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Started by kenarmy, March 29, 2021, 10:25:21 AM

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hotdogPi

Quote from: I-55 on March 30, 2021, 08:37:52 AM
Newton's First Law is directly responsible for my horrid sleep schedule
Anytime I searched a "bypass" on my school computer it got blocked. "By-pass" and "By pass" were fine though. Is there something I don't know?


I'm guessing they blocked anything that contained "ass" and allowed certain common words (whole words only) that contained "ass", and "pass" was on that list but not "bypass".
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.


GaryV

Quote from: webny99 on March 29, 2021, 04:12:09 PM

But even if a driver was fake-sleeping ...

Funny story told by an inter-city bus driver.  He was on an overnight trip and a lady in the front seat next to the door was afraid of him falling asleep.  He randomly closed his right eye - freaked the lady out.

texaskdog

Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2021, 11:18:50 PM
Why are Siamese cats not conjoined?

Why do flammable and inflammable have the same meaning?

We drive on a parkway and park in a driveway

kenarmy

- Why are we scared of alien invasions when we are quick to go to war with others on Earth??
- What if you are the only one that hears certain things? ..
- If you were wrongfully put into an insane asylum, how would you convince them that you're actually sane and not just pretending to be sane?
- "Superheros" cause global warming and destruction.
- What were antiques when our antiques were new?
- Your salary is a monthly subscription from your employer.
- Think about the bugs in the Buckingham Palace, they probably have ancestors from the Victorian times just like the royals.
- How do you prove there isn't a dust particle in your house?
- Dropping a cup of coffee wakes you up more than drinking it.
- How do you prove 1 comes after 2? Someone told you that
- If you get second during a track meet, and the team gets second, are you helping them win or lose? (dont overthink it!)
- National Parks are just what our country used to look like
- Taking down "lost pet" signs can be really bad or good
- Why does "in a minute" sound longer than "in 2 minutes"


- A tree right now is growing wood for your coffin..

Just a reminder that US 6, 49, 50, and 98 are superior to your fave routes :)


EXTEND 206 SO IT CAN MEET ITS PARENT.

Max Rockatansky

How do I prove anyone but me actually exists?

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on March 30, 2021, 08:10:47 AM
why does the number of horses' asses exceed the number of horses?
Do some horses have more than one ass?
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

kphoger

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 29, 2021, 08:49:27 PM

Quote from: webny99 on March 29, 2021, 08:41:34 PM

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 29, 2021, 06:44:03 PM

Quote from: webny99 on March 29, 2021, 04:12:09 PM

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 29, 2021, 03:54:10 PM

Quote from: webny99 on March 29, 2021, 03:29:28 PM

Quote from: kenarmy on March 29, 2021, 10:25:21 AM
- You have to fake being sleep in order to sleep

I disagree. Does that count as adding to it?  :-P

How do people fall asleep while driving then?

Probably by driving while drowsy?

But even if a driver was fake-sleeping and accidentally fell asleep, that doesn't prove that you have to fake sleep in order to fall asleep for real. The vast majority of sleeping occurs in bed or elsewhere besides behind the wheel.

Nonetheless it definitely is a circumstance where there is documentation that people weren't faking it when they fell asleep.

OK, so I don't think we're disagreeing then... we're both disagreeing with the OP.

Correct, I was trying to expound upon what you were saying.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the forum in a nutshell.




My contribution:

Your funeral is one of the most important days of your life, but you miss attending it by a matter of days.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

webny99

Quote from: kphoger on March 30, 2021, 02:48:05 PM
My contribution:

Your funeral is one of the most important days of your life, but you miss attending it by a matter of days.

I will have to disagree. It is important to those one leaves behind, but it can't very well be important to the person that just passed away.

Scott5114

Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on March 30, 2021, 08:10:47 AM
why does the number of horses' asses exceed the number of horses?

Centaurs aren't horses but they have horses' asses.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2021, 03:17:19 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on March 30, 2021, 08:10:47 AM
why does the number of horses' asses exceed the number of horses?

Centaurs aren't horses but they have horses' asses.

How to the Motaurs from the Progressive Commercials go to the bathroom?

renegade

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 30, 2021, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2021, 03:17:19 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on March 30, 2021, 08:10:47 AM
why does the number of horses' asses exceed the number of horses?

Centaurs aren't horses but they have horses' asses.

How to the Motaurs from the Progressive Commercials go to the bathroom?
They leak.
Don’t ask me how I know.  Just understand that I do.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: renegade on March 30, 2021, 03:38:50 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 30, 2021, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2021, 03:17:19 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on March 30, 2021, 08:10:47 AM
why does the number of horses' asses exceed the number of horses?

Centaurs aren't horses but they have horses' asses.

How to the Motaurs from the Progressive Commercials go to the bathroom?
They leak.

So would they go to a mechanic or a doctor for that? 

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

kenarmy

Why do books cost so much money at book fairs?? It goes against the whole read more idea.
If you fail to plan, are you really planning to fail since you failed at planning in the first place?
You could be the only one that remembers a song.
Who are supposed to call if there is a sudden zombie apocalypse?
You've probably eaten hundreds of dead animals by now.
Why do vegans drink water? that's a fish's house you liar.
Aliens would probably think our numbered system is cute, but what would they make of our anomalies?
This message can be accessed until the end of time somehow.
Every song with "every time" has been spelled "everytime" since 1998.
Why don't students have substitutes?
If you become a teacher, wouldn't it NOT be your first day at work or school?
I said I would update this page frequently!

