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if a person is adult enough to vote, smoke, enlist in the armed services at age 18, why is legal drinking age 21?
Why in the world is there a tax for married folks? If taxes get taken out of every paycheck, why do some people still have to pay more taxes each year? why do most black folks do the "bus stop" at weddings? |
What is the "Bus Stop"? Is that like the Chicken Dance for white folks?
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That is a good one! 'Cause how in the heck did they drive to the ATM in the first place!!! I mean really! Let's say their relative/friend drove them to the ATM. Are they going to get out of the passenger side, walk around the car, squeeze in between the car and the ATM and withdraw money? When all they have to do is ask their friend (who is already in the driver's seat) to withdraw the money for them! I'm trippin' - It's late - I'm going to bed. ------------------ Alpha Kappa Alpha 17-Alpha Phi-91 Alpha Psi Omega |
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LOL! That happened to me! I asked a customer to hold and he said "No" (I might add, he was being a real jerk at the time). I was flabbergasted (sp?). The outcome? I ended up giving him 101 reasons why I needed him to hold until he conceeded (I think he got tired of hearing me talk by that time). The ironic part is I've done it before. Payback... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
someone asked what the "bus stop" was
well maybe i should have said the "electric slide" it's a (i guess i should say) line dance where you go right, left, back, then turn and start all over again (or something like that) |
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Anyway, similarly . . . We drove cross-country for spring break (got back tonight, it was insane), and we tried some crazy-ass shortcut to panama city across rural, southern georgia - in the middle of nowhere, around 5 in the morning, was a huge sign simply reading "B A D C O C K", and when we got to the building it ended up being a discount furniture store or something, and on the front was a large sign saying "No one beats BADCOCK!" Absolutely bizarre, especially all cracked-out w/ no sleep . . . we almost wrecked the car laughing. |
OH MY GOSH!!! Badcock! That is a big chain around here and everytime I see that "No one beats Badcock" I die laughing! Wow! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
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i'm lol at all of this.. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
to answer the thing about braille at drive through ATMs i have a new theory. I think that they make just one type of ATM for both walk up and drive through, and just don't feel like making a second no braile one. |
Since we are being random....
Worms got a raw deal, for real. Ok, think about it. They live in the ground. When it rains, they come out so that they don't drown. Then after they come out, one of two things can happen. One, they get stepped on. Dead. Two, the sun comes out and dries them up. Dead. They can't win for losing. And that is jacked up, for real. See what I'm sayin' about the raw deal? What a life. And where did the phrase Catch 22 come from??? Why is a no win situation a catch 22? And who decided word pronunciation??? Why is Wednesday pronounced Winsday?? That is so stupid to me. It took me like 250 times to get that word right when I was 8. My mother made me write it over and over and over until I got it right. Ok, one more. Did anyone else's parents tell them to look in the dictionary when you asked how to spell something?! If I knew how to look it up in the dictionary, wouldn't I know how to spell it??? How do you look something up in the dictionary that you can't spell???????? There are some things I WILL NOT put my kids through. Ok, I'm done. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
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The term catch 22 is actually derived from a book with that title that came out, i believe, early 70s. so that what does have an etimology. but here's my question...doesn't the United States find it funny that there are TWO washingtons? I know one is a state and one is a District of Columbia (which, for the record, i still don't understand after taking many American history courses), but couldn't they have come up with a different name? Not that he wasn't a great president and all, but there are so many names in existance and only 50 states. (no disrespect intended). Food for thought. Leslie |
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If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would you know? |
One more....
Who discovered vitamins, and why are there only five main ones (A thru E)?? What do they look like out of pill form? How long have we known about them? How do you test for them? I mean, how do we KNOW that there is a crap load of Vitamin C in oranges? Who looked in there? And did we know about vitamin C before we found out that oranges had a lot of it? What's the difference between a vitamin and a mineral? |
I've got one:
Why do people go out to the movies/store/anywhere with curlers in their hair? If you're curling your hair, you apparently want it to look good. However, you don't look very good with 30 curlers in your hair! Explain this one to me please?! |
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Do you have any idea how many times I've heard someone say "I'm going to Kum n' Go!"? |
Why doesnt Walmart have a Barber Shop inside? That would be awesome and they would make bank.
FYI: The Founder of Walmart, Sam Walton was a Beta. |
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(Maybe this should go in the 'embarrassing moments' thread too, huh?) Rob |
here's one i just saw on the way back from bio - a delivery truck for the "Cape Bay Bath House" . . . contrary to its name, it's apparently a sales/service place for bathtubs, faucets, toilets, etc. - but their slogan: "Cape Bay Bath House - We Keep You Turned On!"
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Okay, I have something I've bee wondering for EVER. (well since i got icq).
So here is my ICQ related question.... Why is it that there is a DND (do not disturb) mode on your availablity. There's Invisible, and there is 'not available' and there is available. If you're THAT busy that you don't want to be disturbed, why not be on invisible, so no one will bother you, or just NOT be on icq. A friend of mine was on DND so I messged her just asking if she was there and she sent me a nasty message saying she was really really busy. And I'm sitting there thinking, 'then why the h*ll are you icq? SHEESH! |
ha ha Leslie. Good Point-- some offices use ICQ as their instant communication tool, so maybe that's why. We used to use it here (now AOL IM), and DND usually meant in office can ICQ out of office I'm Busy.
