Unbelieveably, I was hovering on another message board a few weeks back and this was one of the main threads (as well as an equally scintillating one called "Let's count up from one to 10,000"). Folk were actually posting one number at a time and taking turns to count backwards. Unbelieveable.
The Count on Seseme Street can get away with slow number crunching but that's because he is a foam educational tool aimed at 6 year old working class kids. I expect better from human beings.
I'd like to get a feedback from people on TMO for other times when they have felt let down by the human race.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I'd like to get a feedback from people on TMO for other times when they have felt let down by the human race.
The popularity of the show Fear Factor.
George W. Bush is the president of the US. For two terms.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I'm down with this!
10,000....
Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I'd like to get a feedback from people on TMO for other times when they have felt let down by the human race.
I heard tell of some cock who'd never seen Predator.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: I'm down with this!
10,000....
Ironic counting doesn't make it better. Irony didn't help the mullet.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
9,999
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: 9,999
*sigh* 9,998
ETA: Please someone kill me.
[ 18.10.2005, 08:12: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
We need h1ppychick to monitor for 'cross-posting' incidences.
eta: 9,997
[ 18.10.2005, 08:13: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Maybe we could do it in alphabetic order?
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: 9,999
*sigh* 9,998
ETA: Please someone kill me.
Please no. I feel like the Greek guy who brought Avian flu to Europe.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
This thread is my new death clock.
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
You forgot to count. 9,996.
I can't believe this is happening.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
you called? I've not seen Predator, sorry.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: you called? I've not seen Predator, sorry.
It's some adolescent rubbish about men in the jungle with big guns
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
It's a metaphor about US military involvement in lesser developed countries in South and Central America.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
it is one of those films that gets worse as time goes on, 9,995. I believe that the word 'jingoistic' could be used, but I don't fully know what it means. I'm surfing a lexical ripcurl here, folks!
eta: I don't know what lexical means either. That's how badass I am.
[ 18.10.2005, 08:21: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Counting is teh fun1
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
We could have started somewhere easier. Like 6.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I'd like to get a feedback from people on TMO for other times when they have felt let down by the human race.
Erm, erm, okay, well, pretty much every day I feel this. Today a woman on the tube was standing in the aisle in the middle, with her fat beady eyes on a juicy chair that was about to be become free. As the be-suited ass of the man gently lifted, she saw her chance and took it, forgetting that the train was about to sharply brake as it came into the station. So, man stands up, woman twists round, lets go of handrail and staggers up the aisle, knocking people over as the train comes to a halt. I was already sitting, but still, this made me disappointed, that these people all suffer because this other person couldn't wait a split second before letting go of the rail.
It struck me as the kind of grabbing greediness that typifies Londoners. Also, one of those "Can you move DOWN please" twats was on the train, and I hate them.
[ 18.10.2005, 08:36: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
Was is supposed to be forwards or reverse alpabetical order? If the former then I fucked it up already!
Didn't we have a thing a while ago where you had to find the worst thread ever from another forum? Did anyone see the HB thread from the girl who got motion sickness from giving blow jobs? That was ace.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Abby: the HB thread from the girl who got motion sickness from giving blow jobs? That was ace.
Was she sure it was motion sickness and not just the taste of cock?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I was going to say that.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
nice one, Roy.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I post too much.
Posted by discodamage (Member # 66) on :
i once got caught in between one of the 'can you move down' twats and one of the 'who do you think you are i aint movin', bre'er!' twats. it was awful. i was the filling in an underground twat sandwich. i of course was carrying an incredibly large rucksack, so you could argue that, to extend the twat sandwich metaphor a little further, we were the eqivalent of two slices of bread with a slice of bread in the middle.
27. just trying to hurry this charade up a little.
[ 18.10.2005, 08:43: Message edited by: discodamage ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that does sound pretty bad. Normally in that situation, I start elbowing people (women).
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
MonkeySusan, how does a gymnast make money?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: MonkeySusan, how does a gymnast make money?
They get a flexible loan
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
*laughter, groaning* Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
They spread their legs around the bars?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I bet they don't get motion sickness. Bit of a handicap for a gymnast if they did, I suppose.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by discodamage: i was the filling in an underground twat sandwich.
