The Humour Club discussion
Fun Stuff
>
Locally Funny
Mod
Nicole V. is the mother of a daughter, Zharia Cleo. She joins sisters Natellica and Zeyonce at home.
Natellica and Zeyonce could not be reached for comment, but it is predicted the girls were hoping the new baby would be named Black Zabbetha.
Mod
Mod
This is only funny b/c nobody was killed.Last month, downtown, there was a disastrous fire that took out an entire city block...there was a dramatic helicopter rescue of a crane operator who was trapped and everything.
There was also a giant coffee shop billboard across the road from the fire...
You know that stereotype about how cops hang out in donut shops? Apparently, they can't get there fast enough! This guy drove into one: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/l...
Mod
By a strange coincidence, that's what my blog is about today...http://willonce.wordpress.com/2014/09...
I couldn't help giggling when I saw "Dr Oetker sprinkles" on a supermarket website. Dr Oetker themselves are very careful not to put the word "sprinkles" directly after their name. But apparently the supermarkets either haven't spotted it or don't care.
Oh my, and your post, Will, brought to mind a character in a childhood joke. I wonder if I. P. Freely works with Dr. Oetker?
Oh how I wish Freud were still alive. Obviously there's some repression going on among the workers at Tesco.
Mod
If you start us brits on sprinkler bans, we'll never stop...
Mod
And if you mention "fanny packs" they dissolve into a fit of hysteria.
Mod
Joel, they need to move right to water rationing down there, same as we need to up here. But the rich don't like it.
Mod
Joel, they need to move right to water rationing down there, same as we need to up here. But the rich don't like it."
And if the rich ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!
Ooooow, social commentary...Anyone see the Million Mask March in London last night?
All those protestors with Guy Fawkes masks on. Hilarious!
Mod
Joel, they need to move right to water rationing down there, same as we need to up here. But the rich don't like it."
Isn't that what they mean by "trickle down"?
Joel wrote: "Not a recent one, but my suburb in Tucson imposed a sprinkler ban one summer, on the same day they proposed building a water park."Being serious for a second, I think the point is that water parks generally recycle the water in their rides and attractions.
That's a very different proposition to garden sprinklers which are one of the fastest ways of throwing water away known to man.
How do the water parks deal with evaporation, then, Will?And I reckon a household having a bath each a day will use more water than a garden sprinkler (unless you need binoculars to see to the end of the garden)
That's why I said "generally"!Open water parks and lakes gain water when it rains and lose water through evaporation and soak away. Sprinklers are a one way ticket.
The general rule of thumb is that a garden sprinkler uses more water in an hour than a family uses in a day.
It may sound trivial, but it's going to become more of an issue in coming years. A couple of years ago the UK came within a few months of water rationing and standpipes in the street.
Mod
Open water parks and lakes gain water when it rains and lose water through evaporation and soak away. Sprinklers are a one way ticket.
The general rule of thumb is ..."
It's a hold-over from the war. If the UK isn't rationing at least one thing at any given time, folks there think the government doesn't care.
I think a country can be defined by what it does and does not ration.Just about the only thing that is rationed in the UK are guns, dangerous dogs and smoking in public places. Which sounds about right to me.
The French ration any English-sounding word (le weekend, les blue jeans) and anyone calling their sparkling wine champagne.
The Chinese used to ban second children.
Meanwhile the Americans spent 13 years banning alcohol, have an aversion to the letter U (humor, rumor, honor) and half their teenage kids have signed chastity vows.
Mod
You forgot to mention that we are gun nuts who consistently vote for climate change deniers.
(Oh, how I wish the above were not true...)
Sadly Melki we have collected our own home grown political idiots now. And they seem to be getting worse.
Mod
Anyone see the Million Mask March in London last night?
All those protestors with Guy Fawkes masks on. Hilarious!"
I missed this response, just like I missed the Million Mask March. I was too busy watching in horror as a bunch of idiots (aka my fellow countrymen - and surprisingly, countryWOMEN) voted some of the worst people on the planet into roles of power and influence.
