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?

I wonder about the universe myself. If you could, theoretically, get into some kind of spaceship and just go out there indefinitely, what would you run into? Does space just go on forever? And where did it come from? If God made everything out there, then where did He come from?

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

Why do girls say they like to get flowers then throw them away when you give one to one????

aRE you giving them to her at a party or bar or someplace else where she'd have to carry them around all night? Not a good move. Givie them to her at her place, where she can put them in a vase.

:)

For the same reason that people don't use the apostrophe-s properly. Bugs the living crap outa me when people use " 's" in front of things that are supposed to be pluralized, not made possessive.

For example "Dog's for sale." That would be perfectly fine if the dog had something to sell. But its just plain wrong if you are trying to say that you have more than one dog to sell.

Its especially annoying when I see all the big/little stuff going on around campus - stuff that says YBS (heart)'s you. NO NO NO! Don't use an apostrophe!

RubberSoul, I think you and I were the only two that paid attention in 3rd grade English!

I just read this thread for the first time and I feel compelled to reply to the first page about who determines the play list at a radio station?

The program director does. That is the person who makes up every days play list, along with what commercials will be played and and what times. They also decide on which promos will be aired. They do answer to people above them but bottom line they are the ones who determine which songs do get airplay. The general manager usually determines the FORMAT of a station, and from there you get a set of artists/songs that you can play. This is a general industry thing (for instance, you hear Busta Rhymes on a hip hop station or top 40 station, not country or easy listening).
AS for who determines what songs are played off an album- the record label and recording artists do this. The radio stations have NOTHING to do with this. They decide which songs to release as singles, which usually means they release the songs on each album that they feel will appeal to the most people, therefore selling more records and getting more money.
Now, because of deregualtion companies CAN own more stations in a market. Depending on the size of the market (I believe there are 3 or 4 catagories) a company can own up to 8 stations in one market. They do have to mix up how many AM and FM stations they own, though. Clear Channel is probably the best at this. If you look at the stations they own (like KROCK, they also own shows such as Rick Dees) they usually get the maximum allowed in each market that they enter. Even in Louisville, KY they own 8. This means that they have a lot of stations with the same formats everywhere and they use their most successful ones as the standard, as it were, to decide how to deal with the other stations. A lot of times this works, sometimes it doesn't

anyway can you tell I work in radio?

LOL I didn't pay attention in ANY of my third grade classes/subjects, except for art and geography. English, math, history, HANDWRITING :mad:, etc. was gay.