Nobody ever gets the sandwich metaphor right. I mean tt's not like you call it a bread sandwich, when you're talking about cheese between two slices of bread. That's a cheese sandwich. It's the filling that defines the name of the sandwich! So if you were in a twat sandwich and you were in the middle, you'd be the twat.
quote:Originally posted by discodamage: i of course was carrying an incredibly large rucksack, so you could argue that, to extend the twat sandwich metaphor a little further, we were the eqivalent of two slices of bread with a slice of bread in the middle.
No! You're the equivalent of three slices of cheesy twat in cheese wich of sandy twats or something.
Cheeses! Sandwiches! Twats!
For shame. Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Also, one of those "Can you move DOWN please" twats was on the train, and I hate them.
:spooky: One of those was on my train too - a Victoria line, approx Finsbury Park, approx 8.35 this morning. Shaw Taylor says: were you on my carriage? I wouldn't have been able to see, as all I could see was groins.
2. Are we nearly there?
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
I'm sure there was a thread once on Handbag that consisted of people counting down until 5pm, or something very similar. You know: Sunnybear posts "3.46 now!" with a massive doll avatar, animated tickers, 500 words of signatures and smileys taking up ten times more screenspace than the post itself.
I contributed to it, along the lines of I dread to think that the pioneers of the World Wide Web might realise their efforts to create a global democratic arena have descended to this -- a bunch of office girls typing numbers.
Didn't go down too well, I think.
Posted by Pearlie (Member # 853) on :
I recall that thread. Which is pretty shameful really.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: spooky: One of those was on my train too - a Victoria line, approx Finsbury Park, approx 8.35 this morning. Shaw Taylor says: were you on my carriage? I wouldn't have been able to see, as all I could see was groins.
2. Are we nearly there?
at that time, I was fiddling with my fusebox, lol etc, after my modem exploded in the middle of the night. Suspected cause? A can of beer precariously balanced at the end of my bed made the journey to the underneath of my desk, and released it's fury. That means, UT2004 fans, that I'm out of action for a while (for ever if my whole computer is fucked).
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
Posted by Kovacs
quote: I dread to think that the pioneers of the World Wide Web might realise their efforts to create a global democratic arena have descended to this -- a bunch of office girls typing numbers.
Half of them wouldnt understand that was an insult...
In fact half is probably a generous estimate...
[ 18.10.2005, 09:16: Message edited by: Kira ]
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: at that time, I was fiddling with my fusebox, lol etc, after my modem exploded in the middle of the night. Suspected cause? A can of beer precariously balanced at the end of my bed made the journey to the underneath of my desk, and released it's fury. That means, UT2004 fans, that I'm out of action for a while (for ever if my whole computer is fucked).
Thats a shame mate - look if you need a new (ADSL) modem I have a spare should you so require I can send you. Else any other components that may be fried, let me know and maybe I can have a scout around at home to see what I have.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: *laughter, groaning*
Arf arf
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
the only conclusion that can be drawn is that there are multiple 'move down twats' on the Victoria line at any one time. I have probably been one at some stage.
Transport-related People Who Let Me Down = those walking behind me with sharp-cornered bags, who tut when they hit me in the back of the knee, causing me to stumble like a spazmo. Those who repeatedly try their ticket, despite 'seek assistance' coming up, causing a backlog the length of Kings Cross concourse and causing multiple deaths.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
It'd never work here, I tend to lock threads at the 700 posts or so mark.. Last Friday was a long thread though. Counting backwards from 10,000 just smacks of boredom doesn't it ?
I feel mostly let down by humanity every time I hear from someone whose only reason for calling me is either to borrow money or get their computer fixed especially when those are the only times they call me.
Fair-weather friends suck.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by Waynster: shame mate
It's a cable modem. I'll probably pick one up on ebay, but more pressing is that the main fuse for all my sockets is now knackered, so I'm going to be spending the week without any kind of entertainment/cooking/ironing facilities. I've no idea where to buy such a thing. It's a beige box with a switch in it, that plugs into the main board, but the rating has rubbed off, so I don't know what to buy. And my neighbour hates me after I confronted him about his inability to flush the toilet, so I doubt he'll let me have a look at his box.
Another hilarious episode.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I feel mostly let down by humanity every time I hear from someone whose only reason for calling me is either to borrow money or get their computer fixed especially when those are the only times they call me.
Which brings me to a great conversation I had with Thorn and Octavia at the weekend. Thorn remarked that "it was time the human race was brought to a close".
