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Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:12 pm

Take the damn lid off and check

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:26 pm

Crackpot wrote:Take the damn lid off and check

Oh, no... there's a deuce in the upper deck.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 5:02 am

RayThom wrote:
Crackpot wrote:Take the damn lid off and check
Oh, no... there's a deuce in the upper deck.

Ah that was just another runner in the night.

ex-khobar Andy · Post by **ex-khobar Andy** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:16 am

' Nightrunners of Bengal' is a great novel. When I first saw the title I assumed that it described the consequences of too much Indian food. Very moving.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 10:49 pm

Did you ever notice...

shoelaces rarely break anymore. I just replaced a seven year old pair of athletic shoes and the laces look almost new.

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 10:59 pm

RayThom wrote:Did you ever notice...

shoelaces rarely break anymore. I just replaced a seven year old pair of athletic shoes and the laces look almost new.

This is where someone would make a smart–aleck remark about how something that doesn't get used for its intended purpose doesn't wear out —
but I'm not going to be the person who does it....

-"BB"-

Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:20 am

I’m still losing aglets

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:40 am

What's with the expression, "meteoric rise"... ?

As in, " So-and-so had a 'meteoric rise' from well-deserved obscurity to over-rated pop star"...

From the perspective of anyone dwelling on the planet Earth, (which I assume includes most of us; though based on posts I've seen over the years, not necessarily all of us...) meteors do not "rise"...

If they can be seen from our perspective, at best they whiz past us...

At worst, they plummet into our atmosphere and create a Mass Extinction Event...

kristina · Post by **kristina** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:41 am

And the vast majority of them just bash into the atmosphere and burn up in a matter of seconds...

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:48 am

kristina wrote:And the vast majority of them just bash into the atmosphere and burn up in a matter of seconds...

Much like when I try to win an argument in my home...

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:56 am

Bicycle Bill wrote:
RayThom wrote:... shoelaces rarely break anymore. I just replaced a seven year old pair of athletic shoes and the laces look almost new.
This is where someone would make a smart–aleck remark about how something that doesn't get used for its intended purpose doesn't wear out — but I'm not going to be the person who does it...

Yep, you got me, BB. I lace up those comfortable athletic shoes and then hop on my Jazzy 600 ES power chair and roll on down to the senior's center where I make colorful macaroni "jewelry."

Regardless, I was talking about the laces which get tied and untied throughout the day and not the shoe.

What a sweet ride...

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:19 am

Lord Jim wrote:
kristina wrote:And the vast majority of them just bash into the atmosphere and burn up in a matter of seconds...
Much like when I try to win an argument in my home...

Don't you know that you are a shooting star?

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:21 am

How right you are!

kristina · Post by **kristina** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:03 pm

BoSoxGal wrote:
Lord Jim wrote:
kristina wrote:And the vast majority of them just bash into the atmosphere and burn up in a matter of seconds...
Much like when I try to win an argument in my home...
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?

datsunaholic · Post by **datsunaholic** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:05 am

Pointless Pet Peeve: People that paint over wallplates.

(said after spending hours trying to clean interior enamel off of vintage bakelite Eagleline wallplates)

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:35 pm

THEN AND NOW —

1998 —
● Be careful who you talk to on the internet.
● Don't get into a stranger's car.
● Don't take candy or accept gifts or favors from someone you don't know.

NOW —
● You use the internet to summon a perfect stranger...
● And willingly get into their car...
● Because they promise to give you a ride somewhere.
(........and on top of that, you pay them for it!)

-"BB"-

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:15 pm

I often wonder: Do you think it's true that the Dairy Queen couldn't have children because she was married to Mr. Softee?

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:56 pm

RayThom wrote:I often wonder: Do you think it's true that the Dairy Queen couldn't have children because she was married to Mr. Softee?

No, it's because they never had intercourse, only oral sex — since she was such a Tastee Freeze.

-"BB"-

Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:47 pm

My boss is in one of his jobsworth tears again.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:53 am

I've noticed on more recent car commercials that the drivers who apparently buy Lane Keeping Assist Systems and
Active Front End Crash Avoidance Systems all of a sudden become horribly distracted, wandering into occupied lanes and nearly running over cute little kids, or rear ending vehicles that have stopped dead in front of them.

Technology has me quite perplexed.

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