Stupid People
Stupid people are all around us. They're annoying but can be fun to laugh at, or at least, laugh about. So share your stupid people stories here!
Here's mine, from today:
I was hurrying to the subway, and got in the elevator, which is the quickest route from street level to the concourse. Two other people got in at the same time. One stood near the control buttons and diligently pushed the "up" button.
Folks, we were on the street level. Trying to get to the subway. SUB - way. Duh.
The light flashed and went off.
So she pushed it again.
She pushed the button three &%$#ing times!
Finally her friend said something to her and she pushed the "down" button, and away we went.
As soon as the doors opened I scooted out. I don't want anyone like that in my way, they might forget to breathe and fall down or something.
Okay, only mildly stupid, but threads have to start somewhere.
yeah--stupid people are everywhere. it's easy to put people down for being dumb. It's one of my failings. But I've learned the hard way that intelligence is only one measure of a man and does not equal worth.
Hey Now !! I make a liveing from stupid folks !!!
Like driveing 2 hours to press NumLock !!
or driveing 4 hours to plug in a printer ,
Or just today getting a call from somebody on how to set their time and date , ( they had gotten into set up and knocked EVERY thing back to fact defaults !!)
My answer to stupid folks , " sign Here !! "
Hmmm...Saturday morning I had to pour creamer in someone's coffee for them because they couldn't get it out of the container...She may have been stupid...but maybe she just needed some coffee....I'm not sure! She set the container down, confused, picked up and set it down...she just didn't know how to do it.
I grabbed the container from the counter and unscrewed the lid a little bit, and poured her creamer for her. The lid didn't need to be unscrewed...but out of politeness, I acted like that was what was wrong with it.
She probably just needed coffee...or she was too stupid to pour something out of a caraffe. I don't know. Saturday mornings can be rough for young people depending on their Friday nights...when they act really stupid.
I know...because I have been that stupid.
Also, absent-mindedness is not stupidity. Just because I was too spacy to notice those olive-roll looking things were actually teabuns doesn't make me stupid.
Every now and then someone will open the door for me and stand in the doorway looking at me waiting for me to wheel in or out, holding the door open.
It happens more than I like to think about.
Every now and then someone will open the door for me and stand in the doorway looking at me waiting for me to wheel in or out, holding the door open.
It happens more than I like to think about.
Those goddamn motherfuckers.
stand in the doorway
This is the part that makes them stupid, Flint. I bet it's happened to you too--someone is so determined to be polite that they stretch the shit out of their arm trying to hold an inward-swinging door open while also trying to let the other person go first.
Yeah I'm pretty stupid.
I'm pretty sure I got conned today.
An overweight woman was walking on the street today and me and my roommate and his friend were going home from class. She stopped us and said she is a victim of domestic abuse and she's pregnant and not from around here (Champaign Urbana, Illinois, USA) and is raising 38 dollars to get her "home."
My roommate said "what do you want us to do" and she said "just spare a little money so I can go home."
We reach for our wallets and my roommate pulls out a dollar. She says "sir you can help me out more than that (with some attitude!)" and I KNEW my roommate really wanted to say "bitch please be grateful!" but I wanted to get her to shutup so I gave her a 10. Yeah (that 10 was from my mom in a Halloween card she sent me! :yeldead: ). She said "thank you sir" then turned to H, my roommate's friend, and asked if he could help. He was very reluctant, but gave her a 5 (because I showed up my roommate with a 10, fuck I feel bad for H cause it's my fault).
10 minutes later reflecting on this I can tell she was a con artist. It's probably bullshit she isn't from around here just walking on CAMPUS calling out domestic abuse and she's "pregant" when she's really just fat. Fuck but my dumbass fell for it.
Reminds me of a time I was leaving my girlfriend's dorm and a well dressed walking man approached me and said his family was in the car a ways back and he was looking for I 74 interstate and needs money to get home and mentioned his Baptist church. Well I could tell from that immediately that it was bullshit so I said "I don't have my wallet unfortunately, but God Bless and I hope you do ok." God Bless made him grin and fortunately leave without me being conned (but he did ask me about my bike as I was unlocking it to leave).
But this time I was dumb. And now my roommate is jokingly calling me an asshole for forcing H to get his money doped. But it's true, how funny it is that I'm the asshole here.
Don't worry about it. Ten dollars is a small price to pay to learn this life lesson. It's actually the perfect amount, because it's enough that you will pay attention, but not enough to hurt you. You won't be conned anywhere near as easily next time because of this experience. Consider it an investment in your future ability to detect scams.
"sir you can help me out more than that (with some attitude!)"
Bill goes back in my wallet and I give her .50 at that point.
Fresh you probably were conned, but you weren't stupid.
I gave the last money out of my purse to someone a couple of weeks ago and I figured he needed it more than me as he was desperate enough to be asking strangers. He only got about 63p (just over a dollar) but it made me feel good for quite a while.
Just remind yourself how lucky you are that $10 doesn't mean that much to you that you have to try and scam strangers for it. And next time stick to what you said to the Baptist scammer. Or offer to buy some take-out food if you think they might be genuine.