That phrase has been ringing in my ears ever since.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
It was Thorn who released those infected chickens, wasn't it? He's not a Bond, oh no. He's a Bond villain Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: Thorn remarked that "it was time the human race was brought to a close".
Futurama, second series, episode five.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Fuck off was that nicked from anywhere! I posted it in a thread last week but it's all my own :madfaece:
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
Benway, go to an electricy board showroom you can probably find the information you need there:
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: Thorn remarked that "it was time the human race was brought to a close".
Futurama, second series, episode five.
No I feel cheated. Why Thorn, why.
He nicked something I said once and then had the cheek to use it back on me.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
If it's any help, I found out that about 75% of the jokes he used at high school were taken from the Smith and Jones book
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
[self pity] Cheers Dazzler, but I'm planning on just wrapping myself in a duvet and gently rocking to try and put myself into a healing trance. I've kind of reached the end of the line with dealing with problems like this, so I'm just going to leave it, and try to lose my mind. Although, if I can sort out this loan, then I can pay my rent up, and get a man in. But, alas, I'm not exactly credit-friendly. I've lived without running water for a couple of months now, but the image of Louise carrying a bucket of hot water from the shower so she can washup a bowl for breakfast was heartbreaking, and prepped me for my upcoming transition from sane and bothered to mad and peaceful.[/self pity]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Jesus Hnr0T!
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
quote:Originally posted by Darryn.R: I feel mostly let down by humanity every time I hear from someone whose only reason for calling me is either to borrow money or get their computer fixed especially when those are the only times they call me.
Fair-weather friends suck.
Amen to that! Thankfully the real friends make life the wonderful thing it is.
Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
x
Posted on the wrong thread. A new low.
[ 18.10.2005, 09:53: Message edited by: OJ ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5: If it's any help, I found out that about 75% of the jokes he used at high school were taken from the Smith and Jones book
The other 25% were from Christmas cash in book The A to Z of Behaving Badly. Actually now I think about that, one of the jokes in that was about how to amuse yourself at family gatherings, and went
"Talk your shy younger brother into doing his Michael Jackson impression, then stop him half way through saying 'I'm sorry everyone, this is just embarrassing'"
which is obviously the joke I was trying with Pearlie, earlier. The truth is I'm not that funny, I've just got a good memory.
:plaigiarface:
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
quote: only reason for calling me is either to borrow money or get their computer fixed especially when those are the only times they call me.
I sympathise Darryn...
I have family like that Posted by Stefanos (Member # 53) on :
My God. If I said a couple of years back people here would be counting back from 10,000 on a forum thread for fun, I'd be on Fifichan's `shit list' quicker than you can see `Romano eunt domus'.
I'd like to nominate this for the `Alphabet Thread' 2005 award.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stefanos: I'd like to nominate this for the `Alphabet Thread' 2005 award.
But the idea in the title of the thread isn't the idea of the thread itself - the thread's actually about stupid people and the stupid things stupid people do.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Do you remember when we had annual awards on TMO? And thorn won best newcomer for two years in a row? That was when TMO meant something. Now, we count down from 10,000.
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
There's a newbie on Handbag Relationships called "Jap". Nobody's commented on the name.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
so who am I bribing for this years awards then?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
we don't do them any more, because we don't have a leader.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: we don't do them any more, because we don't have a leader.
Who used to be the leader?
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Benway.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That reminds me of s thread on the forum I moderate with MK Andy
Poster A - Hey, let's think of amusing slang names for areas in milton keynes!
Poster B - Good call! How about 2 mile hash? (2 mile ash)
Poster A - ahahah good one!
Poster C - Ok, how about cooniburrow? (conniburrow)
Poster A and B - ahahaha that's great
Poster D - yeah, heh, what about niggermead! (fishermead)
Poster A B and C - you can't say that kind of shit! For fuck's sake, you racist twat..
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
more ringleader really though
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by jonesy999: Benway.
Did he step down? Was he overthrown?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by jonesy999: Benway.
Half right. It was Bun.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Actually, Benway's right. It was and will always be Bun.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
I miss him so much. I wish he was here.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
there should really be a weeping-acid-blood-smiley for moments like this.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
coming up to 4000 posts, London. Anything planned? How about a casio-punk inspired look at TMO, as seen through the eyes of a teenage slut holding two pint glasses up to her eyes and going "woooooouhhhh"?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that's not cruel, btw, it's playful.
