BS: Redundant activities

Subject: Redundant activities
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 03:35 AM

How many times during the day do you do something, knowing full well that it will not make the slightest difference to the outcome... Not all those useless hours we spend at the photocopier or keyboard, or cleaning the loo, but, well, this sort of thing:

I was driving up to my local superstore, which is in a small industrial estate. To get onto this estate, there is a roadway with a height restriction bar across it. I've driven under it at least once a week for a year now, and still, every time I go under it, in my car, I duck my head... I mean, how stupid is that? Is me ducking my head going to make the slightest difference to the car's height? I'm in a car, I'm not going to hit my head, so why do I keep doing this redundant activity?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 03:45 AM

And shoutng the answers to the quiz questions, when it is obvious that the people on the television or radio cannot hear you, but shout louder the longer they take.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Lady McMoo
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 05:35 AM

And checking the car door again when I've heard the click and seen the little button go down. Or going back to check the front door's closed when I've just locked it (seems to be a door thing with me!)

Of course all of this doesn't prevent me from frequently walking round with my flies open! (Inadvertantly I hasten to add...!)

mcmoo

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: MMario
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 08:41 AM

dishes. there is nothing more redundant or time-wasting then doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen. period.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Mbo
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:08 AM

I've been doing dishes and cleaning kitchens since I was 13 years old. But, I always have a boombox, so I can play music while I'm doing the redundant activity. It also gives me a sense of accomplishment when they're all clean. As for the music, I've been known to annoy my folks my playing loudly anything from The Clancy Brothers to George Harrison to George Winston to Les Miserables. I always find myself double and triple checking to see if I set the alarm clock, even though I distinctly remember doing it. Also, when squeezing through the traffic on College Hill Drive to get into the turning lane, I often find myself scrunching up, as if my making my body area smaller, I'll be able to squirm between to cars!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Bert
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:13 AM

And just before you start singing, you check the tuning on your guitar even though you tuned it two minutes ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:18 AM

Well, I come here a couple of times a day...Does that count?

And Squeaks......I would think that all those various methods of removing your unwanted crop of chest hair would be high on your list.

Sex in marriage may be redundant. If you have the right person though, it just don't matter.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 10:09 AM

I have a tendency to use invisible brake and accelerator pedals on the passenger side of any vehicle I ride in.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 10:38 AM

Well Jeri, if we're in a Brit car and I'm driving, feel free to use the gearshift as well.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 10:50 AM

Spaw, we'll have to make sure to coordinate your use of the clutch with my hand on the knob, or it won't enter gear properly.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:22 AM

I've got a fully synchonised trannie so all we need to do is match the revs and a clutch is unnecessary...makes for smoother shifting up and down.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: MMario
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:40 AM

you guys are gonna get this site blocked by my content filter again, and then you are both DEAD MEAT!!! *grin*

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:56 AM

Just make sure to check the fluid levels first. I hope your trannie can handle high RPMs - I hate it when you blow a gasket and you've never even red-lined it.

...and now, back to the subject...has anyone else attempted to engage the clutch while driving an automatic? The brake pedal just doesn't work the same!

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:58 AM

MMario, we're talking about cars! Does your content filter do double entendre?

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:20 PM

I like to do multiple posts that say the same thing to make sure everyone understands

All the best,

Big Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:21 PM

I like to do multiple posts that say the same thing to make sure everyone understands

All the best,

Big Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:22 PM

I like to do multiple posts that say the same thing to make sure everyone understands

All the best,

Big Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:30 PM

Yeah, that's it, turn a perfectly decent BS into the lowest common denominator, although the sex in marriage thing might be applicable.

How about opening and closing the fridge door to check that the fridge door is closed..... I must do it four times a day!!!

And where cars are concerned, both the SO and I have vehicles, one has the ignition on side of the wheel, mine, the other. So many times have I put the key in the ignition and then LOOKED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STEERING TO SEE IF I'VE GOT THE RIGHT CAR!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 01:11 PM

Geeziz Squeaks....I'm relly glad you identified Mick as the lowest common denominator!!!!..........always thought it was me, what a relief.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Caitrin
Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:37 PM

Whenever I feel some kind of twitch on my nose I attempt to push up glasses that I haven't worn for 4 years.
As for actual redundancy, I always check repeatedly to see if I have my keys with me. I think this is probably a kind of bizarre Pavlovian thing resulting from the many times I have left my car keys in strange places.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Micca
Date: 11 Dec 99 - 11:18 AM

On the washing up question, it is clear none of you have been junior Technician staff in a Science lab. For the first 3 years and sporadically after that, you wash lab glassware, a lot . So when it comes to Kitchens the first essential piece of equipment is a Dishwasher, which IMHO is possibly the highest achievement so far.to kep with LtS's theme tho' Ducking umder low-flying aircraft near airports esp. on the Great South West road near Heathrow.

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: CLETUS
Date: 11 Dec 99 - 12:24 PM

I had ta ax Catspaw whut a redundant thing wuz an he sed it wuz like whair thet Squeaky Liz gurl keeps on havin ta shave herr chest an all. I shur wud like ta get tagather with her jez az soon az I kin find London. I fount London,Ohio, but thet wernt it.