I wish I could find an embeddable clip for this, but no. So here's a link.
http://www.cmt.com/loaded/index.jhtml?vid=175391
This is from the second season of the show "Making the Team: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders." Among other show segments, it contains the interview portion of the auditions. Give it time to buffer, then skip ahead to 3:45 minutes remaining. If you really can't wait for the setup, the pure comedy gold starts at 2:55 minutes remaining.
Guilty confession: I love this show. There is
no earthly reason why this show should entertain me, but God help me, I am addicted.
Hey Now !! I make a living from stupid folks !!!
You will like this one Zip. Girl I worked with lost her data cause she only used c: and didn't back it up. We advised her to put it on the server drive which is backed up every night.
And then I said, "The IT people keep those backup tapes for 6 months."
Her reply? :rolleyes: "But that file has a year's worth of data in it!":headshake
Condoleeza Jones?
Must say, watched the whole thing and really liked the deaf girl's lyrical presentation and how it moved the dance instructor.
That made my day, thanks Clod.
Hoof, the rest of the episodes can all be found in the menu on the right, if you find yourself craving more hot cheerleader action. :) Spoiler: the deaf girl is one of the best, she makes the team easily and I believe is the first deaf team member they've ever had.
I was just in a meeting in South Tahoe and someone mentioned the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which is abbreviated STPUD, but the locals pronounce it Stupid (
http://www.stpud.us/). When I was driving back to Sacramento (California), I saw a political sign beside the road saying "Joe Smith for STPUD Director."
Early in my career, I had a fax to send to five people and it was the first time I ever used a fax machine. I made five copies of the document I needed to send and gave them to the secretary, along with the list of names and numbers.
I'm pretty sure I got conned today.
You did.
But now you know.
Go forth and sin no more.
Since I deal with sad looking homeless people pretty much all the time, I'm pretty immune. Most of them are with it enough not to try hitting me up for anything other than cigarettes.
Chances are you're going to see this lady again and again ... probably not pregnant. Nice touch, though, that she's asking for an odd amount. Bad on her that she's harassing people into coming across with more than a buck. Beggars used to have standards.
you didn't get conned. you got spare changed. conned is when they play upon your greed....
I gave a guy $20 outside a liquor store not too long ago. I knew the bullshit about his car breaking down with his kids in it was a come on.....I knew that although he promised to mail it back to me at the dealership, I'd never see it again. fuck it. not stupid.....weak. the guy caught me at a moment of low will power. he had a good sales pitch. i paid him to shut up and let me get in my car. chalk it up, babe!
Well if it's confessions time:
In my mid-teens I bought a watch from a mail-order add. The add suggested (but on later close examination, didn't actually promise) a combination digital and analogue display.
What arrived was an incredibly cheap digital display .. behind a PRINTED analogue face with the hands PAINTED ON! And the whole thing fell apart within a month anyway.
I paid about $12 for a valuable lesson about marketing and mail order crap. A good price, I think.
I've been caught weak by just about every story mentioned in this thread so far. Car broke down with kids (in my case it was grandkids, and I gave the man my jumper cables, 5 cigarettes, and the whole $1.62 in my wallet), a woman trying to get "home." Once I even "loaned" a woman $80 for a tow truck. Oh yea, I'm a sucker for a sob story; maybe because I've been the subject of a few (though never enough to ask strangers for money). I also pledge to most of the Police/Fire/EMT solicitors that call, although that is seeding, so a different situation.
I've also been out of it enough to have a similar experience as the one wth the creamer caraffe, and stretching across to hold the door. Oh yea, I have my moments. :blush:
As to the smartass who was nervy enough to ask for more than you gave... at that point I may very well have taken the dollar back and walked away. Asking is one thing - demanding is another. Bitch. :mad2:
maybe you were a beggar in a previous life?
anyone ever
buy speakers out of a van? UT?
I got offered them several times but no.
When I was a young kid I got tooken by some dude in an Atlantic City casino who sold me his stupid jewelry saying it was diamond and 14k gold. He got about $150 out of me which was good money for a young kid at the time.
But I didn't learn, I went for a lease deal on this truck and the dude sold me tire insurance. Tire insurance, can you believe it?
But I didn't learn, I went for a lease deal on this truck and the dude sold me tire insurance. Tire insurance, can you believe it?
when you pop those tires just before you return the vehicle and get brand new ones for free... instead of a bill to replace them right before your lease matures, you'll feel vindicated.
(This is true and I have run over gawd knows what in this vehicles history... without worry)
anyone ever buy speakers out of a van? UT?
Twice, both at the grocery store I worked at in high school, Jewel Osco (yeah Midwest!).
For the low, low price of $2500.
Jeeeezus, fresh, screw the fat lady beggar, you really got scammed on those speakers.
Back Of A Van speakers would go for about $250 a pair on campus, at most. Stolen shit is supposed to be cheaper, that's the moral tradeoff for the buyer.
no, no, see at Jewel/Osco they really bring the high end stuff, he paid a fair price.
I live in phoenix where the top three professions are as follows:
1) stripper (seriously, more strip clubs than mcdonald's)
2) escort
3) beggar
Our beggars work in shifts at all the interstate on/off ramps. I refuse to give them anything unless their cardboard sign is either really funny or really honest (I won't lie, I just need a beer is always a winner). It is seriously a profession for a lot of these people. Down town is another story though. These people are the real deal. I give them give certificates to the grocery store or fast food. i don't care if they buy beer with it, i just don't want them buying crystal with my help.
