peeve of the day

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Originally Posted by Brian96

Just as with elected political appointees, one still respects the office.

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I don't think so.

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Originally Posted by JuBru

Put it like this, you don't say "hey, man, how you doin'?"...

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So, you think the head nod I gave my 2-star might not have been appropriate? :icon_wink:

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Originally Posted by Brian96

So, you think the head nod I gave my 2-star might not have been appropriate? :icon_wink:

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A fist bump would probably have been more appropriate.

talking heads who try to use big words they don't know how to pronounce

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=laxidasical

This may be the worst commercial ever. I hate it with a passion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijH3cRJ1BY

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Originally Posted by dodd

This may be the worst commercial ever. I hate it with a passion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijH3cRJ1BY

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Got something against acapella?

There are much worse commercials.

It's just that the song is really annoying. And the whole "smiling factory worker" thing just kind of annoys me too. Call me weird

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Originally Posted by dodd

It's just that the song is really annoying. And the whole "smiling factory worker" thing just kind of annoys me too. Call me weird

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dodd=weird. :icon_wink:

People who lock their cars by remote which is programmed to loudly honk the horn.

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Originally Posted by saltydawg

People who lock their cars by remote which is programmed to loudly honk the horn.

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...just as you happen to be walking by the car I'd guess.:laugh: Did the incident merit a fresh Depends?

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Originally Posted by maddawg

...just as you happen to be walking by the car I'd guess.:laugh: Did the incident merit a fresh Depends?

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No, it happened this morning when I was parked in my truck in a nice shaded area of a parking lot listening to a classical music station out of D.C. I had the windows down enjoying a cool breeze when a huge new black SUV with tinted windows pulls up besides me. The driver gets out and when he is about 10 meters away I heard this loud HONK. Are these people hard of hearing or what? Too lazy to lock the car as they exit? Too stupid to know that they can program their remote? Or perhaps they are merely bragging about their new status symbol and want to draw attention to themselves.

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Originally Posted by saltydawg

No, it happened this morning when I was parked in my truck in a nice shaded area of a parking lot listening to a classical music station out of D.C. I had the windows down enjoying a cool breeze when a huge new black SUV with tinted windows pulls up besides me. The driver gets out and when he is about 10 meters away I heard this loud HONK. Are these people hard of hearing or what? Too lazy to lock the car as they exit? Too stupid to know that they can program their remote? Or perhaps they are merely bragging about their new status symbol and want to draw attention to themselves.

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Must have been an Escalade. Did it have spinners?

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Originally Posted by maddawg

Must have been an Escalade. Did it have spinners?

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I couldn't tell. The guy came back to his SUV in about 10 minutes and drove off.

It's hot here today, 100F and the heat index is cooking. Definitely need some of that danagerous global cooling.

A lot of newer vehicles are starting to make it where you can't lock the doors as your getting out and can't turn off the horn feature for locking them.

But plenty of them still lock silently the first time you push the button and only honk when you push it again for confirmation. This is what bugs me about it. Most of the time you only have to push the button once to lock the doors. It's only mildly annoying in a parking lot. When it's right outside the window of your sleeping baby. . .

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Originally Posted by inudesu

But plenty of them still lock silently the first time you push the button and only honk when you push it again for confirmation. This is what bugs me about it. Most of the time you only have to push the button once to lock the doors. It's only mildly annoying in a parking lot. When it's right outside the window of your sleeping baby. . .

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Unfortunately, my wife's new car honks when you press it the first time. Not a loud honk, but a honk nonetheless.

Peeve of the day: When eating those individually packed crackers at a restaurant, everytime I try and put the plastic wrapper down it sticks to my hand through the joy of static electricity. Then I'm sitting there waving my hand around like a weirdo trying to get this wrapper off my hand. And if you try and pull it off with the other hand it sticks to the opposite hand.

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Originally Posted by tigtoo30

Peeve of the day: When eating those individually packed crackers at a restaurant, everytime I try and put the plastic wrapper down it sticks to my hand through the joy of static electricity. Then I'm sitting there waving my hand around like a weirdo trying to get this wrapper off my hand. And if you try and pull it off with the other hand it sticks to the opposite hand.

