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Offline Replicant

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« on: January 24, 2006, 01:41:53 PM »
This was doing the rounds at work and found a few rather amusing...

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be "meetings".

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want to share yours with you.

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

7. Never lick a steak knife.

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

11. There comes time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

13. A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter is not a nice person.

14. Your friends love you anyway.

15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

16. Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and its up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2006, 02:13:05 PM »
An oldie but a goodie.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

This is one of my pet peeves.  There's no reason for it in this day and age, and don't give me that nonsense about it saving energy.

13. A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter is not a nice person.

Very true.
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2006, 07:28:57 PM »
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2006, 01:36:36 AM »
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10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.


Heh I almost fell for this one last week. One of the female execs was quite young and attractive looking (for an exec) but she had a big belly. I ALMOST popped the question - untill I realized the huge mistake I could be making. :D
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2006, 03:51:19 AM »
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An oldie but a goodie.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
 


The one time I heard an explanation for that was in Japan (where they do not use DST) was "Cows would not understand".
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2006, 04:00:31 PM »
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The one time I heard an explanation for that was in Japan (where they do not use DST) was "Cows would not understand".



Great reason IMHO!!!!
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2006, 04:01:55 PM »
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15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
 





Were a lot stronger than we think we are. When you think you cant go on anymore, you got about 70% of your reserves left.
21 is only half the truth.