Those goddamn motherfuckers.
No, it is seriously funny.
I do try not to laugh.
The ones that do piss me off and I do want to call motherfuckers are the ones that see my cane and (which I would never do) ask if I can walk.
I tell them "very short distances, to the bathroom, stuff like that" (I don't tell them how much it hurts and that I cannot always do so). Then, inevitably, motherfucker will say "I would just walk all the time, I think you should".
I think they should shoot themselves.
~snipI live in phoenix where the top three professions are as follows:
1) stripper (seriously, more strip clubs than mcdonald's)
2) escort
3) beggar ~snip
Great...now UT is going to ask me to move too...
No, it is seriously funny.
I do try not to laugh.
The ones that do piss me off and I do want to call motherfuckers are the ones that see my cane and (which I would never do) ask if I can walk.
I tell them "very short distances, to the bathroom, stuff like that" (I don't tell them how much it hurts and that I cannot always do so). Then, inevitably, motherfucker will say "I would just walk all the time, I think you should".
I think they should shoot themselves.
Do people really say that shit? I can't imagine.
I work in IT, my stories would exceed UT's bandwith limits.
Do people really say that shit? I can't imagine.
That and worse.
Often it is "can you
really not walk?"
You would be amazed at how many morons tell me to "just as jesus to heal me and I'll be alright tomorrow."
With a straight face.
It happens constantly. Less often people will ask if they can pray for me... I used to fall for it and then they would put their hands on me and try to heal me right there in public. Yes, more than once.
Now I just say "no thank you" or "on your own time".
More often than not, this is without ever introducing themselves or asking if they are interrupting in any way... they just walk up and start talking.
Almost daily when I am in public I have this entire conversation.
Someone walks up:
"What is wrong with you?"
I give them a brief description.
"Oh".
Then they walk away.
Sometimes while I am eating or in the middle of a conversation.
If I am in a bad mood I have said "you are interrupting me/are rude", but the above is usually how it goes.
I work in IT, my stories would exceed UT's bandwith limits.
I taught software.
Yeah.
I worked at a craft store years ago, and this woman stood in front of 12 feet of craft paint looking intently at it as I was stocking shelves. After about 3 or 4 minutes she says"soooo, this is paint?" I took a break asap
Well....was it paint?!?
:)
lol!
NO NO NO i didn't buy them
What i meant to say was I didn't buy them, but was offered twice. Sheesh!
I put in an alarm in a ware house that was storing speakers sold out of a van once ,
They paid cash and didn't make verry much eye contact .
We were approached for the bazillionth time by a another scammer tonight. It was the usual, "Excuse me, excuse me, I'm trying to get (somewhere)..." MB cut him off and said, "No, I don't have any money," and we turned around and kept walking. I looked back a few paces later, but he'd disappeared. Thank god.
He's the third guy in row I've noticed who, despite looking like a sad-sack deadbeat, was wearing VERY nice jacket. The last time this happened (last Tuesday), I couldn't help but compliment the man on his brand-new olive corduroy coat. He seemed to be appreciative.
bluecuracao:
I have had that experience in the city many times... I have trouble with "no money" and I use instead "I'm sorry. I can't help you today." I do make eye contact, and my smile is free and sincere.
The coat quality varies considerably, but is heavily weighted toward the dirty heavy large end of the scale.
although I try not to judge, I'm human, and the first thing I think when I see motorcyclists without helmets is --- STUPID!
Cloud is right there.....I just saw a chick this summer (riding on the back) with (barely) a shirt that was held on by a string, no helmet, no gloves, but what? Sunglasses......
I told my husband: If she would like to continue to be hot, she might want to put some gear on before her pretty skin is shaven off by the road when she hits it.
Watching that made me cringe a little on the inside...uuugh.
"Sorry for the incontinence." Written numerous times, in emails to the entire college, by a co-worker.
lol!!!
No...that's not stupid, that's just Hilarious!!!!
:rotflol:
"______ Pride"
Being proud of anything having to do with an association or coincidence of birth, not an actual achievement of your own.
Stupid.
I have had that experience in the city many times... I have trouble with "no money" and I use instead "I'm sorry. I can't help you today." I do make eye contact, and my smile is free and sincere.
For me, it's "Sorry, no,"
with eye contact, but not even slowing down. I didn't used to be that brusque, but 16 years of walking past these guys every day will get you to streamline a bit. They will still be there tomorrow if you give them cash or not. No homeless people starve in DC. Plenty of soup kitchens. Lots of shelters too. I donate $ to the shelters and kitchens to keep from feeling too much guilt.
ok....
Stupid people ask for money I see (in nice coats or not).....there's a reccurring theme here.....
I was not aware of that. The next time someone asks me for money I will call them stupid.
er, I think Zengum was berating himself for falling for a con, not that the requesting party was stupid.
....there's a recurring theme here......
Zengum did what when?!? what?
....there's a recurring theme here......
Zengum did what when?!? what?
Sheesh, Cicero, you're stupid.
I'M KIDDING. You know I loves ya! :p :bolt:
RK...Their high school is pretty stupid too.
