Random Thoughts II - Page 38

doppelgänger of someone · 17th July 2008, 16:47

Scott McCallen must be the worst White House Press Secretary, EVER. He is as blunt as a spiked dildo when answering difficult question: "I'm not going to answer that" or "I've already answered that, so let's move on" (no you didn't you twat). He doesn't skirt the issues, or make a joke to get out of tight spots. He just stonewall.

I guess that made him perfect in one sense: the press doesn't get much answer from him, so they don't have much to write about.

Haydos · 17th July 2008, 16:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Is it possible to be bright enough and react physically in a manner that allows one to fly a jetfighter, yet dumb as a post at anything that requires considered analytical thinking or dealing with (even vaguely) public speaking?

The existence of G.W. Bush III suggests yes.

Show me an example of George W having issues with analytical thought, I wasn't aware any had emmerged.

Many brilliant people have had issues with public speaking, I'm not at all suggesting Bush is a brilliant person, but he's not dumb.

Fx. · 17th July 2008, 16:53

hes talkin about gwb #3 ie john mcain

Haydos · 17th July 2008, 16:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fx.

hes talkin about gwb #3 ie john mcain

I was wondering, considering GWB is not the third, simply the first GWB.

GHB preceeded him.

Solvent · 17th July 2008, 16:55

www.politicalstockmarket.co.nz, anyone else bruck up on this?

Draco T Bastard · 17th July 2008, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solvent

www.politicalstockmarket.co.nz, anyone else bruck up on this?

Could be amusing - having a look now.

Kryten · 17th July 2008, 23:11

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/run...ce-xkcd-style/

It's a bugger this guy can't accept foreign donations.

Cyberbob · 18th July 2008, 09:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/run...ce-xkcd-style/

It's a bugger this guy can't accept foreign donations.

That's pretty darn cool

flic · 18th July 2008, 10:03

I liked that

I got a joke email from my sis in the USA today with a bunch of her friends email addresses on it.

I clicked "reply to all" and sent the link. Asked them to take a look because living in NZ I can't donate.

They may want to lend a hand and/or pass on the link to other friends who may want to.

It's the best I could do to support him

Hazmat · 18th July 2008, 10:22

Got our company directors coming down for a visit today.
Fingers crossed I get my management position...

flic · 18th July 2008, 11:53

Slept in today

Woke up at 7:30 and the bus usually comes at 7:40.

Luckily the bus stop is just around the corner (20 second walk)

Mish raced out to the corner and as I was locking the door I could hear him yelling that the bus was coming.

Tear off down the driveway and onto the footpath and see the bus waiting at the T intersection for me with the door open.

Our bus driver rocks

SpaceCowboy · 18th July 2008, 12:09

^^ thats cool. i generally think bus drivers are assholes with no regard to road rules, but its nice that there are some gems out there.

that said, i just saw a fatty bus driver open his door because hes overheating or some shit, and when someone rocked up to it, he just closed the door on them.

Reformed_Quint · 18th July 2008, 12:15

I work with a lesbian.

That is all.

crocos · 18th July 2008, 12:51

Just because you got shot down doesn't make her a lesbian, au!

CCS · 18th July 2008, 12:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/run...ce-xkcd-style/

It's a bugger this guy can't accept foreign donations.

Holy crap, when I looked at that link last night, he had less than 1500 donations. Now he's shot up to 106 away from target. Yay internet mass appeal!

chiQ · 18th July 2008, 13:10

Some bus drivers rock. There was one who stopped asking me for fare when I was a student, because I always had a day tripper, and he just didn't bother asking to see it. I'd just walk on, say hi, and go take a seat. I got some funny looks from other passengers, but he rocked. He'd wait for me if I was within sight of the stop too

JP · 18th July 2008, 14:50

I remember running to catch a bus and just missed it as it drove past. I knew the next stop was around the corner, and decided to run for it just incase I could make it. No chance really, but might as well.

Get around the corner and the bus driver was waiting for me at the next stop. He got out of the bus and waved me on and waited for me to run the couple hundred meters there.

I think it's like any other kind of customer service. You can have awesome people, and you can have shit people.

Kryten · 18th July 2008, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

Holy crap, when I looked at that link last night, he had less than 1500 donations. Now he's shot up to 106 away from target. Yay internet mass appeal!

His problem is that while it will generate some good media coverage, he really needs those 3000 people to be from his state. I sure wish him luck though, if only because I liked the comic

xor · 18th July 2008, 15:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiQ

Some bus drivers rock. There was one who stopped asking me for fare when I was a student, because I always had a day tripper, and he just didn't bother asking to see it. I'd just walk on, say hi, and go take a seat. I got some funny looks from other passengers, but he rocked. He'd wait for me if I was within sight of the stop too

Lucky for some.

I had one bus driver drive straight past me one day, so I pulled the fingers at him. Then the next day the bus pulls over and the driver asked if I was the guy that pulled the fingers at him...
That cunt must have seen me! He would have laughed too

cEvin · 18th July 2008, 15:17

typical auckland bus scene is the bus drives off 2 mins early and stops at lights 10 meters away. passengers arriving bang on doors begging to be let on, driver doesn't flinch (or occasionally shakes head) then drives off on green.

