What's mildly amusing you today? - Page 28

Clodfobble · 07-11-2010, 09:29 PM

I got caught speeding, through a tiny town between here and Houston where the speed limit secretly drops to 55 for about a mile, then goes back to 70.

Of course, I would have been going above the limit even if the signs had stayed at 70...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2010, 10:24 PM

When I worked for Dupont, everyone was required to take the course in the evening at a high school, or you couldn't drive on company time.

classicman · 07-12-2010, 07:27 AM

Don't most people take it for a discount on their auto insurance? I believe you only need take it every three years. Seems worth it to me.

Clodfobble · 07-12-2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

I believe you only need take it every three years.

Yeah, that's about how often I take it, but it's never been for insurance.

Lamplighter · 07-29-2010, 01:42 PM

Helping out the neighbors

Lamplighter · 07-31-2010, 10:41 AM

My wife, Edy, and I were sitting on the couch and our chocolate Lab, Vicky, started licking herself the way dogs do.

Edy yelled, "Vicky, Stop that ! If you're going to do that, do it somewhere else ! "

Vicky looked up quite defiantly, and I thought I heard her say under her breath:
"If you think you can do it better, come over hear and do it yourself ! "

classicman · 07-12-2010, 08:59 AM

<knock knock>
on wood

Madman · 08-05-2010, 10:27 AM

I get an average of 50-60 phone calls and roughly 100 emails a day. I'm very good at responding and organizing (I apologize if I sound like a braggart - that's not my intention). Anyway, yesterday afternoon I busied out both my incoming lines - that was fun

...and my email. Ohhh... I was a bad boy. I forwarded it to my boss - all of it!

...and he's on vacation!!!

For a week! Oops!

I'm going home pretty soon and I'm calling in sick tomorrow.

Sometimes rebellion has a sweet flavor.

They won't fire me. Not that I'm indespensible - I'm not. I'm just too reliable.

ZenGum · 08-04-2010, 08:07 AM

Best abstract ever:

Quote:

Kotzee, Ben (2007) Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief. S. Afr. J. Philos. Vol 26 No 2 pp 163-175.

Abstract

“Bullshit”, as Harry Frankfurt writes in his recent book, On Bullshit, is a communication that pretends to be genuinely informative, but really is not. The person who talks bullshit, Frankfurt holds, is unconcerned with whether what he says is true, but is very concerned with how he is thought of by the listener. In this paper, I discuss Frankfurt's theory of bullshit, making specific reference to the requirement for deceptive intent on the part of the bullshitter, and to whether bullshitting must involve conscious dishonesty. Some choice examples of bullshit are nosed and the question of whether Frankfurt really has it in for postmodernism is addressed.

Vouched for as genuine by yours truly. Frankfurt (2005) On Bullshit is a real book and is in my uni library.

classicman · 08-04-2010, 08:46 AM

that belongs in the politics thread.

ZenGum · 08-04-2010, 08:51 AM

Bullshit.

Sundae · 08-05-2010, 12:21 PM

Overheard in town today, two old wifies:
"You can't even tell what colour girls are these days, what with sunbeds and fake tans"

I think she meant you can't tell a girl's ethnic heritage.
Because after all you CAN tell what colour she is. You just have to look.

SteveDallas · 08-06-2010, 09:47 AM

HAGGIZ!!!! So close, but yet so far.

thud85 · 08-06-2010, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

HAGGIZ!!!! So close, but yet so far.

They need to hurry up the development of a reliable Android screenshot app; I've taken pictures of my phone with a friend's phone and then sent it to my own phone too many times, I'm always afraid I'm going to get sucked into a black hole.

monster · 08-06-2010, 09:49 AM

Space Exploration Monster Boy.

I also have a three minute video of his monologue as he narrates his adventures, but it's somewhat shaky as I was lmao silently so he wouldn't notice me videoing

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07-11-2010, 09:29 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I got caught speeding, through a tiny town between here and Houston where the speed limit secretly drops to 55 for about a mile, then goes back to 70. Of course, I would have been going above the limit even if the signs had stayed at 70... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-11-2010, 10:24 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When I worked for Dupont, everyone was required to take the course in the evening at a high school, or you couldn't drive on company time. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2010, 07:27 AM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Don't most people take it for a discount on their auto insurance? I believe you only need take it every three years. Seems worth it to me. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-12-2010, 08:59 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	<knock knock> on wood __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-04-2010, 08:46 AM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	that belongs in the politics thread. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-29-2010, 01:42 PM	#5
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Helping out the neighbors

07-31-2010, 10:41 AM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	My wife, Edy, and I were sitting on the couch and our chocolate Lab, Vicky, started licking herself the way dogs do. Edy yelled, "Vicky, Stop that ! If you're going to do that, do it somewhere else ! " Vicky looked up quite defiantly, and I thought I heard her say under her breath: "If you think you can do it better, come over hear and do it yourself ! "

08-05-2010, 10:27 AM	#8
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	I get an average of 50-60 phone calls and roughly 100 emails a day. I'm very good at responding and organizing (I apologize if I sound like a braggart - that's not my intention). Anyway, yesterday afternoon I busied out both my incoming lines - that was fun ...and my email. Ohhh... I was a bad boy. I forwarded it to my boss - all of it! ...and he's on vacation!!! For a week! Oops! I'm going home pretty soon and I'm calling in sick tomorrow. Sometimes rebellion has a sweet flavor. They won't fire me. Not that I'm indespensible - I'm not. I'm just too reliable.

08-04-2010, 08:51 AM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Bullshit. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-05-2010, 12:21 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Overheard in town today, two old wifies: "You can't even tell what colour girls are these days, what with sunbeds and fake tans" I think she meant you can't tell a girl's ethnic heritage. Because after all you CAN tell what colour she is. You just have to look.

08-06-2010, 09:47 AM	#13
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	HAGGIZ!!!! So close, but yet so far. Attached Images

08-06-2010, 09:49 AM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Space Exploration Monster Boy. I also have a three minute video of his monologue as he narrates his adventures, but it's somewhat shaky as I was lmao silently so he wouldn't notice me videoing . Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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