The Luke/Leia brother/sister thing was the result of Lucas telling a story with no idea what it was, where it came from, or where it was going. The original Star Wars movie was so different from initial concept to final product that Lucas was making the story up as he went along with only the vaguest of background ideas in his mind that were easily changed constantly by things as simple as his lead artist's artist conception sketches. Case-in-point: Vader had no mask or anything until McQuarrie drew him with a breathing apparatus so that he could move through space in order to raid ships. Then the whole life-support suit/mask was born. Lucas admits this. But now, after the prequels were spawned, he wants us to believe that this sh!t was the background for the story all along. I'm not buying it.
I often hear native english speakers claim that there is no word in english for whatever word they are looking for from the other language they have learned. More often than not, it is because their vocabulary is limited, not the language itself.
Polx, you are so funny. Please keep bringing us your comedic misconceptions and uninformed assumptions about what we in the US do, because they are hilarious.
I once went to a museum about people with really bad teeth. It was quite strange to be around that sort of thing. Maybe not so for those of you in the UK, where you are around that sort of thing all the time, but...
Riimz, the keyboard is not your cell phone, so you don't have to type like you're texting. Vowels are there, not to make the written word more difficult, but to keep you from looking like an idiot.
Not racist, either. It is not making fun of an ethnic group, but an individual who has chemically altered his skin color. Don't be so touchy and a little more thick skinned (gee, can I say the skin word w/o getting in trouble? I was talking about thickness, not color here) and we'll all be able to get along much better.
Unfounded allegations of racism aside, the real thing here that is sad/unfortunate is not the man's changing skin color, but the plastic surgery mess that is is face and the train-wreck that is his life & career.
Dave's comment supports what I've heard from other vendors thave worked with Walmart. They demand you sell your product to them cheaper than the other guys so that they can sell it cheaper than Target (or wherever else). The vendor, not wanting to get dropped, makes the product for WM with cheap plastic parts that break when originally, they manufacturer/vendor would use something more durable, like metal. Vendor can't call shenanigans on WM for fear of being dropped, so the illusion that you get the same thing at WM as at Target is BS. It's not. People tout WM's streamlined supply chain and all that as being the reason for the low prices, when, more often than not- it's just the world's larget retailer using strong-arm tactics on the people they buy from.
I don't like WM, but it's not "just because". I believe that you get what you pay for in both product and service and WM does not cut it for me. When I do shop there, I stay the freak away from their great value crap because that's what their store brand stuff is- crap. Walmart should be dying as a result of the ineptitude of its workers the pc term is "unskilled", but I call them brainless. From my own experience: I had to have a cashier approval for my Sudafed at the self checkout. Employee walks up after I waited for a good minute or rwo, keys some stuff in and walks off halfway through to go help some lady by walking into the middle of the store, leaving me on this employees only override screen and with no explanation of what she was ding or if she was planning on coming back. I had to wait for someone else to come and complete the cashier approval. Complete and utter idiots. No other explanation.
What? Are you kidding me? Do you still sleep with a nightlight?
I once went to a museum about people with really bad teeth. It was quite strange to be around that sort of thing. Maybe not so for those of you in the UK, where you are around that sort of thing all the time, but...
Not racist, either. It is not making fun of an ethnic group, but an individual who has chemically altered his skin color. Don't be so touchy and a little more thick skinned (gee, can I say the skin word w/o getting in trouble? I was talking about thickness, not color here) and we'll all be able to get along much better.
Unfounded allegations of racism aside, the real thing here that is sad/unfortunate is not the man's changing skin color, but the plastic surgery mess that is is face and the train-wreck that is his life & career.
I don't like WM, but it's not "just because". I believe that you get what you pay for in both product and service and WM does not cut it for me. When I do shop there, I stay the freak away from their great value crap because that's what their store brand stuff is- crap. Walmart should be dying as a result of the ineptitude of its workers the pc term is "unskilled", but I call them brainless. From my own experience: I had to have a cashier approval for my Sudafed at the self checkout. Employee walks up after I waited for a good minute or rwo, keys some stuff in and walks off halfway through to go help some lady by walking into the middle of the store, leaving me on this employees only override screen and with no explanation of what she was ding or if she was planning on coming back. I had to wait for someone else to come and complete the cashier approval. Complete and utter idiots. No other explanation.