Was Learning Cursive Really Necessary? And Other Observations

[BunsenH]

Very funny...and let me add

What did tornadoes sound like before there were freight trains?

 

[newtodis]

Thanks! I had to pass along as well. It's the perfect Friday email for this office!

 

[suejai]

Oh that was funny.

You should have put a tissue alert on the title, cause I was laughing so hard I started crying. DS is giving me strange looks.

 

[kwelch10377]

I was reading this at work and my co-worker had to come over to me ask ask why I was laughing so hard.....I think I can relate to about 75% of these.

 

[Ephany]

That's awesome, it's as if my internal soundtrack was put on paper. I don't usually do forwards, but this one is worth it.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Lol-- about the avoid ghetto option on Mapquest-- I have said that many times

Same with the start and #5 directions, I do know how to get out of my development..

Same with the 10 page research paper Word question... of course I say "yes" everytime just to be sure.

My biggest pet peeve is this It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

I hate the videos. It's almost as bad as somebody posting a thread with an interesting title and then the first post is nothing but a link, or they want to share a pic but don't bother to put the bbc in for the image. Half the time I just close the thread. (I'm lazy, I know!)

I love the one about ending an e-mail with "regards". I about choked!

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

This might be one of the funniest, most profound things I've ever read

 

[watersbland]

I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

LOL I wouldn't exactly say pissed but you have no idea how hard it is to get anywhere on time in a patrol car without the lights and siren on. All of a sudden everyone in front of you becomes a grandma driver. (love my grandma...I'm just sayin) And pull up to a 4 way stop in a patrol car and every other driver there suddenly forgets how one works!

 

[koima]

LOL! (And I have more to say!)

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

DH says: "Let's give the 'imaginary smart' and the book smart people Google maps directions in the ghetto and see which one gets out. That's the smarter one."

How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet

 

[koima]

Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what [on earth; cleansed for DIS boards] was going on when I first saw it.

Dirty Dancing! I loved that movie when I was 9 or 10, had the soundtrack and the second, lesser known soundtrack on tape, and had no clue that it was about abortion. I remember asking my dad what "knocked up" meant and he said, "someone hit her with a rock." I watched it again as an adult and how did my parents think that was appropriate for me to watch?

I've got to say though, my dad was very lenient on media for me. He rented The Exorcist to watch at the slumber party for my 10th birthday. Yeah.

 

[watersbland]

LOL! (And I have more to say!)



DH says: "Let's give the 'imaginary smart' and the book smart people Google maps directions in the ghetto and see which one gets out. That's the smarter one."



http://www.marthastewart.com/article/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet

LoL at the google maps part and great article. My mother is great at folding fitted sheets and I keep telling myself it's one of the things I need to pay attention to and learn from her but alas, I never do.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Very funny...and let me add

What did tornadoes sound like before there were freight trains?

why, a stampede of course!

 

[koima]

I've wondered: What did little boys obsess about before trains were invented and dinosaurs discovered? Every little boy I know goes through the trains-and-dinos stage.

 

[Sparx]

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.


More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.


How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?


While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

As a driver I hate pedes trians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.


Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.


My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ranover a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?


It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

those are my favorite ones.

thanks for sharing!

 

[Macca1111]

I'm glad you passed this along. So funny, and like the other posters there were plenty of things that I thought I was the only one noticing! Glad others are thinking the same things!

 

[fraggle551]

Those are called ruminations. They are from a website started by a very funny comedian that I have been following for about 6 years now. They are uncredited jokes that people write and share with others. Here is the website and the same list, all credited to the people who wrote them.

http://ruminations.com/site/index.php?sort=mostgourmet&range=0

Check out the site! It's really funny. It gets updated all day long, so there are always new ones to read. Check out the author's columns too, they are just as hysterical and true to life as what you read.

 

[fraggle551]

Those are called ruminations. They are from a website started by a very funny comedian that I have been following for about 6 years now. They are uncredited jokes that people write and share with others. Here is the website and the same list, all credited to the people who wrote them.

http://ruminations.com/site/index.php?sort=mostgourmet&range=0

Check out the site! It's really funny. It gets updated all day long, so there are always new ones to read. Check out the author's columns too, they are just as hysterical and true to life as what you read.

 

[Mickeypooh99]

That was very funny.

I just wanted to say that teachers in our district are no longer required to teach cursive. Some of them do, and some of them don't. My son happened to be in a 3rd grade class that did learn cursive. My nephew's 3rd grade class didn't. My own writing is some weird combination of printing and cursive.

 

[Caradana]

fraggle - I have no idea how I failed to connect Aaron Karo to those. I knew him back in school - I remember his college ruminations forwards - hysterical!

I peeked over at the site and pulled over to here a few more that cracked me up.
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Even though I know they're not picking me up, I still read every single sign someone is holding up at the airport hoping that I'll miraculously see my name.

I printed out 2-page document for a meeting onto 2 pages. Not wanting anybody to think I don't consider the environment, I printed the document again onto 1 page.

Even after 100s of shows, I'm still amazed at Alex Trebek's ability to casually insult people.

I wish there was a truck that drove around late at night, like the ice cream truck, but instead of serving treats and playing fruity music, it served tacos and burritos and played the Mexican Hat dance.

Is it just me, are unisex names better suited for girls?

There's two ways to look at this...Either bird poop is the strongest adhesive ever or windshield wiper fluid is just blue water.

I get this weird paranoid feeling on road trips when I fall asleep against a car door. I'm always double-checking to make sure the door is locked so that I don't fall out if the door were to spontaneously open.

Dear lady at the grocery store who argued with the checker about an item being on sale, then continued to argue about the sign being confusing, used coupons, and then paid for your groceries by writing a check in calligraphy: I hate you.

Everytime I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

People seem to be more comfortable throwing away family heirlooms than the soy sauce packets they give you with Chinese food.