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Just ran across this ...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/traffic/siblings.asp

Interesting, because in this thread I recently said that middle aged women tend to veer toward other drivers.

Who wants to be that one sister recognized the other and .... ka-boom!
Sarge
6:53:46 PM
10/31/05

WA state people love to hit you head on. Unfortunately, a recent occurance took out a family of children. I think the adult or adults are hospitalized. This state really needs guard rails not along the road where you can veer off and fall off a huge cliff or mountain side, but in the center lane for those who can't stay withint the lines.
lipstick hiker
9:38:23 PM
11/02/05

i hate it when i use a highlighter and it smudges the ink.

for salt in the wounds it gets the highlighter all inky too, which makes it look like crap the next time i use it.
sacco
12:27:37 PM
12/01/05

i hate when i use a highlighter and i like the smell of it so i start sniffing it and then i get all trippy and forget what it was i was highlighting
thriftyhiker
12:34:10 PM
12/01/05

I bet spray painting anything with you is a real party. LOL!
Nigal
12:42:12 PM
12/01/05

DUDE, i saw on Cops once where this guy was sniffing paint! apparently it's like an addiction that people have? how weird is that. the cops were arresting him just for having the paint! he was none too swift, either.
lyra
12:48:43 PM
12/01/05

It is the quickest way to fry your brain and is very dangerous. One of the tell signs you have a problem is a Homer Simpson 5 o-clock shadow around the mouth and nose from huffing from a paper bag. LOL!
Nigal
12:51:00 PM
12/01/05

yeah he had it all over his face! that one sounds too retarded for even me to try.
lyra
12:52:56 PM
12/01/05

it's called 'huffing' lyra, tho we never called it that.

when i was a kid we used to steal propane tanks off peoples campers and sniff that stuff down.

makes you have wicked hallucinations before you pass out. also has a decent chance of killing ya, but what the hell, we were too young to buy dope.

it's amazing i growed up to be the fine law abiding citizen am i, with very wittle drain bamage.
sacco
12:55:04 PM
12/01/05

"when i was a kid we used to steal propane tanks off peoples campers and sniff that stuff down."

I hear huffing propane is like cunlingus…once ya get passed the smell ya got it licked.
Nigal
12:57:15 PM
12/01/05

LOL...i do some "hiking" in some of the city parks around here...it's funny when you find an empty ready whip can out in the woods...that's a weird place to have a sunday LOL
thriftyhiker
12:57:17 PM
12/01/05

"i do some "hiking" in some of the city parks around here..."

Thrifty = Ohio Hiker?
Nigal
12:59:25 PM
12/01/05

butane was the lamest one.

it just made this WHOT WHOT WHOT sound in my ears for 10 minutes then gave me a wicked headache.
sacco
12:59:48 PM
12/01/05

What's your poison nowdays, anthrax? LOL!
Nigal
1:00:49 PM
12/01/05

I hear huffing propane is like cunlingus…once ya get passed the smell ya got it licked

OMFG!!!!....i just fell on the floor laughing...and the bad part is i can't share it with my work mates cause they're a little too PC
thriftyhiker
1:01:02 PM
12/01/05

Looks like this:
bitpusher
1:01:31 PM
12/01/05

Okay, I got one.

I hate people that cannot read! I was just at the post office mailing out some tunes to Birch and Sass.

Well, there is a line you have to wait in that is clearly marked. Then you have 2nd entrance that is clearly marked, "This is an exit."

Someone decided that they were too stupid and cut in front of everyone. She heard it too! Everyone waiting said something. She responded that she was in a hurry, which just made it worse.
Wounded Knee
1:02:22 PM
12/01/05

ummm yeaaaahhhh, thank goodness for no brain damage... :-D

i've heard of that propane tanks thing, also retarded. wait, what's that stuff in whipped cream cans? nitrous right, that's not propane, huh?
lyra
1:03:00 PM
12/01/05

i'm just an old lame fart now.
usually just a couple beers and i'm off to bed nowadays
sacco
1:03:29 PM
12/01/05

Also, a lot of those cans of compressed air for cleaning out computer keyboard have a propellant you can huff.

A band director around here got caught doing that a couple weeks ago, and resigned over it.
bitpusher
1:05:17 PM
12/01/05

LOL @ WK

i was at the movies last week, we were waiting for the theater to be cleaned...one person went in too early and that started a stampede...the cleaning crew just gave up and we watched the movie in filth
thriftyhiker
1:05:43 PM
12/01/05

WK,

well, i guess if she was in a hurry then it's ok.
sacco
1:06:47 PM
12/01/05

She just did not want to stand in the holiday line, which I was surprised was so long this early in the month.
Wounded Knee
1:15:00 PM
12/01/05

Reddi whip's propellant is nitrous oxide, a.k.a. the happy gas you get at the dentist's office.
treebait
1:20:50 PM
12/01/05

yea yea, i know it's friggin long but it's still funny

THE RULES...

1. New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.

2. New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Trout? Luckily , it was only a finger! If it was a whole hand, Congress would have voted to keep it alive.

3. New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

4. New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're gay. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.

5. New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.

6. New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.

7. New Rule: Stop f***ing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.

8. New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the #&%!$. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge #&%!$.

9. New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy. Paper, plastic? I don't have time for that. I've just been called to do a cleanup on Aisle Nine!

10. New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

11. New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called " The Howard Stern Show."

12. New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&M. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.

13. New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.

14. New Rule, and this one is long overdue: No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to be on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.