Posted by saltrock (Member # 622) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: [self pity] Cheers Dazzler, but I'm planning on just wrapping myself in a duvet and gently rocking to try and put myself into a healing trance. I've kind of reached the end of the line with dealing with problems like this, so I'm just going to leave it, and try to lose my mind. Although, if I can sort out this loan, then I can pay my rent up, and get a man in. But, alas, I'm not exactly credit-friendly. I've lived without running water for a couple of months now, but the image of Louise carrying a bucket of hot water from the shower so she can washup a bowl for breakfast was heartbreaking, and prepped me for my upcoming transition from sane and bothered to mad and peaceful.[/self pity]
Bloody hell Benway, you've given me an urge to start crocheting blankets now and distributing them amongst the people of the streets. Any colour preference?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
can I have it in sky blue, please? It's the classic mental illness colour.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
And purple
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
sorry everybody
Posted by Stefanos (Member # 53) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: But the idea in the title of the thread isn't the idea of the thread itself - the thread's actually about stupid people and the stupid things stupid people do.
D'oh!
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
I wish Stevie X was here to explain what this thread was about, and how its content relates to the title.
Posted by Stefanos (Member # 53) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: I wish Stevie X was here to explain what this thread was about, and how its content relates to the title.
Yeah! That'd be really great!
What is this thread about, Kovie baby? Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
I mostly just read my own posts, so I couldn't give you an overview.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: I wish Stevie X was here to explain what this thread was about, and how its content relates to the title.
Yeah, so, urm - humanity letting folk down. One example would be that no western government has instituted a law where fat people have to pay double on the bus.
Any others?
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Funny. Benway's post gave me the urge to have a nice hot bubble bath when I get home, then post about it.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: One example would be that no western government has instituted a law where fat people have to pay double on the bus.
Fat people shouldn't be let on the bust at all, make 'em walk it'll do 'em good.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that sounds like a pretty good post, H1ppy. I know that T-Horn3000 is a fan of women in baths.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by Darryn.R:
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: One example would be that no western government has instituted a law where fat people have to pay double on the bus.
Fat people shouldn't be let on the bust at all, make 'em walk it'll do 'em good.
That's a bit nanny state-ish isn't it?
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan:
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: I wish Stevie X was here to explain what this thread was about, and how its content relates to the title.
Yeah, so, urm - humanity letting folk down. One example would be that no western government has instituted a law where fat people have to pay double on the bus.
What about pregnant people - would that law apply to them too? I suppose they take up as much room, but it just doesn't seem fair (unless they are crack whores w/their latest in a string of pimp pregnancies).
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
I was planning "cruel and mocking", rather than "erotic and slippery".
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by rooster: What about pregnant people - would that law apply to them too? I suppose they take up as much room, but it just doesn't seem fair (unless they are crack whores w/their latest in a string of pimp pregnancies).
Whu? This post seems based on the idea that pregnant people are somehow better than fat people, when in reality they're as bad if not worse.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:qb]
What about pregnant people - would that law apply to them too? I suppose they take up as much room, but it just doesn't seem fair (unless they are crack whores w/their latest in a string of pimp pregnancies). [/QB][/QUOTE]
Pregnant people would not have to pay double under the MS regime. Their kids will eventually pay taxes (hopefully) and will therefore contribute to society. Their weight serves a purpose.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by rooster: What about pregnant people - would that law apply to them too? I suppose they take up as much room, but it just doesn't seem fair (unless they are crack whores w/their latest in a string of pimp pregnancies).
When I was working for TFL I was told that a law passed made it impossible to charge for foetuses but if a fat person was so hungry that they ate a baby, it would count as a double fare.
I bet they got the UBB right on that thread you were condemning eh Monkususan.
[ 18.10.2005, 11:54: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
yeah, but Rooster has made it clear that if the woman is pregnant, under the evil influences of addiction, and turning to prostitution to feed her habit, then she's worse than a fat person. This seems fair.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Whu? This post seems based on the idea that pregnant people are somehow better than fat people, when in reality they're as bad if not worse.
True actually. Because you could give birth to a fat baby.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
I'm imagining one of those comic scales at the entrance to the bus. People in line stepping on the scale (like the good egg, bad egg one in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Pregnant, Fat, Pregnant, Fat, Fat - scale makes whirring noise and shoots up, settles and lands on "Pregnant crackwhore" and door opens up to send her to hell.
