Captain Shipton Bellinger
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Why the goggles..? In case of ADVENTURE!
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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2010, 08:46:43 am » |
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Gas canisters for camping stoves that have warning labels telling me not to flush it down the toilet  Because you know someone has tried it. Sadly probably true - which is, of itself, enough to make me wonder "WTF?" |
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Aleister Crow
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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2010, 12:13:05 pm » |
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It's the imagery of blind drivers that I was thinking of. Considering how some of the people around here drive, it's not hard to imagine.  |
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'How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcome little fishes in
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« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2010, 03:05:00 pm » |
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About the braille on signs: my husband told me a story about some signs made for a new building once, it turned out that the first sign was for the men's room. Well, they changed the VISUAL lettering on each sign for each place, but forgot to change the BRAILLE lettering for each sign...so every room in the building had the "men's room" label in braille..
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Honeythorn
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« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2010, 11:30:26 pm » |
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People getting banned for being truthful |
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« Reply #29 on: August 03, 2010, 11:39:39 pm » |
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People that just don't know when to stop beating dead horses.
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G is for gorgeous
E is for exciting
O is for odd (in the best possible way!)
R is for remarkable
G is for gentle
I is for intelligent
A is for awesome
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Honeythorn
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« Reply #30 on: August 03, 2010, 11:52:28 pm » |
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Horses running around wildly...<_<
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Captain Quinlin Hopkins
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« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2010, 11:56:09 am » |
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What you don't have the braille bumps on your roads? I thought they were quite common now.
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Sincerely, Captain Quinlin Hopkins (Hoppy) Do not ignore the freedoms of someone else, for eventually you will be someone else! DFW Steampunk Illumination Society |
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Arceye
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« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2010, 11:47:53 pm » |
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A local car park where the entrance is marked with big arrows to direct cars around a one way circuit, and big NO ENTRY signs painted on the roads....and still people drive the wrong way! Somebody got run down the other week. I told a young woman driver off for going the wrong way, and she told me to feck off.
I object seriously to people having this attitude when in charge of a ton of metal.
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There is nothing that cannot be made a little worse and sold a little cheaper
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jesuisbienseule
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« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2010, 10:56:34 am » |
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I object seriously to people having this attitude when in charge of a ton of metal.
It's the terrifyingly common lack of ability to control said ton of metal that usually inspires fear in me... |
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Arceye
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« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2010, 10:46:50 pm » |
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I live close by a pub. The pub has a small car park, and in this car park are two rather posh cars. In these cars are young men who are just sat in their cars talking to each other through their open windows.
And some people think I'm sad. These guys are sat in cars worth thousands, but they clearly have no money to go anywhere nice or interesting, but THEY HAVE TO SHOW OFF THEIR CARS.
wtf
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Gunner
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Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. <3
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« Reply #35 on: August 08, 2010, 01:56:09 am » |
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Something that makes me go "WTF"...
The fact that I haven't visited this forum in months.
And here I was, planning to consult you lovely folk for help with combining steampunk with rave fashion... Eheheheh. *anime-style sweatdrop*
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« Reply #36 on: August 08, 2010, 02:21:06 am » |
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I object seriously to people having this attitude when in charge of a ton of metal.
It's the terrifyingly common lack of ability to control said ton of metal that usually inspires fear in me... Once upon a time an idea was put forth to limit a vehicle's horsepower to the drivers IQ score. The author figured that it would limit most people to lawn mowers and golf carts. |
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N=R* x f(p) x n(e) x f(l) x f(i) x f(c) x L
So? Where is everyone?
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AlegrahEredschtadt
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« Reply #37 on: August 08, 2010, 02:36:36 am » |
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The fact that at our garage sale today, people that thought because it was a garage sale, that they could weasel us down to less than half price on what we asked for what was a $400 kitchen table and chairs set. We marked it to ninety. Oi.
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Gunner
United States
Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. <3
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« Reply #38 on: August 08, 2010, 02:43:11 am » |
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The fact that at our garage sale today, people that thought because it was a garage sale, that they could weasel us down to less than half price on what we asked for what was a $400 kitchen table and chairs set. We marked it to ninety. Oi.