The only school I ever got in trouble in.......I'm glad I had a short stay there.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21661718/?GT1=10547
People who think they shouldn't be punished for breaking stupid rules are stupid.
Sheesh, Cicero, you're stupid.
I'M KIDDING. You know I loves ya! :p :bolt:
Best run..
sucka!! I
may be stupid...but I bet I can still kick some major Shawnee...........#@*!!
:D
The only con I've been suckered into lately was accepting Cicero's challenge to reach 1,000 posts, when she was already 700 in front of me.
I thought the point about the stupid people and beggars was the sucker who gives an unreasonably large amount of money to a beggar because they believed some made-up sob story. I'm not really sure if that is stupidity though.
Or am I being stupid in not grasping your irony and you already knew this? Duhhhhhhh?
My next stupid people story comes from when I was working in a petrol station (gas station to USAns.) A refinery strike led to an odds-and-evens rationing system; you could only buy petrol on alternate days, depending on whether your number plate ended with an even or odd number.
Questions included:
*Is it the first digit or last digit I check? (from a guy whose numbers were ALL even!)
*Is zero an even number? (Just let me check my reference list for you sir...)
*What's an even number? (WTF? Helllloooooo?)
*Is zero an even number? (Just let me check my reference list for you sir...)
I remember being told that zero isn't an even number in Elementary school. Funny.
Best run..sucka!! I may be stupid...but I bet I can still kick some major Shawnee...........#@*!!
:D
Yeah, but you know these guys are gonna want to watch!:rolleyes:
People who think they shouldn't be punished for breaking stupid rules are stupid.
"No displays of affection" is an impossible rule to follow. "Hi" is a display of affection if done in the right tone.
If you read the full article it was just an arm over the shoulder not a full on sexual hug.
Your reply is ridiculous and the school rule, the administration and those who try to employ, back or enforce this kind of stupidity are actually stupid. Not being stupid, actually stupid people.
I was a teacher and worked in schools where I was told this kind of stupid shit all the time... in one ear and our the other where it belonged.
Hehe, I forgot about the PDA rule. I lost my virginity in my junior high stairwell, I guess they weren't real sticklers on PDA.
Hehe, I forgot about the PDA rule. I lost my virginity in my junior high stairwell, I guess they weren't real sticklers on PDA.
What is it about you and stairwells dude?
What is it about you and stairwells dude?
Dunno, might be the manic depression. I identify with things that are up and down all the time.
Dunno, might be the manic depression. I identify with things that are up and down all the time.
Hey I identify with those (stairwells), as they are a major feature in my dreamscapes. A Jungian psychoanalyst told me that if you are descending you are going further into an unconscious state (going further into collective consciousness) and if you are ascending you are reaching a higher spiritual plateu.
This does not mean you are manic...she called it gifted.
Sounds like a bunch of psychoanalytic hooey but she went into great detail at the time and seemed to be highly versed in that topic. She also seemed to be highly versed in most of the randomness I threw at her, and the more I gave her thinking I would get a diagnosis, the more she said that not only was I perfectly normal, I was also highly gifted.:D
Sweeeeet.
See, I don't think I am gifted....
but that was money well spent. You may have this one Mocking for free.
Hey Zen- I just gave someone in a nice jacket an unreasonable amount of money. In fact he was dressed so well that I gave him more money than I normally would. I didn't care about a con or not. He's honest, he says he needs to eat. So I gave him enough for an ok lunch. The next day (yesterday) I was treated to a gift at my normal coffee shop. He had left an electronic keyboard for me with the owners of the coffee shop. I still believe in people. It's probably a weakness. I don't care.
Hey Zen- I just gave someone in a nice jacket an unreasonable amount of money. In fact he was dressed so well that I gave him more money than I normally would. I didn't care about a con or not. He's honest, he says he needs to eat. So I gave him enough for an ok lunch. The next day (yesterday) I was treated to a gift at my normal coffee shop. He had left an electronic keyboard for me with the owners of the coffee shop. I still believe in people. It's probably a weakness. I don't care.
You are so fixated with me, it is both flattering and creepy.
I have not described a story about giving money to people. In this thread you will find such stories from Fresh, LJ, Vienna, and Blue (who mentioned the jacket). Cloud (post #53) linked it to me and your obsession took it from there.
Equally I don't label beggars as stupid, although I have (briefly) met a few who seemed that way. And likewise I don't think giving money to beggars is stupid.
Believing their stories might be a bit naive, though, but not always. I give (sometimes, and usually less than I should :p ) but not because I believe the story. I just figure they need the money pretty badly, and if I can spare a little, I'll share.
I've had beggars approach me in Japan
four times. Even Japanese people are surprised by this. I gave, more to those who spoke English. I figure I might need their help one day.
Just on general principal, I don't give money to men panhandlers, only women. Even bummy men have a better chance at jobs than women do, and have the potential to make more. Women and children deserve handouts more until that equalizes, IMO.
:D
I thought the point about the stupid people and beggars was the sucker who gives an unreasonably large amount of money to a beggar because they believed some made-up sob story. I'm not really sure if that is stupidity though.
