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Feckless Nitwits
#16858 08/06/11 12:00 PM
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For a change of pace ...

I'm working up a riff about stupid, inconsiderate people and their behaviors (along the lines of "You might be a redneck if ...").

Any peeves or suggestions would be gratefully received and thoughtfully considered.

Here's a start:

You know you're a feckless nitwit (or thoughtless numbskull or mindless a-hole or dim-witted douchebag) if ...

... you're 20-something and have a big truck for no good reason.

... you have a cellphone/iPod/iPad and no money.

... your only 'life' is on Facebook.

... you park in a disabled space and aren't.

... you take up two metered parking spaces and only pay for one.

... your RV is bigger than your primary residence.

... you have cable and/or broadband and can't feed your kids.

... your car's stereo system cost more than the car.

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grelber #16859 08/06/11 04:37 PM
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.. you're 20-something and have a big truck for no good reason.

I saw a bumper sticker that explains this one:

"nice truck. sorry about the small penis."

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grelber #16860 08/06/11 09:10 PM
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Sounds like you had a rough day in a parking lot somewhere!

If....

.... you're a civilian of any age and have a Hummer for any reason
.... you slow down to 3 mph at speed bumps in your 3 ton Chevy Suburban
.... you stop at the yellow light I was going to run (not original, but I sure coulda said it)
.... you think the checkout line with 10 people pushing overstuffed shopping carts is going to be slower than the line with one woman holding coupons
.... you're the woman in front of me who pulls out her coupons at the last second and hasn't checked the use-by dates on any of them
.... you're standing in front of me in any line for anything


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grelber #16862 08/06/11 11:24 PM
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.... you don't want to spring for a babysitter, so you drag your kids along to see Apocalypse Now.

.... you show up for dinner at my house 15 minutes early. And then ask how you can help, when I obviously had to throw on a robe to answer the door.

.... I offer you a choice of ice tea, orange juice or soda and you make me choose for you.

.... you cheerfully insist on cleaning up after dinner when I've told you I'd rather you didn't.

.... you don't let me know you're a vegetarian and then assure me that eating the rice without my fabulous stir-fry won't bother you a bit.

.... there is no pun too mundane for you to make. You take groaning as a sign of encouragement.

.... you hesitate over a joke which might be inappropriate, and then let someone persuade you to tell it.

.... you tell lawyer jokes to lawyers, because they'll really appreciate the humor.

.... you think the bride and groom actually enjoy reliving their most embarrassing moments in rehearsal dinner toasts.

.... you've been invited for the weekend and you show up with your dog. Who hates cats. And has fleas. And is almost house-broken.

I can stop anytime!

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JM Hanes #16863 08/06/11 11:51 PM
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I can stop anytime!

Oh, no, please don't! My cringe muscles are long overdue for a workout. grin tongue


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JM Hanes #16875 08/07/11 05:06 PM
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In the word of Monty Burns: Excellent.

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grelber #16887 08/08/11 05:35 AM
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...you get to the front of the line at the exact-change toll booth and don't have the exact change.

...you invite an observant Jew over for dinner and prepare shrimp jambalaya with chorizos.


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JM Hanes #16888 08/08/11 06:01 AM
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> .... you're standing in front of me in any line for anything

I particularly like that one! grin


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alternaut #16895 08/08/11 09:22 PM
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Oh, no, please don't!


Well, then! smile

.... you start any sentence with, "I probably shouldn't say this, but....."

.... you don't know that "cutting tax expenditures" is a euphemism for tax hikes.

.... you're an atheist who demands proof of God's existence from believers. Extra feckless credit for anyone who thinks that argument is ever won or lost.

.... someone doesn't grasp the point you think you're making, and you accuse them of willful misconstruction -- or stupidity.

.... you buy the first version of anything Apple produces.

.... you spend a lot of time at the gym now, in order to extend the amount of time you'll spend in the nursing home later.

.... you sit around thinking up things that make other people feckless idiots instead of doing the knee exercises your doctor prescribed.

So many oxen to gore, so little time!

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JM Hanes #16901 08/09/11 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted By: JM Hanes


.... you start any sentence with, "I probably shouldn't say this, but....."



You start a sentence with, "Not to put too fine a point on it, but..."


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JM Hanes #16932 08/10/11 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted By: JM Hanes
.... you're an atheist who demands proof of God's existence from believers. Extra feckless credit for anyone who thinks that argument is ever won or lost.


That one seems perfectly reasonable to me. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof; if someone says "The world was created by a giant red-winged moth with purple spots and a fez," then it seems okay to say "Really? How do you know?"

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tacit #16948 08/11/11 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: tacit
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof; if someone says "The world was created by a giant red-winged moth with purple spots and a fez," then it seems okay to say "Really? How do you know?"


Because the moth told me so.


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Virtual1 #16949 08/11/11 05:48 PM
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Me too! And (s)he was sooo biutiful! tongue

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Virtual1 #16951 08/11/11 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted By: Virtual1
Because the moth told me so.


But do you have the tag from the inside of the fez as proof? smile

One of my sweeties and I joke that the universe was actually made by a gigantic invisible purple dragon, and we can prove that it is true. We have scientific, empirical proof that the dragon is invisible, because we can't see her. We have faith that she is purple. We have personal revelation that she's female. Thus, science, faith, and revelation have all worked together to prove the invisible purple dragon!


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tacit #16954 08/11/11 08:17 PM
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Hotcha!!
I could almost buy into that, but given my generally bizarre proclivities .... tongue

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JM Hanes #16985 08/12/11 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted By: JM Hanes
you show up for dinner at my house 15 minutes early. And then ask how you can help, when I obviously had to throw on a robe to answer the door.
...

I can stop anytime!


please, stop, cooking in the nude. you're going to burn something. and I'm going to lose my appetite.


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