New restaurant opens in town called "Babylon"
OK, no problem... unless one reads the description of the restaurant.
QuoteInspired by the opulence of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon and the legendary wonderment of the Hanging Gardens comes a conceptual restaurant, lounge, and event space unique in its kind to downtown Raleigh's dining and entertainment landscape.
Enter Babylon -- an exotic, cosmopolitan destination celebrating authentic Moroccan cuisine guided by the confluence of multi-layered Spanish, French, Jewish, and African cultures.
my emphasisHuh?! You named a
Moroccan Restaurant after a location in the Middle East?!
'Cuz, uh, yeah... heck, they're all rag-headed Ay-rabs anyway, right?
Damn. Look, I know that most Americans aren't smart enough to get that there's a significant geographical distinction here. But I'm willing to bet there's some pretty striking differences between what they're eating in the Fertile Crescent, and what they're eating on the Atlantic Coast of Africa.
Just for comparison, I pulled the following from Google Maps:
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Now 6500km is about 4000 miles.
For comparison's sake, Minneapolis, MN to the Panama Canal is 3900 miles.
"Inspired by the working-class strength of people of high character, come dine at Duluth and experience the best Panamanian cuisine the world has to offer..."
That's pretty funny and sad all at the same time.
Just made for people who don't know history or geography..... :P
Well, the ad does say that the... oh feck it, I can't defend it!
There's dumb and then there's stupid.
Uff-da.
As a lifelong geography geek, shit like this drives me up the friggin' wall. Not that I expect most folks to care as deeply about such things as myself, but to be *that* far off makes my head hurt.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2012, 10:03:38 AM
Now 6500km is about 4000 miles.
For comparison's sake, Minneapolis, MN to the Panama Canal is 3900 miles.
"Inspired by the working-class strength of people of high character, come dine at Duluth and experience the best Panamanian cuisine the world has to offer..."
LOL.
A most apt comparison.
Martok, I'm with you. Geography has fueled my history addiction and vice versa ever since I learned how to read a map in second grade. To not know where things are is ignorant and very head in the sand. It's also in keeping with humanity's "eyes forward, look neither left or right" approach to anything that doesn't concern them.
They can always get a job at FAUX News.
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Is that Missouri to the left of Jordan?
Quote from: Martok on April 01, 2012, 06:19:59 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 31, 2012, 08:46:53 PM
Is that Missouri to the left of Jordan?
Duluth.
Cool.
If I visit can I hit up both the Pyramids and the Mall of America in one day or should I plan on an overnight?
Are there any Giant Balls of Twine of junk-car Stonehenges I should factor in as well?
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on March 31, 2012, 08:44:31 PM
They can always get a job at FAUX News.
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Ha!
But what do they eat there?
Kippered herring?
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on April 01, 2012, 03:22:28 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on March 31, 2012, 08:44:31 PM
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Ha!
But what do they eat there?
Kippered herring?
Kidnapped herring ;)
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 01, 2012, 06:55:50 AM
Quote from: Martok on April 01, 2012, 06:19:59 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 31, 2012, 08:46:53 PM
Is that Missouri to the left of Jordan?
Duluth.
Cool.
If I visit can I hit up both the Pyramids and the Mall of America in one day or should I plan on an overnight?
Are there any Giant Balls of Twine of junk-car Stonehenges I should factor in as well?
Answer to 1st question: Hell yes you can! They're only a 45 minute drive from each other.
Answer to 2nd question: No, but the Vietnam Memorial is nearby!
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on April 01, 2012, 03:22:28 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on March 31, 2012, 08:44:31 PM
They can always get a job at FAUX News.
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Ha!
But what do they eat there?
Kippered herring?
...And lefse. Lots of lefse.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2012, 10:03:38 AM
'Cuz, uh, yeah... heck, they're all rag-headed Ay-rabs anyway, right?
I feel like this point has not been adequately addressed yet. It's true, isn't it?
Can't fix stupid, and like the song goes, if you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
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Brilliant.
... I'm just wild about Saphron. Saphron's wild about me..
BTW I hear your pain....
want a chocolate?
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Quote from: Windigo on April 03, 2012, 12:30:12 PM
... I'm just wild about Saphron. Saphron's wild about me..
Don't you mean...
Saffron?
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yeah baby!
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 03, 2012, 09:48:41 PM
Quote from: Windigo on April 03, 2012, 12:30:12 PM
... I'm just wild about Saphron. Saphron's wild about me..
Don't you mean... Saffron?
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I confess that until this moment, I never made the connection that she was played by Hendricks. (I saw -- I think it was the second episode? -- in which Saffron appeared.) Hawt!
Every day there is a little something you learn that makes getting up that day worth while. I'd say this one should keep you covered until Monday or Tuesday... ;D
I actually drove past Babylon here in town the other day, and pointed it out to my father-in-law. He thought they were bat-shit crazy to have a Moroccan place named after a city in Iraq, too.
Alas Babylon...
Quote from: Martok on April 05, 2012, 04:12:28 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 03, 2012, 09:48:41 PM
Quote from: Windigo on April 03, 2012, 12:30:12 PM
... I'm just wild about Saphron. Saphron's wild about me..
Don't you mean... Saffron?
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I confess that until this moment, I never made the connection that she was played by Hendricks. (I saw -- I think it was the second episode? -- in which Saffron appeared.) Hawt!
Never heard of her. Google gave me this:
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What you talkin' about Joey Ray?
^ Careful, Bigs, that's a dude!
Quote from: MetalDog on July 08, 2012, 09:31:40 AM
^ Careful, Bigs, that's a dude!
It's good we have some of you guys around here - I would have had no idea.
MetalDog is my friend, so I won't ask him how he knows 8)
I try not to judge people. Well, some people.
Quote from: Steelgrave on July 08, 2012, 12:08:51 PM
MetalDog is my friend, so I won't ask him how he knows 8)
I'm just happy there are guys out there able to put the breaks on stuff like that.
What they do in their own time is their business.
All I try to do is stop my fellow men from, well, fellow men, and I get my reputation besmirched. Fine. From now on, you are fully responsible for any twig and berries you find yourself fondling that aren't your own.
Quote from: MetalDog on July 08, 2012, 05:48:20 PM
All I try to do is stop my fellow men from, well, fellow men, and I get my reputation besmirched. Fine. From now on, you are fully responsible for any twig and berries you find yourself fondling that aren't your own.
LOL, I was simply assuming that you have an outstanding "gaydar" ;D
a thread not derailed is a thread not at GrogHeads
Quote from: MetalDog on July 08, 2012, 09:31:40 AM
^ Careful, Bigs, that's a dude!
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 08, 2012, 06:45:04 PM
a thread not derailed is a thread not at GrogHeads
And that, my friends, is the
actual official site motto here at Grogheads ;D
http://jalopnik.com/china-airport-worker-tenderly-loads-luggage-by-chucking-513874120
Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 18, 2013, 07:21:37 AM
http://jalopnik.com/china-airport-worker-tenderly-loads-luggage-by-chucking-513874120
Welcome to how every airport on Earth deals with luggage. Also, every single courier company/transport warehouse.
