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Ok, so the town I am in just now has a reasonable mennonite population in the surrounding areas. Also as some of you know I am the recieving/warehouse manager for a retail store & I am in charge of deliveries coming into the store.
Today, a mennonite hooked his horse and buggy up to the railing beside the warehouse truck doors. I had to go searching through the store for the guy to move it so the truck could get in.
:lol: That is funny. If only it had happened in New York, then wow, I would have had tears rolling down my cheeks from laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
That's great. :lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
ok, so ya'll know how I think this is a podunk town, right? Well this afternoon I went to Target to get some school supplies. They really didn't have much and what they did have was pretty crappy (All I wanted for pete's sake was a binder, loose leaf paper, and notecards). I was driving home thinking what a crappy town I live in when I got pulled over by Barney Fife. I was pulled over because my yearly inspection sticker was expired. Which I realize is a valid reason to pull me over, but I was still cranky from the dismal shopping excursion. However, the officer (and I use the term loosy) made me get out of my car and stand infront of his where the camera could see me. He told me why he pulled me over and asked for the usual. I got all the paperwork for him and he went to his car to write the ticket I started to walk back to my car and he told me I had to stay infront of his car on camera. WTF??? you mean I'm suppossed to stand in the street infront of a police car? while the jack rabbit writes my ticket inside his car???
I was standing there like a jack *** so I waved to the camera and did a little dance, after that I started to get annoyed then really mad. I've gotten countless tickets in at least 5 states and never had I had to stand in front of the car like that. The officer me it was for his protection, what if i had a weapon in the car? However, after checking my license, registration, and insurance and finding everything in order and no criminal record whatsoever wouldn't it be a safe bet that I was not going to pull out a gun over a piddly inspection ticket??
I'm sure the officer wasn't to pleased with me since I was pretty much laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation, I was pretty close to calling him the p word.
Now back to the ticket - My inspection tag expired last august. It has to be renewed every year for $10. Heaven knows how much this ticket is going to cost and I have no good reason for not renewing it. Do I have a subconcsious need to interact with the police? But that can't be I just had the police out to work...hmmmm.
Papaya, I think you should try doing all of your driving in a push up and low cut shirt!
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Originally Posted by papayahed
Oh, that is hilarious. I'm going to have to agree with you on the P-bomb there - geezus! Special Officer Doofy on Patrol! Was his badge a yellow construction paper star?
Okay so i went away for the weekend with my friends to Dundalk. I spent a year and a half there in college and lived there on two other occasions with Archaeology, so it was a real nostalgia trip!
So get this right...its the end of the pub crawl and we went back to the hotel for last orders. I have a nasty habit called smoking, and on the two occasions i went out to the smoking area, i returned to my friends laughing. Why? Because as usual i attract the weirdos.
Smoke break no 1. Went out to smoking area and some guy comes over to me ands goes "Hello. I'm studying to be a psychiatrist and i'm focusing on people beween the ages of 15 and 20 who have problems. I reckon you probably have problems." My response in my head was 'wtf?', my response aloud was..."Well i'm sorry but i'm twenty six." He stared down at me shocked and went "you're twenty six?" i went "yes". He responded with "well then you definitely have problems" and walked off?????? I mean what the hell??? :lol:
Smoke break no.2. Went out to smoking area and there was this group of forty somethings laughing and joking. One of the blokes turns around to me and out of nowhere starts to tell me that one of the women doesnt smoke and that she is only outside to fart. He then started asking me if i fart??? Like hello!!!!! wtf! The to top it all off, one of his friends turns around to me and goes. "you're french arent ya?" I was like "no...i'm irish. I'm from dublin."
"really i though you were french." I asked her why she thought that (especially seeing as a dublin accent is a dead give away that i'm NOT french) and she told me i 'looked' french?:confused: The she went "But the bloke you are with inside, he french though isnt he?" I looked at her trying not to laugh and replied... "Eh no. He is also a dubliner." Lets just say i didnt go back to the smoking area after that! lol!:lol:
hmm...that's strange alright. But hey, on the upside, at least people were making communication. For that reason alone, I think I'll take up smoking. I bet it'll make me appear relaxed and...smokey, so to speak - a hazy mysteriousness, after I get over the initial coughing and fuming. - I'll practice in a far away field first. Yeah, I'll look like Mrs Robinson in the graduate, after you make the necessary changes.
It's a pity to see how, when people are so eager to break the ice, they can be so clumsy and even stumble onto an unintended insult. I suppose laughter is the best response, the only humane one, otherwise you'd be inflicting cigarette burns!
:lol: Well the "problems" guy had me in stitches when i went back inside. Seriously. If that was a chat up line it was the worst one i have ever heard. What did he expect me to tell him my problems so he could comfort me?
it's funny, you say: wtf? response in your head, and then, well i'm sorry, but i'm 26. lol - reminds me of the quote i've heard attributed to Freud, 'the moment between the impulse and the act, civilization is born' - though I don't think i've remembered that accurately.
Well i assumed he (being only about 21) thought i was somewhere in the 15-20 age group so i wanted to let him down. The Minute he heard what age i was and made his little comment he was gone. Alas! i was probably too old for him. ;)
:lol::lol::lol: Thanx for sharing those episodes, Niamh, that made my day :lol::lol:
But I think all these people were really very desperate to pay you a compliment for (a) looking as fabulous as normally only 20-year-olds can, and (b) being stylishly dressed, which in popular opinion the French are often credited with :).
My conclusion would be that obviously only weird people smoke ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Hey i know i'm weird. I'll admit that!Quote:
My conclusion would be that obviously only weird people smoke ;).
No not old to mature - it is all in the spin Niamh :lol:Quote:
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