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Subject: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 09:03 AM

...bout.

Okay, let's see.

How about reality TV shows? Pretty stupid, eh? And monster truck rallies? AAAAARGHHH! And those ugly plastic shoes..."crocs"? Gross!

Anyone got some more? Post here with the stupid jerkwad stuff that REALLY upsets you, rave on about it, and get it off your chest. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 09:28 AM

Forgot our meds, did we?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: saulgoldie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 09:48 AM

You're just "discovering" Crocs? Round these parts, they are already passe. Glove shoes are still around, although not that many people even wear those much. Most of the people I know just go barefoot as much as possible.

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 09:50 AM

USA politicians dominating USA TV news (pre USA election stuff for about two years) kind of "pees on my foot". Why do news guys/gals pretend it's news and so many TV watchers believe it is so?.

So much so, that I have turned over to (non scripted, ya right) C grade TV programs with real (so called) people repossessing stuff, punky (sketchy) exterminator guys wrestling with(aka making love to) or catching alligators, buying junk at auctions or pawn shops or turning junk into expensive furniture.

I gotta get a life, Vern.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 10:05 AM

No, SINSULL, but I thought I'd kindly provide this thread as a sort of toxic waste disposal section for those who have... ;-) It's a spinoff from the "stupid jerkwad football" thread that josepp started.

Yeah, I thought maybe the crocs were pretty much passe by now. So I figured I'd better mention them before it was too late.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 10:07 AM

I love my Crocs

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 10:14 AM

Flip-flops instead of shoes, especially in winter.

Mindless shopping.

People who crowd the middle of a store aisle chatting.

Any sport that involves kicking, hitting, or throwing balls around. Well, not the activity itself, but the reportage of it.

Excessively violent "sports" (e.g., MMA), video games, movies, TV shows, etc.

.223 (5.56mm) caliber ammunition.

Several Mudcat threads, so I don't read them.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 11:06 AM

Ed T, THANK YOU.

I couldn't recall if it was Fern or Vern, know wad I mean? I shall sleep peacefully tonight. You da man!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 11:17 AM

People chomping on chewing gum and then spitting it out on pavements, where it's impossible to remove and makes horrid black sticky circles. (Even on the carpets of Buckingham Palace, kindly deposited by the visitors to the State Apartments apparently!!!) Singapore has very stringent penalties for this. I think they should be hung, drawn and quartered!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,number 6
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 11:29 AM

and then there's .... NFL football.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 11:33 AM

And then there's threads about trivial jerkwad stuff inviting people to resist and bemoan stuff not worth a flea's attention.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:07 PM

Well I'm upset because I must have had a tranmitter inserted into my brain which directs nicer restaurants to play old Frank Sinatra recordings whenever I want to dine.

Old Blue Eyes is bad enough, with his thin, cold, never-changing voice. The screaming blatting brass instruments, which must, by federal law, end the tune with a blast of discordance, are even worse.

Aargh!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:10 PM

Of COURSE it's not worth a flea's attention! That is the very satirical foundation upon which I launched this thread, the very point I am making here, because by doing so I am making fun of the hostile thread josepp recently launched about NFL football.

So, Amos, should I applaud your brilliance for realizing that this stuff is really not worth a flea's attention or should I instead pretend to get upset about it and take umbrage at your remarks? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:16 PM

I wish you two would speak English!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:23 PM

You have to hang around with the intelligentsia at places like Starbucks for several months to master the exquisite levels of pompous bafflegab and preferential bullroar that Amos and I deal in, 999.

Do you have a Starbucks anywhere nearby?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: BTNG
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:24 PM

*works on a set of flash cards, with lots of pictures so GUEST,999 can understand what's going on*

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:35 PM

It would be better if Amos & LH would eschew obfuscation. All that intransegent, polysyllabic bombast undermines the inherent nature of these placid environs.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:39 PM

True. But it is so difficult to eschew obfuscation. Without at least a little daily obfuscation to flavour* the tea, ennui sets in.

*(note Canadian spelling)

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:44 PM

I do note the superfluous* letter.


*supernumerary or supererogatory

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: olddude
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:46 PM

I don't understand the question .. I am so confused ... wait ...
I have to watch Dr. Phil for the answer or even the question

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: gnu
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 12:53 PM

Dr. Phil.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 01:13 PM

I love Frank Sinatra, I have about 25 CD's of his stuff.
Wanna come round for coffee?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 01:17 PM

Huh?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 01:19 PM

If you guys do NOT start speaking English, I will begin to quote George Bush.

I like the flash card idea though, eh.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: gnu
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 01:52 PM

9... they worship the ancient goddess Eruditey.

I do too. She's got nice

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 02:18 PM

Enough of the metastatements! Let us return to the premise of the OP:

"Post here with the stupid jerkwad stuff that REALLY upsets you..."

