Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[WWGD]

Sting claims he was never called "Gordon."-wiki

Maybe if he really loves the name Sting so much, he should set it free, free-free, set it free.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Maybe if he really loves the name Sting so much, he should set it free, free-free, set it free.

Is there some incident in your past with bees or wasps we should know about?

 

[WWGD]

Is there some incident in your past with bees or wasps we should know about?

We'll have two wait a couple of weeks to know better, my therapist is out of town till July. Until then, there will be a fortress around my heart.

 

[zoobyshoe]

We'll have two wait a couple of weeks to know better, my therapist is out of town till July.

Sorry. If I'd known I would never have mentioned Sting.

Lets change the subject to poetry. How about onomatopoeia? Here's a famous example:

the buzzing of innumerable bees

 

[WWGD]

Sorry. If I'd known I would never have mentioned Sting.

Lets change the subject to poetry. How about onomatopoeia? Here's a famous example:

the buzzing of innumerable bees

I assume you may have liked the movie "Swarm", or, as Sean Connery calls it, S- warm.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I assume you may have liked the movie "Swarm", or, as Sean Connery calls it, S- warm.

So now you want Sean Connery to change his name to Gordon?

 

[WWGD]

So now you want Sean Connery to change his name to Gordon?

Yes, but I would also accept Sean Gordon. I am writing to him about it as I post this.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Felt like we just had a little earthquake.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yes, but I would also accept Sean Gordon. I am writing to him about it as I post this.

Best of luck with that.

 

[WWGD]

Felt like we just had a little earthquake.

Common, it wasn't that bad of a joke!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Common, it wasn't that bad of a joke!

No excuses. A disturbance in the force is a disturbance in the force.

 

[WWGD]

No excuses. A disturbance in the force is a disturbance in the force.

Maybe that's why my toilet has been acting out recently ..

 

[zoobyshoe]

Maybe that's why my toilet has been acting out recently ..

Stop calling it a toilet. Call it "Gordon."

 

[WWGD]

Stop calling it a toilet. Call it "Gordon."

So we have the toilet Sting? Is that something you can catch at public bathrooms? Then, if you love
your toilet, set it free, free-free, plus $5.99 for S&H.

 

[WWGD]

I heard desert roses bloom when you use Gordon water on them.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I heard desert roses bloom when you use Gordon water on them.

Cats and dogs swear by it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Mysteries at the Museum was very good tonight. Well, it was O.K.

 

[WWGD]

Isn't there something wrong with the expression "behind their back"? If you go behind someone's back, aren't you in their front?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Isn't there something wrong with the expression "behind their back"? If you go behind someone's back, aren't you in their front?

Are you the reincarnation of Lewis Carroll?

 

[WWGD]

Are you the reincarnation of Lewis Carroll?

I don't know, are you intellectually related to Denis Miller and his obscure references? Its as if Don Gulet did a double trip over a Levantine Caravaggio (an excuse for my ignorance about Lewis Carroll).

And, while we're at it, shouldn't it be "ready to be eaten" instead of "ready to eat"?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't know, are you intellectually related to Denis Miller and his obscure references? Its as if Don Gulet did a double trip over a Levantine Caravaggio.

And, while we're at it, shouldn't it be "ready to be eaten" instead of "ready to eat"?

I'll take that as a "yes," then.

 

[WWGD]

I'll take that as a "yes," then.

Well that's what happens when teens start playing with their Ouija board without reading the warnings!

 

[OmCheeto]

This just in:

Keep Portland Weird
We don't make this stuff up.

It's official: The Rose City's new baseball team is the Portland Pickles! "We want to stand out from the crowd and keep Portland weird," said Ken Wilson, Rose City Baseball President.

When the keepers of the weird, make a disclaimer, you know it's just a little extra weird.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Well that's what happens when teens start playing with their Ouija board without reading the warnings!

That's correct.

And, now that you mention it, I think you're right about the logic of those two sayings.

 

[WWGD]

That's correct.

And, now that you mention it, I think you're right about the logic of those two sayings.

What do you say we convince Greg to move our exchange here on Gordon-Sting, toilets , bees and Lewis Carrol from Ouija boards, into the "Insights" section?

 

[zoobyshoe]

What do you say we convince Greg to move our exchange here on Gordon-Sting, toilets , bees and Lewis Carrol from Ouija boards, into the "Insights" section?

I think that would be most appropriate. Go ahead, PM him.

 

[WWGD]

It would be nice if people hanging out in coffee shops would naturally organize themselves into groups of those who are there hanging out and those doing serious work. I often see people working hard feeling disrupted by those who go there to hang out and those going there to hang out feeling frustrated by not being able to start conversations informally. Maybe the two groups could hang out in different sections, e.g., north-south, left-right, etc., but, as it is, they are pretty randomly distributed. I mean like, e.g., sometimes walking traffic organizes itself by people keeping their right.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Speaking of coffee shops, where I grew up there were no coffee shops as such. The role now played by the coffee shop was then played by the diner or the bakery. They had, at least, a counter and usually some booths. You payed under 50 cents for a cup of coffee, and they would automatically just keep coming around filling it back up at no charge! Of course, they expected you to buy a modicum of donuts or breakfasts to make up for this, but there were always people who didn't.