CCS · 18th July 2008, 15:22

They don't make exceptions for old ladies either.

fixed_truth · 18th July 2008, 17:54

Chinese takeaway returned!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4623093a10.html

leadinjector · 19th July 2008, 11:50

opshop concert at the town hall last night was fucking awesome. i dont think ill be able to go to another event at vector now, ive been spoilt by somewhere which has great acoustics

opshop are a great live act too, really got into it with the crowd, talking to people and making jokes and shit, unlike bands that just stand there and rip through their set with the occasional "THANKYOU NEW ZEELUND YOURE GREAT" crap.

NT_VlaD · 19th July 2008, 12:04

Not wanting to state the obvious, no doubt this isnt the right place to post this,

Petrol .....

The price drops roughly 10% (us p/barrel).
10% of $225 = roughly 22c

So the very generous petrol companies drop the pump price 5 c ....

Anyone else notice ?

Haydos · 19th July 2008, 12:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by NT_VlaD

Not wanting to state the obvious, no doubt this isnt the right place to post this,

Petrol .....

The price drops roughly 10% (us p/barrel).
10% of $225 = roughly 22c

So the very generous petrol companies drop the pump price 5 c ....

Anyone else notice ?

Yes and if you raise this with the petrol companies "Oh, we're dampening the amount of variance in petrol prices and recouping losses from where we didn't raise the price earlier"

But no, more so it comes down to price after refinement, refineries would still have petrol made from the more expensive oil so whilst refineries are able to purchase at the new cheaper price, they won't be able to pass those savings straight away because they have to clear old stock at the more expensive price.

NT_VlaD · 19th July 2008, 12:31

Could they ,lets say BP, not offset that using some of the $80 BILLION PROFIT they made in the first quarter ?

Or am I the eternal optimist ?

Haydos · 19th July 2008, 12:33

Well, revert the question on yourself.

If you had a spare $15.00 - would you give it back to the person who pays you?

DrTiTus · 19th July 2008, 12:43

Yeah nigga, it's all about voting with your wallet.

Get a motorbike~

mr selfdestruct · 19th July 2008, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haydos

Well, revert the question on yourself.

If you had a spare $15.00 - would you give it back to the person who pays you?

I would if all of a sudden I earned 10 times as much that month as I did the previous one!

I might even burn a couple of 100 dollar bills for a laugh!

[WanG] Wandarah · 19th July 2008, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haydos

Well, revert the question on yourself.

If you had a spare $15.00 - would you give it back to the person who pays you?

no, but if i had 80 billion spare i might eh.

Haydos · 19th July 2008, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by [WanG] Wandarah

no, but if i had 80 billion spare i might eh.

Trades of scale.

80 billion to them is probably worth about 15 dollars to you.

Ashley · 19th July 2008, 16:31

You haven't been in a stadium until you've been in a packed NFL game. Halftime and this shot is nuts

Haydos · 19th July 2008, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley

You haven't been in a stadium until you've been in a packed NFL game. Halftime and this shot is nuts

Agree, loved Baseball more though, crowd was far more condensed and into it.

Also top football stadiums in Europe and southern America have the same feel.

zeekiorage · 19th July 2008, 19:24

Peters admits Glenn donation

Now I want to seen Mr Peters holding a big YES sign in a press conference.

YES

ZoSo · 19th July 2008, 19:41

Heh yeah he got owned on that one. I'd love a lawyers fund that allows 100k to be dropped in without being notified about it.

BloodDonor · 19th July 2008, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by NT_VlaD

Not wanting to state the obvious, no doubt this isnt the right place to post this,

Petrol .....

The price drops roughly 10% (us p/barrel).
10% of $225 = roughly 22c

So the very generous petrol companies drop the pump price 5 c ....

Anyone else notice ?

thats just the price of oil that dropped, not petrol...

while the oil price affects petrol prices, (and im sure that the oil companies are rubbing their hands at the prices), its not the only thing that affects the price we pay at the pumps

[WanG] Wandarah · 20th July 2008, 02:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haydos

Trades of scale.

80 billion to them is probably worth about 15 dollars to you.

bro, can i bum a smoke?

tarzan007 · 20th July 2008, 11:10

just found out my golden lab jack had to be put to sleep, as he had cancer and was barely able to stand. sad

chiQ · 20th July 2008, 11:36

Condolences

SpaceCowboy · 20th July 2008, 11:38

poor guy

18th July 2008, 10:03	#1489
flic Dee Hast Mish	I liked that I got a joke email from my sis in the USA today with a bunch of her friends email addresses on it. I clicked "reply to all" and sent the link. Asked them to take a look because living in NZ I can't donate. They may want to lend a hand and/or pass on the link to other friends who may want to. It's the best I could do to support him __________________ In the future, everyone will be anonymous for 15 minutes

18th July 2008, 11:53	#1491
flic Dee Hast Mish	Slept in today Woke up at 7:30 and the bus usually comes at 7:40. Luckily the bus stop is just around the corner (20 second walk) Mish raced out to the corner and as I was locking the door I could hear him yelling that the bus was coming. Tear off down the driveway and onto the footpath and see the bus waiting at the T intersection for me with the door open. Our bus driver rocks __________________ In the future, everyone will be anonymous for 15 minutes

18th July 2008, 12:09	#1492
SpaceCowboy Here be dragons	^^ thats cool. i generally think bus drivers are assholes with no regard to road rules, but its nice that there are some gems out there. that said, i just saw a fatty bus driver open his door because hes overheating or some shit, and when someone rocked up to it, he just closed the door on them. __________________ Peace. Last edited by SpaceCowboy : 18th July 2008 at 12:10.