Though of course we all know that we aren't supposed to post anything tragic or heartbreaking which truly upsets us. A person who is insightful rather than merely erudite knows that Little Hawk just wants someone to talk to for a while. Naturally male pride prevents him from saying that, so he uses pseudo-tough language like "stupid jerkwad stuff."

I shouldn't have to explain this. But wait, a lot of you are merely males yourselves. Forget I said that.

I've already contributed Frank Sinatra in restaurants. Here's another to get you going in the right direction:

Affluant people who go on vacation with small children that they don't know how to take care of. (Because a hired person usually does it.) I've just been to the Canadian Rockies and seen several examples. Taking your 3-year-old to a region of big boulders and high cliffs? Expecting your 4-year-old to consume balsamic vinegar (black, sour and runny)? Allowing your 2-year-old to emit hoarse, gutteral screams which actually hurt others' (i.e. my) ears?

Give me a break!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 02:21 PM

Starbucks = $14.43 for a trendy confectionary.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: olddude
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 02:32 PM

A Jell-o thread again .. good grief will it never end ... Is that what we are talking about ...

maybe crows that eat yer pet froggy

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 02:35 PM

leeneia, you were in the wrong part of the Rockies. You were in one of the tourist traps. We know better than to go there.

###############################

How trendy IS it?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 03:58 PM

999..if you begin quoting G Bush, I will begin quoting Dan Quale!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:11 PM

OK. I know when I'm beat. Forget Bush.

Palin?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:42 PM

leeneia - Ha! Ha! Ha! "Male pride prevents him from saying that"????? Geez! Whaddya take me for? Well, you made me laugh, and that's good.

I can't take much Sinatra either. About 30 seconds of Frank and I'm ready for a new venue. That's manageable in an elevator, but hopeless in a restaurant.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:42 PM

Palin gets you Christine O'Donnell (she who is not a witch)

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:44 PM

Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabes.

Cmon, Bush, Palin,Dan Quayle?
They're all beginners compared to Lewis Carroll.
Up with that, I will not put.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:52 PM

You're just not trying hard enough. I get a lot from those Lewis Carrol lines you quoted. It's quite evident (in a general sense) what he is talking about.

You are probably also confounded by,

"The motorcycle black madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen and her silver studded phantom cause the grey flannel dwarf to scream, as he weeps to wicked birds of prey who pick up on his bread crumb sins, and there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden"

................. aren't you?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 04:57 PM

OK try this for gnomic

John the Baptist after torturing a thief
Looked up at his hero the Commander in Chief
And said, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief.
Is there a hole I can be sick in?"
The Commander answered him chasing a fly,
Saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
Then dropping a barbell, he pointed to the sky,
Saying, "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken"

Robert F Zimmerman.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 05:03 PM

Yeah, sure. I get a lot from that too. Want me to elaborate? ;-)

The only thing Bob's written that leaves me shaking my head and asking "why?" is most of the text of "Tarantula"...although it has a few good parts here and there floating in a general sea of near-incomprehensibility. I think he was beginning to just go through the motions when he did that piece of writing, probably because he had signed the contract, therefore needed to finish the book.

Chongo's written far better stuff than that. One day I hope it will get published.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 05:15 PM

Chongo Monkey Chimp

Niobium

P-N junctions

Blivets

Blivet trivets

Polyangular multidimensional rhomboids

Wavicles

San Diego

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 05:34 PM

Amos may object to your last choice, but................................
If we're going to include cities/towns. may I add Blackpool.
Soccer
Proselytising
Collared Doves.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 05:35 PM

Collard greens.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 05:58 PM

Anchovies.

Olives. (green or black)

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: GUEST,999
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 06:11 PM

Send me your collard greens, your anchovies, your olives--green, black or brown. Someday I'm gonna meet the people who stuff the red things in those fancy green olives.

OK, Bill, here's the deal: Michele Bachmann.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 06:14 PM

You're trading Michelle Bachmann to BillD? What do you get in return?

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: gnu
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 06:49 PM

I'll up one Randy Bachman and call.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 06:53 PM

Nobody--least of all a bloody-minded BookMeister from Pocatello--gets to trade San Diego for anything. Except maybe all of Maui.


As for the petulant pettifoggery which the puerile sometimes mistake for edification or erudition, it is only the miasmic meandering of misbegotten miscreants, hangers-on and microcephalic ne'er-do-wells, and worth no mind.

A

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 07:04 PM

All areas of human endeavor are rife with jerkwadness, except fishing. Fishing is never jerkwad.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 07:12 PM

Ok... Michele Bachmann it is....until they get Christie to run.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 07:17 PM

...and to follow up on Rap's list, here's details for a 3-pronged Blivet assembly.

It's good to know there's some stuff that's not stupid, jerkwad trivia, but just good engineering!

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 07:21 PM

I thought a blivet was ten pounds of shit in a five-pound bag.

Subject: RE: BS: More stupid jerkwad stuff to get upset a
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 11 - 07:30 PM

...scholars differ bicker.