Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: 1gear on 12 January, 2011, 08:56:52 pm
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Got from another forum, check it out. Made me chuckle.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/96-jeep-cherokee-need-opinions-1149721/ (http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/96-jeep-cherokee-need-opinions-1149721/)
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Brilliant!
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Not exactly the reply that she hoped would come, but it is brilliant ;D ;D
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They're assuming it's a girl posting. What a wanker.
S'pose it's a bit like someone posting on here asking how to break her husband of his Sturmey Archer fixation. "I wear my sexiest underwear but all he wants to talk about is internal planetary gears."
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Poor Mrs Rogerzilla :'(
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Wot Deano said.
In my experience, when you think you are in too deep to back out, that's the time you need to cut your losses.
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Hello? Is there a sence of any humour here?
So what it was thought the OP was a woman. Can you not just see the post as abit of a joke?
Do you not have a sence of humour, or do you just look too deep into everything? Deeper then you need to go?
But actually, just take offence.
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1gear, maybe you need to grow up a little.
I didn't take offense, I just think that the guy posting the very long rant needs to chill a bit and not be so rude.
Think on, the OP described the bf dropping nearly 6k on a vehicle that was still non-functional. That's a heck of a lot of money. No wonder they were worried.
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And how much have you, and others spent on bikes? How much have you spent on A bike, or bikes?
I bet you have spent quite abit. I know I've spent a vast amount on bikes.
He decides to spend his money on something with 4 wheels. He must have the money, or like the car or he wouldn't do it.
You spend money on bikes because you enjoy them and you can afford to.
Different people like different things.
I might need to grow up, but you could do with lightening up a little and seeing people will spend a lot of money on whatever they want, which is their choice. I don't think they would comment on you spending a grand or more on a bicycle, or bicycles.
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I didn't take offense, I just think that the guy posting the very long rant needs to chill a bit and not be so rude.
His reply seemed pretty tongue-in-cheek to me. And almost funny. Didn't seem like he intended any malice.
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Exactly, it wasn't put with any hurt intended I don't think.
Yet again I need to grow up, sorry, but if growing up is anything like your painting the picture of, I shall stay as I am!
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I don't think it was malicious - but I think they could have shown more appreciation towards the fact that s/he is just not getting it.
The reply smacked of "stupid-woman-doesn't-understand-jeeps". A more nuanced reply wouldn't have been as funny, but would have probably helped. Hell, I know FA about jeeps, and I don't think my life would be enhanced by increasing my knowledge in that area.
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That was excellent! Incidentally I just get anyone saying the guy isn't anything but a comedic genius (did someone here have a sense of humour bypass?).
Really that was the best reply ever! Yes. Let's hope he never gets into bikes or he might put one or two of us in our place the next time we ask what gear ratio to ride the South Downs!
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And how much have you, and others spent on bikes? How much have you spent on A bike, or bikes?
That's different, bikes are important! ;D
In all seriousness, the boyfriend had sunk $6k into a vehicle that still doesn't run, and may not ever provide dependable use of any kind. It's important to let your boyfriend/girlfriend follow their passion, but the boyfriend seems to be shoveling cash into a money pit at this point, and the girlfriend may have good reason to be concerned.
The reply was funny, but the bits about making his meals, etc., etc. were a little over the top. Would the boyfriend do the same for her?
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I'm not an engineer, but ... oh hang on a minute, yes I flippin am.
If someone is going to go on THAT forum with THOSE complaints, they should think themselves damn lucky that the first reply wasn't a simple 'Sod Off', but a great answer to all those ... those ...
Look, I'm as open minded as anyone in the Navy can be. I read the Guardian and I'm aware that PC is a way of being polite to people we'd previously have made the butt of our jokes. That said, the OP on that forum is a prize fanny (M or F) and needs to zip up their man suit and realise that some things are as alien to them as the precise arrangement of cushions on the sofa is to blokes (whether M or F)
And if the reply was funny in places, but OTT in others, isn't it possible that the writer is at least as clever as you and employing hyperbole and irony to make a point byond his actual target?
Because that never happens here ...
And the very idea of Mrs PB in a pair of overalls, with her hair in a ponytail, smacking a wedge with a hammer and greasy marks on nher from manual labour ... I may have to go and lie down in a darked room for a bit.
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Hello? Is there a sence of any humour here?
Don't let the forum Humour Police patronise you, 1gear. There's no shortage of po-faced sanctimonious people on this forum ready to try and take the moral high ground....even when their shallowness means they totally miss the subtlety.
The Jeep forum reply was so obviously massively over the top that it was clearly tongue-in-cheek.
