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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: The Lost One on November 15, 2005, 01:14:37 PM
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There is a topic for happy things and for grumpy things but what about those things that are neither happy nor grumpy or things that are both happy and grumpy at the same time?
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Like the weirdest flat tire story ever?
Last week we left on Wednesday for Dallas to do a con for my husband's job. We drove, so Wednesday morning we drove over to Mansfield to pick up the rental car. When we'd filled out all the paperwork, J.T. was going to drive the car and I was going to drive our van back home. Except the van had a flat tire. Fortunately this particular office of Avis was located inside....
Sears Auto Center. Yes, we got a flat tire in the parking lot of Sears Auto Center.
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So there was this guy -- Mr. Play-it-safe, we'll call him. He was terrified of flying. Finally, one day, he took a flight, and then the plane crashed. When you think about it, it's not unlike rain on your wedding day.
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Whew, thanks for getting that one out of the way, HoM. Unless you're mocking my contribution (which I've been wanting to share since last week), in which case I will either devour your soul, or be very hurt and sad to make you feel sorry for me, whichever will cause you the most pain.
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Thanks, Mustard. Now I have an ear worm.
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where is the punctuation in that song, anyway?
Who would have thought it figures?
or
Who would have thought? It figures.
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I always interpreted it the second way.
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I reckon most people do, but I wanted to point out that it isn't specific in the aural presentation, and the meaning is very different
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Well, yes. Like that "Freak of the Week" song where it says, "Will you hold onto my hand if I ever lose it again?"
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i love fun with punctuation. I like to sing a long to songs in the car and just say the words rather than sing them. It is funny to me atleast.
"and (by the way), I am hungry like the wolf"
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My sister and I would just randomly change words to songs together. The one I remember most is singing "When I seeee yoooou smile, I can taste the world. (Whoa-wo)"
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Do it with a loung singer voice, that's even better. Esp with that brand of 80s music.
Wait until our love is..... alive and kicking.
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When you think about it, it's not unlike rain on your wedding day.
Ari wants to check weather forecasts to ensure a rainy wedding. Outdoors.
I don't mind so much - I just hope the tux is a rental. =þ
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My sister and I would just randomly change words to songs together. The one I remember most is singing "When I seeee yoooou smile, I can taste the world. (Whoa-wo)"
You mean like,
"Did you ever know that I'm your hero? I'm everything you want to be. And you can fly higher than an eagle cuz I am the wind beneath your wings."
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"You know how some people eat a salad just for the dressing? That's irony."
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I hope that this isn't to insensitive, but why are fat people the first to tell thin people and others about how to lose weight? (And I don't mean just Dr. Phil).
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Uh...
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why are fat people the first to tell thin people and others about how to lose weight?
Experience. They know everything that doesn't work.
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"You know how some people eat a salad just for the dressing? That's irony."
I can usually only eat blue cheese with bread or on a salad so i am in that group.
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You mean like,
"Did you ever know that I'm your hero? I'm everything you want to be. And you can fly higher than an eagle cuz I am the wind beneath your wings."
My favorite is Enrique Iglesias' "Necesito lo que yo me doy, necesito verme el dia de hoy, y solo pienso en mi, solo en mi."
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What I find crazy is my hair.
I shed like a cat. You'd think that I (and cats) would eventually go bald because there's no way hair regenerates quickly enough to handle this kind of shedding. I mean, it takes hair about two years or more to grow two feet, so how am I not bald?
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the ironic thing is that you are... 8)
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Ari, it probably has something to do with how many hairs you have on your head. As soon as your hair falls out, it starts to regenerate. By the time you would have lost enough hair to be bald, the hairs that you lost have already regenerated.
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My ferret learned to climb the refrigerator. I think it is to honor King Kong and the Empire State Building.
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Ok, so I always put on movies to listen to/watch while I'm upstairs sewing.
Ironic is when I realize I'm watching "Pretty In Pink" while turning an old pair of pants into a skirt because I'm too broke to buy new clothes.
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I just got an email from a guy who has apparently been stalking me--and who sent me 11 emails within 2 days--to stop emailing him. ??? (This because I told him I wasn't interested.)
I can't help but find it nervously funny, in an "is he standing outside my apartment right now?" sort of way.
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Training the kitty to "go for the eyes" is a good way to get rid of people like that.
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More like training the gun to go for the eyes.
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In the old days nickels had pictures of bumblebees on
'em. Give me 5 bees for a quarter you'd say.
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Wow, looks like we found a real winner. Marche, just a couple small suggestions.
1. If you are going to say something, make sure that it is relevant, and there is a point to it.
2. Have some sense.
3. If you intend to stay, read the FAQ. Here is a link. http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1080380396
4. Don't post in the Suggestions Box until you have been around a little while longer.
5. If you intend to stay, introduce yourself. Here is a link to the thread. http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1051196804
Everything else I have to say should be covered in the FAQ.
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Someone needs to learn the difference between ironic and totally random!
