Random thoughts thread - Page 225

StN · 4th May 2005, 14:05

Quote:

Originally posted by rubberchicken
Professional Stunt Bear

One of these?

Lightspeed · 4th May 2005, 14:28

Cup o' TEA!

crocos · 4th May 2005, 14:46

"What would you say to a nice cuppa tea then, Father Jack?"

"Feck off cup."

DMZ Funnel Web · 4th May 2005, 15:17

Quote:

Originally posted by StN

I laughed - several times. Like when he said he could see right down her top. And when he asked where he should keep his coffin, 'cause he wasn't gonna use it right away.

Then there was comment about wanking, which in his case was quite difficult. Poor Bastard

flic · 4th May 2005, 15:20

Went to the regular Fish N Chip shop

It was closed

The sign on the door said

"Hello, for some reason we are close, please come back when we re-open"

crocos · 5th May 2005, 02:53

Mmm... Monin Mango Tea Concentrate + RedBull = yum.

Hmm... I should probably go to bed, seeing as I've got a meeting to attend in just over 6 hours time... but TOO caffinated, despite having the above mix a little over 2 hours ago. More fool me, I guess.

Dan · 5th May 2005, 04:11

"Borders have guards and the guards have guns. This is an obvious fact of political life but one that is easily hidden from view—at least from the view of those of us who are citizens of affluent Western democracies. To Haitians in small, leaky boats confronted by armed Coast Guard cutters, to Salvadorans dying from heat and lack of air after being smuggled into the Arizona desert, to Guatemalans crawling through rat-infested sewer pipes from Mexico to California—to these people the borders, guards, and guns are all too apparent. What justifies the use of force against such people? Perhaps borders and guards can be justified as a way of keeping out criminals, subversives, or armed invaders. But most of those trying to get in are not like that. They are ordinary, peaceful people, seeking only the opportunity to build decent, secure lives for themselves and their families. On what moral grounds can these sorts of people be kept out? What gives anyone the right to point guns at them?"

xor · 5th May 2005, 08:22

Are you studying ethics? o_O

Nambio · 5th May 2005, 10:01

I have to stay, thats one of the stupidest things I have ever read.

perhaps it is because they don't have an education to build a decent life. Perhaps it is because they would only cost US taxpayer money if they got in. Perhaps it is because if they opened their borders then the US would be inundated with 35 million mexicans. THEN what would fucking california be like. Jesus I hope u don't actually believe that quote Dan...

Slothking · 5th May 2005, 12:19

Something I've always wondered:

Is the quote 'Video games don't ruin us as kids. If Pacman ruined us as kids, we would all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills, and listening to repetitive electronic music' just really badly thought out, or a deliberately humorous irony in that it describes the nightclubbing situation to a T, thus suggesting that videogames do, in fact, ruin people as kids?

Draco T Bastard · 5th May 2005, 12:29

Quote:

Originally posted by Nambio
I have to stay, thats one of the stupidest things I have ever read.

perhaps it is because they don't have an education to build a decent life. Perhaps it is because they would only cost US taxpayer money if they got in. Perhaps it is because if they opened their borders then the US would be inundated with 35 million mexicans. THEN what would fucking california be like. Jesus I hope u don't actually believe that quote Dan...

Please learn grammar - it would make comprehension of what you're actually trying to say so much easier.

If you do a bit of research then you'll find that the US tends to try and stop the Mexicans and all of Latin America from improving the lives of the majority so as to have cheap labour and massive profits.

Cyberbob · 5th May 2005, 12:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Slothking
Something I've always wondered:

Is the quote 'Video games don't ruin us as kids. If Pacman ruined us as kids, we would all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills, and listening to repetitive electronic music' just really badly thought out, or a deliberately humorous irony in that it describes the nightclubbing situation to a T, thus suggesting that videogames do, in fact, ruin people as kids?

haha
That used to be my sig, i think its still my irc quit message.

and yes, it's supposed to be funny, i thought that was obvious

Dan · 5th May 2005, 12:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Nambio
I have to stay, thats one of the stupidest things I have ever read.

perhaps it is because they don't have an education to build a decent life. Perhaps it is because they would only cost US taxpayer money if they got in. Perhaps it is because if they opened their borders then the US would be inundated with 35 million mexicans. THEN what would fucking california be like. Jesus I hope u don't actually believe that quote Dan...

1) It is rhetoric rather than a reasoned argument.

2) Its main point is to raise a question. You can't believe questions.

BTW the quote is from an article by Joseph Carens and their is nothing stupid about what he says. It's in Theorizing Citizenship Ronald Beiner (ed.), State University of New York Press, 1995 if you want to read it...

