Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[deadshank 24651]

5 minutes ago, elfenix said:

people who hyphenate "email"
 

(Checks previous post. Relieved to find I’m good)

[elfenix 34165]

8 minutes ago, deadshank said:

(Checks previous post. Relieved to find I’m good)

[closetohumping 17379]

Every time I watch a show or movie about football.   They’re Usually way off in terminology, make no logical sense (he’s taking my spot, bro there can be more than 1 wide receiver) and they’re too cheap to pay for extras so usually there’s like 19 players on a team 

[nnm 35970]

2 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Every time I watch a show or movie about football.   They’re Usually way off in terminology, make no logical sense (he’s taking my spot, bro there can be more than 1 wide receiver) and they’re too cheap to pay for extras so usually there’s like 19 players on a team 

Same thing for me with any show or movie about oil and gas stuff, or legal stuff.

Case in point:  I recently watched “Dark Winds” on AMC because I loved the Hillerman books back in the day. One of the plot points was an explosion at the “derrick.”  The equipment in the shot was a pump jack. Which blew up because they were drilling through uranium, or something like that.

And the AIM-inspired Native American group was seeking to stop the mineral exploration by buying up the surface. But that’s not how mineral rights work. And if there were minerals on the Navajo Reservation they’re Tribal anyway. Etc., etc.

Loosely followed the Hillerman book “Listening Woman.”  Watchable because of that, but some of the acting was turrbull. Also watchable for me because most of the outside shots were where I lived, played, and worked everyday when I was young. 

[52-80 19063]

Uneven hard taco shells where one wall is shorter than the others

[RPM 26183]

We just hired a 400 lb Cliff Clavin and he's on my shift 2 nights a week. I'm hoping he won't last long because he annoys the shit out of me. We chew through new hires pretty quick and he isn't keeping up.

[Bill Brasky 1438]

people that refer to southern France as the "south of France" 

[Atxracer 797]

Kids in planes….oops, that was mine. 
 

And, Texas heat. This place is awful right now.  

[52-80 19063]

42 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

people that refer to southern France as the "south of France" 

people referring to all/any parts of the netherlands as holland

[Superhero 8731]

7 hours ago, Atxracer said:

Kids in planes….oops, that was mine.

Kids in planes that have nothing to do...

Luckily my wife always had puzzles, workbooks and toys for the kids to play while on the plane. 

Kids who are shits on the plan usually come down to the parents.

[Ignatius 3994]

8 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

people that refer to southern France as the "south of France" 

Is Lubbock in Western Texas?

[conVINCEd 21468]

3 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Is Lubbock in Western Texas?

The West of Texas.  

[ztejas 43237]

4 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Kids in planes that have nothing to do...

Luckily my wife always had puzzles, workbooks and toys for the kids to play while on the plane. 

Kids who are shits on the plan usually come down to the parents.

Not all of us have Asian parenting skills. 

[Superhero 8731]

Just now, ztejas said:

Not all of us have Asian parenting skills. 

See? That's why you have to pay attention in school and do your homework before the piano teacher gets to your house.

[ztejas 43237]

Just now, Superhero said:

See? That's why you have to pay attention in school and do your homework before the piano teacher gets to your house.

I don't want the reed. 

[shakahorn 1625]

On 7/22/2022 at 1:53 PM, HouTex said:

Dumbshits that for some reason assume every lobby-level elevator is empty and block people trying to leave the elevator.  Some of them even try to get in the elevator before everyone has gotten out. 

I actually like this when I'm feeling surly.  Gives me the opportunity to just shoulder check the bitchez out of the way.  And whenever I do that, which is less than once/year, none of them ever complain.  Almost like they know they are screwups and getting what they deserve.

[RPM 26183]

59 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Kids who are shits on the plan usually come down to the parents.

Is it bad parenting or bad planning?

[Superhero 8731]

8 hours ago, shakahorn said:

I actually like this when I'm feeling surly.  Gives me the opportunity to just shoulder check the bitchez out of the way.  And whenever I do that, which is less than once/year, none of them ever complain.  Almost like they know they are screwups and getting what they deserve.

Look everybody, Internet tough guy. 

[ABSR 5287]

10 hours ago, Superhero said:

See? That's why you have to pay attention in school and do your homework before the piano teacher gets to your house.

Did you spell Jewish wrong?

[nnm 35970]

Fire ants make me surly. Pics below are a small sampling of the approx 50 bites I got while replacing sprinkler heads in my yard  

https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/fire-ants-from-hell/
 

That article was from 1988, about 6 years after I first learned about fire ants. 34 years later, here we are. 

 

Edited July 25, 2022 by nnm

[Prepuce of Doom 20969]

Sir, you have the monkeypox. 

[nnm 35970]

7 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Sir, you have the monkeypox. 

I wish. Would be more pleasant than fire ants. 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, nnm said:

I wish. Would be more pleasant than fire ants. 

"Things I don't miss from living in SE Texas" for $500, Alex.

 

My posit for the thread today:

Nails/ screws in a parking lot, see also: gum on the sidewalk/ parking lot.