Just responding to this my dear. And the fact that you hadn't said anything formerly in the thread on the topic was also made into a joke/jab at me by Shawnee.....
The events of the thread as
I recall and don't even have to go back to look: Cloud tries to quote Zen who had never posted about the topic....I said: what?!? to Cloud.. And Shawnee pops in to the stupid people thread to call me stupid for not getting what you hadn't ever said.
I thought it was well played.....
by Shawnee.
:D
Sigh.....and as for my current obssessions and admirations outside of Shawnee for being funny and quicker than lightning..well....
:rolleyes:
Am I fixated with you?!? You aren't even joking about that anymore...maybe you never were..Holy ....Not that I shouldn't be...or you or undeserveing or something....but holy crap...I was kidding. But not anymore. I'm just learning not to joke with the wrong people. Where are your smilies? You have a bad day so all of a sudden you can take a long-running
joke out of context?
Cicero - I've spent all morning looking for the thread where you posted your butt. Where is it?
I figure I might need their help one day.
True, you just never know.
Around 15 years ago, there was a very outgoing panhandler who was famous in the DC neighborhoods my friends and I frequented.
One night, one friend was on a hot date at a restaurant, only to realize he'd forgotten his wallet. So, he excused himself, took a short walk outside the place...and spotted Little George, working the crowds. To my friend's relief, Little George was nice enough to lend him about 50 bucks or so. At a very high interest rate, of course.
Cicero - I've spent all morning looking for the thread where you posted your butt. Where is it?
lol!!!
:D
Awww man, now what did I do? ;)
Cic, you are totally obsessed by zen tho, srsly
Awww man, now what did I do? ;)
MMmmm....I'm still trying to figure out what you
haven't done...:D
I'M not even sure about that.
MMmmm....I'm still trying to figure out what you haven't done...:D
Shawnee hasn't posted her butt either.
Ok I'm obssessed with Zen and I'm not ashamed anymore....fine. Jesus. Nay, I am all over Zen like hot georgia asphalt in the summer time.
I would love to drink Zen's dirty bath water...he is so awesome I could eat him up. He is so lovely that I find myself awake at night, stareing at the moon and wondering if he is staring at the sun. I haven't even sent him any of my fabulous love poetry that would certainly rock his world yet....
What the hell, one little obssession and everyone is all over your ass....
Someone needs to tell my husband! This isn't right. I feel so guilty but so swept away by the charms of Zen....why does he not love me? waaaah!!!
:)
sigh. wait that one wasn't big enough. siiiiigh.
That's awfully fun...I'm not usually prone to melodrama...if you guys ever want more let me know. Fun to write...terrible reading.
:worried: I thought I'd let you all keep your lunch down.
Ok I'm obssessed with Zen and I'm not ashamed anymore....fine. Jesus.
What the hell, one little obssession and everyone is all over your ass....
:)
sigh. wait that one wasn't big enough. siiiiigh.
No, I'M obsessed with Jesus.
No, I'M obsessed with Jesus.
But, have you given yourself up to Jesus?
No, I'M obsessed with Jesus.
Damn.You.
Shawnee....
:)
I didn't even
italicize it....that was a thought...but that would have been too obvious.
But, have you given yourself up to Jesus?
Mmmmmm... visual.
Mmmmmm... visual.
rkz - The way you said that, combined with the BRAINS! comment in the other thread gave me an idea for a band name: Zombies for Jesus.
What do you think?
Give it some time; it will grow on you. I like the subtler implications.
I still think the best band name would be Cloth Jacket Fonzies
But, have you given yourself up to Jesus?
Definitely!Here's one that happened to me today:
A user called saying her computer wasn't booting up (which is wasn't). I get there, determine it's a bad power supply, and grab the tower to take with me back to the nerd lair. Before I go, I set her up at what we call a hoteling desk. A hoteling desk is an empty seat that has a computer there so someone who's visiting can log into the network, check email, and work. (outlook is automatically setup when you login and everyones my documents folder is mapped to a network drive so you can access it from any pc you log into). Before I leave the area someone see's me and begins asking me a question about their computer which I answer for them. On my way out the original girl tells me there's something wrong with the hoteling pc too. I ask her to show me whats wrong and she's able to login to the computer ok, but once she logs in she can't remote into her own computer...the one I'm holding under my arm.
this may be an urban legend, but i heard from a tow truck driver about a call that they responded to ....a girl had been locked out of her car because the battery in her remote died. the driver arrived, took the key from her hand, and inserted it into the lock.......turned it...and voila.
it's stupid enough to have actually happened....but....i was skeptical.
wow, i think the towtruck driver should have done his civic duty and not returned her keys. you don't want someone that stupid on the roads.
anyone ever buy speakers out of a van? UT?
Guilty. They seemed like good speakers. I fell for the "My boss wants me to get rid of these" line. I was 19.
Guilty. They seemed like good speakers. I fell for the "My boss wants me to get rid of these" line. I was 19.
I actually gave my friend cash to buy speakers out of a van for me sight unseen. I had to re-solder all the connections but I beat the crap outa them for years.
this may be an urban legend, but i heard from a tow truck driver about a call that they responded to ....a girl had been locked out of her car because the battery in her remote died. the driver arrived, took the key from her hand, and inserted it into the lock.......turned it...and voila.
it's stupid enough to have actually happened....but....i was skeptical.