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Man writes book about Donald Trump saying he's worth only 150-250 million dollars. Trump says nuh-uh, I'm worth 2.7 billion dollars, and you knew it, Mr. Author-Man! So Trump sues Mr. Author-Man.
For 5 BILLION DOLLARS.
I am not making this up...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--trumplawsuit0124jan24,0,1490301.story
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First of all, if people knowing he's only a millionaire and not a billionaire can ruin his reputation, that is sad (although I don't think most people even care much about Trump or how much he's worth). Second, if you go through the trouble to become not only rich, but in the public's eye, I think you're setting yourself up to be defamed. I personally would rather be rich and unknown (if possible). I don't hear stuff in the news about Steve Jobs or Michael Dell (who are worth approx. 3.4 billion and 14.2 billion respecively, stats given by the NY Times). That's because they don't push themselves in the public eye. Trump annoys me!
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Trump's a chump. ;D haha. Sorry. Couldn't stop myself.
*Ahem* But here's something ironic, or at least amusingly random. I went to Emerson's bookstore to get Remains of the Day. They hand me the used book, and I glance at it while I'm in line. I glimpse the word "Wolverine" and think, "Huh, that's the mascot for UVSC back home."
To my surprise, I look closer and see that the book really *is* from UVSC's bookstore!! How weird is that? Of all the places a used copy of this book could come from, and here in Boston I find this book that came from a school that's seven minutes away from my place in Orem! huh.
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*Shrug.* There are a number of former Utahns in Boston, so I'm not surprised.
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hmm. Well, I suppose you're right.
But I was thinking that Emerson had ordered a bunch of this novel, and for some reason, this one, printed in 1989, came directly from UVSC's bookstore rather than an individual or a different yet closer bookstore. I guess it makes more sense that a fellow Utahn happened to bring it out here.
But it's weird that this person would bring this used UVSC book all the way out here with them only to later sell it to Emerson's bookstore. And then I happen to get it. Wouldn't get much cash for this old PB, that's for sure. Odd. Presumably, that person would've had to find out that Emerson even -wanted- this book. Of course, there are lots of possible scenarios. ??? Still, it's kind of amusing, however it ended up here.
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This is my ironic moment for the day.
So I was on my way to my Abnormal Psych class when I decided to stop by the college bookstore to get a book for my stats class that I still hadn't picked-up. So I find the book in the back store and was relieved that it had finally come in.
The moment that I touch the textbook every alarm in the student center goes off. Doors start coming down and people get ushered out the building.
So I put the textbook back and exit with everyone else, hoping that I don't get caught.
Turnout that someone had brought a popcorn-maker into one of the conference rooms and it had triggered the alarm at the same time I touch the textbook.
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While I was trying to fix my car over the weekend, some friends were kind enough to loan us one of their cars for a couple of hours so we could get some groceries and other things. Unfortunately, their car broke down in the grocery store parking lot. Fortunately, I was able to get their car running in a much shorter amount of time then my own.
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So I was watching Spider-Man tonight, and I noticed something really interesting. You know that odd-shaped building they show with the neon "Daily Bugle" sign? Well, I didn't know this before, but it's actually the Flatiron building that houses Tor (and St. Martin's Press, too, for that matter)! Neato. I only recognized it this time because I wrote this full-blown profile of Tor last semester for by Book Pub class. How funny!
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The Flatiron Building is one of the hallmark buildings in street-level shots of New York City, the way the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower are always shown in shots of Chicago. The most famous picture of it was taken by one of my favorite photographers, the husband of Georgia O'Keeffe--whose name escapes me at the moment, dang it--back in the 1920s. So it's been a cool building for a long time.
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So it's been a cool building for a long time.
*nods* I know. I've seen it lots of times. But I never knew until last semester that it's the home of Tor. That's all.
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rain on your wedding day is just a misfortune, not ironic. why is it that no one realizes that?!
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I find it ironic that people care so much about that distinction.
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As long as the forum plays fast and loose with the termi ironic, I just have to say that I was at a meeting last friday night to get trained as a scout master and the person giving the meeting looked an awful lot like SE, then the number "42" kept on appearing at the bottom of power point presentation. I guess the ironic part was that meeting clogged up the only free night that I had last week, thus preventing me from doing any timewasting whatsoever.
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I am everywhere. I'm ... omniverous.
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I got a rejection letter from a law firm last Tuesday. On Friday, the same firm called me and asked for an interview on this comming Tuesday.
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Did you discuss the legal problems with such an offer? That would impress them, I'm sure.
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SE's bunny avatar and "God of War" title, two things which...ok, it's just warping my brain to see it.
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Uh-huh. E's wittle brown bunny is so cuuuute. All those whiskers and a plump wittle nose! Makes you want to hug him and squeeze him and feed him tender baby carrots.
Of course, I'm sure this new avatar is just a big ruse. At any moment, he could transform into that Monte Python Uber-bunny, all fur and fury.
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yomp!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/maddrjeffe/bunny.gif)
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eeeeeek! (I knew the cuddly e was too sweet to be true!) eeek, run away, run away!