he couldn't pull the trick off when his son Ronald committed suicide in 1981 after struggling with drug problems. We'd feel bad writing glibly about the death of the man's son if not for the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who suffered similar tragedies sent Roberts more money than they could afford to based on his toxic and preposterous lies.

Other toxic and preposterous lies: A 900-foot-tall Jesus appeared before him and commanded him to raise $120 million to build a hospital. The devil tried to strangle him in his bedroom, only to be driven away by his wife. Special holy water sprinkled on a billfold will bring prosperity. God told him he would return from the dead to rule over the Earth.

In addition to a legacy of fraud and theft, Roberts left us Oral Roberts University, a Christian educational institute that served as a playground for his son Richard, who ran it, and his wife. According to a 2007 lawsuit, Richard's wife spent school money to remodel their home 11 times in 14 years, employ her "underaged male" friends, run up $800 cell phone bills, spend $39,000 a pop on clothes at Chico's, and fly their daughter to Orlando for spring break on a private jet. The couple also allegedly forced professors and students to do their daughter's homework.

Anyway, he's dead.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 16, 2009, 09:23:52 AM
Oral Roberts was still alive!?????

 :?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 16, 2009, 12:23:52 PM
I always wondered if he had a sibling named Anal.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 16, 2009, 12:52:13 PM
Anus Lee Roberts
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 16, 2009, 07:32:52 PM
How many pages can a thread have before the forum won't make anymore?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 16, 2009, 07:57:41 PM
Three.

(http://m1.ourstage.com/tb/PYPBLCESUFEI-large.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 16, 2009, 08:15:18 PM
Three.

(http://m1.ourstage.com/tb/PYPBLCESUFEI-large.jpg)

I don't get the picture but I assume it means "your an idiot"

No, I mean whats the max number of pages a thread can have?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 16, 2009, 09:07:24 PM
How old are you?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 16, 2009, 09:13:54 PM
That's a valid question as that picture is only relevant to gen X and baby-boomers, I would imagine.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 16, 2009, 09:44:06 PM
Yeah, that's why I asked.

Here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 16, 2009, 10:05:46 PM
Yeah, that's why I asked.

Here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed)

Oh, I think it was a little bit off. lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 16, 2009, 10:41:16 PM
used to see those commercials all the time. surprised anyone else remembers. how young is this kid that he doesn't remember tootsie pop commercials?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 16, 2009, 11:40:59 PM
lol, 17. I remember those commercials now that I saw that video. Barely.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 17, 2009, 01:06:29 AM
only in retrospect do i realize how stupid my last post was. laugh it up, ivan.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 17, 2009, 11:11:27 AM
You're being too hard on yourself, C_R.

Arnox, a Forum Thread (FT) is not limited by Number Of Pages (NOP), but by Overall Number Of Forum Bytes (ONOFB), and by Overall Number Of Bytes On The Internets (ONOBOTI).

Here is the exact formula:

ONOFB(FT) <= ONOBOTI.



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 17, 2009, 12:06:32 PM
hard on

heh huh huh heh heh /beavis
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 17, 2009, 12:46:22 PM
You're being too hard on yourself, C_R.

Arnox, a Forum Thread (FT) is not limited by Number Of Pages (NOP), but by Overall Number Of Forum Bytes (ONOFB), and by Overall Number Of Bytes On The Internets (ONOBOTI).

Here is the exact formula:

ONOFB(FT) <= ONOBOTI.





So Detta was correct, the limit is three.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 17, 2009, 02:43:35 PM
Yeah, that's why I asked.

Here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw#noexternalembed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUYLY8F23U#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUYLY8F23U#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 17, 2009, 05:08:01 PM
You're being too hard on yourself, C_R.

Arnox, a Forum Thread (FT) is not limited by Number Of Pages (NOP), but by Overall Number Of Forum Bytes (ONOFB), and by Overall Number Of Bytes On The Internets (ONOBOTI).

Here is the exact formula:

ONOFB(FT) <= ONOBOTI.




lol, get it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 17, 2009, 07:22:09 PM
...the world may never know...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 17, 2009, 08:44:43 PM
Btw, clear runway, like the C&H reference you made with your avatar. Whats really sad though is that I know exactly what comic that picture was on. :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 17, 2009, 11:11:03 PM
the exact issue? all the shots of spiff in his saucer are fairly similar.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 18, 2009, 12:45:56 AM
   OMG!!1!   WANT!!!!


 (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/fartloading.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 18, 2009, 12:33:27 PM
ah, wal-mart people. your charms are immeasurable.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 18, 2009, 01:45:52 PM
I ran out of time and I'm not too happy about it, but here's that poster I did about Zombie Reagan.

I wanted to make the background something like the constitution and animate some blood dripping from his eye socket and flavor up the text some more, but oh well. I'm not a photoshop expert my any means.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 18, 2009, 02:02:57 PM
They really need to remake Wizard of Oz with zombies, that way the scarecrow's song will be even funnier.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 18, 2009, 05:15:22 PM
the exact issue? all the shots of spiff in his saucer are fairly similar.
I hazard a guess at Yukon ho... The comic, though, is when spiff is having trouble with his ship computer and, in the end, gets shot down because he had trouble with trying to get his lazas to fire. lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: dcrog on December 19, 2009, 07:45:41 AM
   OMG!!1!   WANT!!!!


 (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/fartloading.jpg)

She is awfully HAWT.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 19, 2009, 10:55:39 AM
She is awfully HAWT.

The pride of our nation, truly.

HOW DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET SO FAT? Don't tell me it's genetic either. That's a horseshit excuse used by lazy people who would rather shovel pie into their gaping maw than go for an occasional walk.

Irritates me...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 19, 2009, 12:02:58 PM
The pride of our nation, truly.

HOW DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET SO FAT?
Irritates me...

  The same mentality that allows you to wear that shirt in public and either think nothing of it; or think it's funny and cool.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 19, 2009, 12:10:01 PM
They really need to remake Wizard of Oz with zombies, that way the scarecrow's song will be even funnier.

I would dance and be merry

Life would be a ding-a-derry

If I only had a brain
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 19, 2009, 07:46:29 PM
I started taking night classes at a Community College back in 2003. I made the terrible mistake of not going straight to college after high school. After many setbacks either due to work or the school not offering my required courses for a particular semester, I'm finally done. I passed my last final today and finally have a crappy A.S. in Network and Computing Technology.

It's not much in the big scheme of things. There are tons of people out there that have their friggen doctorates by now, and NOBODY should take seven years to get a two year degree, but it's MINE now, dammit.

Now I need to figure out where to go from here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on December 19, 2009, 08:29:29 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on December 19, 2009, 11:07:30 PM
Now I need to figure out where to go from here.

graduate school.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 20, 2009, 12:09:35 PM
graduate school.

Yeah, I want to go for a Bachelor's but which school? /sigh

I hear UCLA is loaded Asian students....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 21, 2009, 02:45:02 AM
I went to UCLA for two years... it was alright.

UCLA = University Closest to the Lincroft Area aka "Brookdale Community College" which, of course, is located near Lincroft, New Jersey.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on December 21, 2009, 10:53:14 AM
Congraaaaaaats!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 21, 2009, 06:28:16 PM
Back when I had friends going to UCLA, they told me it stands for University of Caucasians Lost amongs the Asians.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 21, 2009, 07:38:17 PM
I have to tell you all that Frosty the Snowman is the most frightening phenomenon of the extra dimension. You can talk about the Abominable Snowman, you can talk about UFOs, all of these things, but when Frosty looks at you with those big coal eyes of his and he goes to work on you with that carrot nose? No sir-- no sir, no sir, no sir.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 22, 2009, 10:50:02 AM
I have to tell you all that Frosty the Snowman is the most frightening phenomenon of the extra dimension. You can talk about the Abominable Snowman, you can talk about UFOs, all of these things, but when Frosty looks at you with those big coal eyes of his and he goes to work on you with that carrot nose? No sir-- no sir, no sir, no sir.

I had a nightnare about him once. He gave me his "carrot" and said I had to eat it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on December 22, 2009, 07:48:19 PM
He gave me his "carrot" and said I had to eat it.

I had a similar dream involving Rudolph and his antlers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on December 23, 2009, 09:29:59 PM
I had a similar dream involving Rudolph and his antlers.
lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 25, 2009, 05:18:13 PM
This year for Christmas, my parents got me a pair of 'slim fit' jeans one size too small, a nice dress shirt (also one size too small) and a scale.


I think they're trying to tell me something.  :?

Ping Ping got me this: http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Kitty-Goes-Movies-Banas/dp/B00007GZRT (http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Kitty-Goes-Movies-Banas/dp/B00007GZRT)

I got him a Louis Vuitton bag. Yeah, that's a fair exchange. Lopaka is getting a pink DS Lite and a game.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on December 26, 2009, 12:50:58 PM
I think they're trying to tell me something.  :?

That's alright. My mom got her fiance a scale and a weighted exercise ball.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 26, 2009, 11:04:19 PM
Some of us would be happy with gifts like those! The gym at college needs some more 45 pound plates... 12 just doesn't cut it anymore sometimes with some lifts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on December 27, 2009, 11:46:33 AM
UCI wipes the floor with UCLA in the has-a-lot-of-Asians department.

Plus UCI is cool in other ways, and has a lot of parking. Nice, quiet, verdant setting. Lots of Asians. Peet's Coffee, Lee's Sanwiches and In N Out all next to each other, with lots of Asians eating and drinking there. And an excellent farmer's market every Saturday morning. And Asians. Did I mention Asians?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 27, 2009, 11:16:11 PM
I don't quite get what you're saying....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on December 28, 2009, 08:22:55 AM
He's talking about ASIANS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 29, 2009, 03:58:41 PM
He's talking about ASIANS!

Dammit, quit beating around the bush, just tell me in plain Engrish already!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on December 29, 2009, 04:03:38 PM
Query: If people from SE Asia are called Asians and things from SE Asia are called Oriental, what, exactly, is in McDonald's Asian Salad?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on December 29, 2009, 04:06:06 PM
Query: If people from SE Asia are called Asians and things from SE Asia are called Oriental, what, exactly, is in McDonald's Asian Salad?

Triple dare you to call them up and ask them. Don't they have a questions/comments line?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 29, 2009, 10:05:09 PM
Query: If people from SE Asia are called Asians and things from SE Asia are called Oriental, what, exactly, is in McDonald's Asian Salad?

A damn travesty is what it is. Have you tasted that thing?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 29, 2009, 10:29:17 PM
http://www.lasagnacat.com/ (http://www.lasagnacat.com/)

This whole damn site is terrible. I love it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 30, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
I was getting my breakfast at Jack in the Box this morning when in walks this very feminine latino guy in full on drag complete with eyeliner and makeup. It made me think about a few things, namely:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on December 30, 2009, 04:56:24 PM
What is it about latinos and asians. . .  they have the best looking trannies of all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 30, 2009, 11:19:41 PM
What is it about latinos and asians. . .  they have the best looking trannies of all.

Naturally smooth skin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 12, 2010, 01:38:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1lAN4xq4hE#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1lAN4xq4hE#noexternalembed)

This looks very promising.

THERE IS NO PLAN B.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 18, 2010, 02:28:11 PM
With the race going in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat, key Democrats rally for  Martha Coakley.

    Harry Reid: Scott Brown is a racist.

    Tim Geitner: Scott Brown failed to report $300 he earned under the table on his 1982 1040.

    Kevin Jennings: Our children are not safe with Scott Brown.

    Nancy Pelosi: Scott Brown is wealthy. He associates with wealthy people.He is very partisan and doesn't work well with others.

    Joe Biden: Scott Brown says stupid shit all the time!

    Charlie Rangel: Scott Brown exploits tax loopholes.

    Barack Obama: Let me be perfectly clear! Scott Brown is totally inexperienced and unfit for this important job. He doesn't have a clue!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 18, 2010, 03:01:07 PM
Pot... Kettle.  Black?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 18, 2010, 03:02:10 PM
(http://www.detectiveclub.info/thats%20racist%202.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 18, 2010, 07:13:36 PM
It would be funnier if I didn't know people who actually think this way. [\url]


 (http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_law_requires_women_to_name)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 18, 2010, 08:39:16 PM
With the race going in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat, key Democrats rally for  Martha Coakley.

    Harry Reid: Scott Brown is a racist.

    Tim Geitner: Scott Brown failed to report $300 he earned under the table on his 1982 1040.

    Kevin Jennings: Our children are not safe with Scott Brown.

    Nancy Pelosi: Scott Brown is wealthy. He associates with wealthy people.He is very partisan and doesn't work well with others.

    Joe Biden: Scott Brown says stupid shit all the time!

    Charlie Rangel: Scott Brown exploits tax loopholes.

    Barack Obama: Let me be perfectly clear! Scott Brown is totally inexperienced and unfit for this important job. He doesn't have a clue!

Terrence and Phillip  Scott is a dick.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on January 19, 2010, 09:00:57 AM
With the race going in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat, key Democrats rally for  Martha Coakley.

    Harry Reid: Scott Brown is a racist.

    Tim Geitner: Scott Brown failed to report $300 he earned under the table on his 1982 1040.

    Kevin Jennings: Our children are not safe with Scott Brown.

    Nancy Pelosi: Scott Brown is wealthy. He associates with wealthy people.He is very partisan and doesn't work well with others.

    Joe Biden: Scott Brown says stupid shit all the time!

    Charlie Rangel: Scott Brown exploits tax loopholes.

    Barack Obama: Let me be perfectly clear! Scott Brown is totally inexperienced and unfit for this important job. He doesn't have a clue!

I got so sick of seeing the damn commercials all weekend.  Every break in any of the games had 3-4 of them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 22, 2010, 01:02:17 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/business/media/22radio.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/business/media/22radio.html)


(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7482/219ubn6.jpg) (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/219ubn6.jpg/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 24, 2010, 01:45:48 AM
Friends, in an apocalyptic future, after the road warrior's had his way with you and leaves your wife and your daughter slung over his shoulder, you'll probably want to kill yourself. Without any weapons of any kind, having all been confiscated by the local warlord, it might be a daunting task. MIGHT be, but WON'T be, not with delicious new Wrigley's Flavor-Burst Cyanide Gum. One chew and you're dead in the nuclear dust, with the extra added benefit of meeting the Grim Reaper with fresh breath. Yes, it's new Wrigley's Flavor-Burst Cyanide Gum, and the very same gum Adolf offered to Eva before the chauffeur set fire to their bodies, NEW from PEENMAN ENTERPRISES.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FragMagnet on January 24, 2010, 07:23:50 AM
Perhaps many of you have already seen this, but I figure I might as well start with something I know.

(http://z.about.com/d/mobilegames/1/0/j/0/-/-/pCanabalt.jpg)
Canabalt. (http://adamatomic.com/canabalt/mega/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 24, 2010, 07:40:36 PM
People who preach and support "The Prosperity Gospel" should pretty much be avoided.









YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG    :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2010, 02:26:48 PM
Dear guy on a bike that I almost took out the other night because it was very dark and you weren't wearing reflectors,

I'm sorry, but I didn't see you. Please wear light colored clothes and reflectors when you decide to go biking down the street after dark.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on January 27, 2010, 02:46:07 PM
Some people are just askening for it.

I wear one of these - even in the daylight
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51y6b-8lXfL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

Plus, I have ankle reflector straps, and lights on the front/back of the bike.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 27, 2010, 04:12:22 PM
I feel really bad because I wholly support people's decision to ride bicycles on public roads, but please try to make an effort to be more noticeable. Especially after hours!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 27, 2010, 05:58:15 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/hasselcrotch.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/snapedance.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_left.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_center.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/shatnerdance_right.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/snapedance.gif)(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/hasselcrotch.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 27, 2010, 06:34:39 PM
How did I miss that Snape one all these years?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on January 27, 2010, 09:32:17 PM
How did I miss that Snape one all these years?

You were blind. But you "can see clearly now, the rain is gone..." Sorry, I'm on a bit of a Johnny Nash kick right now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 28, 2010, 01:48:02 AM
Shhh, you'll blow your cover.  Thirteen year old girls aren't supposed to know Johnny Nash tunes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 28, 2010, 10:01:22 AM
Yeah, no kiddin'!  Didn't they teach you ANYTHING at the FBI academy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 28, 2010, 01:11:20 PM
If h4wt_b3t4 doesn't turn 14 by July, we'll know we've been infiltrated.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on January 28, 2010, 09:21:38 PM
If h4wt_b3t4 doesn't turn 14 by July, we'll know we've been infiltrated.

No worries, ivan, I turn 14 in March. My cover shall stay... unblown?

And why, exactly, shouldn't I know Johnny Nash "tunes"? I happen to like that song. It was in the extra features on Shrek :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 29, 2010, 10:46:26 AM
(http://guildhaven.org/images/ipad.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on January 29, 2010, 11:34:42 AM
anybody seen xkcd today? poor little spirit rover. when we go to mars I want a memorial built around it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 29, 2010, 01:53:26 PM
No worries, ivan, I turn 14 in March. My cover shall stay... unblown?

And why, exactly, shouldn't I know Johnny Nash "tunes"? I happen to like that song. It was in the extra features on Shrek :)

Oooh, smooth recovery.  Only a 13 year old would have the free time and desire to actually watch the extra features on Shrek.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on January 29, 2010, 05:19:06 PM
See? They taught me well- I mean, of course I like the extra features on Shrek. I love 'em.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pandaberry on January 29, 2010, 06:48:19 PM
Anyone else think birds are weird?

I mean, I look at birds and that shit ain't right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on January 29, 2010, 06:57:24 PM
I like birds. They're cute and fluffy and sing pretty. I'm training a few to crap on demand. Once that's been established, I'm going to decorate my inconsiderate neighbor's car.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pandaberry on January 30, 2010, 05:41:06 PM
I like birds. They're cute and fluffy and sing pretty. I'm training a few to crap on demand. Once that's been established, I'm going to decorate my inconsiderate neighbor's car.

While that is hilarious and at least 10 kinds of awesome...birds are weird.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 30, 2010, 06:32:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7oSa7lmBZ0#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7oSa7lmBZ0#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 01, 2010, 12:50:40 PM
I know, this isn't really a fair comparison.  The iPad isn't anywhere near as effective as a weapon as the rock is.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/iPad-vs-Rock.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: FragMagnet on February 02, 2010, 12:47:31 PM
I know, this isn't really a fair comparison.  The iPad isn't anywhere near as effective as a weapon as the rock is.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/iPad-vs-Rock.jpg)

1. Take iPhone/Rock comparison joke image (http://briprogram.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/iphone-rock.jpg)
2. Remove "iPhone", replace with "iPad"
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit!

Admittedly, it's still funny, but yeah. You'd think people would try a little harder with these things. :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on February 02, 2010, 01:17:05 PM
I would add flash support to that as well (with both receiving the red x).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 02, 2010, 02:24:53 PM
There's a major FLASH when the rock is used as a weapon against the head.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 02, 2010, 04:31:27 PM
Hmmm... I wonder how many uploads the upload folder will now be able to accept?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on February 02, 2010, 04:56:42 PM
There's a major FLASH when the rock is used as a weapon against the head.

+1 rock!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pandaberry on February 02, 2010, 05:45:23 PM
I'm confused, is Apple selling rocks now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 02, 2010, 06:15:03 PM
I'm confused, is Apple selling rocks now?
no, but the ipad is close. why on earth are there no usbs? its just a big iphone, but without the phone
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 03, 2010, 02:04:11 AM
Everyone knows that paper beats rock dumdum (http://www.origamiboulder.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Timberwolf on February 03, 2010, 09:08:54 AM
Nice, bamboo display case adds class to everything.


Besides, Spock beats rock. Like, duh.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 03, 2010, 09:13:15 AM
OMG wb2u hot-stuff.

Also: This place is chuck-full of FBI agents!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 03, 2010, 09:49:57 AM
Also: This place is chuck-full of FBI agents!

Incoming!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 03, 2010, 06:59:25 PM
Are you cool?

 Cool Person Test (http://www.sailinganarchy.com/general/2002/cool_test.htm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 03, 2010, 09:54:50 PM
spambot alert!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 04, 2010, 12:33:00 PM
So someone sent us a gift for the baby.  It was sent directly from the department store.  And it still has the security tag on it!  There was no packing slip or anything in the box so I have no proof that it was sent as a gift.  If I go to the store, they'll just assume I stole it.  As they should.

I guess I have to get the gift givers to take care of it.  What a hassle.  Way to go, Nordstrom.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 04, 2010, 05:25:40 PM
Do you at least know who gave it.  We got two packages, heh heh I said packages heh heh, last xmas that had no evidence of from whom they were given.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 04, 2010, 05:38:15 PM
Were they ticking?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 04, 2010, 06:16:04 PM
وقد فعلت ذلك كتابة من هذا القبيل على ذلك؟
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 04, 2010, 07:44:05 PM
وقد فعلت ذلك كتابة من هذا القبيل على ذلك؟

O rly?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 04, 2010, 08:07:47 PM
google translate spit out

"I have done so in writing of such on it?"

maybe it's missing some subtlety. could I get a less literal translation?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 04, 2010, 08:14:46 PM
"Did they have writing like this on them?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 04, 2010, 08:44:39 PM
google translate spit out

"I have done so in writing of such on it?"

maybe it's missing some subtlety. could I get a less literal translation?

"Death to the infidel American. The Great Satan will fall!"


DEAR CIA\FBI\HOMELAND SECURITY, THE ABOVE LINE IS INTENDED AS A JOKE AND IS IN NO WAY AN ACTUAL THREAT.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 04, 2010, 08:56:27 PM
"Did they have writing like this on them?"

and how did you expect anyone who didn't know Arabic to know this?

unless... you actually wanted me to ask!(dun dun dun!)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 05, 2010, 12:47:14 PM
Do you at least know who gave it.  We got two packages, heh heh I said packages heh heh, last xmas that had no evidence of from whom they were given.

Yeah, there was a handwritten note inside.  Not sure how they do that since it was definitely sent from the store.

I got a pack n play in the mail around the time of my shower and it had no packing slip or anything.  I couldn't figure out who sent it.  Then finally I found a phone number on the shipping sticker.  I looked in my phone and found that it was from flipside.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 05, 2010, 01:14:10 PM
flipside? Really?  That's awesome!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 05, 2010, 03:47:52 PM
Five crates of whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after being buried for more than 100 years under the Antarctic ice (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_asia_afp/antarcticanzealandheritagealcoholwhisky;_ylt=AjixXFS1wx_SKuDsXAfYhhOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM1NXJzdWYzBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDEwMDIwNS9hbnRhcmN0aWNhbnplYWxhbmRoZXJpdGFnZWFsY29ob2x3aGlza3kEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDc2hhY2tsZXRvbndo)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 05, 2010, 03:54:34 PM
/me holds out a rock glass
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 05, 2010, 07:59:25 PM
flipside? Really?  That's awesome!

Yeah, we keep in touch.  He's a good guy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 10, 2010, 10:39:54 AM
I've decided to give up fast food for Lent. I eat fast food about three times a day. It was either this or Warcraft and I think it'll be easier to kick the fast food habit, although they seem to go hand-in-hand.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 10, 2010, 01:43:37 PM
Oh God! Mardi Gras is next week! I think I give up spelling for Lent. No... No that won't do. I'll give myself a twitch.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 02:02:15 PM
Oh God! Mardi Gras is next week! I think I give up spelling for Lent. No... No that won't do. I'll give myself a twitch.

Why don't you give up not posting here? And then continue giving up not posting here after Easter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 10, 2010, 02:11:05 PM
Why don't you give up not posting here? And then continue giving up not posting here after Easter.

That's a fine idea, ivan. Once again, you rock my world with overwhelmingly astute suggestions given from the sharpest of observations.

I will give up not posting here for Lent... then continue not posting here after Easter.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 10, 2010, 02:12:45 PM
...Catholics...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 10, 2010, 02:13:27 PM
...Jews...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 02:16:45 PM
...Atheists...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 02:17:07 PM
That's a fine idea, ivan. Once again, you rock my world with overwhelmingly astute suggestions given from the sharpest of observations.

I will give up not posting here for Lent... then continue not posting here after Easter.

Awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 10, 2010, 02:26:35 PM
Last year in my first observance of lent I survived giving up donuts.  This year maybe I'll check out some other religion and their fast or self control challenge.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 10, 2010, 03:23:26 PM
...Catholics...

Where?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 10, 2010, 07:55:24 PM
...Atheists...

...Scientologists...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 08:00:12 PM
...Agnostics...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 08:04:36 PM
BTW, I've been hammering on this: If, as an agnostic, you have to accept the possibility that the traditional Judeo-Christian diety exists (as opposed to atheists who flatly say there is no such thing), don't you also have to accept the possibility that L. Ron Hubbard was onto something? I mean, his version of what happened thousands of years ago is no more fantastic than the one cooked up by the ancient Hebrews, eh?

Atheism: the other white meat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 10, 2010, 08:31:53 PM
I'll tell you straight up that I'm holding out for Apollo to make an appearance any day now.

In case some people forgot, I'm not actually Catholic at all. I'm doing it just as an experiment. It'll give me something of an insight on what actual Catholics go through.

I'm not limiting myself to just offshoots of Christianity either. Chinese New Year is coming up so I'm going all Vegetarian that day, as Ping Ping does and he's a staunch Buddhist. I'm also entertaining the notion of fasting during Ramadan. Just so I can see how 'the other side' lives.

I know full well this is just a control mechanism, but I'm doing it anyways SO THERE.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 10, 2010, 08:40:10 PM
...Heathens...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 10, 2010, 09:58:19 PM
Last year in my first observance of lent I survived giving up donuts.  This year maybe I'll check out some other religion and their fast or self control challenge.

convert to Islam and try Ramadan.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 11, 2010, 12:45:10 AM
...Pastafarians...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 11, 2010, 09:10:32 AM
I'll tell you straight up that I'm holding out for Apollo to make an appearance any day now.

Apollo Creed?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on February 11, 2010, 11:27:19 AM
I'm going to fast this lent.  I'm shooting for 3 days.  This should be fun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 11, 2010, 11:30:22 AM
Three days of shooting and not eating, you should have PLENTY stocked up for after Lent feast! : )
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 11, 2010, 05:12:13 PM
convert to Islam and try Ramadan.

I intend to observe Ramadan sometime.  It would be easier if I knew any local muslims.  All the one's I know are in the east bay or SF or up in Davis/Sac area.  I do have a pretty hard core jewish convert friend who has offered to bring me to schule (sp?).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 12, 2010, 05:45:33 PM
I will now argue the 50 post limit and see if I can either:
1. Get the limit reduced to 20-25.
2. Reach 50 posts.

Why can't we lower it some? I mean, after somebody posts about 25 posts then I think he/she is eligible to post in all of the topics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 12, 2010, 06:40:07 PM
What 50 post limit?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 12, 2010, 06:47:45 PM
We weren't talking about those kind of posts.  Now get your auger and start digging.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 12, 2010, 06:54:40 PM
I'm still so confused =.= You must remember, I'm posing as a thirteen year old here. I'm stoopid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 12, 2010, 11:07:59 PM
You must post at least 50 times before you can post in the Technology Forums.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 13, 2010, 12:50:45 AM
Ah. To prevent the spamn00bs. Spoobs? Sounds kinda NSFW.

But, yeah, now I understand.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 13, 2010, 04:35:59 AM
SO does anyone here agree with me that the post count to post in the tech forum should be lowered?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 13, 2010, 08:07:36 AM
No. It should remain at 50. Trust me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 13, 2010, 08:30:55 AM
SO does anyone here agree with me that the post count to post in the tech forum should be lowered?

It was a pretty weak argument.  You can do better than that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 13, 2010, 12:15:20 PM
SO does anyone here agree with me that the post count to post in the tech forum should be lowered?

You persist in your delusion that this is some sort of a democracy.

But then, every delusional post brings you that much closer to 50.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 13, 2010, 01:52:03 PM
no, we don't. it isn't that high a number, you should reach it in a couple of weeks maximum.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2010, 01:53:55 PM
For as many keystrokes, you could've gone to Google and done several searches. Or email the manufacturer and ask, even.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 13, 2010, 02:10:56 PM
But then, every delusional post brings you that much closer to 50.

that was his secondary goal, remember?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 13, 2010, 07:53:05 PM
It was a pretty weak argument.  You can do better than that.
I'm just starting my argument. :) Anyway, my first point to bring up is that this forum is almost completely centered on technology talk and should be open to anyone since it IS the main theme. Is it not? When you take that away it takes half of the boards purpose away.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 13, 2010, 08:22:06 PM
I almost never talk about technology here.  There MUST be something else going on, no?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 13, 2010, 08:36:43 PM
I almost never talk about technology here.  There MUST be something else going on, no?

True, there are other things to talk about but I came here to talk computers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 13, 2010, 09:55:12 PM
You persist in your delusion that this is some sort of a democracy.

But then, every delusional post brings you that much closer to 50.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 13, 2010, 10:29:14 PM
True, there are other things to talk about but I came here to talk computers.
Just because you came here to talk computers doesn't mean anyone else did.

Furthermore, the fact that that is all you want to talk about makes me think... well, it makes me think some really snarkish comments about your intelligence.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 13, 2010, 10:43:41 PM
Just because you came here to talk computers doesn't mean anyone else did.

Dammit, you stole the words right out of my mouth.

True, there are other things to talk about but I came here to talk computers.

I originally came here to talk about computers, too, but I saw a bunch of other stuff before I even realized there was a technology forum (and by that point, I'd passed the post limit). Of course, that may be my own ADHD-like symptoms, but I just figured I'd add that there is a TON of stuff to talk about here in the meantime.

I almost never talk about technology here.  There MUST be something else going on, no?

What Detta said, basically.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 14, 2010, 07:46:46 AM
I have the perfect solution.  Arnox, do you know any JOKES about COMPUTERS??  Post them in here (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,6944.0.html)!

After all, it's all about the funny really.  For me anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 14, 2010, 01:44:21 PM
I have the perfect solution.  Arnox, do you know any JOKES about COMPUTERS??  Post them in here (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,6944.0.html)!

After all, it's all about the funny really.  For me anyway.
If I can't get to 50 through this argument then I'll be sure to check it out. :-D Anyway, my second point of argument is that since this IS a very small forum, I do not think that you receive very many new members. Therefore, I do not think that the 50 post minimum is necessary if there are so few new members and even then, who says they will make tech support threads and then leave? TBH, the only reason why I know this board exists was because I was looking for a tech-oriented board in the google directory.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 14, 2010, 03:06:11 PM
Quote
[snip]...who says they will make tech support threads and then leave?
History and experience.  We didn't just wake up one day and say, "Hey!  Let's be fuckers and put a post count requirement on one of our forums!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 14, 2010, 03:21:04 PM
If I can't get to 50 through this argument then I'll be sure to check it out. :-D Anyway, my second point of argument is that since this IS a very small forum, I do not think that you receive very many new members. Therefore, I do not think that the 50 post minimum is necessary if there are so few new members and even then, who says they will make tech support threads and then leave? TBH, the only reason why I know this board exists was because I was looking for a tech-oriented board in the google directory.

What BizB said, and also:

Look at the the most popular threads, in terms of posts. They are not about technology. Technology threads here tend to be both short and short-lived? Why? Because we're all so smart, we already know everything. We are the smartest people in the entire interweb system. As news of our stupendous smartiness travels hither and yon, young turks such as you flock here to either challenge us or leech some of our smartiliciousness. They go straight to the tech forum and post questions that are so boneheaded, we can't be bothered to even read them. Would you ask Einstein what 2 plus 2 is? It's like that. Hence, the 50-post limit. It's a test. If you make it to 50 without either being bored or boring the piss out of us, then post your silly little question -- but by then, usually some of our smartifisence has rubbed off on you, and you'll be able to find the answer yourself.

And what Detta said. It's all about the funny here. If you can't share a good larf, you won't find this place very useful.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 14, 2010, 03:26:10 PM
One smart man once said, "Get funny, or piss off."  Not here, of course... but he said it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 14, 2010, 06:56:24 PM
Because we're all so smart, we already know everything.

That's what you think.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 14, 2010, 08:14:44 PM
How about lowering the necessary post count then?

EDIT: Please?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 14, 2010, 11:49:22 PM
Ok, but you have to ask 9 more times.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 15, 2010, 12:04:52 AM
Ok, but you have to ask 9 more times.

Aren't you clever.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2010, 12:14:20 AM
Yes, I know how to subtract.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 12:48:57 AM
Ok, but you have to ask 9 more times.

Really? I'd do it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 15, 2010, 03:00:18 AM
 :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 15, 2010, 05:55:43 AM
...Because we're all so smart, we already know everything...
Hell, even the dumbest questions I've asked here haven't gotten to the second page. And for as tech-stupid as I am, even I can figure it out with bing, Google, or Yahoo.

