Locke333
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Post by Locke333 on Dec 12, 2006 21:16:04 GMT -5
why the heck do bars have parking lots? duz it really make sense? if u cant drink and drive, WALK to a bar! putting parking lots at bars is like saying "Come on in and get killed!"
can someone explain this to me?
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Post by Radar on Dec 12, 2006 21:48:14 GMT -5
Actually you can drink and drive, but only drink a little. Different states have different laws on how much alcohol you can have in your blood before they deem you "drunk". California is at .08 BAC (blood alcohol content). So as long as you register less than .08, you can legally drive (that doesn't necessarily mean that it is a goo idea though.
Actually California is now trying to pass a law that lowers the legal Bac level to .01 for people under 21. It's about time. They aren't allowed to drink anyway, what makes them think they should be driving at the same time?
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Locke333
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Post by Locke333 on Dec 12, 2006 21:48:55 GMT -5
yea
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Post by grievous on Dec 14, 2006 10:18:32 GMT -5
Here's another incredibly dumb rant by Grievous.
There's a financial company that I have now forgotten the name of. I think it's "Barkley" or something to that effect. Anyways, they've been running lots of commercials lately where their whole theme is "We're quietly taking over the world of finance". This motto irks me to no end because they obviously aren't being all that secretive and quiet, WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING COMMERCIALS THAT STATE THEIR INTENTIONS!!! It's so dumb how they talk about being this little company that no one knows about or pays attention to and then they have a commercial where they state that while no one pays attention, they're growing into a large competitor. However, by running the commercials, they draw attention from the big names and their marketing scheme fails.
Sorry, but I just saw another one of the commercials about half an hour ago and had to get that off my chest. Move along!
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Post by majikmonkee on Dec 14, 2006 10:38:52 GMT -5
LOL...I don't know why that's so funny to me, but it is. Commercials appeal to people on the dumbest possible leve. I mean, come on...what are we meant to think when we see a commercial of Michael Jordan and Kevin Bacon hanging out in a stark white house in their underwear playfully dodging attempts at throwing grapes into each other's mouths? Is that supposed to make us want to buy more underwear? Do Michael Jordan and Kevin Bacon really live together now? And am I really meant to believe that if I'm eating a bowl of Kellog's Raisin Bran at a basketball game that David Robinson would stop playing in the middle of a game to come sit in the bleachers with me and enjoy a bowl? Yeesh...don't get me started (oops...too late!)
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Post by webhead817 on Jan 25, 2007 16:39:39 GMT -5
Pet Peeve of the day...
I have this thing about the Express Lane at the checkout...if it says 15 or less...I'm of the school of thought that you should probably have closer to 10 or less. I almost pride myself in my ability to move quickly through these lines...card out, swiped, stuff bagged...gone. I have a half hour for lunch, I can't wait 10 minutes behind one person in the express lane...which brings me to exhibit A.
Please...if you have a cart full of stuff, some of which you know doesn't have tags, some of it you won't be actually buying unless the prices is what you think it might be, you're not sure if it's on sale or not...blah blah blah...YOU DON'T BELONG IN THE EXPRESS LANE! The express lane is not for price checks and making your final decision on whether or not you are actually going to purchase all of the crud in your cart! It's for people like me that have to be back at work in five minutes and just want to get out of their with their booster pack mountain dew triscuits and soft batch man!
Ah. I feel a little better already.
