Random Thoughts

[Roadgeekteen]

Why do cartoon characters never grow up? Calliou has always been 4 and he's never turned 5.

Calliou has cancer he probably wasn't making to 5 anyway.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Why do cartoon characters never grow up? Calliou has always been 4 and he's never turned 5.

Maggie Simpson has been 1 for almost 35 years. 

[kphoger]

Why do cartoon characters never grow up?

Check out For Better or For Worse as a counter-example.

April:  hadn't even been conceived at the beginning, headed off to college at the end
Elizabeth:  a toddler at the beginning, a married woman at the end
Michael:  in preschool at the beginning, a married man at the end

[Roadgeekteen]

I actually prefer when characters in shows age, it keeps things from getting dry.

[roadman65]

The Family Circus has PJ being a toddler forever.  Then how long is Beetle Bailey been in the Army?

[Scott5114]

The Family Circus has PJ being a toddler forever.

The only funny thing about the Family Circus is the fact that the character of Jeffy is based on Jeff Keane, who grew up and now writes the strip, taking over from his dad Bil Keane. Knowing that makes it ten times hilarious because the strip usually has Jeffy saying particularly stupid things. One wonders what that says about Jeff Keane's self-esteem.

But then again Jeff Keane also does shit like resubmitting his dad's old strips to the syndicate and gets away with running them again...

[formulanone]

Why do cartoon characters never grow up? Calliou has always been 4 and he's never turned 5.

Calliou has cancer he probably wasn't making to 5 anyway.

Some parents think Calliou was a cancer.

The Family Circus has PJ being a toddler forever.  Then how long is Beetle Bailey been in the Army?

Since the Spanish—American War, probably.

[Takumi]

What's the plural of Law & Order, when you're talking about multiple series? Laws & Orders? Law & Orders? Laws & Order? Something else?

[US71]

The Family Circus has PJ being a toddler forever.  Then how long is Beetle Bailey been in the Army?

70+ years

[Scott5114]

What's really weird about Beetle Bailey was that the strip was originally about college life, and the title character only ended up in the army by accident (he was being chased by someone and hid in an army recruitment office).

[formulanone]

What's the plural of Law & Order, when you're talking about multiple series? Laws & Orders? Law & Orders? Laws & Order? Something else?

Dickwolves

[kphoger]

Why do cartoon characters never grow up? Calliou has always been 4 and he's never turned 5.

Calliou has cancer he probably wasn't making to 5 anyway.

Some parents think Calliou was a cancer.

Some people in Mexico think my name is Caillou.  And that's why I no longer even go by my name there.

[lepidopteran]

- Why don't airplanes have movie theaters for those waiting on planes?

Did you mean, why don't airports have movie theaters?  I think the old Pittsburgh airport did have one.  It was on the third or fourth floor of the stately-looking terminal that was demolished about 20 years ago.

I think the main reason that you don't have movie theaters in airports is, too many people would miss their flights while getting caught up in the action.  And who wants their Star Wars sequel/prequel to be interrupted with "Divided Airlines Flight 123 to Pocomoke is now boarding at Gate Six-and-seven-eights" announcements every five minutes?

Another reason is that prior to the additional inspection time needed post-9/11, or even before the very appearance of airport security, people typically did not get to their gates long enough before departure time to watch a movie -- and that's when most airports were designed.  And even if they did, what about staggered departure times?  (Hmm, that new golf movie "Harry Putter and the Hole-in-one Stone" is showing in the Concourse A theater.  But it starts at 1:00 and my flight departs at 2, and you have to be at the gate 30 minutes before departure time, and it takes 10 minutes to walk from there...)

Nowadays of course, people watch any movie they want while waiting, thanks to personal electronic devices and USB charger ports.

[kkt]

I saw one airport that had little TVs attached to some of the chairs in the waiting lounge for a flight.  You had to pay.  I didn't investigate what choices there were to watch once you paid, and not too many people seemed interested.

[kenarmy]

- I meant airports, yes. I don't see a problem with that though ^, except for having to pay for it.
- Lasers were a great scientific breakthrough, and we use them to mess with cats now.
- If an earthquake happens, the skeletons of dead people become maracas.
- Lighting a birthday candle and blowing it out symbolizes how you will be extinguished..
- If you're one in a million, there are over 7,000 people that are exactly like you.
- If James Bond is the most popular spy, doesn't that make him the worst spy?
- Do crabs think fish can fly?
- Computers age about the same rate as a dog. So a 10 year old computer functions like a 70 year old human.
- A group of squid should definitely be called a squad.
- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

[kphoger]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

/ban #aaroads kenarmy

[renegade]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

You need a dictionary.

[Big John]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

You need a dictionary.

I am disappointed that the dictionary now recognizes regardless as a proper word, and has disinterested as meaning uninterested.

edit autocorrect changed it from ir regardless.

[US 89]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

You need a dictionary.

Nah, you need one:

1: in a literal sense or manner: such as
   a: in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression
   b—used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description
   c: with exact equivalence : with the meaning of each individual word given exactly
   d: in a completely accurate way
2: in effect : VIRTUALLY —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible

Not saying I agree with that, but who am I to argue.

[kphoger]

I am disappointed that the dictionary now recognizes regardless as a proper word

???

It is a proper word.

[kphoger]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

You need a dictionary.

Nah, you need one:

1: in a literal sense or manner: such as
   a: in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression
   b–used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description
   c: with exact equivalence : with the meaning of each individual word given exactly
   d: in a completely accurate way
2: in effect : VIRTUALLY –used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible

Not saying I agree with that, but who am I to argue.

Well, I don't have to like it.   

FYI, this article by the same dictionary is a good read.)

[Big John]

I am disappointed that the dictionary now recognizes regardless as a proper word

???

It is a proper word.

Autocorrect changed it from ir regardless. (ignore the space.)

[formulanone]

- Literally and Figuratively can mean the same thing.

You need a dictionary.

Nah, you need one:

1: in a literal sense or manner: such as
   a: in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression
   b–used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description
   c: with exact equivalence : with the meaning of each individual word given exactly
   d: in a completely accurate way
2: in effect : VIRTUALLY –used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible

Not saying I agree with that, but who am I to argue.

Well, I don't have to like it.   

FYI, this article by the same dictionary is a good read.)

The dictionary couldn't care less what you think. 

[webny99]

The dictionary couldn't care less what you think.

Well played!   

[kenarmy]

- Sex is the result of sex.
- You used to be the youngest person alive.
- Some people in history were buried alive because they were thought to be dead, but really they were in a coma..
- Your entire life is spent designing your corpse.
- If you don't like Pose by Rihanna, clean your ears out and relisten!
- Positive has mostly become a scarier word than negative.
- Sure dinosaurs roaming around would be scary, but um what about horses?
- You're living in your future and your past.
- What if some animals can't understand our language, and they have a generic sound to represent us, such as "moo" or "meow"?
- I'm saying this one again: you can't spell team without me  .
- A lemon is a hybrid.. so life doesn't give us lemons, we invented them.
- How can you prove 1 billion people don't live on Greenland?
- It's impossible to not look at your nose. Well, if you have one.