What's mildly amusing you today? - Page 111

monster · 07-23-2020, 03:47 PM

Despite what it says on the back of the bathroom door, I haven't gotten that friendly with anyone called Simpson, so I couldn't tell you

footfootfoot · 07-23-2020, 06:10 PM

hahahah

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2020, 01:07 AM

I picked up Chinese food today, and as I swore I would the last time I went today I prevailed.

monster · 08-16-2020, 09:43 PM

I am mildly amusing myself. Firstly ....some background.....

I discovered Parkrun. British by origin (and massive there), it's now all over the world. It's a free timed 5K that happens every (non-pandemic) Saturday morning. Open to everyone -runners, walkers, people with strollers, dogs and in wheelchairs There are 47 (and growing rapidly) locations in the USA, small and friendly events in the main. When I first learned about it -from my sister in the UK then a BBC article the same week, I looked it up and found one of the USA locations was right on my doorstep. So I started doing it after I recovered from my foot surgery almost a year ago.

They got covid-cancelled in March, but My group kept in communication first by doing a virtual run each week -where we ran solo each Saturday and then posted times, pictures, maps etc and a volunteer combined them in a "report".... Then by doing a monthly Bingo card with elements to add to your lonely workout and then an amazing google sheet where we can all keep track of ourselves and everyone else.

Lots of parkrunners use a phone app called Strava to record their runs, and one of the regular Bingo squares is "Strava Art" (i.e. make your run route look like something) so I got the app because the whole planning and execution of runs to look like something appeals to me

, and it's a really handy way to record your time too. Like every other app, it's also a wannabe social media platform and I am not interested in that, but some of the regular parkrunners have started following me regardless and "give kudos" for each run/walk/whatever. One, Marie, I teased that I only turn on strava because I know she's "stalking" me on there, so if I don't make it, she'll know where to direct the emergency services to recover the body. So I've been plotting for a while to do a "chalk outline" run/walk.

Today (a non-run day for me*) I decided to take a Sunday evening stroll with a small petunia I'd grown from seed to check off the "take your pet/houseplant for a run/walk" bingo square (already did Strava Art this month). Which was amusing in itself, not to mention the undertone of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which is very dear to me)...

......and this was my route, which I titled "Marie, you know what to do":

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I'm just waiting for her to see it on Strava, but all y'all know I hate keeping secrets that amuse me to myself, so I'm boring you with it because that seems slightly less insane than sitting here chuckling to myself..

(I swear I went around that circle properly, Strava is just a bitch)

*since gyms closed and I became jobless, I try to run 5K or more 2-3 times a week. The other days I walk by myself or socially distanced with others. Sometimes a 5K, some times just an evening stroll. My total solo runs total almost 200 miles now

I have probably walked half as much again

BigV · 08-16-2020, 10:09 PM

Bwahahaha!

Hey maybe there's a chalk outline because of the massive head trauma.

Brava Strava!

WELL DONE!

monster · 08-16-2020, 10:29 PM

Head Trauma or lizardperson .... perhaps THEY... were right......

Griff · 08-17-2020, 07:33 AM

Well played.

Clodfobble · 08-17-2020, 08:26 AM

Very cute!

Squawk · 08-18-2020, 11:16 AM

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BigV · 08-18-2020, 11:47 AM

The only thing suspicious in either ad is the word "unintentional".

Otherwise, WELL PLAYED!

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-20-2020, 09:43 PM

And George Brownridge is smiling...

Squawk · 08-21-2020, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

And George Brownridge is smiling...

Who wouldn't be?

Carruthers · 08-21-2020, 06:12 AM

Presumably Mrs Brownridge has yet to comment?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2020, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

The only thing suspicious in either ad is the word "unintentional".

Otherwise, WELL PLAYED!

You don't think pleasing 15 women for an entire day is suspicious?
I'd be suspicious of pleasing one woman for an entire day.