I'm here for teh funneh.

EDIT: (And the occasional chance to fry some little spammling. Spammlings taste good deep fried... with potato salad.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 03:46:27 PM
But I'm not here to ask dumb questions about computers. Trust me, I know ALL about google/bing/yahoo whatever. They have saved my butt more than once. I'm here to simply found out more about programming and/or hacking and start some good tech discussions. I don't care if the topics don't get more than a page. As long as they have good posts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 15, 2010, 04:17:50 PM
This is excruciating.

Tell you what, Arnox. Please list your top 7 favourite CPUs of all time. But here it the deal: only one CPU per post. And I want 7. So you'll have to make 7 posts.

GO!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 15, 2010, 04:28:57 PM
I predict that once he reaches the 50 post minimum, Arnox is going to make 5-10 posts in the Technology forum, some of which asking our advice on certain technical things, and then we'll never see or hear from him again.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 05:05:59 PM
I predict that once he reaches the 50 post minimum, Arnox is going to make 5-10 posts in the Technology forum, some of which asking our advice on certain technical things, and then we'll never see or hear from him again.  :)

Not so my friends, I swear it. :) lol Well, time to get started.
1. Pentium 4
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:13:24 PM
2. Duo Core
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:13:48 PM
3. First Pentium
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:15:44 PM
4. Quad Core
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:16:17 PM
5. i7 Core
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:17:13 PM
6. Core 2
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 06:17:40 PM
7. Core 2 Extreme
Done and done. See you guys at the tech forum. 8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 15, 2010, 09:15:46 PM
No you won't.

I don't go in there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 09:20:23 PM
No you won't.

I don't go in there.
But it says on your ID that your a hacker.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Timberwolf on February 15, 2010, 09:34:34 PM
Because if its on the int3rnet it must be true Jailbait.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on February 15, 2010, 10:18:24 PM
... your a hacker.

Correct grammar is always appreciated. Thankies :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 15, 2010, 10:23:21 PM
Because if its on the int3rnet it must be true Jailbait.

Kinda the joke there... jailbait.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on February 16, 2010, 04:39:53 AM
7. Core 2 Extreme
Done and done. See you guys at the tech forum. 8-)

Huh? You've got 20 more posts to go from the looks of things...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 16, 2010, 07:42:50 AM
It's funny because...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 16, 2010, 11:25:18 AM
I went hiking last weekend up in Utah at Zion National Park. It was beautiful! A bit snowy, but it was a great time. Utah is an interesting state. Mormon temples everywhere and every family I passed had no less than five kids, it seemed.


....Mormons....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2010, 11:34:14 AM
I went hiking last weekend up in Utah at Zion National Park. It was beautiful! A bit snowy, but it was a great time. Utah is an interesting state.

 Seriously? You just up and went to  . . .Utah? I like your style. Hawaii, Vegas, ...Utah. You seem to travel a good bit. I should try to be the East Coast Travelxolik. :-D

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 16, 2010, 11:36:22 AM
Enrique wants to make a trip to Zion National Park.  We'll probably combine it with a Vegas trip.  Or was it Reno?  I don't remember.

Someday we'll get to do that.  Someday.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 16, 2010, 11:44:53 AM
In a Winnebago?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2010, 11:54:56 AM
Surely not in a Loserbago!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 16, 2010, 11:57:23 AM
No, in a refurbished Woodie.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2010, 12:03:36 PM
I have one of those. For you.  :-o



 :-P











Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 16, 2010, 12:20:55 PM
I have one of those. For you.  :-o
Glad to know that got refurbished.  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2010, 12:22:58 PM
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Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 16, 2010, 12:26:58 PM
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Oh, to be 19 again...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2010, 12:31:11 PM
I cant just copy every one of your posts to HECTAR, dude. Slow down.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 16, 2010, 03:19:55 PM
good thing no one let slip the post count to the secret forums.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 16, 2010, 03:30:01 PM
Please excuse that malfuction.

I don't know the secret post count, so I can't let it slip.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 16, 2010, 05:07:46 PM
Huh? You've got 20 more posts to go from the looks of things...

You. Son-of-a...  :x :x :x

They see me postin', they hatin.

I see (from the shout box history) this is a test to see if I can take crap without being a little you-know-what. Wink Lets put it this way faggots. I can take and deal punishment as necessary and if you guys want to get rid of me from this board than your going to have to ban me. I will not be rid of so easily. I can guarantee you guys that much.

For better or worse, I'm stayin'. Now give me my original post count back. Please?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 16, 2010, 05:42:03 PM
You. Son-of-a...  :x :x :x

They see me postin', they hatin.

I see (from the shout box history) this is a test to see if I can take crap without being a little you-know-what. Wink Lets put it this way faggots. I can take and deal punishment as necessary and if you guys want to get rid of me from this board than your going to have to ban me. I will not be rid of so easily. I can guarantee you guys that much.

For better or worse, I'm stayin'. Now give me my original post count back. Please?

LOL!

I like you, Arnox!

I think I'll kill you last!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 16, 2010, 05:49:47 PM
LOL!

I like you, Arnox!

I think I'll kill you last!
Agreed
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 16, 2010, 06:22:38 PM
Now... how 'bout that original post count back?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 16, 2010, 06:50:38 PM
How about this? (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,7245.msg118449.html#new)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 16, 2010, 08:45:45 PM
Lets put it this way faggots.

Oh, there's another one now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 16, 2010, 08:48:10 PM
Yes, I admit it, I too am a British cigarette or a handful of tinder wood.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 16, 2010, 08:56:53 PM
How about this? (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,7245.msg118449.html#new)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 16, 2010, 10:16:51 PM
Oh, there's another one now?

I'm just bike-curious
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 17, 2010, 03:25:34 AM
You. Son-of-a...  :x :x :x

They see me postin', they hatin.

...

For better or worse, I'm stayin'. Now give me my original post count back. Please?

You're doing just fine, son. It's a zen thing. You'll get there when you stop wanting to get there. Or, for that matter, when you realize you've been there all along.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 17, 2010, 05:03:36 PM
You're doing just fine, son. It's a zen thing. You'll get there when you stop wanting to get there. Or, for that matter, when you realize you've been there all along.


Very well but please don't take away my post count again. Though, if I were anybody else, I'll admit that would be pretty funny.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 17, 2010, 08:46:49 PM
Come to think of it, I've never seen Arnox and Evonus together.   :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 18, 2010, 06:31:16 PM
Watch what you say online; nefarious minds are.

 http://pleaserobme.com/ (http://pleaserobme.com/)


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on February 18, 2010, 06:43:47 PM
Come to think of it, I've never seen Arnox and Evonus together.   :|
I see what your doing here. Well, you'll find out sooner or later that we are seperate people who don't even know each other by name.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2010, 01:22:51 PM
Now I have you with me
Under my power
Our love grows stronger now
With every hour

Look into my eyes you'll
See who I am
My name is Lucifer
Please take my ham
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 21, 2010, 02:07:22 PM
Haaaaaaaaams across the water
Water
Haaaaaaaaams across the sky
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 21, 2010, 04:13:04 PM
And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
'cause I've got one ham in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
'cause I've got one ham in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 21, 2010, 04:28:16 PM
do not run! is just ham!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2010, 10:45:28 PM
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hams and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hams off my stack.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 22, 2010, 12:03:28 AM
Put your ham in the ham of the man
Who stilled the water
Put your ham in the ham of the man
Who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself
And you can look at others differently
Put your ham in the ham of the man
From Galilee
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 22, 2010, 01:00:00 PM
Oh, please, say to me
You'll let me be your man
and please, say to me
You'll let me hold your ham
Now let me hold your ham
I wanna hold your ham
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 22, 2010, 01:13:29 PM
Mama, mama, look at Uncle Joe
Doing the ham jive with sister Flo.
Grandma gave baby sister a dime;
Said, "Do that ham jive one more time."

  Ham jive, ham jive, ham jive,
  Do that crazy ham jive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 22, 2010, 01:18:15 PM
Cause I'm not here for your entertainment
No
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
Cause you know it's over
Know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It's just you and your ham tonight
It's just you and your ham
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 22, 2010, 01:35:35 PM
It's all right
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold

Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know

It's okay
Had a bad day
Hams are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 22, 2010, 04:06:37 PM
I have an addiction. I think I may need an intervention.

My place of work is in a small "downtown" area of a small town with three stop lights. Next door there is a specialty candy shop (the kind you only find is tiny towns). They sell glass-bottle NEHIs and Coka-colas.

Today I spent sixty dollars there. This is a regular occurence. It's become a problem. I need help.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on February 22, 2010, 04:50:05 PM
Please send me all of your discretionary funds for "safe keeping".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on February 22, 2010, 05:14:08 PM
I have no discretionary funds! That's the problem!  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 22, 2010, 06:25:20 PM
You'll have to send me some of said items so I can test them for their addictive properties.  If I'm successful, I may be able to come up with a solution to your problem.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 22, 2010, 09:52:17 PM
Sixteen years from now, I'm going to tell some young man how much his date farted when she was a baby.

ALOT!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 22, 2010, 11:11:37 PM
While Enrique fingers the shot gun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 22, 2010, 11:46:50 PM
Yup.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scorpil on February 26, 2010, 04:42:06 PM
Random post
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 26, 2010, 05:07:54 PM
Don't do that.

I came in this thread for a reason.   I thought someone posted something that I'd want to read.  I don't really have alot of time.  And you just wasted some of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scorpil on February 26, 2010, 05:19:16 PM
This thread named "random posts". You came here. Means you want to read some random post. You want it - you get it  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 26, 2010, 05:23:12 PM
This thread named "random posts". You came here. Means you want to read some random post. You want it - you get it  8-)

Please go die in a fire.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 26, 2010, 05:24:10 PM
Also, I'm back!  :-D

Hi, everyone!  How have you all been?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on February 26, 2010, 06:09:41 PM
Also, I'm back!  :-D

Hi, everyone!  How have you all been?

Hot damn! Good to see you again. I'm doing good.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 26, 2010, 06:31:40 PM
This thread named "random posts". You came here. Means you want to read some random post. You want it - you get it  8-)

You're new so I'll let you in on the real meaning of this thread.  It's for interesting things that don't warrant their own thread.


Hey Vesp, good to see you again.  Welcome back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 26, 2010, 07:12:16 PM
personally I thought it was clever. in a noobish way.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 26, 2010, 07:42:52 PM
It's a good thing Vespertine and her VSUBs posted in here or else I would have been wasting my time too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: scorpil on February 27, 2010, 04:18:04 AM
You're new so I'll let you in on the real meaning of this thread.  It's for interesting things that don't warrant their own thread.
Ok, now i get it. I thouth it was like any random post. I'll keep it in my mind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 01, 2010, 09:01:32 AM
Also, I'm back!  :-D

Hi, everyone!  How have you all been?

Hiya V!   :-D


The Ham That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails

You're keeping in step in the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
'Cause you do what you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the ham that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you wanna change it?

What if this whole crusade's a charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood which we dine
Justified in the name of the Holy and the Divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the ham that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you wanna change it?

So naïve
I keep holding on to what I wanna believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you bite the ham that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on March 01, 2010, 04:27:13 PM
I am posting here so as to keep All_knowing_ham from posting, since he always seems to post when nobody expects it. Ha!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 01, 2010, 05:01:08 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022702870.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022702870.html)

hopeandchange
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on March 01, 2010, 06:52:23 PM
Sex is for Fags (http://www.sexisforfags.com/) and its sister site, Iron Hymen (http://www.ironhymen.com/), are both utterly hysterical. I got the link to the list page on Iron Hymen from a friend, and at first I had no fluffing idea if it was a joke or not.

I love dry humor :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 01, 2010, 07:36:40 PM
Sex is for Fags (http://www.sexisforfags.com/) and its sister site, Iron Hymen (http://www.ironhymen.com/), are both utterly hysterical. I got the link to the list page on Iron Hymen from a friend, and at first I had no fluffing idea if it was a joke or not.

I love dry humor :)

I lost it at "Full Text of President Bush's Emotional Farewell Speech Cataloguing His Unparalleled Competence and Intelligence"  :lol:

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 01, 2010, 09:08:57 PM
Nice finds!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 02, 2010, 04:27:54 PM
Garden by Pearl Jam

the direction of the eye
so misleading
the defection of the soul
nauseously quick

I don't question
our existence
I just question
our modern needs

I will walk...with my hams bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden
garden of stone

after all is done
we're still alone
I won't be taken
yet I'll go...

I will walk...with my hams bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden
garden of stone

I don't show...
I don't share...
I don't need
what you have to give...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 03, 2010, 08:42:48 PM
Ya know, there's free porn on the internet these days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 03, 2010, 09:16:32 PM
Ya know, there's free porn on the internet these days.

OMG NO WAY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 03, 2010, 09:28:08 PM
No joke!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 04, 2010, 08:58:07 AM
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me, as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

And all I taught her was everything
I know she gave me all that she wore

And now my bitter hams chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
And twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away

And now my bitter hams cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll ever be

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 04, 2010, 02:57:48 PM
I got a little change in my pocket going jingle lingle ling
want to call you on the telephone baby I give you a ring
but each time we talk I get the same old thing
always no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding ring
my honey my baby don't put my love upon no shelf
she said don't give no lines and keep your hams to yourself

Cruel baby baby baby why you want to treat me this way
you know I'm still your lover boy I still feel the same way
that's when she told me a story 'bout free milk and a cow
and she said no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding vow
my honey my baby don't put my love upon no shelf
she said don't ham me no lines and keep your hams to yourself

you see I wanted her real bad and I was about to give in
that's when she started talkin' true love started talkin' about sin
I said honey I'll live with you for the rest of my life
she said no huggin no kissin until you make me your wife
my honey my baby don't put my love on no shelf
she don't ham me no lines and keep your hams to yourself.


Speaking of hams, last night I went to see Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine (http://www.myspace.com/jellobiafraandthegsm) last night at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.  Jello really knows how to ham it up!  But that's beside the point as the opening band ABU GHRAIB (the band) (http://www.wearemongoloid.com/) totally hammed it up performance art style including the Desert Foxes feeding canned ham to the detainees.  Great show, you should have been there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 04, 2010, 03:56:45 PM
Ooh, I found a youtube of Abu Ghraib (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_fFA_ryPuI#noexternalembed&feature=PlayList&p=C88D9A1A2B02A75E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1) from a couple years ago.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 04, 2010, 04:23:18 PM
lol.. ZZZT! ZZT!  hehe the girl with the taser. Wonder how long it was before she accidentally hit one of them with it.

  "OOOWWW!!!!! OK! THAT is IT! NO MORE TASER ONSTAGE, REGINA!!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 05, 2010, 12:47:04 AM
We also have a performance art band here called the Womentors who are a parody of the Mentors.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2010, 09:55:06 AM
http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 05, 2010, 10:56:03 AM
http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html)

I keep reading his name as Assburn. His apology made me lol.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 05, 2010, 12:23:30 PM
Yoink!

(http://www.bizb.biz/images/fun/coolstory.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 05, 2010, 12:30:06 PM
Okay, xolly, I'm electing you as the spokesperson for "the gays".  I have never understood the concept of the self-hating, closeted homosexual.  By this, I specifically mean someone who attacks (physically or verbally)/represses/decries/denies rights to gays, but who is actually GAY.  'Splain please.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 05, 2010, 02:28:20 PM
Okay, xolly, I'm electing you as the spokesperson for "the gays".  I have never understood the concept of the slef-hating, closeted homosexual.  By this, I specifically mean someone who attacks (physically or verbally)/represses/decries/denies rights to gays, but who is actually GAY.  'Splain please.

I'll try to put this as eloquently as I can....



Fucked if I know! I never understood it either. I makes ZERO sense to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 05, 2010, 03:29:01 PM
It has something to do with self loathing.  They have been brainwashed that homosexuality is morally wrong.  It totally betrays logic.  I wouldn't be surprised if Fred Phelps is also a closeted homosexual.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 05, 2010, 03:42:22 PM
It has something to do with self loathing.  They have been brainwashed that homosexuality is morally wrong.  It totally betrays logic.  I wouldn't be surprised if Fred Phelps is also a closeted homosexual.

Not surprised at all.  In fact, he's probably heavily into the leather and ball-gag scene.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 05, 2010, 03:57:20 PM
Yet another reason why Kansas blows : Proximity to Fred Phelps and his church
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 05, 2010, 08:31:40 PM
Mean old homophobes turn gay because chicks don't dig them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 05, 2010, 09:26:22 PM
So for them it's not biological?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 05, 2010, 11:16:06 PM

 I'm still fuzzy on this "gay" thing. I thought you had to have some emotional something going on. What if you've had a fair amount of playmates, but have only ever been interested in women for more than physical? Is that considered "gay"? Why; if the only emotional or relationship-oriented preferences are for the opposite sex?
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 05, 2010, 11:34:52 PM
And how much do you have to like the same gender before you count as gay?

And why is there even a distinction? Why can't there just be people who like other people?

(It's scary that I'm asking that first question seriously, still... to this day... no clue if I count as gay or bi.)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 07, 2010, 02:49:04 AM
Hey remember Phyre?  He got engaged!  Wehoooo!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 07, 2010, 04:00:20 AM
Hey remember Phyre?  He got engaged!  Wehoooo!!!!

That's awesome!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 07, 2010, 04:13:09 AM
And how much do you have to like the same gender before you count as gay?

And why is there even a distinction? Why can't there just be people who like other people?

(It's scary that I'm asking that first question seriously, still... to this day... no clue if I count as gay or bi.)

*insert a bunch of insane ramblings that we've all heard a dozen times before*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 07, 2010, 02:21:26 PM
So you're not a member of the Gay Banditos who stalk a nice Christian family, break into their house during dinner, start fucking each other and destroy another "American family"?

Well that's a relief.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on March 08, 2010, 09:46:49 PM
Hey David Blaine, they take Visa.

http://www.ameritherm.com/video_levitation.html (http://www.ameritherm.com/video_levitation.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2010, 10:13:39 AM
Ok, here's the deal. I'm a bit drunk so I can spell it out for ya.....

STFU and don't ever get on the keyboard when you're drunk again. I swear, I do the damnedest shit when I'm hammered....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 09, 2010, 10:49:59 AM
Heh, actually you should have left that there.  I thought it was very well put and articulate for someone who was drunk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2010, 11:18:00 AM
I have it saved under "DrunkRamblings.txt"

It's a file that, even when compressed as plain text, is several gigs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 09, 2010, 02:27:04 PM
Impressive.  I'm too lazy to archive even the good stuff I've written.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 09, 2010, 07:16:05 PM
After five years of night classes, fighting to get the units I needed and juggling major work projects with school, I finally got my AS.

I know it's not really worth that much, just barely high school diploma part two, but...it feels great to finally have it.


So at the rate I'm going, I'll have my four year by the time I'm 90. I'm sure it'll be the talk of the rest home.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 10, 2010, 04:48:09 AM
Haha, You said units.


Good job Xol.  :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 10, 2010, 07:43:49 AM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361151,00.asp (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361151,00.asp)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 10, 2010, 11:22:38 AM
Great job, xolly!  Congrats are in order, and you should totally feel proud of yourself.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 10, 2010, 11:30:01 AM
Bet you never thought it would feel great to have your AS handed to you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 10, 2010, 04:19:26 PM
Kick ass dude!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 10, 2010, 05:26:43 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/08/national/main6278045.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesPrimary (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/08/national/main6278045.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesPrimary)

Read the story then brace yourself for it....

























CAULK LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 10, 2010, 07:47:41 PM
caulk injections in the booty.  Nice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 12, 2010, 05:48:29 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6909566.html (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6909566.html)


















heh heh

hehehehehehehe

"flap"

hehehehehehehe
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 13, 2010, 03:55:30 AM
 My dogs were frightened OMFGW7FWASTHAT?!?!!OHJEESUSOMGOMGOMG TERRIFIED of the thunder, so I went upstairs to turn the music on and noticed their water bucket needed a refill as well. I filled it, and I guess fear and nerves make their mouths dry like us, as they started lapping it up furiously. I clicked on the playlist and the first song up was AC/DC - Have a Drink On Me.

 No kidn!    :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 13, 2010, 10:46:53 AM
Followed by Thunderstruck?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 15, 2010, 08:11:32 AM
It's always bothered me that "Who Made Who" is grammatically incorrect.  It should be "Who Made Whom".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 15, 2010, 09:42:17 AM
Ah throw ya hams in tha air!
  Wave em around like ya just don't care!
  Yeh!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 15, 2010, 10:29:57 AM
Ham On Heart by Queensryche

All eyes were staring you floated through the room
Armed with your razor smile cutting to the bone
My voice fell useless you flashed a quick "Hello"
Feeling the fool, could you tell it showed?
But that was sometime ago
A memory vague and fading slow, of somewhere I'd been

HAM ON HEART
A promise, a word, and a voice
HAM ON HEART
A rhythm of hope and choice will keep us together

I don't know if I can reach that high
It's a long way to fall
Hauntingly holding my fate with a gaze
Like a child mesmerized by the candle's flame
Oh what lies behind those eyes
I could only guess
That certain way you stood apart frome rest
Now where is somtime ago?
When everything moved in slow motion
Caught by my watering eye

HAM ON HEART
A Promise, a word and a voice
HAM ON HEART
Promising I'll never go
HAM ON HEART
For reasons you'll never know, together through thick and thin,
Lose or win, I'll be there for you

Strange how the mind changes time and time again
Things once important now pale in comparison

HAM ON HEART
A promise, a word, and a voice
HAM ON HEART
A rhythm of hope, and a vision of choice
HAM ON HEART
Promising I'll never go
HAM ON HEART for reasons you'll never know
I promise girl, ham on heart
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on March 15, 2010, 10:32:06 AM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 15, 2010, 07:13:39 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8569166.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8569166.stm)

Not mine.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 15, 2010, 09:20:18 PM
Holy c... something. That was a little dude!

 Also... yours...  "Pingping" isnt his NICKname??
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 16, 2010, 12:15:26 AM
I was surprised that there's a guy out there actually named pingping. Thought it was just my nickname for my ex. THE MORE YOU KNOW
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: DemonGurL on March 17, 2010, 09:39:20 PM
This is totally random and perhaps completely irrelevant but I used to LOVE these things and I just found a store in the city that carries a whole bunch of them.. So yeah, just being really geek happy I guess.. >_<

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00299.jpg (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00299.jpg)
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00300.jpg (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00300.jpg)
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00301.jpg (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jj13_photos/DSC00301.jpg)

Will share picture of it when I finish it. ^.^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 24, 2010, 03:14:56 PM
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/21799 (http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/21799)

I'm all for protesting and the such, but vandalizing Democrat party offices isn't the way to do it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 24, 2010, 03:50:23 PM
There is a common mistranslation in the Bible actually; Jesus never said "love thy enemy". Matthew 5:44 in truth should read "But I say to you, don't give a fuck about thy enemy, they should have picked themselves up by their sandalstraps."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on March 24, 2010, 09:39:40 PM
Ever hear this song "Paralyzer" by a band called Finger Eleven?
It would be much better as an instrumental.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 24, 2010, 11:28:12 PM
I've got that song on my iPod, Joe.  I can see what you mean about an instrumental version being better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 09:11:41 AM
Ricky Martin comes out as gay finally and people act like this is groundbreaking, front-page worthy news that nobody saw coming from miles away.

I hear the Pope is ready to announce he's Catholic any day now....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 30, 2010, 09:13:22 AM
I don't get how it's anyone's business but his.

Well, and his partner's, I guess.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 10:58:47 AM
I don't get how it's anyone's business but his.

Well, and his partner's, I guess.

My take on it: "I haven't had a hit record in ages. I need publicity and fast! Let's see...I know! HAY GUYZ GUESS WUT LOL"

Be on the look out for a new CD in about a month or so.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 30, 2010, 11:54:03 AM
 :?

I was talking about the Pope.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 12:16:04 PM
My Political Views
I am a center-right moderate social libertarian
Right: 2.56, Libertarian: 2.43
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/25x25.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


Some of those questions are really overly simplistic, but it's a fun waste of time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 30, 2010, 12:39:53 PM
My Political Views
I am a centrist moderate social libertarian
Right: 0.33, Libertarian: 2.08
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/21x24.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 30, 2010, 01:43:58 PM
My Political Views
I am a right social libertarian
Right: 5.07, Libertarian: 7.12
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/30x34.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


I think it's pretty similar to the last time I took it.  I'll bet Demo comes in at right about the same spot I did...maybe a little more to the right, but close.   :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 30, 2010, 01:46:16 PM
I can't even answer their questions.  For example, the question, "8. School science classes should teach intelligent design.".  My answer is:

Well, sure.  If that's the type of school you choose to send your child to, it could/would/should teach about the FSM if that's what you decide.  The free market would decide which schools succeed and which ones fail.  The govt. has no business running schools.

How the hell do you answer that on the continuum provided?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 30, 2010, 01:48:39 PM
I decided to go back and have a look at the next question assuming I could answer neutral on #8.

Number 9 is: Marriage must be heralded for the important role it plays in society.

To which, I answer... Ugh.   :roll: Why the hell is Govt involved in marriage?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 30, 2010, 01:54:46 PM
I can't even answer their questions.  For example, the question, "8. School science classes should teach intelligent design.".  My answer is:

Well, sure.  If that's the type of school you choose to send your child to, it could/would/should teach about the FSM if that's what you decide.  The free market would decide which schools succeed and which ones fail.  The govt. has no business running schools.

How the hell do you answer that on the continuum provided?

  I answered "No" because "Intelligent Design" is theology; not Science. They said "Science Class" ; not "should it be taught in school."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on March 30, 2010, 02:49:00 PM
My Political Views
I am a far-right social libertarian
Right: 7.81, Libertarian: 8.7

(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/36x37.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


I also disliked several questions in that.  There wasn't a correct answer for a fair number of them, so I fear my "neutral" answers on several of them skewed my result too far to the Right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on March 30, 2010, 03:14:33 PM
I also disliked several questions in that.  There wasn't a correct answer for a fair number of them, so I fear my "neutral" answers on several of them skewed my result too far to the Right.

I agree, such as the "race issues will never be solved" question. who in there right mind would put that there, and where does it even put me on the spectrum?

also, I thought it was too complex. simple questions, and a "yes", "no" and "indifferent" button would suffice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 03:19:53 PM
Oh for the "Race issues will never be solved" I just filled in "Not until all the darkies are dead" then moved on.

Was I not supposed to do that?

There were some seriously stupid statements\questions on that thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 30, 2010, 03:42:44 PM
I agree, such as the "race issues will never be solved" question. who in there right mind would put that there, and where does it even put me on the spectrum?

 I think the point of that is to assess if you're more ideal oriented, or reality oriented. Usually, the farther extremes (left and right); the more ideal-oriented.

  If you believe race issues could at some point be "solved"; you'd be an idealist. If you believe race issues are consistent with human nature and therefore will never be totally "solved"; you'd be a realist.  
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 03:50:11 PM
"http://www.youtube.com/v/0qdh8NUxAmQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"

ITT: Youtube video
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2010, 04:02:56 PM
"In nearly every instance, the free market allocates resources most efficiently."

Theoretically, yes. However, we do not have a free market.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 04:15:12 PM
"In nearly every instance, the free market allocates resources most efficiently."

Theoretically, yes. However, we do not have a free market.


I know! Vons keeps charging me, the bastards.

http://www.ecoenquirer.com/ (http://www.ecoenquirer.com/)

Oh, how I love this site ^^^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 30, 2010, 04:20:13 PM
My Political Views
I am a centrist social libertarian
Left: 0.7, Libertarian: 5.04
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/19x30.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


I woulda thought I'd be much lefter.

Getting old, I guess.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 04:22:42 PM
It's odd because I could have swore I'm more left-leaning than what it scored me, but what can you do?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 30, 2010, 04:38:13 PM
*At the ticket counter at the airport*

Me - "Will there be any problems with my taking my Hello Kitty pillow on the plane in addition to my satchel?"
Lady ticket agent = "Aw, how cute! Do you have a little girl at home?"
Me - "Nope."
LTA - "For your niece then?"
Me - "Nope."
LTA - "Oh, it's for your girlfriend!"
Me in a Krusty the Clown voice - "Yer waaaaay off."
LTA - "...then..." *dawning realization* "...ohmygod"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 31, 2010, 01:56:29 AM
You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 4.05, Libertarian: 8.84

(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/28x38.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on March 31, 2010, 08:23:20 AM
My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 4.82, Libertarian: 3.85
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/10x28.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


I lol'ed at the video violence question.  :lol: Funny, I didn't think I was that far left.

Also Ricky Martin coming was like my cousin's coming out when we all gave him this flat look then my aunt asked him, "You just now figured that out?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 31, 2010, 12:37:29 PM
My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 4.82, Libertarian: 3.85

This^ is about where I expected to find myself. I'll have to go back and see what the key questions were, although I think I know one of them: "Is abortion a responsible option?". I thought about that one, and possibly overthought it. Abortion should always be an option, but I don't see it as a "responsible" option. I probably lost 10 lefty points on that one alone.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on March 31, 2010, 01:58:44 PM
Abortion should always be an option, but I don't see it as a "responsible" option.

Except, of course, for cases like health issues for mother or child, and cases of rape and abuse. Maybe I'll go back and change my answer.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 31, 2010, 02:28:13 PM
Tomorrow, since it's the start of a new month, I'm going to attempt to lose 25 pounds in three months. I'm 187 pounds right now. I want to be 162 by the end of June. I'm going to quote this and post my weight every two weeks and I want you all to kick my ass if I'm not doing it right. Kind of like "Biggest Loser - Geekery Edition"




I'm tired of being a fat disgusting slob.  :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on March 31, 2010, 03:08:18 PM
My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 4.82, Libertarian: 3.85
(http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/10x28.gif)
Political Spectrum Quiz (http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)


Hey, that's pretty much my result. Thought I was less left, actually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on March 31, 2010, 03:13:54 PM
187? i'd hardly call that "fat disgusting slob". not unless you're like 4'11"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 31, 2010, 04:05:36 PM
Yeah, if you're a fat disgusting slob what does that make us 260 pounders?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on March 31, 2010, 04:07:31 PM
Yeah, if you're a fat disgusting slob what does that make us 260 pounders?

Whatever you want, sir. Please don't hurt me.

I'm starting to see my gut hang over my belt and I swore I'd never get like that again. I was a very fat teenager. Was about 220 right out of highschool. Took me ages to get that weight off and I'm slowly creeping back up there, so I'm a little paranoid about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 31, 2010, 06:21:46 PM
No problem dude.  I'm just big-boned anyway.  Good luck with your weight loss regimen.  I should lose around 40# or so myself.  Being time poor and high stress makes it difficult.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on March 31, 2010, 07:54:10 PM
25 lbs in 3 months = 2 lbs/week = 1000 calories/day.  Burn it, or reduce it or a combination of the two.

I'm trying to lose 5 by May 1st which will get me down to 167 (I'm 6'2" btw) for my next race.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on April 01, 2010, 10:02:52 AM
Tomorrow, since it's the start of a new month, I'm going to attempt to lose 25 pounds in three months. I'm 187 pounds right now. I want to be 162 by the end of June. I'm going to quote this and post my weight every two weeks and I want you all to kick my ass if I'm not doing it right. Kind of like "Biggest Loser - Geekery Edition"




I'm tired of being a fat disgusting slob.  :|

Hey! We're the same weight!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 01, 2010, 12:06:13 PM
Hey! We're the same weight!

Yeah, but you're all buffed up. I'm not.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 01, 2010, 12:37:12 PM
I'd be down for a The Geekery Biggest Loser. I hit the above 200 mark a few weeks ago (I'm only 5'11) . . Plus I absolutely cannot motivate myself enough without either a coach or some incentive that doesn't already exist for losing weight / getting in shape.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 01, 2010, 10:32:33 PM
ok...

FW FW FW FW etc.etc


"I drove myself and two co-workers to lunch Monday, 2/15/10. I chose a parking spot in the rear of the lot and backed into a space (no pull through available at location). This positioned my Chevy Avalanche with the passenger side doors facing away from the rest of the lot and to the end of the lot. I had a Sony digital camera lying on the console of my truck. Upon returning from lunch and entering the vehicle we noticed nothing wrong or missing from the vehicle.

Tuesday around lunch time I needed the camera and could not locate it. My first thoughts were, "I moved it or it fell to the floor mat or I removed it from my truck." After searching feverishly for two days, questioning anyone who had been close to my truck, and exhausting every possible location I could have put it, I began to have that sinking feeling I lost it or someone stole it. My new Garmin GPS had been in the truck the whole time, so I felt as if someone had entered my vehicle they would have taken it also.

