Things That Annoy You

[Yorkshire pud]

You had me at "piss stained furniture."  I love it when you talk like that.

I only do that for my most trusted clients. It comes under 'extras' on the invoice.

[wr250]

(Okay, I'm going to partially resend an earlier edict of mine: I had declared a ban on the use of the words "actually" and"basically". People may now use those two words once per conversation. Twice if you feel it's an emergency.

However, there is still a ban on "it is what it is".

Two phrases I am adding  to the ban are "go ahead and" and "proceed to". So rather than say, "I'm going to go ahead and fix the flat," just say, "I'm going to fix the flat."similarly, rather than say, quote she then proceeded to go into the kitchen to get her crack pipe," just say, "she went into the kitchen to get her crack pipe."))

so basically you actually want us to go ahead and proceed to use these words/phrases all willy-nilly ? 

[onan]

so basically you actually want us to go ahead and proceed to use these words/phrases all willy-nilly ?

Actually, it is what it is.

[Tarbaby]

:-)

Instead of saying "it is what it is" I want people to stick their thumb up their ass and wiggle it.

[Yorkshire pud]

:-)

Instead of saying "it is what it is" I want people to stick their thumb up their ass and wiggle it.

That just flattens the vowels and drops the aitche..


I know this to be true.

[onan]

:-)

Instead of saying "it is what it is" I want people to stick their thumb up their ass and wiggle it.

I volunteer.

[Tarbaby]

I volunteer.

HA! Every time I think okay I think I know how crazy Onan is, you take it to the next level. :-)

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I only do that for my most trusted clients. It comes under 'extras' on the invoice.

Oh, I thought that charge was for that nifty little thing you do with the sponge.

[paladin1991]

I volunteer.

Remember, you volunteered!  I don't have to pay you for that this time.  Double Stampie, no erasie!

[Yorkshire pud]

Oh, I thought that charge was for that nifty little thing you do with the sponge.

I'd forgotten about that; It is pretty inspired isn't it? 

[paladin1991]

I gotta agree about your sponge work.  Whip cream is soooo sticky.

[BobGrau]

I gotta agree about your sponge work.  Whip cream is soooo sticky.

Let's make this a little darker and say the sponge is still alive.

[Yorkshire pud]

Let's make this a little darker and say the sponge is still alive.

It doesn't work as well with dead ones. So being alive is essential. I have a PDF somewhere on where to find the best sponges, preparation, finding a quiet place, the 'action', and the post 'action' psychological care and counselling.

[BobGrau]

Hehe this time of day is always British Hour on Bellgab.

[Yorkshire pud]

Hehe this time of day is always British Hour on Bellgab.

We're okay, the Americans don't take us seriously. We can say what we like. Not that the sponge thing isn't real.

[Eddie Coyle]

Hehe this time of day is always British Hour on Bellgab.

   You guys should embrace America time. You won't have to get up so early.

[Yorkshire pud]

   You guys should embrace America time. You won't have to get up so early.

Now now...don't be silly. The world runs by GMT...It's time America (which has about ten time zones-some set in the 19th century) was dragged into our time zone, where purity and sensibility still has a place.

[Eddie Coyle]

Now now...don't be silly. The world runs by GMT...It's time America (which has about ten time zones-some set in the 19th century) was dragged into our time zone, where purity and sensibility still has a place.

     No, yooze have to adapt to our time, because we won D-Day and stuff like that. And beat George the King back in the olden days.

[BobGrau]

      yooze

[Yorkshire pud]

     No, yooze have to adapt to our time, because we won D-Day and stuff like that. And beat George the King back in the olden days.

I refer the learn'd gentleman to the previous comment about the 19th century. I missed out the 18th, Dang nabbit.

[BobGrau]

   You guys should embrace America time. You won't have to get up so early.

I work nights, so I'm on Jazmunda time.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

It doesn't work as well with dead ones. So being alive is essential. I have a PDF somewhere on where to find the best sponges, preparation, finding a quiet place, the 'action', and the post 'action' psychological care and counselling.

There's an old political expression, which I believe originated in the South, that was once used to describe a politician who was an overwhelming favorite to win--"The only way he can lose is if he's caught in bed with a dead woman or a live man."  To that, I'd like to add, "Or a live Brit with a dead sponge."

BTW, I've often wondered about the original saying, because it implies it would have been okay if he'd been caught in bed with a dead man.

[Juan]

The quote is, "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy." It was said by former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards in 1983. He was not so caught, and he won the election.

The implication was that a live girl would be OK but necrophilia would not. Nor would homosexuality of any kind be acceptable. I think that in reality he was being outrageous. He loved publicity.

Edwards recently completed a federal racketeering sentence and is running for Congress.

[Imconfused]

Edwards recently completed a federal racketeering sentence and is running for Congress.
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aaaaaaand that's what annoys me.  and we're back on subject.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

The quote is, "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy." It was said by former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards in 1983. He was not so caught, and he won the election.

The implication was that a live girl would be OK but necrophilia would not. Nor would homosexuality of any kind be acceptable. I think that in reality he was being outrageous. He loved publicity.

Edwards recently completed a federal racketeering sentence and is running for Congress.

Thanks for the clarification. However, it still implies that it would have been okay for him caught in bed with a dead boy.

[albrecht]

The quote is, "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy." It was said by former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards in 1983. He was not so caught, and he won the election.

The implication was that a live girl would be OK but necrophilia would not. Nor would homosexuality of any kind be acceptable. I think that in reality he was being outrageous. He loved publicity.

Edwards recently completed a federal racketeering sentence and is running for Congress.

I'm guessing Edwards will be elected. People liked him, even when he was charged and convicted. LA is a strange place, corruption is sort of accepted there. "He's a crook but he's my crook." In a way maybe their mentality is more honest than the rest of the country that thinks all politicians are crooks except my congressman.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Superman's suit.  Since it was made from the blanket he was wrapped in before being put in the spaceship and is supposed to be indestructible, how was Mrs. Kent able to cut and sew it with traditional earth implements?  There was never any mention of a Krypton sewing kit being found in the ship, so I refuse to accept that answer.

[onan]

Superman's suit.  Since it was made from the blanket he was wrapped in before being put in the spaceship and is supposed to be indestructible, how was Mrs. Kent able to cut and sew it with traditional earth implements?  There was never any mention of a Krypton sewing kit being found in the ship, so I refuse to accept that answer.

It was explained in a superboy comic IIRC (back when they were 12 cents). Seems Martha had superboy use his heat vision to "cut" the thread.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

It was explained in a superboy comic IIRC (back when they were 12 cents). Seems Martha had superboy use his heat vision to "cut" the thread.

Thanks!  I never read the comics, so the bulk of my knowledge comes from reruns of the George Reeves TV series.  In that, the suit was a surprise present from his mom that she gave him when he went off to college.  I remember he accepted it graciously, but always suspected he really wanted to say, "Aw, gee, Mom. I know you worked hard on this and mean well, but I can't wear this around the dorm.  The other fellas would really give me the business and never let me hear the end of it."

[BobGrau]

It was explained in a superboy comic IIRC (back when they were 12 cents). Seems Martha had superboy use his heat vision to "cut" the thread.

I also recall a scene where Clark has to shave his indestructible stubble by bouncing his heat vision off a mirror.