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You do know that people on the other side of the restaurant think your trying to get a bugger off your finger don't you? :shocked2:

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Originally Posted by inudesu

But plenty of them still lock silently the first time you push the button and only honk when you push it again for confirmation. This is what bugs me about it. Most of the time you only have to push the button once to lock the doors. It's only mildly annoying in a parking lot. When it's right outside the window of your sleeping baby. . .

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2010 camry beeps once on the lock, twice on the unlock and 4 times for the all doors unlock. I haven't figured out how to turn it off yet.

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Originally Posted by DocMarvin362

2010 camry beeps once on the lock, twice on the unlock and 4 times for the all doors unlock. I haven't figured out how to turn it off yet.

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Terrible idea.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

Terrible idea.

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right up there with an all-electronic throttle.

Is anyone else sick and tired of "TWSS"??????

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Originally Posted by girldawg

Is anyone else sick and tired of "TWSS"??????

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What are you saying?

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Originally Posted by Cool Hand Clyde

What are you saying?

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Since we used that term back in the dark ages of jr high, yeah, tired of it.

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Originally Posted by girldawg

Is anyone else sick and tired of "TWSS"??????

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:o OK, I'll quit. How about you guys?

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Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS

:o OK, I'll quit. How about you guys?

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not a chance

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Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS

:o OK, I'll quit. How about you guys?

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For the umpteenth time, I open a sports thread to read about SPORTS and half the posts are the repetitious "TWSS" -- I get it, but it's just getting old! Have some original thoughts!

Now I'll get off my soapbox!:)

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Now I'll get off

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twss

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Originally Posted by Champ967

twss

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:bow: Guess I set myself up for that one!

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Originally Posted by Champ967

not a chance

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twss :(

I was waiting in line in a convenience store yesterday. There was a lady (BIG lady) who had charged in the door like she was in a rush so when it was my turn at the register I told her to go ahead. She never acknowleged my act of kindness. I guess it was owed her.:icon_wink: She then asked for a pack of Salem Light 100s and began taking change out of her purse. It took her and the over achiever behind the counter about two minutes to count out $4.50 or so. All the change is lying out on the counter, sorted out pennys, nickles, dimes (no quarters). The big lady with the smokes then walks away, still never saying a word. Then the attendent rakes all the change off the counter into her hand which mixed it up again. She then began to pick the coins out of her hand, one at a time, and place them in the register. She looked up at me and said, "Sorry, this could take a minute." Finally I asked her if she HAD to do that right now and she got the hint.

MTSU fans, lilfido, and saltydawg

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Originally Posted by maddawg

I was waiting in line in a convenience store yesterday. There was a lady (BIG lady) who had charged in the door like she was in a rush so when it was my turn at the register I told her to go ahead.

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On the other hand (and I realize that this is beyond the scope of this thread) isn't it nice when someone does what you did and lets you go in front of them at the checkout counter when they notice you only have a couple of things? I love it when that happens.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

On the other hand (and I realize that this is beyond the scope of this thread) isn't it nice when someone does what you did and lets you go in front of them at the checkout counter when they notice you only have a couple of things? I love it when that happens.

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how about this for a peeve related to that:
the conditioned response to politely refuse when someone makes an offer like that.

thoughtful person ahead of me in line: "go ahead. you don't have much."
me: "oh, no, you go right ahead. i'm not in a hurry."
me silently to myself: "what am i saying? i've got to get out of here quick or i'm going to be late for ____"

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how about this for a peeve related to that:
the conditioned response to politely refuse when someone makes an offer like that.

thoughtful person ahead of me in line: "go ahead. you don't have much."
me: "oh, no, you go right ahead. i'm not in a hurry."
me silently to myself: "what am i saying? i've got to get out of here quick or i'm going to be late for ____"

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Ah, yes. My peeve is with the argument over who pays the check. Not so much the expected one time "no, no, this is on me" response, but it drives me crazy when it escalates into an actual battle complete with bribing waiters, trying to sneak money to kids, and a game of tug-o-war.

C.S. Lewis has a great piece (maybe in Screwtape) about how we can drive each other crazy by defering so much that no one gets what they want and everyone suffers.

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C.S. Lewis has a great piece (maybe in Screwtape) about how we can drive each other crazy by deferring so much that no one gets what they want and everyone suffers.

