Things that don't make sense

[PhotonWrangler]

Shark Week on Discovery Channel. Is it really that popular? Seems to me that it's the same story every time; sharks in water, some are dangerous, some are not. Get into shark infested waters and you might get bit. This merits a whole week of non-stop sharkapalooza each year?

 

[Illum]

Why is there always a "Please use other door" door? :duh2:

Some doors are meant to open out only from the inside. Yet many of these doors require you to push until the alarm sounds, wait 10 seconds in order to open the door. If there's a fire, do you realize how much people will die in 10 seconds if there was a fire and it got so hot in there it could broil lobsters?

 

[brembo]

For the most part it seems that foods taste just about like I think they'd taste like based on their smell. But I don't understand why coffee never tastes anywhere near as good as a fresh ground bag of beans smells. If coffee tasted as good as it smells I'd probably drink nothing else!

When I was a wee one, my mom used a spendy night creme that smelled like cotton candy, based on almonds I think. It smelled like heaven and I wanted to eat some. She knew this and stuffed it way back in the closet to keep my mitts off it. I remember VIVIDLY the evening that I discovered my arms would reach it. OH JOY! Big dollop on fingers...right into mouth. Yeah, had alum in it, lots in fact. So it puckered up my mouth(or felt as such), tasted like crap AND mom watched the whole thing. She was in tears from laughter.

 

[Monocrom]

Shark Week on Discovery Channel. Is it really that popular? Seems to me that it's the same story every time; sharks in water, some are dangerous, some are not. Get into shark infested waters and you might get bit. This merits a whole week of non-stop sharkapalooza each year?

This is why I no longer watch the program "Locked up Abroad" anymore. Completely predictable. Same thing, different idiots, different country where they do something stupid and get busted. I loved the show at first because there was some variety to it. My favorite one is the guy who was vacationing abroad, met a dude with whom he became fast friends with. Guy ended up getting kidnapped by his oops-turned-out-to-be-a-vicious-terrorist new friend. Now that turned out to be an inspiring episode.

Now, it's just some dude or chick who wanted to make fast money. Too lazy to get a real job. Meets an international drug dealer who very easily convinces them to be a drug mule. Mule gets busted at the airport. Always at the airport. Dumb-*** Mule finds out that other nations take illegal drugs FAR more seriously than their "progressive" home-nation. (Usually America or England.) They get sentenced to long prison terms in prisons that make the ones in America and England look like 5 Star hotels. Then they tell everyone how generally stupid they were for agreeing to smuggle drugs out of a foreign country.

That's every single episode now. What doesn't make sense to me is why the show is still on the Air.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Some doors are meant to open out only from the inside. Yet many of these doors require you to push until the alarm sounds, wait 10 seconds in order to open the door. If there's a fire, do you realize how much people will die in 10 seconds if there was a fire and it got so hot in there it could broil lobsters?

I agree completely! If there's a fire there's no time to figure out a series of steps to open a door. The goal is to get the hell out of there as fast as possible.

As far as doors that are only meant to be opened from the inside though, I don't understand why many of them have handles on the outside. What is it with this society and doors? :thinking:

 

[Illum]

What the building owners interests are have the tendency to conflict contractors interests... Its far easier to buy a door with a pair of handles than a door with just one right? you'd figure it'll be cheaper, but then you'd figure wrong. :thinking: :tired:

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Clothing with fake pockets. If they're going to go to the trouble of sticking on a fake pocket, why can't they make it a real one? Or at least leave the fake one off and knock a few cents off the price. They are useless appendages.

 

[Monocrom]

Clothing with fake pockets. If they're going to go to the trouble of sticking on a fake pocket, why can't they make it a real one? Or at least leave the fake one off and knock a few cents off the price. They are useless appendages.

I had fake pockets on my security guard uniform. Ironically, at one site, a couple of the pockets were on my pants. Truth is, unless you're working at an airport, a security uniform is barely a notch above that of a Halloween costume. Basically just a human scarecrow with eyeballs. Even for the sake of a professional appearence, fake pockets never made sense to me either. You go to the trouble of stitching a fake one, you can put in more than a half-assed effort and make it real.

 

[beerwax]

yes its all a little perplexing when you go to put something in your pocket and you just cant. you fumble and fiddle and then try again and then concentrate on what should be a routine action and 'what the - theres no pocket - why would they do that ?' cheers.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Contact lenses with diamonds in them.

