Things I Don't Understand

[Japher]

Those ppl on American Idol who actually think they can sing but can't

Why travelocity uses a gnome as a mascot

Why ppl "take" a sheit when they actually leave one

Why my dad doesn't understand why I can't fax him paper

How to pronounce Nuclear

Even better, why people in Louisville pronounce Louisville "lou-a-ful" but don't pronounce St. Louis "saint lou-a"

[Zkribbler]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Those ppl on American Idol who actually think they can sing but can't

Three things are going on here.
1) You hear your own voice via bones in your skull rather that just via the air, which makes it sound much richer and fuller. Listen to yourself on a tape recorder sometime...you sound like a dolphin, don't you?
2) In tense situations (like singing in front of Simon), your vocal cords tighten, making your voice higher, tinnier, off key, etc.
3) Ego -- people think they're great when they're really not

[Thrawn05]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Those ppl on American Idol who actually think they can sing but can't

Everyone but us want 15 minutes of TV fame.

Why travelocity uses a gnome as a mascot

To prove that home invaders can't kidnap you when traveling.

Why ppl "take" a sheit when they actually leave one

I don't give a ****.

Why my dad doesn't understand why I can't fax him paper

You got me there.

How to pronounce Nuclear

fgsfds

Even better, why people in Louisville pronounce Louisville "lou-a-ful" but don't pronounce St. Louis "saint lou-a"

Why do people in Pennsylvannia call Bethlehem, "Bethlem", but if you ask them were Christ was born, they say Bethlehem?

[laurentius]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Those ppl on American Idol who actually think they can sing but can't

Some of the people are clearly mentally unstable or ill and thus should not be objects of ridicule in any respectable tv show. This is why the crappy idol-shows are evil and should be banned from tv. Its sane people fascism.

[MrFun]

Why do we say the sun sets or rises when it's due to the Earth's rotation?

Why do people often describe the Earth as round or spherical when it's not?

Why don't southern blacks celebrate the Lost Cause with fellow white southerners if the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery? And we also have to wonder then, why blacks often find the display of the Confederate flag offensive.

[Harry Tuttle]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Why travelocity uses a gnome as a mascot

The real reason is that about 5 or 6 years ago someone (a friend I think) stole a garden gnome from a residential couple and started sending them polaroids of the gnome traveling the US. At first the pictures were a bit creepy and the couple wanted their somewhat expensive gnome back, but then it became a fun little story when they started getting a lot of pictures from around the country.

Anyways, long story short, it became a popular story, a legend almost in pranks. So Travelocity got the idea and started doing the ads.

[atomant]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Those ppl on American Idol who actually think they can sing but can't

Why travelocity uses a gnome as a mascot

Why ppl "take" a sheit when they actually leave one

Why my dad doesn't understand why I can't fax him paper

How to pronounce Nuclear

Even better, why people in Louisville pronounce Louisville "lou-a-ful" but don't pronounce St. Louis "saint lou-a"

1) To quote einstein, "There are two infinite things, one is the universe, theother is human stupidity" Einstein was not sure about the first one though

2) I believe a few years ago, it was kind of customary to steal a garden gnome when you went over seas and take photos of it in the places you went to and post the photos back to the owner of the gnome.

3) don't give a sheit

4) can't exaplain everything

5) NUKE CLEAR

6) give me a multimillion $$$ research grant and i will tell you

[mrmitchell]

Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Japher
Why ppl "take" a sheit when they actually leave one

Attention All Staff, New Restroom Policy: To help the energy crisis and conserve our planet, when you take a **** and are done using it please put it back where you found it. Thanks!

Why my dad doesn't understand why I can't fax him paper

Sometimes people just look at new things and they become one big train wreck inside their head.

How to pronounce Nuclear

Rule of thumb: Pronounce it the way Bush doesn't.

Even better, why people in Louisville pronounce Louisville "lou-a-ful" but don't pronounce St. Louis "saint lou-a"

I kinda always thought it was "looeeville"

[Jon Miller]

Why this thread isn't longer?

JM

[Japher]

why everyone is attempting to enlighten me.

[Hot Mustard]

Re: Re: Things I Don't Understand

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
The real reason is that about 5 or 6 years ago someone (a friend I think) stole a garden gnome from a residential couple and started sending them polaroids of the gnome traveling the US. At first the pictures were a bit creepy and the couple wanted their somewhat expensive gnome back, but then it became a fun little story when they started getting a lot of pictures from around the country.

Anyways, long story short, it became a popular story, a legend almost in pranks. So Travelocity got the idea and started doing the ads.

Were they copying the idea from the movie Amélie, or was it the other way around?

Great movie, btw, for anyone who's interested.

[alva]

If a blackbox is indeed industructable, why don't they make out of the same material.

Why is that girls won't even look at you, until...you have a girlfriend, then suddenly you become the hottest commodity in town?

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by alva
Why is that girls won't even look at you, until...you have a girlfriend, then suddenly you become the hottest commodity in town?

That is easy, you are more confident and are releasing better phermones.

Jon Miller

[Japher]

they also like guys that they know aren't afraid of commitment... it's kind of like why hot chicks with kids are even more attractive; because you know they put out

[alva]

Originally posted by Jon Miller


That is easy, you are more confident and are releasing better phermones.

Jon Miller

I know...but in context of this thread.

it's kind of like why hot chicks with kids are even more attractive; because you know they put out

You mean if a woman hasn't got a child you see her as virgin and/or being frigide?