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
Pregnant people aren't actually as fat as fat people in my experience. Pregnancy just makes you fat in a single area, whereas most fat folk are fat all over: hips, face, thighs, the works.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: Pregnant people aren't actually as fat as fat people in my experience. Pregnancy just makes you fat in a single area, whereas most fat folk are fat all over: hips, face, thighs, the works.
But you can pack fat people on the bus by squishing them, not so for pregnant people.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
it's the face that's the worse bit though.
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
I don't like to touch either type of person so my experience is limited.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I can't believe Rooster is trying to tell us babies aren't squishy. This one time when I was working at the nursery I was changing a nappy on a baby. I slightly touched his stomach and he pooed everywhere, as if the only thing that was helping him keep his shape, was his shit.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: Pregnant people aren't actually as fat as fat people in my experience. Pregnancy just makes you fat in a single area, whereas most fat folk are fat all over: hips, face, thighs, the works.
Fat hands are odd. How can you eat so much that your hands get fat?
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
The scale is as follows:
Normal person: Single fare Pregnant person: Single fare Fat person: Double fare Fat person in summer: Triple fare
I think we can all agree on this.
Posted by Pearlie (Member # 853) on :
It's very, very bad if your fanny gets fat.
[ 18.10.2005, 12:04: Message edited by: Pearlie ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: Fat person in summer: Triple fare
Some passengers would pay triple fare themselves for this.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
But Pregnant people say irritating things like "I'm eating for two"
Well fucking pay for two, then
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pearlie: It's very, very bad if your fanny gets fat.
That sounds like a revolting discussion, but I've got a friend who'll chew the fat with you.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: The scale is as follows:
Normal person: Single fare
What's a normal person? I'm a big guy, but not what anyone would consider fat. Should a petite person only pay half a fare?
ETA: And what about midgets and dwarves?
EATA: And amputees?
[ 18.10.2005, 12:21: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: The scale is as follows:
Normal person: Single fare
What's a normal person? I'm a big guy, but not what anyone would consider fat. Should a petite person only pay half a fare?
Petite people don't get tax cuts. They pay a single fare.
As for you Ralph, it depends. If you're not fat you don't pay double. Simple.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: Petite people don't get tax cuts. They pay a single fare.
As for you Ralph, it depends. If you're not fat you don't pay double. Simple.
I think your plan is full of flaws. I think people should step on a scale, much like produce, and pay by the pound.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
I agree with ralph (heavens!) but I'm not in my right mind as I am currently fuming with rage.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Way (weigh?) to promote anorexia! Idiots...
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
I'm tall, and heavy, but not fat. I'd feel cheated.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
Why are you complaining Misc? Your bus fare will be about 12p
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
He's got heavy bones.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5: Why are you complaining Misc? Your bus fare will be about 12p
In my helium-filled jacket I could just float along behind the bus, like a zero-g Marty Mc Fly.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: Pregnancy just makes you fat in a single area
Actually, I think pregnant people are fat wherever they go.
/coat
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by rooster: I agree with ralph (heavens!) but I'm not in my right mind as I am currently fuming with rage.
She's still upset we abandoned the countdown.
I'd resume counting if I could, but I won't, due to being the result of an American education and also incapable of handling large numbers having not worn sandals today.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
Geesh Scott. Way to ruin my already pathetic reputation.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
Am I the only one who doesn't understand who this is and what the picture means ?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I am a comrade in ignorance, D.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
Apparently, it's this person, though I too fail to see what she has to do with the price of eggs.
Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
A right click tells me it's Summer Phoenix. A previous post mentioned "a fat person in summer". NWOD is involved. You join the dots....
ps. I find myself agreeing with Kovacs' comments about threadrot and meaningless chat. This evidently indicates a parlous state of affairs - me publicly agreeing with Kovacs n'all.
So instead of starting a circular whinge, I hereby suggest that a chat thread may be in order. As a sort of escape lane for the rapid downhill juggernaut of the off-topic smut.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
I'm not even sure I understand your question Darryn...
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by rooster: Geesh Scott. Way to ruin my already pathetic reputation.
See? Fuming! With rage! :madface:!
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by OJ: I hereby suggest that a chat thread may be in order. As a sort of escape lane for the rapid downhill juggernaut of the off-topic smut.
We'd need to call it something that was reflective both of its nature and the fact that it's something of an irritant. Such as chate chafe or something better.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
You know...
