Things to Ponder?
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Posted on Dec 21, 2003 08:49 pm
Noize2u
Czar of Midi
Administrator Since: Apr 04, 2002
Thought Id start a new thread for those who ponder things, strange or true, just put em here for a chuckle, or to ponder.
Many of us use this phrase around here alot.
Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...but it's only a "penny for your thoughts?" Where's that extra penny going?
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cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
Since: Jan 28, 2003
Dec 21, 2003 09:41 pm Noize,
for your ponderings...
I may give my two cents because my self inflated view of my own thoughts makes me think they're worth a full two cents. However, everyone else is trying to bargain me down and only pay a penny for two cents worth of my thoughts.
Dec 21, 2003 09:51 pm Why are the toilet seats in public bathrooms not complete ovals?
Dec 21, 2003 09:58 pm what if when you got sick, the germs were little saddam husseins?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 21, 2003 10:10 pm Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Dec 21, 2003 10:49 pm Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
Why do kamikazi's wear helmets?
Why do they steralize the needle for a lethal injection?
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Dec 21, 2003 11:12 pm they steralize the needel for lethal injection in case something goe wrong and you don't die, to prevent them from suing them for giving em aids or something...
Heres what I ponder though. What if everything only exists because we beleive it exists. If I didt believe I had a computer would I be typig this message?
Dec 21, 2003 11:37 pm judging from your typing, i'd say that among other things, you don't fully believe in the reality of the letter 'n.'
:)
el musicoFreeleance Producer/Engineer/GtrMember
Since: Aug 11, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 02:05 am why is it that so many old people drive or do other things so slowly?
if i knew i was so close to death, i would move a lot faster.
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 02:09 am lol I couldn't type when I posted that, I had just woke up. Another thing to ponder: Why do they say there are 7 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month, 12 months in a year, and 365 days in a year when this is false.
7x4=28
28x12 336
So by that logic there are three hundred and thirty six days in one year.
tonyd1970The fat one always watches us.Member
Since: Nov 08, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 10:03 am here's something
in our language we have oppisites for things.
whats the oppisite of stop?
go
whats the oppisite of crazy?
too hard?
lucid
whats the oppisite of asleep?
awake
whats the oppisite of white?
black
and so on... so i was thinking about this and
whats the oppisite of lonely?
i just dont know
tonyd1970The fat one always watches us.Member
Since: Nov 08, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 10:05 am as for a pondering, i was just thinking that i am best viewed at 1024X768
tonyd1970The fat one always watches us.Member
Since: Nov 08, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 10:05 am why do drive up atm's have brail?
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 10:23 am it's weird how most of these ponderings make sense to me... like the ATM issue. It's in case you are driving someone to the bank and they happen to be blind, you can guide them to the atm and from their they're still capable of doing their banking
Dec 22, 2003 10:26 am Darn near every one of these can be found in the comedy of "Gallagher"
Oh, and I have used a drivethru ATM without being in a car before...
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 06:40 pm I think that is were I heard the first one I posted, Gallgher. And Im sure more then that really.
How do you write zero in Roman numerals?
If you can't drink and drive, why do bars have parking lots?
Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game, when we are already there?
Dec 22, 2003 09:11 pm This one's definitly a Gallagher...
Getting sent to the principal for "acting smart."
And back to the brail thing... I've been through some drive throughs that have brail on the window. "pay here" and "recieve order here" I'm assuming. If a blind person was driving, I think they'd have bigger things to worry about then the drive through. Well what if they walk through? Who walks through the drive through?! Go inside you crazy blind bastards!
The other day I saw a computer keyboard with... you guessed it. Brail. Now how in the hell would a blind person use a computer?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 09:35 pm In accessability options there are ways to set it up to talk to you.
Dec 22, 2003 09:44 pm Touche.
After reading that again, it sounds like I hate blind people... which isn't the case, just so you know.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 22, 2003 09:48 pm Nope, never thought that at all. I do find the brail at the drive up teller strange though, but as somebody said, they could always have had someone drive them there. still seems strange though
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Dec 23, 2003 02:07 am brail on keyboards is usefull because you can either have a TTS (text to speech) engine on the machine or you could just be doing a myriad of keyboard clicks that control certain features. FOr example in my DAW everything is sent back to a key. I don't see the point in a brail keyboard though, because although I'm not blind I look at my monitor only, never the keyboard. I just know where the keys are, touch typing is great. Although that does explain the amount of typos I make. Ah well.
Dec 23, 2003 02:09 am braille is spelled like this. (sic)
cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
Since: Jan 28, 2003
Dec 23, 2003 03:15 am So, uh, the blind folk using the drive through ATM probably just walked up and thought they were using the regular ATM, seeing as how they can't, uh, see.
Dec 23, 2003 06:15 am why do they make toasters that burn toast?
can you have a simple complex?
why is dyslexia so hard to spell?
if i'm travelling south to the capital city, why am i going 'up' to London?
zekthedeadcowEat Spam before it eats YOU!!!Member
Since: May 11, 2002
Dec 23, 2003 10:54 am Why does my moms 2002 Toyota Hybrid car only get 40 miles per gallon when my 1982 Volkswagon Rabbit Diesel got 50...and diesel costs less...
Dec 23, 2003 10:55 am Your mom must do a lot of stop and go driving...the hybreds (at least the first generation) really only have the bigest benefit on hiway driving...
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 23, 2003 07:40 pm My 1997 Geo Metro got 56 mpg on the highway, and about 42 in the city. It had that little tiny three cylinder in it from Suzuki and man for a motor no bigger then a snomobile engine it shure did scream.
Hey, Im participating in HiJacking my own thread :-(
Dec 23, 2003 08:23 pm there is another thing to ponder...how the hell does one balance a THREE cylinder motor?
Dec 24, 2003 02:03 pm bennishahn toilet seat:
i guess that hole is that if you start *going* and you realize the seats still down, you can safely pu tit in the upright position without having to stop *going*.
no actual that one has me puzzled
johnny hero kamikazis:
actually they didn't plan on crashing their planes. their mission was to drop their bombs onto american ships, no room to for failure. if they missed, they felt so dishonerable that the only way they could concider their mission a success was if they crashed into a vessel causing maximum damage. someone correct me if i'm wrong, i love military history stuff.
loki 336 days:
dude, this assumes that there's always 4 weeks in a month which would be only a short 28 day month. oh course some months have 30 and 31 days in them. the actual year is more like closer to 365.25 days. the extra .25 accounts for the extra day in February we throw in every four years
Dec 24, 2003 03:30 pm perhaps having a split toilet seat helps prevent cracking when you slam the thing, by releasing the 'shockwave' at the ends, which will just vibrate and dissipate the internal force. end result=less replacements, and saved money.
or maybe it has to do with those paper liners.
maybe it helps keep the seat clean, as lazy people with poor aim might tend to miss most at the front of the seat.
or maybe it's some kind of joke we don't get.
i can't help but think i used to know the answer to this riddle, but alas, it's left me.
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Dec 24, 2003 03:46 pm who really needs that part of the toilent seat anyway?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 25, 2003 06:31 pm Now that is way to much time on someones hands to even think about knowing the answer to that question. And ya, it is strange to think about how they balance a three cylinder motor.
Dec 25, 2003 06:36 pm actually, i found the pursuit to be quite edifying, and a splendid way to pass the time, thank you very much. now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to find and label all the studs in my house.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 25, 2003 10:23 pm You dont have that much time on your hands forty, although the thought of doing that would make it so much easier to hang shelves and such.
