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Post by nautonnier on Jun 13, 2020 18:25:18 GMT
Paddle faster. I hear banjos. Wait... Row for your lives! I hear accordions!!! I'm hearing flutophones Not the dreaded triple-tonguing  |
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Post by Ratty on Jun 14, 2020 6:14:45 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jun 15, 2020 14:07:25 GMT
COVID-19 restrictions are being slowly relaxed in UK. You can visit family and friends but you must stay in your car....  |
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Post by nautonnier on Jun 17, 2020 17:38:47 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Jun 20, 2020 12:29:25 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 20, 2020 12:56:15 GMT
We here in Missouri have just lately come to the roundabout game ... unlike our English cousins who have been using roundabouts since the donkey was invented.  Now, since everyone is going the same direction at roundabouts ... which is the whole purpose after all ... just what the Hell kind of bloody indicators are we talking about?  |
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Post by Ratty on Jun 20, 2020 13:08:34 GMT
We here in Missouri have just lately come to the roundabout game ... unlike our English cousins who have been using roundabouts since the donkey was invented. Now, since everyone is going the same direction at roundabouts ... which is the whole purpose after all ... just what the Hell kind of bloody indicators are we talking about? ... someone not indicating on leaving while I am waiting to enter is my bugbear.  |
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Post by gridley on Jun 20, 2020 13:35:42 GMT
We here in Missouri have just lately come to the roundabout game ... unlike our English cousins who have been using roundabouts since the donkey was invented. Now, since everyone is going the same direction at roundabouts ... which is the whole purpose after all ... just what the Hell kind of bloody indicators are we talking about? ... someone not indicating on leaving while I am waiting to enter is my bugbear. Don't ever drive in the south of England. 99% of the people don't signal that they're leaving. And they put roudabouts on the equivalent of interstates. Multi-lane roundabouts. With no dividing lines in places. While you're alongside a lorry. 8-( |
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 20, 2020 15:28:57 GMT
We here in Missouri have just lately come to the roundabout game ... unlike our English cousins who have been using roundabouts since the donkey was invented. Now, since everyone is going the same direction at roundabouts ... which is the whole purpose after all ... just what the Hell kind of bloody indicators are we talking about? ... someone not indicating on leaving while I am waiting to enter is my bugbear. You never drove in Saudi Arabia.  And may the Devil take the hindmost! |
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Post by nautonnier on Jun 20, 2020 16:22:55 GMT
... someone not indicating on leaving while I am waiting to enter is my bugbear. You never drove in Saudi Arabia. And may the Devil take the hindmost! I lived in both Germany and Belgium and drove all over Europe. Nobody in Europe with the possible exception of the Germans would understand a "4 way stop". The Belgians anyway would treat it as a 4 way GO. In Germany giving priority to the right means that German drivers will go through a cross roads at 80Kph only looking right. The Netherlands made their new use of roundabouts exciting by not having common rules on right of way in some roundabouts vehicles entering had the priority (priority to the right) in other roundabouts traffic on the roundabout had priority. That made for some excitement. |
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 20, 2020 16:46:56 GMT
You never drove in Saudi Arabia. And may the Devil take the hindmost! I lived in both Germany and Belgium and drove all over Europe. Nobody in Europe with the possible exception of the Germans would understand a "4 way stop". The Belgians anyway would treat it as a 4 way GO. In Germany giving priority to the right means that German drivers will go through a cross roads at 80Kph only looking right. The Netherlands made their new use of roundabouts exciting by not having common rules on right of way in some roundabouts vehicles entering had the priority (priority to the right) in other roundabouts traffic on the roundabout had priority. That made for some excitement. Roundabout has the right of way (or yield to the left) makes sense for most Americans. In the Magic Kingdom, biggest vehicle or balls has the right of way (Allah akbar banzai). All two-way roads can become one-way with no notice. We were told ... 1) If you hit a Saudi, you are at fault. 2) If you hit a Pakistani, the Pakistani is at fault. 3) If you hit a Bangladeshi, go to the police station and collect your reward. |
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Post by Ratty on Jun 22, 2020 1:49:38 GMT
The Final Exam
At Wollongong University, there were four students taking chemistry and all of them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go to Sydney and visit some friends and have a big party. They had a great time but, after all the partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to the Uni until late Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they would explain to their professor why they missed it.
They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tyre and found there was no spare in the car. As a result, they missed the final. The Professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam. The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought!
Each one in separate rooms thought this was going to be easy ... then they turned the page. On the second page was written ... For 95 points: Which tyre went flat?
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Post by Ratty on Jun 22, 2020 4:02:19 GMT
In these troubled times, a small dose of humour:
I lived in a houseboat for a while, and started seeing the girl next door.
Eventually we drifted apart.
My boyfriend tried to make me have sex on the hood of his Honda Civic.
I refused. If I'm going to have sex, it is going to be on my own Accord.
A man tried to sell me a coffin today.
I told him, that's the last thing I need.
The neighborhood barber just got arrested for selling drugs.
We had been his customers for 8 years. We had no idea he was a barber.
100 years ago everyone had a horse and only the rich had cars. Nowadays everyone has a car and only the rich have horses.
Oh how the stables have turned.
My boyfriend was dying. I was by his bedside when he said something with a weak voice, "There's something I must confess."
"Shhh" I said "There's nothing to confess. Everything is alright."
"No, I must die in peace" he said, "I had sex with your sister, your best friend and your co-worker."
"I know" I whispered, "That's why I poisoned you... Now close your eyes."
Did you hear about McDonald's trying to get into the high end steakhouse market?
It was a Big McSteak.
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 22, 2020 7:11:18 GMT
My boyfriend was dying. I was by his bedside when he said something with a weak voice, "There's something I must confess." "Shhh" I said "There's nothing to confess. Everything is alright." "No, I must die in peace" he said, "I had sex with your sister, your best friend and your co-worker." "I know" I whispered, "That's why I poisoned you... Now close your eyes." And now she's Governor of Michigan. |
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Post by nautonnier on Jun 23, 2020 17:47:14 GMT
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Now, since everyone is going the same direction at roundabouts ... which is the whole purpose after all ... just what the Hell kind of bloody indicators are we talking about? 
And may the Devil take the hindmost!