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I can seem humour - but the OP was clearly upset and asking for advice. What was dished out was a pile of unhelpful criticism, albeit tongue in cheek.
1gear, I'm one of the people who only spend on bikes when necessary, and use a lot of 2nd-hand bits and pieces. Sorry to let you down, but your trying to get me to own up to spending unnecessarily won't work, because I don't. Too many responsibilities and bills for that.
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Well I'm pleased for you.
What an interesting person you are.
Persdnally(and I'm not sure if you know this) I and other people are quite happy spending money on cars, bikes and whatever else they like.
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Persdnally(and I'm not sure if you know this) I and other people are quite happy spending money on cars, bikes and whatever else they like.
That's because you are a kid, and don't yet have those things called 'responsibilities'; ie, other people to think of.
Enjoy yourself now, make the most of it.
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I lie, partly. I spend pretty much what I like on booze. Until I can't afford it. Good thing there's so much left over after xmas.
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So does the YACF POTD actually have to be from YACF?
;D
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Problem is, even after all that, the very best you can hope for is a Jeep Cherokee.
Bummer.
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yeah.
Now, if it had been a landrover . . . . (thinks of the rusty heap he currently has sitting in a field).
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Firstly, don't call me a kid.
Secondly, I don't drink alcohol. I don't piss my money into a toilet.
I see you waste your money on something you piss down the toilet, I waste my money on something that lasts abit longer.
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Jesus, 1gear, lighten up. Don't you have a sence of humour?
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Problem is, even after all that, the very best you can hope for is a Jeep Cherokee.
Bummer.
See, now that is POTD worthy ;D
The original post on that forum missed my sense of humour.
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Nope I don't have a sence of humour. I'm boring :(
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No comments were directed at 1gear until he started the kicking contest.
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Firstly, don't call me a kid.
Secondly, I don't drink alcohol. I don't piss my money into a toilet.
I see you waste your money on something you piss down the toilet, I waste my money on something that lasts abit longer.
Sorry, but from our aged perspective, you're a kid. Don't worry, you grow out of it, and then you spend all your time scoffing at the youth of today yourself. We all get a turn at it.
With regard to the post above about "Would the boyfriend do the same for her, making meals etc?"..
My boyrfriend sent me that link the other day, saying he reckoned I was already the kind of girl who'd muck in and support, and that made him very lucky. He also pointed out that he'd do the same back. That's the important bit. I hate it when I see people posting about how their other half doesn't let them do stuff, I end up wondering why some couples are still together when they appear to be unable to give and take - and that works both ways.
Yeah, I thought the post was funny myself, if a little on the edge of rude- bearing in mind that the OP was new and apparently genuinely seeking advice. Maybe it was the sor tof thing better saved for rough and tumble debate between people who know each other. But it did miss the vital insight that it's a two way process.
Also, if it's his money he's pouring into it, fair enough. In the situation of a couple living together, with a budget and kids etc, or if the guy was getting into debt, then there does come a time when priorities need to be considered.
By the way, just asking, but how DO you screw someone's ears off?
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Persdnally(and I'm not sure if you know this) I and other people are quite happy spending money on cars, bikes and whatever else they like.
That's because you are a kid, and don't yet have those things called 'responsibilities'; ie, other people to think of.
Enjoy yourself now, make the most of it.
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I lie, partly. I spend pretty much what I like on booze. Until I can't afford it. Good thing there's so much left over after xmas.
We were all young once, lighten up .
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Nope I don't have a sence of humour. I'm boring :(
Evidently not - my response was entirely tongue-in-cheek! ;D
(I hate having to explain my own jokes...)
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Persdnally(and I'm not sure if you know this) I and other people are quite happy spending money on cars, bikes and whatever else they like.
That's because you are a kid, and don't yet have those things called 'responsibilities'; ie, other people to think of.
Enjoy yourself now, make the most of it.
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I lie, partly. I spend pretty much what I like on booze. Until I can't afford it. Good thing there's so much left over after xmas.
We were all young once, lighten up .
I'd just like to point out that I didn't 'have a go' at 1gear until after he posted this to me:
Hello? Is there a sence of any humour here?
So what it was thought the OP was a woman. Can you not just see the post as abit of a joke?
Do you not have a sence of humour, or do you just look too deep into everything? Deeper then you need to go?
But actually, just take offence.
I can call 1gear a kid because I have children 10 years older than him. Or maybe just because it's a semi-affectionate way of addressing someone younger (or acting younger) than myself.
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Sence of Humour? A sence of spelling would be a good start.
On the subject of the reply....LIGHTEN UP everyone. It's just a humorous reply.
A question like that deseves a humorous reply.
