lol OMG!!!!!

[Lex Diamonds]

i r = teh pad star!!!1

[mikizee]

yes you are

*goes back to reading newspaper*

[abcdefz]

Pad's drunk-dialing the message board.

[Lex Diamonds]

I never understood the term "drunk-dialing". The actual dial of the number is no different due to the drunkenness, it shouldn't be the focal point. If you were dialing crazily cuz you were drunk then you wouldn't even get through to the person.

Besides, in these days of mobile phones and built-in address books nobody needs to dial anymore anyway.

[abcdefz]

People who say "ATM machine" must really drive you nuts.

[Lex Diamonds]

"Doctor, doctor! I've got a steering wheel stuck down my pants... it's driving me nuts!"

[na§tee]

when i was working at a film cineposium a couple of years back, there were loads of people from around the world i had to chat (NETWORK) to. of course, a great deal were from america.

i had no idea they didn't understand what "half past/quarter to/quarter past [whatever time]" meant. when are we going out for drinks, one dude asked. "half past seven", says me. "WTF?", says him. well, not really. half.. half past SEVEN. PEE EM. half seven? no? OH! seven THIRTY! seven thirty. gotcha.

is that just him, or americans in general? he was from vegas. maybe they lack the 15, 30 and 45 minutes over there.

[TurdBerglar]

i use quarter after, half past, and quarter of all the time and there are quite a few people, mostly just younger people, that just don't know what im talking about.


i also use "at the top of the hour" and that really fucks with people

[ericlee]

"Doctor, doctor! I've got a steering wheel stuck down my pants... it's driving me nuts!"

you got it wrong.

Pirate walks in a bar with steering wheel in pants

Bartender asks what it's for

Pirate says, aaaarrrrghhhh, it's driving me nuts!

[Lex Diamonds]

I didn't get it wrong. It's not my fault you dumb Yanks have to complicate the joke for it to work.

[taquitos]

see, the problem is an american person would never say "me nuts", an american would only say "my nuts".

so we have to change it to a pirate.

[abcdefz]

i use quarter after, half past, and quarter of all the time and there are quite a few people, mostly just younger people, that just don't know what im talking about.


i also use "at the top of the hour" and that really fucks with people



I say "fortnight" whenever I can.

[mikizee]

i use quarter after, half past, and quarter of all the time and there are quite a few people, mostly just younger people, that just don't know what im talking about.

That surprises me, I thought those sayings were pretty stock standard english.

[DeeJayZap]

i've had to explain the whole half/quarter etc thing to a couple of americans.

maybe it's because they say fourth (wtf?) instead of quarter.

[hpdrifter]

Well you gotta admit "half 7" is confusing because it really means 7:30 and it sounds like it means 6:30.

Incidentally hearing someone say "ATM machine" is like someone poking me in the eye.

So is hearing someone say "orientate". ITS NOT A WORD PEOPLE!!!!

Its as annoying as stubbing your toe.

[ericlee]

I didn't get it wrong. It's not my fault you dumb Yanks have to complicate the joke for it to work.


Robot Chicken has a skit that's done the proper way.

Besides, everything's funnier with pirates.

[mathcart]

Well you gotta admit "half 7" is confusing because it really means 7:30 and it sounds like it means 6:30.



Incredibly trenchant cross cultural critique. I'm glad you explained it because it was pissing me off that snobby stick up the butt cross the ponders were talkin' shit about how we communicate clearly what time it is (half past seven, quarter to eight) when their stupid shit is just some stupid code that doesn't make any objective sense linguistically, but it all makes sense to them because they're in the "dumb talkee club".
This is just the sort blinkered philistine pig ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage. You sit there on your loathsome, spotty behinds squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss about the struggling artist. (shouting) You excrement! You lousy hypocritical whining toadies with your lousy colour TV sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding masonic handshakes! You wouldn't let me join, would you, you blackballing bastards. Well I wouldn't become a freemason now if you went down on your lousy, stinking, purulent knees and begged me. Fuck em, thats what I say. (with apologies to the circus)

OK I'm done stirring up old v new english sheeet. In other news I have to go because I just challenged my roommate to a McNugget eating contest, which will consist of me demanding he eats 24 nuggets even if he has (temporarily) lost his sight. Good times!
:D

[ericlee]

^^^what?

