Silly pics...what'cha got??....maybe NSFW

[Unagi]

I don't get the black line. Or is that not supposed to be there?

Mouse slip in photoshop?

I think it's the vague, hard-to-explain line that needs to be crossed in order for a movie to get a PG13 rating.

That'd be my guess, or something similar. I'd presume that whoever did the photoshop (it wasn't me) had enough skill that it wouldn't be there unintentionally.

That's weird. The original image didn't have anything there. It was simply a bat, an axe, and a gun with the hands in the same place.

At first, I thought it might have been a tie on the one guy. But it's not a tie. perhaps Notatie == Nudity.

So we have: Sax, Vilonins, and Not-a-tie

[Blackhawk]

I just got this text from Michelle:

[hepcat]

Obviously a time traveler from a distant future where this kind of technology is common place.

[dbt1949]

Ditto

[McNutt]

He's come to warn us about a future shortage of wheels. We must act now.

[Blackhawk]

[Blackhawk]

I just got this text from Michelle:

Shortly after I did some speed-research. It turns out that it is an electric skateboard with a chair strapped to it - and electric skateboards/hoverboards are allowed. I was able to pass that on to her before they nailed the guy for nothing.

[Blackhawk]

Also, I now want a hoverchair.

[Daehawk]

WTH? That is neat.I need to look into that.

[Unagi]

Also, I now want a hoverchair.

Omg me too.

I sent the video to my buddy that may be able to convince me that the two of us should do it.

[YellowKing]

My kids saved up and bought an attachment for their hoverboard that essentially turns it into a Go-Kart. It's just a frame with footrests, handles, and a front wheel. The hoverboard simply straps to it and acts as the rear wheel drive.

It is cool (and fast) as hell. It really makes me wish I was a kid again, but there's no way I'm getting on that and winding up in the emergency room.

[Kraken]

[Daehawk]

[Kraken]

[coopasonic]

The poisonous vs venomous thing I have more or less given up on with my family, but the follow-on discussion is fun.

On the other hand, the usage of good vs well and how many vs how much are fights I can never give up on.

[McNutt]

My kids are now trained on good vs. well. It even bothers them to hear someone say "I did good on my test."
Now if I could get my 10-year-old to stop saying "Me and William were playing football today. . ."

[Unagi]

and how many vs how much ...

I'm not familiar with this one. In what way do people use that wrong?
Are people saying "How many money does this cost?" and/or "How much kids were at the party?"

[McNutt]

My absolute favorite, and one that I can't love any more, is when someone responds to a questions with "who?"

Examples:

"Have you ever had their chicken salad sandwhich?"
"The who?"

"I'd love to get an automatic sprinkler system."
"An auto who?"

[Isgrimnur]

Who to the what, now?

[Jaymon]

I have become really forgiving of language , and possibly sloppy. Most of my workmates speak english as a second or third language. My first wife learned english late in life. Raised my daughter to be dual language out of the box. My name starts with a hard J, which doesn't even exist for many folks, and my last name is basically unpronounceable outside of Germany. So basically any communication thats close enough is good for me. I'll answer to every variation of my name. And unless its actually critical, you could look at me, call me by a teammates name, and I'll still answer, Sometimes when I get typing too fast, I will accidently capitalize all the nouns or add gender, this usually happens when I am working with european folks.

And sometimes, this is really weird, sometimes I have to translate between two people who are both speaking english but they cannot understand each other due to the strength of their accents.

[coopasonic]

and how many vs how much ...

I'm not familiar with this one. In what way do people use that wrong?
Are people saying "How many money does this cost?" and/or "How much kids were at the party?"

Yes. My 12yo is probably getting it wrong just to mess with me now. More the latter than the former.

[McNutt]

My kids will occasionally throw in a "but it do" and laugh.

[LordMortis]

My absolute favorite, and one that I can't love any more, is when someone responds to a questions with "who?"

Examples:

"Have you ever had their chicken salad sandwhich?"
"The who?"

"I'd love to get an automatic sprinkler system."
"An auto who?"