PACK YOUR STUFF WELL.
I actually learned how to drive manual on a luggage mule. you can pop wheelies in those things!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 18, 2013, 06:35:15 PM
I actually learned how to drive manual on a luggage mule. you can pop wheelies in those things!
Indeed you can. 8)
context of this is that Quest is one of our competitors
QuotePlace holder ticket.
Description: a utility to upload courses in a specified format, no media, etc. - helps brings us to parody with Quest
yep, we want to bring ourselves to making fun of the competitors, as opposed to have equal functionality with our competitors ::)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 21, 2013, 09:53:30 AM
context of this is that Quest is one of our competitors
QuotePlace holder ticket.
Description: a utility to upload courses in a specified format, no media, etc. - helps brings us to parody with Quest
yep, we want to bring ourselves to making fun of the competitors, as opposed to have equal functionality with our competitors ::)
That is awesome.
Good thing the note's author wasn't looking for 'parroty' or you would be inundated with inquiries from Jimmy Buffet fans looking for social media apps.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 21, 2013, 09:53:30 AM
context of this is that Quest is one of our competitors
QuotePlace holder ticket.
Description: a utility to upload courses in a specified format, no media, etc. - helps brings us to parody with Quest
yep, we want to bring ourselves to making fun of the competitors, as opposed to have equal functionality with our competitors ::)
My favorite part here is, of course, the irony that the use of "parody" instead of "parity" is itself a parody (albeit an unintentional one).
So CNN included this nugget in their article about Gary Busey's accident
QuoteLast week, reality TV star Bruce Jenner was involved in a multicar accident that left a woman dead.
silly me, I thought Bruce Jenner was famous for winning an Olympic medal
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/14/entertainment/gary-busey-accident/index.html
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Hooda thunk it? Ermagawd! Like totally.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 14, 2015, 10:33:16 AM
So CNN included this nugget in their article about Gary Busey's accident
QuoteLast week, reality TV star Bruce Jenner was involved in a multicar accident that left a woman dead.
silly me, I thought Bruce Jenner was famous for winning an Olympic medal
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/14/entertainment/gary-busey-accident/index.html
I see nothing but red whenever that idiot and the Kardashians are on television.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on May 27, 2015, 10:59:56 AM
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Hooda thunk it? Ermagawd! Like totally.
In teenage girl speak, twin=look-alike. I've heard my step-daughter say something similar.
Quote from: Centurion40 on May 27, 2015, 12:58:00 PM
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on May 27, 2015, 10:59:56 AM
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Hooda thunk it? Ermagawd! Like totally.
In teenage girl speak, twin=look-alike. I've heard my step-daughter say something similar.
Hence my phrasing.
There's "stupid" and then there's "you're so stupid you're f*ucked
http://news.usni.org/2015/05/27/breaking-tug-moving-u-s-navy-hospital-ship-may-have-struck-uss-arizona-memorial
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 28, 2015, 05:33:03 AM
There's "stupid" and then there's "you're so stupid you're f*ucked
http://news.usni.org/2015/05/27/breaking-tug-moving-u-s-navy-hospital-ship-may-have-struck-uss-arizona-memorial
So "may have" hit the white memorial? Either it did or it did not. How hard is it to tell if it hit the gleaming white facade of the memorial? I visited that when I was about 8 and I still remember it very clearly; it was huge and any strike on it would be damn hard to miss!
Worse would be if it hit the Arizona herself.
Somebody's just lost their maritime license and can look forward to a long and distinguished career at IHOP. :)
it looks like they just hit one of the docks that the tour boats pull up to that is attached to the memorial. The memorial itself seems to be OK on the reports that I saw
That was damn close, then. That huge hospital ship could have done some major damage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11675158/Police-in-stand-off-with-garden-ornament-they-thought-was-snake.html
QuotePolice were involved in a stand-off with a "snake" after being called by a worried resident - before realising it was a garden ornament.
Officers were called to an address in Sutton, south-west London, when a passer-by phoned the RSPCA saying a snake was "on the loose".
The RSPCA passed the information onto police at just after 6.30am on Friday and a patrol car went to the scene.
After arriving at around 7.17am, officers stood and watched the "reptile", but kept their distance from the "venomous adder", which was "lying very still on a patio" at a block of flats.
Soon after, officers were told by a local resident that the "snake" was in fact a garden ornament.
A police spokesman joked: "Officers refused to be rattled when they were called to a report of a snake lurking on a patio garden area to a block of flats.
"Police were called at 6.36am by the RSPCA who had received a call from a member of the public, who was especially concerned because the snake was spotted near local schools.
"Officers attended and viewed the reptile from the street about 2-3 metres away and repositioned themselves to take a photograph of it from above about 1.5 metres away.
"It seemed to have blended in with the colour of its surroundings - as if for its own protection.
"One of the officers attending observed, 'It wasn't moving but they can stay still for a long time. We didn't want to move in too close in case we disturbed it.'
"Officers then made enquiries at the flats - only for a resident to reveal it was a garden ornament!"
Here in the US the first reaction would be to send SWAT in and snipe the damn thing, then claim it had reached for an officer's taser :P
A police spokesman joked: "Officers refused to be rattled when they were called to a report of a snake lurking on a patio garden area to a block of flats.
Damned punners................
Nice one! And I don't usually get Brit humor 8)
Quote from: Steelgrave on June 15, 2015, 10:47:20 AM
Here in the US the first reaction would be to send SWAT in and snipe the damn thing, then claim it had reached for an officer's taser :P
Naaa. They'd gently catch and relocate it, with more care than an arrested human.
Then, next year, the local Neo-Lib politicians would procure federal & state funding for a $3 Million "snake crossing" or some such bullshit. Presumably to accommodate those poor creatures being so terrorized by people.
Cops in Russia are publishing a pamphlet on where
not to take selfies, as they're leading to too many deaths...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/asia/russia-selfie-death-brochure/index.html
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QuoteRussian police are warning the public of a new danger: Death by selfie.
The country's police force is advocating for people to take 'safe selfies' in the wake of a string of deaths. According to Russian news agency Tass, there have been more than 10 deaths and about 100 accidents from individuals striking lethal poses this year.
"A cool selfie can cost you your life," the interior ministry states in a brochure which police will hand out to students and the general public.
The two-page guide contains infographics that resemble road signs, most of which are based on actual incidents -- such as the case of a 21-year-old Muscovite who accidentally shot herself in the head and a teenager from the Ryazan region who died after trying to take a photograph of herself on railway tracks.
Among the precarious situations they warn against are taking selfies with animals, on rooftops and with exposed live wires.
"Along with all the advantages of the modern world there appear new threats," Russian official Yelena Alekseyeva said at a press conference.
"We would like to remind the citizens that the chase for 'likes' in social networks can lead to the road of death."
If someone is going to be THAT stupid, they deserve what they get. Government involvement is absolutely stupider.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on July 08, 2015, 11:21:24 AM
If someone is going to be THAT stupid, they deserve what they get. Government involvement is absolutely stupider.
O0
Some days, the jokes write themselves...
Woman Masturbating With Rampant Rabbit Vibrator Crashes Mini Cooper Into Stationary Fish Wagon (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/14/woman-masturbating-with-rampant-rabbit-vibrator-crashes-mini-cooper-stationary-fish-wagon_n_7790910.html?1436864202)
That's just too funny! I belly laughed for five minutes after reading that!
oy vey...
http://m.abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city-newspaper-apologizes-for-funeral-chapel-ad/34262000
^I saw that the other day. At first, I didn't believe it could be legit.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 22, 2015, 09:53:50 AM
oy vey...
http://m.abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city-newspaper-apologizes-for-funeral-chapel-ad/34262000
Hahahahahaha...what a bunch of retards in that Production Department.
Could be worse. They didn't use an SS pic ::)
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on July 22, 2015, 10:03:07 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 22, 2015, 09:53:50 AM
oy vey...
http://m.abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city-newspaper-apologizes-for-funeral-chapel-ad/34262000
Hahahahahaha...what a bunch of retards in that Production Department.
Someone made a good point in the comments. The funeral home should have received a proof before the ad ran. If they did, it's as much their fault as the paper's.
Good point. Even if some dumbass intern or young idiot did that, there's also supposed to be a damn editor that you'd think has some gray matter between the ears.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on July 22, 2015, 10:15:15 AM
Good point. Even if some dumbass intern or young idiot did that, there's also supposed to be a damn editor that you'd think has some gray matter between the ears.
Yep. Apparently the ball was dropped multiple times.
Those who don't remember the lessons of history are doomed to publish them.
Quote from: mirth on July 22, 2015, 10:09:30 AM
Could be worse. They didn't use an SS pic ::)
I'm actually somewhat surprised that the news story didn't refer to the German soldier as a Nazi. I realize there's a fine line between Wehrmacht soldiery and being a full-on Nazi in some minds, but not all German soldiers were all in with ol' toothbrush-face.
My jaw just dropped so far I'm gonna have to watch for ants......
That's about as stupid as I can imagine ever seeing.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 22, 2015, 09:53:50 AM
oy vey...
http://m.abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city-newspaper-apologizes-for-funeral-chapel-ad/34262000
just smh and fucking funny.
the fun starts around the 36sec mark
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 25, 2015, 04:26:46 PM
the fun starts around the 36sec mark
:2funny:
I don't know.
She's married to her husband. What's wrong with that?
Considering that the husband says at the end of the clip that "everything that was precious to me was in that garage", I'm thinking maybe the cousin may win her in the end >:D
Hahahahaha that anchorwoman is fat.
http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/12/trigger-warning-mythology
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 24, 2015, 10:18:47 PM
http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/12/trigger-warning-mythology
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I love (note: not actually love) how the student identity crisis slid from psychological trauma of being a rape victim, to some kind of equivalent psychological trauma for being a person of color or from a low income family.
Kind of surprised the author didn't make more note of that.
Meanwhile, I was at Amazon yesterday, trying to do a rush research on replacing my office color printer by Friday (for a business presentation Saturday).
Ideally just needed the same printer; but not willing to pay $400 to $650 for a new printer more than ten years old (jeez the price scalping there! But the printer works with Mac OS 10.4, you see; a lot of places like our shop still run programs that need that old OS.)
So, okay, I'll check whether the immediate replacement model, the Officejet Pro 8100, runs on Mac OS 10.4. Never did find an answer to that question, so I gambled (since if 10.5 will run it, maybe the 10.4 drivers are forward compatible) and it'll be here Friday.
But while trying to find an answer to that question, I was paging through the eleven pages of Q&A on the (main) Amazon store page for the printer.
Two regular events in those eleven pages blew my mind -- and I'm not talking about technical ignorance, I don't blame anyone for that. (I was there to solve a technical ignorance problem myself, and I'm not overly ignorant technically!)
1.) The most common type of question was, will this printer run on this operating system? Okay, a perfectly valid question (also, the category I was looking for myself). But I lost track of how many times the question was repeatedly asked and answered, most often for Win 7 but also Win 8. Yes, it works great no problem! But does it work for Win 7? Yep, sure does! How about for Win 7?
It wasn't only a case of people being too lazy or ignorant to click the little hyperlink to check whether someone has asked for that before (and yet not being too lazy or ignorant TO GO TO THE TROUBLE TO SUBMIT THE PUBLIC QUESTION AGAIN!) There were times when the answer to the question had to have been right there on the page looking at them, not yet dropped off into the answer archive. Yet the people asking the question again had to be capable of reading enough to ask the question again, so reading inability couldn't be the reason.
2.) But that wasn't the stupidest thing. No, even worse were the people who apparently felt called by God Himself with the mission and duty and obligation to answer a particular question, as if it had been addressed to them personally, with some variation of, "I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question."
:crazy2:
If there had been some instructive level of sarcasm to such an answer, I could have understood it. "I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question, but let me check the eleven other pages of Q&A to see if someone already answered it and I'll get back to you with a report perhaps. You wait here until then, you don't have to go looking yourself, I'll take care of it for you."
But no, the respondents always seemed sincerely sorry they didn't know the answer, and so could only give a completely worthless answer. :uglystupid2:
Though it now occurs to me that I've been pinged before by Amazon polling customers on a product to see if anyone knows the answer to an asked question on a product page. Maybe that explains it, those people REALLY THOUGHT some person (at Amazon? the person asking the question on Amazon?) had personally emailed them asking the question and hoping for an answer from them.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34162336?SThisFB
QuoteA huge pillow fight involving cadets at a prestigious US military academy to mark the end of summer training left at least 30 soldiers injured, US media has reported.
At least 24 cadets were reported to have been left unconscious because pillows were stuffed with hard objects.
One cadet suffered a broken leg, while others had dislocated shoulders.
West Point Academy has insisted that none of the injuries is severe and all cadets have returned to duty.
Details of the injuries sustained in August have emerged in The New York Times, which reported that video of the fight posted online shows crowds of yelling cadets, some wearing body armour as well as helmets, surging together in a central quad.
"Never bring a knife to a gun fight."
Moon Mullins, 2/9th.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 05, 2015, 06:38:12 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34162336?SThisFB
QuoteA huge pillow fight involving cadets at a prestigious US military academy to mark the end of summer training left at least 30 soldiers injured, US media has reported.
At least 24 cadets were reported to have been left unconscious because pillows were stuffed with hard objects.
One cadet suffered a broken leg, while others had dislocated shoulders.
West Point Academy has insisted that none of the injuries is severe and all cadets have returned to duty.
Details of the injuries sustained in August have emerged in The New York Times, which reported that video of the fight posted online shows crowds of yelling cadets, some wearing body armour as well as helmets, surging together in a central quad.
The best part of this? The Duffel Blog had the story
THREE YEARS AGOhttp://www.duffelblog.com/2012/11/mob-violence-breaks-out-at-west-point-63-wounded/
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Someone needs to teach those cadets the correct way to organize a pillow fight
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 06, 2015, 10:04:36 AM
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Awesome!
Although, ironically, West Point may be the only place in the Army where the CSMs don't care what color PT belt you wear. Come to think of it, that fact is probably the root of the whole pillow fight scandal.
Parent fucking fail
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QuoteHis speed was so excessive that he drove through part of two yards before launching himself airborne. Once airborne he snapped a fairly large weeping cherry tree off three feet above the ground like it was a twig. Without hitting the ground he flew the rest of the way across that yard before making impact with the hood of one of the cars parked at the residence he ultimately ended up inside of. The force of that impact totaled the parked Mustang and pushed it six feet into another vehicle parked in their driveway propelling that car into a tree and crushing the front end. After making contact with the owner''s Mustang he did a sideways 180 degree turn in mid air and continued his flight impacting the side of the couple's home almost four feet off the ground with enough force to bust the rear end of his vehicle through the wall and ended up hanging out of the side of the house.
I am almost certain it is supposed to be sheep that you count jumping over your bed at night.
Double post
And I'll bet the s.o.b. lived, too!
he walked away
As I suspected.
Well alrighty then
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I've heard racoons hold a grudge forever. If you mess with one, it will keep coming to trash your yard. So they say...
Mirths been dating racoons?
kinky!
The Illuminati really do keep case files on everyone, don't they?
Should've let the raccoon drive, Dumbass.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 27, 2015, 10:16:59 PM
Well alrighty then
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Improvise.
Adapt.
Overcome.
Looks like a successful mission to me!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 28, 2015, 12:57:16 AM
Mirths been dating racoons?
kinky!
That was just you in your Lone Ranger mask.
Quote from: mirth on September 29, 2015, 11:44:44 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 28, 2015, 12:57:16 AM
Mirths been dating racoons?
kinky!
That was just you in your Lone Ranger mask.
Girl Fight!
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Star can take a punch. I'll give him that.
Quote from: mirth on September 29, 2015, 11:50:55 AM
Star can take a punch. I'll give him that.
You both have nice boobs.
Quote from: LongBlade on September 29, 2015, 11:52:46 AM
Quote from: mirth on September 29, 2015, 11:50:55 AM
Star can take a punch. I'll give him that.
You both have nice boobs.
Really?? .... .... *flip back to previous page, rewatch gif* They're ok ... with beer
Quote from: Windigo on September 29, 2015, 12:19:37 PM
Really?? .... .... *flip back to previous page, rewatch gif* They're ok ... with beer
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Quote from: mirth on September 29, 2015, 11:50:55 AM
Star can take a punch. I'll give him that.
And you can take a donkey punch. :knuppel2:
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 29, 2015, 12:33:13 PM
Quote from: mirth on September 29, 2015, 11:50:55 AM
Star can take a punch. I'll give him that.
And you can take a donkey punch. :knuppel2:
I'm still waiting for my waffles, Donkey.
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Quote from: LongBlade on September 29, 2015, 12:25:45 PM
Quote from: Windigo on September 29, 2015, 12:19:37 PM
Really?? .... .... *flip back to previous page, rewatch gif* They're ok ... with beer
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my tastes have always run higher than what I can afford/attract... not much money/sex appeal in being a world-saving, green, tree hugger type.
^^ THE INTERNET LIES ABOUT THAT??! ::)
It works only if you have a second career as something like an a-list musician or movie star. 8)
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I kept waiting for them to say they were referring to Italy or Israel. I think I might be overestimating the IQ of the internet.
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I found this online... sums up the world quite accurately
Quote"It was once said, that given a year's time, a million monkeys pounding away on typewriters would eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare. With the Internet, we now know that to not be true."
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 29, 2015, 09:36:35 AM
I found this online... sums up the world quite accurately
Quote"It was once said, that given a year's time, a million monkeys pounding away on typewriters would eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare. With the Internet, we now know that to not be true."
I know what you're saying, but.....
the tears.... the tears!
http://www.knowable.com/a/22-people-were-asked-whats-the-dumbest-thing-youve-ever-corrected-someone-on
ohmygawd!
someone with waaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands
http://imgur.com/a/Ogp1m
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 28, 2016, 03:30:24 PM
someone with waaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands
http://imgur.com/a/Ogp1m
Brilliant!
I actually had an old girlfriend that once asked if I had ever been, "Circumcised". After having been with me for some time, I thought sure she would know. I said, "No". Then she asked me, "How do you know for sure? Maybe your parents had it done when you were little". I'm sure she was thinking "Baptised" instead. Funny thing is, she was one of the smarter ones.
I sure hope this is a satire page
https://www.facebook.com/Gaias-Dancing-Indigo-Children-828716663905465/?fref=photo
warning - blood pressure medication may be required.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 31, 2016, 12:13:00 PM
I sure hope this is a satire page
https://www.facebook.com/Gaias-Dancing-Indigo-Children-828716663905465/?fref=photo
warning - blood pressure medication may be required.
Welp...read the page description:
QuoteNamaste! Welcome to Gaia's Dancing Indigo Children Ashram and Holistic Healing Center. We can help you grow as a spiritual being in your human experience.
Though it DOES look like there's plenty of people calling out their shit. If this is the work of a troll, it's a master-level troll.
oy
http://gizmodo.com/the-plan-to-make-california-wet-by-bringing-back-beaver-1737025875
^Having read the headline................I can just imagine the jokes writing themselves;
'The Plan to Make California Wet By Spreading Beavers Up and Down the State'
I was referring to the headline. Like everyone else on the internet I have no intention of ever reading the article past the headline :)
...there was an article as well?
Who knew?
Whaat?
You don't like beavers?
Quote from: besilarius on April 13, 2016, 07:15:52 PM
Whaat?
You don't like beavers?
He pounds the hell out of those dam beavers every chance he gets.
I must've been doing it wrong all these years. I thought we wanted to get the Beavers wet, not the other way around. It must be a "California" thing.
Holy shit! How is this not Florida?!
http://wncn.com/2016/04/15/child-rescued-from-hot-car-outside-tennessee-strip-club-2-women-arrested/
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 15, 2016, 09:31:17 AM
Holy shit! How is this not Florida?!
http://wncn.com/2016/04/15/child-rescued-from-hot-car-outside-tennessee-strip-club-2-women-arrested/ (http://wncn.com/2016/04/15/child-rescued-from-hot-car-outside-tennessee-strip-club-2-women-arrested/)
That's too frigging sad to be very funny
QuoteThe arresting officer noted in the warrant it was 72 degrees outside and the temperature inside the car was likely over 100 degrees.
The little girl was reportedly wearing a heavy coat and drenched in sweat when she was removed from the car.
The kid is 13-months old. Man I really hate people sometimes. >:(
Now they can both perform.... in jail. No Mirth. Here in Fla. women are encouraged to bring their children on the stage of the Strip Club when auditioning. It's part of the, "Keeping Families Together Act". When performing though, they have to sit in the audience. They are however allowed wait tables but cannot by law keep their tips or make faces at the customers. At least that's what I hear. I've NEVER been into such a place. I only go to Wal-Mart and the Library. ::)
oy vey...
https://www.darkmoon.me/2013/will-larry-silverstein-ever-be-brought-to-justice-for-911-insurance-fraud-by-dr-kevin-barrett/
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 15, 2016, 09:31:17 AM
Holy shit! How is this not Florida?!
http://wncn.com/2016/04/15/child-rescued-from-hot-car-outside-tennessee-strip-club-2-women-arrested/
I recall an area strip club which had a fairly fancy child daycare business right behind it, in North KC.
Seemed extremely odd at initial glance, but makes perfect sense after a little thought. ;D
Not sure if that symbiotic relationship is still going.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 17, 2016, 08:26:54 AM
oy vey...
https://www.darkmoon.me/2013/will-larry-silverstein-ever-be-brought-to-justice-for-911-insurance-fraud-by-dr-kevin-barrett/
Grogheads was an inside job!
Go look up "Trigglypuff"
Totally SFW - you just might get in trouble for laughing at it all
I watched the hour long presentation by Crowder and Milos in which trigglypuff was constantly shrieking away. The camera wasn't sent up to capture her and the audio wasn't good enough to pick out what she was saying. I had an image in my head though. Reality turns out to be even better! Good job reality!
I hope we're finally seeing the end phase of the SJW movement. They seem to be unravelling and turning on themselves a bit lately.
holy cow... the comments on this section! :)
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Sorry I got all those wrong. Must be the Beam talking.
My doctor says if I don't stop going back to the dessert I'm going to have to have bypass surgery.
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QuoteThe Oconee Enterprise ran a story yesterday with a headline of "Armed Robber Hits Party City" or something to that effect.
The Party City was not robbed. Nothing close to that happened.
What happened was two idiots fought over pills in the parking lot of the Epps Bridge Center. One of them got hit in the head, and the other ran off with the pills. The loser of this tête-à-tête not only refused to cooperate, he left the scene prior to the investigator arriving. He even made some sort of comment about a hot dog being worth more than the deputy's salary.
Two guys fighting over pills in a parking lot is not a store getting robbed.
Now, here is something that the paper didn't have: The party of the first part struck the party of the second part in the head with a pistol. He left the pistol behind. Pistols aren't much use if the ammunition is loaded in the magazine backwards. That's been turning shootings in pistol-whoppings since 1892.
No yet to be made balloon animals were harmed in the writing of this post.
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someone thought this was a good enough idea to make and sell this...
http://amzn.to/2b2FfgE
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 18, 2016, 03:38:12 PM
someone thought this was a good enough idea to make and sell this...
http://amzn.to/2b2FfgE (http://amzn.to/2b2FfgE)
The best part is that it's ranked enough that someone has to have bought it...
#502 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Children's Music > Educational
#802 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Jazz > Avant Garde & Free Jazz
#1203 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Miscellaneous > Sound Effects
Quote from: panzerde on August 18, 2016, 04:27:31 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 18, 2016, 03:38:12 PM
someone thought this was a good enough idea to make and sell this...
http://amzn.to/2b2FfgE (http://amzn.to/2b2FfgE)
The best part is that it's ranked enough that someone has to have bought it...
#502 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Children's Music > Educational
#802 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Jazz > Avant Garde & Free Jazz
#1203 in MP3 Downloads > Albums > Miscellaneous > Sound Effects
Can I still get it if I don't have a cat?
Sure. Looks like it would help any pussy stay happy.
For some reason, this reminds me of an old Avengers episode. Steed joins a cat fancier club. The application form has a line for his pussy's name.
He puts Emma.
Well, she did have a catsuit, so...
as posted by a friend on FB
QuoteJust received a very helpful call from "Ethan Alexander," a vigilant do-gooder from the Microsoft Corporation, letting me know that my computer has gone bad. He offered to walk me through the fix-it process. While I had him on the phone, I had to repeatedly excuse myself to yell at "Charlie" to put the knife down and clean up that bloody mess he made from stabbing the cat. I also had to tell Charlie that he could NOT stab the other cat and to take the first cat's body outside. Charlie's a real pain-in-the-rump when helpful Scottish people from India call to provide me with assistance that I didn't even know I needed. I told Ethan Alexander that I couldn't get to my computer because it was covered in cat blood and needed to be cleaned up and then restarted, but I asked if I could call him back. He helpfully left me with the following call-back number: (518)300-1183. Give Ethan a call if you need help with your Microsoft or cleaning cat blood off of your computer. Meow.
Just because .... you know.... the topic title
but has anyone here actually try to fix stupid?
Just curious... and you know... for science.
I've dated stupid. And crazy.
I run an IT support company. We try and fix stupid every day. Nothing we've tried so far works. Unfortunately, they won't allow me to try applying electricity to the customers rather than the computers, so there's a limit to how far our research can go.
Quote from: mirth on August 31, 2016, 11:21:56 AM
I've dated stupid. And crazy.
I don't think making crazy walk bowlegged for a few hours constitutes a fix
Quote from: Windigo on August 31, 2016, 11:16:04 AMbut has anyone here actually try to fix stupid?
I teach.
I try to fix it a little every day.
Some of them realize it and don't want to be stupid.
Some of them are happy being stupid.
http://www.maxim.com/news/cnn-broadcasts-porn-2016-11
And even that didn't help their ratings. #:-)
My team tries to fix stupid every day, too. Though I would call it more ignorance than stupid; ignorance at least indicates a willingness to learn and open-mindedness to accept new ideas, generally anyway.
It's difficult to be stupid when you work on a 1.3MW natural gas generator or some other electrical behemoth beastie that can fry you so bad your entire family will feel it for decades, so we try to bring light to them and pray they don't do something stupid.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 25, 2016, 04:38:46 PM
http://www.maxim.com/news/cnn-broadcasts-porn-2016-11
Quote from: Sir Slash on November 25, 2016, 11:32:50 PM
And even that didn't help their ratings. #:-)
No one wants to watch Hillary porn.
Ouch! :hide:
Just to be clear, the CNN did not accidentally broadcast porn. That was a hoax or an urban legend.
The CNN did report, based on the hoax/legend it found on the internet, that it had accidentally broadcast a porn channel for an hour or so that day.
The fact CNN reported fake news clickbait against itself, I find far more hilarious than if they had actually broadcast porn for an hour. :2funny:
[rushes in out of breath]
Someone call for stupid?
Now you have me thinking of that Monty Python sketch with the constable hearing something from far off and running and running in a rather long scene to get to the next sketch, and I for the life of me can't find a clip of it. I thought it was 'The Chemist Sketch' but it's not. :-\
stories about crazy patients
QuoteNot a doctor, but work in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. One night we were called to Labor and delivery for a preterm delivery. NotAMom called 911 because her stomach hurt a lot and she thought she was dying. At the hospital ER it was confirmed she was pregnant and in labor. The whole time we were there she kept saying she was dying and why wouldn't we help her. OB key telling her she was in labor and to push each time she felt pain. She kept yelling "It's just gas! I've had gas for a while, but it won't come out because I'm dying!" Fast-forward to baby coming out. OB hands the baby to the nurse who then shows NotAMom her baby. NotAMom says "That's not mine! I have gas!" Nurse places the baby on her chest and says "Well, here's your gas. It's a boy."
QuoteER doctor here. I had a patient insist she had a fever once and when I pointed out that our thermometer did not record a fever she told me "I'm not sure they taught you this in medical school but when Asians get a fever their temperature doesn't go up."
QuoteMy mom took my sister and me to the doctor when we were kids because we had weird bumps all over the back of our tongues. We were diagnosed with tastebuds.
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In today's world, that last statement could actually mean something as a counter-cultural reactionary statement.
Meanwhile, the Democratic shut-down-the-major-highway riots have run to their inevitable conclusion. A small group of white people, trying to convince people at this late date to "Dump Trump", got smacked by a truck while barely shutting down a major freeway in Seattle.
http://theseattletribune.com/6-dead-after-truck-collides-with-anti-trump-protesters-on-freeway/
I feel reasonably sure drugs were involved at some point(s) in the life choices affecting these people... Emphases mine.
QuoteAfter dealing with angry motorist for about 5-minutes, the group of protesters moved aside to allow the backed-up vehicles to resume their commute. Once a steady-flow of traffic resumed, the group of protesters once again linked arms to create a barricade for a second time.
It was at this time [around 5:15 pm in a northern winter city, so practically sunset when these morons decided to shut down freeway commuter traffic] when Richard L. Porter, a 32-year-old Seattle resident employed by Waldrum Brother's (a local appliance store) as a delivery driver quickly approached the chain of Anti-Trump protesters. According to Porter, he was driving with the current flow of traffic (around 80-MPH) when the obstruction created by the protesters seemed to appear out of nowhere.
6 protestors died, having been oppressed by the unfair advantages of physics in negating their safe space for expressing their emotional needs.
...wait, you think I'm being sarcastic about them blaming someone else for the fatal accident?
QuotePorter claims that the incident was a devastating accident and that he did everything possible to avoid hitting the protesters, however, many of the surviving protesters see things differently. The remaining group of protesters have told reporters that they believe Porter intentionally ran over them with his vehicle because he disagreed with their political beliefs.
No. No, I only
wish I was being sarcastic. Does it matter to them that the driver is a Democrat who voted for Clinton? Nope.
Possibly to be crossposted in last year's election thread.
And his truck was carrying baskets to put 'Deplorables' in.
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 06, 2017, 03:06:51 PM
And his truck was carrying baskets to put 'Deplorables' in.
Here in the south we call them "chairs".
"Chairs"? That what we say to each other on New Year's Eve when we toast each other. :cowboy:
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 06, 2017, 01:49:12 PM
6 protestors died, having been oppressed by the unfair advantages of physics in negating their safe space for expressing their emotional needs.
:notworthy:
6 stupid foods from TV shows, recreated at taste-tested
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-crazy-sandwiches-from-tv-shows-taste-tested21/
Quote from: Ubercat on January 07, 2017, 01:18:29 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 06, 2017, 01:49:12 PM
6 protestors died, having been oppressed by the unfair advantages of physics in negating their safe space for expressing their emotional needs.
:notworthy:
To be fair, that turned out to be fake news.
Would have worked great in a satire site!
from an article on wacky sex-ed stories
QuoteWhen I was in sex ed many years ago, all the guys got to write questions for the girls on paper notes and vice versa. One of the guys wrote: "What is the largest thing you could fit inside of you?" One of the girls answered: "an infant." Preach.
and another
QuoteOur school's gym teacher was missing her left hand at the wrist. It was a birth defect, she's done some pretty cool things despite it.
In the 9th grade, we had her for the sex ed unit of phys ed. During her lesson, she was doing a bit about contraception. She was talking about different methods, then she got to condoms.
Someone asked "what happens if a guy is too big to use a condom?"
She took one, unwrapped it, applied it over her left wrist and rolled it all the way down her damn arm. Then said something along the lines of "and most of you boys think you need magnums?"
I had eggs benedict for brunch... two days in a row, being over 50 - how stupid is that eh?
And no.... I don't plan on fixing it. Sometimes stupid is delicious.
Quote from: Windigo on January 16, 2017, 11:40:43 AM
I had eggs benedict for brunch... two days in a row, being over 50 - how stupid is that eh?
And no.... I don't plan on fixing it. Sometimes stupid is delicious.
I don't see an issue with this at all.
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 13, 2017, 03:59:31 PM
from an article on wacky sex-ed stories
QuoteWhen I was in sex ed many years ago, all the guys got to write questions for the girls on paper notes and vice versa. One of the guys wrote: "What is the largest thing you could fit inside of you?" One of the girls answered: "an infant." Preach.
:DD
oy vey...
from a Steampunk group on FB I'm a part of
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Let me guess, it's a comedy? Or a musical?
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^ Wow. That one fails so hard on so many levels. :-[
Now lets be inclusive here. Jews can be Satanists too. I think? This girl clearly can't do both at the same time, or much else apparently. :uglystupid2:
Hey, summer camps can be a lot of fun.
Just ask Max and Leo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aq98znqvs
Guy brings a level on a plane to 'prove' the Earth is flat
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/flatearthers-experiment-goes-viral-just-not-in-the-way-hed-hoped/
Best comment on today's idiot?
QuoteI want to explain physics to him but I'm afraid of violating the Prime Directive.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 19, 2017, 03:06:27 PM
Guy brings a level on a plane to 'prove' the Earth is flat
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/flatearthers-experiment-goes-viral-just-not-in-the-way-hed-hoped/
I wouldn't want to be sitting next to him on a cross-country flight.
Quote from: trailrunner on May 19, 2017, 08:10:57 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 19, 2017, 03:06:27 PM
Guy brings a level on a plane to 'prove' the Earth is flat
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/flatearthers-experiment-goes-viral-just-not-in-the-way-hed-hoped/
I wouldn't want to be sitting next to him on a cross-country flight.
I don't know, it might be better than getting squished against the bulkhead by the guy sitting in the middle seat that should of purchased 2 seats. Luckily it was only a 45 minute flight.
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Dakota Jean's last known social media post?
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"Look at all these lame sheep kept in line for this light by a mere row of traffic cones! Well, I'm no sheep! ... .......wut."
Honesty, I hope that was the problem and not, "too... much... stomach cramping... must risk it!"
I learned a long time ago, don't argue with orange traffic cones. Flip them off if you want to, but don't argue. #:-)
Quote from: Barthheart on June 06, 2017, 09:24:28 AM
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I read where the driver was going to be charged for repairing that section, and it was something like $12k. He was a teenager, and in his defense, he said that he couldn't tell that the cement was fresh and he thought that it was a left turn lane.
...a left turn lane conveniently marked off by orange-and-white traffic cones...