I can see nothing humorous in what has happened, so I'll just hang my head in shame.
Mod
I think we've been exporting them to your country.
Sorry.
Sadly Melki, our lunatics - one Nigel Farage, if you haven't heard of him - appear to be entirely home grown, although capable of competing with some of your worst.
Mod
Anyone see the Million Mask March in London last night?
All those protestors with Guy Fawkes masks on. Hilarious!"
I missed this response, just like I m..."
Where? Last I heard, the Republicans had swept the elections!
Mod
Well, at least one of us is happy.
(Hint - it's NOT me.)
We didn't have much in the way of choices this election. The easiest choice I had was between a do-nothing incumbent Democrat & a Young Earth Creationist Republican. Unfortunately, that was a vote against the 'right to work' which is bleeding our state's economy.
Mod
Agreed, Melki. Any YEC is doing exactly that.
Wow! I had to look up YEC, I'm sorry I did.
You'd be even sorrier if you lived where I do. Nice people in a lot of ways, but I live at a tee intersection & have Baptist churches full of YECs in almost exactly 3 miles down each road. They keep coming by to convert me. If I hear "evolution is just a theory" one more time, I might scream. I should probably print up some pamphlets to hand out to them based on this review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The cartoons might make my point even if they can't read well. (Half the YECs read comic books, the other half just look at the pictures.)
;)
I had a great day today! My watch quit working so I got a replacement yesterday. I set it wrong, so most of the day I thought it was Thursday instead of Friday. Not only do I not have to work tomorrow, but I started a four day weekend. Sometimes getting old rocks!
Melki wrote: " We didn't have much in the way of choices this election. The easiest choice I had was between a do-nothing incumbent Democrat & a Young Earth Creationist Republican. Unfortunately, that was a vote against the 'right to work' which is bleeding our state's economy.You think you had it bad? Florida's only choice was between a power company suck-up and a guy who went from Republican to Independent and lastly, in a last ditch effort, (we hope!) ran on the Democratic ticket! Lost in every bid. I voted Indy, as did 4% of the electorate. But, either way, FL lost and we'll be paying through the nose...
I just saw a fun post on FB. Google your name & 'meme', then post the first or best meme you see. I got
Mod
Mod
But I did find this apt quote by Mel Brooks:
I never heard of her. Yes, I live under a rock, but it's apparently a very nice rock from what I just saw. Sorry, Rebecca.;)
I live in Hong Kong, so you can imagine the number of randomly translated signs I see! The best ones are in mainland China though. A few favourites:
"Leaning on the poor prohibited"
"The WC is free of washing. Please leave off after p*ssing or sh*tting." (this is genuine)
"Mustard Ham atherosclerosis" on a restaurant menu.
Mod
Mod
;)"
I know she was a pop phenom a year or two back, and everyone said she can't sing. I did not feel compelled to determine that for myself.
Rebecca wrote: "Oh, those are good, Celine! Of course, I always wonder about the one just down the street from me, at the water treatment plant. There is a sign that reads "Caution: door shuts in auto." Which read..."Haha, yeah I'm not sure that San Fran has much of an excuse when it comes to signs like that!
One of my favourite HK mixups is a street that should be called Alexandra Terrace in English, but the guy who laid out the letters on the sign got mixed up, so it's called Rednaxela Terrace ;-)
Jim wrote: "I just saw a fun post on FB. Google your name & 'meme', then post the first or best meme you see. I got"
I tried that, but 'Celine meme' gives me loads of stuff about Celine Dion, especially since meme is a french word and she's french canadian.
Although unlike Rebecca Black, at least my Meme namesake can sing ;)
Mod
I guess the train could not hear the screams of the man as it ran over him.
Remember - we're laughing WITH them. Not AT them.
(Well, that's a lie, but it seems a nice sentiment, doesn't it?)