First off, I seriously believe that physics hates me. Yes, I have my reasons.
Just an annoyance. It's about book covers. More accurately, the back of the book cover. I bought "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (ehh) and read about halfway through before I read the back cover which said, I'll paraphrase, that the character "lives loves and dies in the hills of Spain." What?! Kind of ruins it a bit. Hard to read a book and hoping a character survives when I now know he'll die. Very unhappy about that. "Go see 'The Empire Strikes Back' where Luke learns and fights and finds out Darth Vader is his father."
Same thing happened to my girlfriend who was reading a non-fiction book (The Story of Z) whose back cover somewhat gives away the ending. Come on now. Is there someone we can blame? Can we sue? Is there a chance for a hands across America protest?
Quickly. It's "I couldn't care less", not "I could care less." As I posted at some point earlier in my life, saying you 'could' care less means that you actually do care more than zero and up to the most you can possibly care. I will, from this moment on, assume that if anyone says "I could care less" it actually means they care passionately about that subject/person/pasta dish. If you're too stupid to use the phrase correctly, I should not be required to decode your idiocy.
The customer is always right? Do you know what that really means? No, you don't. It does NOT mean that the consumer should expect to get free stuff because they want it. What it DOES mean is that if a store is selling beta-max machines and customers want VHS machines, then the customer, or more correctly their money, is right. Their purchasing habits vis-a-vis a business standpoint are right. It should realistically be "The customer's money is always right." Or, to use a Spinal Tap line "Money talks and Bullshit walks."
Hey you, get the hell out of the fast lane if you're not willing to go fast. Driving the speed limit in the far left lane is NOT alright.
I heard the stupid phrase, "he's not MY president" alot during the Bush administration and thought the people saying it were, frankly, morons. "At least," thought I, "republicans won't do the same thing if a democrat gets in office." Nope! I have heard the same thing now that a democrat is president. And it's no less stupid. If you are a citizen of the United States, he's YOUR president. This applies to everyone of any party at any point in the future. Unless you wish to renounce your citizenship. If so, follow these instructions:
1. Go to nearest foreign country and walk into US consulate or embassy.
2. Tell officials there you wish to renounce your citizenship.
3. They will try to talk you out of it, but after you fill out a bunch of forms and make a oral declaration, you are now free! You no longer have to have a president you have disagreements with! Easy.
If you don't follow those steps, then be a man and shut the fuck up.
I find Jon Stewart to be pompous, unfunny and his conclusions faulty.
On the "My President" thing, about 10-15 years ago, a pal of mine got one of the NRA "My President Is Charleton Heston" bumper stickers, and pinned it up, partially in agreement, partially for laughs. A friend of his, who's a fun, creative smartass, then took a tangent, and made a bumper sticker saying "My President Is Lee Marvin" with a very badass mug-shot of Mr. Marvin. He still has it. It's still very cool and funny.
ReplyDeletePlease send me a pic of that bumper sticker---I had it too---but my car was totaled and I could not save that bumper sticker.
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