Novel idea here;
how about all those moaning about chate write a proper thread instead of replying to the chate and subsequently adding to the evil chate thread
As neither Kovacs nor OJ are on the topic list for Life why dont they start us off?
[ 18.10.2005, 13:53: Message edited by: Kira ]
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
We should really contribute to Black Mask's thread "The Pitch", but it's harder than you might think on a day of brainslump.
Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
Kira,
Uno: I replied to answer Darryn's question, like the polite soul that I am.
Zwei: that's the usual first line of the circular whinge. Stop it. Stop it now.
Trois: having already made an effort with a nicely thought out post that only solicited shit about figs today, I shall not be moved by the whinge.
Pedwar: I've just realised that you've got to 500+ posts damn quick. Well done.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
You know what, I thought you were replying to different people. I was thinking: 'Who's Uno? And Zwei?'
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: You know what, I thought you were replying to different people. I was thinking: 'Who's Uno? And Zwei?'
Shit. Me too.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
quote:You know what, I thought you were replying to different people. I was thinking: 'Who's Uno? And Zwei?'
Roy giggle-snorting and drinking tea at the same time should be banned you made me do this
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
hehe
What call centre do you work in, Kira?
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
I work for a health insurance company...
its ok but a bit distracting when reading TMO, you know how it is...
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
It is getting depressing always being the only other person on with you two at a certain point in the evening.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
Do you accidentally call anoying callers by TMO poster names?
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
I think I'll start planning my "Big 9000". I have already been so bored by 24 that I started doing some work instead, and listened to the TV download as if it was radio.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
quote:It is getting depressing always being the only other person on with you two at a certain point in the evening.
what does that mean?
and not yet Rooster, but give it time...
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i thought about planning my 900. oh.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I thought the first 24 was shit. They seemed trapped by the format-too many episodes were fifty minutes of somebody running/hiding
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
And I thought call-centres would be quite hard work. Not much skiving possibilities, I imagine.
[ 18.10.2005, 16:17: Message edited by: Roy ]
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kira: what does that mean?
Well, you guys have become some kind of late-shift flirt, and here's me with nothing better to do than gooseberry.
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
Yes, but there were five people posting, so you could have meant any two...though I did guess which two you meant.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I know. ralph is a flirt, isn't he? Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.
Posted by Kira (Member # 826) on :
Sometimes you can have like 20-40 minutes between calls...
Hate hearing that beep though - especially if you want to post something really quickly and timing is everything...
Posted by rooster (Member # 738) on :
At my job they fixed all the phones so they have super loud rings that you can't turn off because people were just ignoring them. Don't imagine you could just ignore them where you work, but a beep can't be that much of a giveaway.
[ 18.10.2005, 16:26: Message edited by: rooster ]
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by kovacs: It is getting depressing always being the only other person on with you two at a certain point in the evening.
Then there are the scores of other forumites who just sit back and watch. So you're never really alone on TMO at night, are you.
Posted by kovacs (Member # 28) on :
Yeah, we just discovered Gemini reads this forum every day without posting.
Posted by saltrock (Member # 622) on :
Well, I'm here. But somehow I doubt very much that's much consolation for you.
I would go and reply to BM's thread, but my brain is on a total go slow from having to deal with utter pricks all day. Maybe tomorrow eh?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Go into the chatroom, Saltrock
Posted by saltrock (Member # 622) on :
I've tried, but it keeps telling me to wait for an e-mail from "THE MANAGEMENT".
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Hang on!
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
*pulls back rope*
In you come, sweetheart
Posted by saltrock (Member # 622) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: *pulls back rope*
In you come, sweetheart
Roy, are you secretly Frank Butcher??
Oh, and thanks Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Have I missed last orders?
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Never seen them in the same room.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: You know what, I thought you were replying to different people. I was thinking: 'Who's Uno? And Zwei?'
Well that's Kovacs' next four nom de plumes sorted.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Way (weigh?) to promote anorexia! Idiots...
So you want everyone to be fat do you? Nice one.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball:
quote:Originally posted by Roy: You know what, I thought you were replying to different people. I was thinking: 'Who's Uno? And Zwei?'
Well that's Kovacs' next four nom de plumes sorted.
lol
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
quote: Yeah, we just discovered Gemini reads this forum every day without posting.