18th July 2008, 13:10	#1496
chiQ Frag-muff	Some bus drivers rock. There was one who stopped asking me for fare when I was a student, because I always had a day tripper, and he just didn't bother asking to see it. I'd just walk on, say hi, and go take a seat. I got some funny looks from other passengers, but he rocked. He'd wait for me if I was within sight of the stop too __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

19th July 2008, 12:43	#1508
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	Yeah nigga, it's all about voting with your wallet. Get a motorbike~ __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

17th July 2008, 16:47	#1481
doppelgänger of someone	Scott McCallen must be the worst White House Press Secretary, EVER. He is as blunt as a spiked dildo when answering difficult question: "I'm not going to answer that" or "I've already answered that, so let's move on" (no you didn't you twat). He doesn't skirt the issues, or make a joke to get out of tight spots. He just stonewall. I guess that made him perfect in one sense: the press doesn't get much answer from him, so they don't have much to write about.

17th July 2008, 16:53	#1483
Fx.	hes talkin about gwb #3 ie john mcain

17th July 2008, 16:55	#1485
Solvent	www.politicalstockmarket.co.nz, anyone else bruck up on this?

17th July 2008, 23:11	#1487
Kryten	http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/run...ce-xkcd-style/ It's a bugger this guy can't accept foreign donations.

18th July 2008, 10:22	#1490
Hazmat I Like Toast	Got our company directors coming down for a visit today. Fingers crossed I get my management position...

18th July 2008, 12:15	#1493
Reformed_Quint	I work with a lesbian. That is all.

18th July 2008, 12:51	#1494
crocos	Just because you got shot down doesn't make her a lesbian, au! __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

18th July 2008, 14:50	#1497
JP	I remember running to catch a bus and just missed it as it drove past. I knew the next stop was around the corner, and decided to run for it just incase I could make it. No chance really, but might as well. Get around the corner and the bus driver was waiting for me at the next stop. He got out of the bus and waved me on and waited for me to run the couple hundred meters there. I think it's like any other kind of customer service. You can have awesome people, and you can have shit people.

18th July 2008, 15:17	#1500
cEvin Love In Vein	typical auckland bus scene is the bus drives off 2 mins early and stops at lights 10 meters away. passengers arriving bang on doors begging to be let on, driver doesn't flinch (or occasionally shakes head) then drives off on green.

18th July 2008, 15:22	#1501
CCS Stunt Pants	They don't make exceptions for old ladies either.

18th July 2008, 17:54	#1502
fixed_truth	Chinese takeaway returned! http://www.stuff.co.nz/4623093a10.html

19th July 2008, 11:50	#1503
leadinjector	opshop concert at the town hall last night was fucking awesome. i dont think ill be able to go to another event at vector now, ive been spoilt by somewhere which has great acoustics opshop are a great live act too, really got into it with the crowd, talking to people and making jokes and shit, unlike bands that just stand there and rip through their set with the occasional "THANKYOU NEW ZEELUND YOURE GREAT" crap.

19th July 2008, 12:04	#1504
NT_VlaD	Not wanting to state the obvious, no doubt this isnt the right place to post this, Petrol ..... The price drops roughly 10% (us p/barrel). 10% of $225 = roughly 22c So the very generous petrol companies drop the pump price 5 c .... Anyone else notice ?

19th July 2008, 12:31	#1506
NT_VlaD	Could they ,lets say BP, not offset that using some of the $80 BILLION PROFIT they made in the first quarter ? Or am I the eternal optimist ?

19th July 2008, 12:33	#1507
Haydos	Well, revert the question on yourself. If you had a spare $15.00 - would you give it back to the person who pays you?

19th July 2008, 16:31	#1512
Ashley Fuck up Ashley	You haven't been in a stadium until you've been in a packed NFL game. Halftime and this shot is nuts

19th July 2008, 19:24	#1514
zeekiorage	Peters admits Glenn donation Now I want to seen Mr Peters holding a big YES sign in a press conference. YES __________________ The surest sign that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Bill Watterson

19th July 2008, 19:41	#1515
ZoSo	Heh yeah he got owned on that one. I'd love a lawyers fund that allows 100k to be dropped in without being notified about it.

20th July 2008, 11:10	#1518
tarzan007	just found out my golden lab jack had to be put to sleep, as he had cancer and was barely able to stand. sad

20th July 2008, 11:36	#1519
chiQ Frag-muff	Condolences __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

20th July 2008, 11:38	#1520
SpaceCowboy Here be dragons	poor guy __________________ Peace.