Fast forward to Wednesday, I approached my truck from the passenger side to place my computer bag (aka my man purse) in the front passenger seat. As I reached to open the door I noticed there was a hole right under my door handle. My first thought was, "someone has shot my truck !" I began to think about it and inspect it a little closer and the "light" slowly began to come on. I phoned my friend who owns a body shop and asked if he had any vehicles with damage to the doors that looked like a bullet hole. "Yes, I see it all the time. Thieves have a punch and place it right under the door handle, knock a hole through, reach in and unlock it, just as if they have a key. No alarms, broken glass or anything.

I then placed a call to my insurance agent, who is also a friend, and explained it to him. I proceeded to tell him the situation and how I was puzzled that they left my GPS and all other belongings. Here is where it gets scary ! "Oh no, he said, they want the break-in to be so subtle that you don't even realize it. They look at your GPS to see where "home" is. Now they know what you drive, go to your home, and if your vehicle isn't there they assume you aren't and break in your home." He says they will even leave a purse or wallet and only take one or two credit cards. By the time you realize there has been a theft, they may have already had a couple days or more to use them. This is another reason they want the break-in to go unnoticed. I didn't realize my situation for two full days! They even give you the courtesy of re-locking your doors for you. I guess they don't want it to be broken into by other thieves !

Had they have found your check book, they could have taken checks from the middle section so they wouldn't be noticed.

Please remove from your GPS unit your home address as "home" ASAP ! Put in your local Wal-Mart address or some where else! Park your vehicle in a highly visible place. I positioned mine perfectly for them and didn't realize it until it was too late. I hope this is beneficial to you and helps you keep your valuables in your possession and your vehicle from damage. Most importantly, it may keep the thieves from showing up at your home !

DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN SIGHT INSIDE THE CAR.

Periodically walk around your car, daily if you are in a shopping center or other parking area. Report thefts immediately....your bank w/missing check numbers, your credit card agencies, police, and insurance companies, etc."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 02, 2010, 09:07:17 AM
My bullshitometer is redlining.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 02, 2010, 09:54:07 AM
Meh.  There's some truth in there.  That's a valid way to break into a car.  Though, I doubt a thief would be subtle like that.  And, there's no guarantee that if a car is not in the driveway, that nobody is home.  Plus, there's a lot easier ways to get someone's address than to look at the gps.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 02, 2010, 10:19:04 AM
Fuck you both.

Last time I post anything for anyone else's benefit.

Ingrate.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 02, 2010, 10:40:20 AM
Wow, 12... forget to medicate?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 02, 2010, 12:31:57 PM
LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 02, 2010, 12:33:58 PM
On the plus side, there is a message in there that leaving valuables in plain sight is an invitation to thieves.  It's something that everyone should be aware of, and yet many people leave high dollar stuff just sitting out in the open.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on April 05, 2010, 12:58:58 PM
I agree, it's kind of stupid to leave your camera where it's super-visible. Meh. Who am I kidding, I'll probably forget all this and do dumbshit stuff when I start driving :P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 05, 2010, 02:29:16 PM
I'll probably forget all this and do dumbshit stuff when I start driving :P

Such as... starting to drive.

/luddite
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on April 05, 2010, 02:48:53 PM
Who woulda guessed ivan is really King Ludd?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 05, 2010, 03:00:08 PM
New age Luddites don't have a king.  The idea of adopting a governance system scares them too much.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 06, 2010, 02:39:15 PM
I went out last weekend and got the ball rolling on buying a townhome. I'm nervous, scared a bit, and will feel a LOT better once escrow closes and I have the keys.


+side = no more renting
-side = MOVING SUCKS
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 06, 2010, 03:24:49 PM
Way to go!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 08, 2010, 02:02:04 PM
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/07/assassinations/index.html (http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/07/assassinations/index.html)

Great.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 09, 2010, 08:48:26 AM
Wednesday, my daughter and I had dinner at Smokey Bones.  This sign was posted above the entrance to the bathrooms.
(http://www.bizb.biz/images/2010-04-08/2010040803.jpg)

Smokey Bones hates big, hairy, cuddly, gay men!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 09, 2010, 09:08:58 AM
Wednesday, my daughter and I had dinner at Smokey Bones.  This sign was posted above the entrance to the bathrooms.
(http://www.bizb.biz/images/2010-04-08/2010040803.jpg)

Smokey Bones hates big, hairy, cuddly, gay men!

It's obvious they mean "No Furries"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 09, 2010, 09:15:59 AM
Popes do it in the woods, too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 09, 2010, 09:24:08 AM

  "Popin'" . . . now there's a particularly nauseating deviant sexual proclivity.

  "The kid says his teacher's been keeping him after class and "poping" his "back there". I say we send in S.W.A.T."

  "No can do. They are currently engaged recovering a pizza and detaining several children already. Can we mobilize the Guard?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 09, 2010, 09:53:06 AM
Popes do it in the woods little boys, too.

FTFY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 09, 2010, 01:29:11 PM
In the woods with boys, I thought that was understood.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 09, 2010, 05:20:39 PM
Who took the picture?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MadOne on April 10, 2010, 09:24:49 PM
 Ouch Omaha just got rid of it's snow a week ago and that was after a week of 70 degree weather. sorry but i am praising the sun god that i can go for a ride on my bike without having to worry about being covered in mud. Now all i have to worry about are the dead deer and squirrels on the road.  8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 10, 2010, 09:50:17 PM
I did of course. Kleenex boxes are quite handy tripods.

We can see your butt-area.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 11, 2010, 09:36:57 AM
Noted. I'm sorry!

  I think he meant it like, "w00t!!!..."     
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2010, 02:28:04 PM
  I think he meant it like, "w00t!!!..."     

This.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 11, 2010, 04:29:31 PM
This.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2010, 09:14:21 PM
*drunkramblings.txt follows*

Buying a house is a royal pain in the ass. In addition to them rubbergloving your bank and credit reports, you need to figure out what type of flooring\countertops\paint you need as well as new furniture and who to give the keys to the personal arcade with pool table, three upright M.A.M.E cabinets, one cocktail (LOL) table M.A.M.E box and bar garage to and how to move it all up there with minimal work time outage. Counterpoint is that it'll beat the everlovin'fuck outta renting so I guess it's not all that bad.

HOA CC&Rs can suck it. That is all.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 11, 2010, 10:34:19 PM
You gettin' that 8 G's?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2010, 10:39:47 PM
You gettin' that 8 G's?

Darn right. First time buyer here. Gimme that money!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 11, 2010, 10:43:24 PM

  So is tehGeekeryOMFGLOL!!!11!!1  invited to the housewarming PARTY? :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 12, 2010, 12:16:12 AM
  So is tehGeekeryOMFGLOL!!!11!!1  invited to the housewarming PARTY? :-D

Oh sweet Jesus hammered up on the cross, I don't think I could house that many people. It's a small place!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on April 12, 2010, 07:41:30 AM
You don't have enough room for 6 visitors???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 12, 2010, 09:20:19 AM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303591204575170112332177770.html#articleTabs%3Darticle (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303591204575170112332177770.html#articleTabs%3Darticle)

"Cybercriminals post an ad on a job board. Successful job applicants are "hired" or asked to complete a trial project. Scam operators wire stolen money to the applicant's credit card and applicants are asked to purchase such goods as expensive electronics. The applicant ships the goods, often to Eastern Europe, where scam operators sell them. Applicants end up with neither a job nor a paycheck."



Most of you are smrt enough not to fall for a scam; but just the same:



"These operations are recruiting large numbers of Americans, experts say, and often go to great lengths to appear legitimate. Advanta's Web site, for example, showed it used some of the same language as a legitimate Japanese transport company, according to bobbear, and listed offices in Copenhagen, New York, London, and Hong Kong. The networking site Linked-In had a profile of David A. Maeweather, who is listed as the company's special projects supervisor."





   any bullshitometers probably need the batteries replaced.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 12, 2010, 10:29:15 AM
Oh sweet Jesus hammered up on the cross, I don't think I could house that many people. It's a small place!

 So...

 "An intimate affair?"

 "We're all pretty close anyway..."

 "We can take turns coming inside..."




 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 12, 2010, 01:19:29 PM
Further bullshit against spanking (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100412/hl_time/08599198101900)
Spanking because less and less effective with further use? Really?

You must be doing it wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 12, 2010, 01:23:32 PM
The only reason it became less effective on me is because it just stopped stinging as much. Of course, you gotta keep up appearances as long as you can.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 12, 2010, 01:29:50 PM
Probably no consistency. Without consistency, there's no way to know WHAT actions may get you a spanking - or more probable; what actions you may be able to get away with.
That and an explanation. Kids are like animals; if they arent certain WHY you just punished them, all you do is scare them and foster mistrust. If they know WHY they are being punished; they relate the punishment to the reason; not to an 'unpredictable' parent- which goes back to consistency.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 12, 2010, 02:19:23 PM
Probably no consistency. Without consistency, there's no way to know WHAT actions may get you a spanking - or more probable; what actions you may be able to get away with.
That and an explanation. Kids are like animals; if they arent certain WHY you just punished them, all you do is scare them and foster mistrust. If they know WHY they are being punished; they relate the punishment to the reason; not to an 'unpredictable' parent- which goes back to consistency.
That was what I was getting at.

They're doing it wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 12, 2010, 11:49:44 PM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303591204575170112332177770.html#articleTabs%3Darticle (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303591204575170112332177770.html#articleTabs%3Darticle)

"Cybercriminals post an ad on a job board. Successful job applicants are "hired" or asked to complete a trial project. Scam operators wire stolen money to the applicant's credit card and applicants are asked to purchase such goods as expensive electronics. The applicant ships the goods, often to Eastern Europe, where scam operators sell them. Applicants end up with neither a job nor a paycheck."


Most of you are smrt enough not to fall for a scam; but just the same:


"These operations are recruiting large numbers of Americans, experts say, and often go to great lengths to appear legitimate. Advanta's Web site, for example, showed it used some of the same language as a legitimate Japanese transport company, according to bobbear, and listed offices in Copenhagen, New York, London, and Hong Kong. The networking site Linked-In had a profile of David A. Maeweather, who is listed as the company's special projects supervisor."





   any bullshitometers probably need the batteries replaced.

Okay, my bullshitometer may not be going off, but my dumbfuckometer totally is.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 13, 2010, 12:15:12 AM
  Well, ...yeh.  

Most of you are smrt enough not to fall for a scam; ...

  The point is that scammers are now using jobs as bait; on real job sites. That's something several people here have had to do (find a job) recently.

It also makes note of how they "go to great lengths to appear legitimate".

 
  
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 13, 2010, 03:16:25 PM
... but my dumbfuckometer totally is.

I have one of those.  I have to turn it completely off when I get on the interstate though, or else the constant beeping keeps me awake.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 13, 2010, 08:37:08 PM
 Well, ...yeh.  

  The point is that scammers are now using jobs as bait; on real job sites. That's something several people here have had to do (find a job) recently.

It also makes note of how they "go to great lengths to appear legitimate".

 
  


Yeah, I totally get that part.  The part where the warning bells go off is where any "potential employer" asking me to buy something and ship it somewhere else ON MY OWN CREDIT CARD (regardless of whether they tell me they're wiring an advance onto my card).  I don't understand how that doesn't scream "totally shady".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 13, 2010, 08:42:30 PM
I have one of those.  I have to turn it completely off when I get on the interstate though, or else the constant beeping keeps me awake.
We wouldn't want to keep you awake when you get on the interstate or anything.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 14, 2010, 12:49:35 AM
  I don't understand how that doesn't scream "totally shady".

 I know. I was wondering why the hell she let her picture be taken and her personal story told, lol. I would have just said "A friend of mine..." rather than
 be Nationally Stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joe Sixpack on April 14, 2010, 10:45:03 AM
That doesn't sound near as implausible or reek of urban legend the way "some" of your previous posts have.  Congrats on making progress :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 14, 2010, 10:49:49 AM
We wouldn't want to keep you awake when you get on the interstate or anything.

What else am I going to do for 45 minutes?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 14, 2010, 08:18:55 PM
Study: Frequent password changes are useless (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100413/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc1590;_ylt=Ai5KNYey9uG3Pm95GpdVLZms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpc3BwMWN1BHBvcwMzOQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDc3R1ZHlmcmVxdWVu)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 14, 2010, 10:09:38 PM
http://michiganmessenger.com/36668/straight-pride-shirts-at-tea-party-rally-draw-fire (http://michiganmessenger.com/36668/straight-pride-shirts-at-tea-party-rally-draw-fire)

/facepalm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 14, 2010, 10:30:56 PM
because it's offensive to use your equipment correctly. and clearly it amounts to racism.

I would totally buy one of those shirts. I like girls
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 15, 2010, 08:18:28 AM
In case anyone is actually interested in reading some convoluted spy stuff, I just started this Wordpress blog (http://granitecityspies.wordpress.com/) to act as my campaign log for my "Burn Notice" inspired d20 Modern campaign.

So far it's been really fun, my players are really into it.  I figured when I do my writeups I'll do them a bit tongue-in-cheek, from the characters' point of view, and so far I think it actually works, if the posts are read in order.

A word of warning: you WILL get caught up in the story if you read this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 15, 2010, 08:23:28 AM
What's next a Homoerotic A-Team D-20 campaign?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 15, 2010, 08:24:21 AM
What's next a Homoerotic A-Team D-20 campaign?

Well, aside from the homoerotic part, this isn't too far off from that, actually...    :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 15, 2010, 10:28:07 AM
because it's offensive to use your equipment correctly.

Elaborate, please.




I think it's very appropriate that they used the icons commonly found to indicate which is the men's bathroom and which is the woman's bathroom as their philosophy is generally full of shit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 15, 2010, 11:09:50 AM
Hey, C_R were you the one kid who would always ask "Why isn't there a white history month? No, really guys!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 15, 2010, 12:47:13 PM
Elaborate, please.

<snip>
Thank you.  Thank you.  THANK YOU!  I was hoping I wasn't the only one that noticed that "using your equipment correctly" thing.  Also, I second xolly's motion for a better explanation.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 15, 2010, 12:57:31 PM
Someone was asking earlier how Clear_Runway got so many smites.

I believe you should have your answer now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 15, 2010, 01:13:30 PM
Someone was asking earlier how Clear_Runway got so many smites.

I believe you should have your answer now.

Irony alert: It was me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 15, 2010, 01:14:04 PM
Hey, C_R were you the one kid who would always ask "Why isn't there a white history month? No, really guys!"

And why can't I say that one word? I hear black guys call themselves that all the time, so why can't I?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 15, 2010, 01:16:23 PM
Why CAN'T you say it? I do it all the time.

Snugglebunnies?

SNUGGLEBUNNIES SNUGGLEBUNNIES SNU.....*NO CARRIER*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 15, 2010, 03:01:17 PM
I just think it's ridiculous how vitriolic some of the comments on the news page are. these guys are reading into this shirt way too much. its a joke people.

in any case i think the very idea of being "proud" of some thing you claim to be born with is idiotic. you should be proud of your achievements, not how you prefer to achieve orgasm.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 15, 2010, 03:16:33 PM
Okay, now I'm confused.  Am I supposed to be mad at Clear_Runway now, or not?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 15, 2010, 07:26:41 PM
what, now she insults my vocabulary? I tested at a college level vocabulary in 6th grade. I'm in college now. I know what vitriolic means.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 15, 2010, 07:47:04 PM
oh, sorry. didnt mean to come off like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 15, 2010, 09:22:06 PM
Can I get a Bi-Pride shirt and would that be offense to anyone?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 15, 2010, 11:54:50 PM
If I got a bi-cycle would that be offensive to anyone?

 I bet if I got an icicle you'd be offended cos you're so hawt!

   :-P   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 16, 2010, 12:30:39 AM
Well, aside from the homoerotic part, this isn't too far off from that, actually...    :lol:

The Geekery, it's not just about Homoerotic A-Team Fanfic anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 16, 2010, 02:18:41 PM
To anyone who writes anything:

Systemic and Systematic are two different words with two very different meanings. Please learn their meanings and how to use them correctly. Thank you.

This was a message from the "Fuck You, Learn Your Own GodDamn Language That You're So Proud Of That You Don't Want People Speaking Other Languages Around You" Council.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 16, 2010, 02:49:04 PM
I am going to choose to systemically ignore that advice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 16, 2010, 03:02:42 PM
lose loose
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 16, 2010, 05:51:18 PM
leery
weary
wary

While leery and wary are mostly interchangeable, WEARY is a completely different word and CANNOT be substituted for either one!  fuckers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 16, 2010, 06:18:28 PM
Do any of our FBI agents use a Wii Fit? (http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/womans-fall-from-wii-fit-makes-her-crave-sex-04162010)  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 16, 2010, 06:56:45 PM
Do any of our FBI agents use a Wii Fit? (http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/womans-fall-from-wii-fit-makes-her-crave-sex-04162010)  :evil:

You'd think all she'd have to do is take one of those controllers and
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 16, 2010, 07:45:05 PM
Systematic misuse of the words "systemic" and "systematic" is systemic on the internets.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2010, 08:53:29 AM
http://newsok.com/warr-acres-catholic-church-has-crucifix-some-say-shows-exposed-genitals-of-jesus/article/3453833 (http://newsok.com/warr-acres-catholic-church-has-crucifix-some-say-shows-exposed-genitals-of-jesus/article/3453833)

I don't think the Lord's abs are supposed to look like that. Kinda-NSFW
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 17, 2010, 11:58:28 AM
I wonder who first came up with the Jesus look. I'm sure it's find-out-able -- maybe I'll do some deep scholarly research *cough*GOOGLE*cough*. But I know there's no passage in the Bible describing Him ("Thin, yet well-proportioned; pale of skin, long of hair parted just-so down the middle; handsome, with well-tended facial hair that lendeth Him a serious yet gentle air"). Nor was there, as far as I know, a prophesy made by anyone like Nostradamus that could give us a clue:

In the years of turmoil,
That are the eighth decade of the third millennium,
There shall be a musician of note called Greggus Allmanus:
By him shall ye know the visage of Our Lord.


So really, there is no knowing. All we have to go by is that Jesus was probably Semitic in appearance, but that covers a lot of ground. He may have looked more like Jeff Goldblum or Woody Allen or Zero Mostel than George Harrison singing Bangladesh.

P.S. I don't mean to pretend to think this is an original thought (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/21/arts/21JESU.html?pagewanted=1). I was just having fun with it. But what is even more interesting is that, as the linked article describes, Jesus has been represented by artists through time and all around the world, and each artist had to ask the question What Did Jesus Look Like (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/25/face.jesus/index.html)? So if you want to know what artists, almost all them men, consider to be the "perfect look", look at depictions of Jesus. Which, in my case, is a little disheartening: all those years when I sported the Jesus look (at least in-between shaves -- and I must admit I'm tending that way again in my dotage), I thought I was impressing the chicks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2010, 12:18:45 PM
Zero Mostel

That would be hilarious.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 17, 2010, 12:21:23 PM
I'm not sure what he looked like, but he had a HUGE COCK (http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2010/04/15/genitalia-on-jesus-abdomen/).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on April 17, 2010, 01:35:15 PM
Admittedly, I didn't read ivan's links, but I saw something recently on the History Channel that talked about this.  According to the program, in the different regions of the world where Christianity has spread, Jesus has a different look.  In Africa Jesus is often portrayed as black, in Asian countries he's got a decidely Asian look, etc.  I don't know why, but I find this factoid somewhat interesting.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 17, 2010, 01:51:41 PM
I bet he had a big hairy mole on his back.

And crooked teeth.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 17, 2010, 05:51:30 PM
Only in parts of Lexington.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2010, 08:38:12 PM
Admittedly, I didn't read ivan's links, but I saw something recently on the History Channel that talked about this.  According to the program, in the different regions of the world where Christianity has spread, Jesus has a different look.  In Africa Jesus is often portrayed as black, in Asian countries he's got a decidely Asian look, etc.  I don't know why, but I find this factoid somewhat interesting.

The church I go to has a lot of different images of Jesus. No two look alike and I have no problem with that. Not sure what He looked like back then, but I'm sure He can take any form He pleases. I know a lot of people joke about it, but I honestly have never met anybody who actually thought he looked like a northern European guy. Ever.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on April 17, 2010, 10:35:20 PM
Admittedly, I didn't read ivan's links, but I saw something recently on the History Channel that talked about this.  According to the program, in the different regions of the world where Christianity has spread, Jesus has a different look.  In Africa Jesus is often portrayed as black, in Asian countries he's got a decidely Asian look, etc.  I don't know why, but I find this factoid somewhat interesting.

Agreed. But then if we're all made in God's image, why do we all look so markedly different? Food for thought.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 17, 2010, 10:37:35 PM
Agreed. But then if we're all made in God's image, why do we all look so markedly different? Food for thought.

God's image = humanoid. Therefore, not that much different.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 17, 2010, 11:16:39 PM
Only in parts of Lexington.
Did I tell you where I live, or did you just stalk that tasty morsel on your own?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 18, 2010, 12:25:50 AM
*drunk_ramblings.txt* follows.

There's this nice German deli I enjoy that sells a variety of cheeses. Every month I make the trip down there to partake and it's a glorious event. I like cheese.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2010, 03:08:34 AM
Did I tell you where I live, or did you just stalk that tasty morsel on your own?

I was trying to come up with a completely random place. Should I contact the Psychic Friends Network?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 18, 2010, 03:13:25 AM
By the way, I was thinking of Lexington, KY. There appears to be a Lexington in just about every state.

You see, that's how we do it on PFN:

"Caller, I sense you are near... Lexington."

"GHASP! That's right, Lexington, Massachusetts is only 200 miles away!"

"Mmm-hmm."


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 18, 2010, 08:29:30 AM
I see, creepy coincidences RAWK!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 18, 2010, 07:36:55 PM
I have been converted.
http://www.tarvu.com/ (http://www.tarvu.com/)
Friends, you will never be the same after watching this.

"# Octopuses are holy creatures
# Everyone has an invisible guardian from Universe A."

I'm sold.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 19, 2010, 01:16:10 AM
I see, creepy coincidences RAWK!

Not that I'm above the occasional stalk or two.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 20, 2010, 06:55:59 AM
That number is probably like 70% for waitresses.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 21, 2010, 01:46:40 AM
That number is probably like 70% for waitresses.

It's more like 0% if you add the disclaimer 'with pbsaurus'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 21, 2010, 05:31:34 PM

 NSFW!!!   

http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/vids/Taliban11.wmv (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/vids/Taliban11.wmv)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 10:18:58 AM
http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/Default.aspx (http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/Default.aspx)

I'm glad our brave, noble, and good-looking leader has saw fit to redesign our currency to more closely resemble the superior European model.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 10:42:51 AM
http://tv.yahoo.com/south-park/show/492/news/tv-news.en.reuters.com/tv-news.en.reuters.com-20100422-us_southpark_muslims (http://tv.yahoo.com/south-park/show/492/news/tv-news.en.reuters.com/tv-news.en.reuters.com-20100422-us_southpark_muslims)

Stick to mocking Christians and Buddhists. They usually don't fight back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 10:53:43 AM
http://tv.yahoo.com/south-park/show/492/news/tv-news.en.reuters.com/tv-news.en.reuters.com-20100422-us_southpark_muslims (http://tv.yahoo.com/south-park/show/492/news/tv-news.en.reuters.com/tv-news.en.reuters.com-20100422-us_southpark_muslims)

Stick to mocking Christians and Buddhists. They usually don't fight back.


 P-ligion of Reace

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 22, 2010, 11:15:30 AM
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu194/clear_runway/01b.jpg)

OH MY GOD! ITS AN IMAGE OF MUHAMMAD!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 22, 2010, 11:17:20 AM

You're going to get us all killed!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 22, 2010, 11:42:28 AM
You're going to get us on the Homeland Security watch list!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 11:46:55 AM
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu194/clear_runway/01b.jpg)

OH MY GOD! ITS AN IMAGE OF MUHAMMAD!

Looks like Jesus in a turban to me.


Hey, wait a minute...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 11:54:50 AM
Lizard King???  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 22, 2010, 12:02:13 PM
okay, if what I did doesn't get us all killed, that will.

did you find that somewhere, or did you photoshop it in five seconds flat?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 22, 2010, 12:49:28 PM
Mad skillz, 12!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 01:39:47 PM
did you find that somewhere, or did you photoshop it in five seconds flat?

 I MSPaint®ed it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 01:40:17 PM
Mad skillz, 12!

 Thank you sir! :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 22, 2010, 04:13:49 PM
I MSPaint®ed it.

it doesnt matter if you use photoshop, gimp, or mspaint. the verb is still photoshop.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 22, 2010, 04:28:58 PM
I don't know... it looks a lot like he MSPAINT'd it, to me anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 04:59:10 PM
I don't know, maybe he shooped it to make it look like he made it in ms paint, just to be sneaky like that.

Yo, dawg, I hear you like photoshop and mspaint so I mspainted your photshop so you could photoshop while you mspaint.

Or something.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 05:01:32 PM
Watch Xolik as he stars in the new mystery movie "The Case of 'Where the Fuck Did All My Money Go?'" featuring the 'Up-selling Home Designer Agent'

GOOD GAWD
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 22, 2010, 05:08:27 PM
I have one word for you: Ikea.

There's one in Burbank just for you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 05:30:57 PM
it doesnt matter if you use photoshop, gimp, or mspaint. the verb is still photoshop.

  Do you try to come off as antagonistic? This is a serious question; as you do that all the time. I'm aware

 that some people come off that way and don't realize it, and didn't mean it to be antagonistic, so I'm asking. 

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 05:32:51 PM

  ...and the verb for that is actually "edit"; not photoshop.  RE:  Kleenex / tissue
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 22, 2010, 05:35:52 PM
  Do you try to come off as antagonistic? This is a serious question; as you do that all the time. I'm aware

 that some people come off that way and don't realize it, and didn't mean it to be antagonistic, so I'm asking. 



I have a lot of sympathy for C_R. Reminds me of another abrasive and misunderstood n00b from years ago...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 05:39:43 PM

  I usually just read it as his ...?style. But sometimes I read him and I'm like, "...w7f is your problem, dude??"

  Either way is fine, of course; I'm just curious, mainly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 05:39:57 PM
I have one word for you: Ikea.

There's one in Burbank just for you.


I was there yesterday, actually. I have a few things in mind for my in home bar area and some minor things, but over all I've had some terrible experiences with Ikea furniture. I'm convinced Ikea is Swedish for "Crap". The meatballs in the cafe are good, though.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 05:41:09 PM
lol.. 'meat'

lol... 'balls'






lol... 'cafe'.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 05:49:19 PM
  Do you try to come off as antagonistic? This is a serious question; as you do that all the time. I'm aware

 that some people come off that way and don't realize it, and didn't mean it to be antagonistic, so I'm asking. 



  It just occurred to me that you may have taken my reply ( MSPaint ) as being snarky; since you said 'photoshop'. Wasn't
 
 intended as such;  " MS PAINT " is another meme for some members here; and was an allusion to that.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 22, 2010, 05:59:26 PM
  It just occurred to me that you may have taken my reply ( MSPaint ) as being snarky; since you said 'photoshop'. Wasn't
 
 intended as such;  " MS PAINT " is another meme for some members here; and was an allusion to that.




Plus it is a longstanding tradition to do an MS PAINT rendering of various lizard royalty.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 22, 2010, 07:29:05 PM
FLASHING LIGHTS FTW!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on April 22, 2010, 08:01:22 PM
That's freakin' awesome. And my Lizard Queen was in MS Paint! I think I mentioned that . .
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 22, 2010, 09:27:20 PM
yeah, sorry. its a bad habit.

also, I checked, and 201 is not available at the south park web site. it is available on the pirate bay (and with fifteen thousand seeders to boot!) and in this case i'm sure Matt and Trey would approve.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 22, 2010, 11:24:07 PM
oh, good. always better to get this stuff legit.

its proof that most people on tpb think that way, though. no episode has ever gotten that big a torrent - they would much rather watch it on legitimately south park studios. but if it isnt on sps, they'll just torrent it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 23, 2010, 10:21:20 AM
I don't photoshop stuff anymore. I pretty much paintdotnet everything now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 23, 2010, 11:46:06 AM
I have a lot of sympathy for C_R. Reminds me of another abrasive and misunderstood n00b from years ago...

thunder3davis?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 23, 2010, 12:45:30 PM
thunder3davis?
Leonodis?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 23, 2010, 12:49:52 PM
Me, dammit. ME!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on April 23, 2010, 01:04:46 PM
Sit down, Francis.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 23, 2010, 01:10:31 PM
Me, dammit. ME!


 :roll:

It's ALWAYS about you, isn't it?  Fucking n00b.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 23, 2010, 01:30:34 PM
Then I have to spend days sucking up to people so they like me again. Enough to make you puke your living guts outs. Why can't people appreciate my abrasive, unpleasant asshole side?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 23, 2010, 04:36:02 PM
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/23/arizona-house-bill-requires-obama-to-prove-citizen/ (http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/23/arizona-house-bill-requires-obama-to-prove-citizen/)

/facepalm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 23, 2010, 04:49:03 PM
Is this more stuff about Obama's gift certificate or something?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on April 23, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
Is this more stuff about Obama's gift certificate or something?
I lol'd. And I don't care how they're planning to prove obama is a US citizen. He's an idiot either way.

On another note, I got myself a cheap new sansa clip MP3 player. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 23, 2010, 10:06:49 PM
I lol'd. And I don't care how they're planning to prove obama is a US citizen. He's an idiot either way.

On another note, I got myself a cheap new sansa clip MP3 player. :mrgreen:

With a gift certificate?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 23, 2010, 10:24:46 PM
I lol'd. And I don't care how they're planning to prove obama is a US citizen. He's an idiot either way.

On another note, I got myself a cheap new sansa clip MP3 player. :mrgreen:
With Obama's gift certificate?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on April 24, 2010, 12:30:23 AM
With Obama's gift certificate?
I lol'd again. Nah, I bought it on overstock.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 26, 2010, 12:48:33 PM
Me, dammit. ME!


Dude, I got the reference.  You should have waited for me to respond.  Are you always this pre-mature?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on April 27, 2010, 01:57:49 AM
LONDON (Reuters) – One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.
Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.
Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Stupid Sexy Flanders.
The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food.
Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on April 27, 2010, 06:19:14 AM
Sad. Very sad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 27, 2010, 07:29:53 AM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that actual bullshit, lol. I've only met like five Scottish people in my life and I know what haggis is. I've eat it. They sell it in tesco. It's yummy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 27, 2010, 08:36:15 AM
Are you always this pre-mature?

Heh, that's what she sa...





waitaminute
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 27, 2010, 08:37:26 AM
Just-Eat.co.uk

couk lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on April 27, 2010, 01:30:20 PM
Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument

Hey, these people might be onto something...

(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7113/hagispipe.jpg)

They just need to find out how to make tartan-haggis. :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 27, 2010, 03:09:25 PM
The wife and I love haggis.  Here in the states, we order ours online via Caledonian Kitchen (http://www.caledoniankitchen.com/catalog/).

Mmmmmmmmmm!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 29, 2010, 09:29:39 AM
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416)

Super Mario Crossover. This kicks all kinds of ass.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 30, 2010, 01:12:43 PM
http://iowaindependent.com/32926/install-microchips-in-illegal-immigrants-gop-candidate-says (http://iowaindependent.com/32926/install-microchips-in-illegal-immigrants-gop-candidate-says)

Yes, I think sticking microchips in people here illegally is a fine idea that nobody would object to. Seems kinda small though, we wouldn't really know. Maybe some other kind of mark to help society identify them? Maybe a big yellow star bean or something like that...

Quote
“I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support microchipping them. I can microchip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I microchip an illegal?

Aces! Let's compare people to dogs! Damn, dirty beasts....maybe some kind of beast-mark can be placed on them instead of the big yellow bean. I'm sure there will be no objections to that either.

I'm no big fan of people being in the country illegally, but this is going full retard and you NEVER go full retard.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 30, 2010, 01:29:00 PM
Anyone here legally should have stars on their bellies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on April 30, 2010, 01:44:04 PM
Quote
I can microchip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I microchip an illegal?

Hey, that chap is onto something.

Q:Why can't he microchip illegals?
A: Because they aren't his damn pets.

Solution: Let's all adopt illegals as our pets!

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot. We should of course microchip them. :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 30, 2010, 01:51:32 PM
Solution: Let's all adopt illegals as our pets!

I call dibs on the Mexcian guy they got dancing in that cage at the club I go to.



Quote
Big government is fine as long as it's being used to brand and herd Mexicans.
Big government is unacceptable when it provides medical care to poor people.

Right.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on April 30, 2010, 01:55:47 PM
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/iowa-goper-when-i-said-lets-microchip-illegal-immigrants-i-wasnt-advocating-it.php (http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/iowa-goper-when-i-said-lets-microchip-illegal-immigrants-i-wasnt-advocating-it.php)

LMAO

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on April 30, 2010, 02:12:10 PM
I call dibs on the Mexcian guy they got dancing in that cage at the club I go to.