How bizzare!
boom boom Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
8699.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
jonesy: responds to everything
Every post of solid gold.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
I'm so bored at work. I'm leaving in two weeks and have nothing to do - can we get this going again?
7434
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I'm so bored at work. I'm leaving in two weeks and have nothing to do - can we get this going again?
7434
I have nothing to do either. Again. I've even talked to management about it. Still nothing to do.
7433 Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
I'm pretty bored, and I'm not even supposed to be here today.
8493 Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5: I'm pretty bored, and I'm not even supposed to be here today.
8493
Not supposed to be where?
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
at work. It was a quote from a film as well. A very good film thank you.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5: at work. It was a quote from a film as well. A very good film thank you.
I assumed you meant you weren't supposed to be at TMO. I know you once told me you don't post here anymore, which is strange because I'm certain I'm replying to one of your posts at the moment.
What film?
[ 20.10.2005, 07:29: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: What film?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that's what happens when you try and be clever, Sg5. Now look.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
is it Clerks or something?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
See, this is where we need StevieX. He worked tirelessly to prevent situations like this from spiralling out of control. Now, we're all sorry.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: See, this is where we need StevieX. He worked tirelessly to prevent situations like this from spiralling out of control. Now, we're all sorry.
Or you could just post the name of the fucking movie.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: is it Clerks or something?
It was Clerks. I was thrown off the track by the very good film comment.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: is it Clerks or something?
It was Clerks. I was thrown off the track by the very good film comment.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Heh. Going home now. I smug all over you wageslaves.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5:
What he hell are you doing dude?
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5: at work. It was a quote from a film as well. A very good film thank you.
I think you mean over-rated film.
Posted by squeegy (Member # 136) on :
Don't worry SG, I liked clerks.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I think you mean over-rated film.
Thank you for your continued interest in the accuracy of SG5 posts. We have checked back into the original wording of the post to see if the meaning was somehow not clear or misleading, and I am pleased to be able to annouce that the original SG5 post was accurately worded and correct in every sense.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
The thing that really hacks me off is that, I'm leaving my job in two weeks and hence have nothing to do. Instead of cackling to myself and enjoying it I'm feeling quite annoyed that I'm not getting involved in stuff. I hate myself for feeling this way.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by SilverGinger5:
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: I think you mean over-rated film.
Thank you for your continued interest in the accuracy of SG5 posts. We have checked back into the original wording of the post to see if the meaning was somehow not clear or misleading, and I am pleased to be able to annouce that the original SG5 post was accurately worded and correct in every sense.
Clerks was pretty lame with its star wars references being partularly stomach churning. The thing about girlfriends cooking food was trite. Although the beserker song was very good.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by MonkeySusan: The thing that really hacks me off is that, I'm leaving my job in two weeks and hence have nothing to do. Instead of cackling to myself and enjoying it I'm feeling quite annoyed that I'm not getting involved in stuff. I hate myself for feeling this way.
Why are you leaving your job? What are you going to do? I think you should become a wandering minstrel, the world needs more wandering minstrels.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I like it when he lists all the porn films. Funny.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Why would you be cackling to yourself and enjoying it? You're only leaving work... for more work. Except the difference is that for the past year there's always been an element of hope that there's something better, a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is an imagined one. "This job is rubbish," you think, "But when I leave it will be Better!" So your next job will be exactly like the current bone, except without that hope. Repeat until retirement, senility and death.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: the current bone
Is this a typo or just an excellent term for the brittle, unyielding drudgery of working life?
[ 20.10.2005, 09:40: Message edited by: jonesy999 ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Yeah, it's supposed to be 'the current one', but 'bone' actually works OK, as you've pointed out. So I'll leave it.
Posted by MonkeySusan (Member # 569) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Why would you be cackling to yourself and enjoying it? You're only leaving work... for more work. Except the difference is that for the past year there's always been an element of hope that there's something better, a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is an imagined one. "This job is rubbish," you think, "But when I leave it will be Better!" So your next job will be exactly like the current bone, except without that hope. Repeat until retirement, senility and death.
I hate it when you're right.
Posted by squeegy (Member # 136) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Why would you be cackling to yourself and enjoying it? You're only leaving work... for more work. Except the difference is that for the past year there's always been an element of hope that there's something better, a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is an imagined one. "This job is rubbish," you think, "But when I leave it will be Better!" So your next job will be exactly like the current bone, except without that hope. Repeat until retirement, senility and death.
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