Did I knock off the minor things that annoy you thing with my unpopular opinion threads??
If humans could fly, it would be considered exercise.
Horses used to carry vacuum cleaners (??)
You'd think Windsor Castle was named after the House of Windsor, but it's the other way around.
You can't spell Presbyterians without "Britney Spears"
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Just a reminder that US 6, 49, 50, and 98 are superior to your fave routes :)


EXTEND 206 SO IT CAN MEET ITS PARENT.

Takumi

Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2021, 11:18:50 PM
Why are Siamese cats not conjoined?

Why do flammable and inflammable have the same meaning?
https://youtu.be/Q8mD2hsxrhQ
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

renegade

That the word unpopular would become such a popular word on this forum.
Don’t ask me how I know.  Just understand that I do.

kphoger

The word mailman is sexist.  It should be personperson instead.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2021, 02:23:35 PM
The word mailman is sexist.  It should be personperson instead.

Parcel Jockey

hbelkins

Quote from: webny99 on March 30, 2021, 02:55:21 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 30, 2021, 02:48:05 PM
My contribution:

Your funeral is one of the most important days of your life, but you miss attending it by a matter of days.

I will have to disagree. It is important to those one leaves behind, but it can't very well be important to the person that just passed away.

Aren't there some faiths that put a great deal of importance on the funeral/memorial service for the deceased?

I have a bit of firsthand experience with juggling the wishes of the departed vs. the emotional needs of the survivors. My mother did not want a funeral and wanted a closed casket. My grandmother (her mother) wanted to see her one last time. We compromised by allowing her to have a private visitation with the open casket, then closed it before the public visitation. We held a graveside service for immediate family and a few close friends.

My dad did not express any sentiments about what to do after his death. I was in favor of doing nothing -- turning the body over to the funeral home and letting them bury him. I did not have an emotional need for a service. The whole thing was an ordeal I didn't want to have to endure. My brother was of the opinion that we needed to do something because of his brothers and sisters. We had no public visitation, and a private graveside service for immediate family. We didn't even announce his death publicly or allow an obituary to be placed in the newspaper until we had secured his home with an alarm system. The afternoon of his funeral, I departed for the 2010 Akron/Canton road meet held the next day. I wanted life to go on.  I actually went to work the day after his death, I just missed the day he died and the day of his burial. Everyone deals with grief differently and mourns in their own way.

I don't particularly want any kind of service when I die. Just stick me in the ground. But I will defer to what my wife wants to do, because in the end I want whatever will be easier to help her deal with the loss.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

kphoger

Historically speaking–at least for Christians and Jews–birthdays were considered profane, pagan celebrations.  They saw no reason to celebrate the day a sinful soul entered a sinful world.  The date of one's death was much more important.  Christian saints days, for example, tend to observe the traditional date of the person's death.

The earliest written reference to Christmas falling on December 25 is a calendar otherwise dedicated to the dates of various martyrs' deaths.  Christmas appears to have been added several years later as a matter of convenience, more or less as an afterthought.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

CNGL-Leudimin

(Sees Bitonto, an Italian city, on a map) Twice stupid

N.b.: Tonto means "stupid" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

hbelkins

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 31, 2021, 03:59:20 PM
(Sees Bitonto, an Italian city, on a map) Twice stupid

N.b.: Tonto means "stupid" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

So that's why he called the Lone Ranger "kemo sabe." Wonder what that translates to?  :bigass:


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

kphoger

Quote from: hbelkins on March 31, 2021, 10:11:37 PM

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 31, 2021, 03:59:20 PM
(Sees Bitonto, an Italian city, on a map) Twice stupid

N.b.: Tonto means "stupid" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

So that's why he called the Lone Ranger "kemo sabe." Wonder what that translates to?  :bigass:

I used to think it was a butchered "quien no sabe", which means "who doesn't know".  But apparently it derives from a much less offensive Ojibwe word.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

hbelkins

Quote from: kphoger on April 01, 2021, 02:14:17 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 31, 2021, 10:11:37 PM

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 31, 2021, 03:59:20 PM
(Sees Bitonto, an Italian city, on a map) Twice stupid

N.b.: Tonto means "stupid" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

So that's why he called the Lone Ranger "kemo sabe." Wonder what that translates to?  :bigass:

I used to think it was a butchered "quien no sabe", which means "who doesn't know".  But apparently it derives from a much less offensive Ojibwe word.

I've read that it's the name of some summer camp that meant something to someone involved with the show.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

kenarmy

#49
Why do people say "why aren't blueberries blue" ?? they look blue to me-
Do twins think about how one of them was unplanned?
Something is going to get dirty when you clean.
Radar backwards is radar.
You read that taht wrong.
Replacing "W" with "T" gives you the answer to What, Where, and When.
US 6 junctions(ed) with US 20, US 30, US 40, US 50, US 60, US 66, and maybe US 70, that is crazy af.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, there's a minute.
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
US 195 is 95 miles long. Coincidence? I think not.
Is it silverware if the spoon is gold?
What if US 301 is really just DE 1's branch route??
Just a reminder that US 6, 49, 50, and 98 are superior to your fave routes :)


EXTEND 206 SO IT CAN MEET ITS PARENT.



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