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Post by malform on Jan 26, 2007 10:08:04 GMT -5
I feel your pain man... You know this same problem is exactly why the self checkout is great in theory. But I have found that the same kind of people that clog up the express lanes are the same people clogging up the self checkout lanes. Every time I go to wal-mart theres someone stumbling around trying to scan their items in the self checkout. Its not that hard! After you scan the first one you should be a pro... And if you just cant get the hang of it, go back to a normal checkout line next time your shopping. Actually you can drink and drive, but only drink a little. Different states have different laws on how much alcohol you can have in your blood before they deem you "drunk". California is at .08 BAC (blood alcohol content). So as long as you register less than .08, you can legally drive (that doesn't necessarily mean that it is a goo idea though. Actually California is now trying to pass a law that lowers the legal Bac level to .01 for people under 21. It's about time. They aren't allowed to drink anyway, what makes them think they should be driving at the same time? Interesting thing about trying to drink responsibly and still be able to drive its its near impossible. This BrAC calculator I found, it estimates that if a 200 pound male drank a pint of beer in one hour he would blow a 0.01... And I dont think drinking a pint in an hour is much of a stretch. And am I really meant to believe that if I'm eating a bowl of Kellog's Raisin Bran at a basketball game that David Robinson would stop playing in the middle of a game to come sit in the bleachers with me and enjoy a bowl? Yeesh...don't get me started (oops...too late!) The question that I had was, who in the world sits at a basketball game eating cereal? :\
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Post by redemptionrocks on Feb 1, 2007 7:46:42 GMT -5
I remember those....good times...good times. drinking and typing may not be a "goo" idea either. Just messin radar By gaining larger company's and consumers attention they draw people in who would normaly ignore them. I believe that IS thier scheme...Underhanded it is. Someone who prefers pops to popcorn? My pet peeve and rant...Political correctness. What happened to sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Seems now its sticks and stones may break my bones but you dare not offend me. I mean black people are called african americans when most arent and dont even have roots back to africa it just buggs me...and i rather be called white than caucasion. Idk maybe im weird....
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Post by Ataru on Feb 1, 2007 11:41:22 GMT -5
UGH... I hate commercials! The company tries to make their product look like the best THING in the world, when that's all it is--a THING! I hear these commercials where somebody's going, "and then, I found ____ (insert product name here)" and I like to mock them by going, "yes ma'am, I'm sure your entire life changed that day that you found that wonderful new brand of tennis shoes." And as for beer commercials... those are terrible! It shows happy people drinking beer and enjoying it! Sure, they enjoy it now, but the commercial doesn't show the drunken fit that comes afterward! Neither do they show those same people when they wake up the next morning and wish they had drank water instead! And food commercials of all kinds--what kind of people do they think we are? Please! That actor's paid to give that "aah, best food in the world" look even if they're eating molten Play-Doh! THINGS never make anyone happy! They break! They fall apart! They get eaten (in the case of food)! And they are stolen! They get lost! Moths tear apart curtains! Rust rusts! And for goodness' sake, we're not actually going to have our lives changed by the new cereal they're advertising! PLEASE! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
*Sigh* I feel better now. Maybe I'll just throw in a Bible verse that's stated more calmly and in a shorter, more compact manner...
Matthew 6:19-20: 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
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Post by YodaBreaker on Apr 17, 2007 11:46:31 GMT -5
People and things dying. I get to TixCon to have my parents call and tell me that my uncle died. I get back from TixCon, and I have to euthanize my wife's pet fish, who was floating vertically in the tank, barely gasping for air. Thank goodness I didn't know anyone at Virginia Tech.
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Post by Jw18 on Apr 17, 2007 13:47:14 GMT -5
why isn't there a sheetz by my house errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................
