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[collinsmark]

Now I'm thinking how much room for improving the names of the moons in the solar system there is. Phobos and Deimos could be renamed after your suggestion Lo and Behold.

Eek! I prefer Phobos and Deimos, roughly translated as "fear" and "panic." Those work best in my opinion.

I'm sure @Drakkith would agree.*

*This is a reference to the video game, Doom, btw. The original game took place on the moons, Phobos and Deimos.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I was thinking my way through a topology problem this morning and realized that it would be much facilitated by using play-doh. If my son is cool with it I am going to borrow his. I don't think he will mind. (So far he has only tried to eat it and did not seem to be very fond of it).

 

[dkotschessaa]

And not to forget about the vocabulary. Formerly I thought the f-word is bad, and bs isn't much better either. Puh! Those are for amateurs! The really mean ones are: Copenhagen, Bell, Bohr, wave-particle duality, FLT, event horizon, simultaneous and a couple more!

Yes and often those concepts get...entangled.

OOPS!

 

[WWGD]

I need to watch the elevator buttons more carefully. For the second time I accidentally pressed the 'close door' button when a
frail old lady was trying to get in. I got plenty of dirty looks.

 

[fresh_42]

I need to watch the elevator buttons more carefully. For the second time I accidentally pressed the 'close door' button when a
frail old lady was trying to get in. I got plenty of dirty looks.

Did you explain it? Like:
"She obviously needs some practice. Better she takes the stairs."

 

[WWGD]

Did you explain it? Like:
"She obviously needs some practice. Better she takes the stairs."

No, I finessed it: " Hey, hurry up or get the hell out. I have no time for this #$% ".

 

[dkotschessaa]

No, I finessed it: " Hey, hurry up or get the hell out. I have no time for this #$% ".

"I gave you the challenge because I believe in you!"

 

[WWGD]

I was thinking my way through a topology problem this morning and realized that it would be much facilitated by using play-doh. If my son is cool with it I am going to borrow his. I don't think he will mind. (So far he has only tried to eat it and did not seem to be very fond of it).

Don't know how you will submit play-doh (play d'oh! for Homer ) in exam, kind of messy for prof. to reconstruct proof.

 

[WWGD]

No, I finessed it: " Hey, hurry up or get the hell out. I have no time for this #$% ".

Sorry, this is the triple espresso version.

 

[fresh_42]

Sorry, this is the triple espresso version.

Or the hypocritical version: "Sorry, I just farted. I'm too ashamed."

 

[WWGD]

Or the hypocritical version: "Sorry, I just farted. I'm too ashamed."

I usually stare at someone else in fake disgusted and pretend they were the ones who farted.

 

[fresh_42]

I usually stare at someone else in fake disgusted and pretend they were the ones who farted.

We should start a spin-off thread or two: one for the excuses towards the others in the elevator: "Sorry, but I have a wiccaphobia." and one as an excuse to the old lady: "Yes of course, ma'am, I'll test the elevator for you!"

 

[BillTre]

We were discussing the Self/less movie yesterday, and it occurred to me that it was about:

Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) taking possession of Deadpool's (Ryan Reynolds) body.

I am thinking Deadpool's girlfriend would be disappointed.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Don't know how you will submit play-doh (play d'oh! for Homer ) in exam, kind of messy for prof. to reconstruct proof.

I wasn't planning on it, but I was wondering if they would let me bring it in anyway as a sort of...topological calculator.

 

[fresh_42]

I wasn't planning on it, but I was wondering if they would let me bring it in anyway as a sort of...topological calculator.

They will let you bring it, but will they return it, too?

 

[WWGD]

Parsing problem:

"Black Eyed Peas " $\neq$ " Black Guy Pees ".

 

[zoobyshoe]

Tylenol: now with laser-drilled holes.

 

[OCR]

Tylenol: now with laser-drilled holes.

Yeah, take a look at... Control Micro Systems .

 

[dkotschessaa]

Qualifier countdown.. approx 30 days left. Time to put the petal to the...manifold, or something.

This will be me...

 

[WWGD]

Qualifier countdown.. approx 30 days left. Time to put the petal to the...manifold, or something.

This will be me...

I remember the line, a classic one IMO by Rodney's character, upon seeing Sam Kinnison ( Prof. Terguson) shouting, in response to , basically, every thing:
" I like this professor, he really cares. About what, I have no idea ".

EDIT:
The actual line was : " Good teacher, he really cares. About what, I have no idea "

http://www.hark.com/clips/ctjqysvnjx-good-teacher-he-really-seems-to-care-about-what-i-have-no-idea

 

[nuuskur]

Parsing problem:

"Black Eyed Peas " $\neq$ " Black Guy Pees ".

damn near wet my pants reading that :D

 

[OmCheeto]

...Time to put the petal to the...manifold, or something.
...

Reminds me of when I was 16, and I was trying to discuss the "gas pedal", and inadvertently called it the "starter pedal".

It took me years to reconcile why I called it that.
1. There are a lot of doohickeys in a car, with a myriad of names, and I'm probably going to get some wrong, without some practice.
2. My "starter pedal" made the car "start" moving when you pressed on it.

ps. I believe in the olden days, that device was sometimes also called the "accelerator pedal".

pps. Actually, I'm going to blame my confusion on the auto industry...
5 year old Om; "Daddy, what does that button on the floor do?"
Daddy; "It starts the car."

Brother; "Why are you pushing on the high/low beam button?"
16 year old Om; "Dad told me that button starts the car."

25 year old Om; "Where did all the buttons on the floor go?"
Car; "They're now up here on sticks, and incorporated into the ignition switch."

58 year old Om; "What? Toyota now has an automatic high/low beam light thingy? What happened to all the buttons, switches, and other stuff?"
The future; "Technology".
Om; "Oh. Ok. I'm cool with that. Just don't expect me to remember the names of anything..."

 

[zoobyshoe]

Reminds me of when I was 16, and I was trying to discuss the "gas pedal", and inadvertently called it the "starter pedal".

It took me years to reconcile why I called it that.
1. There are a lot of doohickeys in a car, with a myriad of names, and I'm probably going to get some wrong, without some practice.

This guy I know here (age 25) has a '65 Beetle and he keeps calling the points "dots." I suspect this comes from geometry class where a "dot" is made on paper to represent a Euclidian "point." Regardless, it's very confusing to hear him talk about "adjusting the dots."

 

[OmCheeto]

This guy I know here (age 25) has a '65 Beetle and he keeps calling the points "dots." I suspect this comes from geometry class where a "dot" is made on paper to represent a Euclidian "point." Regardless, it's very confusing to hear him talk about "adjusting the dots."

I think what he is discussing, is an expansion of what we called; "connecting the dots", back in the olden days.
Oddly enough, this makes total sense to me.

 

[dkotschessaa]

This guy I know here (age 25) has a '65 Beetle and he keeps calling the points "dots." I suspect this comes from geometry class where a "dot" is made on paper to represent a Euclidian "point." Regardless, it's very confusing to hear him talk about "adjusting the dots."

You lost me at "points."

 

[WWGD]

You lost me at "points."

How does one adjust points as in this VW case?. EDIT2: The whole " connecting the dots" thing sounds very " Tubular" , i.e., very So Cal.

 

[OCR]

You lost me at "points."

These things ?

 

[OCR]

...manifold, or something.

I thought that was a pun about this... or something... lol

 

[WWGD]

Kind of awkward: I overheard at the coffeeshop that I creep some people out because I spend hours working with a blank expression.

 

[OCR]