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That sounds familiar, I think it is Screwtape.

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Ah, yes. My peeve is with the argument over who pays the check. Not so much the expected one time "no, no, this is on me" response, but it drives me crazy when it escalates into an actual battle complete with bribing waiters, trying to sneak money to kids, and a game of tug-o-war.

C.S. Lewis has a great piece (maybe in Screwtape) about how we can drive each other crazy by defering so much that no one gets what they want and everyone suffers.

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Experienced this a lot in China. My mom's side of the family has also turned this into a sport.

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Experienced this a lot in China. My mom's side of the family has also turned this into a sport.

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I read something recently on how hard it is to be a second generation Chinese person returning to visit. The author talked about having been sent with tons of gifts that he couldn't get anyone to take (and that he must not return with) and being forbidden to accept anything. He spent the whole trip arguing with relatives about how he couldn't take their gift, but that they have to take his. He finally accepted some small gifts just to put an end to it and when he got home he found out that his parents had already been asked about their "greedy" child.

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I was waiting in line in a convenience store yesterday. There was a lady (BIG lady) who had charged in the door like she was in a rush so when it was my turn at the register I told her to go ahead. She never acknowleged my act of kindness. I guess it was owed her.:icon_wink: She then asked for a pack of Salem Light 100s and began taking change out of her purse. It took her and the over achiever behind the counter about two minutes to count out $4.50 or so. All the change is lying out on the counter, sorted out pennys, nickles, dimes (no quarters). The big lady with the smokes then walks away, still never saying a word. Then the attendent rakes all the change off the counter into her hand which mixed it up again. She then began to pick the coins out of her hand, one at a time, and place them in the register. She looked up at me and said, "Sorry, this could take a minute." Finally I asked her if she HAD to do that right now and she got the hint.

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I'll bet the overachiever behind the counter was a ULM grad. :D

HD

Aggressive car salesmen.

For pettesake man! I'm just killing time while I wait on my oil change. There is NO chance I will buy a Sequoia today!

I learned a very valuable lesson some time ago, and I continue to use it.

If...
You didn't ask for anything, and
Someone is about to give you something for free,

...hold out your hand and say "thanks!"

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Originally Posted by LATechBanjo

I learned a very valuable lesson some time ago, and I continue to use it.

If...
You didn't ask for anything, and
Someone is about to give you something for free,

...hold out your hand and say "thanks!"

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or it's a sales pitch, and run as fast as you can!

When you complete a buy it now purchase on Ebay and out of the blue the seller sends you a refund and a message saying... "The refund has been sent to your paypal account. Because the price of this screen was wrong. We are truly sorry for the careless. Thanks!".

It's 9pm and there is still sunlight... :furious3:

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Originally Posted by JuBru

It's 9pm and there is still sunlight... :furious3:

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No way man! This is my second favorite time of year!

9pm and daylight lingers -- 80 degrees with 95% humidity.

Front porch. Frogs chirping. Six cold beers. Bug zapper.

Nirvana at last. All is right with the world.

Calm descends on the
Greater Sherwood area.
Champ watching bugs fry.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

Calm descends on the
Greater Sherwood area.
Champ watching bugs fry.

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Effing.

A.

Kids that fall asleep on the 15 minute ride home and will not go back to sleep for nap time. Anything less than 90 mins for mine makes for a long evening.

It's 10:25PM and neither channel 8 nor channel 10 has aired a sports segment yet.

TNS will have 3 pages tomorrow.

Chicken Littles

"as best as possible"

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Originally Posted by arkansasbob

"as best as possible"

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Shouldn't this be on the grammar comments thread?

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Shouldn't this be on the grammar comments thread?

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sure, but it's my peeve for today. you may feel free to discuss it on the grammar thread if you wish.

that box that always comes up from the bottom of the screen on latechsports.com

The feeding of trolls.

TCU didn't ask us before they made their football schedule. A home game at the same time that we are trying to have a birthday party is going to be a huge headache.

Inconsiderate jerks.

government logic

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government logic

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mutually exclusive terms

crossover artist.
Actors should act, singers should sing. Most can't do both, so studios should stop pushing it.

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crossover artist.
Actors should act, singers should sing. Most can't do both, so studios should stop pushing it.

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Will smith is definitely an exception.