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Post by superflytnt on Apr 17, 2007 14:06:05 GMT -5
Actually you can drink and drive, but only drink a little. Different states have different laws on how much alcohol you can have in your blood before they deem you "drunk". California is at .08 BAC (blood alcohol content). So as long as you register less than .08, you can legally drive (that doesn't necessarily mean that it is a goo idea though. Actually California is now trying to pass a law that lowers the legal Bac level to .01 for people under 21. It's about time. They aren't allowed to drink anyway, what makes them think they should be driving at the same time? Not always true...on some bases (mostly overseas) there are bars on base that you need only be 18 to drink. Lots of bases in the PRC (People's Republic of California), but I suspect that 21 is still the drinking age. In Wisconsin I think up until recently the drinking age was 18 or 19. Bars have parking lots for people like me that gave up drinking, but still like to go out and party - I end up the designated driver, dropping lots of people off at their respective flophouses after the party's over. Amen brother. I am so tired of the feminization of the US. Just remember that the softies that can't take being called something are the weak ones and hence the first that Darwin predicts will die out. Me....everybody knows I don't play the game. I call 'em like I see 'em and I don't really care what people think of me. By saying that I couldn't care less is an insult to "less". I think it's these women who wanted equal rights (but REALLY wanted 'special rights') that started it all out. They blame the men for being dogs, but dress like hookers and pass the booty out like a vending machine, and go ape feces when you call them sloots. Turns my stomach to see how far we've sunk. Now every little group like the homosexuals, blacks, latinos, pretty much everyone thinks that because they're different they should play by a special set of rules...that's sheer idiocy. IF there's a level playing field then the best go up and the lazy people get what they've earned...nothing. I'd hire a black dude or a colombian or WHOEVER before a white dude PROVIDED that they are more qualified than the white dude. I am the epitome of the anti-bigot - I hate everyone equally ;D And specifically about the "African American" or "Asian American" it just goes to show where people's allegiance lies. I, personally, am an "American", period. Yes, I come from Italians and Irish and Germans, but do I really yearn for the 'old country'?? Heck no. I like my country, and although there are a group of snivelling pukes who run the place, it's our total weakness and apathy that have allowed us to get these turd sandwiches into power, and to retain that power they come up with "African American" or "Latino American" to get us all at each other's throats so that we're so busyt hating each other we'll forget who we really should be going after - the politicians. Why can't we just all be AMERICANS again? Did 9/11 teach us nothing? Let's all remember WHY the 2nd amendment was made - to protect ourselves from the government!!! This is supposed to be a country of choice - so why is it you go the the ice-cream aisle at the local supermarket and there's 100 types of ice cream in 50 brands, but we only get 2 viable candidates to vote for to run the most powerful country on the planet? WTF is up with that? And what is the deal with SMART BOMBS? What makes them so smart? We only blow up the buildings with the guys we want dead in it? CARPET BOMBING has ended more wars than any other weapon we've ever employed! Germany brought England to it's knees with carpet bombs, we brought Germany to it's knees with carpet bombs, Japan was crippled by carpet bombs, and then NUKED into submission, then in Korea we carpet bombed them to the peace table, in Vietnam we carpet bombed Hanoi for 2 weeks and ended 10 years of war, we carpet bombed Kosovo and stopped the killing fields, and in Afghanistan we carpet bombed areas to stop Al-Queda. Why is it that in Iraq we have places where we KNEW that the enemy was (like Fallujah) and didn't completely level the city, burn the bodies and put heads on pikes at the entrances to let the enemy know that we ARE not to be messed with??? Kill them all, let God, or Allah, or whoever sort them out. How's that for the Rant Thread?
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Post by grievous on Apr 17, 2007 16:13:59 GMT -5
People and things dying. I get to TixCon to have my parents call and tell me that my uncle died. I get back from TixCon, and I have to euthanize my wife's pet fish, who was floating vertically in the tank, barely gasping for air. Thank goodness I didn't know anyone at Virginia Tech. I'm sorry for your loss. It's always hard when a family member dies... On a note moderately related to the Virginia Tech shooting, why is it that people do such things? If you want to die, just go kill yourself and don't try and bring people along with you. I guess I just don't understand why some one would want to go and kill many people for no reason. At least the crazed Islamic bombers have some logic to their killing (they think it'll get them into Paradise...) but, generally speaking, these sort of shootings have no reason to them. It sickens me to think that there are those in this world who would gun down innocent civilians...
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Post by AWOL on Apr 17, 2007 16:35:35 GMT -5
What's with all the cell phones these days? One of my biggest pet peeve is watching someone walk right out of the office at the end of the day and whip out her (usually a female for some reason) cell phone and gab gab gab all the way to her freakin car. And then she has the gall to plant her butt in her car seat, turn the ignition, and drive off home while gab gab gab. Are things that important in our life that we have to talk on our cell phones any chance we can get? Are we trying to look super important by talking into a cell phone while driving a car, standing at the cashier in a busy grocery store, or while we're freakin standing at the urinal during what should be a very private and personal moment?
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Post by Jw18 on Apr 17, 2007 16:53:22 GMT -5
why does mcdonalds go badabababa i'm lovin it well maybe some of us aren't LOVIN IT DO U HEAR ME! ??!!!!!!
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