Things That Amuse You

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Originally Posted by abraham

My friend was accidentally sent a $100 bottle of shampoo and they don't want it back.

I've now washed my balls with $100 shampoo. TBD if anything cool happens

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Your friend better check his cc statement. My kid got sent some very expensive cosmetics ordered by someone who stole his cc number and billing address and the company sent them to the billing address instead of the scammer's mailing address.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Went to REI in Sacto to return a pair of damaged skis they sent me. They have a greeter inside the door to tell everyone they have to keep their mask on. I stop on the dot where it says to stop--6 feet from the greeter. Young guy behind me is about 2 feet away. I nicely ask him to please back up. He says, no--you move forward. Then the greeter starts her spiel, but I have to tell her I can't hear a word she's saying because the guy behind me is ranting loudly. Finally he shuts up, she says her piece and we go in. I was sorely tempted to put the skis over my shoulder and "accidentally" take him out with a sharp pivot.

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Pointy end goes back.

I use my cart in the grocery store to enforce distance. I often keep it behind me, and the more I am encroached upon, the more I will wield the cart. It's not six feet however I have been able to get my point across on several occasions.

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Today, driving down Mt Rose highway after going for bike ride up high to escape the smoke -- being followed closely by aggro driver in older Land Cruiser honking incessantly at us to pull over so she can pass. We're not going *that* slow, though it was in our camper truck, and maybe she just didn't like looking at the awesome beauty of it. Pulled over into slow vehicle pullout to let her by -- but not stopping, just slowing, so she can pass. Aggro woman slows down in the road to gesticulate wildly and yell, though because her windows were all up, we couldn't hear a thing. She realizes that I'm not stopping, so finally she passes... and proceeds to drive about 2-3 mph faster than we were going anyway.

People are weird. But amusing.

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Got to be first in line! LOL

The fact that this lady believes that 45 year old boots can get $50.

But hey, if someone wants these for their Spademan bindings, let me know and I'll help facilitate the purchase. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb65916f41.jpg

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wtf

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Originally Posted by riser3

I use my cart in the grocery store to enforce distance. I often keep it behind me, and the more I am encroached upon, the more I will wield the cart. It's not six feet however I have been able to get my point across on several occasions.

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Love it, and I do the same. Keep it at arms length for maximum swing circumference and always be ready to flick it left or right. Sometimes I'll swing it side to side as I stroll down an aisle while channeling my inner Gandalf. "You shall not pass!"

Also love saying "boy, it must be really tough to be as old as you are and still not be able to read," whenever someone neglects to adhere to the clearly marked one-way aisles.

I have to be in the thick of the the anti-mask, Trumptard crowd all day, every day at work, I am unapologetic about being aggressive when it comes to limiting my exposure outside of work.

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Originally Posted by glademaster

Love it, and I do the same. Keep it at arms length for maximum swing circumference and always be ready to flick it left or right. Sometimes I'll swing it side to side as I stroll down an aisle while channeling my inner Gandalf. "You shall not pass!"

Also love saying "boy, it must be really tough to be as old as you are and still not be able to read," whenever someone neglects to adhere to the clearly marked one-way aisles.

I have to be in the thick of the the anti-mask, Trumptard crowd all day, every day at work, I am unapologetic about being aggressive when it comes to limiting my exposure outside of work.

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Well, the other thing you are doing by reducing encroachment is reducing other people's exposure to you since you are very likely to get it at work due to above mentioned deniers.

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Originally Posted by riser3

Well, the other thing you are doing by reducing encroachment is reducing other people's exposure to you since you are very likely to get it at work due to above mentioned deniers.

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True, which is also why I really minimize my interactions outside of work.

Anyway, back to things that amuse me: a student driver was practicing their parallel parking in front of my house when I got home from work yesterday. I've never seen someone move a car that slowly before. It must have taken him 10 minutes to ease the car into the spot. It was a pretty good park job, though.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/0...s-oris-mss.cnn

I'd shit myself. Bear probably vwanted to know if he could dine on a corpse.