Oh, I believe it. He probably charged her $85 too.
I actually gave my friend cash to buy speakers out of a van for me sight unseen. I had to re-solder all the connections but I beat the crap outa them for years.
they actually were decent speakers. the cases were nice looking, and they sounded nice....they were something like $150 a set to us...probably would have sold for $400 in a store.....it was all a big come on...a dog and pony show. If you didnt pay too too much for them, they were fine. but we would tell them that they usually sold for $1200 a pop....making people think they were some super high end stuff....and this was an opportunity to get a steal of a deal. We also sold the odd cd player or reciever from time to time....so much effort.
The Betting Tips thread has gotten some interesting new arrivals.
It is pretty funny how over-the-top rude and annoying they are, yet beg UT not to ban them.
Replying to Cicero's post #70...
Its been 26 posts but less than 12 hours ... wow what a thread.
Just to explain that I was being ironic too. Sorry for omitting the smilies. Let me make it up:
:) ;) :p :blush: :angel: :confused: :browhappy :biggrin: :heart-on: :3eye: :D
You know I love the attention.
:joylove: :drool: :grouphug:
Soooooo..... where're those love poems then? ;)
The Betting Tips thread has gotten some interesting new arrivals.
It is pretty funny how over-the-top rude and annoying they are, yet beg UT not to ban them.
Wow, what happened over there? There's some serious threatage in that threadage. Hand me the juju-bees.
It's like visiting the zoo and watching the animals.
Soon they'll be throwing poo at each other.
Soon they'll be throwing poo at each other.
Looks to me like they already are.
Wow. It's kind of awesome in a spoiled brat/drunken lout kind of way.
I got 20 bucks on W.H.I.P.
Soon they'll be throwing poo at each other.
It's like visiting the zoo and watching the animals.
It's better though...cuz you can get in the cage and fling poo
with them!
I got 20 bucks on W.H.I.P.
ARE YOU STUPID ??? YOU ARE THE WORST TIPPER IN THE ...
Oh wait, wrong thread. Sorry all :(
;)
PS. :lol: at your post Shawnee
it's too fecking funny :lol:
srsly, can you guys actually read all those caps without your eyes crossing? ouch.
i struggle with the utter lack of punctuation more than the caps....but it's funny if you can get the flow.
it's the mean hurtful names bit that's so funny.
geek. cock.
It's extra funny that we started talking about it in the [ significant pause ] stupid people thread. :lol:
Normally I don't like even reading stupid flame wars. But normally they are about serious issues: abortion, middle east, etc. I'm actually finding it entertaining :corn: (in a contemptuous way) to watch people go all out crazy hammer-and-tongs over football tipping. It's hard to think of something that matters less. :lol:
It's extra funny that we started talking about it in the [ significant pause ] stupid people thread. :lol:
I assumed that was deliberate.
Can we add people who insist on spelling out jokes to the list?
No! :p
:p!
Well, deliberate or not, I still though it was funny. My post was a non-copying reply to yours saying what was extra funny.
And once more for good measure :p !
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What's even funnier is that they will never notice us talking about them here.
Ha Ha!
(WHIP, I don't mean you of course)
rkz - The way you said that, combined with the BRAINS! comment in the other thread gave me an idea for a band name: Zombies for Jesus.
What do you think?
Give it some time; it will grow on you. I like the subtler implications.
I like it already. That and Jesus Porn.
(WHIP, I don't mean you of course)
is this your way of saying that you DO mean
me?
Only if you're a Canadian.
Is that racist?
only if you really mean ' nigger' when you say Canadian.
I heard from a demo lady at our local grocery store that the local homeless people pool their money to buy a costco membership and then go frequent the sample booths
ingenious
I added W.HI.P (or however it's punctuated) to my List of Stupid People when he was insisting there was a conspiracy to prevent the two Sheffield teams EVER playing in the same league, and calling those who disagreed ignorant of their own country and the game they loved. They are both in same league this season. Meh, I am glad there's a silly flamefest over there.
Overheard on Bonfire Night - two women in the queue for the Ladies talking about potential men for one of the women. She was asking to be set up and stating her requirements. I wish I'd had a dictaphone, it was every shallow female personified, justifying herself with how hard she worked at the gym, how much care she took of herself and how expensive it was to live in London, "I mean I spent £200 just today!"
Sigh. I'm up with the sisters and all, but this woman got on my wick. May she get the shallow mate she deserves.
When I was back with HM & his bro I commented on it and laughed, "Well in ten years she'll be traded in for a newer model anyway!" Then we all realised we haven't managed the ten year mark ourselves. Stupid people.
I'd like to add two automotive stupid people. The clown speeding in the fog with the gray car with lights off and the human metaphor who was in the passing lane of a posted 65mph highway (as of about 2 years ago) self-righteously doing 55 with with a Bush / Cheney sticker in the window. Take in new information much?
The clown speeding in the fog with the gray car with lights off
This guys isn't just stupid, he's dangerous. As a school bus driver, I've seen many kids come very close to getting plowed over by these people. The scariest part is, if you were in the passenger seat and said "Shouldn't turn on your lights?" this asshole would undoubtedly say "I can see just fine."