Slothking · 5th May 2005, 12:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyberbob
haha
That used to be my sig, i think its still my irc quit message.

and yes, it's supposed to be funny, i thought that was obvious

Probably is - I've just never been clubbing, so I wasn't immediately aware of the irony. I was probably a seal in my past life.

Lightspeed · 5th May 2005, 13:25

Quote:

Originally posted by Dan
"What gives anyone the right to point guns at them?"

They're probably smelly.

flic · 5th May 2005, 15:59

Sitting in a meeting at work and who should turn up but Richie McCaw and Chris Jack

( I have pics, so it did happen )

Rangoon Attack · 5th May 2005, 16:30

mmm annual leave

Chrono · 5th May 2005, 18:43

Can you post up the pics, please?

::Shocker · 5th May 2005, 20:06

Great, according to UoA's online coursework system thingy, I got 68 out of 40 for my last assignment :|

Now I have to get out of my comfy chair, leave my basement and actually go to the uni to sort things out

Draco T Bastard · 5th May 2005, 20:21

I've just made a horrifying discovery - I'm almost out of beer.

crocos · 5th May 2005, 20:52

Quick! This bloke needs 2 dozen, STAT!

CCS · 5th May 2005, 23:25

Quote:

Originally posted by flic
Sitting in a meeting at work and who should turn up but Richie McCaw and Chris Jack

And then they realised they weren't in the toilets, posed for photos to save face and then scarpered?

flic · 5th May 2005, 23:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Chrono
Can you post up the pics, please?

yeah, eventually

Cyberbob · 6th May 2005, 00:49

i know my icq number off by heart, i know a god damn starcraft cd key off by heart, but i cant remember my bloody phone number

riven · 6th May 2005, 01:08

lol ditto ;P

crocos · 6th May 2005, 01:21

I can remember the last dozen passwords I've used at work (and no, not somename1, somename2 - strong passwords), the licence plates of every car I've owned, the numbers of my bank accounts, credit cards etc (including the internal BNZ customer AKA BIS number) alsorts of phone numbers, but I keep on forgetting names: Doesn't matter if I've known you 5 mins or 5 years or even all my life.

Hell, on the weekend I called my Mum by my sisters name (they look nothing alike) and I carry on conversations with coworkers, remembering their background, the names and details of the systems they look after or whatever, but stuffed if I can remember their names.

I've developed a habbit as a result: I call everyone (variously) "trouble" or "mate" or some other form of generic label like that.

Same issue can happen when I'm talking about things... I'll forget the correct term for something and without realising it start using a different term but in the correct context for the right term. This can happen in the middle of a conversation. Tell ya... it can make it as confusing as all fuck trying to learn anything off me aurally.

Slothking · 6th May 2005, 07:17

Memorising the theme song for Animaniacs paid off in full last night.

xor · 6th May 2005, 08:22

My workmate is late....*sighs*

StN · 6th May 2005, 08:31

Quote:

Originally posted by xor
My workmate is late....*sighs*

Oh, FFS - Don't screw the crew!

xor · 6th May 2005, 09:20

I never knew women worked in IT

StN · 6th May 2005, 09:50

= WIN!

xor · 6th May 2005, 09:51

broken image au fulla bay

yuo = looser

StN · 6th May 2005, 09:58

Quote:

Originally posted by xor
broken image au fulla bay

yuo = looser

Heh - I blame Orcon's excellent hosting services...

or perhaps me missing off the country part of the url...

TnT · 6th May 2005, 10:19

welease woderwick!

Perfk · 6th May 2005, 10:28

Quote:

Originally posted by StN
= WIN!

I thought they were kinda horrid when I first tried them
but they do grow on ya

Cyberbob · 6th May 2005, 10:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Slothking
Memorising the theme song for Animaniacs paid off in full last night.

haha please tell me how i can exploit this knowledge. I too know the entire theme song, but have yet to find a purpose.

Rabble · 6th May 2005, 11:31

Quote:

Originally posted by xor
I never knew women worked in IT

They don't. Nothing female ever comes within a metre of anything geeky.

Cyberbob · 6th May 2005, 11:33

pfft.
My gf managed to survive a weekend in auckland with o-bots and nzgamers. It was a bloody miracle.

[Malks] Pixie · 6th May 2005, 11:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Rabble
They don't. Nothing female ever comes within a metre of anything geeky.

Wow you should try meeting more women - you may be surprised.

Pixie

Rabble · 6th May 2005, 11:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyberbob
pfft.
My gf managed to survive a weekend in auckland with o-bots and nzgamers. It was a bloody miracle.

OMGWTFBSHAX!

He's right! It IS a miracle! Bob has a gf!

6th May 2005, 09:50	#8991
StN I have detailed files	= WIN! Last edited by StN : 6th May 2005 at 09:59.

