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Put random observations in this thread. They can deal with previous observations, or just come out of nowhere. Your choice. Here goes:
How come everyone complains about bad drivers, but when you go out on the road, everyone is driving badly themselves?
I heard that back in the 60s and earlier, you could bring guns to school. How come we didn't have shootings then when there was obviuosly less gun control then we have now?
Why do flies like to land on your face? Its not edible for them, is it?
The music forum has surpassed the Off Topic forum in its post count.
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2003, 04:00:04 PM » |
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\"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the former.\" - Albert Einstein
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2003, 04:03:08 PM » |
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Remember, you can respond if you like, but lets make sure we don't start a topic here. Remember, this is the Off Topic Topic. =D
Why are CDs so dang hard to get open? Why can't they make a wrapper that opens like its supposed to?
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2003, 05:44:33 PM » |
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Remember, you can respond if you like, but lets make sure we don't start a topic here. Remember, this is the Off Topic Topic. =D
Why are CDs so dang hard to get open? Why can't they make a wrapper that opens like its supposed to? I think its fun to just answer your random observations, David. But I can't come up with a good answer for this one. Maybe the CD companies just want to make sure the CD's don't come unwrapped accidentally. Or it may be an anti-shoplifting thing. |
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\"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the former.\" - Albert Einstein
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2003, 06:08:06 PM » |
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Why are pumpkins orange? Why not a more interesting colour, like blue? Orange is so... mundane. But I think I have an answer for this one: pumpkins are orange because they grow in the fall. Pumpkins are sort of like the ugly duckling, trying to fit in where they don't belong. What I don't think they realize is that while a tree is a large cylindrical construction with various inner systems providing nutrient, with branches, and with leaves, and -- to be quite technical -- roots, the pumpkin is merely a vegetable, or, if you are anal, a fruit. Which by definition means that either they are comatose, or off their nut. But the problem comes in when they realize that nuts grow on trees. So by now the idiot comatic pumpin is horribly confused, because he obviously doesn't understand that the word "nut" can be used in more than one sense. The pumpkin, thinking that he is a nut, thinks he grows on a tree. Also knowing that, if he is anal, he is a fruit, he thinks he grows on a tree. Little does he know that he is a nutty fruit, or a fruity nut, and neither of these things grow on trees by definition. Not that they are mutually exclusive to trees, but they certainly don't only grow on trees. This leaves the pumpkin with an identity crisis, and bad logic. Not only is he a fruity nut or a nutty fruit, but neither a nut nor a fruit, he believes of necessity that he grows on a fallen tree. And, because he cannot move, he doesn't understand that fallen trees are not often taken to growing fruit, or nuts, or nutty fruit, or fruity nuts. He doesn't understand his true nature: he is a ground-dwelling, vine-growing, seed-bearing victim of human pie genocide. He doesn't understand that he's about to be slaughtered by nuts that like fruits in pies, that he's about to become just another ingredient in filling. He doesn't get it, so he tries to blend in where he's not supposed to go, while the leaves laugh at him, because after all, who puts leaves in a pie? People aren't completely nuts. They're just a little fruity. But Radiohead would like this, I think, because if nutty people are eating fruity nuts that are actually confused pumpkins, doesn't that make us all cannabals?
I think this also proves predestination.
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2003, 06:27:02 PM » |
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Hmmmmm. Definitely sounds like something Radiohead would sing about. Real issues, indeed.
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2003, 06:35:04 PM » |
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Trudat, yo.
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2003, 06:35:39 PM » |
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Is the orange you see the same orange I see?
It would be interesting to literally look through someone else's eyes.
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2003, 06:49:38 PM » |
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Like, I think I need glasses because my avatar is all fuzzy. Do you see that too?
*straight face*
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2003, 06:50:13 PM » |
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Is the orange you see the same orange I see?
It would be interesting to literally look through someone else's eyes. Very interesting. Me and DvChWi were discussing this a while back. We couldn't find a way to prove that everyone sees colors the same way. Can anyone here? |
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2003, 06:51:45 PM » |
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How about this: there are sounds you can't hear. Are there colours you can't see?
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2003, 06:53:44 PM » |
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How about this: there are sounds you can't hear. Are there colours you can't see?
Skraps Probably. We can't see ultra-violet light, for instance. I'm sure there are ultra-violet colors that humans cannot see. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2003, 06:56:03 PM » |
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Dude! What would that look like? Could you look at the sky and go, "my what a beautiful ultra-violet sunset!"
And do you think that they could ever redesign the human eye to be able to see such things? Or hook you up to something that did?
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« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2003, 07:08:14 PM » |
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I think this also proves predestination.
The best proof I've seen yet! Brilliant. Why has Rokran taken to blaming all weirdness on Radiohead? I think pumpkins look cool. |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2003, 07:22:03 PM » |
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I think this also proves predestination.
The best proof I've seen yet! Brilliant. Just for the record, I'm a Christian of the calvinist variety. So if that was a dig at predestination, I'm going to come over and beat you with my Bible, foisting my own intellectual superiority and command of the scriptures...  Well I may agree with Calvinism, but not with a lot of flaming Calvinists. Skraps |
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« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2003, 07:25:07 PM » |
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Why has Rokran taken to blaming all weirdness on Radiohead?
I think pumpkins look cool. Because I like to tease all the phorum phanboys. =D Can you give some reasons why pumpkins are cool? I have tried, but can't come up with any. I guess the whole they're-the-main-ingredient-in-a-really-good-pie thing would be one. And they look really cool with faces carved in them. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2003, 07:40:27 PM » |
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I think this also proves predestination.