Ennywayz I think thet me an Paw's buddy Buford hezzza reel gud redundant thang he duz an Ile tell ya why. See Buford wears this heer six pack carrier on hiz back an laz yeer when we wuz deer huntin it saved hiz life. See, itz redundant cuz Buford always haz a brew in hiz hand. Whut happinnt wuz thet after a stokin oursells at the local bar weuns went deer huntin an me an Paw shot Buford ded. Now, see, it turnt out the he wuz jez nockt senseless and the beer sixpack dun took the blast but we thot he wuz ded an senz Paw belongs ta the C.D.H.A.he givvim a mitey fine prayin over that Catspaw wrote so nicely bout includin whut purty wordz Paw sed callt Eulogy for Buford. Even tho we hed ta giv him his pickup back, me an Paw iz both reel glad ta hav our buddy wif us thiz yeer even if Catspaw duz git pist at havin all 3 uv us roundt hiz house all the time plus the 3 Reg boyz. But I think Ol Buford's redundant thing wuz purty gud fer allus.

CLETUS

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: AnTirKitten
Date: 11 Dec 99 - 01:58 PM

Heh. Mine is that I always check my pockets AFTER I lock the door to my house to make sure I have my keys (it never seems to occur to me to check that BEFORE I lock the door *lol*). Only got locked out once so far *rap wood*

Cat

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: roopoo
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 03:08 AM

We have one manual shift and one auto. The worst thing I did while flitting between the two was to get into the manual, stick my foot on the brake pedal and slam it into reverse to get off the drive. Luckily I live in a village and my little errors don't always have an audience, and it was early enough in the evening that the crunch didn't wake anybody. And no, I didn't break anything!!! Yes, Liz, I too duck. My darling son keeps remarking on it and I have to make myself go rigid under those height barriers when he's in the car with me. I agree about the dishwasher. The trouble is it has to be emptied again. Also you have to invest in more crockery etc because you ain't going to waste energy by switching it on half full, and you can't eat off the floor (in my house anyway). Has anyone noticed how, just like water, when you carve a path through all the garbage and mess that teenagers leave, it just closes behind you again to fill the void?

mouldy

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: roopoo
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 03:09 AM

We have one manual shift and one auto. The worst thing I did while flitting between the two was to get into the manual, stick my foot on the brake pedal and slam it into reverse to get off the drive. Luckily I live in a village and my little errors don't always have an audience, and it was early enough in the evening that the crunch didn't wake anybody. And no, I didn't break anything!!! Yes, Liz, I too duck. My darling son keeps remarking on it and I have to make myself go rigid under those height barriers when he's in the car with me. I agree about the dishwasher. The trouble is it has to be emptied again. Also you have to invest in more crockery etc because you ain't going to waste energy by switching it on half full, and you can't eat off the floor (in my house anyway). Has anyone noticed how, just like water, when you carve a path through all the garbage and mess that teenagers leave, it just closes behind you again to fill the void?

mouldy

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 04:41 AM

For some reason or other, when I was a senior in high school I joined the National Guard (Infantry). The roll taking routine was that all riflemen would shoulder their weapons and when their names were called go from right shoulder arms to order arms, the butt of the gun on the ground next to the right foot, the barrel held close to the right thigh. In order to get the gun off your shoulder in military fashion, you pull the butt sharply towards your hip so the barrel is thrown forward. As the weapon approaches the vertical, the rifleman twists his wrist so that the piece will fall neatly into the left hand. As soon as my name was called, in other words, I'd yell "Here, sir!" while making the weapon fly off my shoulder--at first, almost always striking my helmet liner (light-weight plastic-like helmet shaped head cover which fit snugly inside helmet). The M-1 would hit my helmet liner just as I yelled "Sir!" I would blink. I developed a conditioned reflex to blink every time I shouted, whatever I was doing, for many years afterwards. I haven't noticed it lately, but--I guess--even conditioned reflexes require reinforcement, and I have managed to avoid clobbering myself with a goddamned gun for 40 years now.

--seedexplainingtosqueakwhysheducksinsomeprobablydatedpsychspeak

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Mbo
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 09:39 PM

I check about a million times a day to make sure my wallet is in my pocket.

--Mbo

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: paddymac
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 02:44 PM

Many a good chuckle at all the he'in and she'in stuff, but nobody picked up on mcmoo's problem of walking around with his "flies" open. How many does he have, or how many does he need? (flies, that is).

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: paddymac
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 02:44 PM

Many a good chuckle at all the he'in and she'in stuff, but nobody picked up on mcmoo's problem of walking around with his "flies" open. How many does he have, or how many does he need? (flies, that is).

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Mbo
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 04:42 PM

Good question. Perhaps it was the result of a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 04:58 PM

I picked up on it, paddymac, but I thought I'd just wait to let you post twice about it.

--seed

Subject: RE: BS: Redundant activities
From: Bert
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 05:00 PM

Yeah! it's just another of those redundant activities, hitting that key a second time.