I interviewed for a job once where the department manager's overbearing micromanaging boss insisted on conducting the interview "to make sure it's done right". The bozo pulled out a tape recorder to "keep me honest", then proceeded to grill me like I'd been accused of a felony. Questioned everything on my resume from the assumption that I had lied about everything.
It was awful. My mind was made up pretty early in the meeting that there was no flippin way I'd be working there, even if I were offered the job. If I had been a little bolder, I would've stripped the tape out of that cassette, wadded it up & thrown it at the blowhard. If.
That made me think of the recent trend in Minnesota bars to get around the statewide smoking ban; they hold Theater Nights, where the whole bar is the stage and the patrons are the actors. State law allows actors to smoke if their part calls for it, so that makes it ok, right?
When my daughter was two or three, my wife and I were having a laugh about the tongue to nose trick (her sister can do it). I asked my daughter if she could stick out her tongue and touch her nose; she stuck out her tongue and touched her nose with her finger, then looked at us like we were crazy when we cracked up laughing.
One question I have about the paralyzed finger trick; if you can't lift your ring finger when your middle finger is pulled back because the tendons are connected, why can you lift the middle finger when the ring finger is pulled back? Seems to me that if they are connected, you should be able to reverse it. Anyone?
That reminds me of one of my kids' favorite jokes: Part 1: How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator? I don't know. Open the door, put the elephant in, then close the door.
Part 2: How do you put a giraffe in a refrigerator? Oh, I know; open the door, put the giraffe in, then close the door. No; first you open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in, then close the door.
Part 3: The Lion King called a meeting of all the animals; what animal missed the meeting? Um, I don't know. The giraffe; he was stuck in the refrigerator.
Part 4: You're crossing the savannah and come to a river. How do you cross it without being eaten by crocodiles? Um, I don't know. You jump in the water, swim to the other side, then get out. Uh, what about the crocodiles? No worries; they're all at the meeting.
I'd like to second the Next Post/Previous Post buttons suggestion. Going back to the home page after reading a post shouldn't require a full reload of the page and its images, but it does. Or is it just me?
The funny thing about this is that so many people are eager for the flying car concept to become reality.
I'm with BikerRay; I don't see what's so concerning about this. The guy used what he had at hand to get where he needed to be. He probably should've at least got permission to land at the golf course, but I'd say no harm, no foul.
You want proof that plural of "reindeer" is "reindeer"? Check the lyrics for "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer";
... All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say, "Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then all the reindeer loved him And they shouted out with glee...
Try singing that with "reindeers" instead. Sorry, but it just sounds wrong, in a song or in a sentence.
I'm in. Sign me up. (I'm totally serious, but my wife may have veto power over that decision!)
It wasn't that long ago that missionaries en route to Africa or wherever would pack their belongings in a coffin, knowing their remains would either return in that same coffin or be buried where they died. Granted, their mission was a bit different than any would be Mars traveller, but the drive to pioneer is pretty strong, no matter the mission.
"... in a place where they would be observed by people who had a duty to ensure their ongoing safety"? Good grief. How about having those kids in a place where someone actually cares about their well being? Essentially they're saying that the Socialist Republic of California knows better how to raise your kids than you do. How long before the state commandeers your kids in the delivery room?
And this line is especially rich: "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare." My guess is that one of the issues is that home-schooling parents are teaching actual American history rather than the pabulum taught in gov't screwls.
The Nanny State has finally stepped over the line. Watch for a mass exodus from the Left Coast. Time to leave the place to fall into the Pacific.
It was awful. My mind was made up pretty early in the meeting that there was no flippin way I'd be working there, even if I were offered the job. If I had been a little bolder, I would've stripped the tape out of that cassette, wadded it up & thrown it at the blowhard. If.
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One question I have about the paralyzed finger trick; if you can't lift your ring finger when your middle finger is pulled back because the tendons are connected, why can you lift the middle finger when the ring finger is pulled back? Seems to me that if they are connected, you should be able to reverse it. Anyone?
Part 1:
How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator?
I don't know.
Open the door, put the elephant in, then close the door.
Part 2:
How do you put a giraffe in a refrigerator?
Oh, I know; open the door, put the giraffe in, then close the door.
No; first you open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in, then close the door.
Part 3:
The Lion King called a meeting of all the animals; what animal missed the meeting?
Um, I don't know.
The giraffe; he was stuck in the refrigerator.
Part 4:
You're crossing the savannah and come to a river. How do you cross it without being eaten by crocodiles?
Um, I don't know.
You jump in the water, swim to the other side, then get out.
Uh, what about the crocodiles?
No worries; they're all at the meeting.
I'm with BikerRay; I don't see what's so concerning about this. The guy used what he had at hand to get where he needed to be. He probably should've at least got permission to land at the golf course, but I'd say no harm, no foul.
... All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then all the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee...
Try singing that with "reindeers" instead. Sorry, but it just sounds wrong, in a song or in a sentence.
It wasn't that long ago that missionaries en route to Africa or wherever would pack their belongings in a coffin, knowing their remains would either return in that same coffin or be buried where they died. Granted, their mission was a bit different than any would be Mars traveller, but the drive to pioneer is pretty strong, no matter the mission.
And this line is especially rich: "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare." My guess is that one of the issues is that home-schooling parents are teaching actual American history rather than the pabulum taught in gov't screwls.
The Nanny State has finally stepped over the line. Watch for a mass exodus from the Left Coast. Time to leave the place to fall into the Pacific.