I just stick to military time. It cuts all confusion.

"hey, ya got the time?"

"yeah, quarter after 1900"

[Kid Presentable]

Wife: How does military time work?

Me: If it's a number above 1200 it's PM. Just take 1200 off it to figure out what time they mean.

Wife: Why didn't they just start without the 1200 in the first place?

Me: Golf Echo Tango Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Echo Delta, love.

[buddylee]

i've had to explain the whole half/quarter etc thing to a couple of americans.

maybe it's because they say fourth (wtf?) instead of quarter.

I'm going to take a stab at it.

first digital clock was invented in 1956

so only old timers who haven't gotten with the TIMES , still say that old crap.

Maybe I am spoiled living in the Bay Area (West Coast for you you that use paper maps still) But this is the home of Google, Ebay , Adobe, netflix , HP , microsoft ..... just click on you start button and most of those programs came form HERE .

so your "less informed Americans statement" is beyond foolish

so next time I see Steve Jobs on Hicks Road going to his mountain castle , I pull him over in my big America car (thats still running strong with 500,000 miles cuz everyones makes better cars than us in THE USA) and I'll explain analog clock terms to him ....

You know what time it is............... half passed being a jackass

So smart (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/scalia/leap.jpg)

[ericlee]

Wife: How does military time work?

Me: If it's a number above 1200 it's PM. Just take 1200 off it to figure out what time they mean.

Wife: Why didn't they just start without the 1200 in the first place?

Me: Golf Echo Tango Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Echo Delta, love.

Lima Oscar Lima

[DeeJayZap]

I'm going to take a stab at it.

first digital clock was invented in 1956

so only old timers who haven't gotten with the TIMES , still say that old crap.

Maybe I am spoiled living in the Bay Area (West Coast for you you that use paper maps still) But this is the home of Google, Ebay , Adobe, netflix , HP , microsoft ..... just click on you start button and most of those programs came form HERE .

so your "less informed Americans statement" is beyond foolish

so next time I see Steve Jobs on Hicks Road going to his mountain castle , I pull him over in my big America car (thats still running strong with 500,000 miles cuz everyones makes better cars than us in THE USA) and I'll explain analog clock terms to him ....

You know what time it is............... half passed being a jackass

So smart (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/scalia/leap.jpg)

i didn't state that Americans are less informed. i just said that i did have to explain this to a few americans, as it's not used as much over there i imagine.

[mikizee]

Incredibly trenchant cross cultural critique. I'm glad you explained it because it was pissing me off that snobby stick up the butt cross the ponders were talkin' shit about how we communicate clearly what time it is (half past seven, quarter to eight) when their stupid shit is just some stupid code that doesn't make any objective sense linguistically, but it all makes sense to them because they're in the "dumb talkee club".
This is just the sort blinkered philistine pig ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage. You sit there on your loathsome, spotty behinds squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss about the struggling artist. (shouting) You excrement! You lousy hypocritical whining toadies with your lousy colour TV sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding masonic handshakes! You wouldn't let me join, would you, you blackballing bastards. Well I wouldn't become a freemason now if you went down on your lousy, stinking, purulent knees and begged me. Fuck em, thats what I say. (with apologies to the circus)

OK I'm done stirring up old v new english sheeet. In other news I have to go because I just challenged my roommate to a McNugget eating contest, which will consist of me demanding he eats 24 nuggets even if he has (temporarily) lost his sight. Good times!
:D

Best post ever

[mathcart]

Best post ever

Thanks! (I'm awesome!)
;)

In other news my roommate won- he ate 42 McNuggets (to my 18). Totally worth it to see his face afterwards- a mixture of extreme pig-headed euphoria and complete nausea. Good times...
:D

[Lex Diamonds]

Pathetic! I eat 42 nuggets like you for breakfast.

[Baseline]

OH HAI!