Random Thought Thread

[mikedt]

Watching the opening ceremony live on CCTV. China certainly has a big team.

I watched the Beijing Olympics in the UK, the London Olympics in China, and the Rio Olympics in...

 

[zuben el genub]

Not allowed here. Prefer baseball.

 

[Dngrsone]

Not allowed here. Prefer women's beach volleyball.

FTFY

Actually, I prefer a book... I'm not much of a spectator: I'm much rather be in a wild area, stalking interesting critters or climbing rocks.

... or playing beach volleyball.

 

[mikedt]

China will win gold at Olympic baseball.

 

[Bg260]

Hey, where's the gloating thread? I searched.

 

[no one]

It's grown ino it's own site, it's called my giant inflated ego, or faceplace or something like that.

 

[Gmash]

I thought it was called Instagram.

 

[Dngrsone]

I need to patent a device that will cause my house to fall in on itself once my heart stops beating.
If it's good enough for Roderick Usher and Sauron, it's good enough for me.

 

[Bg260]

Very weird, because I just referenced this movie in the do not bump thread.

Sorry about the poor quality.

 

[Bg260]

China will win gold at Olympic baseball.

Not really sure how I feel about that. Baseball being the American past time and all.

 

[no one]

Not really sure how I feel about that. Baseball being the American past time and all.

We outsource everything, and I mean everything.

 

[AZgl1500]

I haven't bothered to watch it.
More interesting things here on our forums.

 

[no one]

Like how well, or how incredibly long I've lasted?

 

[Bg260]

So I figured out the hack, but it won't save. Maybe I need to be using Firefox.

 

[zuben el genub]

We outsource everything, and I mean everything.

A lot of the players are from Venezuela or the Dominican Republic

 

[zuben el genub]

Not really sure how I feel about that. Baseball being the American past time and all.

No, I'm watching the pros on the MLB network. I don't watch the olympics.

 

[Dngrsone]

I stopped watching the Olympics when they went to an every-other-year schedule.

 

[sleedeane]

..........

 

[no one]

The term "out of whack" where did it come from? Is anything ever "in" whack?

 

[Clementine_3]

Brains can be whacked in?

 

[basic 101 user]

I hear you.
Not quite the same thing, but if something can be disheveled, was there a time when it was sheveled to begin with?
I hold in high regard precision of language....That's why I spend so much of my time studying entomology.

 

[Dngrsone]

I hear you.
Not quite the same thing, but if something can be disheveled, was there a time when it was sheveled to begin with?
I hold in high regard precision of language....That's why I spend so much of my time studying etymology.

FTFY... Entomology is the study of insects; etymology is the study of words and word origins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomology
Yes, I am a pedant, in both modern and ancient usages of the word (though not OCD...).

 

[basic 101 user]

I meant to say "etymology", but hey, whatever....close enough.
I trusted you to get the joke, disirregardless.

Edit: Wondered how long it would take for someone to bite at that!
60 seconds......sweet!

 

[lunatic59]

Are you sure it just wasn't a bug?

 

[no one]

What does stinky have to do with this?