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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Apache on July 26, 2002, 12:02:36 PM
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...drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
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Oh man...that is DEEEEP.:confused:
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How can a person take a "clean shower"?
Masher
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Why do people expect you to yeild when they are merging onto the freeway?
(Answer: California plates)
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If I remember the entimology right -
A 'parkway' was originally designated for roads that went through parks. A 'driveway' was used originally to designate the road that led up to a house (presumably an estate or ranch house).
It is only recently that 'driveways' were so short and used to park cars that it started to sound funny.
-sudz
PS Did the prompting for the question come from here? Modern Humorist (http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0207/faq_comedy/)
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PS Did the prompting for the question come from here? Modern Humorist
Actually no. It came from Swoop translating motorway to freeway for us Yanks in another post.
In addition, I thought if this thread kept going, I would spend more time reading this instead of trying to find more pictures of Tonya from BB3.
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When they ship styrofoam..what do they pack it in?
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Originally posted by Curval
When they ship styrofoam..what do they pack it in?
Ships. (Slaps Curval) :D
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Ships. (Slaps Curval) :D
Okay...for Ripsnort's benefit.
When styrofoam is air-freighted what is it packed in?:p
and don't say airplanes!
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Why do people expect you to yeild when they are merging onto the freeway?
(Answer: California plates)
Yes, in California we use the Ski model for freeway merging. When you have traffic like LA it's the only thing you can do. Here's how it works:
I hit the gas, and get up to speed (speed being the maximum achievable speed within the length of the onramp. As I approach the freeway, everything in front of me is my responsability. Everything behind me is someone elses responsability.
And believe me, the reciprical is true as well:
Why do people feel that you should be forced onto the shoulder during a freeway merge?
(answer: Tourist)
While I like the LA method of freeway merging (keeps you from shoulder checking on entry, and with all the sudden starts and stops in LA this is a good thing), when in Rome do as the Romans. It's been real hard to learn how to disregard lane markings, yellow lines and stoplights. But I'm driving more and more like a Eastie every day :)
-Sikboy
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Oh, and we don't drive on driveways because we'd run into the garage.
-Sikboy
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Originally posted by Apache
Actually no. It came from Swoop translating motorway to freeway for us Yanks in another post.
In addition, I thought if this thread kept going, I would spend more time reading this instead of trying to find more pictures of Tonya from BB3.
whew thought for a second you had been in the evidence storage room :D
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Originally posted by Sikboy
Yes, in California we use the Ski model for freeway merging. When you have traffic like LA it's the only thing you can do. Here's how it works:
I hit the gas, and get up to speed (speed being the maximum achievable speed within the length of the onramp. As I approach the freeway, everything in front of me is my responsability. Everything behind me is someone elses responsability.
And believe me, the reciprical is true as well:
Why do people feel that you should be forced onto the shoulder during a freeway merge?
(answer: Tourist)
While I like the LA method of freeway merging (keeps you from shoulder checking on entry, and with all the sudden starts and stops in LA this is a good thing), when in Rome do as the Romans. It's been real hard to learn how to disregard lane markings, yellow lines and stoplights. But I'm driving more and more like a Eastie every day :)
-Sikboy
Yeck! Tourists. Here in the golf capital, we call 'em tourons.
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Originally posted by Udie
whew thought for a second you had been in the evidence storage room :D
lol, I don't have to today. They are painting the jail this week. Man! We got folks beggin' to be arrested. :D
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Originally posted by Curval
Okay...for Ripsnort's benefit.
When styrofoam is air-freighted what is it packed in?:p
and don't say airplanes!
Air freight containers! (Slaps Curval again, AND steals his beer)
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So you are one of "those" guys Sikboy?
:)
When I was in Toronto I used to hate guys who would race up the on-ramp and simply assume those people on the highway should allow them in. On one occassion I had a guy in a Benz try to cut in on me....but I was driving a 1976 Chevy Malibu with huge dents in the sides...he gave way eventually, but as we were jammed up tight on the highway he decided to try and take it one step further. He got out of his car and headed for me...I waved him to come on. Just before he reached me there was a break in traffic. Everyone in the vicinity leaned on their horns hard! I've never seen a guy in a suit move so fast, as he suddenly found himself in the middle of a highway on foot.