Methinks he slept through part of driver's ed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla
Quote from: panzerde on June 09, 2017, 02:35:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla
Man that guy's essay is genius! I was thinking that he left out a place for people who while helping others, enrich themselves far more but they really do fit into intelligent people. Nothing about intelligence requires morality.
Quote from: bobarossa on June 10, 2017, 02:21:31 PM
Quote from: panzerde on June 09, 2017, 02:35:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla)
Man that guy's essay is genius! I was thinking that he left out a place for people who while helping others, enrich themselves far more but they really do fit into intelligent people. Nothing about intelligence requires morality.
Certainly does a nice job of capturing it all, doesn't it? One thing from it that I've really taken to heart in my business is that dealing with stupid people is amazingly costly. Far better to avoid doing so.
https://newsatlast.com/2017/06/19/pride-lions-kill-9-poachers-injures-3-others/
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http://wncn.com/2017/08/06/boy-hit-killed-on-nc-interstate-after-stealing-car-officials-say/
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 06, 2017, 02:25:32 PM
http://wncn.com/2017/08/06/boy-hit-killed-on-nc-interstate-after-stealing-car-officials-say/
Guess he won't be doing that again...little dumbass was old enough to know better.
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http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-crappy-design-fails/
Windows Vista should be on the list. I'd take the four-legged duck over it anytime.
Tomi Lahren: we'll be screwed if there's a draft of the general population.
Brandon Friedman: some volunteer professionals have done great!
Rep Swalwell: Over one million volunteer professionals have served honorably, thousands died, what are you even talking about?
Tomi: Obvs I'm talking about a draft of the general population, not about volunteers dedicated to excelling at their vocation. ::)
oy vey
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article176073436.html#fmp
Oy vey is right
QuoteShe faces the firearm charge because police say a gun in the house was within reach of the children.
Really plumbed the depths of the gene pool on that one. Clearly the mother needed to visit MikeGER post haste.
Once you go Wehrmacht, you'll always go right back! ;D
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SNORT
She won't have to worry about dying from Flouride.
Driver = stupid
Witnesses = awesome
http://wncn.com/2017/10/06/raleigh-hit-and-run-suspect-cornered-in-vehicle-by-witnesses-police-say/
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Hey....Latin is sort of Italian.
Quote from: DoctorQuest on November 19, 2017, 04:47:57 PM
Hey....Latin is sort of Italian.
Yeah, but the Air Force isn't sort of the Marines.
^ +1
And I bet she's not, 'always faithful' either.
Quote from: DoctorQuest on November 19, 2017, 04:47:57 PM
Hey....Latin is sort of Italian.
She probably just wanted it in
Italics.
So... Gave my Dad my GoPro while he was in Las Vegas, I did not, however, instruct him on how to use it, so my dad being my dad, and a culchie, didn't know which way to point the fucking thing...
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I thought you were the CEO of the Flat Mars Society Bayo.
Quote from: Windigo on December 01, 2017, 12:24:42 PM
I thought you were the CEO of the Flat Mars Society Bayo.
I'm the head of the Flat Libido Society
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 01, 2017, 12:36:15 PM
Quote from: Windigo on December 01, 2017, 12:24:42 PM
I thought you were the CEO of the Flat Mars Society Bayo.
I'm the head of the Flat Libido Society
If "head" is a title shouldn't it be capitalized? :-"
https://twitter.com/MaineDOT1/status/938116797378826241/video/1 (https://twitter.com/MaineDOT1/status/938116797378826241/video/1)
"You really sure you don't need that windshield?"
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article190864514.html
Points for courage. Bonus negative points for stupidity.
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 21, 2017, 12:36:31 PM
Points for courage. Bonus negative points for stupidity.
No points for courage. Pretty sure greed and/or hubris was the motivating factor.
sigh
Actually, they were all shipped to the moon. Oh wait, the moon landing never happened either. Never mind! :uglystupid2:
I always suspected Yahoo Serious was a computer generated persona.
I buy it. I mean who can explain Kangaroos?
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 03, 2018, 07:47:48 PM
I buy it. I mean who can explain Kangaroos?
Oh snap! True that.
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That gave us a good laugh!
^ glad it did O0 one things for sure, my two cats would've joined in first.... Rascals that they are ;D
https://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/s/gbv8r/robber-shoots-himself-during-alexandria-break-in-police
This is soooo embarrassing.
Standards have certainly fallen since my day. Clearly, training is needed. This younger generation simply can't expect to merely show up to succeed. Where's the Pride, the sense of of accomplishment with learning and mastering new skills? Sigh...
^ oh dear! Although it could've been a tactical move from the robber. After all, cops can't chase you if they're laughing to much to run ;D
Quote from: besilarius on January 09, 2018, 07:06:01 AM
https://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/s/gbv8r/robber-shoots-himself-during-alexandria-break-in-police
My daughter used to live right around the corner from where that happened.
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Miley needs to sign-up.
At least she spelled "too" and "college" right. Most of her fellow millennials are unable to achieve that mind-bending feat.
^ Hey... Leave her feet out of this!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/crock-pot-defends-its-slow-cookers-after-this-is-us-tragedy/ar-AAv8num?ocid=spartanntp
QuoteTuesday's episode of This Is Us didn't just bring us this close to the very moment in which Jack Pearson will die — a raging fire was headed up the staircase — it also revealed the cause of said blaze. You can semi-blame it on friendly neighbor George, who gave Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) his trusty old Crock-Pot, which he explained to them had a switch that you kinda had to fiddle with, but no worries, it still works. While cleaning up the kitchen following a busted Super Bowl Sunday celebration 17 years later, Jack turned off the Crock-Pot, but after he left the room, the switch somehow activated, sparking up, igniting a dish towel and creating an inferno that quickly worked its way through the kitchen. And, of course, with no batteries in the smoke alarm, a true tragedy was in progress.
After the episode aired, This Is Us fans were quick to post on social media, taking out their anger/grief/sadness on the Crock-Pot, with some saying that they were throwing theirs out so they, too, didn't perish in a fire. One fan told the Crock-Pot Facebook page that she hoped that Crock-Pot was planning a can't-miss Super Bowl ad, given that people were tossing their slow cookers; she received this response from the brand: "Jack Pearson was our Valentine so we equally understand your pain with his loss. We love him and we love you too. Don't further add to our heartbreak by no longer using Crock-Pot Slow Cookers, rest assured our products have been generationally tested by your family and friends." Another fan named Ruthie pressed the brand for a response to the matter, noting that "so many people are worried now," and the brand replied, "We're heartbroken over last night's episode too!... [W]e're innocent until proven guilty."
Later in the day, Crock-Pot issued this lengthier and rather technical statement to TVLine:
"Crock-Pot understands the concerns brought up by last night's episode of This Is Us, and we too are heartbroken by the latest development in Jack's storyline. However, it is important that our consumers understand and have confidence that all Crock-Pot slow cookers exceed all internal testing protocols and all applicable industry safety standards and regulations as verified by independent third-party testing labs. For nearly 50 years, with over 100 million Crock-Pots sold, we have never received any consumer complaints similar to the fictional events portrayed in last night's episode. In fact, the safety and design of our product renders this type of event nearly impossible.