4th May 2005, 14:46	#8963
crocos	"What would you say to a nice cuppa tea then, Father Jack?" "Feck off cup."

4th May 2005, 15:20	#8965
flic Dee Hast Mish	Went to the regular Fish N Chip shop It was closed The sign on the door said "Hello, for some reason we are close, please come back when we re-open"

5th May 2005, 02:53	#8966
crocos	Mmm... Monin Mango Tea Concentrate + RedBull = yum. Hmm... I should probably go to bed, seeing as I've got a meeting to attend in just over 6 hours time... but TOO caffinated, despite having the above mix a little over 2 hours ago. More fool me, I guess. Last edited by crocos : 5th May 2005 at 03:01.

5th May 2005, 04:11	#8967
Dan	"Borders have guards and the guards have guns. This is an obvious fact of political life but one that is easily hidden from view—at least from the view of those of us who are citizens of affluent Western democracies. To Haitians in small, leaky boats confronted by armed Coast Guard cutters, to Salvadorans dying from heat and lack of air after being smuggled into the Arizona desert, to Guatemalans crawling through rat-infested sewer pipes from Mexico to California—to these people the borders, guards, and guns are all too apparent. What justifies the use of force against such people? Perhaps borders and guards can be justified as a way of keeping out criminals, subversives, or armed invaders. But most of those trying to get in are not like that. They are ordinary, peaceful people, seeking only the opportunity to build decent, secure lives for themselves and their families. On what moral grounds can these sorts of people be kept out? What gives anyone the right to point guns at them?"

5th May 2005, 10:01	#8969
Nambio	I have to stay, thats one of the stupidest things I have ever read. perhaps it is because they don't have an education to build a decent life. Perhaps it is because they would only cost US taxpayer money if they got in. Perhaps it is because if they opened their borders then the US would be inundated with 35 million mexicans. THEN what would fucking california be like. Jesus I hope u don't actually believe that quote Dan...

5th May 2005, 12:19	#8970
Slothking	Something I've always wondered: Is the quote 'Video games don't ruin us as kids. If Pacman ruined us as kids, we would all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills, and listening to repetitive electronic music' just really badly thought out, or a deliberately humorous irony in that it describes the nightclubbing situation to a T, thus suggesting that videogames do, in fact, ruin people as kids?

5th May 2005, 15:59	#8976
flic Dee Hast Mish	Sitting in a meeting at work and who should turn up but Richie McCaw and Chris Jack ( I have pics, so it did happen )

5th May 2005, 18:43	#8978
Chrono User Awaiting Email Confirmation	Can you post up the pics, please?

5th May 2005, 20:06	#8979
::Shocker	Great, according to UoA's online coursework system thingy, I got 68 out of 40 for my last assignment :\| Now I have to get out of my comfy chair, leave my basement and actually go to the uni to sort things out

5th May 2005, 20:21	#8980
Draco T Bastard	I've just made a horrifying discovery - I'm almost out of beer.

5th May 2005, 20:52	#8981
crocos	Quick! This bloke needs 2 dozen, STAT!

6th May 2005, 00:49	#8984
Cyberbob	i know my icq number off by heart, i know a god damn starcraft cd key off by heart, but i cant remember my bloody phone number

6th May 2005, 01:21	#8986
crocos	I can remember the last dozen passwords I've used at work (and no, not somename1, somename2 - strong passwords), the licence plates of every car I've owned, the numbers of my bank accounts, credit cards etc (including the internal BNZ customer AKA BIS number) alsorts of phone numbers, but I keep on forgetting names: Doesn't matter if I've known you 5 mins or 5 years or even all my life. Hell, on the weekend I called my Mum by my sisters name (they look nothing alike) and I carry on conversations with coworkers, remembering their background, the names and details of the systems they look after or whatever, but stuffed if I can remember their names. I've developed a habbit as a result: I call everyone (variously) "trouble" or "mate" or some other form of generic label like that. Same issue can happen when I'm talking about things... I'll forget the correct term for something and without realising it start using a different term but in the correct context for the right term. This can happen in the middle of a conversation. Tell ya... it can make it as confusing as all fuck trying to learn anything off me aurally.

6th May 2005, 07:17	#8987
Slothking	Memorising the theme song for Animaniacs paid off in full last night.

6th May 2005, 08:22	#8988
xor	My workmate is late....sighs

6th May 2005, 09:20	#8990
xor	I never knew women worked in IT

6th May 2005, 09:51	#8992
xor	broken image au fulla bay yuo = looser

6th May 2005, 11:33	#8998
Cyberbob	pfft. My gf managed to survive a weekend in auckland with o-bots and nzgamers. It was a bloody miracle.