Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[zoobyshoe]

I assume after , not before you turned the microwave on, right :) ? Maybe it wants to be put on
top of a banana peel.

Yes, after I turned it on. I've never heard such a thing in all my born days. I felt really sorry for it. But it's over now.

 

[WWGD]

Just saw a TV add titled "Smoke Free". I don't know if it is about quitting smoking or
about some free cigarettes they are giving out. Or maybe about smokeless cigarettes?
Same problem with the show " Nazi Hunters": Is it about people who are hunting nazis or
about admirers of adolph who like to hunt?

 

[WWGD]

Yes, after I turned it on. I've never heard such a thing in all my born days. I felt really sorry for it. But it's over now.

Was it maybe frozen ?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Was it maybe frozen ?

No. I think it was the first sentient potato. And I killed it.

 

[WWGD]

No. I think it was the first sentient potato. And I killed it.

You better hope there aren't more of them around to avenge that one.

 

[zoobyshoe]

You better hope there aren't more of them around to avenge that one.

It was the last one I had, so, no potato witnesses.

 

[JorisL]

What if they have some sort of telepathic link going on?

Revenge of the Spuds, coming soon near San Diego.

 

[WWGD]

What if they have some sort of telepathic link going on?

Revenge of the Spuds, coming soon near San Diego.

Of course, there is telepotation.

 

[JorisL]

The pun is strong in this one.

 

[Borg]

sentient potato

Arrrgh. Now you have me googling this!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Arrrgh. Now you have me googling this!

It's a fuzzy potato.

 

[WWGD]

Arrrgh. Now you have me googling this!

I think it is just a potato that feels, a sensitive/sensing potato. EDIT: apparently not, there seems to be something more to it, but I am not too clear on just what.

 

[WWGD]

Still doing stupid mistakes. Seems I can't internalize the need to change.

 

[fresh_42]

Still doing stupid mistakes. Seems I can't internalize the need to change.

You caught yourself on the walk to San Diego, loaded with bananas?

 

[dkotschessaa]

I just put a potato in the microwave and damned if it isn't screaming like a lobster.

Did you fail to pierce said potato?

Or maybe that's a microwave thing. We haven't had one in years so I don't remember. We have a standard/convection oven. I randomly put potatoes in and start the baking process in case I might want one in an hour. (variant of a Mitch Hedberg quote)

-Dave K

 

[dkotschessaa]

Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense
refrigerator

(My wife sent me this as a text today, because she knew I was driving, and our car has a thingy that reads messages out loud. I laughed a lot.)

-DaveK

 

[zoobyshoe]

Did you fail to pierce said potato?

I don't believe in piercings or tattoos.

 

[Ibix]

Potattoos?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Potattoos?

Yeah, they make a potato look cheap and lawless.

 

[rootone]

Potattoo

 

[fresh_42]

Yeah, they make a potato look cheap and lawless.

That seems to be a worldwide problem. In Paris today environment activists rallied in front of Danone's HQ against inappropriate production conditions. They probably torture their yogurt cultures.

 

[JorisL]

how about pottattoos?

 

[WWGD]

I imagine it might be a bit harder than usual to be an atheist if your name is either Christian, Moses or Mohammed. But something like "Bob the atheist" seems somehow more natural than "Christian the atheist". These people may even be asked :"Are you Christian" (meaning the name)?, and then they must answer: yes, I am Christian, or if they don't they are lying.

 

[WWGD]

Well, Zoobyshoe, would you now eat potatoes in other forms, mashed? Fried? Julienne? It seems PF's spellcheck corrects potato to potatoe.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I imagine it might be a bit harder than usual to be an atheist if your name is either Christian, Moses or Mohammed. But something like "Bob the atheist" seems somehow more natural than "Christian the atheist". These people may even be asked :"Are you Christian" (meaning the name)?, and then they must answer: yes, I am Christian, or if they don't they are lying.

The enslaving systems have always been controlled by the Puritans and Christians.

 

[Astronuc]

The North Face co-founder and environmentalist Doug Tompkins, 72, has passed away. Tompkins was kayaking on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of southern Chile when large waves forced his kayak to capsize.
Read more at http://www.grindtv.com/culture/the-...tragic-kayaking-accident/#ph0skA0dDAQRiJGE.99

RIP, Doug.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Well, Zoobyshoe, would you now eat potatoes in other forms, mashed? Fried? Julienne?

Do you mean screaming potatoes or quiet ones?

 

[jim hardy]

The enslaving systems have always been controlled by the Puritans and Christians.

Vikings? Romans ? Muslims ?

 

[dkotschessaa]

I imagine it might be a bit harder than usual to be an atheist if your name is either Christian, Moses or Mohammed. But something like "Bob the atheist" seems somehow more natural than "Christian the atheist". These people may even be asked :"Are you Christian" (meaning the name)?, and then they must answer: yes, I am Christian, or if they don't they are lying.

Recently I realized, that if you live in the U.S. People automatically assume 3 things about you

a) You are Christian or at least not an atheist.
b) You like sports, particularly (American) football
c) You enjoy drinking/getting intoxicated or generally think it's a legitimate activity

Only (b) above is slightly true for me. I wanted to learn statistics and I heard there were a lot of them in baseball, so I tried to cultivate an interest. But it's a recent phenomena, and nobody seems to care about baseball anymore.

Anyway.

All of the above seem to be fair game for random comments and small talk under the given assumptions. i.e.

a) "I'll pray for you," "God Bless you," etc.
b) "Man, how about those [sports team people]", "Hey those [sports team people really] [metaphor for playing badly]"
c) "I'll bet you could use a drink", "[general complaints about drinking too much and being hungover as if I sympathize], " "Friday night eh? EH?? YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME HUH HUH HA HA HA", etc.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Yeah, they make a potato look cheap and lawless.

They are cheap...