The "Rant" Thread

[Purplepills]

Whats up with stupid expressions that make no sense? I mean I know everyone uses expressions, but somewhere along the line some have gotten mistranslated. My personal worst expression ever over here in the UK? 'Cheap at half the price!' (used when something appears to be a bargain). OF COURSE ITS CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE YOU MORON. If its already cheap and then you halve the price again, its even cheaper. If the expression was 'Cheap at TWICE the price' that would make sense. This sort of thing just really annoys me.

[Moose]

I have heard "a bargain at twice the price" and it even rhymes. I am guessing the person that is halving it to see if it's a good buy just heard it wrong, because that really makes no sense whatsoever.

[gnewton34]

Very, very sick.

 

Ugh! Me too. I tossed and turned all night. I currently ache all over, my throat is sore and I can't stop sweating.

[Purplepills]

^^ Yeah see, it would be okay if just one person got it wrong, but everyone I have heard say it has said it wrong. I guess its destined to annoy me for the rest of my life.

[ebl]

I've probably mentioned this before, but to me it's worth a re-mention:

 

Why do people have to put "st," "nd," "rd," and "th" after dates? For instance, today would be February "7th." Totally redundant. It's like saying "February 7thth" because writing "February 7" already infers that this is the seventh day of February. I see this more and more.

 

So, just to be...me, sometimes I'll use the "wrong" term when writing a date; for instance, "February 1rd," "February 2th," "February 3nd," or "February 4st."

 

In all honesty, writing "7 February 2008" like the military does is the best way, and maybe I'll start doing that.

 

Eric

[Cyber.Fiber]

Agreed. Military style dates are always best.

 

LET THERE BE A SNOW DAY TOMORROW... as I plan on sleeping-in...

[Purplepills]

I've probably mentioned this before, but to me it's worth a re-mention:

 

Why do people have to put "st," "nd," "rd," and "th" after dates? For instance, today would be February "7th." Totally redundant. It's like saying "February 7thth" because writing "February 7" already infers that this is the seventh day of February. I see this more and more.

 

Eric

 

Agreed in most cases you're right. It just the way its been written in the English language for ages, and it does avoid any confusion about Feb 7th or a statistic about 7 things in Feb. Unlikely but I think plausible.

 

 

What I dont get is why dates in the US start with the Month, then the day, then the year, i.e. 12/25/2007. As most of you probably know in the UK its dd/mm/yyyy or 25/12/2007. It just seems to make more sense, anyone know if there is a reason for this?

[SonOfBeastSucks]

I'm sick. I just had to send my boss an email telling him that I'm not coming into work today. I feel dizzy and like I have to vomit. Ughhhh.

[onewheeled999]

Have you ever had one of those jocks in your class that are so stupid and mean that you just want to punch them in the face? I got one of those in my 1st period.

 

I have several of those in each and every one of my classes.

 

Also, there's this person in my Advisory class that smells like a dirty diaper. It might be some new body spray, cause you know, the smell of crap is so attractive.

[Yankee cannonball]

LOL, everyone in my school finally figured out that AXE smells like dog piss so now my school is pretty much sponsored by TAG.

[doublex98]

I hate it when you wait 1 hour to get on the log ride at SDC. And right when you are about to load they close it because a thunderstrom is near.

[onewheeled999]

^ Reminds me of at Hume last year.

 

There was this thing called the Giant Swing, it was exactly what it sounds like, a huge swing. It was the last real day before we left, and I was next in line. I should mention that throughout the week, there'd been storms. So I was next, and suddenly a very faint sound of thunder came along, and the closed it, promising me I could do it when the storm was gone. There wasn't even a freakin' storm, it was passing near us.

[crazyrider06]

My sister thinks i need to jump to her every command.. def not get a life cuz im not taking it anymore!

[downunder]

I hate people who drive slowly in the overtaking lane, I need machine guns on my car

[doublex98]

tommorrow is monday....

[24]

I hate it when people ask the most retarded questions with the answer right in front of their face. And the sad thing is that they were serious.

I got asked this the other day "Did you film that with a video camera?"

 

[downunder]

Midriff tops with hipster combined with obesity, go together about as well as pitbulls and babies.

[Scaparri]

I love how people whine about their local park not getting a coaster, and when they finally get a major one, they still manage to find something to whine about. People just piss me off I guess...

[youthink?]

These preps in my US History Class are SOOOO annoying, they make fun of my friend so I go, "Decide what to buy at Hollister instead of wasting your time degrading people." (They wear Hollister shirts EVERYDAY.) And then it's the block where we go to lunch and 10 minutes before they always whine about the teacher not letting us go. Ugh shut up you can go talk about your cellphones and ipods in 10 minutes! Ugh preppies are so stereotypical.

[Purplepills]

Midriff tops with hipster combined with obesity, go together about as well as pitbulls and babies.

 

Don't forget the ones with the g-string on view cutting into the layers of fat.

 

 

 

Has the human race really come to the point of stupidity where we need a warning on a pack of nuts that says 'This product contains nuts'?? Like you would eat them and then be able to consider suing someone because you have a nut allergy. Its RIDICULOUS.

[CommanderLock]

These preps in my US History Class are SOOOO annoying, they make fun of my friend so I go, "Decide what to buy at Hollister instead of wasting your time degrading people." (They wear Hollister shirts EVERYDAY.) And then it's the block where we go to lunch and 10 minutes before they always whine about the teacher not letting us go. Ugh shut up you can go talk about your cellphones and ipods in 10 minutes! Ugh preppies are so stereotypical.

You'd like my band teacher then. He saw some preps in the back (we were not playing that day) watching something something amusing on a laptop. He said something like this:

"What are you watching back there? Porno?"

"Dragonball Z..."

"NERDS!"

The best thing I've heard out of a teacher...evar. "NERDS!"

Anyway, I'm a little mad at Best Buy for putting stuff that's been out for years at full price and then some. I got this headset for $50 (with Gift Cards), and then later checked the price of the same headset on Newegg.com, and it cost $17! My mom told me not to tell my dad because he really likes Best Buy. I'll tell him anyway.

[terrancew_hod]

I got this headset for $50 (with Gift Cards), and then later checked the price of the same headset on Newegg.com, and it cost $17! My mom told me not to tell my dad because he really likes Best Buy. I'll tell him anyway.

 

It costs much more at Best Buy because other costs are figured into the price, such as storage, showroom floor space, etc. Newegg (one of my favorite online stores BTW) is basically a big warehouse and they can pass on the savings to you (without sales tax). You're just paying for the convenience of going to the store and getting it; if you can wait then I'd order it online.

 

I went over to Compusa's "going out of business" sale and it wasn't much of one. The case i wanted to get was $200, marked down from $250... Newegg had it for $160 with an additional $60 rebate, so I'll end up paying about $100 for it.

 

Terry

[downunder]

People who invade your space, like stand too close to you and stuff.

[downunder]

People who block the side of the escalator that people walk up, they deserve a punch in the head.

[mcjaco]

I hate people that think when they walk up the esclator, everyone else should step aside.