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Originally Posted by JuBru

crossover artist.
Actors should act, singers should sing. Most can't do both, so studios should stop pushing it.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Cr...otion_pictures

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits

http://www.goodsearch.com/search.asp...HX2AAAAA%40%40

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson

Attention Ruston Wal-Mart shoppers...Toilets are for excrement. Not the floor.

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Originally Posted by dodd

Attention Ruston Wal-Mart shoppers...Toilets are for excrement. Not the floor.

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When ya gotta go ...

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Originally Posted by Champ967

When ya gotta go ...

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You go in the toilet.

Saw a story where some foreigner used a toilet at a Lowe's....unfortunately, it was one for sale and not plumbed! Said he thought it was okay to use, cuz in his country, it's not unusual to relieve one's self in public and just having a comode to do it in is considered a luxury.

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Saw a story where some foreigner used a toilet at a Lowe's....unfortunately, it was one for sale and not plumbed! Said he thought it was okay to use, cuz in his country, it's not unusual to relieve one's self in public and just having a comode to do it in is considered a luxury.

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LOL, I just cant stop imagining how he's going to be applauded after that.

I think the term "bush league" is starting to get a little bit overused (and misused). Not to the point of TWSS, but we're on our way.

And I maintain that twss is ok if it works and is original and is funny and is unexpected.

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I think the term "bush league" is starting to get a little bit overused (and misused). Not to the point of TWSS, but we're on our way.

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I think we should just call it "soccer" instead.

Toilets that trickle and make running water noises. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO STOP IT. :D

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Toilets that trickle and make running water noises. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO STOP IT. :D

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Some people pay good money for that option.

In Japan, you can buy toilets with a "running water" noise button. It's for those small apartments where you don't want everyone in the other room hearing your, um, activities. Kind of like when people turn the faucet on while they're going to cover the sound. Instead of actually running the water, you just push this button and it sounds like it.

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Some people pay good money for that option.

In Japan, you can buy toilets with a "running water" noise button. It's for those small apartments where you don't want everyone in the other room hearing your, um, activities. Kind of like when people turn the faucet on while they're going to cover the sound. Instead of actually running the water, you just push this button and it sounds like it.

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Well... I got one of those high end toilets for sale right now. :icon_wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbDiujuv6rQ

Just had to post this. Classic!

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Toilets that trickle and make running water noises. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO STOP IT. :D

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Toilets have to tinkle too you know.

Busy signals. At a RETAIL BUSINESS, no less.

It's 2010 people. Get you some voicemail already.

Especially if you want my bidness. I aint gonna call again.

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I think the term "bush league" is starting to get a little bit overused (and misused). Not to the point of TWSS, but we're on our way.

And I maintain that twss is ok if it works and is original and is funny and is unexpected.

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all the twss on the board in the last year or so reminds me of my introduction to the phrase in 7th or 8th grade. for the longest time i had no clue what it meant because the only person i ever heard saying it had no idea how to use it. the following reenactments are loosely based on actual conversations in the early nineties:

bob: i hate homework.
ricky: that's what she said.
bob: that's what who said?
ricky: that's what she said.
bob: that girl over there said she doesn't like homework?
ricky: no, that's what SHE said. get it?
bob: no.
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bob: that new van halen cd rocks.
ricky: that's what she said.
bob: if you say that one more time, i'm gonna kick your butt.
ricky: that's what she said.
bob: (frogs ricky in the shoulder)
ricky: ow! not so hard.
bob: that's what she said -- oh, i get it now...

The RPD patrolling hideaway park handing out mip's

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Originally Posted by DAWG DUDE

The RPD patrolling hideaway park handing out mip's

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I don't have a problem with this. If they were enforcing open container and no alcohol on campus, I would, but mip is different.

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I don't have a problem with this. If they were enforcing open container and no alcohol on campus, I would, but mip is different.

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I mean, you go to just about any other football game and you can drink while tailgating in the student tailgate area.

mip - minor in possession??? That's NEVER okay.

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I mean, you go to just about any other football game and you can drink while tailgating in the student tailgate area.

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It's still illegal. Either get better at hiding it, or don't do it.

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I mean, you go to just about any other football game and you can drink while tailgating in the student tailgate area.

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Ehh... Not really. I remember seeing one or two get doled out at Auburn.