"I mean I spent £200 just today!"
Adding her to your stupid people list might make you feel better, Sundae. :)
The only time I spend that kind of money in a day is if I'm paying bills or taking care of something big like a car repair or at the grocery. (IF I haven't been in a LONG time. LOL)
Damn, I was just about to do this!
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I'd like to add two automotive stupid people. The clown speeding in the fog with the gray car with lights off and the human metaphor who was in the passing lane of a posted 65mph highway (as of about 2 years ago) self-righteously doing 55 with with a Bush / Cheney sticker in the window. Take in new information much?
Ghahhahah! I saw a car the other day that had a Bush/Cheney sticker on one side and a 'I do what the voices in my head tell me' sticker on the other. I laughed so hard I almost slammed into them.
*quickly takes a razor blade to the W04 sticker on his SUV* /The Mercenary
No wonder Zen, the sticker does make it look kind of fun.
It looks more like wheeee!!!! Than Aaaaaah!!
Maybe the sticker means: don't look like you are having so much fun when you do this?
:)
Today my new stupids are people with "baby on board" stickers on their cars who drive recklessly.
I'm not over-fond of "baby on board" - like a reckless driver gives a toot. But women (exclusively in my experience) who are so consumed by the mundane school run that they endanger their children, themselves, pedestrians and other road users just beggar belief.
This morning a woman stuck in traffic on the opposite side of the road saw a chance as an HGV powered up to pull forward in traffic. No signal, no reasonable assumption she would be pulling over, just screeech into the school entrance. And she blasted her horn at me - ME! the most traffic aware pedestrian in the WORLD since I was hit! - because I was crossing the entrance at the time.
I wanted to go and knock on her wondow and have a word. I settled for raised eyebrows and walking at my previous pace rather than scuttling like a frightened rabbit. I had right of way, which I doubt she knew - I was crossing BEFORE she signalled (which she never did). She's lucky I'm not still there :p
You should have 'had a word' with her Sundae. People like that are just too stupid to breath.
Anyone who buys the "I left them for you" line.
Even if the person saying it believes it (which they don't) the basis of your entire relationship is that you are with a hobag who trades-up...
Call me in five years sunshine.
God, I love stupid people...Nitrous oxide huffer strikes a lighter in the car:
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Terrence Howard.
Though, maybe "mentally ill" is more appropriate.
He continued to love himself by buying scissors, wire, magnets and vast numbers of sheets of plastic. He had a theory. It might seem crazy, it may even be crazy, but a long time ago he'd gotten hold of this notion that one times one doesn't equal one, but two. He began writing down his logic, in a language of his own devising that he calls Terryology. He wrote forward and backward, with both his right and left hands, sometimes using symbols he made up that look foreign, if not alien, to keep his ideas secret until they could be patented. In 2013, he got married again, to an L.A. restaurateur named Mira Pak, and the two would spend up to 17 hours a day cutting shapes out of the plastic and joining them together into various objects meant to demonstrate not only his one-times-one theory but many others as well.
Yeah... this is probably not quite the right thread.
He ain't stoopit,
he's batshit insane. Yeah, no, that ain't in the right thread, either.
Great minds, and all that shit...:D
Stoopit people strike again...with just enough brain cells to be dangerous.
Thank goodness!:D
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I don't know wtf this video is actually about, but, it seems to involve how to make fire. Starting at 4 minutes in, the gentleman has just filled a 'forever match'-type lighter with fuel and is about to strike it [strike]rich[/strike] stupid.
[strike]Hilarity[/strike] stupidity ensues:
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Aaand then there's this guy:
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What could possibly go wrong?
Me Firefly is as dumb as they come. :facepalm:
I don't know wtf this video is actually about, but, it seems to involve how to make fire. Starting at 4 minutes in, the gentleman has just filled a 'forever match'-type lighter with fuel and is about to strike it [strike]rich[/strike] stupid.
Wow. Just wow.
"I know, I'm going to put this fire out with crumpled up newspaper and empty cardboard boxes."
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The gas pump thing was stupid, but it was just one instance of stupidity. Momentarily not thinking.
The guy playing with fire starter at his computer just makes one stupid decision after another. It's painful to watch. The sheer stupidity.
The gas pump thing was stupid, but it was just one instance of stupidity. Momentarily not thinking.
The guy playing with fire starter at his computer just makes one stupid decision after another. It's painful to watch. The sheer stupidity.
And stupid enough to post his stupidity for the World to see!
'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe'. Albert Einstein.How did we ever survive? As a species, I mean.
We (people) are just dumber than shit sometimes.
The dumber ones burned, the smarter one reproduced, and after a half million years, (or is that 7000 :lol:), this is the end result of that improvement. :facepalm:
He's probably a whiz on that computer, just doesn't know shit about life.
My local bus company must employ the dumbest fuck's in the whole of Scotland, and the scary thing is I have to use the service, and put my life into their drivers hands.
Conversation with driver after enquiring about a missing bus.
Me "what happened to the 17.19 bus that was due before you?
Him "Oh did it not come then?
Me "well would we have been having this conversation if it had"?
Him "Well you might have missed it
Me "That's why I'm asking what happened to it?