The best proof I've seen yet! Brilliant. Just for the record, I'm a Christian of the calvinist variety. So if that was a dig at predestination, I'm going to come over and beat you with my Bible, foisting my own intellectual superiority and command of the scriptures... Well I may agree with Calvinism, but not with a lot of flaming Calvinists. Skraps Don't beat me, please! I'm a Calvinist to! It was just a silly comment I made! Spare me!  |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2003, 07:43:17 PM » |
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As long as your not a Calvinazi.
Hah! I made up a new word:
CALVINAZI !!!
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« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2003, 07:44:33 PM » |
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As long as your not a Calvinazi.
Hah! I made up a new word:
CALVINAZI !!!
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2003, 08:22:52 PM » |
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pfft...John Calvin phanboys.
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Enjoy our pub. user/pw: thephorum Follow me on Grooveshark or Spotify. username: iceybloop |
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« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2003, 08:33:52 PM » |
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pfft...John Calvin phanboys. I think if I forget everything that has been said on this board except for one thing, that thing would be the word "fanboy. Bloop, you're a Calvinazi. I don't get what the deal is with anime. Why does everyone think its so great? |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2003, 10:37:05 PM » |
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Why is it that horses have flanks, but I don't have one? At least that I can see?
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« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2003, 10:44:12 PM » |
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I don't get what the deal is with anime. Why does everyone think its so great? Yes, and how do you pronounce it? I think its anime with a long "i" and a short "a" and a silent "e." DvChWi, I believe thinks its a short "a," short "i," and long "e." So, how is it really pronounced? Maybe I should just look it up in the dictionary... |
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« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2003, 10:46:11 PM » |
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As far as I know, everyone around here says ah-na-mey. But that could just be us.
Also, why are there only two sexes, and not, say, three? Like male, female, and grog or something? How would that work? Would relationships be more or less complicated?
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« Reply #24 on: September 08, 2003, 10:56:42 PM » |
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I thought it was 'glog' not 'grog', which is an old fashioned term for some kind of alcoholic beverage, I believe.
incidently, I hear winter squash make better pumpkin pies than pumpkins do.
nobody would eat a squash pie though.
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« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2003, 09:55:43 AM » |
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I like squash.
I also like the word Calvinazi.
There's a crap-ton of dust in my dorm. My fan is clogged with it, and when I wake up in the morning my laptop is covered with it. It's because they're doing construction outside, though when they make odd sounds my roommate and I joke that they're raping a duck. Wouldn't it be funny if they really were, and the construction was just a pretext?
You know it would be funny.
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2003, 09:59:08 AM » |
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Duck rape is one mental picture I could live without.
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« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2003, 10:00:21 AM » |
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Like the doctor on SeaLab says:
Imagine that you're trapped inside a giant, flaming marshmallow. No, really imagine it. DO IT!
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2003, 11:34:33 AM » |
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a duck being raped would not be funny.
a duck trapped in a giant flaming marshmallow might be funny.
a so-called pumpkin pie made with duck might be funny.
a Calvanazi duck might be funny.
an anime Calvinazi duck trapped in a giant flaming marshmallow/so-called pumpkin pie might be funny.
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« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2003, 11:43:43 AM » |
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You sound like the AI from 20q.net....
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ps: duck rape? Is that like sexually explicit duck tape?
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« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2003, 03:26:19 PM » |
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ps: duck rape? Is that like sexually explicit duck tape? Maybe so...more experimentation is obviously needed... |
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« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2003, 03:34:53 PM » |
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Duck rape? Man, that's just nasty.
Skraps, if there were three sexes, relationships would most certainly be more complicated. I don't even want to think about how marriage and, um, making babies would work.
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« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2003, 03:37:13 PM » |
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Where we come from, we call it "sex" but yeah. I hesitate to envision the possiblilties. Maybe one would be an asexual nanny type?  Skraps |
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« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2003, 03:38:28 PM » |
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Maybe so...more experimentation is obviously needed... I would think that more expirimentation is most definitely NOT needed. Skraps |
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« Reply #34 on: September 09, 2003, 03:38:39 PM » |
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Maybe one would be an asexual nanny type? Skraps That would work. As long as its not me. |
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« Reply #35 on: September 09, 2003, 06:27:41 PM » |
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I recall reading a science fiction book about a species with three sexes. There's the 'female' which produces the egg, the 'male' which produces the sperm, and then the 'host' or 'carrier' where the two are combined. Kind of a freaky idea, but there you go.
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« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2003, 06:37:19 PM » |
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I recall reading a science fiction book about a species with three sexes. There's the 'female' which produces the egg, the 'male' which produces the sperm, and then the 'host' or 'carrier' where the two are combined. Kind of a freaky idea, but there you go. Extremely freaky. Anyway, here's my random thought: Where's crockpotgurgler? Haven't seen much of him lately... |
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« Reply #37 on: September 09, 2003, 09:48:49 PM » |
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I played frisbee with him this summer...
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« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2003, 10:07:52 PM » |
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...more random observations...
I am generally a fan of Linux since it's not quite so idiot-friendly as Windows. But if it doesn't become easier to deal with hardware, I don't know if I'll ever ditch Windows. On my (dual boot) laptop, I plugged in a USB mouse. Windows found it and within seconds I was using both the mouse and the touchpad (whichever was more convenient). In Slackware, the current distro I'm using, I still haven't gotten it so that I can use both at once consistently in X. I'm no Linux guru by any means, but darned if I shouldn't be able to figure it out and make it do what I want.
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« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2003, 10:14:02 PM » |
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I like Linux to, but the hardware thing is a killer for me. Good point. I think hardware manufactures should amke Linux drivers for all their stuff. It could become big. Windows XP takes up so many system resources, its crazy. I've been stripping down my Windows XP to run as fast as possible, but I'd much rather use Linux.
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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