It surprises me how fast all this changed so that now, the owner of a coffee shop would consider it an outrageous expectation on the part of a customer to get a free refill, much less a bottomless cup. I've run into some places that charge full price for a refill, and others that give one discounted refill then charge full price for the third cup.

 

[WWGD]

Speaking of coffee shops, where I grew up there were no coffee shops as such. The role now played by the coffee shop was then played by the diner or the bakery. They had, at least, a counter and usually some booths. You payed under 50 cents for a cup of coffee, and they would automatically just keep coming around filling it back up at no charge! Of course, they expected you to buy a modicum of donuts or breakfasts to make up for this, but there were always people who didn't.

It surprises me how fast all this changed so that now, the owner of a coffee shop would consider it an outrageous expectation on the part of a customer to get a free refill, much less a bottomless cup. I've run into some places that charge full price for a refill, and others that give one discounted refill then charge full price for the third cup.

My best guess for why:

 

[zoobyshoe]

My best guess for why:

Yes.

I also read, at some point in the past couple years, about a coffee shop owner who shuts off the wi-fi between 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to clear out the people who sit online for hours, having only made the minimum purchase. He does it to make room for the lunch crowd, which is going to spend a lot more in a shorter time.

I feel like, if you resent people actually using your free-with-purchase wi-fi, then stop offering it.

 

[collinsmark]

Clubber is back up and running, new and improved.



(Clubber Lang is the name of my computer, btw.) Plus, I now have nearly enough spare parts left over to Frankenstein together a new computer, if I decide to.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Clubber is back up and running, new and improved.

Go Clubber!

 

[collinsmark]

...Just in time too. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set be released (unlocked) in approximately 3 hours from now (1 AM, local Warsaw time).

I might play the game pretending that the main protagonist, Geralt of Rivia, is a certain mentor (who is also known to play video games, from time to time) in disguise. 'Just for fun.

 

[WWGD]

Yes.

I also read, at some point in the past couple years, about a coffee shop owner who shuts off the wi-fi between 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to clear out the people who sit online for hours, having only made the minimum purchase. He does it to make room for the lunch crowd, which is going to spend a lot more in a shorter time.

I feel like, if you resent people actually using your free-with-purchase wi-fi, then stop offering it.

I think that at the end of the day, over the long run, it more than evens out for the owner.

 

[WWGD]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

 

[collinsmark]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

 

[WWGD]

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

How about for a "huggery" :)?

 

[zoobyshoe]

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

Medicinal marijuana dispensary.

 

[WWGD]

Medicinal marijuana dispensary.

Thanks for reminding me, I got a pick up my Glaucoma meds; I suddenly realized I had it. I guess a new reason why Denver will be
called the "Mile High" city.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

I would like to go to a coffee shop that had a sign reading:

Open 24/7 365!
Unlimited free refills!
All rectangular tables!
Movable sound proof shielding from obnoxious people!
Smoking required! No non-smoking permitted!

We have 200 couches where you can sleep tonight!

 

[WWGD]

I would like to go to a coffee shop that had a sign reading:

Open 24/7 365!
Unlimited refills!
All rectangular tables!
Movable sound proof shielding from obnoxious people!
Smoking required! No non-smoking permitted!

We have 200 couches where you can sleep tonight!

Let me know if/when you find it. I will move in permanently. Though make sure they have the movable soundproof shielding. Didn't know you were a smoker.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Let me know if/when you find it. I will move in permanently. Though make sure they have the movable soundproof shielding. Didn't know you were a smoker.

There is a coffee house here that is halfway there. It has a huge problem, though, which is that the employees are evil. The owner used to work with delinquent kids and now hires such people, people who can't get a job anywhere else. You have to watch your back.

You would like the fact they have two separate rooms. One room is the "quiet" room, and the other the "social" room. They're 24/7 365, and have two separate outdoor smoking patios.

 

[WWGD]

There is a coffee house here that is halfway there. <Snip>.

From the rest of your description it does sound like a halfway (there) house.

 

[zoobyshoe]

From the rest of your description it does sound like a halfway (there) house.

One guy used to call it "the home for broken, misfit toys".

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm going to print some bills and envelopes under the name San Diego Gravity and Inertia, and start sending them out to random people with a warning that the recipient is past due on their payments.

 

[nuuskur]

I would kill for a cup of proper black tea.

 

[WWGD]

I feel kind of guilty when I was done eating and the food container read "Enough for the whole family". I guess that's why I felt the need to take a nap afterwards.

 

[JorisL]

hmm my breakfast foods of choice seem to get weird.
Last week I made savory oatmeal for a week (onion, chicken stock and cheese). Today I reheated some rice, added soy sauce and boom! Breakfast.

On the upside I ate more breakfast in the last 2-3 weeks than last year combined. Guess I don't like either bread or sweet stuff in the morning.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I had to google "boom breakfast."

 

[JorisL]

better after edit?