FrankL Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. We were racing a storm to church yesterday. We had only been in the door about 2 minutes when my mother-in-law walked in. The street grew suddenly dark and the streetlights came on. The greeter said, "Bring the darkness with you?" "It followed me!" she replied. My THOUGHT: "The Darkness that Followed my Mother-In-Law." Great title for a creeper. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Living with you is like taking a vacation from Normative Reality." -one of my former housemates (I take in a lot of strays) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. My friend stationed in Afghanistan wishes me a happy birthday: "Happy late birthday. I accomplished the mission you set before me and toasted you with my first beer here in Manas...in the voice of Hedonism Bot. I don't think anyone understood what was happening when I proclaimed it in load voice, but they were party to greatness" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey roofer jumped into a vat of nitric acid solution to save a co-worker who had fallen 40 feet into the tank, fire officials said. Rob Nuckols, 51, was working on the ground floor Monday morning at Swepco Tube LLC when his colleague Martin Davis plunged through a roof and into the vat of diluted acid and became fully submerged, officials said. He jumped into the vat and was waist-high while he and three others pulled Davis out, Clifton Fire Chief Vince Colavitti told The Record of Woodland Park. The vat contained a 40 to 70 percent nitric acid solution used for cleaning metal tubing." Purrdence : That guy has balls of steel. Me: Possibly not anymore. Or if he does, they're SHINY balls of steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "I'm not an MMO developer, I know how to spell." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "I'm not an MMO developer' date=' I know how to spell."[/quote'] Hmm, far as I know, "an" comes before following words that start with vowels; "a" comes before following words that start with consonants. (Or at least that's what I was taught) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Hmm' date=' far as I know, "an" comes before following words that start with vowels; "a" comes before following words that start with consonants. (Or at least that's what I was taught)[/quote']"M" pronounced "em" starts with a vowel sound. Also that would be a matter of gramar, but not spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Student: What do you call those people who take dead bodies and make them look alive again. Me: Necromancers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "M" pronounced "em" starts with a vowel sound. Yes, this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "M" pronounced "em" starts with a vowel sound. Also that would be a matter of gramar' date=' but not spelling.[/quote'] This. I feel that people have forgotten that the articles "A" and "An" are based on the sound rather than the letter. I have armchair grammarians attempt to correct me on this regularly. One would never say "A Hour" or "An Union". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Or "An History of Grisly Things That Are Done To Grammar Nazis". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. My lady and I were sleeping in cabins last week. The morning after a rather chilly evening, this discussion transpired... Lady: I was so cold last night! I had on my football jersey, and I was still freezing. Once I changed into a cotton T-shirt, though, I was warmer. Why do you suppose that it? It is the materials they make the jerseys from? Me: Could be the fact that football jerseys are well ventilated with lots of tiny holes to help disperse heat may have had something to do with it, too. Lady: :: blink blink :: Oh yeah... they are, aren't they? And this coming from the lady who's a much bigger football fan than I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. More hijinks from work: Me: Can someone help me with ? Dan: Ummmmmm... (continues for several seconds) Me: I think Dan's brain is swapping to disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. My boss put out a new Org Chart for our department. (For clarity sake, the head of our HR department is named David Cochenour.) I emailed my boss. Vimes: I request that my title officially be changed from Manager to Warlord. Boss: You'll have to ask Cochenour and you get -2 points for making me spell Cochenour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. More hijinks from work: Me: Can someone help me with ? Dan: Ummmmmm... (continues for several seconds) Me: I think Dan's brain is swapping to disk. I do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Coworker: I hate this computer! It's so slow! I want a faster one! Me: Does it work? Coworker: Yes, but it's slow. Me: Well, we can replace it with a faster computer that doesn't work. Coworker: How does that help? Me: You'd stop complaining about it being slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Mutual sympathy regarding unusual cat diets, which at this household has lately included latex gloves Gotica: Rubber bands. that's always ... fun. Me: Or tinsel. Gotica : Yeah. Me: Best combination is when they eat rubber bands AND tinsel. Then you can hang it on the tree next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Where lieth the line 'tween auteur and hipster my friend...WHERE?" & "You occasionally make my brain bleed, but generally in a good way" me, in an Online Chat with my ex boss after checking out some of the puppeteering he's done this last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Friend:"...You sing along with O, Fortuna?.." Me: "...You don't?.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Sing a song." "Which song?" "Any song." "Sing, sing a song. Sing out loud, sing out strong..." "Ew! I don't know you." *** "Some dinosaurs looked like crocodiles. Some looked like turtles. Some looked like Justin Bieber." "NO! Justin Bieber has hair!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "I graduated from high school in 1986." "Really? I was born in 1986." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I'm the eldest of a wide age range group of acquaintances. During a large group dinner I heard a 20 year old say to an 18 year old "Back in the day...". I came up with a rule on the spot that if someone wasn't born before I graduated high school (1980), they coulddn't get to say 'back in the day'. It was met with universal approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "I graduated from high school in 1986." "Really? I was born in 1986." * sigh * I got my PhD in 1986. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. * sigh * I got my PhD in 1986. I was promoted to NCO in 1986. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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