$heriff Tom
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 16, 2008 12:30:39 GMT -5
Cho, I am not talking about images taken from the sky. I am talking about images taken, standing in front of a building.
Street level.
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Post by crazilyz on Oct 16, 2008 13:36:46 GMT -5
The fact that the question was posed as "Ya'll know Google Maps?"
While you're at it, how about asking if I heard of MapQuest.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Oct 16, 2008 16:49:09 GMT -5
Actually, that was Tom posing the question "ya'll know google maps?" The dumb question was "are those pictures in real time?"
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Post by crazilyz on Oct 17, 2008 7:30:47 GMT -5
One of my friends from college finally got with the times and got on AOL about 2 years ago. The problem is, I get a boatload of e-mails and forwards from him of things that quit being funny about 10 years ago.
We were talking one day and he asked if I ever Googled myself and I told him that my name comes up on a lot of searches because of my various affiliations.
So for shits and giggles, he Googles me and finds a bunch of stuff on me and calls my house. I'm not home and he speaks to my husband basically like "OMG, I found stuff on Liz in a search engine."
My husband is really down with all that stuff so when I got home, he asks "what's this business about you being on some web search?"
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Post by 9 on Oct 17, 2008 9:32:05 GMT -5
I hate newbies. I have a cousin in her 50s in Texas who does that. I've gotten every single joke, puppy picture and dopey video on the Internet in e-mails from her over the past year.
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Post by crazilyz on Oct 17, 2008 9:52:38 GMT -5
Fortunately, I don't get videos from him because Rob's on dial up which means he can't send what he can't download.
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Post by Chris on Oct 17, 2008 11:54:13 GMT -5
My mother-in-law forwards EVERY SINGLE "Pray for so-and-so and pass this email along to 10 people" email.
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Post by 9 on Oct 17, 2008 11:56:12 GMT -5
My mother-in-law forwards EVERY SINGLE "Pray for so-and-so and pass this email along to 10 people" email. My cousin does that shit, too. One day, she might actually send an important e-mail, which will be totally ignored with all of the other "click here and Microsoft will send you $500" garbage.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 17, 2008 12:49:50 GMT -5
Wait! You can click on something and Microsoft will send you $500! Sign me up!
Just joking, please dont.
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Post by 9 on Oct 17, 2008 13:59:59 GMT -5
Too late. I just gave my cousin your e-mail address. ;D
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Post by crazilyz on Nov 3, 2008 10:13:13 GMT -5
In the beginning of "Do the Right Thing," Spike Lee is leaving his house and two Jehovah Witnesses hold up Watchtowers for Spike to take. He promptly replied "hell no." I'm so temped to do some shit like that but 1) I'm don't have the heart to do it and 2) I'm afraid that God may strike me down.
Anyway, here are 2 stories that I'd like to share.
My brother happened to be home one day and the Witnesses showed up at his door. He answered the door with a joint in his mouth and a 40 in his hand. The Witnesses high-tailed it from the house.
My buddy, Ira, had to one-up what Tony did by answering the door buck naked.
I heard this one at the bar. This guy was talking about the Witnesses showing up at his house and preaching whatever they preach so he told them to come back the following Saturday because his brother would love to speak to them. Bigger than shit, they showed up the following Saturday and his brother was home. He happened to be cleaning his rifle when he answered the door and asked "may I help you?" The Witnesses didn't stay.
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Post by 9 on Nov 3, 2008 11:07:56 GMT -5
I have an aunt in Texas who went JW. It took our family about 25 years to get her to realize that the minute she started preaching, we would walk out of the room or hang up the phone.
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Post by crazilyz on Nov 3, 2008 11:47:27 GMT -5
My friend Ira's parents went JW about 9 years ago and Ira called me up all freaked out about it. They didn't follow any type of religion in a long time, if ever, and his parents were going through a string of problems. I told him that they obviously felt the need for some type of faith in their life and whatever solution they were seeking must've been in the walls of the Kingdom Hall.
His parents used to throw some kick ass parties for Halloween and New Years. That shit stopped.
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Post by 9 on Nov 3, 2008 12:21:36 GMT -5
Yeah, JWs really don't believe in celebrating anything. At all.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 3, 2008 13:19:43 GMT -5
I thought they celebrated every time someone did not slam a door in their face.
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Post by crazilyz on Nov 3, 2008 13:38:30 GMT -5
Yeah, JWs really don't believe in celebrating anything. At all. The closest Ira's parents will get to wishing him a happy birthday is to call him and say "so, you're another year older." Quite frankly, I think that's pushing the envelope a tad.