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I've used DND mode on ICQ when I've been online and just not wanted to talk to people. I leave it on all the time incase someone desparately needs to get me for some reason and can't get my cell or anything else. DND usually means "i'm here at the computer and working and I need utmost concentration for the moment" Friends who use it at work use DND as a way of saying "i'm in a meeting - don't want to get an 'uh oh' when the boss is in here"
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I guess I never thought of ICQ in the context of business communication.
I'm refering to wierd friends of mine who are cramming for an exam or writing a paper last minute, or doing research on line and yet being on dnd. if you're that strapped for time, go on invisible so you can always see who is there and that way NOONE will bug you. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
true true Leslie. I am ALWAYS in invisible mode on Yahoo and Hotmail messenger. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif hee hee
But, then again--like when I am writing and need no distractions--still I can never resist opening that little envelope when it pops up, know what I mean? And sometimes just the fact that the ICQ or whatever is there, makes you powerless to resist its pull. h aha |
Bucutie,
Yeah, I heard they have those super Walmarts with Mcdonalds and grocery stores in them. I think theres one out about an hour west of me but its in the middle of nowhere. It would be cool to have one like that around here http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I used to have ICQ but it was slowing my computer down to much I think. So I 86'd it http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Great Program but I prefer using AOL IM http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif [This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 22, 2001).] |
There's a Super Wal Mart by my parents house in Las Vegas-- the thing is HUGE, you could spend DAYS there.
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I have to add that one time i visited Chile for three weeks with a brother of mine. Well we were at the beach, Vina Del Mar, and one of the shops there is called...... *LMAO* P****. I'll let you fill in the blanks. I just about dropped my mouth when I saw the name of that store when we were walking down the street. True Story.
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Why is it that it seems to me that the more civilized we become as a society,
the less civil we become? ~Here's a classic~ If pro is the opposite of con, then isn't congress the opposite of progress? If you pronounce Roger the way you do then why don't you pronounce KRoger the same way, with just a K-sound on the beginning? Why do they call it shooting stars and/or falling stars when they're not even stars? <It seems that if there is a part they should reconsider isn't whether it should be shooting or falling, but the part about the star> Was the NAVY named after the color they wear, Or do they wear the color because of the name? (not of racist intent) Why do I meet so many causcasians named blackman, and so many african-americans named white? What if we've been confused all these years and the only direct Son of God is actually the SUN of God? Why are people called blue when they're sad or yellow when they're scared? I've been both, but never changed color When women speak of wearing pumps out (as in the shoes), I always envision them wearing this eloquent dress, matched with fabulous accessories, and an old pair of Reebok basketball shoes, the ones with the half-basketball for the pump. Maybe dogs chew on shoes alot because we're always telling them to shew, and they misunderstand, that's why they alweays look so confused when you tell them to Why is it we complain when dogs bury bones, but it's perfectly alright, and even advised that we try to bury "the hatchet" and if it's "the hatchet" (as in one) hasn't it probably been buried a very long time ago or do you have to dig it up each time just so you can bury it and if you have to dig it up why bother? you'd just try to bury it anyway if eye glasses help your eyes are sun glasses supposed to help the sun? if toilets in the "down under" flush opposite to us, is it any wonder...they're just looking at it from the wrong side if the earth were clear, and we could see a toilet flush, it'd look correct to us I'm done, but most of these I just made up hehe - I'm at work, so forgive me CorY? (which is it, C or Y?) |
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speaking of B A D C O C K...well in Blockbuster among the candy/food we sell is this brand of caramel popcorn called Poppycock. When it came in for the first time my ex was the one who got to stock it and he was like "Hey look, Poppycock pop corn, 'it's the nuttiest'".
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To elaborate on the Catch-22 question--it's the title of a book by Joseph
Heller. The book is about the military during a war and the catch-22 was the fact that you couldn't leave the army unless you were declared insane but if you were declared insane you obviously had the sense to want to get out of the war and therefore were sane...something like that. Read it if you get the chance because it's really funny. Also, why is it that people are always saying ATM machine and HIV virus? That's just redundant. And my personal pet peeve: Why is it that they make smallest size pants on the highest shelf?!? |
HC the sun makes your hair lighter and your skin darker?
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As to the poufy hair thing, WHY these women have clung to that style is beyond me other than they think it looks good. You, my dear Lifesaver, are probably too young to remember when ALL women, regardless of "economic classification" had the pouf. But they did (me included, though I ditched it way before the rest of the bunch. I was a preppy rebel trailblazer!!!!) And I have found, oddly, that a lot of men from my age group are anxiously awaiting the return of big old hair........they still think it's sexy and that we all looked better that way. I for one do not relish the idea of returning to two hours' worth of hairstyling each morning. |
Oh, and I have thought of another one...........HUGE pet peeve. Why do people think that ALOT is a word? Does everything with the article "a" in front of it just morph into one word? As in, "Well, I have to head down to the dealership today, because I'm looking to buy ACAR." "Gee, Sam, I'll be glad to give you ARIDE." "That's very nice of you, Dave.....you're APAL!!!!!!!!" "Well, really I just want to make sure you don't spend ALOT of money..........." AAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH
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Why do girls say they like to get flowers then throw them away when you give one to one????
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