If you seek answers to personal relationship problems on a globally accessible forum then you need a wake-up call like that.
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I can call 1gear a kid because I have children 10 years older than him. Or maybe just because it's a semi-affectionate way of addressing someone younger (or acting younger) than myself.
<newsflash for grandads>
Calling a teenager a 'kid' is likely to be perceived as patronising or insulting. It may not be the best way to enhance a discussion. Even if "he started it".
</newsflash>
I thought it was funny, if OTT. More to the point, since there was no information provided about the actual problem, there was bugger all else for anybody knowledgeable about jeeps to say.
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By the way, just asking, but how DO you screw someone's ears off?
I think bobb knows.
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the left lobe has O.H.T.
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I can call 1gear a kid because I have children 10 years older than him. Or maybe just because it's a semi-affectionate way of addressing someone younger (or acting younger) than myself.
<newsflash for grandads>
Calling a teenager a 'kid' is likely to be perceived as patronising or insulting. It may not be the best way to enhance a discussion. Even if "he started it".
</newsflash>
Oi! Who are you calling grandad? :P
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;D
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I'm with Lee on this one.
The main points are:
1. Can anyone seriously not spell sense?
2. The reply was very funny and thanks to 1gear for linking to it. It's one of the very few posts I have shown my wife, and she was in hysterics (well ok she was laughing).
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By the way, just asking, but how DO you screw someone's ears off?
Good question. Prosthetic ears tend to have a snap-fit coupling.
FWIW, I thought the post was funny, and sufficiently OTT to be reasonably certain that the intent was humorous. At the end of the day, if you're going to venture onto the internet without wielding Hanlon's Razor, you deserve what you get.
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I suppose if they didn't, then they'd need to be left/right threaded, like bottom brackets.
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I suppose if they didn't, then they'd need to be left/right threaded, like bottom brackets.
Only if your ears need to rotate like cranks. I suspect most people don't have that need....
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Indeed, the snap couplings are held on by standard right-hand threaded fiddly torx head bolts, if the ones on barakta (for
sound processors hearing aids, not ears) are anything to go by. Impressively they don't tend to work loose, unless they're poorly fitted in the first place or you're in the habit of playing rugball or something. It's all rather clever, really.
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FWIW, I thought the post was funny, and sufficiently OTT to be reasonably certain that the intent was humorous. At the end of the day, if you're going to venture onto the internet without wielding Hanlon's Razor, hair swept back in a pony tail, you deserve what you get.
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The Jeep forum reply was so obviously massively over the top that it was clearly tongue-in-cheek.
Butbutbut, the Jeep forum is clearly USAnian, where they don't have irony...
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The Jeep forum reply was so obviously massively over the top that it was clearly tongue-in-cheek.
Butbutbut, the Jeep forum is clearly USAnian, where they don't have irony...
I am sure you can import irony unlike smelly cheese.
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Or Kinder eggs...
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By the way, just asking, but how DO you screw someone's ears off?
Good question. Prosthetic ears tend to have a snap-fit coupling.
FWIW, I thought the post was funny, and sufficiently OTT to be reasonably certain that the intent was humorous. At the end of the day, if you're going to venture onto the internet without wielding Hanlon's Razor, you deserve what you get.
I think it fell flat for me because I actually have the misfortune of having to deal with someone who *actually* thinks like that.
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Yeahbut somewhere in the blogosphere will be an equally over-the-top, polarised and stereotypical rant by a woman about how her husband never does anything except fix his jeep, never buys her flowers, doesn't clean up after himself, takes her for granted, never listens to what she says, pisses on the toilet seat which never gets put back down again when he does remember to lift it yadda yadda, and that would be funny too.
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Yeahbut somewhere in the blogosphere will be an equally over-the-top, polarised and stereotypical rant by a woman about how her husband never does anything except fix his jeep, never buys her flowers, doesn't clean up after himself, takes her for granted, never listens to what she says, pisses on the toilet seat which never gets put back down again when he does remember to lift it yadda yadda, and that would be funny too.
It probably would ;D
That's the thing about humour, so bloody unpredictable!
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I'm with Lee on this one.
The main points are:
1. Can anyone seriously not spell sense?
2. The reply was very funny and thanks to 1gear for linking to it. It's one of the very few posts I have shown my wife, and she was in hysterics (well ok she was laughing).
Why all this fuss about no scents of humour?
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Yebbut, where does the fox fit into all this?
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Yebbut, where does the fox fit into all this?
Somewhere in front of the baying masses!
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Yebbut, where does the fox fit into all this?
Somewhere in front of the baying masses!
I think it may have gone to ground