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An excuse to recycle a joke I've told before on this site:jack action said:Free guitar, no strings attached
These type of jokes reminds me of what we told as school kids: free Greenland - off with the ice shield. Now that it actually happens it isn't so funny anymore.DrGreg said:An excuse to repeat a joke I've told before on this site:
Free barometer, no pressure.
Made me think of the Freemasons and what do they have to do with the mason jars.fresh_42 said:These type of jokes reminds me on what we told as school kids: free Greenland - off with the ice shield. Now that it actually happens it isn't so funny anymore.
In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."Keith_McClary said:
Ah ... you think maybe that was the point of the joke?256bits said:In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."
It's a weird world out there.
This also reminds me of an old pun: a fellow student hung a sign at his door "The only positive in my life has been the test!" Only that he meant another test in the 80's.256bits said:In times like this, shouldn't that be "Stay Negative."
It's a weird world out there.
Would this be of any acceptance in lieu of the howling wolf.phinds said:Howling wolf. We need the howling wolf icon!
But actually, because of the sarcasm w/ which they are spoken in that context they are actually each negatives and two negatives is just a negative, so in the WRITTEN version, he's technically correct but not really for the spoken version.DaveC426913 said:Linguistics Professor, to class: "A double negative such as 'I won't not' makes a positive. But a double positive never makes a negative."
Scoffing student in back row: "Yeah, right."
"Anyway, Skinny broke into the argument and said that he could prove mathematically that antigravity was possible, and Stinky said suure he could, and Skinny said sure he could, and Stinky said suuure he could, like that. Honestly, is that any way to argue? I mean it sounds like two people agreeing,"DaveC426913 said:Scoffing student in back row: "Yeah, right."
phinds said:But actually, because of the sarcasm w/ which they are spoken in that context they are actually each negatives
Yeah, I know, I'm a spoilsport. I do get the joke.
I disagree. "Right" can be spoken as "Riiiiiight" and is clearly sarcastic. Similarly, "yeah" can be spoken with pure sarcasm.DaveC426913 said:Not to belabour the joke, but...
The individual spoken words would not in-and-of-themselves constitute sarcasm. If the student had simply said "Yeah" that doesn't really have any sarcastic subtext. It's the combination in the oft-used phrase "Yeah, right" that begets the sarcasm.![]()
"After brief search..."phinds said:P: Number 3 engine missing
M: After brief search, engine found on right wing.
If you want to while away a few hours, search YouTube for Kennedy Steve. That's a nickname for a (now retired) ground controller at JFK who radiated an interesting mix of confidence, competence, and dad jokes. One of his standards was telling a pilot who asked which way to face (meaning should they turn the aircraft left or right once they reverse off the terminal building) that they should face the front because passengers get nervous if they see the pilot facing the other way. Reactions ranged from a clearly annoyed "hilarious" to "yeah, but you should see the expressions on their faces".phinds said:From a collect of smart-ass remarks by pilots and/or ground controllers. Some of the better ones.
I've genuinely had a seminar canceled because the speaker was unable to make it due to his aircraft being stuck in mud. Apparently his local airport was built on a bog and the aircraft's wheel had come slightly off the taxiway...DaveC426913 said:Plane lands with screeching brakes and smoking tires - and stops with its front wheels just off the tarmack into the grass.
In some countries, yes, but I definitely prefer my eggs unfertilized.jack action said:Egg salad is still chicken salad when you think about it.
We had/have a member whose signature included/s "Full flaps god____it, that's a tennis court!"DaveC426913 said:Co-pilot: "Yeah. But sure is wide."
"Minus one hour" is really short!fresh_42 said:I once was in the middle of a short flight (~1h)
Once my flight was diverted to a nearby airport due to a storm. After we landed the storm cleared up and the airline decided to fly us to our original destination. Our mid/long-range aircraft then proceeded to take off... and stopped because we needed to descend. 150 km flight with an aircraft that is made to fly thousands of kilometers.fresh_42 said:I once was in the middle of a short flight (~1h) and started to look out the window to see where we are and when the destination approach began, when the pilot announced: "Good morning! We have now reached our regular height and ..." Hell, no, did I board the wrong plane? You are supposed to descend!
Stay away from Turkey. And I heard a story these days, where a young lady found a nice stone on a beach in Croatia. Back home she cleaned that thing and it turned out it was a handgranate.Fervent Freyja said:I still do this. You belong to me now!
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fresh_42 said:Stay away from Turkey. And I heard a story these days, where a young lady found a nice stone on a beach in Croatia. Back home she cleaned that thing and it turned out it was a handgranate.
That one took me a couple of minutes: "Is it some kind of fossilized fruit? Maybe like pomegranate is an Englishman fossilized in stone?"fresh_42 said:[...] it turned out it was a handgranate.
I am absolutely convinced that no firearm of any kind should be in a household with kids. An hour ago they said on tv in a report about the issue, that 1,300 kids in the US die every year through guns. What an incredible high number! I even think that unless you live in Alaska or so, they aren't necessary at all. But this is already politics if Americans are involved and thus a forbidden topic.Fervent Freyja said:WHY IS THERE A GRENADE IN OUR HOUSE!
Yes, sorry, I realized it as I saw Freyja's response. But she already quoted it so it was too late to edit. Those words which are basically the same are the meanest traps.strangerep said:That one took me a couple of minutes: "Is it some kind of fossilized fruit? Maybe like pomegranate is an Englishman fossilized in stone?"
Then I realized you're using the German word.![]()
BasilBruce's comment.The optimist says, “Tomorrow is another day!”
The pessimist says, “Tomorrow is another day.”
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and people updating status before their smartphone goes dead
jack action said:The legend says that if you fishtail in fr
I've seen a lot of lights flashing, but could never hear the chant.anyonebutangel said:ever tried?