Oi indeed... That sounds like a painful wrench. Not nearly as severe as your case, but I ended up selling ALL of my Barbies, Bratz, and Beanie Babies for a mere $15 total at a yard sale. Granted, the Beanie Babies didn't have tags, but still. I probably had a hundred and fifty of those buggers! AND probably something like 30 Barbies and 10 Bratz. |
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AlegrahEredschtadt
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« Reply #39 on: August 08, 2010, 02:51:55 am » |
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Ouch. That had to hurt.
No f*ckin' way would I be able to do that. When my mom made me get rid of my stuffed animals, that hurt like hell. I had like two hundred. Still have a hundred. xD
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Gunner
United States
Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. <3
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« Reply #40 on: August 08, 2010, 03:07:15 am » |
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I was not a happy camper that day. Parting with all those childhood relics at once, for such a pittance. Unfair.
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Arceye
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« Reply #41 on: August 08, 2010, 03:53:16 pm » |
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Talking of toys, I had a WTF moment recently when I realised that I have nothing from my childhood! Not a diecast car, not a spring firing cannon, all gone, and I have absolutely no idea where they went. Well , I did have a local 'friend' who turned to be a light fingered little oik, but I do not believe he cleared me out.
When I was about eight my Grandfather gave me a shoebox full of mint 'Matchbox' diecast vehicles, and I can only imagine that I had more than one thief in my midst.
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Mr. Boltneck
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« Reply #42 on: August 08, 2010, 05:00:46 pm » |
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A couple of years ago, my parents were clearing out some back closets, and found a cache of stuffed critters from about forty years previous. I took them to my young nephew. Perfect.
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AlegrahEredschtadt
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« Reply #43 on: August 08, 2010, 06:01:09 pm » |
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The fact that it turns out someone's attempting to hack my computer and change my IP address. Ah, hell no.
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Major Wolfram Quicksilver
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« Reply #44 on: August 21, 2010, 06:04:51 pm » |
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Pubs that advertise that they are showing live football games on huge TV's, and have bouncers on the door stopping people wearing replica football shirts from coming in. WTF?
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'This job looks complicated, get a bigger hammer!'
'The 4lb lump hammer, also known as a Birmingham Screwdriver'
'Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is never putting them in a fruit salad.'
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Little_Red
Officer
United Kingdom
because "smaller-than-Big-Red-Red" didn't fit
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« Reply #45 on: August 22, 2010, 12:11:40 am » |
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My mother, bless her. I was running around today looking for my recently-washed dress, and had this conversation.
"Mum, have you seen my sun-dress?"
"Oh, yes, it's in the..you know..the fridge."
"Oh, I - what?"
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Atterton
Master Tinkerer
Only The Shadow knows
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« Reply #46 on: August 22, 2010, 12:15:06 am » |
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It´s probably nice to wear a cool dress on a hot summer´s day. Like wearing hot socks during winter.
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In space, no one can hear you steam.
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Little_Red
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because "smaller-than-Big-Red-Red" didn't fit
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« Reply #47 on: August 23, 2010, 12:45:17 am » |
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It´s probably nice to wear a cool dress on a hot summer´s day. Like wearing hot socks during winter.
Yes, it would have been, and had that been the case, I could at least seen the logic in it. But when my mother said "fridge" she meant "wardrobe" |
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Aeryenne Tederich
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« Reply #48 on: August 23, 2010, 12:57:47 am » |
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I think I unwittingly gave someone else a WTF-moment the other day when this conversation took place -
Friend with English Literature degree - Well, you know, all great couples in literature argue, it's the author's way of showing the depths of their love and affection for one another. Like Catherine and Heathcliff, Jane and Rochester, Beatrice and Benedick...
Me - Holmes and Watson...
Aforementioned Friend - ... *staaaare*
Me - ...what?
Well, apparently she doesn't share that particular opinion of mine...oh, sue me, it's canon as far as I'm concerned.
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"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity."
- Robert Frost
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Atterton
Master Tinkerer
Only The Shadow knows
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« Reply #49 on: August 23, 2010, 01:08:17 am » |
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You need to read the stories again.
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