I actually saw a friend of mine (she was 20!) get an MIP on Bourbon street. Lemme tell you, that's tough to do.

Sorry Dawgdude, risking an MIP is just part of the fun of underage drinking.

I didn't get one, I was smart enough to look around before playing some beer pong. Haha.

"It was the tale of two halves"

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I didn't get one, I was smart enough to look around before playing some beer pong. Haha.

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You're grounded!

Offense is not pronounced AWE-fense

"Wareagles trounce warhawks" is the headline on on ESPN 97.7. I hope they did it to rile Nick Brown and they aren't serious since there is no such thing as a Wareagle. Listened to Frank Hoffman for about 30 minutes of the game on Saturday while he committed his normal mistakes along with the Wareagle and mispronunciation of Jordan. This guy was elected as our Representative.

being "punished" for being good...


Job search with equal pay.

overuse of "vis-a-vis" like the npr correspondent today in her report/interview vis-a-vis pakistan.

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overuse of "vis-a-vis" like the npr correspondent today in her report/interview vis-a-vis pakistan.

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Your post count is about to be particularly evil.

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Your post count is about to be particularly evil.

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speaking of evil numbers, my company issued cell phone number ends in 666. and it IS the devil.

When teams don't run a play on 4th & 1 when failing to draw an offsides, which is another one.

Louisiana Technical University

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Louisiana Technical University

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When I got my masters degree, the school "corrected" the name I had listed as my undergraduate institution in the commencement program. :icon_roll:

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When I got my masters degree, the school "corrected" the name I had listed as my undergraduate institution in the commencement program. :icon_roll:

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Similar thing to why I put it. I attend two colleges for classes right now, and despite my transcripts very clearly stating Tech, they put Technical... both did. And now none of the classes I took will transfer because Louisiana Technical University doesn't exist. It's being fixed, but dang it was a hassle to get done.

So my randomly selected parking space at the Chick-fil-a here in the small rural Georgia town where I live happened to be next to a vehicle with a La Tech student parking sticker on the rear and a state-T license plate on the front. Get inside the restaurant, excited to meet some Tech folks, only to find the couple that would eventually get into the vehicle decked out in lsu gear. Needless to say the introductions never happened. My wife and I were decked out in our Tech gear, and the couple seemed to look away as we walked by on our way to the front counter.

Just can't get away from it.

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So my randomly selected parking space at the Chick-fil-a here in the small rural Georgia town where I live happened to be next to a vehicle with a La Tech student parking sticker on the rear and a state-T license plate on the front. Get inside the restaurant, excited to meet some Tech folks, only to find the couple that would eventually get into the vehicle decked out in lsu gear. Needless to say the introductions never happened. My wife and I were decked out in our Tech gear, and the couple seemed to look away as we walked by on our way to the front counter.

Just can't get away from it.

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I thought you were in SA.

You should've wailed on those A-holes.

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Originally Posted by DogtorEvil

I thought you were in SA.

You should've wailed on those A-holes.

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Moved to middle Georgia this past August. Should be here at least 3 years.

I was just heartbroken. I was so pumped to see Tech stuff that when I walked in the door and the only clue that I had identified the driver of the car was that he and his partner were the only 2 people in the whole restaurant wearing lsu gear, it was like I had just gotten punk'd.

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Originally Posted by Brian96

Moved to middle Georgia this past August. Should be here at least 3 years.

I was just heartbroken. I was so pumped to see Tech stuff that when I walked in the door and the only clue that I had identified the driver of the car was that he and his partner were the only 2 people in the whole restaurant wearing lsu gear, it was like I had just gotten punk'd.

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where in GA?

You should've curb stomped them.

Person- "What are you majoring in?"
Me- "Right now History, but i'm thinking of switching to Social Studies Education."
Person- "Why are you at a technical school?"
Me- "Because this technical school is better than ULL or ULM. And i picked it over LSU and Tulane."
Person- "Man LSU football..."

:icon_roll:

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where in GA?

You should've curb stomped them.

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In a town just south of Macon.

Well, my initial response was dejection, but before I could spend much time crafting a retaliatory response my cell phone went off and I spent the next 20 minutes trouble-shooting a work emergency. By then I didn't really care about the traitors.