15. New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't care in the first place.

16. New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.
thriftyhiker
9:09:56 AM
12/02/05

Number 6 made me burp coffee up out my nose!
Wounded Knee
9:18:49 AM
12/02/05

Well if thats how you feel time cline I will never hand you a towel again >:(
Spirit Coyote
9:29:45 AM
12/02/05

yea...it's SC!!!...you've been a little scarce...i know you've had some troubls though...welcome back!!
thriftyhiker
10:00:50 AM
12/02/05

Women who go to Glamour Shots to have a picture taken of them, knowing they will never look that way again.
Ewker
3:49:19 PM
12/10/05

Hey, I do that! :P


My biggest pet peeve...12 sided dice. I mean WTF is THAT about????
last edited: 12/10/05 3:58:03 PM
Spirit Coyote
3:55:38 PM
12/10/05

well, when you want to attack a monster larger than man sized with your long sword, those 12D's come in handy.
sacco
4:17:43 PM
12/10/05

I don't like people that walk around with their pants around their thighs mooning everyone, and I hate it when someone passes me on the highway, then makes a right turn 50 feet ahead.
mildbill
9:45:12 PM
12/10/05

why is it when someone gets a disease, they suddenly become a saint?

B-lister michael j fox, according to the latest abc promo for an upcoming episode of boston legal is [insert sincere announcer-guy voice here] "one of americas most beloved actors" giving a "powerful performance in his extraordinary career" and then he saves a puppy from drowning and puts out a fire at an old folks home, stops the terrrorists, reduces the national debt, and brings about world peace, all without getting any dirt on his halo


GIMME A BREAK. last time i checked, he was in a sitcom, a couple of back to the future movies, and a half dozen bit parts here and there. getting a disease does not make you a better actor!
Crash Bang
9:34:43 PM
1/08/06

Come on, Crash. What's your hang-up? He's not a saint. His exposure and the fact that he's ill puts it in front of all of us - life is short and bad things happen to everyone. Instead of stoking irritation, it should make you call someone you love.
mountainrunner
9:39:01 PM
1/08/06

Less TV, more hiking :D
Spirit Coyote
9:40:19 PM
1/08/06

Yeah, that to!
mountainrunner
9:41:08 PM
1/08/06

you miss my point, mountainrunner. watch abc for a little while, look for the boston legal promo, youll see what im talking about. they play him up like hes carey grant or somebody like that.

"his exposure and the fact that he's ill puts it in front of all of us - life is short and bad things happen to everyone. Instead of stoking irritation, it should make you call someone you love.”

that is true. but to me, its dishonorable to lie just to play him up
Crash Bang
9:45:27 PM
1/08/06

C!B! sure is grumpy today.
StoveStomper
9:48:59 PM
1/08/06

oh, im sorry, i forgot my sarcasm font
Crash Bang
9:51:42 PM
1/08/06

Crash Bang is correct. The only way to escape some of these irritations of life is to exercise liberal use of the "mute" and "off" buttons.
nowslimmer
10:04:15 PM
1/08/06

careful with the l-word, nows. dontcha know thats a dirty word?
Crash Bang
10:09:19 PM
1/08/06

I had a similar reaction. Then my spousal unit informed me that MJ Fox has been doing some producing and other behind the scene things because of his disease that precludes him from some acting.
ChicagoMark
10:35:36 PM
1/08/06

I have a lot of respect for some actors who are active in the charitable fronts such as Dennis Frantz from NYPD Blue who is a spokesman for a charity that helps African children who are orphaned by AIDS, Now, it’s not that I don’t respect people like Fox who are active, but it is strange when a celeb has a sudden tragedy their affliction becomes the most important medical issue in the world. Suddenly they are speaking before congress for more money to go to their pet research projects. Think Chris Reeves too. It’s good that they get active and raise money, don’t get me wrong. It’s great they turn a negative into a positive.

But at the same time I don’t think their affliction should receive any more weight than anyone else’s.
Nigal
7:43:34 AM
1/09/06

Crash Bang has been lurking a little too long in those Walmart parking lots, lol.
Nimblefoot
7:46:42 AM
1/09/06

But at the same time I don’t think their affliction should receive any more weight than anyone else’s.”
Nigal
7:43:34 AM
1/09/06

that is true but lets be honest, if it was you or I who had their disease no one could less except for our own family.

People can relate to them because they are well known. If they can bring in more money for research for their disease more power to them. It helps us all in the long run
Ewker
9:41:13 AM
1/09/06

Life is short... and so is Michael J. Fox....


oops --- sorry

*VBG*
Tilt
9:11:31 PM
1/09/06

I was in Wal-Mart at lunch today. Of course I choose the wrong checkout line.

The older couple ahead of be discovered their Food Stamp Credit Card had a zero balance, with a filled cart already checked out.
Then, this idiot woman ahead of me is just shocked to learn she is expected to pay for her stuff, and even after it dawns on her mind to pay, she digs in her purse for at least five minutes looking for her money.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
last edited: 1/11/06 4:24:19 PM
StoveStomper
4:23:25 PM
1/11/06

thats what you get for shopping at waddle world
Crash Bang
4:29:10 PM
1/11/06

ok here is my pet peeve


while on the train last week a chinese man came on and started talking on the cell phone. he was soo loud. but the part that was really getting to me was


he stuttered!
mapleleaf
8:31:03 PM
1/14/06

oh, snora, why do you hate chinese so?

:-D
Crash Bang
9:37:32 PM
1/14/06

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