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Hawkeye_Joe
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 Posted - April 09 2008 : 8:37:41 PM
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Then we will not get on the subject of helmets but touch just on the stupidity of passing a law that is a patch that has not come to fruitation with the non-helmet wearing states having massive problems with brain dead bikers but will not pass a manditory motorcycle riders course before an 18 yr old can get on a bike that will do 170 MPH wearing shorts and flip flops..or give instruction to EMTs about how to remove a helmet without causing traumatic neck injuries to esculate into something more.
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Obediah
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The term "brain dead bikers" is redundant!
Several years ago, I was in my car, waiting to turn left, when I saw (coming toward me) a young punk on a crotch rocket, wearing no shirt! I wondered why he kept looking over his shoulder...then I saw behind him, his buddy blasting up on another crotch rocket, again with no shirt, but this goober was riding side-saddle!!  |
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Seamus
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 09:21:14 AM
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| Maybe the turkey would have survived if he was wearing a helmet! |
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but rather to skid in sideways,
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'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 09:34:56 AM
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| Excellent point seamus, - I'll call my state rep and have him introduce a bill requiring all flying turkeys to wear a helmet. Perhaps it would also help insects hitting windshields. Gawd only knows the damage and suffering inflicted on them by heartless motorists. |
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caitlin
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 10:31:25 AM
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What about people who say, "this milk tastes spoiled...here, taste this" or "this smells funny...here, smell this"  |
Jack McCall: "Should we shake hands or something, relieve the atmosphere. I mean how stupid do you think I am?"
Wild Bill Hickok: "I don't know, I just met you."
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RedFraggle
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 10:31:55 AM
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Originally posted by Seamus
Don't they teach kids how to make change anymore in school??
I don't think kids are taught anything in school anymore, at least not anything practical. When I worked retail a few summers ago I had to spend nearly ten minutes explaining how to calculate sales tax to a co-worker, who kept insisting that an 8% tax means adding 0.8 to any purchase.  This same co-worker was also surprised to discover that she was 6 months pregnant. She had had no idea before. How does that happen? 
Which brings me to another pet peeve . . . UTTER STUPIDITY! I'll admit having a deep ignorance about a lot of things, but to know absolutely nothin' about absolutely nothin' is just inexcusable!
And BTW, Blackie, "fart in a tin can"? LOL!  |
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 12:55:43 PM
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Red, I think you answered your own question:
"Which brings me to another pet peeve . . . UTTER STUPIDITY!"
(Is that a dumb cow??? Wait a minute...that's 'uDDer'....)('udder', meaning cow bag, not double 'D's'... !-)
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Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 5:16:31 PM
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| Speaking of such things, ... a few years ago my brother and his wife were in a restaurant down on Cape Cod, when a thunderstorm came through, and knocked out the power. Candles were lit etc. by the restaurant staff - and everything was fine. When it came time to leave, still no power, - the girl at the register didn't have a clue about how to make change. The manager had to cash folks out that were leaving. |
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 7:13:09 PM
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That's pretty pathetic, isn't it?
Oh... and so was your joke, Seamus. |
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Posted - April 10 2008 : 7:53:23 PM
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| Hey WW, - no picking on Seamus now, that was pretty good!!! ;) |
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Posted - April 11 2008 : 05:45:32 AM
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| Yeah....what MG said! |
Life's journey is not to
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but rather to skid in sideways,
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'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - April 11 2008 : 10:57:38 AM
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Nah! I've heard lots better from Seamus. Lots! That one was a real Groaner!
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Posted - April 11 2008 : 12:11:12 PM
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The operative word here, WW is "heard".....I cannot put them in print because of the family nature of this Board!
Right on, Obi....Groaners are the best kind! |
Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
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Posted - April 25 2008 : 8:56:05 PM
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| Well, I think the ultimate pet peeve right now are gas prices. I heard on the Today show that by this time next year or earlier that we will be paying $5 a gallon! Lord help us.... |
Jack McCall: "Should we shake hands or something, relieve the atmosphere. I mean how stupid do you think I am?"
Wild Bill Hickok: "I don't know, I just met you."
"A nation with no regard to it's past will have little future worth remembering."
A.Lincoln
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize that they were the big things"
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RedFraggle
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 Posted - April 26 2008 : 12:05:14 AM
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Originally posted by caitlin
Well, I think the ultimate pet peeve right now are gas prices. I heard on the Today show that by this time next year or earlier that we will be paying $5 a gallon! Lord help us....
$75 to fill up my VW Beetle?!? And on a student budget?!? Gasp. |
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Posted - April 27 2008 : 6:08:19 PM
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| How about when people use the word 'literally' incorrectly? It makes me want to flip out. I can't count the times I hear people say, "I literally froze to death." Oh really? If that was the case, you wouldn't be talking to me right this very moment. My Chem teacher ALWAYS uses it incorrectly & if that doesn't irk me enough, she normally says it atleast 5 times a class...my friends and I have a tally going. |
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Posted - April 28 2008 : 8:21:36 PM
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How about when people use the word 'literally' incorrectly?
It is often funny when people use "literally" in sentences where it doesn't make sense. Another language-related pet peeve: slang that makes people sound absolutely vapid. Take, for instance, this snippet from a conversation I heard among three sorority girls on the bus on my way to class:
Girl 1: Ommigod, did you, like, see Brandi the other night? She was, like, so drunk.
Girl 2: Ommigod, so tots.
Girl 3: Ommigod, yeah, it was, like ridic.
Every sentence spoken by any of the three started with "ommigod" and if I had a nickel for every time they said "like" I could probably buy a medium-sized tropical island. Never mind "tots" and "ridic."
I literally think my brain shrank just from listening. (Heh heh . . . just messing with you, UL13. )
(Oh, and for anyone wondering what "tots," with a long o, is, it's short for "totally." ) |
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Posted - April 28 2008 : 8:49:03 PM
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| Haha, I know what you mean RedFraggle. I'm into English and good grammar is a big thing for me. When I hear people talk in such unbelievably idiotic ways, I can FEEL the anger building inside of me. Grrr. I'm glad you share my annoyance a bit. It makes me feel less crazy, haha. |
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Posted - April 28 2008 : 8:59:12 PM
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I drives me crazy to hear people say "went" when they mean "said." 
Such as:
BAD: "I went 'duh!'"
GOOD: "I said 'duh!'" |
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Posted - April 29 2008 : 12:24:26 PM
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There is something people who live in my area say that makes me crazy. They turn a positive into a negative in certain situations.
For example, when they should be saying, "So do I" they actually say "So don't I!" Or "So didn't she" when they mean "So did she."
Is this done anywhere else in the country besides the Southern Tier of New York State? |
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Posted - April 29 2008 : 12:27:02 PM
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Originally posted by Obediah
I drives me crazy to hear people say "went" when they mean "said."
Such as:
BAD: "I went 'duh!'"
GOOD: "I said 'duh!'"
Agreed! Or... "So I'm like 'duh!'" |
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Posted - April 29 2008 : 12:55:37 PM
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"Like OMFG, no she didn't!"
All I have to say is that I, 100%, agree with the terrible misuse of the English language.
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