At least there's no need to microchip him as long as he doesn't break out...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 30, 2010, 03:07:19 PM
At least there's no need to microchip him as long as he doesn't break out...

If he breaks out it's probably time for an shot of anti-biotics...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on May 01, 2010, 01:09:52 PM
I'm no big fan of people being in the country illegally, but this is going full retard and you NEVER go full retard.

Hey, now, you're not supposed to make fun of people that are actually retarded.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 03, 2010, 08:37:27 AM
Hey, now, you're not supposed to make fun of people that are actually retarded.

Well that rules out most of my political posts I had planned for this week.... 

 :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 03, 2010, 11:30:45 AM
Hey, now, you're not supposed to make fun of people that are actually retarded.

Fine. You never go full Palin-American.

HAPPY?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on May 07, 2010, 08:28:00 PM
Much better.

So, anyone else in Nashville or Middle Tennessee? This whole flooding crap sucks.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 07, 2010, 10:18:31 PM
No, but I'd like to visit one day. Just to see more of my own country before I kick off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 07, 2010, 11:15:34 PM
Bring a towel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2010, 12:09:27 PM
I'm happy because I stopped by to check up on my new house and they've got the floors done in the kitchen and bathrooms, got the appliances installed and the countertops done.

Now they just need to lay out the rest of the flooring and the window treatments then I can finally start hauling my stuff in. Hopefully by the end of the month.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2010, 12:45:24 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/ (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/)

/facepalm
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 10, 2010, 01:11:41 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/ (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/)

/facepalm
LMFAO


Awesome gag.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on May 10, 2010, 02:40:36 PM
you know, for once i'm glad I dont live on a coast. at least, the gulf coast.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2010, 03:25:38 PM
you know, for once i'm glad I dont live on a coast. at least, the gulf oil coast.

FTFY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 10, 2010, 03:49:30 PM
xolik pls explain yur weird avatar pic k tks
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2010, 03:51:59 PM
Just saw it and liked it. Don't know where it's from but it's nightmare fuel.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 10, 2010, 04:07:00 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/total-recall.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 10, 2010, 04:09:40 PM
Just saw it and liked it. Don't know where it's from but it's nightmare fuel.

It's horrifying.

If it's from a movie, I want to know which one, so that I don't accidentally see it some time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 10, 2010, 04:14:50 PM
MyGovernorDuringBudgetTalks.gif

Nice.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 11, 2010, 08:36:45 AM
Oh if we could all have this level of optomism in the news.  :lol: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37080476#37075294)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 11, 2010, 11:00:17 AM
Oil spewing out of crack pipes?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 12, 2010, 09:14:37 AM
*snip*A jetliner carrying more than 100 people crashed as it attempted to land in Libya Wednesday, killing everyone on board except for a child... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37100560/ns/world_news-africa/)

Yes, I would like to know where the child was sitting so that I can book that seat everytime I fly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on May 12, 2010, 09:22:03 AM
Yes, I would like to know where the child was sitting so that I can book that seat everytime I fly.
hectar!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 12, 2010, 05:16:21 PM
I'm in San Fran for the week. Never really been here before and it's interesting. Between the outspoken political activists and raging homos I think it's safe to say this town is full of trolls and fags.

Thank you.

Also, I don't want to leave.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 13, 2010, 08:10:56 AM
I'm in San Fran for the week. Never really been here before and it's interesting. Between the outspoken political activists and raging homos I think it's safe to say this town is full of trolls and fags.

Thank you.

Also, I don't want to leave.
*jealous*
A town full of troll and fags, I want to roll in the debauchery with you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 13, 2010, 08:31:48 AM
DOUBLE POST

iLoLed (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37106327/ns/today-today/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 13, 2010, 08:58:35 AM
Did you remember to wear flowers in your hair xolly?

He doesn't have any hair.  Can't you see his avatar?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: h4wt_b3t4 on May 13, 2010, 01:49:14 PM
That's discrimination! How come he gets smooth hairless legs? :O God's racist against girls!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 13, 2010, 02:39:42 PM
Wax does wonders.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 13, 2010, 02:45:03 PM
wax on wax off Daniel-san
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 18, 2010, 06:38:46 AM
For xolly (http://www.theonion.com/audio/san-diego-zoo-acquires-chinese-man,13941/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on May 18, 2010, 02:42:59 PM
Aw, I wish they would've had 'Bobo' already when I was there. :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 18, 2010, 02:45:38 PM
Yeah I know. I wish I could go to see him. The zoo hear probably won't get one for ages.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: No on May 18, 2010, 03:02:21 PM
Well, perhaps other zoos will like the idea and import homeless Chinese kids to Western countries' zoos. The world would be so much better.

We can only hope.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 28, 2010, 11:26:56 AM
As much as I'd like to be happy about "Don't Ask Don't Tell" being done away with, it's not really the case from what I've been reading. They supposedly did a compromise to get it rush voted that would require a multi-year study must be done after the vote to repeal it before the repeal can actually take effect.

It's a cheap, weasel way to try to score points with gay people before the mid-terms.

Sorry, Dan.  :|

P.S.,

If it will make you feel any better, you can invade my Iraq any night of the week.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on May 28, 2010, 06:40:44 PM
Forget "Daddy, did you plug the hole yet?" just fix the goddamn thing already.

Seriously, I'm not some environmentalist by any stretch of the imagination, but would it kill us to be better stewards of the planet? It's not like we have a back up one we can use. Even we did, migration would be a bitch and we'd probably fuck that one up too.

Still leaking, though it's getting better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 01, 2010, 09:43:30 AM
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-month (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-month)

This is kinda cool. Thanks, Obama.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 01, 2010, 09:46:26 AM
Schweet!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 01, 2010, 12:15:29 PM
Quote
Much work remains to fulfill our Nation's promise of equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.  That is why we must give committed gay couples the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple, and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
(emphasis added)

It's about damned time he brought this up.

Let's see now if it's an actual agenda item for his administration, or if it's just more lip service.

At this point, I'm in "I'll believe it when I see it" mode.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 02, 2010, 10:43:31 AM
Hold My Ham by Hootie and the Blowfish

With a little love, and some tenderness
We'll walk upon the water
We'll rise above this mess
With a little peace, and some harmony
We'll take the world together
We'll take 'em by the ham

'Cause I've got a ham for you
'Cause I wanna run with you

Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said get up, and let me see you smile
We'll take a walk together
Walk the road awhile, 'cause

'Cause I've got a ham for you
I've got a ham for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Won't you let me run with you? yeah

Hold my ham
Want you to hold my ham
Hold my ham
I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my ham
Anything you wanna be because
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can

See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
'Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
I don't wanna be part of your problems
Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no

'Cause I've got a ham for you
I've got a ham for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Ah, won't you let me run with you?

Hold my ham
Want you to hold my ham
Hold my ham
I'll take you to the promised land
Hold my ham
Maybe we can't change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah

Hold my ham
Want you to hold my ham
Hold my ham
I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my ham
Anything you wanna be because
I...Oh...No, No, No, No, No

Hold my ham
Want you to hold my ham
Hold my ham
I'll take you to the promised land
Hold my ham
Maybe we can't change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can
Oh, The best that I can
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on June 03, 2010, 10:01:25 AM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on June 03, 2010, 12:30:55 PM
attention whore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on June 03, 2010, 03:40:57 PM
Hi guys! I'm back from my journey and boy do I have a story to tell you! When BizB sent me on my wonderful trip I saw all sorts of things!
 :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 04, 2010, 10:42:00 AM
I wonder....if Israel got completely wiped off the map tomorrow by a mass attack from various united Arab countries, would the U.N. finally disband since it would apparently no longer be needed?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 04, 2010, 11:25:02 AM
There's still Africa.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 04, 2010, 01:47:18 PM
I wonder....if Israel got completely wiped off the map tomorrow by a mass attack from various united Arab countries, would the U.N. finally disband since it would apparently no longer be needed?
If that happens maybe we could move there and start our own country.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 08, 2010, 08:15:05 AM
I wonder....if Israel got completely wiped off the map tomorrow by a mass attack from various united Arab countries...

 They tried that already, didnt they?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 10, 2010, 08:18:06 AM
These are the morons we allow into Congress.  (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#37605323)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on June 10, 2010, 10:07:43 AM
What's a the gay?

. . . Seriously though, I'd like to feel surprise along with my disgust and hatred for idiots such as this. Just doesn't seem to happen anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on June 10, 2010, 10:37:51 AM
What's a the gay?

. . . Seriously though, I'd like to feel surprise along with my disgust and hatred for idiots such as this. Just doesn't seem to happen anymore.

I think it's a mass plural, like "the poor" and "the rich" and "the well endowed."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 10, 2010, 10:57:40 AM
"the stupid"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 10, 2010, 12:24:42 PM
They're just too lazy to say the gay agenda now.  Now where was that post where Xolik let us know what the gay agenda actually was?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 10, 2010, 03:12:40 PM
Now where was that post where Xolik let us know what the gay agenda actually was?

Did it have anything to do with the well endowed?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 10, 2010, 06:59:31 PM
No it was an actual agenda.  Pretty funny too IIRC
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2010, 12:40:19 AM
No it was an actual agenda.  Pretty funny too IIRC

Not the same, but similar:

8:00 a.m. Wake up. Wonder where you are.

8:01 a.m. Realize you are lying on 100 percent cotton sheets of at least a 300 count, so don't panic; you're not slumming.

8:02 a.m. Realize you are actually in your own bed for a change. Wake stranger next to you and tell them you are late for work so won't be able to cook breakfast for them. Mutter "sorry" as you help him look for his far-flung underwear. You find out that you tore his boxers while ripping them off him last night, so you "loan" him a pair of boxer-briefs, but not the new ones because you never intend to see him again.

8:05 a.m. Tell the stranger, whose name eludes you, "It was fun. I'll give you a call," as you usher him out the door, avoiding his egregious morning-breath.

8:06 a.m. Crumple and dispose of the piece of paper with his telephone number on it when you get to the kitchen.

8:07 a.m. Make a high protein breakfast while watching the Today show. Wonder if the stories you've heard about Matt Lauer are true. Decide they must be.

8:30 a.m. Italian or domestic? Decide to go with three-button Italian and the only shirt that is clean.

8:45 a.m. Climb into red Z4 and try not to look too much like Barbie driving one of her accessories as you pull out of your underground parking. Revos or Armanis? Go with Revos.

9:35 a.m. Stroll into office.

9:36 a.m. Close door to office and call best friend and laugh about the guy who spent the night at your condo. Point out something annoying about best friend's boyfriend but quickly add "It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks, just as long as you love him."

10:15 a.m. Leave office, telling your secretary you are "meeting with a client." Pretend not to notice her insubordinate roll of her eyes (or the cloying "poem" she has tacked to her cubicle wall).

10:30 a.m. Hair appointment for lowlights and cut. Purchase of Aveda anti-humectant pomade.

11:30 a.m. Run into personal trainer at gym. Pester him about getting you Human Growth Hormone. Spend 30 minutes talking to friends on your cell phone while using Hammer Strength machines, preparing a mental-matrix of which circuit parties everyone is going to and which are now passe.

12:00pm Tan. Schedule back-waxing in time for Saturday party where you know you will end up shirtless.

12:30 p.m. Pay trainer for anabolic steroids and schedule a workout. Shower, taking ten minutes to knot your tie while you check-out your best friend's boyfriend undress with the calculation of someone used to wearing a t-back and having dollars stuffed in their crotch.

1:00 p.m. Meet someone for whom you only know his waist, chest and penis size from AOL M4M chat for lunch at a hot, new restaurant. Because the maître d' recognizes you from a gay bar, you are whisked past the Christian heterosexual couples who have been waiting patiently for a table since 12:30.

2:30 p.m. "Dessert at your place." Find out, once again, people lie on AOL.

3:33 p.m. Assume complete control of the U.S., state, and local governments (in addition to other nations' governments); destroy all healthy Christian marriages; recruit all children grades Kindergarten through 12 into your amoral, filthy lifestyle; secure complete control of the media, starting with sitcoms; molest innocent children; give AIDS to as many people as you can; host a pornographic "art" exhibit at your local art museum; and turn people away from Jesus, causing them to burn forever in Hell.

4:10 p.m. Time permitting, bring about the general decline of Western Civilization and look like you are having way too much fun doing it.

4:30 p.m. Take a disco-nap to prevent facial wrinkles from the stress of world conquest and being so terribly witty.

6:00 p.m. Open a fabulous new bottle of Malbec.

6:47 P.M. Bake Ketamine for weekend. Test recipe.

7:00 P.M. Go to Abercrombie & Fitch and announce in a loud voice, "Over!"

7:40 P.M. Stop looking at the photographic displays at Abercrombie & Fitch and go to a cool store to begin shopping.

8:30 p.m. Light dinner with catty homosexual friends at a restaurant you will be "over" by the time it gets its first review in the local paper.

10:30 p.m. Cocktails at a debauched gay bar, trying to avoid alcoholic queens who can't navigate a crowd with a lit cigarette in one hand and a Stoli in a cheap plastic cup in the other. Make audible remark about how "trashy" people who still think smoking is acceptable are.

12:00 a.m. "Nightcap at your place." Find out that people lie in bars, too.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 11, 2010, 12:45:12 AM
And another thing, it's getting harder to tell the difference between Christians and Leviticustians.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2010, 02:12:15 AM
Quote from: Google
Your search - Leviticustians - did not match any documents.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 11, 2010, 02:30:26 AM
As much as I'd like to be happy about "Don't Ask Don't Tell" being done away with, it's not really the case from what I've been reading. They supposedly did a compromise to get it rush voted that would require a multi-year study must be done after the vote to repeal it before the repeal can actually take effect.

 The truth of this issue is that IT DOESN'T MATTER ONE TINY SNIT to the troops. For one; every soldier/sailor/Marine/airman knows gay persons have served/been serving honorably throughout the entire existence of a formal standing army in the US. Secondly, the great bulk of troops now don't have a problem with gay people serving. It's no issue AT ALL. These troops have grown up knowing there are different preferences and are -for the most part- entirely comfortable fighting and living beside someone who is homosexual. It's these politicians manipulating an .... well; you said it very well:

It's a cheap, weasel way to try to score points with gay people before the mid-terms.

  As far as the troops themselves; I can tell you from 10 years of personal experience (and that was 85 - 95); that I never heard ONE SINGLE soldier have any issue whatsoever with homosexuals serving. None.
 Now, I'm not trying to minimize the difficulties endured by gays during their service; but let's be clear - it's the politicians; not the troops, that are the phobic, issue-creating tards.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on June 11, 2010, 05:48:44 AM

omg 12, you make a very convincing woman.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 11, 2010, 10:39:52 AM
And another thing, it's getting harder to tell the difference between Christians and Leviticustians.
There isn't a difference anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 14, 2010, 08:33:49 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_bi_ge/us_drones_over_america;_ylt=AhiHhFDUAVETdGBWGuin.tRv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1MXVjdjk0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bi1jaGFubmVsBHNsawNmZWRzdW5kZXJwcmU- (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_bi_ge/us_drones_over_america;_ylt=AhiHhFDUAVETdGBWGuin.tRv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1MXVjdjk0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bi1jaGFubmVsBHNsawNmZWRzdW5kZXJwcmU-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 16, 2010, 10:14:14 AM
http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0615/Gigantic-62-foot-Jesus-statue-struck-by-lightning-destroyed-VIDEO (http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0615/Gigantic-62-foot-Jesus-statue-struck-by-lightning-destroyed-VIDEO)

Giant lightning rod gets struck by lightning, people surprised.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 17, 2010, 08:56:59 AM
How to write homoerotic A-Team fan fiction (http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/6/21/how-to-write-fan-fiction.html)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 17, 2010, 10:52:22 AM
How to write homoerotic A-Team fan fiction (http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/6/21/how-to-write-fan-fiction.html)

Demosthenes, are you sure you're not Scott Meyer?

Is that where it all started? Or is that some kind of crazy coincidence the universe created to mess with our minds?

Homoerotic fanfic has been around since before the internet. It started with Kirk/Spock stories in underground fanzines. (Now you see where the term "slash" comes from: a Kirk/Spock story is very different from a Kirk&Spock story.) Google "slash fiction", or look it up on Wikipedia. I'll wait.

Ok, now google "A-Team Slash Fiction".

Oh, yes.

It's real.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 17, 2010, 11:49:21 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBhRyWD4wk#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBhRyWD4wk#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on June 17, 2010, 01:51:01 PM
Who the hell is "Mark Read"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 17, 2010, 02:33:48 PM
Demosthenes, are you sure you're not Scott Meyer?
Up until recently I would have answered that question with "absolutely!".

Now I'm not so sure.

I do, however, consider strips like that one to be compelling evidence that if I'm not in fact Scott Meyer, he is spying on me and basing strips on my life.  I've been going through the BI archives and it's got me a bit paranoid.

 :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 21, 2010, 06:44:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MXPkNdv0U#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MXPkNdv0U#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on June 23, 2010, 01:37:31 AM
Er, might get called a noob for this but isn't the shoutbox for our random stuff?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 23, 2010, 05:06:19 AM
GODDAMN JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP, ARNOX.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 23, 2010, 08:33:02 AM
 :lol:

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on June 23, 2010, 08:43:32 AM
Er, might get called a noob for this but isn't the shoutbox for our random stuff?

this thread is 350-odd pages long. you figure it out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2010, 10:35:48 AM
GODDAMN JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP, ARNOX.

Last night I wrote a vicious screed, calling him a malicious peabrained troll posting pathetic little gobs of snot in a perpetual autoerotic attention-whoring haze, the kind of weasel who gets off on negative attention, who craves to have amazonian women heel his little testes into the backyard lawn while neighbors throw beer bottles at him. I even... I even went so far as to call him... call him... the next Evonus.

*sigh*

But I didn't press the "Post" button. Calmly, I navigated away from the reply box, and resumed my surfing, with nary a thought about Arnox. Some things are better left unsaid.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 23, 2010, 10:42:25 AM
Sorry.  I still find him funny.   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 23, 2010, 10:45:01 AM
Er, might get called a noob for this but isn't the shoutbox for our random stuff?

I guess the shoutbox is good for random stuff that probably won't be interesting to anybody else whereas this thread is for stuff that might possibly be interesting to other people.

You should probably stick to posting in the shoutbox.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 23, 2010, 10:55:22 AM
Sorry.  I still find him funny.   :lol:

Actually, I agree with you. And part of the fun is unleashing the occasional tirade. If not for the Arnoxes of the world, we'd have to always be nice, or yell at each other.

So I'm glad I didn't post all that stuff about Arnox.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 23, 2010, 10:58:13 AM
I'm glad too.   8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on June 23, 2010, 01:02:58 PM
I guess the shoutbox is good for random stuff that probably won't be interesting to anybody else whereas this thread is for stuff that might possibly be interesting to other people.

You should probably stick to posting in the shoutbox.
(http://i66.servimg.com/u/f66/14/26/98/51/fun-ju10.jpg)

This renders your argument invalid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 23, 2010, 05:36:23 PM
I totally forgot I created this (http://gotthegeek.com/hosting/) YEARS ago. That logo is PRICELESS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 24, 2010, 07:38:35 AM
Wordpress!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on June 24, 2010, 10:37:13 AM
Wordpress!

Oh Weird Tingly Feeling. I'm playing around with updating things (finally) and Wordpress thinks it can just walk right in and think my web space is its god damn home or something. Awwww helllll no!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on June 24, 2010, 11:05:38 AM
Last night I wrote a vicious screed, calling him a malicious peabrained troll posting pathetic little gobs of snot in a perpetual autoerotic attention-whoring haze, the kind of weasel who gets off on negative attention, who craves to have amazonian women heel his little testes into the backyard lawn while neighbors throw beer bottles at him. I even... I even went so far as to call him... call him... the next Evonus.

*sigh*

But I didn't press the "Post" button. Calmly, I navigated away from the reply box, and resumed my surfing, with nary a thought about Arnox. Some things are better left unsaid.


Who you callin' an Amazon?

Edit: 4500!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on June 24, 2010, 02:01:05 PM
I believe that is a picture of Peter Pettigrew.
I'm confused now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 24, 2010, 02:04:12 PM
Only now?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 25, 2010, 07:54:13 AM
The U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils invested many a hard-earned tax dollar in calculating the chemical and mineral composition of the human body, which breaks down as follows:

65% Oxygen
18% Carbon
10% Hydrogen
3% Nitrogen
1.5% Calcium
1% Phosphorous
0.35% Potassium
0.25% Sulfur
0.15% Sodium
0.15% Chlorine
0.05% Magnesium
0.0004% Iron
0.00004% Iodine
Additionally, it was discovered that our bodies contain trace quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum, and arsenic. Together, all of the above amounts to less than one dollar.

Our most valuable asset is our skin, which the Japanese invested their time and money in measuring. The method the Imperial State Institute for Nutrition at Tokyo developed for measuring the amount of a person's skin is to take a naked person, and to apply a strong, thin paper to every surface of his body. After the paper dries, they carefully remove it, cut it into small pieces, and painstakingly total the person's measurements. Cut and dried, the average person is the proud owner of fourteen to eighteen square feet of skin, with the variables in this figure being height, weight, and breast size. Basing the skin's value on the selling price of cowhide, which is approximately $.25 per square foot, the value of an average person's skin is about $3.50.
When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50


This is Arnox as you can see and I am here to just test the waters out on this forum. I will probably be staying though so there you go. Btw, how can I insert an image on my computer into a post here?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on June 25, 2010, 10:16:58 AM
What's your point Willis?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on June 25, 2010, 02:59:08 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2844 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2844)

"THE NEW IPHONE WORKS FINE UNLESS YOU TOUCH IT THEN IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL WHO WANTS TO HELP CARRY THESE LARGE SACKS OF CASH TO MY LIMO?"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on June 25, 2010, 09:52:26 PM
wow, what an ingenious design. apparently nobody at apple knows how to hold a phone.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2010, 02:31:38 PM
I wish I would've met you
Now it's a little late
What you could've taught me
I could've saved some face
They think that your early ending
Was all wrong
For the most part they're right
but look how they all got strong

That's why I say hey man, nice shirt
What a good shirt, man.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 29, 2010, 03:40:13 PM
Well you're the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
That's O.K., lets see how you do it
Put up your dukes, lets get down to it!
Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Fire Away!


You come on with a come on, you don't fight fair
But that's O.K., see if I care!
Knock me down, it's all in vain
I'll get right back on my feet again!


Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Fire Away!


Well you're the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place


Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Come On, Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Fire Away!


Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Hit Me With Your Best Shirt!
Fire Away!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2010, 04:19:53 PM
Oh no, what have I done.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 29, 2010, 05:59:00 PM
No I ain't seen my baby since the night before last,
Gotta get a drink man I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man I ain't had enough,
Need me a triple shirt of that stuff
Gonna get drunk won't you listen right here,
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer,
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 29, 2010, 06:52:58 PM
Once was a sweet thing, baby
Held that love in our hands
But now I reach to kiss your lips
It just don't mean a thing

And that's a cold shirt, baby
Yeah that's a drag
A cold shirt, babe
I've let our love go bad

Remember the way that you loved me
Do anything I say
Now I see you out somewhere
You won't give me the time of day

And that's a cold shirt, girl
Yeah that's a drag
That's a cold shirt, babe
We've let our love go bad

I really meant I was sorry
For ever causing you pain
You showed your appreciation
By walking out anyway

And that's a cold shirt, baby
Yeah that's a drag
That's a cold shirt, babe
We've let our love go bad

So sad...
Too bad...
So sad...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2010, 09:03:27 PM
Shirt through the heart
And you're to blame
Darlin'you give love a bad name

An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven then put me through hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison you can't break free

Whoa! You're a loaded gun (yeah)
Whoa! There's no where to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Shirt through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part
And you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give love... a bad name

You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

Whoa! You're a loaded gun
Whoa! There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Shirt through the heart
and you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give lo-o-o-o-ove!

Shirt through the heart
and you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part
And you play your game
You give love a bad name

Shirt through the heart
and you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part
And you play your game
You give love a bad name
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2010, 09:05:42 PM
Out on the street, I'm stalking the night
I can hear my heavy breathing.
Paid for the kill but it doesn't seem right
Something there I can't believe in.

Voices are calling from inside my head
I can hear them, I can hear them.
Vanishing memories of things that were said
They can't try to hurt me now.

But a shirt in the dark one step away from you
Just a shirt in the dark always creeping up on you
All right

Taught by the powers that preach over me
I can hear their empty reason
I wouldn't listen I learnt how to fight
I opened up my mind to treason

But just like the wounded and when it's too late
They'll remember, they'll surrender
Never a care for that people who hate
Underestimate me now

But a shirt in the dark, one step away from you
Just a shirt in the dark, nothing that you can do
A shirt in the dark, always creeping up on you.
All right

But just like the wounded and when it's too late
They'll remember they'll surrender
Never a care for the people who hate
Underestimate me now

But a shirt in the dark, one step away from you
Just a shirt in the dark, nothing that you can do
Just a shirt in the dark, always creeping up on you.
All right

Just a shirt in the dark
Just a shirt in the dark
Just a shirt in the dark
Just a shirt in the dark
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 29, 2010, 09:09:00 PM
A shirt in the dark is a dangerous thing. There are a lot of things to consider.

Is it mine?
Is it inside out?
Is it clean?
Is it backwards?
Does it fit?
Has it still got blood stains on it from that damn hooker that took forever to die last night?

That song becomes truly terrifying by those lyrics.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 29, 2010, 09:16:21 PM
A shirt in the dark is a dangerous thing. There are a lot of things to consider.

Is it mine?
Is it inside out?
Is it clean?
Is it backwards?
Does it fit?
Has it still got blood stains on it from that damn hooker that took forever to die last night?

That song becomes truly terrifying by those lyrics.

Thanks, now that's going to keep me up at night, wondering.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 29, 2010, 10:39:30 PM
Tearing out all these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
Italicised lies, headlines, bold type

Living lost just like deer in headlights,
Terrified, blind, and wait to die,
I wonder when they'll come get me,
I wonder when they'll come get me:

We want to, have to, need to:
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
It never ends, never ends:
We want to, have to, need to:
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
It never ends, never ends, never ends:

Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."

Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky," (Tearing out all these open pages)
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die, (Women and kids of all ages)
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck, (Millions of men with blank faces)
In the back of the neck right between the eyes." (Italicised lies, headlines, bold:)
Tearing out all these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
Italicised lies, headlines, bold type
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on June 29, 2010, 10:47:50 PM
oh my god
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 30, 2010, 06:29:40 AM
What about him?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 30, 2010, 07:35:41 AM
Tearing out all these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
Italicised lies, headlines, bold type

Living lost just like deer in headlights,
Terrified, blind, and wait to die,
I wonder when they'll come get me,
I wonder when they'll come get me:

We want to, have to, need to:
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
It never ends, never ends:
We want to, have to, need to:
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
And we'll tell you when their hungry again,
It never ends, never ends, never ends:

Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."

Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shirt screaming, "Put your hams in the sky," (Tearing out all these open pages)
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or your gonna die, (Women and kids of all ages)
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck, (Millions of men with blank faces)
In the back of the neck right between the eyes." (Italicised lies, headlines, bold:)
Tearing out all these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
Italicised lies, headlines, bold type

Perfect.  The Ham-Shirt Unification is complete.

Now onto Phase 28.  (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/twisted.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 30, 2010, 11:14:30 AM
Hey, I wasn't done with all this shirt.

I shirt the sheriff
But I didn't shirt no deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shirt the sheriff
But I didn't shirt no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
Yeah! All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

Oh, now, now. Oh!
(I shirt the sheriff.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I shirt the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And they say it is a capital offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow -
He said kill them before they grow.
And so:

Read it in the news:
(I shirt the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shirt the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shirt me down,
So I shirt - I shirt - I shirt him down and I say:
If I am guilty I will pay.

(I shirt the sheriff,)
But I say (But I didn't shirt no deputy),
I didn't shirt no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
(I shirt the sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shirt no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)

Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
I say:

I - I - I - I shirt the sheriff.
Lord, I didn't shirt the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shirt the sheriff) -
But I didn't shirt no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 30, 2010, 11:43:17 AM
I usually ignore them when they go off on these tangents.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 30, 2010, 11:52:24 AM
/me puts his hams in the air, waves them as if he just don't care
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 01, 2010, 08:13:40 AM
Dear royal blue Chrysler 300 NC license plate "ILUVCATS",

We have encountered each other 4 days out of the week for the last month or so on the same stretch of Interstate 85, just as one crosses the Guildford county line. Often, you have sown your disapproval for the fact that everyone slows down to the speed limit once they cross this invisible line. You have even gone so far as to honk your horn at people slowing down that you perceive to be in your way.

I understand that you may not be from around here. You may think that this county and this state, like other places you've been before is full of cops that don't care. You may be under the impression that the State Troopers have better things to do and the the county cops are obsolete. You may not even know what a county cop looks like. However, this is North Carolina, and you are entering Guildford county. While the Davidson County cops have even less to do they are busy patrolling 64 and 8 and the other end of 85 entering Rowan. But the Guildford county cops and the State Troopers there have nothing better to do, and every driver on the road at 8 am knows it, except you.

I have often sighed and shaken my head as you swing by me on the right, barely escaping a wreck with the semi I am attempting to pass knowing this day would come. Because you probably don't realize this either. Almost every cop on the road in North Carolina was born there and raised there and knows more about the country than you do. And yes, they are allowed to pursue you if you run, in fact, they want you to run, it will give them something to do. So, today, when you flew by a semi on the right and then cut him off right in front of 3 State Troopers lined up patiently waiting, and one pulled out after you lights flashing, I chuckled as you sped up and tried to flee. I laughed harder as the State Trooper, calmly pulled off the highway at the exit and you slowed down thinking you had won.

Behold, if there weren't 2 State Troopers awaiting you at the next exit, with lights flashing, one to pull in front of you, one to pull beside you and force you off the road. And I only snickered softly as I drove by at the speed limit, because yes, they're that bored here and no, them boys ain't got nothing else to do.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 01, 2010, 09:50:45 AM
Awesome.  I love it when stuff like that happens.  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 01, 2010, 10:48:59 AM
Instant Karma is rare, but when it happens, it is suh-WEET!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on July 01, 2010, 11:23:10 PM
The 300 is a quick car, but what they forgot is the fact that police cars have radios in them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 02, 2010, 01:30:58 AM
Police cars also have police in them.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 05, 2010, 09:23:32 AM
See? This is why I avoid kids all-together.

Haha, well, among other reasons.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on July 05, 2010, 05:09:48 PM
http://www.articlesaboutmen.com/2010/07/04/5-yr-olds-the-truth-study-into-false-sexual-abuse-stories/

Reminds me of that South Park Episode.
Just like how some women cry rape when they really didn't get raped and the man instantly takes a nuke to the face.

On a happier note, happy fourth of July for all of us americans out there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 05, 2010, 11:51:10 PM
Just like how some women cry rape when they really didn't get raped...

You know, kiddo, the world would be a better place without useless little crap statements like that.

What do you know about rape, rape victims, or people who exploit rape victims?

Write what you know.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on July 05, 2010, 11:55:37 PM
Depending on his response, it may clear up a lot of things...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 06, 2010, 07:51:09 AM
On another note, how does CR have more negative karma points than Arnox? I like CR better... or at least I've grown to like him a little? :P

CR has been around a lot longer.  If Arnox were around as long as CR, he'd have more.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 06, 2010, 08:05:18 AM
On another note, it isn't fair that when I cry rape nobody does anything.
Which is why most women don't even bother. There's still a majority of silent survivors.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 06, 2010, 08:24:23 AM
Just start laughing at his bits. That'll kill em.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on July 06, 2010, 08:48:07 AM
oh, 4chan. you never cease to surprise me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 07, 2010, 08:35:35 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703

Headline of the year IMO.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 07, 2010, 08:39:51 PM
I have a feeling you might like this: http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 10, 2010, 01:06:50 PM
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/for-nichola-paginton-coming-then-going-one-womans-death-by-pornography/19547942
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on July 10, 2010, 01:18:42 PM
what a way to go. also, I want to know exactly what she was watching.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 11, 2010, 08:34:49 AM
LAS CRUCES, N.M.
A 47-year-old man's friends set his prosthetic leg on fire after he lost a drinking bet, causing him to suffer severe burns to his buttocks and lower back. Dona Ana County sheriff's deputies found the man naked on the side of U.S. Route 70 with his prosthetic leg in flames. Deputies learned that the man and his friends were drinking Monday and bet that whoever drank the least would be set on fire.

The man told investigators that at six beers, he drank the least, and agreed to let his friends set him on fire.