Quote from: OJsDad on January 25, 2018, 12:12:39 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/crock-pot-defends-its-slow-cookers-after-this-is-us-tragedy/ar-AAv8num?ocid=spartanntp
QuoteTuesday's episode of This Is Us didn't just bring us this close to the very moment in which Jack Pearson will die — a raging fire was headed up the staircase — it also revealed the cause of said blaze. You can semi-blame it on friendly neighbor George, who gave Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) his trusty old Crock-Pot, which he explained to them had a switch that you kinda had to fiddle with, but no worries, it still works. While cleaning up the kitchen following a busted Super Bowl Sunday celebration 17 years later, Jack turned off the Crock-Pot, but after he left the room, the switch somehow activated, sparking up, igniting a dish towel and creating an inferno that quickly worked its way through the kitchen. And, of course, with no batteries in the smoke alarm, a true tragedy was in progress.
After the episode aired, This Is Us fans were quick to post on social media, taking out their anger/grief/sadness on the Crock-Pot, with some saying that they were throwing theirs out so they, too, didn't perish in a fire. One fan told the Crock-Pot Facebook page that she hoped that Crock-Pot was planning a can't-miss Super Bowl ad, given that people were tossing their slow cookers; she received this response from the brand: "Jack Pearson was our Valentine so we equally understand your pain with his loss. We love him and we love you too. Don't further add to our heartbreak by no longer using Crock-Pot Slow Cookers, rest assured our products have been generationally tested by your family and friends." Another fan named Ruthie pressed the brand for a response to the matter, noting that "so many people are worried now," and the brand replied, "We're heartbroken over last night's episode too!... [W]e're innocent until proven guilty."
Later in the day, Crock-Pot issued this lengthier and rather technical statement to TVLine:
"Crock-Pot understands the concerns brought up by last night's episode of This Is Us, and we too are heartbroken by the latest development in Jack's storyline. However, it is important that our consumers understand and have confidence that all Crock-Pot slow cookers exceed all internal testing protocols and all applicable industry safety standards and regulations as verified by independent third-party testing labs. For nearly 50 years, with over 100 million Crock-Pots sold, we have never received any consumer complaints similar to the fictional events portrayed in last night's episode. In fact, the safety and design of our product renders this type of event nearly impossible.
I gotta ask, what part of that was, "rather technical?"
Quote from: MetalDog on January 25, 2018, 07:33:41 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on January 25, 2018, 12:12:39 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/crock-pot-defends-its-slow-cookers-after-this-is-us-tragedy/ar-AAv8num?ocid=spartanntp
QuoteTuesday's episode of This Is Us didn't just bring us this close to the very moment in which Jack Pearson will die — a raging fire was headed up the staircase — it also revealed the cause of said blaze. You can semi-blame it on friendly neighbor George, who gave Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) his trusty old Crock-Pot, which he explained to them had a switch that you kinda had to fiddle with, but no worries, it still works. While cleaning up the kitchen following a busted Super Bowl Sunday celebration 17 years later, Jack turned off the Crock-Pot, but after he left the room, the switch somehow activated, sparking up, igniting a dish towel and creating an inferno that quickly worked its way through the kitchen. And, of course, with no batteries in the smoke alarm, a true tragedy was in progress.
After the episode aired, This Is Us fans were quick to post on social media, taking out their anger/grief/sadness on the Crock-Pot, with some saying that they were throwing theirs out so they, too, didn't perish in a fire. One fan told the Crock-Pot Facebook page that she hoped that Crock-Pot was planning a can't-miss Super Bowl ad, given that people were tossing their slow cookers; she received this response from the brand: "Jack Pearson was our Valentine so we equally understand your pain with his loss. We love him and we love you too. Don't further add to our heartbreak by no longer using Crock-Pot Slow Cookers, rest assured our products have been generationally tested by your family and friends." Another fan named Ruthie pressed the brand for a response to the matter, noting that "so many people are worried now," and the brand replied, "We're heartbroken over last night's episode too!... [W]e're innocent until proven guilty."
Later in the day, Crock-Pot issued this lengthier and rather technical statement to TVLine:
"Crock-Pot understands the concerns brought up by last night's episode of This Is Us, and we too are heartbroken by the latest development in Jack's storyline. However, it is important that our consumers understand and have confidence that all Crock-Pot slow cookers exceed all internal testing protocols and all applicable industry safety standards and regulations as verified by independent third-party testing labs. For nearly 50 years, with over 100 million Crock-Pots sold, we have never received any consumer complaints similar to the fictional events portrayed in last night's episode. In fact, the safety and design of our product renders this type of event nearly impossible.
I gotta ask, what part of that was, "rather technical?"
The words. Hurt brains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/11/woman-accused-of-hiring-hit-men-to-get-out-of-her-hit-man-related-troubles/
She hired a hit man to take out her ex-husband
He turned her into the cops
From the jail, she tried to hire a hit man to take out the first one who turned her in
On the day she was convicted of hiring the first hit man, she tried to hire two more hit men, to take out a witness in the second case, and to take out an attorney in a completely unrelated civil action against her...
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https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/halo-brows-are-latest-ridiculous-online-trend/
I don't see any guy pictures there. Wonder why?
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 12, 2018, 11:12:08 AM
I don't see any guy pictures there. Wonder why?
We can only pull off the unibrow.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 12, 2018, 05:05:53 AM
https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/halo-brows-are-latest-ridiculous-online-trend/
My God, it's full of stupid.
It makes the unibrow look downright hot.
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This is our local Verizon store where we go to get our account taken care of. They've always been really good to us
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article215641600.html
Damn. I'm glad the folks in the store were not hurt. About 15 years ago a little old lady drove through the front of a Dunkin Donuts just a block away from my old employer. She managed to squeeze her car between the concrete posts set up along the storefront parking spaces and crippled one of the kids working behind the counter.
^Jesus Christ. That same exact thing happened at our village Dunkin Donuts just a few months ago.
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 27, 2018, 09:08:14 PM
About 15 years ago a little old lady drove through the front of a Dunkin Donuts just a block away from my old employer.
Was she angry, or just senile and lost control?
This dude was pissed that they wouldn't open the store for him even tho it was 30 minutes past closing time (so it's not like they locked up at 8pm on the dot)
Though the little old lady's actions were probably a panic reaction ("I'm pushing on the brake as hard as I can, why won't it stop!!! *because it's actually the accelerator*) I'd be willing to bet that senility played a role in both incidents. Unfortunately, rage and destructive acts are not uncommon behaviors exhibited during dementia's onset and progression. I deal with many elderly patients every day and it's heartbreaking to see them as they break down and lose themselves over the years.
My dad is 81 and I think I see the tell-tale signs of a cognitive decline. I pray that it is slow but family history would suggest otherwise.
That Verizon has an altered Horizon now. I hope the police charge the guy by the minute.