Fuck you people who don't give a fuck about others, and may you burn in hell.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

On 7/23/2022 at 3:38 PM, 52-80 said:

people referring to all/any parts of the netherlands as holland

George: What is Holland?

Jerry: What do you mean, 'what is it?' It's a country right next to Belgium.

George: No, that's the Netherlands.

Jerry: Holland *is* the Netherlands.

George: Then who are the Dutch?

[52-80 19063]

41 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

George: Then who are the Dutch?

the people who speak Flemish?

[Brisketexan 104437]

the people who speak Flemish?

Sure as fuck not those dirty Walloons.

[66BUFF 2544]

1 hour ago, Cheeseweasel said:

George: What is Holland?

Jerry: What do you mean, 'what is it?' It's a country right next to Belgium.

George: No, that's the Netherlands.

Jerry: Holland *is* the Netherlands.

George: Then who are the Dutch?

There are two things I can’t stand in the world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.

[nnm 35970]

5 minutes ago, 66BUFF said:

There are two things I can’t stand in the world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.

[Basil 742]

Paper towel packing trying to convince me I’m really getting 20 rolls worth of paper towels in the eight pack. Bitch, that’s eight rolls of paper towels.

[Superhero 8731]

Day 95 and counting...

 

[52-80 19063]

guy that complains about his airport shortcut status

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

Day 95 and counting...

Have you tried walking in with a gun and shooting up the ceiling?

[Born to Run 6487]

Fire ants make me surly. Pics below are a small sampling of the approx 50 bites I got while replacing sprinkler heads in my yard  
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/fire-ants-from-hell/
 
That article was from 1988, about 6 years after I first learned about fire ants. 34 years later, here we are. 
 

Apply vinegar right after being bit. Greatly reduces swelling so you don't scare women and children with your hideous swollen hands.

[Superhero 8731]

19 hours ago, Superhero said:

Day 95 and counting...

Got this on day 96... You think shooting up their ceiling will make them approve me faster?

 

[52-80 19063]

sir, have you considered applying under a more White Anglo-Saxon Protestant name?

[Sam Lin 3540]

I suggest replying with a sternly worded "Don't you know who I am?"

1% of the time, it works every time.

[52-80 19063]

There's a chance the application is being waitlisted on grounds of using a yahoo email address alone.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

26 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

There's a chance the application is being waitlisted on grounds of using a yahoo email address alone.

Perhaps FUCK-THE-TSA@yahoo.com might have been a poor choice

[closetohumping 17379]

14 hours ago, Superhero said:

Got this on day 96... You think shooting up their ceiling will make them approve me faster?

 

Sorry man. Yahoo email is a total red flag.

[DaysOff 7819]

I'm stranded at Dulles for 4 hours and it appears the place only sells Pepsi products. Did Gym Jordan take over operations? Did I enter an Ohio wormhole? No wonder our government doesn't function.

[elfenix 34165]

you could have shortened that post to 1 word. 

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

8 hours ago, DaysOff said:

I'm stranded at Dulles for 4 hours and it appears the place only sells Pepsi products. Did Gym Jordan take over operations? Did I enter an Ohio wormhole? No wonder our government doesn't function.

Ohio State only sells Coke products in its sports and entertainment facilities. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

9 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Ohio State only sells Coke products in its sports and entertainment facilities. 

You mean THE™  Ohio State?

[Superhero 8731]

On 7/23/2022 at 9:14 PM, ztejas said:

I don't want the reed. 

That’s fine. Then you get the feather duster or the bottom of my slipper. 

[Superhero 8731]

On 7/27/2022 at 1:51 AM, 52-80 said:

sir, have you considered applying under a more White Anglo-Saxon Protestant name?

I will re-apply using the name Kristoffer Cuthbert.  Kristoffer will be a dead give-away that my parents are white. 

[Biff Tannen 45473]

On 7/23/2022 at 3:38 PM, 52-80 said:

people referring to all/any parts of the netherlands as holland

then who are the Dutch?

Edited July 28, 2022 by Biff Tannen
I see I am very late to this party

[52-80 19063]

17 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

then who are the Dutch?

Apparently the folks who fart into ovens

[deadshank 24651]

These twitchy, herky-jerky MFers that shake their legs up and down while sitting at a bar or at a table.  Looks like they’re working double kick drums like a Neil Peart Double Live at Budokan drum solo.   
 

Settle down already.  No wonder your parents beat you. 

[Underdog 28436]

The fuck kind of places do you patronize?  

[Scheiss Meister 8397]

29 minutes ago, deadshank said:

These twitchy, herky-jerky MFers that shake their legs up and down while sitting at a bar or at a table.  Looks like they’re working double kick drums like a Neil Peart Double Live at Budokan drum solo.   
 

Settle down already.  No wonder your parents beat you. 

I was in a beach side bar in Oceanside with some other Marines and a guy came in, sat down, then started twitching his legs like frog legs in a hot pan.  I wondered two things: what is he on, and how many of John Wesley Hardin's victims just happened to do that around him and that set him off?  Wierd and annoying.