He said his friends ignited his prosthetic leg, and the flames spread to his body.

The sheriff's office said the man took his clothes off because of the pain and his friends decided to take him to the hospital. But they got nervous and instead dropped him off on the side of the highway.

The man was taken to a Texas burn treatment center.






   Ok, wait. How did the police find him with "his prosthetic leg in flames" if his 'friends' already decided to take him to the hospital; then changed their minds and dropped him off on the side of the road, where he was until the police arrived? He was still "in flames" after all that?   :?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 11, 2010, 09:39:15 AM
They probably dumped him on the side of the road en route to the hospital because they were, well, drunk, and not in their right minds to ~continue~ to the hospital. Impaired thinking and all that jazz.

No idea about the time frame from whence it was set on fire til the time the police arrived. Maybe the material the leg was made from is a slow-burning material? *shrugs*

But, it's things like this that make me cynical half the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 11, 2010, 02:50:27 PM
I wonder what Jeee's doing right about now...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 11, 2010, 03:10:42 PM
Come on, you have to watch this musical. Totally worth the 2 hours.

Me and My Dick (http://www.youtube.com/user/StarKidPotter#g/c/F0D250702C0684CD)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 11, 2010, 04:12:25 PM
I wonder what Jeee's doing right about now...

Welp, at this point -- not jumping for joy.

Sorry, Jeee -- team Orange played great, but Spain consistently had the edge.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on July 11, 2010, 10:24:05 PM
found on aib

(http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/godnazibadass.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 12, 2010, 02:38:26 AM
found on aib

AIB?

Alice In Bindings?

Alice In Bed?

Acrobatics In Bathroom?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 14, 2010, 09:33:20 AM
I just realized recently, that after my entire life of being a sock-sock, shoe-shoe person, I have somehow transitioned to being sock-shoe, sock-shoe.

And it's everything I'd hoped it could be.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on July 14, 2010, 09:50:08 AM
That sounds scary and strange. I like being a sock-sock, shoe-shoe person.

Speaking of putting clothes on... You know how people say we're all the same because we all put our pants on one leg at a time... That always made me question things because I put both legs in my pants at the same time.

I hope you are sitting when you do that, otherwise the slightest miscalculation could go very bad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 14, 2010, 10:23:59 AM
Sock-shoe sock-shoe? Both legs at once?

Buncha freaks around here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 14, 2010, 10:27:08 AM
found on aib

http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/godnazibadass.jpg (http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/godnazibadass.jpg)


Ok, I want moar.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 14, 2010, 10:28:36 AM
I think I'll make an instructional video.

An instructional video of you jumping in and out of pants two legs at a time?

If only there were an audience for things like that...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 14, 2010, 10:59:32 AM
For obsessive CNN viewers (like me):

Raised by Wolf. (http://www.theonion.com/video/girl-raised-from-birth-by-wolf-blitzer-taken-into,17714)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 14, 2010, 12:14:06 PM
Holy fuck. Mel. Caaaalm down. . .

exclusive-audio-out-control-mel-gibson-says-hell-burn-down-house-after-demanding-to-be-blown (http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/07/exclusive-audio-out-control-mel-gibson-says-hell-burn-down-house-after-demanding)


  
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2010, 12:17:02 PM
I just realized recently, that after my entire life of being a sock-sock, shoe-shoe person, I have somehow transitioned to being sock-shoe, sock-shoe.

And it's everything I'd hoped it could be.

Phase 2 complete
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on July 14, 2010, 01:39:28 PM
Why's that? I find it easier to do when I'm standing.
Ah, you step, step - pull up

for some reason I thought you meant, hop, pull up

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2010, 03:21:20 PM
Are there any videos of someone putting pants on ass first, then two legs, and finally two feet?  I'd like to see that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 14, 2010, 03:52:05 PM
Well send me the video then!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 14, 2010, 06:19:10 PM
Holy fuck. Mel. Caaaalm down. . .

exclusive-audio-out-control-mel-gibson-says-hell-burn-down-house-after-demanding-to-be-blown (http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/07/exclusive-audio-out-control-mel-gibson-says-hell-burn-down-house-after-demanding)


  

But tell me how you REALLY feel, sugartits.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 15, 2010, 09:07:36 AM
I write my blog like David Foster Wallace. I have yet to check any of my poetry or manuscripts.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 15, 2010, 09:09:11 AM
David Foster Wallace for one of the poem I wrote.

J.D. Salinger and Stephen King for two different parts of the same short story as well?

I think it IS random.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 15, 2010, 09:34:36 AM
I don't think it's random.  Everything I've checked with it comes back "Stephen King".  At least as far as my prose is concerned.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 15, 2010, 10:55:04 AM
GAH! Arthur C. Clark!

What a burn. I HATE how he writes.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 15, 2010, 10:56:33 AM
Ok, this one (http://www.foodbanter.com/winemaking/43593-my-three-sins.html) got me promoted to Isaac Asimov.

Not much of a promotion, but I'll take it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 15, 2010, 11:30:33 AM
http://mthruf.com/2010/07/08/job-fails-ethermaze/


(http://guildhaven.org/images/smilies/huh2.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 15, 2010, 11:35:37 AM
http://mthruf.com/2010/07/08/job-fails-ethermaze/


(http://guildhaven.org/images/smilies/huh2.gif)

Sometimes you just do what you gotta do.

"Do you want it now, or do you want it right?" is almost always answered "now AND right", which translates to "now".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 15, 2010, 11:39:19 AM
So that's why it takes 12 days for my customers to send me a network diagram.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 15, 2010, 11:39:51 AM
Also, cable organizing and labeling is analogous to software documenting.

"You want documentation? How 'bout cockumentation? You want cockumentation? Huh? What's that? I thought so."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 15, 2010, 11:45:02 AM
I went back to my old blog and my old journal and got just about everyone.  I'm inconsistent as pi.  The James Joyce one really surprised me.  I should have documented it but I didn't.  Maybe if I get time I'll try some of my posts from here.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 15, 2010, 03:34:48 PM
Apparently, W.S. Burroughs, at least in the excerpt quoted below, writes like David Foster Wallace:

Quote
Provident junkies, known as squirrels, keep stashes against a bust. Every time I take a shot I let a few drops fall into my vest pocket, the lining is stiff with stuff. I had a plastic dropper in my shoe and a safety pin stuck in my belt. You know how this pin and dropper routine is put down: "She seized a safety pin caked with blood and rust, gouged a great hole in her leg which seemed to hang open like an obscene, festering mouth waiting for unspeakable congress with the dropper which she now plunged out of sight into the gaping wound. But her hideous galvanized need (hunger of insects in dry places) has broken the dropper off deep in the flesh of her ravaged thigh (looking rather like a poster on soil erosion). But what does she care? She does not even bother to remove the splintered glass, looking down at her bloody haunch with the cold blank eyes of a meat trader. What does she care for the atom bomb, the bedbugs, the cancer rent, Friendly Finance waiting to repossess her delinquent flesh... Sweet dreams, Pantopon Rose."

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 15, 2010, 03:58:19 PM
Too bad somewhere is gone.  It would have been fun using posts there as fodder.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 19, 2010, 12:16:52 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100716/od_afp/fblcypvuvuzelaoffbeat_20100716160237
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 19, 2010, 01:58:33 AM
When vuvuzelas are outlawed, only outlaws will have vuvuzelas.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 19, 2010, 02:32:51 AM
When vuvuzelas are outlawed, only outlaws will have vuvuzelas.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 19, 2010, 07:43:44 AM
Oh god, not the vuvuzelas.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on July 19, 2010, 08:08:31 AM
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/ob/gimli.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 19, 2010, 04:27:33 PM
(http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/cupcake_lolita/Troll%20album/BarackObamaAwHellNawMacro.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 20, 2010, 09:55:17 AM
I'm offended by the very existence of the Gejigeji (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v4BnOvWsCM0/S8AGCTQ7M2I/AAAAAAAAA0k/gOh1tbljlZo/s640/Gejigeji.jpg).
 :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 20, 2010, 01:24:21 PM
That is cool!  I saw a millipede right outside the door to work this morning.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 21, 2010, 06:19:49 PM
I'm offended by the very existence of the Gejigeji (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v4BnOvWsCM0/S8AGCTQ7M2I/AAAAAAAAA0k/gOh1tbljlZo/s640/Gejigeji.jpg).
 :-o


Oh hell no. Now I'm gonna have messed up dreams tonight. Thanks a lot.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 21, 2010, 06:55:17 PM
Feh.  If you think that's bad, check this out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJSgDQYmTp4)...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 21, 2010, 07:29:13 PM
This has them both beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE6-VNS4Ie8)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 21, 2010, 07:30:57 PM
But then there is Wucheria Bancrofti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnWwHthkGkY)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 21, 2010, 07:33:21 PM
But he's got the biggest balls of them all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIryQ6Paqg&has_verified=1)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 21, 2010, 07:38:25 PM
As much as I may like oiled up Asians, this is going TOO FAR.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/oil_spill_in_dalian_china.html

Great photos, terrible event. STOP SPILLING OIL DAMMIT.  :x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 22, 2010, 08:27:18 AM
It's time like this I'm infinitely glad for my strong stomach.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 22, 2010, 11:54:12 PM
I can see my initial opinion was probably right. I don't think I'll be sticking around to read any more threads that deteriorate into drivel as this one has. Thank you to the few of you who welcomed me, but good bye.  ivan -- judiciously backing out of the room.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 22, 2010, 11:54:37 PM
I think I'll just post that now and again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 23, 2010, 12:12:02 AM
Whaddaya mean?  This is probably the only thread on this entire forum that HAS managed to stay on-topic!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 23, 2010, 12:16:37 AM
Point taken. I'll post it somewhere else next time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 23, 2010, 12:48:53 AM
I think both Somewhere and Somewhere Else are gone...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 23, 2010, 08:24:12 AM
I think I'll just post that now and again.

I was considering keeping that one for later use. But, I leave it to you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 23, 2010, 11:12:58 AM
I was considering keeping that one for later use. But, I leave it to you.

Nonsense. It's customizable. Think of it as private labeling.

Here it is, for everyone's use:

I can see my initial opinion was probably right. I don't think I'll be sticking around to read any more threads that deteriorate into drivel as this one has. Thank you to the few of you who welcomed me, but good bye.  <Your Name Here> -- judiciously backing out of the room.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 23, 2010, 11:20:04 AM
...it needs to be bigger.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 23, 2010, 11:22:55 AM
THEN BY ALL MEANS, EMBIGGEN IT!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 23, 2010, 11:32:26 AM
You just made yourself about... 53x cooler.    :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 23, 2010, 11:52:07 AM
The magic of scrolling 72 pt. Red.

Use it wisely.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 23, 2010, 01:16:22 PM
I think both Somewhere and Somewhere Else are gone...

Somewhere is gone, but last I checked Somewhere Else (http://dangermonk.com/forum2/) is back up.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 23, 2010, 02:03:51 PM
I will miss the old coot.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128565997 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128565997)

One of the last real journalists.

 :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 23, 2010, 02:19:31 PM
:cry:  RIP dude.  Concur on the miss piece.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 24, 2010, 01:40:34 AM
Somewhere is gone, but last I checked Somewhere Else (http://dangermonk.com/forum2/) is back up.
But registration is disabled.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 26, 2010, 01:54:55 PM
I can still login so that's all that really matters.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 26, 2010, 02:52:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBMYxoveUNY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 29, 2010, 10:25:06 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38467878/ns/us_news-life/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38467878/ns/us_news-life/)
On the list of disturbing news for the day. How the hell do you mix up 4900 to 6600 bodies?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 29, 2010, 10:40:58 AM
What!  The government fucked something up!

The heck you say!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 29, 2010, 10:45:51 AM
I know, I shouldn't be surprised, but... damn.

4900 to 6600 somethings in a single area... I'm still surprised. Just damn.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on July 29, 2010, 11:20:38 AM

wut?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 10:31:15 AM
How the hell do you mix up 4900 to 6600 bodies?

A really big blender?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 30, 2010, 10:34:12 AM
And I'm sure my taxes paid for it.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 30, 2010, 10:35:35 AM
By the way, xolly, OMG U'R BACK, I THOUGHT YOU LEFT 4EVAR.

How was your vacation?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 10:37:55 AM
By the way, xolly, OMG U'R BACK, I THOUGHT YOU LEFT 4EVAR.

How was your vacation?

It was fun. I made a ton of money on Roulette and spent it all at the outlets.


I should have brought a bigger travel bag.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 10:40:44 AM
How was Arnox?

LMAO, wasn't with him. I spent the whole time with my bf. He went all out and spoiled me for my birthday. I kinda bitched him out for it. He's supposed to be saving money, not spending it on silly crap like good club seats.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 30, 2010, 10:44:31 AM
It was nice of him though. Everyone likes to be spoiled on their birthday.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 10:49:09 AM
He went all out though! Swanky hotel, limo to the club, VIP seats, limo back....I could have trottled him for that! I would be happy with a motel six and a cab!

Oh well, he did something nice and I'm not really used to that, so I got all embarrassed about it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 30, 2010, 11:35:49 AM
I could have trottled him for that!

Does that involve humming? I really need to keep up with the lingo.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on July 30, 2010, 11:43:16 AM
Does that involve humming? I really need to keep up with the lingo.

I think trottled is similar except you make turkey noises
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 30, 2010, 11:44:52 AM
Kids these days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 30, 2010, 01:45:22 PM
Is that anything like chicken noises?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T_2mUbne38&feature=related

If you watch it on mute, you're likely to think a bunch of people are either 1) insane, 2) having some sort of seizure causing sporadic body movements, 3) hypnotized to act like that, etc. etc.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 01:47:46 PM
Guys, this isn't what I had in mind when I said I wanted to "tie the knot", OK?





This stupid world, I swear....
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 30, 2010, 02:00:10 PM
The reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hyT7_Bx9o

in short: Americans (especially the government) are morons, homosexuals are good for the economy, shrimp are evil, and Jesus was able to sing.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 30, 2010, 05:52:33 PM
Friends, should the Earth lose its gravity, are you prepared? In the unlikely but possible event that the Earth stops spinning, we could all be flung off into space and be disintegrated within moments. But the Peenman Enterprises Earth Handle makes that threat a thing of the past. Simply jam the Earth Handle spike into the ground and hold on to the leather-covered finger-molded grip. What would you pay for the security of knowing that you won't be spun off into space? Get a grip! A grip on the new Earth Handle, new from Peenman Enterprises.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 30, 2010, 06:15:24 PM
DON'T PANIC!

I'd rather grab a towel, and hitch-hike myself onto some intergalactic ship.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 31, 2010, 02:50:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eefQSDrJ0x8
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on August 01, 2010, 01:57:40 PM
http://silentwulf.com/flash/AgentSmithIceCream.swf
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 01, 2010, 04:09:35 PM
Laptops that give you wood (http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12900278)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 01, 2010, 09:18:49 PM
Laptops that give you wood (http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12900278)

p-p-p-p-p-powerbook!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 03, 2010, 02:31:33 PM
Vegas, baby!  YEAH!


 :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 05, 2010, 11:42:13 AM
On my way to pick up my breakfast, I tuned in Rush's show and he was just going off about how us evil homos are cheering the destruction of America with the overturning of prop 8. After about 10 minutes of listening to him spew forth about how I hate America and he wants to know if I hate it due to genetics or if I learned to hate this country though the public school system he had me thinking a lot about what I really believe about this country.

Rush, you have convinced me.

You've convinced me that I'm not going to ever vote for anybody remotely associated with the Republican party ever again. Good job.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 05, 2010, 12:13:26 PM
On my way to pick up my breakfast, I tuned in Rush's show and he was just going off about how us evil homos are cheering the destruction of America with the overturning of prop 8. After about 10 minutes of listening to him spew forth about how I hate America and he wants to know if I hate it due to genetics or if I learned to hate this country though the public school system he had me thinking a lot about what I really believe about this country.

Rush, you have convinced me.

You've convinced me that I'm not going to ever vote for anybody remotely associated with the Republican party ever again. Good job.


I was listening too (even though my wife forbids me). Rush is vile.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 05, 2010, 12:41:32 PM
That makes 2 assistant deans that I've had to explain the concept of Blind Carbon Copy to after being sent an email with 200 email addresses in it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 07, 2010, 04:47:35 PM
My scope and stand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwTW4Owfa8)


Targets with holes! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUBA4XfSPGs)


   I'm shooting the rifle I built, and haven't zeroed it to my shooting yet. It has only been mechanically zeroed; which means the front and rear sight assemblies are at their mid points. This is usually where you start from to zero your rifle. As you can see in the video; it just so happens to be pretty damn true at my target's range- 56m (183 feet).
   I fired the rifle standing, unsupported, and with no sling.

 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 07, 2010, 09:46:37 PM
That's some nice shooting.  Congrats on such a good zero out of the box like that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 07, 2010, 10:32:41 PM
  Thanks. I was rather surprised myself. When the first aimed shot was dead center, I was skeptical. Then the next one was dead center as well. I still didn't "believe" it for some reason, but I liked what I was seeing. The third shot was off; just a little left, I aimed at that same silhouette again and got it dead center. I think I got a little excited about it, lol, because the next ones were off a bit. Still in the black; as you saw, so it counts; but not quite center-mass.
  I was kinda proud, since it's the rifle I built in the other videos. Of course; the barrel and sighting was already done - I didn't do it, but still...  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: farhan33 on August 09, 2010, 01:18:24 AM
Hello 2 All..
I like it..Thnx..
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 09, 2010, 02:07:15 AM
I like it..Thnx..

You're welcome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 09, 2010, 03:46:14 AM
Hello 2 All..
I like it..Thnx..

Yeh, no problem. You can keep the head.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on August 09, 2010, 08:15:49 AM
Walking along the street in Chicago: "Can you spare some change? Please, I need change. I wanna get drunk."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 10, 2010, 03:17:09 PM
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 12, 2010, 10:23:12 PM
Some flash animation from my idiotic stoner days:
http://mmcrew.com/index.php?dood=yes

http://mmcrew.com/index.php

http://mmcrew.com/index.php?dood=jesus

I sorta copied characters from Madness Combat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on August 13, 2010, 08:37:32 AM
I have none, but while we're on the trend *hops on bandwagon,* here's one that everyone probably knows of by now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on August 13, 2010, 08:57:26 AM
I love the part where everyone beats up Chuck Norris.

and <3 lemon demon as well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on August 13, 2010, 07:32:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo&feature=player_embedded

and they say japan doesn't have a standing army... i swear, when wars are fought by proxy a la supreme commander, the japanese empire will come to full fruition.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 13, 2010, 08:14:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo&feature=player_embedded

and they say japan doesn't have a standing army... i swear, when wars are fought by proxy a la supreme commander, the japanese empire will come to full pruition.

And I, for one, welcome our new..ahfuggit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on August 14, 2010, 02:34:24 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo&feature=player_embedded

and they say japan doesn't have a standing army... i swear, when wars are fought by proxy a la supreme commander, the japanese empire will come to full fruition.

Holy shot balls batman! That was insane!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 14, 2010, 11:07:33 PM

 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/7944612/dead-body-hoax-on-google

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 16, 2010, 04:25:41 PM
 I started a brush fire in my yard with tracer rounds. Top THAT!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 19, 2010, 06:06:49 PM
http://www.libertyvan.com/ (http://www.libertyvan.com/)

Elaborate troll or Derptopia?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2010, 09:36:06 AM
xolik have you ever herped so hard you derped?

I don't like to talk about my herps.

Wait, that didn't sound right...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on August 20, 2010, 09:39:07 AM
I don't like to talk about my herps.

Wait, that didn't sound right...

I feel like an in-depth discussion of my derps isn't meant for polite company either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2010, 10:32:24 AM
fixed!

Don't make me post the "THAT'S THE JOKE" picture, Missy.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on August 20, 2010, 10:54:43 AM
Do it faggot ;)
(http://www.ilhawaii.net/~beast/bb_images/smile_b.jpg)

FTFY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on August 20, 2010, 01:06:21 PM
Sorry to interrupt this intellectually stimulating conversation here but I'm finally going to college tomorrow.

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on August 20, 2010, 01:46:34 PM
Sorry to interrupt this intellectually stimulating conversation here but I'm finally going to college tomorrow.

:thumbsup:

Woohoo!

Beware of these kinds of people:
[walking by a department office] "dude, i'm so drunk still from last night - I think my BAC will be higher than my GPA soon"

Not the ones that are drinking - everyone does that - but the ones that are dumb enough to say such things in front of where a professor might hear. Talk about bad impressions.  :roll:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 20, 2010, 01:49:32 PM
I don't think Arnox drinks.

So, what is it Arny -- pre-med?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 20, 2010, 01:57:57 PM
He's going to be an OB-GYN
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 20, 2010, 02:09:12 PM
(http://www.ivandavidoff.com/misc/allthegirls.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 20, 2010, 03:21:29 PM
Sorry to interrupt this intellectually stimulating conversation here but I'm finally going to college tomorrow.

:thumbsup:

That's wonderful!


Barber or Clown?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 20, 2010, 04:26:09 PM
Hopefully it's not Electoral.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 23, 2010, 03:28:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwaNRWMN-F4&feature=player_embedded#!

This is really sad. NSFW language.

"A BLACK GUY IN A HAT! LET'S GET'EM!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 23, 2010, 03:46:18 PM

  Lots of people feel fed up with lots of things and are "looking for a reason"; on all sides of a lot of issues.

  Personally, in this issue, I do realize that they have every right to build there as far as the facts I know. There

  is no way to stop them legally.

    That being said, why must it be right there; the only halfway 'valid' place for it to be a serious contention?

  If it causes this much ill will; what do you hope to accomplish? If peace and bringing people together is the goal; wouldn't

  building it in another location solve that? It's not like this is some Muslim holy ground, as a matter of fact; it is viewed as
 
  'holy ground' ie.; memorial ground; by non-Muslims. I should rather expect that the Muslims would understand this sort of

  significance; if not at first- certainly by now. So why the insistence on the location, knowing the contention caused?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 23, 2010, 03:59:31 PM
I'm not sure if I posted this already, I'm too lazy to check but...

"The fact that they can build a mosque there says all you need to know about America. The fact that they are insisting on building it there says all you need to know about Islam."

When I read that it made me wonder where an acceptable place to build this would be?

This type of "No Mosque" mindset is spreading to other parts of the country. I know somebody who flat out refuses to even call them "Mosques" but rather calls them "Forts".  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 23, 2010, 04:07:12 PM
Quote
When I read that it made me wonder where an acceptable place to build this would be?


  Since the protesters' argument hangs on this "Ground Zero"; I would say that ANY other place they choose this distance or greater from ground zero should

  be enough to shut everyone up. I don't see any validity in a protest once they've conceded for appeasement and moved away from ground zero.

  





edit-** to move an apostrophe 's s'
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 23, 2010, 04:11:32 PM
I guess if you're really going to be pushing the "Let's build bridges with people" angle, you probably shouldn't plop it down where it's going to be pissing everybody off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on August 23, 2010, 04:44:35 PM

    That being said, why must it be right there; the only halfway 'valid' place for it to be a serious contention?

  If it causes this much ill will; what do you hope to accomplish? If peace and bringing people together is the goal; wouldn't

  building it in another location solve that?


because they want controversy. they want a big middle finger.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 23, 2010, 04:56:50 PM
 I don't think they care about the controversy. They just want what they want; the controversy only serves to steel both sides.





 It's interesting that this particular one is named The Cordoba House.
 No, that wouldn't have any effect on the controversy at all. |>  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on August 26, 2010, 06:09:04 PM
 :-D - "Let's get a pizza!"

 8-) - "But I want a burger!"

 :mrgreen: " HAY GUYZ WHY NOT HAVE BOTH?"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100824/tod-the-pizza-burger-a-2-500-calorie-fat-870a197.html (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100824/tod-the-pizza-burger-a-2-500-calorie-fat-870a197.html)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 26, 2010, 08:03:07 PM
:-D - "Let's get a pizza!"

 8-) - "But I want a burger!"

 :mrgreen: " HAY GUYZ WHY NOT HAVE BOTH?"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100824/tod-the-pizza-burger-a-2-500-calorie-fat-870a197.html (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100824/tod-the-pizza-burger-a-2-500-calorie-fat-870a197.html)



  Cant be any worse for you than Chinese titties.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100823/twl-giant-baby-is-weight-of-a-six-year-o-3fd0ae9.html

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 26, 2010, 11:09:22 PM
 Interesting Test: Sprinklers System for fire suppression VS No suppression (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXL6tBOygA)

  ...if you like to watch things BURN.  :evil:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on August 27, 2010, 07:04:23 AM
Last night's fortune cookie: "you will soon have the opportunity to improve your finances."

I hope for the cookie's sake it's true.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on August 27, 2010, 08:12:38 AM
  Cant be any worse for you than Chinese titties.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100823/twl-giant-baby-is-weight-of-a-six-year-o-3fd0ae9.html



oh my god attack of the 50 FOOT BABY! AAAAAAUUUGH!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on August 27, 2010, 12:00:51 PM

 My latest project:   AR-style .308 rifle

 My two lower receivers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bHbuu0Zrn8)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 02, 2010, 07:48:12 AM

. . . and a few more days along, I have it completed and am waiting on the upper/barrel assembly. It's a .308 A2-style flat-top upper, and a 24" bull barrel.

  It shipped yesterday.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUNJtDQgGzQ



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 02, 2010, 08:14:14 AM
lol

  Hollow Point Bullets Recalled That Don't Explode In Targets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XcVc_0ykU)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 02, 2010, 01:24:52 PM
thats quite a setup you have there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 03, 2010, 01:06:47 AM
thats quite a setup you have there.

 The gun? Or the studio? Either way; "Thanks!" :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 03, 2010, 01:57:38 AM
. . . and a few more days along, I have it completed and am waiting on the upper/barrel assembly. It's a .308 A2-style flat-top upper, and a 24" bull barrel.

  It shipped yesterday.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUNJtDQgGzQ



   Got confirmation today about my weapons manufacturing hobby and my legal standing. Also got
reprimanded for firing my guns on my property (it's not big enough (1 acre); and too close to the road in front of the house. I'm in back, on the other side, but I'm still straight-line distance of less than 50 yards; which is the legal minimum).

  I went out earlier and fired off 30 rounds with the AR-15 and 14 rounds with the Glock .45. Apparently one of my neighbors called the sheriff's department to complain. A deputy came out to my house and asked if I had been shooting. I told him yessiree. He wanted to see where I had been shooting; so I led him around back and showed him my spot, and the "range" and my target board. In reality it IS safe; but where I was standing was illegal. Also he had a 'mission' to get me to not shoot here anymore (since there had been complaints). So he told it was not a suitable place, etc. Ok. No problem. I've no issues with that; no more shooting here. Then he asked to see my guns. That's when I got a little bit nervous; but I said "Sure, absolutely." We went back up to the front door as the back door (right there where we were) was locked. I proceeded inside and headed down the stairs to the basement to retrieve the guns. I heard him ask if I minded if he stepped on in. I said nothing and continued down the stairs; pretending I just didn't hear him. In the basement I unloaded and cleared the guns, and headed back upstairs. He hadn't come through the door, and was still waiting outside. I felt a sense of relief. For those of you who dont catch that; he wasnt invited nor ok'ed to enter my home. He could have easily done so while I was downstairs, and thus a. had access now to my entire home; and b. Violated my rights.  He did neither; nor appeared to try and intimidate me. It seemed as if I was dealing with a decent law enforcement officer. Thank GOD.

  The first thing he said was to ask who did the nice work on my hand grips on the Glock. I told him it had come that way; my brother had given it to me for my birthday+Christmas about 4 or 5 years ago. He got the serial number, etc. then turned to the rifle. I told him I had made it; and opened it up. "Whatta you mean, you made it?? Where's the serial number?" It doesn't have one; I'm not an official Manufacturer. "You HAVE to have a serial number... you can't just build these yourself..."

  Uh oh. Here we go.

 "I'm going to have to confiscate this one. And I'm gonna have to call BATF too."

  Crap. Ok. Whatever you gotta do.

 "I bought the receiver as a blank, and everything I researched has led me-  "

 "Yeh, but then you've made it an operating firearm. This is a functional firearm. You can't just build these; it has to have a serial number blah bla blah blah blah....."

  "Ok. I just thought I was in the right."

 He takes the weapons and wants me to come outside with him while he calls stuff in and does his thing. So I sit on the tailgate where he can see me and he goes through a lot of rigamarole with the rifle and his cell phone. I'm getting a B A D feeling thinking he's taking time waiting on everyone else to get here... more officers, a warrant, dogs, etc. I was starting to realize I was just about to go to jail - this time for real; and for keeps.
  
  I look up and he's heading towards me - with BOTH my guns in hand.

  "Just got off the phone with the ATF guy; and you're in the right. I'm returning your weapons to you. He says as long as you're not manufacturing fully auto; or for sale or distribution; you can make your own.
  Now, there's still the firing thing. I could take you to jail for that. I'm not; but you need to find somewhere else. You can't be shooting here anymore."

  "No problem. Understand perfectly."

  "So... where'd you get your skillz on building that lower? Looks pretty good. Nice."

  "Ah, lol I've just always been mechanically inclined and have always looked at things and thought "Hmm...  I could build that myself..."

  The last part of my sentence "i could build that myself" he said in unison with me as he started laughing.

  Then he told me about the firearms class he teaches and we talked a few more minutes and he left. That's it.

  I'm just sitting here now wondering when SWAT's gonna kick down my door. He coulda been an actually decent officer and today was all there was to it; then again, he could've gone back and started getting things together to raid a suspected illegal weapons manufacturing hideout.

  It's not like they let you know the real truth about those things.



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on September 03, 2010, 06:32:14 AM
You always get yourself into the craziest shit.  Glad everything is ok...for now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 03, 2010, 06:57:03 AM
You always get yourself into the craziest shit.  Glad everything is ok...for now.
  :-D

 I was certain I was perfectly legal, but I wasn't going to argue with him. I was just glad ( and surprised ) that he went to actually check, returned everything to me, and verified that he was incorrect; I was in the right. I expected to be arrested, jailed, charged with felonies, and my guns taken away - only to have it thrown out in court. That seems to be the Operating Method of Choice in my experience. I'm glad he didn't go that route. He was a decent fellow; treated me respectfully and didn't try to intimidate me or run over me.

  Of course; they certainly know who I am now. That's not really a good thing for any reason.  :|

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 03, 2010, 10:50:31 AM
PHEW!

That must've been a scary few minutes!

I avoid such excitement in my life by sticking to hobbies like stamp collecting.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on September 03, 2010, 11:14:54 AM
  :-D

 I was certain I was perfectly legal, but I wasn't going to argue with him. I was just glad ( and surprised ) that he went to actually check, returned everything to me, and verified that he was incorrect; I was in the right. I expected to be arrested, jailed, charged with felonies, and my guns taken away - only to have it thrown out in court. That seems to be the Operating Method of Choice in my experience. I'm glad he didn't go that route. He was a decent fellow; treated me respectfully and didn't try to intimidate me or run over me.

  Of course; they certainly know who I am now. That's not really a good thing for any reason.  :|



Well...
They also know you know what you're doing.  They know you're respectful.  They know you did your homework with respect to the law.  They know when they came knocking, you were not a dick.  In other words, it sounds like they're pretty sure you're not a dick and not a threat.  And you're something of a known quantity to them.  Will they be watching?  Who knows?  But my hunch is that it won't come back to bite you in the ass.  On the contrary, this could play out to your benefit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 03, 2010, 01:07:32 PM
He was a decent fellow

You lucky son of a gun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 04, 2010, 12:20:25 AM
PHEW!

That must've been a scary few minutes!

I avoid such excitement in my life by sticking to hobbies like stamp collecting.


  Dude; you have no idea. Maybe you do. Regardless; YES. It was not so bad at first; like I said, he was respectful and treated me decently. That's not enough to win me back over in light of my total experiences, but it makes a damn big difference.

  As I sat there, though, suspicions began to creep in.

   "This dude is same as the rest; he just plays "Buddy" fairly well... ah crap I bet we're waiting on backup and a warrant. F   U    C   K ." Is this "it"? Is this where I have already lost everything I know and love and just don't know it yet? Is this when I should RUN? Wait. I can't run. I'm half-crippled. Well, about 1/8 or a 1/16 crippled. Does that mean I have to 'jump him' now; before everyone gets here? He's twice my size, and it AIN'T fat. Why should I do anything; I'm legal...  but you KNOW it doesn't necessarily go down like that. "Legal" doesn't apply until you get to court. You are about to get an ass whipping, and hauled to jail; your house is wide open, there's no one to call, no one to feed the animals, no one to turn off the air conditioner (it's funny all the things that you suddenly remember when faced with having to leave your home immediately without being able to go back in at all). And there's a really big chance you'll never see it all again. If, for whatever reason, you're denied bail, or can't come up with it, or they never let you have the call, or they dont / wont give you any numbers or phone books, or bail bondsmen's numbers, or if they are going to 'turn on the phone in a minute" and then just never do... you're in a cell; what can you do? Nothing.  And I know personally that this crap happens ALL THE TIME. In any case; take a good look around you as you may never see this home again. By the time you get out it'll have been foreclosed, and with no employment and now a police record, well...