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Post by Chris on Nov 4, 2008 13:04:44 GMT -5
Once, while strolling down the "nightlife" district of Laguna Beach (a mile or so strip on Pacific Coast Highway full of bars, clubs, restaurants), a chance glimpse into the window of BJ's (how appropriate) Brewery revealed the one and only Peter North enjoying a deep dish pizza.
One of my proudest celebrity sightings.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 4, 2008 13:25:43 GMT -5
LOL @ Peter North!
I was once drinking next to a slovenly guy in a bar, and when he went to the bathroom at one point the bartender gushed how I was drinking with a celebrity. His claim to fame? He drummed on the first couple of Billy Squier records.
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Post by Chris on Dec 12, 2008 13:05:16 GMT -5
This is not my tale. I just overheard this from some guy a few cubes over.
Apparently this morning he put his starbucks coffee cup on top of the trunk of his car, got in his car forgetting the coffee, then realized he needed something out of the trunk. He then realized that he left the coffee on top....(and here's where I'm baffled)....and actually made the conscious decision to use the trunk release latch inside the car, with the coffee still sitting on the trunk. Apparently he assumed that the trunk release would only gently "pop" the trunk open.
He was wrong. The trunk flew open, launching the coffee cup, which landed on his roof, exploded open and showered his roof, front and side windows with coffee.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 12, 2008 13:47:46 GMT -5
That is absolutely hilarious, but I doubt its validity.
I am not a user of umbrellas, but once around Trinity Place I got caught in a driving rain, and had a walk ahead of me. I bought one of those umbrellas being sold by a Chinaman on the corner. I get it, walk a block, fiddling with it, and hit the release as I am walking by Trinity Church and the graveyard. The umbrella pops off the handle and flies into the air, where the wind catches it and blows it into the graveyard. I was mad, and in no mood to hop the fence. I went back to gripe to the Oriental but he was gone.
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Post by 9 on Dec 12, 2008 13:55:06 GMT -5
LOL @ Chinaman and Oriental!
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Post by crazilyz on Dec 12, 2008 13:59:09 GMT -5
Can't accuse Tom of being politically correct.
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Post by Chris on Dec 12, 2008 14:23:20 GMT -5
If Tom had referred to the Umbrella as "Oriental" he would have been correct.
The MAN is the Chinaman.
The object is Oriental.
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Post by 9 on Dec 12, 2008 15:43:56 GMT -5
So what you're saying is that Tom was returning to shove the Oriental up the Chinaman's ass? ;D
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Post by Chris on Jan 7, 2009 16:35:59 GMT -5
Early on during the current conflict in Iraq (sometime in the early 2000s) I was driving down Tyler Street in Riverside California, on a weekend.
My very conservative friend, John, was with me.
We passed by many war protesters chanting with signs and the whole bit.
My friend, disgusted, rolled down the window and yelled, "GET A JOB AND DRINK BEER ON THE WEEKENDS!"
That quote has stayed with me since.
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Post by 9 on Jan 7, 2009 16:53:33 GMT -5
I have a similar one that I can take credit for myself: A bunch of us were going out for a happy hour downtown (near Wall St.) about three years ago when news broke of a significant threat against the subways. Some of the guys on the e-mail list wanted to cancel the happy hour. My reply: If you're not DRINKING, the terrorists are WINNING!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 7, 2009 16:55:41 GMT -5
Here's one. Justin, Dana and myself were heading to the Fantasy Baseball draft a few years ago, and running behind. A bunch of hippie freaks got on the train, or I should say were keeping the door from closing as they chanted with more of their ilk on the platform. I hollered to let the door go, and when that did not work, gave a hearty shove. Some girl swung at me, it looked like Hell was going to break loose.
Cops showed up, and the hippies tried to call me out and get me shackled, but the cops led them away instead. Filthy peaceniks.
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Post by crazilyz on Mar 10, 2009 9:50:35 GMT -5
Lindsey's comment about the majority of women she meets are "baseball idiots" reminds me of when I lived in Florida. I was living in Orlando and the Yanks were heading to Tampa Bay so I wanted to make it my business to attend a game. I was talking to a co-worker about taking the trip and she chimed in about liking the Yankees yada yada yada so I invited her to come with me. The drive was about 2 hours and it would've been nice to have company. I went to Ticketbastard for 2 tickets.
Game day comes and I pick her up for our trip to St. Pete. Everything was cool and the gang until we got out of the car and she saw somebody with a Mattingly shirt...
She asked "who is Mattingly?"
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 10, 2009 9:59:47 GMT -5
Reminds me of the girlfriend of one of the Creatures who, gazing out at Cal Ripken one afternoon when Ripken had a black sweatshirt on under his jersey said, "I didnt know Cal Ripken was black."
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Post by baldvinny on Mar 10, 2009 10:35:59 GMT -5
lol i remember that....
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