Stepped in what?
Slept with who?

Are people saying "How many money does this cost?"

Oh yeah, but not so seriously.


For me it's all either fun or fascinating. But the one that gets me is "don't". Everything is fun and games until I here "She don't know what's going on."

[McNutt]

I had a girlfriend who would say about her dog in her thickest Southern accent, "her don't know no better."

Top that shit.

[coopasonic]

Most confused moment for me was in SC when a coworker said "I got pulled s'mornin'"

[Unagi]

Most confused moment for me was in SC when a coworker said "I got pulled s'mornin'"

I'd assume they meant their spouse gave em a quick hand-job before work.


Unless I knew they had a late-night slow-cooking some pork.

[ImLawBoy]

Most confused moment for me was in SC when a coworker said "I got pulled s'mornin'"

I'd assume they meant their spouse gave em a quick hand-job before work.

My thought exactly!

[coopasonic]

Most confused moment for me was in SC when a coworker said "I got pulled s'mornin'"

I'd assume they meant their spouse gave em a quick hand-job before work.

My thought exactly!

The reaction of other people in the area indicated it was a bad thing which eliminate that thought. In my native upstate New York english, it would translate roughly to "I got a speeding ticket this morning." The more literal translation being "I got pulled over this morning"

I forget a lot of things and this happened 24-25 years ago so the fact that it sticks with me still is pretty amazing.

[YellowKing]

Growing up in the south, "I got pulled this morning" would not even register as being hard to understand. Fascinating.

Although I live in a pretty urban area with a lot of out-of-towners, I do speak fluent redneck.

[JetFred]

I will never forget the look on the first person's face who happened to be on the receiving end of me saying "I got pulled" outside of South Carolina.

[Blackhawk]

Across Indiana, the one constant is that seen = saw. "I seen that on TV." "I seen Jake at the store earlier." "I seen a deer on the way to work."

Perfectly well-spoken, intelligent people do this. Constantly.

[Daehawk]

I still disagree with real words that used to not be..it still looks and sounds wrong. Like pleaded guilty instead of plead guilty. Or I learnt instead of I learned.

[Blackhawk]

I still disagree with real words that used to not be..it still looks and sounds wrong. Like pleaded guilty instead of plead guilty. Or I learnt instead of I learned.

Every word in that sentence is a real word that used not to be.

[Jaymann]

I still disagree with real words that used to not be..it still looks and sounds wrong. Like pleaded guilty instead of plead guilty. Or I learnt instead of I learned.

Every word in that sentence is a real word that used not to be.

Well yeah, if you go back far enough every word ever spoken used not to be. Literally.

[Blackhawk]

You don't even have to go back that far. Practically every word now is a changed version of a word that was spoken earlier. Many have changed dozens of times.

Language evolves and changes constantly. The invention of the dictionary hasn't stopped that.

"I still disagree with real words that used to not be.."
"Ik stillan desagreer wither res vort thæt [used] tō nought beon..." (I couldn't find an older form of 'used' as an adjective.)

[Holman]

My mother (Mississippi raised) gives directions in the most confusing manner.

Where someone else would tell you to "follow" a road until you meet another road and turn left "onto" it, she says something like this:

"Cross [road] until you hit [other road] and turn left over it."

One example makes sense, maybe. More complex directions become more confusing with each addition.

[gbasden]

My mother (Mississippi raised) gives directions in the most confusing manner.

Where someone else would tell you to "follow" a road until you meet another road and turn left "onto" it, she says something like this:

"Cross [road] until you hit [other road] and turn left over it."

One example makes sense, maybe. More complex directions become more confusing with each addition.

How is crossing a road even remotely the same thing as following a road? That one example doesn't even begin to make sense.

[Jaymann]

You're crossing the road lengthwise?

[EvilHomer3k]

If you are crossing a road at an intersection it makes sense. Otherwise, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[Unagi]

You're crossing the road lengthwise?

It’s like crossing the country.
Where cross just means to traverse.

I mean, I’m not saying it’s right.