I them went to my seat completely confused :eyebrow:
So you missed a bus, either because it was early, or it never came, or maybe even because you were late. And the next bus was on time so you got on and wanted to complain to that driver about something he can't possibly have any knowledge or control over, but he wouldn't engage in your conversation to your liking. So he's stupid.
I don't see it.
I've had that exact conversation. Out of sheer fucking frustration as yet another bus vanishes from the schedule. You stand there at the bus stop watching the electronic updates - and it says '508 Leeds 7 mins' - then '508 Leeds 3 minutes' - '508 Leeds Due' - ........................... '508 Leeds 29 mins'
Fuuuuuuuuuck!!!!
Perhaps public transport issues are a particularly British issue.
Because we rely on them to such an extent, it doesn't take much to make us mad as hell.
When my bus was running late this week I completely freaked out. Not to the driver, but I had trouble holding things together. Okay, extenuating circumstances - money issues, a connecting coach to catch, non-refundable coach ticket, mother going into hospital and relying on me to be there when I said I would, being a complete nutter.
But after I stopped crying I did secretly send death rays into the heads of everyone who got on and questioned the driver as to why the bus was late.
I wanted to scream at them for holding us up even further!
This is neither against or in support of Be-Bop or Glatt.
I suppose I'm just saying that buses are hell-wagons laden with grief, but also that it's easy to slightly exaggerate.
So you missed a bus, either because it was early, or it never came, or maybe even because you were late. And the next bus was on time so you got on and wanted to complain to that driver about something he can't possibly have any knowledge or control over, but he wouldn't engage in your conversation to your liking. So he's stupid.
I don't see it.
What, you think that guy was just hired to drive the bus?
Nay nay, he is the company rep, the public's face of the whole transportation system, the sales force, the PR contact, the information booth, and the complaint department. He represents THE QUEEN, goddamnit.
I'm very rarely late for buses because there are only 2 buses per hour . the drivers are in constant radio contact you can hear the control room chatter on all the busses when you're on them
I was only asking what had happened like a breakdown some reason as to why yet again there was no bus service.
I thought the driver might have known. More fool me to ask, public transport in the UK is a joke time tables are changed on a whim, services cancelled for spurious reasons,so much for private bus company's, even the local council who gives out the tenders are reported to be unhappy at this company.
We can't afford two cars otherwise I'd never be on a bus but my wife needs our car for her work
The solution is obvious, my good man, this sumbitch will clear pavement, and evaporate clouds. :D
The solution is obvious, my good man, this sumbitch will clear pavement, and evaporate clouds. :D
That would work real good.
Something like that was my second vehicle for awhile. Rode it year-round. Wasn't easy finding snow tires for it though.
You only needed snow tires because it was "something like that", which is not that Vincent.
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I thought Del McCoury wrote that, but Thompson did. There are some great covers out there.
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Everyone covered Thompson's songs, as he is England's 'slow hand'. ;)
this song just (18 minutes ago) came up in my Discover Weekly playlist on spotify (a weekly 30 ish song playlist that they think you'll like based on what you've listened to) I had not listened to this song on Spotify. I wonder if they share info with youtube... or is this just a coincidence? The version is by Richard Thompson from the Rumor and Sigh album.
I first was attracted the Thompson when I heard a song called "Shoot Out The Lights", about the time my divorce was turning nasty. Turns out it was from an album of the same name and the last album he and Linda made together. She was beautiful, talented, sang like an angel, but suffered crippling stage fright, even after several hit albums/tours.
Like Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", it was produced during the turmoil of the breakup, and the tension comes through.
The songs and their order on the album are a clue.
1."Don't Renege on Our Love"
2."Walking on a Wire"
3."Man in Need"
4."Just the Motion"
5."Shoot Out the Lights"
6."Back Street Slide"
7."Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?"
8."Wall of Death
That album spurred me to buy over a dozen of his albums.
Bookmark this post as an good example of thread drift. :haha:
I love Thompson. 'Gypsy Love Songs' and 'Waltzing's for Dreamers' are two of my favourites of his songs.That whole album really got under my skin though I didn't get into it when it was released. I think it was around 1995 when I discovered it. I'd heard of Thompson before that but didn't know his work particularly.
Back to stupid...
Man tries to put out garbage fire by driving over it in a van loaded with ammunition
A Clay County sheriff’s deputy retreated to a safe distance from a van burning in a field Tuesday afternoon after he heard the sound of live ammunition going off inside it. The deputy found the van burning near Old State Highway 210 and Bluff Road, south of Liberty, about 2:30 p.m., said Jon Bazzano, a spokesman for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy had been in the middle of a traffic stop when he saw black smoke on the horizon and headed that way to investigate.
Eventually, the deputy found the owner of the vehicle watching the fire from a distance. The deputy learned that the owner had been burning garbage in the field and accidentally let the fire get out of control. In an attempt to put the fire out, he drove his van back and forth over the flames.
This made matters worse, as the tires of the van caught fire. Realizing that the van was loaded with firearms ammunition and a full tank of gas, the driver evacuated the area for safety.
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link... ... ... wow ... ... ...
Oh i do like that triple facepalm. I'mma steal that.
Then you should like this, take your pick:
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Was that an Excedrin commercial?