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On a less depressing note, angry bearded chickens amuse the shit out of me:

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These girls are actually really sweet but the big old sideburns & giant goatees make them look really real pissy.

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So I went fishing today in New Mexico’s Jemez Mtns, on the west side of the Valles Caldera. I like looking at google earth sometimes after a day out, and unexpectedly I came across this. Check it out, plug those coordinates into google earth search, then zoom in.
35°58'09"N 106°36'46"W

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wtf?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmIO_MG5IU

I find this amusing. Not really sure why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-SLZ9cGYr8

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Originally Posted by m2711c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmIO_MG5IU

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Heh, yeah. That can’t be a real plane, or is it?

Maybe they're filming the last season of Better Call Saul. (Wish they'd hurry up. I can't remember the plot from one week to the next, let alone years apart..)

MS a few years ago I stumbled across an F18 that got caught by the Google satellite photo. It had the same coloration but was moving a bit quicker so the 3 colors were much more spread out. I looked up how the sat photos are taken and that was the explanation for the 3 colors.

Low odds I can find the plane again but I'll take a look tomorrow.

Speaking of funny things you see on Google earth, or in this case Google street view. My dad is a big gardener. And also loves to yap with any neighbor who comes along while he's working in the yard. Pull up my parent's address in google maps and check out google street view, and you see him and a neighbor in the yard waving to the streetview camera car as it goes by.

http://www.habventures.com/photos/PO...020/013327.jpg

Oh, and what I came here to post: no wonder the Nazis were such miserable assholes. They only drank decaf coffee. And, apparently, they were the original meth heads.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...fee-nazi-party

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Is that Elmer and Betty Black?

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Originally Posted by evdog

Speaking of funny things you see on Google earth, or in this case Google street view. My dad is a big gardener. And also loves to yap with any neighbor who comes along while he's working in the yard. Pull up my parent's address in google maps and check out google street view, and you see him and a neighbor in the yard waving to the streetview camera car as it goes by.

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It would have been even better if they had both mooned it.

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Pretty funny. Hi Dad!

There's an op-ed in today's NY Times by Molly Jong-Fast.

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So torn. On the one hand, it's a really bad idea to be on the side of the highway, much less setting up to rock our world on US 2. On the other hand. ...well. ...this is quite simply amazing. I mean, don't get me wrong, don't do this. But. ...wowzas.



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If you have type II diabetus like I have, you're confronted with choices.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

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I was going to say 'where's Alien' but that was '79

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This is great. Could be twice the size with Hughes references.

The Power Glove was awful to use but a lot of fun to wear around the house. Even when I was a kid.

Jim'll Paint It is great. On Facebook, and I'm sure other sites.

Ha! I forgot all about the Power Glove.

Remember that thing that came with the first NES that picked up and placed little top-like things? It worked for like one game and then got thrown behind the tv never to be seen again.

Also, I need a sticker of ET wearing the DARE shirt with the boom box. Someone wake up Drew and have him get on that.

Seen on a traffic sign last night. The juxtaposition amused me:

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My siblings and I have been discussing who’s what in this all day. Found a higher res version, which is necessary to find Waldo and to settle a disagreement with the old man who thought Selleck was Reynolds.

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Where's Cheech and Chong?

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Originally Posted by riser3

Where's Cheech and Chong?

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Up in Smoke was '78, but they have R2D2 (ESB was '80) so I dunno.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Remember that thing that came with the first NES that picked up and placed little top-like things? It worked for like one game and then got thrown behind the tv never to be seen again.

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A had to have that was used once. They probably bring a mint on ebay at this point.

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Originally Posted by BCMtnHound

Up in Smoke was '78, but they have R2D2 (ESB was '80) so I dunno.

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That's a Tomy Verbot. Just looked up Tomy and they are still in business.

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Originally Posted by Mazderati

That's a Tomy Verbot. Just looked up Tomy and they are still in business.

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So it is. Good eye.

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Originally Posted by BCMtnHound

Up in Smoke was '78, but they have R2D2 (ESB was '80) so I dunno.

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Next movie and N'Ice Dreams.