  So, yeh man. It was horrifyingly scary. It still is, sort of; not being able to trust them that he didn't go back and start making plans for a raid.




Well...
They also know you know what you're doing.  They know you're respectful.  They know you did your homework with respect to the law.  They know when they came knocking, you were not a dick.  In other words, it sounds like they're pretty sure you're not a dick and not a threat.  And you're something of a known quantity to them.  Will they be watching?  Who knows?  But my hunch is that it won't come back to bite you in the ass.  On the contrary, this could play out to your benefit.

 I sure hope so. In my earlier days, I could've believed that easily. Now, I just can't. I certainly hope it's the way you describe; but previous experience won't let me drop my guard that easily. Not for a few weeks, anyway; when it will be "too late" for any sort of raid. I'll breathe then.





You lucky son of a gun.

 I know, right. About time.



   . . . wait. Wouldn't being lucky entail no one calling the sheriff to start with?



Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Arnox on September 04, 2010, 01:15:24 AM
Well, on a lighter note, I got Unreal Championship 2 and it's awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 04, 2010, 01:21:09 PM

  Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzbNkyXO50)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 06, 2010, 08:02:04 AM
w t f...

Is this the new fad?

Acid in the face (http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/09/05/dnt.az.acid.attack.kpnx)

Hey, happened to me, too... (http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/09/02/acid.attack.victim.hln)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on September 06, 2010, 11:30:26 AM
  Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzbNkyXO50)

You could switch around the word Gay and Christian and form a more probable sentence.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 06, 2010, 07:40:21 PM
PHEW!

That must've been a scary few minutes!

I avoid such excitement in my life by sticking to hobbies like stamp collecting.


FULLY AUTOMATIC stamp collecting?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2010, 11:48:05 AM
You could switch around the word Gay and Christian and form a more probable sentence.



LEAVE GENE ALONE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 08, 2010, 03:46:04 PM
So I have this theory about the whole Pastor that wants to burn the Islamic holy book on the 11th:

"I don't like the idea of that community center\house of worship that the Muslims want to build so close to where the WTC was, but looks like they're not budging. What to do? I know! I'll make a big ruckus about how I'm gonna torch a few books. That'll get everybody nice and pissed off. Then, at the last minute, I'll make this grand speech about how in order to 'promote peace and understanding' I'll call the whole thing off since it upset so many people. This will PROVE that we're better people than those damn dirty Muslims!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 08, 2010, 03:55:35 PM
Interesting theory. Is it bad that I think the guy hasn't gotten farther than "We's gonna burn they's book!" and will end up going through with it?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 09, 2010, 04:42:06 PM
Wow, xolly, you seem to have nailed it.  There's a breaking news headline that the pastor says the burning won't take place if the Muslim center is moved.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 09, 2010, 04:44:25 PM
Wow, xolly, you seem to have nailed it.  There's a breaking news headline that the pastor says the burning won't take place if the Muslim center is moved.

Predictable Attention Whore is Predictable. Who knew?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 10, 2010, 08:42:20 PM
Almost lost a good friend tonight. Our 32 year old equine family member, Jamie (affectionately Super Jams), came down with colic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 10, 2010, 10:53:43 PM
I don't know anything about horses, but that seems ridiculously old
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 10, 2010, 11:54:02 PM
That's elderly, but not ridiculous. Ridiculous is 48, which is when Colonel left us. We take care of them. They take care of us.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 11, 2010, 07:38:23 AM
. . . and a few more days along, I have it completed and am waiting on the upper/barrel assembly. It's a .308 A2-style flat-top upper, and a 24" bull barrel.

  It shipped yesterday.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUNJtDQgGzQ





  Finished; except for a scope. Gla$$ is expen$ive, so it'll be a little while before I can get one for it.

  I had planned on painting my lower receiver flat black, and ordered the upper with a black, teflon coated barrel; but they sent a stainless steel one.

  Whatever. At least it matches the unpainted aluminum lower. I think it looks kinda cool like that; but I will most likely paint the lower and either paint the

  barrel; or wrap it. Anything but shiny, polished silver in the woods.

  .308 Completed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyJLWlPLkTM)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 11, 2010, 11:53:27 AM
In the night Jams condition worsened with complications and it was determined that between the complications and her old age it was best to put her down. I'm going be absent if not very quiet for the next couple of days.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 11, 2010, 09:39:12 PM
Sorry to hear it, Wunderkind, it's terrible to lose a pet.  No matter what anyone else says, I do think it's like losing a family member...pets are absolutely a part of our families.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 12, 2010, 09:06:53 PM
My condolences, Wunder.  I know that sucks, it leaves a hole in your heart.  :(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 13, 2010, 12:53:33 PM
Sorry to hear that, e-condolences.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 13, 2010, 09:43:21 PM
The wife got up very briefly to answer the land line during our video chat tonight.  I couldn't resist being a smartass while she was out of picture.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/404_wife_not_found.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 14, 2010, 06:54:40 AM
http://www.rbgc.org/publications/ups.htm


"A UPS DRIVER'S SUGGESTIONS FOR SHIPPING

As a gun owner and an 11-year UPS driver, I get a lot of questions from people regarding the safest way to ship and insure firearms through UPS. Theft of firearms and other items by UPS employees, 'though rare, unfortunately does occur, but there are a lot of surprisingly simple and inexpensive ways to virtually guarantee that you won't be a victim. Please pass this information along to anyone who may benefit from it.

There are two things that cause thefts from UPS - pilfering and over-labeling. Pilferers are mostly thieves of opportunity. Handguns, jewelry, cameras, and prescription narcotics are their favourite targets because they are easily identifiable and can quickly be shoved into a pocket or inside of a shirt, due to the SMALL SIZE of the packages they come in.

The red and black "adult signature required" (ASR) labels that are legally required to be placed on these packages are often a dead giveaway. These labels are also called "steal-me sticker," because thieves look for them. Most UPS facilities are fenced, and employees' belongings are subject to searched exiting, so the size of the item is critical.

The BEST way to protect your handgun is to simply put it in a big box. One gunsmith on my route "disguises" his handguns by putting them in used Amway boxes! This works VERY well. Look at the box you are shipping your handgun in. If you can stick it inside your pants or under your shirt easily, it is vulnerable. As far as the ASR labels, you are required by law to have them on firearms shipments. What many customers don't know, however, is that they can get a more discreet ASR label that is incorporated into the UPS tracking label. These are better because the words "adult signature required" are very small and unnoticeable. More importantly, this barcode will electronically "prompt" the driver at the other end to get a signature. In case he accidently tries to "release" the package on the customer's porch without getting a signature. He will be unable to do so because the DIAD (that electronic clipboard that you sign) will read the barcode and will force him to get a signature in order to complete the delivery. You can order these special tracking labels through your Customer Service rep, or you can print them yourself with the UPS shipping software.

Another more sophisticated method of theft is "over-labeling." This involves several conspirators who plan ahead and may get jobs at UPS for that very purpose. What they do is to print up a bunch of fake labels, with generic barcodes and phony return addresses, that are all addressed to a storage unit or apartment that they have rented in advance. One or more employees who are sorting and processing these packages will then slap the phony label over the authentic one, and the package will then proceed along its merry way to the "destination," where an unsuspecting driver will deliver it to another accomplice who signs for it using a fake name. This will go on for a week or so until the thieves move on to another address to avoid suspicion. Since the original barcode is covered up, it is impossible to even trace these packages and they simply "vanish."

The thieves who do this will also target handguns and jewelry but, since they are not trying to sneak it past a guard, they have the freedom to target larger packages, such as rifles, TVs, and computers. How do you avoid this?

It's simple. You put an address label on ALL SIX SIDES of the box. A package so labeled will be passed up by a prospective thief, since he must now try to cover up six labels instead of only one. This is too risky, since the areas where these packages are sorted are often under electronic surveil-lance.
If you are a gunsmith or store owner who ships UPS, and the package you are shipping is worth over $1000, inform the driver who picks it up and have him initial the pickup record. These "high value" packages are audited and are segregated from other packages. They are not sorted or run over conveyor belts, and they are subject to a chain-of-custody type of procedure that will prevent their being stolen. I feel 100% safe in saying that a handgun that is shipped in a larger-than-normal box of good quality, with a discreet ASR barcode, and with address labels on all six sides will NEVER get stolen or lost.

It's unfortunate that a few of the 16 million pieces a day that we ship are in danger of being stolen but, if you take these simple precautions, you won't be a victim."


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 14, 2010, 02:28:55 PM
I prefer the 403 wife message better.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on September 14, 2010, 02:55:49 PM
I think I've seen all of these episodes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/12/Weird Tingly Feeling-star-trek-stills-photos_n_713781.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on September 14, 2010, 02:59:44 PM
I think I've seen all of these episodes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/12/Whisky Tango Foxtrot-star-trek-stills-photos_n_713781.html

Filter'd!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 14, 2010, 03:04:57 PM
I prefer the 403 wife message better.

 :?

"Forbidden"?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 14, 2010, 06:15:40 PM
I went to the local Home Depot yesterday because I wanted to get a new switchplate cover for the front entrance light switches. I hate the standard plastic crap they give you when you move in and wanted this nice wooden one I saw there the other day. Even better it was a four slotter, which is great because most of the ones I see stop at triple switches.

Anyways, the point of this whole story is while looking at switchplace holders, I was brazenly groped. Felt a brush up behind me and somebody grabbing a handful of my rear and just squeezing away. (I keep my wallet in my front pocket, so I know it wasn't a pickpocket attempt) I acted like I hadn't noticed as he passed by. I know it was a he because I counted to 20 then glanced up the isle and it this young latino guy who was walking up the aisle. He glanced back, gave a wink and kinda lingered.

I may have been at Home Depot looking for switchplate covers, but he, obviously, was there looking for caulk.

True story.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 14, 2010, 08:02:27 PM
CAULK LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 14, 2010, 09:20:47 PM
FOUR SLOTTER LOL!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 15, 2010, 06:26:34 PM
OMG THE MARQUEE DE SADE!
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/geoffrey_rush_quills.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 15, 2010, 08:16:09 PM
TSOTEOTS!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 15, 2010, 08:19:02 PM
I'm just amazed that nobody else had posted this before me here.  It seemed so obvious, so I held off for years.  Finally I figured it just had to be done.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on September 15, 2010, 09:44:00 PM

 That pic almost looks 3D.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 16, 2010, 12:33:45 PM
My wife is six years older than me so together we'd cancel each other out.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 16, 2010, 07:01:01 PM
OMG MERCURY GRAND MARQUEE!!!!!!!!

(http://guildhaven.org/images/mercury_grand_marquis.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 16, 2010, 07:13:31 PM
I learned to drive on a '76 Mercury Marquis Station Wagon.  It was like as long as a bus and had a 460 cubic inch engine in it.  Learning to parallel park in that mother was a bitch.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 16, 2010, 07:33:59 PM
I owned only big cars for the first few.  I learned how to parallel park and drive in reverse in a '76 Olds Delta 88.

One of my all time favourite cars though was my '82 Buick LeSabre.  I miss that one sometimes.  It was like driving a living room sofa.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: sociald1077 on September 17, 2010, 07:19:51 AM
I know I'm supposed to refrain from drunkin posting, but Demo's avatar seems to be accurately  drumming to the song I'm listening to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfB6-CcbMJ8
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 17, 2010, 03:33:32 PM
OMG MARQUEE MARK!!!!!!!!

(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8691/markymark.jpg)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 17, 2010, 03:43:57 PM
Now I get it.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 17, 2010, 05:02:24 PM
(http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2008/10/large_MARQUISGRISSOM.jpg)


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on September 21, 2010, 10:58:08 AM
it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on September 21, 2010, 11:20:19 AM
it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts

what
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on September 22, 2010, 06:54:27 AM
it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts

Refraining from making a lascivious joke right now...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on September 22, 2010, 08:49:50 AM
Refraining from making a lascivious joke right now...
Why refrain?

xolly, they make lube for a reason.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 22, 2010, 11:46:21 AM
Why refrain?

xolly, they make lube for a reason.

Lube isn't typically used in IT careers.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on September 22, 2010, 11:58:51 AM
Lube isn't typically used in IT careers.

Yeah, don't IT nerds usually keep some hand lotion next to their computers? They must have really soft hands.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on September 23, 2010, 07:07:38 AM

Yeah, don't IT nerds usually keep some hand lotion next to their computers? They must have really soft hands.

Oh man, for a split second, I had a brief thought about Buffalo Bill and his "take the lotion from the basket!!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 23, 2010, 03:19:26 PM
/me gives Rizzy the hose again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Crystalmonkey on October 10, 2010, 08:48:07 PM
So I had a dream last night, where part of it involved the following conversation:


"Yeah, I'm reading a theory right now" - Random 'Friend'

"Oh Really, who's it by?" - Me

"Oh, this really famous person online. Detta" - RF

"Oh yeah? Where do you know them from?" - Me

"GeekForum.org" - RF

"Oh yeah? I've been a member there since 04!" - Me

"Really? That's awesome! Blah blah blah..." - RF



Don't ask me why I had this dream...

Hi folks!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 11, 2010, 10:16:38 AM
Yay, I'm a really famous person online!!   :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 11, 2010, 01:47:58 PM
Understatement of the year.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 29, 2010, 04:00:16 PM
How to make a secret, disguised safe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx80HhCyQlk)





AND...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 29, 2010, 06:03:18 PM
How to Spy on People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdS1VHZ0LI)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on October 30, 2010, 08:39:30 AM
Jon Stewart on Hypocrisy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7VazBM5fNo)

  It's too bad he's not interested in running for office. He's a comedian, yes, but he's a really smart guy. The comedians we have in office now aren't smart at all; nor are they even funny anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 03, 2010, 05:14:47 PM
Some dude a couple of cubicles away is snoring up a storm right now.  Must be nice.  I could never get away with that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 03, 2010, 05:19:29 PM
Time to break out the prankster repertoire. Have a camera handy?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on November 07, 2010, 07:32:12 PM
http://www.license.shorturl.com/

Check your Driver's License
 Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet.
 Just enter your name, city and state to see if
 yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen,
 click the box marked 'Please Remove'. This will remove it from
 public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 07, 2010, 10:42:17 PM
HA! Awesome, that picture of me looked better than the real one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 08, 2010, 12:24:22 AM
They got my number wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Chris on November 08, 2010, 07:59:03 AM
That kind of reminds me of phonetrace.org (NSFW).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 09, 2010, 10:57:19 AM
http://www.license.shorturl.com/

Check your Driver's License
 Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet.
 Just enter your name, city and state to see if
 yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen,
 click the box marked 'Please Remove'. This will remove it from
 public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
 

I like the "Moped" restriction.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 15, 2010, 07:16:39 PM
http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake

This looks disgusting, but I'm sure it's really really good.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 15, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
I was expecting dog recipes at that site.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 23, 2010, 08:16:11 PM
Dammit, Koreas, knock it off already. I swear if you two can't get along and stop pounding each other...you know what, hold on, I'll go get a camera.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 20, 2010, 03:45:18 AM
Is the proper phrase "I could care less" or "I couldn't care less?" I hear them both used and normally one side is screaming at the other for not saying it right. I don't think anyone else care to take the wheel of this thread before it gets driven into a ditch.
 
 


Hi, Bobert!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 01, 2011, 08:08:24 PM
Best fucking New Year's ever, guess who just landed a brand spanking new Toshiba laptop that she'd been eyeing for months! HAHAHA! This will be a good year.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 01, 2011, 09:16:17 PM
Best fucking New Year's ever, guess who just landed ...

I read that as "guess who just got laid" for a second.

Which may have happened too, for all I know. But the laptop, in the end, has more lasting benefits.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 01, 2011, 09:21:55 PM
Indeed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 01, 2011, 10:11:36 PM
Like!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 03, 2011, 04:19:08 PM
I read that as "guess who just got laid" for a second.

Which may have happened too, for all I know. But the laptop, in the end, has more lasting benefits.

I guess it depends on the lay.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 03, 2011, 08:19:07 PM
or the peripherals.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 06, 2011, 04:15:12 PM
Thanks, catwritr, for the earworm.


Sympathy For The Dumb
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of density and waste
I've been around for a long long year
Stole many a man's soul and patience

And I was dumb when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of tech support pain
Made damn sure my password
Was locked out, and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you!
Hope you curse my name!
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around the office during the holidays
When I saw it was time for a change
I lost my shortcut to Outlook again
All the IT guys screamed in pain

I pulled a prank
On a tech named Frank
While the database crashed
And the sales guys drank

Pleased to meet you!
Hope you curse my name!
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While you route and ping
Fought for ten straight hours
To undo the mess I made

I shouted out
"Who deleted the network shares?"
When after all
It was you and me.

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of density and waste
I virused up your server farm
Before its uptime was even a day

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

Just as every user is an idiot
And all the sysadmins saints
As heads is tails
Just call me "End User"
Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy
And some tape

Use all your well-learned patience
Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Fraggles on January 07, 2011, 09:15:01 AM
That was so fucking awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2011, 10:23:38 AM
It was a slow day yesterday, punctuated by brief bouts of Stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 07, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Aren't they all?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2011, 10:35:47 AM
No, sometimes they're extremely busy, dominated by long stretches of Stupid.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 07, 2011, 06:33:23 PM
Our cunTroller is an idiot.  We made a multimillion adjustment and he insisted that we wrap $59K of foreign exposure in with it.  So I guess we'll be doing a reclass after we pay.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Fraggles on January 07, 2011, 08:06:18 PM
Yeah, work sucks. Some guy groped my ass last night. Every job has it's awesome moments. *sigh*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 07, 2011, 08:46:15 PM
Yeah, well, Fraggles has ass-groping. You can't beat ass-groping.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Fraggles on January 07, 2011, 08:47:40 PM
After they get a freaking hand full you'd think they'd leave a tip. But no. Australia sucks. Drunken idiots make a job that's bad, so much worse.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 07, 2011, 11:21:52 PM
They do that in America too, hun.

Although, the last man to grope my ass didn't pay in cash, he paid in a bloody nose and a short, escorted trip to the curb.

And I ate his soul. I mean, really after you have their soul, what do you need their money for?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 10, 2011, 07:54:43 PM
It's time for another soupbandit trial.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 10, 2011, 08:28:24 PM
We've done that.

What we need is to put a Stew Pirate in front of a firing squad...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 13, 2011, 12:18:08 PM
My coworker "Eric" is trying to get someone's desk phone to forward to their mobile phone, but whenever he's trying to test it, they keep answering instead of letting it ring and forward.

Listening to this is absolutely slaying me over here.

Eric: *dials extension*
User: Hello?
Eric: Don't answer your phone! I need to test the forwarding.
User: Ok.
User: *hangs up*
Eric: *dials extension*
User: Hello?
Eric: STOP THAT.
Eric: Don't answer your phone! I need to test the forwarding.
User: Ok.
User: *hangs up*
Eric: *dials extension*
User: Hello?

Repeat.  (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 13, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
ROFL! 

And the saga continues.  Eric told the user to come over to his desk, so the user walked in, and when Eric saw that, he called the user's extension and tested the call forwarding successfully.  The confused user then went back to their desk.

Just a minute ago, I heard this from Eric's direction.

Eric: *phone rings*
Eric: What.
User: I just got back to my desk and saw that I missed a call from you.
Eric: *sigh*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 13, 2011, 12:36:24 PM
What a dumbass.

Why didn't Eric's cell phone ring?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 13, 2011, 07:00:21 PM
He better test it again.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: fcomstoc on January 13, 2011, 11:21:50 PM
a few months ago they admins decided to do a password audit on the staff, most of the staff, as the admins soon found out, was using their last names or phone extensions as passwords for their computer logins. Some of the staff even had their passwords on post-it notes on their computer monitors.

after this audit there were a lot of changes to the password restrictions 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 14, 2011, 08:02:12 PM
haha...  buddies.

http://www.dogwork.com/ddcv4/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on January 27, 2011, 10:39:00 AM
I just noticed a guest reading the thread "Help me, I'm foreign!".  I imagined Chris Wu saying "Help, I'm foreign and I can't get up!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on January 30, 2011, 03:08:32 AM
Much like a cat, I come and go as I please.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on January 30, 2011, 04:12:03 AM
Dude. Sup.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: HeavyJay on January 30, 2011, 10:34:48 PM
Sarlacc.  I managed to turn my jetpack on eventually.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 01, 2011, 06:27:10 PM
http://www.familyhack.com/


"We are a family with three small kids
figuring out how to travel the world,
work from anywhere while home
schooling our kids. We also blather on
about life hacks, saving money and
cool stuff we love."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2011, 01:04:20 AM
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html


How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature.
At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could
transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and
drawing energy from the sun.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 13, 2011, 01:58:53 PM

 I knew this speaker cab wasn't Black Widow Equipped; I was not aware that it was Black Widow occupied.  :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 14, 2011, 12:03:27 AM
While I was in 5th grade, I lived with my aunt and uncle on their ranch in southern Colorado.  While there, I was walking down a hall one day and in a doorway I spotted a spider descending from a single strand of spider silk.

I went and grabbed a jar and a lid and went back and caught it, and I brought it to school the next day.

My teacher, who was normally pretty easy going when it came to show-and-tell, rebuked me with a pretty stern voice, because the spider I had brought to show-and-tell was a black widow.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 14, 2011, 12:33:47 AM
Oh dear god... I just looked up the black widow and apparently we have them in Canada too. I can't go to bed now...

 They only like places where humans are inactive and/or infrequent. Your bed should be a-ok.   :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on February 14, 2011, 04:51:46 AM
They only like places where humans are inactive and/or infrequent. Your bed should be a-ok.   :wink:

(http://lparchive.org/MS-Saga-A-New-Dawn/Update%209/emot-iceburn.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 14, 2011, 01:25:23 PM
It's been a while since Black Widow (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11962) has dropped in.  And she's Canadian.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 16, 2011, 01:24:34 PM
They only like places where humans are inactive and/or infrequent. Your bed should be a-ok.   :wink:
While that is generally true, it's not a guarantee.  Black widows have been found under the covers of the bed.  In fact, a number of years ago, a little girl died from being bitten repeatedly by a black widow that was in her bed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 16, 2011, 01:34:49 PM
It's been a while since Black Widow (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11962) has dropped in.  And she's Canadian.

 Could you imagine BS being nibbled on by BW?   :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 17, 2011, 12:21:24 AM
A woman brought a very  limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she   laid her pet on the table,
the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's  chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and  sadly said,
"I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed  away."

The distressed woman wailed, "Are you  sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the  vet..

"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you
haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in  a
coma or something."

The vet rolled his eyes, turned  around and left the room. He   returned a few minutes
later wit h a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner  looked on
in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his  front paws on the examination
table and sniffed the duck from  top to bottom.. He then looked up at the
vet with sad eyes and  shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took  it out of the room. A
few   minutes later he returned
with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately  sniffed the
bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its  haunches, shook its head,
meowed softly and strolled out of the  room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but  as I said,
this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead  duck."

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few  keys and produced
a bill, which he handed to the  woman..

The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.  "$150!"
she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is  dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my  word
for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab  Report and the
Cat Scan, it's now $150." 

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 17, 2011, 02:20:17 AM
Could you imagine BS being nibbled on by BW?   :lol:

picsplzkthx!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 17, 2011, 11:19:49 AM
Thanks Vesp...
Lol.  You're welcome.  I'm here to help.   :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 18, 2011, 11:45:40 AM
All this BW talk, and not one mention of the Brown Recluse.

Black Widows are common in this area. I've seen big ones, little ones, black ones, brown ones. I've shaken them out of my boots, hosed them out of Tonka trucks, stomped them, sprayed them with Raid, crushed them with rocks. Most recently I found one inside a circuit breaker box, and I was so busy doing what I was doing I forgot to kill him. Or her, actually.

Oh, they're scary looking -- all glisteny-black with their red evil supervillain logo on the belly -- but practically no one dies or even gets sick from a Black Widow bite. It'll hurt and swell up, and I suppose you can be allergic to it like you can be allergic to bee stings, but Black Widows are not that dangerous. And they almost never go inside the house -- they like garages, barns, outhouses, wood piles, rock piles, junk heaps, empty trash cans -- dead, decaying, still places. The boots I referred to earlier are work boots I wear occasionally for muddy work and keep in the barn -- shaking them out is a healthy habit.

Now, the Brown Recluse -- that's what fuels my spider nightmares. Small, discreet, slow-moving, and, so I've heard, deadly. Massive necrosis guaranteed, so I've heard. And they're indoor spiders, so I've heard -- they like to hide in closets in your clothes. There is no escape!

There are no Brown Recluses remotely near this area, but every year, reliably, there'll be a report in some regional rag, "Brown Recluse Bites Area Man," and people get in a tizzy fearing an invasion. It always turns out to be false or unsubstantiated.

I hear they're pretty common out your way, 12.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Pyrenus on February 18, 2011, 02:11:16 PM
I'm in brown recluse area.  They always warn us to shake out our shoes before putting them on.

There was a story a while back about a woman who got bit by a brown recluse in the bathroom.  It was hiding between the toilet seat and the porcelain and got her right on her bottom.  My wife now checks under the seat every time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 18, 2011, 02:46:38 PM
My recluses are so recluse I can't even tell what color they are.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 18, 2011, 06:20:28 PM
you have black widows but not brown recluses? how weird.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 18, 2011, 06:40:18 PM
you have black widows but not brown recluses? how weird.

There are black widows and black widow relatives everywhere in the world.

The Western Widow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_hesperus), the variety I'm familiar with, can be found from Canada to Mexico.

The Brown Recluse is only here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Distribution.loxosceles.reclusa.png).

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 18, 2011, 07:34:22 PM
California Uber Alles.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 18, 2011, 08:24:23 PM
Uber Alles California.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 18, 2011, 08:34:00 PM
I think Needles had some run ins with the brown recluse in West Virginia.

Glad I live in ^^R-e-G-u-L-4-R\\\\\~~~~//////V-|-R-g-1-n-i-A^^.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 18, 2011, 11:20:12 PM
huh. well you see a lot more browns than blacks where I live.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 21, 2011, 09:28:56 PM
  When I worked at the Greenville News in Greenville SC, we ran a story about a little black girl who died from brown recluse bites in a most horrific way.
I don't profess to be an expert on African-American hairstyles and habits; but as I understand it, when women have their hair done, they will leave it
that way for quite some time. A lady had taken her child and had her hair done, and a day or so later, the child complained her head hurt. Not taking it
as anything serious, the mother didnt investigate. Thinking that the hair was simply too tight; kept telling the child they weren't going to take her hair
down as she had spent a considerable amount of money to have it done. According to the story, this went on for a day or so until her teacher became
concerned with the little girl's continued complaints and took the child's hair down; to find a brown recluse had been trapped in her hairdo and was biting
her all along. She died a few days later.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on February 22, 2011, 03:42:32 AM

 OH GOD NO! (http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/smilies/eusa_sick.gif)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110218/ts_afp/nzealandgastronomyanimalsemenoffbeat_20110218044427

Quote
New Zealanders are now pushing culinary boundaries by serving up shots of horse semen to iron-stomached food lovers.
 "The idea is you'll have as much zizz as a stallion for a week afterwards," Christchurch racehorse breeder Lindsay
Kerslake, who came up with the semen surprise, told Fairfax Media.



  Get your "zizz" from stallion jizz?    :|
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 24, 2011, 01:06:47 PM
I hate baby name suggestions.  I'm pretty sure we can come up with a name on our own, thanks.  And I feel like as soon as someone suggests a name, I hate that name.

And if you just happen to suggest one of the two names that we have picked out...I'm not going to tell you anyway.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on February 24, 2011, 01:07:39 PM
Had to vent.  I can't do it on facebook because the offending parties will see it there.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on February 24, 2011, 02:29:36 PM
Baby name suggestions are useless. I mean, you're only a baby for a few months. Just give them a grown-up name from the start.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on February 24, 2011, 05:54:59 PM
Here are my suggestions:


I have plenty more if you need them.  You can thank me later.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on February 24, 2011, 06:04:49 PM
huh. well you see a lot more browns than blacks where I live.

Please explain, because regardless of where you live I don't see how this is even possible.  The brown recluse is, by definition, reclusive.  It hides.  Black widows on the other hand, come out every night.  They sit on their web and eat things, just like other spiders do.  While there might not be one in your living room, there may well be one right outside your back door, out there in the open (provided that it's nighttime) for all to see.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on February 24, 2011, 07:27:50 PM
okay, you don't actually see them that much, but they're everywhere.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 28, 2011, 03:30:22 PM
Ooooh Genus Species of Spider names:

Latrodectus hesperus
Loxosceles reclusa
Peucetia viridans
Theraposa leblondi
etc.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on February 28, 2011, 07:21:16 PM
I made cupcakes! And both the frostings are made from avocado! (I didn't have any butter)...

(http://i54.tinypic.com/11j5cpj.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on February 28, 2011, 07:30:43 PM
Sounds yummy.  Can you FedEx me some?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on February 28, 2011, 08:37:28 PM
Sounds yummy.  Can you FedEx me some?

Will you be reimbursing me for the labor involved and sending them?  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 01, 2011, 05:02:31 PM
Hey BS can you put some extra in to cover my share?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 10, 2011, 12:15:47 AM
"...when fire officials arrived at the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames. After putting out the fire, officials found the bodies of 11-year-old Christina Clouse, 9-year-old Isabel Clouse, 7-year-old Brady Clouse, 6-year-old Hannah Clouse, 4-year-old Heidi Clouse, 2-year-old Maranda Clouse and 7-month-old Samantha Clouse."

 :-(


If you can and/or want to help:

Clouse Family Fund
c/o Church of the Living Christ
P.O. Box 180
Loysville, PA 17047

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on March 10, 2011, 10:46:10 AM
7 Clouse kids and they didn't name one Santa?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on March 10, 2011, 12:05:35 PM
http://www.geekologie.com/2011/03/help_terminator_dog_needs_adop.php

Something to balance out 12's last entry.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on March 10, 2011, 12:24:57 PM
That is so awful 12.  Did you know those people?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on March 10, 2011, 01:40:01 PM
That is so awful 12.  Did you know those people?

If you did, sorry about my joke. Just trying to make myself feel better about a shitty thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 10, 2011, 02:15:08 PM
Church of the living christ?  Mormon off-shoot?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 10, 2011, 09:33:36 PM
Oh, no. I dont know who they are. I used to be a firefighter, and have found similar situations IRL a couple of times; and it always makes me die inside.

 I wouldn't wish a fire death on Satan himself. That has got to be the most horrific way to go. That there were seven children and the Mom was right there

and couldn't save them... just...  omg. 

  also: no probs, Lacerda. I know where you're coming from by joking. No harm. :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on March 10, 2011, 09:37:25 PM
Oh - also, I only posted about it because in this story; there was the info to help. Usually you just read a news story and sometimes feel powerless. This one had the option of being able to do something. That's why I pasted it in.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on March 14, 2011, 09:28:40 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42052263/ns/technology_and_science-space
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on March 31, 2011, 09:03:49 AM

Just incase :

http://www.justgiving.com/Nicola-Curran
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 31, 2011, 04:11:55 PM
As you wish.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 01, 2011, 01:13:11 AM

Thank you so much,  :lol: that's incredibly generous of you. thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 01, 2011, 10:12:39 AM
My pleasure, Probie!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 01, 2011, 10:13:36 AM

What wonderful people you are. I'm smiling from ear to ear :D *heart swells*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 01, 2011, 11:53:58 AM
Hey, you're the one doing all the work.  In other news my CC company flagged the transaction as potential fraud since you're on the other side of the pond.  I told them it was authorized so no worries.  Having been a victim of ID theft before, I actually appreciate this.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 01, 2011, 12:39:48 PM
Heh.  And mine didn't have a problem with it.  I'm not sure if that should make me happy or paranoid...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 01, 2011, 12:54:04 PM
Do you often send pounds sterling across the pond?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 01, 2011, 03:34:55 PM
Do you often send pounds sterling across the pond?

Nope, not much.  I must just have a very trusting bank.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 01, 2011, 05:09:19 PM
Then again mine was a credit union Visa.  Any losses they take actually can make a difference, whereas the too big to fail banks can always get a bailout to cover any losses.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 02, 2011, 04:16:06 AM

Detta, you doll! *a thousand kisses onto youuuuu* xxxxx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 02, 2011, 05:26:00 AM

o em gee! I can't believe you did that Jay *cries* Yipee!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Clear_Runway on April 02, 2011, 10:13:12 AM
pbsaurus is british? weird how i never heard that before.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 02, 2011, 11:13:22 AM
pbsaurus is british? weird how i never heard that before.