The sheer joy that memory brings me! Thanks Sikboy;)
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Air freight containers! (Slaps Curval again, AND steals his beer)
DOH!
Okay...you win.:(
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Originally posted by Curval
DOH!
Okay...you win.:(
LOL! Just getting "mentally prepared" for the Con! :)
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The 'driveway/parkway' bit was from Gallagher in the 80's.
He also had some of my other favorites in the same show.
Why is there a 'permanent press' setting on an iron?
Why do you have a hot water heater? You don't need to heat hot water.
Why do women wear a pair of panties but only 1 bra?
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Originally posted by Apache
lol, I don't have to today. They are painting the jail this week. Man! We got folks beggin' to be arrested. :D
lol!
mmmmmmmmm glue! j/k!!!!!! :D
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Originally posted by capt. apathy
Why do women wear a pair of panties but only 1 bra?
heh, while the wife was bent over the other day, I happened to be looking down thru her blouse, I asked "Why do you bother wearing a bra?"
Her reply was "The same reason you wear briefs".
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ewwww briefs
too much information
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"Why can't they make the airplanes out of the black box material, it survives a crash?"
Masher
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
"Why can't they make the airplanes out of the black box material, it survives a crash?"
Masher
That ones easy. Metal can withstand high G crashes with no internal organ damage. People cannot. :D
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I never mentioned humans. :D :D
Masher
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
heh, while the wife was bent over the other day, I happened to be looking down thru her blouse, I asked "Why do you bother wearing a bra?"
Her reply was "The same reason you wear briefs".
Gives ya something to support the padding, huh, Rip ? :)
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Why is it "ladies" golf and "womens" tennis?
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Why is it "ladies" golf and "womens" tennis?
On that note, why is it okay that ladies can (thru legal manipulation) join Men Only clubs, but when Men try to join a "Ladies Only" club, it gets tossed out of court?
:p
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Assuming that is true Rip, there is an actual legal term called "Normal Woman" or something like that, used in harrassment cases. The courts have actually recognized that a normal female will react differently than a male in certain circumstances (one of you lawyer types might want to clarify my meager memory). One can only assume that some womens only clubs are necessarily segregated for the same reason.
Just a guess, cause I don't think this actually happens.
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there is an actual legal term called "Normal Woman" or something like that, used in harrassment cases. The courts have actually recognized that a normal female will react differently than a male in certain circumstances
Kinda odd, how can they use an argument like that to support legal action that is based on the premise that we are equal and therefore they should have equal access?
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I was wrong, the term is "reasonable woman" and the explanation goes like this:
The reasonableness is evaluated by a standard that is the same as a person in the victim's circumstances. For example, what a reasonable woman might think is a hostile environment is not necessarily the same as what a man might think is a hostile environment. If it's a woman who was harassed, it's the woman's point of view that counts.
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Nice interpretation of the law. However the law has a fundamental flaw. In order for it to be defendable, one must first find a "Reasonable Woman"
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why are they called apartments when they are so close together.
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why is it a pair of panties? they only hold one.....nevemind... :D
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
On that note, why is it okay that ladies can (thru legal manipulation) join Men Only clubs, but when Men try to join a "Ladies Only" club, it gets tossed out of court?
:p
Oh really Rip? Please, name one private organization which DOESN'T ACCEPT GOVERNMENT BENEFIT who has been "forced" to admit members of color OR gender. Certainly not Augusta, site of the US Open. In fact the President of the Augusta National Golf Course, Hootie whatever-his-name-is, recently issued a statement reaffirming the rights of a private club to restrict membership based upon whatever criteria they wish, which is as it should be. I think you mean organizations which are public rather than private must follow the anti-discrimination laws currently in effect in America today. I'm sorry you feel this is so unfair.
:rolleyes:
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Isn't the term Adult Language seen at the start of an R-rated movie an oxymoron?
Puzzled, Shuckins:confused: