BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 03:27 AM

A US friend (and husband) of my mother's sister (who was a WWII war bride) came out to Australia for a few days holidays. He was a 747 pilot & she worked as cabin staff.

They arrived in Brisbane, hoping to get to the Barrier Reef and Ayre's Rock (now called Ularu)... (check a scaled map!)

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:36 PM

You'd think that in big places people would figure out to fly from point A to point B, but Texas poses rather a contradiction to that idea, even with the number of good airports. I'm sometimes surprised at the number of people from around here who do drive from one corner to the other rather than flying. Around here we tend to use a formula to figure out if it's worth driving or flying:

an hour to drive to the airport and to park
plus
an hour at the gate before the flight leaves
plus
the duration of the flight (can be up to a couple of hours within the state)
plus
the time getting out of the airport and getting a rental car
plus
driving to the place you were actually headed that is near this second airport.

If it takes less than five or six hours to drive there (at 75+ miles per hour on the open highway) then it isn't worth flying. If to fly you leave the house at 6am and aren't going to arrive at your destination until at least noon, and you (like many drivers here) when driving can average 80 on the highway, that's 480 miles you could have covered in that flying time. You might as well do it in your car and save the money for the rental car, and even if you have to drive a littler longer than it would take to fly, you have the comfort of your own car and your extra luggage you can take. It's a lot cheaper still to drive, even with gas prices rising.

Same reasoning applies for remote destinations with no airports. If you have to fly from your home area to another airport and then drive for hours to get where you're going (such as Big Bend or the Guadalupe Peak), you might as well have gone there more directly by driving straight from home.

Flying makes the most sense if your vehicle isn't up to long road trips and the rental car will be more reliable.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:46 PM

And if you have the money to fly and rent a car.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:59 PM

As some of you know I host a web site called "Blackcatter's TV Theme Song Lyrics.

you wouldn't beleive the stupid questions i get - not least of which is repeated requests for lyrics to themes that don't have any - Just got a request from someone for Sanford and Son lyrics.

Here's something directly from my site:

The most common request I've received is for the lyrics to Batman. Here they are. Don't email me if I missed a na, or if you think they're incomplete.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Batman!

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Batman!

Batman, Batman, Batman!

I put the lyrics up because I got requests for them alomst once a week.

It also seems that a fair amount of people don't understand the concept of "alphabetical order" either.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 08:20 PM

Blackcatter,

It's not the words, it's the way they're sung.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 09:13 PM

I did not know that, Blackcatter, about your website. I wish somebody could hum for me the tune of That Girl, because nobody remembers it, and when I try I get Batman. It's one of those trivia problems, like the villain on Underdog. See below.

Bernard Shaw would make a better comparison, bike wrecks, and could hold forth on philosophy and religion.












Simon Bar Sinister

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 10:03 PM

Fred - you should be able to find a .wav or .mp3 around the 'Net. I'll look aorund for one.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:50 AM

Nah, thanks. It's a disadvantage of the internet that such odd questions are easy to answer. I'd rather be annoying.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 04:35 AM

Blackcatter! What a great idea for a website! I have one friend who happens to be blind, and we used to play "Hum the TV Theme Song" on trips we took together. She always beat me, being more focused on the music than I was. Her favorite- "My Three Sons", and mine- "Twilight Zone".

You know, one thing I've always been grateful for here in the UK is the fact that there are signs painted in front of the cross-walks telling people which way to look before crossing the road.

And that they can laugh at their own quaint phrasing on the Underground...There are now tee-shirts which read "Mind The Gap".

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: JennyO
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:02 PM

I have one of those "Mind the Gap" t shirts. It gets quite a few comments from those who don't know what it is, and chuckles from those who do. It's not so much the words, as the way they say it on the Underground - Mi-ind....the gap.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:25 PM

I've always liked the "Way out" signs instead of "exit"

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 06:41 PM

"this way to the Egress"

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 09:35 PM

Did you know that P.T. Barnum was a Unitarian?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 11:04 PM

Did he drink Bailey's?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 11:32 PM

There was a famous Music Hall performer who claimed that his name was up in lights in every theatre in the world.

His name was 'Nosmo King'


I'm not making this up!

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 05 Jun 04 - 12:20 AM

I went to pick up a friend at the airport last week. Orlando has two sides to it's terminal, so as you drive in, you look at the long list of carriers to see which side you head to. I was looking for U.S. Air, so I was looking up for it wondering which sign it would be on and then I saw it - right below my name! That was weird until I learned that Thomas Cook Travel now has become an air carrier.

Now I know how famous my name is - especially in the U.K., but I don't think of it very often, and it really threw me for a sort while.