(http://i.imgur.com/Y5ZqQ.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 03, 2011, 02:02:33 PM

I am so grateful to all of you who have helped me out. I worked in care for two years and I hate Alzheimer's and what it does to people and their families. So thank you again.

And now for something completely different : www.niccisixx.com it's a bit sparse right now, but it will be filled with neat-o things very soon.

Out. x
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 03, 2011, 04:09:07 PM
Back when I was in my first year at UCD I was accused of being a racist because I started a parody club called S.E.D. (Students of English Decent).  They had all these Afro/chicano/every asian variety clubs on campus and I said to myself, "self, where are the clubs for my ethnicity?"  Anyway, I'm a 'merican citizen but many of my ancestors were from the British isles.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joey on April 04, 2011, 02:53:11 PM
Is this the offtopic toipc? Oh I love it!

My ancestors were Germans and Italians, pretty common in here. I'd like to be half English thou.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 04, 2011, 04:34:50 PM
Is this the offtopic toipc? Oh I love it!

My ancestors were Germans and Italians, pretty common in here. I'd like to be half English thou.

Joey, your post was entirely off-topic, which, since this is the off-topic topic, makes it entirely on-topic, thus violating the off-topic premise of this topic.

Please try to stay on-topic.

Thank you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 04, 2011, 06:52:40 PM
What are the rules for hot topic?

1. Remove wrapper.
2. Microwave for 2 minutes.
3. Enjoy!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on April 04, 2011, 06:52:58 PM
Oh, hot TOPIC!

I misread.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on April 05, 2011, 05:18:28 AM
(http://www.atb-bargains.co.uk/ekmps/shops/atbbargains/images/mars-topic-58g.-2523-p.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 05, 2011, 07:48:25 AM
Joey, your post was entirely off-topic, which, since this is the off-topic topic, makes it entirely on-topic, thus violating the off-topic premise of this topic.

Please try to stay on-topic.

Thank you.


But we have an unwritten rule about every thread eventually going off topic.  So shouldn't she please stay off topic?




And hot pocket!  HA!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Joey on April 05, 2011, 10:39:53 AM
Actually, if I read the rules or not, I'm banned all the time and I don't know why 8C
I know I'm stupid, but THAT stupid?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on April 05, 2011, 01:29:45 PM
(http://www.gotomydoc.com/media/32_Ectopic.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TheJudge on April 06, 2011, 11:15:53 AM
(http://www.gotomydoc.com/media/32_Ectopic.gif)

Mindflayers rock!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 06, 2011, 12:06:48 PM
Mindflayers rock!

HECTAR!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: The White Rabbit on April 10, 2011, 01:13:25 PM
(http://www.gotomydoc.com/media/32_Ectopic.gif)

That goat looks really ill.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 20, 2011, 06:34:54 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/yodawgyoyos.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on April 21, 2011, 08:10:37 AM
Wow, that has gone completely around the HURRR spectrum and arrived back at "genius."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on April 21, 2011, 09:34:18 AM
Indeed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 24, 2011, 07:57:11 PM
The cover I made (with some tweaks added by my wife because her Photoshop-fu is better than mine) for something I'm running this summer at what we've been calling "TomCon".

Click to embiggen:

(http://www.guildhaven.org/campaign/granite_city_undead/granite_city_undead_cover_th.jpg) (http://www.guildhaven.org/campaign/granite_city_undead/granite_city_undead_cover.jpg)


I'm pretty pleased with the end result.  I think it looks like something that could be the cover of a published game/setting.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, it's just a d20 Modern based zombie apocalypse game I set in the area in which most of my players and I live.  The picture on the cover is an actual picture from downtown.  Uh, with some Photoshop magic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: teamramrod28 on May 01, 2011, 05:18:18 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/facepalm_picard_riker.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on May 02, 2011, 10:02:28 PM
The world according to the USA:

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/5122028558_0d204b8e15_o.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ZirkoNicky on May 04, 2011, 02:19:56 PM
what does it say over the Netherlands? Weed-country?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 05, 2011, 01:54:18 PM

 Did anyone's mom ever check their asshole for pieces of toilet paper when they were growing up? No? Ok. So why
 is it not a fucking WEIRD commercial with the bear family checking each other and 'pickin asslint' off the kids? Who
 signed off on that advertising campaign?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 05, 2011, 02:00:36 PM
You make an excellent point! Besides, from what I understand about nature, bears are supposed to wipe with rabbits.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on May 05, 2011, 02:50:30 PM
Did anyone's mom ever check their asshole for pieces of toilet paper when they were growing up? No? Ok. So why
 is it not a fucking WEIRD commercial with the bear family checking each other and 'pickin asslint' off the kids? Who
 signed off on that advertising campaign?

And the U.S. is concerned about gay marriage, all the while there are commercials that (if interpreted VERY liberally), promote incestuous pedophilia. Go figure.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pb_got_banned on May 05, 2011, 09:13:55 PM
You make an excellent point! Besides, from what I understand about nature, bears are supposed to wipe with rabbits.

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 10, 2011, 06:44:39 PM
Why is six afraid of seven?

Because 7 8 9!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pb_got_banned on May 10, 2011, 06:51:39 PM
Why is six afraid of seven?

Because 7 8 9!


LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on May 10, 2011, 06:51:58 PM
LOL

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 10, 2011, 08:36:11 PM
LOL
LOL

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on May 10, 2011, 09:07:59 PM
Why is six afraid of seven?

Because 7 8 9!


LOL.  Havana has that song on her playlist. I She loves it!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pb_got_banned on May 11, 2011, 12:43:25 AM
LOL


LOL

LOL
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 12, 2011, 11:17:46 PM
That is a picture of my feet. Those are the blisters on my feet after one hour in a particular pair of shoes. The person responsible for those shoe's existence should be murdered in the slowest, cruelest way imaginable. However, my imagination is broken in pain and anger, I need help imagining. This is apparently both necessary and random.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 12, 2011, 11:19:21 PM
MY BEAUTIFUL FEET DAMN YOU!
Also, it turns out that image is huge so just trust the thumbnail.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on May 13, 2011, 10:38:00 AM
Step 1: Kidnap person responsible for shoes' existence, take him* to empty warehouse, strip him buttnekkid, tie him down, put on said shoes and proceed to crush his knotty bits with your heels.

Step 2: Have someone film this.

Step 3: ? ? ?

Step 4: Profit!



--------------
*I think we can safely assume it's a "him".
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on May 27, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
My dog is cute.

Edit: And sideways? iPhone, why you gotta do me like this?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on May 29, 2011, 09:00:12 PM
The First Man to Be Cured of AIDS (http://www.thebody.com/content/art53624.html?ap=825)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 01, 2011, 04:03:09 PM
DHS/TSA brochure
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 01, 2011, 09:43:16 PM
HECTAR
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 02, 2011, 12:43:00 AM
Wait... that is a joke right?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 07, 2011, 06:20:40 AM
Federal Transportation Logic
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 07, 2011, 02:44:38 PM
Funniest headline I've read in a looooooong time.

"GOP chief wants Weiner out"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 07, 2011, 02:51:54 PM
AHAHAHA!  Weeeenar!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 14, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
Flame Retardants at High Levels in Pet Dogs (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110426071021.htm)

No wonder the little fuckers won't stay lit.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 17, 2011, 12:33:46 PM
My friend announced her new baby on facebook and this is one of the comments:

"hey congrats guy's,My Son's Ex just had his Baby Yesterday and it was a suprise they didn't know she was Pregnant..andit's a BOY 8lb 7oz 21 in long"


Yeah...how the FUCK do you have an 8 1/2 lb baby in you and not notice???
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 17, 2011, 01:47:56 PM
Maybe she was 400 lb to begin with and an extra 20 or so lb wouldn't be noticeable.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 17, 2011, 02:22:00 PM
I guess but...I don't know, your insides get all squished up and it's very uncomfortable.  9 months of missed periods?  Contractions?  Baby kicking?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 17, 2011, 05:00:30 PM
Severely obese often have irregular periods.  Symptoms vary.  It's plausible.  But more than likely there was some serious denial going on.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 18, 2011, 12:18:33 AM
Her son's ex.
Maybe she means they weren't told or privy to the information.
Ambiguous statements rock!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 18, 2011, 08:16:25 AM
"They" as in her son didn't know the woman was pregnant.  Yes, that makes much more sense.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 18, 2011, 11:45:52 AM
Well, if I was ever pregnant, I was certainly unaware of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 19, 2011, 08:41:51 PM
Soylent ...Brown?
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/japanese-scientists-create-meat-from-poop/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on June 20, 2011, 02:16:59 AM
so not clicking on that
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 20, 2011, 03:36:14 AM
Meatloaf, baby.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 20, 2011, 12:53:32 PM
That's corny and nutty at the same time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on June 20, 2011, 01:12:53 PM
Is now a vegan.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 20, 2011, 04:36:49 PM
 If a man marries a woman who has children already, he is their step-dad. If the children grow up with this step-dad, and then have children; is the man their step-grand dad? Or just their regular granddad?
 What about if the woman's children have children already; wouldn't that dictate that the man is their step-granddad?

 I guess the question is, is the man a step-granddad either way; or only if the grandchildren are already br0n?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on June 20, 2011, 06:15:38 PM
Havana calls my step-father 'grandpa' and my step-mother 'grandma'.  She's got three Grandmas and three Grandpas because both my parents remarried but Enrique's parents are still together. 

But it's up to the individual I guess.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 20, 2011, 06:21:31 PM
My parents are Grandma and Grandpa to Ian.  Sandy's step mom is Grandma to Ian.  Sandy's bio mom is completely out of the picture.  Actions speak louder than biological relationships.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on June 21, 2011, 08:43:07 PM
I grew up with 3 grandfathers and 4 grandmothers.  To me, there was never any difference between which ones were 'step' and which ones were 'real'.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 22, 2011, 06:29:38 AM
I get it that it doesn't matter for most people, but I'm just trying to figure out what opportunities I have left.
 I most likely won't get to be anyone's real dad. Probably the best I could hope for is to be an accepted step-dad to kids who are already mostly grown.
It (understandably) probably doesn't mean much to anyone - EXCEPT the person who is the "step" figure. It matters to them, I can assure you. Especially if you never got to have kids of your own. I can see how being a "step"something instead of the real McCoy would leave one feeling somewhat diminished in such a role (stepdad, stepmom, stepwhoever).
 



 **edit-  If you can imagine being a child's grandparent that the child has always known as "granddad" - with no question to it; as compared to being (from the child's POV) that old man that lives with Grandma now. See the difference there?
  
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on June 22, 2011, 09:11:11 AM
**edit-  If you can imagine being a child's grandparent that the child has always known as "granddad" - with no question to it; as compared to being (from the child's POV) that old man that lives with Grandma now. See the difference there?

Definite difference. My Dad's Dad died when he (my Dad) was pretty young, but I've always remembered 'that old man that lives with Grandma' (my Dad's step-Dad). He was always there but I never thought of him as my Granddad. He's gone now, but my feelings towards the whole situation had a great deal to do with my Dad's feelings towards it.

Specifically, my Dad never thought of him as a step parent so the feelings pretty much transferred to me.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 22, 2011, 02:09:34 PM
My wife's parents divorced when she was around 13.  Her dad remarried when she was about 15.  After a couple weeks of marriage, my wife moved in with her dad and step mom.  For all intents and purposes her step mother is her mother.  Her dad died in 1996 but her step mom is still going strong at 81.  Her biological mother was never a nurturing person to my wife and is not her mother, her step mother is her mother.  So look for a woman with kids whose ex was a total dick and you can be a father.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 22, 2011, 06:30:44 PM
My parents divorced when I was 10.  My father almost immediately married the woman who became my stepmother, and she was a belittling, demeaning, manipulative, emotionally and physically abusive bitch.

To this day I loathe her very being, and I'm still not on speaking terms with my father, basically because of her (I don't think I've exchanged a single word with my father since 2006-ish).

That said, my stepmother's parents I have always loved.  From day one they treated me like any of their other grandchildren; the word 'step-grandchild' was never uttered to my knowledge, and I always referred to them as "grandma" and "grandpa".

When my stepmother's father died a few years ago, I was a pallbearer at his funeral, and I mourned his passing more than I mourned the passing of one of my biological grandfathers.

So what am I saying here?  Blood relations don't mean shit if you pay attention to how people treat you.  There's nothing less about a "step-grandpa" than a biological one, and in some cases, there's more.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 26, 2011, 05:06:36 PM
.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 26, 2011, 05:10:14 PM
Then there's the possibility that there is intelligent extra-terrestrial life in abundance; and they've already figured out it's impossible to go fast enough to get anywhere in any reasonable amount of time.

 And they are laughing at us.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 26, 2011, 09:18:10 PM
DHS/TSA brochure

Wait... that is a joke right?

I'm thinking "Nope."

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/04/13/dnt.tsa.pats.down.child.wwl?iref=allsearch
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 26, 2011, 10:16:52 PM
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=83c8cd3aed&c=1

I WON'T GLISTEN!!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 26, 2011, 10:40:56 PM
YOUR MANKY NUTS! WITH SAVLON!


That was awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on June 27, 2011, 12:03:58 AM
Novice (xx.xxx.xx.xxx)  01:49:31 AM Unknown Action







(apparently, Verizon disdains shoutbockses)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on June 27, 2011, 10:08:32 AM
(apparently, Verizon disdains shoutbockses)

More evidence of the police state.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 27, 2011, 02:23:54 PM
Somebody needs to add a third line and include goatse.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Deefultz on July 05, 2011, 04:42:46 PM
LOUD NOISES!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on July 06, 2011, 05:04:14 PM
Tired of Obama's Satanic taxes?

God
Owns
America
Tax
Someboy
Else

For more information visit our website at *******REDACTED********
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on July 06, 2011, 11:23:07 PM
GOPse.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 07, 2011, 03:15:14 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12AX7 on July 08, 2011, 12:10:06 AM
"Hi there. Why don't you have a seat...  wanna tell me what you're doing here? I have the transcript right here..."

bahahahaa... have some (http://www.newser.com/story/122904/chris-hansen-caught-sexting-too-national-enquirer.html)

 




 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 09, 2011, 10:03:19 AM
Went to a see my doc yesterday about allergy meds and apparently I wasn't geeky enough. I needed asthma... you know, just to top everything off, let's give her an inhaler.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 09, 2011, 12:21:28 PM
Went to a see my doc yesterday about allergy meds and apparently I wasn't geeky enough. I needed asthma... you know, just to top everything off, let's give her an inhaler.

Inhalers are over-prescribed. I don't know why doctors are doing this. You probably don't have asthma.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 09, 2011, 01:54:30 PM
Ummmm....what did I miss?  Why is 12 listed as a guest?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on July 09, 2011, 02:01:14 PM
Did he pull a BS?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on July 09, 2011, 02:29:04 PM
What happened to BS?

How long was I out?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 09, 2011, 10:56:00 PM
Yeah I'd believe I have asthma. Doesn't really shock me one bit.

What did happen to BS?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on July 10, 2011, 12:18:42 AM
Sometimes people feel they must delete themselves from the internets.

Sometimes they come back.

I did.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 13, 2011, 04:46:14 PM
In MY country, Casey Anthony sails while Willie Nelson goes to jail.


...also, for some reason I can't post in the Flames.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on July 13, 2011, 05:33:36 PM
You're a newbie again.
/me points at laughs at 12
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on July 13, 2011, 07:27:44 PM
In MY country, Casey Anthony sails while Willie Nelson goes to jail.


...also, for some reason I can't post in the Flames.

Maybe you should introduce yourself in the newbie forum. Just saying. ;)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on July 13, 2011, 10:35:19 PM

Sometimes they come back.

I did.


Dun dun duuuun...

(Doesn't have quite the same effect without the music, does it)?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 14, 2011, 04:03:44 AM
(Doesn't have quite the same effect without the music, does it)?
No.




Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 14, 2011, 04:04:22 AM
Under-fucking-statement of the YEAR...

http://www.livescience.com/15007-employees-dont-trust-bosses.html
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 14, 2011, 08:51:20 AM
You're a newbie again.
/me points at laughs at 12

Yes, but a wise one. With P0vv3rz!
/me bans Wun...  nah. I like you

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 19, 2011, 07:24:24 PM
I may have to kill a friend I've had for 18 years.  He just "liked Michele Bachman" on Facebook.   :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 19, 2011, 08:01:09 PM
Maybe your friend appreciates her unintended humor.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 19, 2011, 08:58:58 PM
No, I can pretty much rest assured that it's her politics.  Disappointing.  * Vespertine slowly shakes head
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 19, 2011, 10:03:49 PM
... >>> He <<< just "liked Michele Bachman" on Facebook.   :-o

 Sure it wasn't just her ass or something?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on July 20, 2011, 01:00:45 AM
No.  Again, I'm sure it's her politics.  I've known for years that he's extremely conservative.  But, he's never really been big into religion, so I was suprised about it.  Also, he's had too many positive examples of strong women in his life to justify her "women should be subservient to their men/husbands" crap...it's just weird.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on July 20, 2011, 08:33:26 AM
Hmm. That's odd alright.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Special Epileptic Disco on August 01, 2011, 04:06:13 AM
Uh..changing the subject. I like mints. and crappy computer games.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 08, 2011, 03:29:19 PM
Funniest headline I've read in a looooooong time.

"GOP chief wants Weiner out"

UPDATE: I found a new funniest headline.   :-D

"Police urge holster use after man shoots penis"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on August 09, 2011, 06:51:20 AM
UPDATE: I found a new funniest headline.   :-D

"Police urge holster use after man shoots penis"

You can still shoot your penis even if it's holstered. That's why God made pockets.

I mean... what? I didn't say anything go away.

:w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 09, 2011, 12:08:19 PM
double tap, rinse, repeat.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on August 09, 2011, 01:32:50 PM
Lather, rinse, and repeat. Always repeat
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on August 10, 2011, 12:13:52 AM
I love your new name, by the way. :)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 10, 2011, 06:09:20 PM
I want Bananaskittles back.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on August 10, 2011, 07:27:23 PM
I love your new name, by the way. :)

Me too!

I want Bananaskittles back.

NO!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Gul Vic on August 10, 2011, 08:45:09 PM
If spiders achieved levels for every inch in diameter there would be a level 3 spider in my laundry room. 

Found it last night and should have dealt with it then because this morning it is above the door to the laundry room instead of in the corner over the washer. 
I thought about smashing it with a broom to cause 'Knock Down' disabling it for at least 5 seconds depending on my attribute distribution but then realized it would be within striking distance of my feet and my boots have crappy runes. 
I considered using the vacuum but the nozzle is less than two feet long and the handicap of high DPS tends to be easy interruptions and if it moves or God-forbid doesn't fit in the end of the nozzle I'll be screaming like a little girl and yesterday's load of darks will continue to rot until my roommate wakes up, if the screaming doesn't do it for her.   

Someone suggested catching it in a towel but I'm out of sugary speed buffs.  Any suggestions?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 10, 2011, 10:44:24 PM
If spiders achieved levels for every inch in diameter there would be a level 3 spider in my laundry room. 

Found it last night and should have dealt with it then because this morning it is above the door to the laundry room instead of in the corner over the washer. 
I thought about smashing it with a broom to cause 'Knock Down' disabling it for at least 5 seconds depending on my attribute distribution but then realized it would be within striking distance of my feet and my boots have crappy runes. 
I considered using the vacuum but the nozzle is less than two feet long and the handicap of high DPS tends to be easy interruptions and if it moves or God-forbid doesn't fit in the end of the nozzle I'll be screaming like a little girl and yesterday's load of darks will continue to rot until my roommate wakes up, if the screaming doesn't do it for her.   

Someone suggested catching it in a towel but I'm out of sugary speed buffs.  Any suggestions?

I think the situation calls for a combination poison-based DoT, and ranged attack.  I'd recommend bug spray that can spray up to 10 feet.  It falls.  It rots.  You loot the body after the danger has passed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 10, 2011, 11:11:14 PM
Spiders are insect predators.  They are our friends.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 10, 2011, 11:36:13 PM
  Consider him your personal Pest Control Officer. Then you can lay out guidelines for the Pest Control crews to follow. (ie;, battlefields, hunting grounds, and living quarters are to remain OUTSIDE of the Human living quarters, There will be NO Pest Control crew members make themselves visible to any human within the Human Living Quarters, Pest Control crew members are to attempt to eliminate ANY and ALL insects and insect-like beings from the premises; regardless of how outsized said crew members may be, etc.)
  They are usually - with proper supervision and guidance - extremely effective entomological entrepreneurs. Cheap, and more reliable than Orkin.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 10, 2011, 11:37:59 PM
Oh - and they are NON-UNION.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Gul Vic on August 11, 2011, 12:30:54 AM
Bug Spray is a great idea, Vespertine.  I would have used some after your suggestion but we don't have any so it is now on a shopping list, ty ^^.  Also, what kind of loot do you think a spider would carry?
I agree with spiders being excellent pest control but I wish God had made them cuter and look less like they crawled out of which ever circle of Hell left a window open.   
The idea of a personal army of giant spiders that work silently in the night and that I don't have to look at gave me a delightful shiver.  I will consider the utility of non union arachnids but I might need a translator before any kind of contract can be negotiated.  If snakes speak Parseltongue, what do spiders speak? 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 11, 2011, 02:35:50 AM
  Also, what kind of loot do you think a spider would carry?

 Why, silk, of course! :-)

If snakes speak Parseltongue, what do spiders speak? 

 Vibrator, and sign language (http://www.newsrecord.org/news/uc-researchers-learn-the-language-of-spiders-1.2454355)

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 11, 2011, 11:00:09 AM
I'll thank you not to refer to me as something that crawled out of whatever circle of hell left the window open. I walked out the front door. I have the damn keys.
*scoffs and skitters away*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 11, 2011, 12:15:33 PM
Sure, they're non-union -- now. But soon they'll twig to the fact that The Man has the power to hire, and he has the power to stomp. To live at the whim of some greedy arachnophobe who suffers your existence only so far as the fruits of your labor please him, always on the brink of sudden death by bug spray, is not to live at all.

There is safety -- and bargaining power -- in numbers.

We are legion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 11, 2011, 12:16:03 PM
I mean THEY. THEY are legion.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 11, 2011, 12:19:43 PM
Sure, they're non-union -- now. But soon they'll twig to the fact that The Man has the power to hire, and he has the power to stomp. To live at the whim of some greedy arachnophobe who suffers your existence only so far as the fruits of your labor please him, always on the brink of sudden death by bug spray, is not to live at all.

There is safety -- and bargaining power -- in numbers.

We are legion.


I mean THEY. THEY are legion.

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/i_see_what_you_did_there.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 11, 2011, 01:39:03 PM
Also, what kind of loot do you think a spider would carry?
Most low level spiders seem to carry Silk, Poison Glands, or Arachnid Legs...there's a market out there for that (just ask Shakespeare's witches).  Sometimes the big, scary, heroic spiders carry better loot: some form of weapon or armor based on the spider's unique strengths.  I would think a Level 3 spider might have some good stuff on it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 11, 2011, 09:39:20 PM
Is it just me, or would anyone else like to see Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have a battle royale over which one is REALLY the candidate chosen by God?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Gul Vic on August 11, 2011, 09:53:05 PM
I waited too long to loot the body and it's gone now :(
I'll remember to check the next one.  
I apologize to catwritr, I did not know you were a spider.  Are you available for work?

Thanks for the tips 12, now I know how to hit on a spider...  Hey, wait!

Catwritr, pretty thing, I can lay you down on a bed of leaves and vibrate you until you can't talk or walk straight.  What do you say?


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on August 12, 2011, 07:28:26 AM
Is it just me, or would anyone else like to see Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have a battle royale over which one is REALLY the candidate chosen by God?

Brilliant!  Especially if it's covered by Fox News.  (Of course, I'd be equally interested in the coverage of Fox News's coverage of this battle royale.  How much can one "newscaster" drool in 15 minutes?)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 12, 2011, 11:06:45 AM
Catwritr, pretty thing, I can lay you down on a bed of leaves and vibrate you until you can't talk or walk straight.  What do you say?

You and everyone else, Chico.  You and everyone else.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 12, 2011, 12:44:58 PM
I waited too long to loot the body and it's gone now :(
I'll remember to check the next one.  
I apologize to catwritr, I did not know you were a spider.  Are you available for work?

Thanks for the tips 12, now I know how to hit on a spider...  Hey, wait!

Catwritr, pretty thing, I can lay you down on a bed of leaves and vibrate you until you can't talk or walk straight.  What do you say?


That was Wunderkind.

But let your offer stand. You won't regret it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on August 12, 2011, 03:05:07 PM
Spamspamspammityspam

http://www.perpetualkid.com/pop-quiz-math-clock.aspx (http://www.perpetualkid.com/pop-quiz-math-clock.aspx)
http://www.perpetualkid.com/periodic-table-soap---in-your-element-uranium.aspx (http://www.perpetualkid.com/periodic-table-soap---in-your-element-uranium.aspx)

My inner geek is almost orgasmic over this crap!!!!!!  LOVES IT!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Gul Vic on August 12, 2011, 04:24:26 PM
I'll take catwritr and Wunderkind if they don't mind sharing; there's room for everyone on my bed of leaves and if we need more room I'll add more leaves. 

Thanks for the link Vespertine, I have new plans to surf that site all day.  The soap you posted looks fantastic, I could leave the hall nightlight off and find the bathroom by the soap in it ^_^
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 12, 2011, 10:13:03 PM
He lost his offer when he couldn't tell the difference between me and cat. That's just bad vibrations.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 15, 2011, 01:59:55 AM
SHe lost hisher offer when She couldn't tell the difference between me and cat. That's just bad vibrations.

FTFY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 15, 2011, 09:39:25 AM
If they can't spend the time to check who said what why should I care what gender they are?
Furthermore, he is the accepted identifier when the sex of the subject is unknown. [/grammar lesson]
[/iamabitchtoday]
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 15, 2011, 06:08:38 PM
Love the clock!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 15, 2011, 08:05:15 PM
http://www.perpetualkid.com/wifi-detection-t-shirt.aspx
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 15, 2011, 10:36:31 PM
Niko Alm, a self-described "pastafarian," has been given the right to wear a colander on his head in his Austrian driver's license photo. Alm is a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster  (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/niko-alm-pastafarian-colander_n_897700.html#s308409&title=Pastafarian_Niko_Alm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 15, 2011, 11:17:54 PM
That's. Awesome.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 16, 2011, 10:26:33 AM
And our hand basket takes a slight 2 degree angle off of hell.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 16, 2011, 01:21:13 PM
Wait, Gul Vic's a chix0r???


Does Lacerda know about this?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 16, 2011, 02:14:34 PM
Wait, Gul Vic's a chix0r???


Does Lacerda know about this?

I do now! Not sure how to feel about this information. Happy? Sad?

I'm going to go with ambivalent.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 18, 2011, 10:03:50 PM
I received news today that my mother has a slipped ruptured disc of the I4 and I5. She'll be having surgery on the 25th of this month but while her full recovery is certain how long that recovery will be is still unknown. This may turn out to be a very trying time as my mother is the bread-winner in a house with a four digit mortgage payment. If internet gets cut off of the necessity list, I'll let you guys know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 18, 2011, 10:08:14 PM
If internet gets cut off of the necessity list, I'll let you guys know.

How?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 18, 2011, 10:28:46 PM
Hopefully before the last pay period runs out.  :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: SassyPants on August 19, 2011, 12:50:14 AM
If internet gets cut off of the necessity list, I'll let you guys know.

You could always start a fund on here.  :wink:

I know I'm just an "annoying newbie" here & don't really matter, but I hope the surgery goes swimmingly & that she makes a swift recovery!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 19, 2011, 02:08:02 AM
Good luck.  Back surgery is pretty serious.  My mother has had DDD for almost two decades now and has been on heavy opiates for most of that time.  Several surgeries haven't really helped.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 19, 2011, 02:56:42 AM
This is what I have (DDD), which led to temporary paralysis from the waist down. NOT fun.
 I now do something of a self - traction position to alleviate things when they get awry. In fact;
I use that technique for self spinal adjustment from the neck down to the sacrum. I can pretty much
'target' the areas (vertabrate) that feel like they are off by tensing certain muscles and relaxing others.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 19, 2011, 08:16:49 AM
I received news today that my mother has a slipped ruptured disc of the I4 and I5. She'll be having surgery on the 25th of this month but while her full recovery is certain how long that recovery will be is still unknown. This may turn out to be a very trying time as my mother is the bread-winner in a house with a four digit mortgage payment. If internet gets cut off of the necessity list, I'll let you guys know.

Best of luck to your mom and remember that GOD gave us two kidneys for a reason and that reason was not getting our Internet cut off.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on August 19, 2011, 05:13:10 PM
My mom has had three spine surgeries to fix her slipped disc. For the last one, she somehow found a really good specialist to take her public-school-teacher-insurance and fix up her spine for good. She's been going strong since. So, a story with a good ending to lend you hope.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 23, 2011, 12:05:39 PM
This Korean comic was linked on frak this morning. Just scroll through the frames -- you'll get the gist of it.

Oh, if you're at work, you might want to turn your speakers down or use headphones.

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue (http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 23, 2011, 12:29:12 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 :-o
AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 :-o

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 :-o :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 23, 2011, 03:30:06 PM
Kinda catches you by surprise, don't it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 23, 2011, 03:39:42 PM
Maybe I'm clicking it wrong? I get nothing but what looks like a profile page. If I click on the comic, I get what looks like a comment/ratings page. How do you click in Korean?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on August 23, 2011, 03:46:35 PM
So I tried opening a can of tuna...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 23, 2011, 05:31:05 PM
Maybe I'm clicking it wrong? I get nothing but what looks like a profile page. If I click on the comic, I get what looks like a comment/ratings page. How do you click in Korean?

Don't click on anything. Just start scrolling down.

If you want to avoid being startled, it helps to turn your sound off.

Oh, and if nothing remarkable happens, it's probably because you have NoScript enabled.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 23, 2011, 05:33:52 PM
So I tried opening a can of tuna...

With a brick?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 23, 2011, 09:13:10 PM
Don't click on anything. Just start scrolling down.

If you want to avoid being startled, it helps to turn your sound off.

Oh, and if nothing remarkable happens, it's probably because you have NoScript enabled.


  Got it.  I dont read Korean, so I thought the avatar there was a thumbnail for a vid. Cans are self-explanatory.  :-P
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 23, 2011, 09:26:40 PM
I kind of miss canoftuna.  :cry:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 24, 2011, 01:49:40 AM
I kind of miss canoftuna.  :cry:

With a brick?


That's GOOD!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2011, 12:36:14 PM
I kind of miss canoftuna.  :cry:

I miss a lot of them, including her.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 24, 2011, 03:14:42 PM
I don't give you the chance to miss me.  HA!!


Also, gotta ask Shifty...ya like how my future sister in law turned my Snape killed Dumbledore joke into a lesson in hair dye?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 24, 2011, 04:08:45 PM
Very much.   :lol:


(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/derail2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 24, 2011, 04:51:45 PM
I miss Demo and Lacerda
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 27, 2011, 10:29:13 AM
They call me Trolley.

Somebody help me up...

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 29, 2011, 06:51:59 AM
I miss Demo and Lacerda

Unless I missed something, we're still here. Just wearing new wrappers. Expanding our brand. Appealing to the kids, y'know.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: SassyPants on August 29, 2011, 07:15:47 AM
Sooo... didn't have the sound down as low as I thought I did for the comic. Gasps & "eee"s insued. *shivers*

Creeptastic.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 29, 2011, 09:06:16 PM
The whole comic thing? I didn't get it. I cringed, but that was about it and my volume was on full blast. I think I'm broken.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on August 29, 2011, 10:31:16 PM
http://www.deleteyouraccount.com/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 29, 2011, 10:46:56 PM
This Korean comic was linked on frak this morning. Just scroll through the frames -- you'll get the gist of it.

Oh, if you're at work, you might want to turn your speakers down or use headphones.

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue (http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsNS8jYTVAQ
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 29, 2011, 10:47:58 PM
http://www.deleteyouraccount.com/

When I try it for "hackernetwork" it says "No sites found".   :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on August 30, 2011, 01:44:49 AM
When I try it for "hackernetwork" it says "No sites found".   :-(

You don't leave Hackernetwork.

Hackernetwork leaves you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 30, 2011, 07:58:17 AM
Like Soviet Russia, then.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: SassyPants on August 30, 2011, 02:21:00 PM
The whole comic thing? I didn't get it. I cringed, but that was about it and my volume was on full blast. I think I'm broken.

