SteveZilla Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Fool's day and Tax day are in the same month. Coincidence? Fool's Day and Earth Day are in the same month. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Monday an Thursday are in the same week. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings We let idiots vote and we got Obama. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Americans sometimes think that everyone does not get the joke the first time around. Reagan and George W Bush re-elected as President. Coincidence ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings We had a full weekend planned, but my wife canceled it because she felt overbooked. Then she came up with a bunch of things she wants to do since we now have a free weekend. Now my weekend is overbooked. WTF? Doc Thus illustrating the huge difference in how we see "stuff to do" and "stuff *I* want to do". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings We let idiots vote and we got Obama. Coincidence? Your opinion of me has been noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings We let idiots vote and we got Obama. Coincidence? The Republicans nominated John McCain and Sara Palin and we got Obama. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Your opinion of me has been noted. You're Obama? Don't you have better things to do than surf the NGD forum, you socialist dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings You're Obama? Don't you have better things to do than surf the NGD forum' date=' you socialist dog?[/quote'] actually he is a socialist (french) poodle. A common mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings You're Obama? Don't you have better things to do than surf the NGD forum' date=' you socialist dog?[/quote'] Nah. I love you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings hmm. If i got a class of mine scheduled so it met three days a week' date=' on wednesdays, thursdays, and fridays, then it would be (the way they do abbreviations around here) a wtf class. I could reinforce the effect by having it meet at 8am. Hmm.[/quote'] 8 pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings 8:63 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings don't get it. help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Insomnia. It does weird things to your brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Yeah, and my brain does weird things to insomnia. That's how you get it to leave your brain alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Iron Tramp: Caught by the Nazis during WWII' date=' Charlie Chaplin builds a suit of mechanical armor - complete with cane and derby - and manages to escape. He takes the suit back to England where it's mass produced, turning the tide of the war.[/quote'] Wouldn't this go in the Genre Crossover thread? Lucius Alexander Random palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Can someone enlighten me to where the 'make a wish at 11:11' comes from ? quick search suggests this: Eleventh hour .eleventh minute,eleventh day. eleventh month 1918. The war to end all wars ended. not authoritative but kinda makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings What the heck is "quarter of"? As in: "Hey, what time is it?" "It's a quarter of eight." A ... quarter ... of ... ? Does that mean it's 15 minutes before eight, or 15 minutes after eight? Before, i.e., 7:45. "Quarter after eight" is 8:15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings What the heck is "quarter of"? As in: "Hey, what time is it?" "It's a quarter of eight." A ... quarter ... of ... ? Does that mean it's 15 minutes before eight, or 15 minutes after eight? Before' date=' i.e., 7:45. "Quarter after eight" is 8:15.[/quote'] Really? I would have deduced that it would mean 7:15. A quarter of something = 1/4 of that something. For an hour that would be 15 minutes. Thus 7:15. But I guess it is one of those odd, old carryovers -- like the English system of measurements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings If you want to see really strange ways of designating time, look at the way the Romans called days of the month. Long division with Roman numerals is trivially simple compared to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings "A quarter of eight" is 2 P.M., sillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Really? I would have deduced that it would mean 7:15. A quarter of something = 1/4 of that something. For an hour that would be 15 minutes. Thus 7:15. But I guess it is one of those odd' date=' old carryovers -- like the English system of measurements.[/quote'] I think it was originally said as "Quarter until 8", meaning 7:45. Or it could have been "quarter short of 8", which quickly became "quarter of 8". Not to be confused with pieces of 8. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings I think it was originally said as "Quarter until 8", meaning 7:45. Or it could have been "quarter short of 8", which quickly became "quarter of 8". Not to be confused with pieces of 8. Doc Pieces of 8? The search for the money tree? ...Don't cash your freedoms in for gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings I think it was originally said as "Quarter until 8", meaning 7:45. Or it could have been "quarter short of 8", which quickly became "quarter of 8". Not to be confused with pieces of 8. Doc That's a good explanation. And it even makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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