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Old 04-24-2014, 09:31 AM   #1171
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I was wondering that myself.
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Old 04-24-2014, 05:17 PM   #1172
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A sideways '2'?
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Old 05-03-2014, 04:13 PM   #1173
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The real time generation of TV subtitles seems to be a work in progress and some howlers are produced as a result.

This letter appeared in today's edition of The Times:

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Sir, On Friday’s TV London news, in an item about heart attacks, there appeared the subtitle:

“The only way to bring someone back to life is to use a decent beer later”.

J Anthony C Martin

London SW18

Well, it amused me
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Old 05-03-2014, 04:22 PM   #1174
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Haggis, neeps and tatties.
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Old 05-08-2014, 03:31 PM   #1175
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My dad... ah, my dad... two gems from this afternoon's 2+ hour conversation with him:

"And that's why Democrats are the ones who join the army!"

"And that's why the Japanese never invent anything!"

Every once in awhile he drives me to the limit, but usually I can't help but just laugh and shake my head.
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Old 05-08-2014, 03:36 PM   #1176
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I don't even know your Dad and I'm laffin! Those are funny, right out of the box, and I can't imagine that context could make them funnier.

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Old 06-15-2014, 04:04 PM   #1177
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What's mildly amusing me tonight?
I am.

I intended to send a photo of Diz snuggled around my arm to some nearly beloveds, with the mildly amusing annotation that I couldn't use my right arm. I sent the text just fine. Didn't manage to attach the photo. Didn't realise until I got a worried call from my bro asking whether I had any movement in my arm at all and when I had noticed it.

Luckily he saw the funny side (we laughed and laughed and laughed at how silly Cherry was and ohthankFSM she hasn't had a stroke) and even allowed me time out to resend the text with photo so as not to worry anyone else.

If you have to give someone a false health scare it's probably best that it's family, because they're stuck with you regardless.

Note to self, my bro actually takes my health more seriously than I realised.
That makes two people today.
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Old 06-19-2014, 07:16 PM   #1178
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Awww....

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Old 06-20-2014, 11:03 AM   #1179
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Yesterday I was mildly amused by this:

I was walking a stretch of the bike path and was coming up to a spot where there are side parts for benches. As I approached I saw a cat...no, that's a piece of bark (we've had storms galore and there is a lot of tree debris around) shaped like a cat. I'm getting closer and closer...is that a cat or cat-shaped tree debris? The piece of bark gets up and walks. (Hey, bark...cat...bark...cat...that right there is funny.) So yeah, it's a cat. On the other side, I see a paper bag. No wait, is that a paper bag or a cat? It is also a cat. Then I see another cat. And another. I was talking out loud to myself "well look at all the kitties...hi kitties..what are you all doing here?" then I saw a fifth cat. None of these cats looked anything like any of the other cats. Well, that's weird. Who knew the bike path was home to a cat society? Then I saw old butter bowls, someone is feeding these cats. It can't be a nearby homeowner, well it might be but this section of the bike path is built along an old railroad line and it's nothing but densely wooded with undergrowth ravine on both sides.

Then I turned around and went the other direction and about a mile away there was another cat. Cats galore! It was a kittieful day.

Speaking of bike paths, how does an old dude fall off a tricycle? I hear the bambilance and look out my front window and there's an old dude laying on the ground next to an adult tricycle. He didn't just fall off he had dirt on his knees and his stomach. He was fine, the medics checked him out and they were there before I even knew he was out there (usually in such a situation I go to the scene to see if there's anything I can do until help arrives...coupla weeks ago I comforted some kids who had just been in a car wreck...woman had a broken leg but all was OK otherwise) but I sort of wish I had known what was going on because I still don't get how a man falls off a tricycle and gets dirt all over him. I just don't see how it's physically possible. Anyway, perhaps he should join the cats on the bike path.

And that's all the news that's fit to print. I'll be here all week, try the Meow Mix.
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Old 06-20-2014, 11:12 AM   #1180
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Come see all the cats.
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Old 06-20-2014, 11:31 AM   #1181
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My dad... ah, my dad... two gems from this afternoon's 2+ hour conversation with him:

"And that's why Democrats are the ones who join the army!"

"And that's why the Japanese never invent anything!"

Every once in awhile he drives me to the limit, but usually I can't help but just laugh and shake my head.

He's actually very close on the second point. the Japanese are not big inventors but they excel at taking existing inventions and improving them.
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Old 06-20-2014, 11:32 AM   #1182
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i mowed yesterday morning in the 4 hours of not rain we had.
I know what you mean. It's been raining like crazy here.

I crack myself up!
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Old 06-30-2014, 05:46 PM   #1183
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Something in another thread reminded me of this exchange about an old friend:

1stShe: If his Mama was alive, she'd spin in her grave.

Nobody that was present caught that, but, this was the reply:

2ndShe: Honey, if she ain't spun yet, she ain't going to.

It's not often, but, occasionally it's fun to be surrounded by Kentuckians.
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Old 06-30-2014, 10:29 PM   #1184
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Something in another thread reminded me of this exchange about an old friend:

1stShe: If his Mama was alive, she'd spin in her grave.

Nobody that was present caught that, but, this was the reply:

2ndShe: Honey, if she ain't spun yet, she ain't going to.

It's not often, but, occasionally it's fun to be surrounded by Kentuckians.
Kentuckians sound remarkably similar to rural eastern Ontarians.
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Old 07-05-2014, 12:14 AM   #1185
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We are a bad influence on the neighborhood.

When we first moved here 7 years ago, we were the ONLY people doing fireworks in our driveway. Every 4th and New Year's, we were out there, and over time the occasional neighbor began poking their head out, or slowing their car to watch our current fountain or whatever finish before they continued on their way.

Tonight, there were no fewer than 5 other houses within sight on our street, all doing large fireworks in their driveways. Hooray for cultural Darwinism!
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