Nah. you're just not a weenie.  :-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 01, 2011, 06:59:51 PM
One of my facebook friends posted this:

Quote
I FUCKING LOVE SCOTCH!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 01, 2011, 07:02:34 PM
GIS result for "I FUCKING LOVE SCOTCH": click (http://www.badideatshirts.com/Assets/ProductImages/SCOTCH_t.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 02, 2011, 11:56:06 AM
HECTAR!  We should get one and send it to that fruiting figure skater in Houston.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Banshee on September 03, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
GIS result for "I FUCKING LOVE SCOTCH": click (http://www.badideatshirts.com/Assets/ProductImages/SCOTCH_t.jpg)

HECTAR HECTAR
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 10, 2011, 01:41:42 AM
Is Steve Jobs dead? (http://www.isstevejobsdead.com/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on September 10, 2011, 07:19:45 AM
Good, Christian Pannehs (http://videos2view.net/thongs.htm)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on September 13, 2011, 02:37:36 PM
Is Steve Jobs dead? (http://www.isstevejobsdead.com/)


:-o  
Quote
Server not found

      

       

Firefox can't find the server at www.isstevejobsdead.com.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on September 13, 2011, 03:32:22 PM
Yikes!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on September 21, 2011, 10:43:44 PM
Interactive Telecommunications Researchers Develop A Device For Plants To Send Text Messages (http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0101-thirsty_plants_text_for_help.htm)



ie:, "FEEEED ME!!"
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on September 27, 2011, 01:36:03 PM
I just had an entertaining Cryptonomicon moment.

BACKGROUND: I am working from home today.  I do not normally eat Cap'n Crunch, but I do keep a box of it around for the rare occasion that the craving strikes.

The craving struck this morning.  I got everything out and lined up on the counter: bowl, spoon, cereal, milk.  I poured the cereal in the bowl, poured the milk in and began to shovel in the cereal.  Shovel in the cereal because, of course, if you go too slow you lose the crunchy aspect of the cereal.  Even with my rapid rate of consumption, I was still only halfway through when I realized that the milk was now a couple degrees warmer and the cereal was just past its ideal crispiness/crunchiness.  Then I remembered that I read about this particular issue in a book somewhere.  Then I remembered that it was Cryptonomicon.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on September 27, 2011, 01:39:57 PM
Cap'n Crunch  FTW
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 27, 2011, 01:41:05 PM
Randy Waterhouse.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 03, 2011, 07:41:16 PM
I'm sure you guys have probably seen this one before, but I just found it and spit my tea everywhere laughing.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Some_Motivation_Requiredu2sDetail.png)
I want T-rex for yuletide, kthanxbai.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 04, 2011, 04:00:48 AM
T. Rex (with David Bowie!) (http://dai.ly/aZOKbL)


 ...well, part of a song, anyway. Not sure who screws up.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 04, 2011, 04:11:54 AM
Actually, that video isn't very motivating.

So . . . nevermind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 05, 2011, 10:05:29 PM
This one is both awesome; and ominously frightening.

Reconstruction from brain activity  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjDnYxJ0bo&feature=colike)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 07, 2011, 02:03:43 AM
Here's Ten Years Gone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYpydtdlWxA

And here's IZ's Somewhere Over The Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JicO2bKec&feature=related

Yes, that's the IZ's ashes being scattered at 3:13.

If you can hear this and not get a little tear in the old eye, you are stonier than I.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 07, 2011, 02:24:01 AM
Ok, fine: here is My Stars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnWD3YWzpY
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 07, 2011, 04:07:19 AM
And here's IZ's Somewhere Over The Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JicO2bKec&feature=related

Yes, that's the IZ's ashes being scattered at 3:13.

 :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 08, 2011, 05:52:03 AM

hey guys, tomorrow is my first ever marathon! I'm raising money for the stroke association, if it's something that you feel is a worth while cause it would be great if you could sponsor me. Hate to ask since you where all so supportive last time, but you know. xxxx

http://www.justgiving.com/Nicola-Curran0

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 08, 2011, 06:02:35 AM

In fact, you shouldn't sponsor me onthat basis that I used the incorrect 'where' in the sentence! Shesh!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on October 08, 2011, 09:06:40 PM
I'd help if I wasn't a broke-ass student broke ass-student.

You should also know that I creeped your facebook :X
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 09, 2011, 05:49:32 AM
I can't do it this time.  :(  We're on a tight budget this year and I already spend my charity money for this month and next month.

Good luck on the marathon though.  That's HUGE!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 10, 2011, 03:02:28 AM

No worries guys, thanks. 5:24:43  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 10, 2011, 08:00:10 AM
SpurtReynolds signed in last week.  I wonder if he's checking to see if that crazy chick who used to drool over him is still around.

Yup, I'm still here!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 10, 2011, 08:39:10 AM
Holy crap, there's a blast from the past.  I was wondering if he was still out there somewhere.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 10, 2011, 08:48:04 AM
He probably googled Homoerotic A-Team Fanfiction and wound up here.  Took him 20 minutes to realize he was already a member.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 10, 2011, 06:04:26 PM
Nice.  Oh and Probie I'm completely broke now so I can't help this time around.  But I definitely would if I could.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Probie on October 11, 2011, 08:52:38 AM

No worries  :lol: Just glad I've done it now!

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/lil_nicci20/IMAG0256.jpg)

Look what I won!!!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 11, 2011, 09:16:47 AM
Wow!  I'm really impressed.  I should be really proud.

I did a marathon once but I walked it.  It went on and on FOREVER!!!  Good job!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 11, 2011, 12:07:20 PM
Congratulations!
/me is way impressed
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 11, 2011, 12:23:12 PM
It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 11, 2011, 12:31:29 PM
LMAO!

“It’s fall, fuckfaces. You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.”
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 11, 2011, 07:52:46 PM
Arnold and Dudley go to Goochland...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 12, 2011, 07:00:13 PM
This looks like you should be able to click on it. (http://www.zombo.com)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 12, 2011, 10:45:32 PM
I clicked on it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 12, 2011, 11:22:07 PM
Me too. Not only can you click on it; you can do ANYThing when you do!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 13, 2011, 02:30:37 AM
I tried clicking on it before, but nothing happened!

NOW IT'S PURE FUCKING AWESOME!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 13, 2011, 09:58:50 AM
HECTAR    :lol:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 13, 2011, 07:00:39 PM
Wow, now it goes to 11!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 13, 2011, 07:53:05 PM
12. It goes to 12.




;-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 13, 2011, 11:32:10 PM
Yes.

12 is the new 11.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 19, 2011, 10:12:52 PM
I miss the shoutbox.

Is my signature overwhelmingly large?
I wanted something different, but I think this image is too blocky. I may change it again shortly.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 19, 2011, 10:47:19 PM
I miss Wunderkind.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 19, 2011, 11:41:43 PM
Is my signature overwhelmingly large?

 I think you have one damn fine sig. I like them a little bit big...  ;-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 20, 2011, 12:43:36 AM
I thought I was in BC with the new look.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 20, 2011, 04:30:33 AM
.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Socrates on October 20, 2011, 06:57:34 AM
Like the new look
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 20, 2011, 07:28:19 AM
I miss Wunderkind.
I miss me too.
I'm trying to come around but my mum is a bad patient and has to be watched like a hawk.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on October 20, 2011, 09:00:16 AM
I thought I was in BC with the new look.

I did exactly the same thing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 20, 2011, 03:44:32 PM

 Ok, I usually delete all the "OMG!!" emails I get; but this one I decided to pass
the info along. I know a lot of us have pets. I've given my dog and cat oatmeal -raisin
cookies without knowing it could make him (teh Dog) very sick. He never showed any signs of
illness; but then again he didn't get very many cookies, either.

 At any rate, here's the info - in the form of an "OMG!!!!" email. I just dont feel like paraphrasing
when I'm so good at copy/paste. :-)



***********************************************
Laurinda Morris, DVM
Danville Veterinary Clinic
Danville , OH

This week I had the first case in history of raisin
toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was
a 56-pound 5 yr old male neutered lab-mix
that ate half-a-canister of raisins sometime
between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Tuesday. He
started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about
1 AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call
my emergency service until 7 AM (6 hrs later).

I had heard somewhere about raisins AND
grapes causing acute Renal failure but hadn't
seen any formal paper on the subject. We
had her bring the dog in immediately. In the
meantime, I called the ER service at MedVet,
and the doctor there was like me - had heard
something about it, but... Anyway, we
contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison
Control Center and they said to give IV fluids
at 1 & 1/2 times maintenance and watch the
kidney values for the next 48-72 hours.
The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen) level was
already at 32 (normal less than 27) and his
creatinine was over 5 (1.9 is the high end of normal).
Both are monitors of kidney function in the
bloodstream. We placed an IV catheter and
started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values
at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40 and creatinine
over 7 with no urine production after a liter of
fluids. At that point I felt the dog was in acute
renal failure and sent him on to MedVet for a
urinary catheter to monitor urine output overnight
as well as overnight care.
He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet
and his renal values continued to increase
daily. He produced urine when given Lasix as a
diuretic. He was on 3 different anti-vomiting
medications and they still couldn't control his
vomiting. Today his urine output decreased
again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was
at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his
blood pressure, which had been staying around
150, skyrocketed to 220 ... He continued to vomit
and the owners elected to Euthanize.

This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners
who had no idea raisins could be a toxin.
Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of
this very serious risk.
Poison control said as few as 7 raisins or grapes could
be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes
or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any
exposure should give rise to immediate concern.
 Chocolate, cocoa, onions, avocadoes and macadamia nuts can
be fatal, too. Add to this - rising bread dough, caffeine and alcohol
and you have the list of the greatest food dangers for dogs.

** See Confirmation from Snopes about the above @.....
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp
 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 20, 2011, 03:46:37 PM
- also; I should point out that although they don't mention cats; my cat will be
raisin-less and grape-less from now on as well as my dogs. Just in case.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 20, 2011, 07:02:25 PM
Yep, all the vets we have had have had lists of foods to avoid and raisins and grapes have always been at the top of the list for dogs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 24, 2011, 03:25:51 PM



Trolling Saruman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on October 28, 2011, 11:57:09 AM
Ah, there's still a little crazy to be found on the interwebs: Clak (http://osamaobamabidenbinladen.blogspot.com/).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 28, 2011, 12:01:48 PM
Well, that's enough internet for today.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on October 28, 2011, 12:43:43 PM
Ah, there's still a little crazy to be found on the interwebs: Clak (http://osamaobamabidenbinladen.blogspot.com/).

Wow... Must be exciting to be him...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 28, 2011, 04:17:19 PM
He has a point.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on October 31, 2011, 11:52:58 AM
I am a huge zombie enthusiast so I thought I would share.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45079546/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/#.Tq7Qo7LpdqU

The undead are good for the economy!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on October 31, 2011, 01:51:03 PM
I can't get into zombies  I think I'm the only one.


In other news...is it too early to start drinking?  I actually wanted to ask this 6 hours ago but this is the first chance I've gotten.  The day hasn't gotten any better in that time either.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on October 31, 2011, 02:38:38 PM
It's not to early to start drinking brain smoothies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on October 31, 2011, 06:31:14 PM
I can't get into zombies  I think I'm the only one.


In other news...is it too early to start drinking?  I actually wanted to ask this 6 hours ago but this is the first chance I've gotten.  The day hasn't gotten any better in that time either.

Hell... Sounds good to me... and I don't drink... Today sucked... Trick or treaters and sysadmin stuff...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on October 31, 2011, 07:42:19 PM
Trick or treaters ...

 Is that today??
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on October 31, 2011, 10:26:41 PM
I can't get into zombies  I think I'm the only one.

You, my friend are not the only one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on October 31, 2011, 11:49:08 PM
You, my friend are not the only one.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 01, 2011, 01:21:15 AM
I can't get into zombies  I think I'm the only one.
You, my friend are not the only one.
unknown reply

 ^ This.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 01, 2011, 08:58:38 AM
Hoo boy, y'all gonna be kickin' yerselves when the zombie calypso comes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 01, 2011, 09:59:03 AM
GIS result for zombie calypso (http://jimmiemacgregor.com/wp-content/uploads/stephenbailey.jpg).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 01, 2011, 11:07:56 AM
Min  might be more into the Zombie Virginia Reel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_reel_(dance))
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 01, 2011, 05:26:39 PM
Hoo boy, y'all gonna be kickin' yerselves when the zombie calypso comes.

Definately. I have read guides to survive a zombie apocalypse and guides how to survive as the zombie apocalypse. Either way, It's gonna be awesome...  :wink:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 01, 2011, 07:57:18 PM
Not having a huge interest in them is different from not knowing to shoot for the head.

Just as my dislike for guns does not mean I don't know how to use one...



Or my distaste for violence does not mean I won't punch you in the face if you're a dick.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 02, 2011, 10:34:05 AM
Or my distaste for violence does not mean I won't punch you in the face if you're a dick.

Same here... I am the calm, cool, and collected guy out of my friends... But if I need to, I will fight...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 02, 2011, 10:52:03 AM
Not having a huge interest in them is different from not knowing to shoot for the head.

Just as my dislike for guns does not mean I don't know how to use one...



Or my distaste for violence does not mean I won't punch you in the face if you're a dick.


This is bad news...


...for dicks and zombies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 02, 2011, 11:53:46 AM

This is bad news...


...for dicks and zombies.

Don't forget DICK ZOMBIES...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 02, 2011, 06:58:12 PM
Don't forget DICK ZOMBIES...

Well now I know what I'm going as for next Halloween.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 02, 2011, 07:33:05 PM
"Dick Zombies" sounds like the name of the creepy guy that used to live in a mobile home park near here that would poke around peoples' trash for aluminum cans.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 02, 2011, 07:37:18 PM
"Dick Zombies" sounds like the name of the creepy guy that used to live in a mobile home park near here that would poke around peoples' trash for aluminum cans.

That was Dixon Bease. We made a lotta money on them cans, man.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 02, 2011, 07:43:13 PM
That was Dixon Bease. We made a lotta money on them cans, man.

HECTAR
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 02, 2011, 08:05:17 PM
Well now I know what I'm going as for next Halloween.

Nice to see you, Xolik. Where've you been hiding?

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 02, 2011, 10:41:12 PM
I thought he was out furthering the gay agenda to destroy the American Family.








Oh wait... that someone else.  :w:
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 02, 2011, 10:55:05 PM
I think Xolik's gay agenda is way more involved than that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on November 02, 2011, 11:17:52 PM
I've seen Xolik's gay agenda.  It's impressive.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 02, 2011, 11:45:00 PM
and long
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 03, 2011, 12:45:28 AM
It's a veritable manifeasto.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 03, 2011, 01:20:10 AM
Huh. Manifesto my ass.


Wait, that didn't come out right.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 03, 2011, 07:08:06 AM
lol
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 03, 2011, 11:20:33 AM
I've been floating around, but mostly when I'm online I'm Facebooking. Plus work has been more busy than usual.  :-(
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 03, 2011, 12:17:45 PM
You're avatar is smurfy
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on November 03, 2011, 03:20:19 PM
I've been collecting Smurfs off and on since I was a wee little lad.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
I've been floating around, but mostly when I'm online I'm Facebooking. Plus work has been more busy than usual.  :-(

I quit FB almost entirely. Too damn much for me.

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 03, 2011, 04:46:16 PM
I quit FB almost entirely. Too damn much for me.

I deleted my account for 6 months... and then started it back up because nobody else pays their phone bill.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on November 04, 2011, 10:35:35 AM
Murmuration of starlings (http://vimeo.com/31158841).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 04, 2011, 05:37:46 PM
Murmuration of starlings (http://vimeo.com/31158841).

That was cool... I kept thinking... "Shotgun. I need a shotgun now."
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 05, 2011, 09:47:34 PM
My husband said this sentence today:

You know...when we were at your sister's house, I was really admiring her cat's butthole.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 07, 2011, 01:29:33 PM
Does your sister have a cat?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on November 07, 2011, 03:05:03 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 07, 2011, 08:27:12 PM
Explains
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 21, 2011, 07:25:12 PM
Good thing it's not a flat cat ass!

http://www.myfox8.com/news/ktla-fix-a-flat-injections,0,6177804.story

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 24, 2011, 12:11:02 AM
Freakin' hilarious:

great-moments-in-history-if-internet-was-around (http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_284_27-great-moments-in-history-if-internet-was-around/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 27, 2011, 10:36:53 PM
Quote
my discovered are so many and this is came from the bible and i have many proofs,,,if you have no god means you are not a human you are robot cause bacteria is came from water and gravty and dust ,,,gravity is a god or dark matter what kind of dna are you have if have no god devil or alien have a god and this is her creator why are you here in the universe of the human and how you build your body witout using a god ..or you need to study more to improve your weak brain . if you want the explanation of this and also the dinosaur and froofs you will pay a lot of money cause you are not belong to us,,,but if you have a god i gave this free Nicholas Harrinandan nobody cant change to nero ceasar cause of the inserting of memory of the alien to her body and there are so many also the scientist this very hard to remove this is like a crimina or gay or sex maniac and other that the character are not a normal human by using an insect especially the mosquieto for adding a character the problem of that are her children how can he save her children and wife how he can enter to the gate of heaven without god dont say there is no heaven,,,,there is an heaven 100% and me and my family are in the inside of the heaven thats why i can explain all i can proofs there is a gate and heaven you dont understand what or who is jesus also in scientific dont knows ,,, here is the one example of the words of the god : celebrate the death of jesus to release you in curse of death,,,,,this true,, and the proof iam the holder of the key of immortality and i can proof this a billion times also the gate of heaven here in my hand and this key are to those who believe in god,,,,,,,,, and this is only for the hebrew and christianity.,,,since last year iam starting to open the all mystery that keep it or hide of the bastarrd ,liar fuck alien and who are the religion and scientist have a key of immortality only the cristian why are nothing you are nothing,, the people dying now after the end of final judgement all are born again by using of commanding to the gene if you are burning me to write the procedure how the dying people to turn alive,,sorry my brain are too fast than you that is the old scientist and new born scientist,,,and you are in the outside of the door thats why you dont understand anything cause of the escaping of intilligent cause god dont want to use her body to those who dont believe to her the dying allied of jesus will be born again and i can froof it to all scientist eh! Don Yarber and this is the end of the alien and her allied that is the big mistake of alien and her allied ,,,god used her tallent to save the human instead to destroy the humanity,,that is the ability of our god no living life to this universe can tie to the god,,,,, a people who dont believe to the god are not a human cause the creator is not a god thats why this planet are many different type of living life but not the designer is only ! there are many,,, like a car if iam ferrari and you are mitsubshi you means same factory and samme ability eh! thats why have the dooms day god will remove the living life who dont believe to her and to her son,,,and this is very close now from the insect up to the animal and human and alien god dont want to use her separated body to those who believe to her

Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TameableExpert on November 28, 2011, 05:03:05 PM
"sorry my brain are too fast than you"

O Rly?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on November 28, 2011, 11:13:09 PM
I'm sorry, I was distracted by the repeated commas.

Ellipses... You're doing it wrong.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 29, 2011, 11:21:58 AM
Look out now. She has froofs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on November 29, 2011, 04:03:51 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling, 12!?

Where did you get that?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 29, 2011, 05:56:10 PM
Comments section on Youtube.


I ALWAYS read the comments sections...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on November 29, 2011, 11:32:18 PM
For example:

iPhone 4 Explodes Midflight on Australian Airline (http://news.yahoo.com/iphone-4-explodes-midflight-australian-airline-224014583.html)
"While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, a passenger’s iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S, which is Apple’s latest model) suddenly started “emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow,” according to a Regional Express statement. Blahblahblah..."

But the real read is the comments:

Hector  •  Milwaukee, United States  •  10 hours ago
   The iBomb


alex  •  Walnut Creek, United States  •  10 hours ago
    The phone couldnt stand uploading another useless twitter update.


BeatClapper  •  St. Louis, United States  •  10 hours ago
    Looks like the Al Quaida App is a bust.


eric 10 hours ago
    Does that make everyone on the plane an iWitness?


Eric 10 hours ago
    If he calls Apple support, they'll just tell him he was holding it wrong.


Mingo 10 hours ago
    It's the cigarette lighter app, sillies !!


John B 11 hours ago
   A nice weapon and it's easy for terrorist to get, with a 2 year commitment.....


Rig 10 hours ago
    This phone will self destruct in 6 iSeconds.


Conservative Liberal, Lib ... 7 hours ago
    He must have been playing Angry Jihadists


Mathew 11 hours ago
    Siri, why are you on fire?


RockDaHouse85 11 hours ago
    Eyewitnesses report that the glowing iPhone resembled a "lidless eye, wreathed in flame," and said that they heard an ominous voice intone, "I see you."


OAKLEGA  •  Atlanta, United States  •  11 hours ago
    Once again, Apple has the hottest product.


garylolong 10 hours ago
    The iPhone 5 will level a whole city block.


JB  •  St. Paul, United States  •  11 hours ago
    Thank God that didn't happen to me...considering I'm Muslim.


rabbit 11 hours ago
    Siri, show me a picture of an explosion.


Locke 2 hours ago
    i guess theres an app for grounding an airplane now..


;P  •  Pensacola, United States  •  11 hours ago
    Did ya try turning it off and turning it back on ?


Jeff 10 hours ago
    It was a rotten apple.



  I think JB wins just for pure awesomeness.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 29, 2011, 11:35:04 PM
Eyewitnesses report that the glowing iPhone resembled a "lidless eye, wreathed in flame," and said that they heard an ominous voice intone, "I see you."

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/rotf.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 30, 2011, 12:58:44 AM
They never expect the all knowing ham app.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: All_Knowing_Ham on November 30, 2011, 08:19:11 AM
I see you.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on November 30, 2011, 06:29:42 PM
I didn't expect that.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on November 30, 2011, 06:42:48 PM
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/spanish_inquisition.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on December 01, 2011, 08:50:07 AM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eJoZrIkBkzI/TCDULnrHf0I/AAAAAAAABSg/qHcSLmR5O-w/s320/Picture+23.png)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Rizzy on December 02, 2011, 09:36:44 PM
Freakin' hilarious:

great-moments-in-history-if-internet-was-around (http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_284_27-great-moments-in-history-if-internet-was-around/)

I can totally see Einstein giving a Ted talk.
Wish they did the same with Edison - I could see him giving a Ted talk where he demos the use of light bulbs and phonographs.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on December 08, 2011, 04:04:23 PM
My daughter repeats many things that I say often.  I guess I better stop yelling "THIS IS WHY I DRINK!!" all the time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 08, 2011, 04:33:56 PM
Ian hasn't started saying "This (or you) is why we can't have nice things".  But any day now.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: ivan on January 21, 2012, 02:42:58 PM
This lolled me. (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-which-i-fix-my-girlfriends-grandparents-wifi-and-am-hailed-as-a-conquering-hero)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Scheherazade on January 28, 2012, 11:29:53 AM
So I came back earlier today to post, but was immediately confused by the Inception theme. What was up with that? But after consulting the bottom of a bottle of Malibu I figured out if I just changed the theme, I might be able to post. Yaaaay.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 24, 2012, 10:26:59 PM
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/24/10847614-dick-cheney-recovering-at-hospital-after-heart-transplant (http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/24/10847614-dick-cheney-recovering-at-hospital-after-heart-transplant)

I wonder who he had killed so that he could take their heart...
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on March 26, 2012, 07:37:28 PM
Transplant shouldn't be the term.  That implies replacing an organ with another one.  After all, we all know he never had one in the first place.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on March 30, 2012, 05:39:56 AM
Transplant shouldn't be the term.  That implies replacing an organ with another one.  After all, we all know he never had one in the first place.

I wonder if former vice president Cheney's heart implant is going to try to dig it's way out a la "Alien"...  or if he'd notice if it did.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Vespertine on March 30, 2012, 10:59:08 AM
I saw a funny comment about this the other day.  Someone said something along the lines of, "Is transplant a euphemism for 'he ate their heart to absorb their power?'"  I LOL-ed.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on April 11, 2012, 10:46:43 PM
I just ordered a set of these (http://www.gamescience.com/9002-9038.jpg).
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: damoose on April 12, 2012, 12:29:16 PM
My wife was part of this (http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/17-Arrested-in-Johnson-County-Prostitution-Sting-147103245.html). She was doing the busting, not being busted.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Nosferatu on May 21, 2012, 05:56:29 AM
*Emerges slowly and looks around*

WHOOP!!

Tumbleweed

*Fades back into the shadows*
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 24, 2012, 04:13:34 PM
I apparently need some help with a random thing. I'm trying to change my avatar. I have the page with GIF file. I have saved image as, but when I upload the file to the interwebs (my avatar) the GIF is static and not a motion image, like it's supposed to be. It works for my licklick avatar but not for meowmeow. Please help. Tell me it's something I'm doing.

EDIT: When I open the file in IE (shutup) it is a motion image, but it isn't a motion image as an avatar here (unlike my licklick avatar). Which makes no sense, unless maybe because it's too big, but wouldn't it tell me in annoying red print that the image was too big?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 24, 2012, 05:49:53 PM
If I'm not misunderstanding, you're uploading it here, correct? Have you tried hosting it elsewhere and just using the URL in your avatar settings (The "Specify avatar by URL" option)?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 24, 2012, 06:02:52 PM
I wasn't aware of that option. I will try.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on May 24, 2012, 06:05:19 PM
Success! But this still doesn't explain why licklick could be uploaded but not meowmeow... Oh well.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 24, 2012, 11:30:48 PM
Success! But this still doesn't explain why licklick could be uploaded but not meowmeow... Oh well.

While trying not to take that out of context, very cute avatar!  :-D
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Novice on May 25, 2012, 01:26:57 PM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/gifgifgifgif-2.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Dark Shade on May 25, 2012, 08:13:33 PM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/gifgifgifgif-2.gif)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Hi_NCYNTM&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Hi_NCYNTM&feature=plcp)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on June 04, 2012, 07:03:34 PM
 :slap

http://obmoz.com/
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on June 04, 2012, 07:55:47 PM
 :-o
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: 12 on June 07, 2012, 09:21:20 AM
(http://www.musichouse.biz/desktop/images/catstand.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on June 21, 2012, 04:35:55 PM
My new favourite show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_9CzLCbkY

Portlandia
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: damoose on July 06, 2012, 01:33:05 PM
I just got someone at work to google 'goatse'. I didn't think anyone was out there that would actually fall for it. It was totally awesome. 8-)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: TerrorDronze on July 20, 2012, 09:06:00 AM
I just got someone at work to google 'goatse'. I didn't think anyone was out there that would actually fall for it. It was totally awesome. 8-)
Goatse is old enough that most people don't remember it anymore.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on July 20, 2012, 12:16:38 PM
Whole new generation of kids.  Now they're blue waffling and fried ricing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: damoose on July 23, 2012, 01:49:29 PM
I think the best part was that it was after discussing 'blue waffle'. He still searched for it, at work.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Min on August 01, 2012, 05:31:48 PM
What's a blue waffle?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Wunderkind on August 02, 2012, 06:44:37 PM
Don't. Just don't.

Or at least, don't directly before or after eating. 
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 03, 2012, 02:57:55 PM
What's a blue waffle?

Google it.  You know you want to.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on May 07, 2014, 10:42:15 AM
RISE, RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.


I just used the "Explains." meme with a coworker. I'm not sure he appreciated it like y'all would. YOU PEOPLE.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 07, 2014, 01:40:03 PM
I want to combine the two movies The Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction.

Consider it for a moment.

1. Both movies take place in the Los Angeles area
2. Both movies take place in roughly the same time frame.

With very careful editing, the two films could be stitched together, and new story elements might actually come out of it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on May 07, 2014, 03:33:01 PM
If only I had that kind of time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on May 07, 2014, 06:31:27 PM
Me too.  Or.... any kind of skill in editing movies.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on May 07, 2014, 07:46:13 PM
Movie mashups could be the next music mashups.  Brilliant.  I'd love to see Godzilla vs Remains Of The Day.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 27, 2014, 12:06:32 PM
I'm practicing necromancy.

I'm wearing my first pair of skinny jeans today and wondering why the hell I waited so long to try/buy some. This is a thing I do regularly: give in and try something I'd been actively avoiding, only to have it be something I like using/doing. Anyone else fall into similar practices?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 27, 2014, 04:07:19 PM
Text messaging.  I avoided it for the longest time.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on August 27, 2014, 07:03:13 PM
I actively avoided watching Firefly until late 2007.  Does that count?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on August 27, 2014, 07:30:22 PM
I avoided it until 2013, or was that Serenity?  Anyhow I watched the movie last year and haven't seen the series yet.  Because no time when I'm at home.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on August 28, 2014, 10:09:00 AM
I actively avoided watching Firefly until late 2007.  Does that count?

Yes. Aim to misbehave.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on August 28, 2014, 02:58:16 PM
Mostly just TV shows.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 24, 2014, 08:14:19 AM
Would you rather get in a fight with a horse-sized-duck, or 100 duck-sized-horses?
Explain your answer.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on September 24, 2014, 12:28:18 PM
One horse-sized duck.
For starters, it's easier to manage a 1-on-1 fight than a 100-on-1 zerg rush.
Next, ducks only have 2 legs rather than 4, and their feet aren't designed to trample the crap out of people.
Finally, ducks have lighter, thinner bones.  This means that a horse-sized duck won't weigh as much as a horse, and that its bones will break far more easily.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on September 24, 2014, 09:38:34 PM
reimero has valid points, but it's not as easy to drop-kick a horse-sized duck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 25, 2014, 01:18:56 AM
What weapons do I get?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on September 25, 2014, 08:33:41 AM
No weapons.

Remember, a duck's bill is a formidable weapon and the wing span would be like 30 feet.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 25, 2014, 12:35:35 PM
I'd do the 100 duck sized horses.  I'd pretend that I was Neo taking on the infinite agent Smiths.  Plus the drop kick thing that Catwritr brought up sounds like more fun than a barrel of duck sized horses.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: reimero on September 26, 2014, 09:28:56 AM
Horse-sized Peking Duck.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: zorgon on September 26, 2014, 02:08:36 PM
Horse-sized Peking Duck.
Well now I'm hungry. Damn it.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on September 26, 2014, 08:43:04 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/nt3Qg7A.jpg)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on September 29, 2014, 02:04:50 PM
Lol @ Scotch!

/sweetlovin_flashback
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: BizB on November 27, 2014, 07:08:29 PM
Today, on NPR's The Splendid Table, someone called in asking for advice for decorating the man-gravy milking table. The host was oblivious. I was rolling my eyes and laughing.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: zorgon on November 27, 2014, 07:56:53 PM
Thappy Hanksgiving, geeks. I less than three y'all. Wait. I less than three most of ya.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on December 01, 2014, 11:54:01 AM
Thappy Hanksgiving, geeks. I less than three y'all. Wait. I less than three most of ya.

You. That.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 01, 2014, 02:00:27 PM
Today, on NPR's The Splendid Table, someone called in asking for advice for decorating the man-gravy milking table. The host was oblivious. I was rolling my eyes and laughing.

Is it on youtube yet?
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: xolik on December 30, 2014, 10:55:26 PM
CAKE LOL (http://kfor.com/2014/12/30/toymaker-forced-to-change-new-play-doh-set-after-wave-of-parent-complaints/)


May be considered NSFW if you work with total humbugs.


Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on December 30, 2014, 11:05:31 PM
From the What Were They Thinking Dept.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on December 31, 2014, 12:56:13 AM
Extruder Tool!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: zorgon on January 02, 2015, 01:44:14 AM
Extruder Tool!

band name
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 07, 2015, 10:28:24 PM
Pretty crazy to think about: this thread has been around for over 15 years and I'm still terrible at math
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on January 08, 2015, 02:10:51 PM
Pretty crazy to think about: this thread has been around for over 15 years and I'm still terrible at math

That number seemed so plausible I had to check the date I started it. I've known you people way too long.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 08, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
YOU PEOPLE!
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Skananabittles on January 28, 2015, 01:46:24 AM
Some pet sematary shit going on. (http://abc7.com/pets/miracle-cat-claws-its-way-out-of-own-grave/492976/)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 28, 2015, 12:59:55 PM
There has to be a joke in there somewhere.
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: zorgon on January 28, 2015, 01:42:53 PM
That would be the State of Florida
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 29, 2015, 07:58:42 PM
Some pet sematary shit going on. (http://abc7.com/pets/miracle-cat-claws-its-way-out-of-own-grave/492976/)

Jesus Christ!!!

(https://i.imgur.com/LgYAVHS.gif)
Title: Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread
Post by: hackess on November 07, 2016, 11:48:44 AM
230 pages of random? Seems low, given y'alls ADD.

/casually drops gauntlet
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