Squawk · 08-22-2020, 04:02 PM

I amused myself by creating this one just now.

07-23-2020, 03:47 PM	#1651
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Despite what it says on the back of the bathroom door, I haven't gotten that friendly with anyone called Simpson, so I couldn't tell you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-23-2020, 06:10 PM	#1652
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	hahahah __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-14-2020, 01:07 AM	#1653
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I picked up Chinese food today, and as I swore I would the last time I went today I prevailed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2020, 09:43 PM	#1654
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I am mildly amusing myself. Firstly ....some background..... I discovered Parkrun. British by origin (and massive there), it's now all over the world. It's a free timed 5K that happens every (non-pandemic) Saturday morning. Open to everyone -runners, walkers, people with strollers, dogs and in wheelchairs There are 47 (and growing rapidly) locations in the USA, small and friendly events in the main. When I first learned about it -from my sister in the UK then a BBC article the same week, I looked it up and found one of the USA locations was right on my doorstep. So I started doing it after I recovered from my foot surgery almost a year ago. They got covid-cancelled in March, but My group kept in communication first by doing a virtual run each week -where we ran solo each Saturday and then posted times, pictures, maps etc and a volunteer combined them in a "report".... Then by doing a monthly Bingo card with elements to add to your lonely workout and then an amazing google sheet where we can all keep track of ourselves and everyone else. Lots of parkrunners use a phone app called Strava to record their runs, and one of the regular Bingo squares is "Strava Art" (i.e. make your run route look like something) so I got the app because the whole planning and execution of runs to look like something appeals to me , and it's a really handy way to record your time too. Like every other app, it's also a wannabe social media platform and I am not interested in that, but some of the regular parkrunners have started following me regardless and "give kudos" for each run/walk/whatever. One, Marie, I teased that I only turn on strava because I know she's "stalking" me on there, so if I don't make it, she'll know where to direct the emergency services to recover the body. So I've been plotting for a while to do a "chalk outline" run/walk. Today (a non-run day for me) I decided to take a Sunday evening stroll with a small petunia I'd grown from seed to check off the "take your pet/houseplant for a run/walk" bingo square (already did Strava Art this month). Which was amusing in itself, not to mention the undertone of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which is very dear to me)... ......and this was my route, which I titled "Marie, you know what to do": I'm just waiting for her to see it on Strava, but all y'all know I hate keeping secrets that amuse me to myself, so I'm boring you with it because that seems slightly less insane than sitting here chuckling to myself.. (I swear I went around that circle properly, Strava is just a bitch) since gyms closed and I became jobless, I try to run 5K or more 2-3 times a week. The other days I walk by myself or socially distanced with others. Sometimes a 5K, some times just an evening stroll. My total solo runs total almost 200 miles now I have probably walked half as much again __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-16-2020, 10:09 PM	#1655
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Bwahahaha! Hey maybe there's a chalk outline because of the massive head trauma. Brava Strava! WELL DONE! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-16-2020, 10:29 PM	#1656
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Head Trauma or lizardperson .... perhaps THEY... were right...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2020, 07:33 AM	#1657
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well played. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-17-2020, 08:26 AM	#1658
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Very cute! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-18-2020, 11:16 AM	#1659
Squawk Peoploid Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 152	. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using Tapatalk __________________ 'Nothin' seems that weird anymore' Lo-Fidelity Allstars

08-18-2020, 11:47 AM	#1660
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The only thing suspicious in either ad is the word "unintentional". Otherwise, WELL PLAYED! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-20-2020, 09:43 PM	#1661
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And George Brownridge is smiling... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-21-2020, 06:12 AM	#1663
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Presumably Mrs Brownridge has yet to comment? __________________

08-22-2020, 04:02 PM	#1665
Squawk Peoploid Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 152	I amused myself by creating this one just now. Attached Images __________________ 'Nothin' seems that weird anymore' Lo-Fidelity Allstars

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