 

[soundersfan]

Attorney at Law. As opposed to what? Attorney at Plumbing? No offense to Plumbers. When a leaking pipe arises, you're a Godsend.

haha my friend who just went off to law school got a great laugh out of this!

 

[Satanta]

Well, on things that don't make sense...In a toothbrush/toothpaste commercial they show people brushing their teeth, right? A razor commercial they show people shaving, right? A restaraunt commercial shows people eating, right?

So how come a tampon commercial shows women jogging?

 

[Monocrom]

Can't show that type of commercial without showing a woman's peach.

Hell, a few decades ago, they would show a bra in a commercial simply by having it float through the air. As if it was worn by the invisible woman. Actually showing women wearing them, that's relatively new.

Also, how come you never seen Mexicans in a Taco Bell commercial?

 

[shao.fu.tzer]

Why are Asian girls in commercials always portrayed as having white, black, or Hispanic boyfriends?

Why can't I go to the grocery store without feeling like I'm on an episode of American Gladiators, swiftly dodging old ladies and throngs of illegitimate children as I desperately try to grab everything on my list before contracting some new and undiscovered disease? Piles of unknown substances litter the floor and although I THINK I'm being careful I always somehow manage to either step on a piece of fresh bubble gum or a poop smear from a diaper that looks like it's been kicked around more than a ball in the World Cup...

Maybe I'm getting old... 😀

 

[Satanta]

Also, how come you never seen Mexicans in a Taco Bell commercial?

Well, bein' from Texas I can honestly say I never met a Mexican, Hispanic or Latino who would actually eat at Taco Bell. 😀

Why are Asian girls in commercials always portrayed as having white, black, or Hispanic boyfriends?

Why can't I go to the grocery store without feeling like I'm on an episode of American Gladiators, swiftly dodging old ladies and throngs of illegitimate children as I desperately try to grab everything on my list before contracting some new and undiscovered disease? Piles of unknown substances litter the floor and although I THINK I'm being careful I always somehow manage to either step on a piece of fresh bubble gum or a poop smear from a diaper that looks like it's been kicked around more than a ball in the World Cup...

Maybe I'm getting old... 😀

Well, on the first note it would not be PC as Caucasians are the new terrorists according to Napolitano or however her name is spelled.

On the second part I definitely do not want to shop where you do but maybe try another store? 😉

Oh wait, you must be shopping at Wally World.

 

[Monocrom]

Well, bein' from Texas I can honestly say I never met a Mexican, Hispanic or Latino who would actually eat at Taco Bell. 😀

Hmmm . . . Must admit, that's an excellent point right there.

 

[Illum]

Why are Asian girls in commercials always portrayed as having white, black, or Hispanic boyfriends?

I think there's something with us Asian guys that are aesthetically lacking to be considered as a valuable asset in commercials. Don't be too judgmental though, if one saw the world through the adult entertainment industry they'll have a hard time believing we exist. 😀

On a more serious note, why did my T-shirt made in Vietnam marked machine washable disintegrate mid-cycle? spent a good half of this afternoon pulling balls of cotton out of everything else that was in the load. :shakehead

 

[iapyx]

Hell, a few decades ago, they would show a bra in a commercial simply by having it float through the air. As if it was worn by the invisible woman. Actually showing women wearing them, that's relatively new.

Monocrom, that depends on where you are on this planet. Or where you were on this planet decades ago...
I'm in Europe 🙂 Now thinking of the FA commercial. But that's about soap. hehe

 

[RBR]

Yes, the first naked FA-girl has been on TV in the 70´s of the last century over here.

We could see her in the early evening commercials as there have been no commecials

after 20:00 in Germany at that time.

Cheers

RBR

 

[Monocrom]

I think there's something with us Asian guys that are aesthetically lacking to be considered as a valuable asset in commercials. Don't be too judgmental though, if one saw the world through the adult entertainment industry they'll have a hard time believing we exist. 😀

On a more serious note, why did my T-shirt made in Vietnam marked machine washable disintegrate mid-cycle? spent a good half of this afternoon pulling balls of cotton out of everything else that was in the load. :shakehead

1 ~ Asian girls are just freaking adorable.

2 ~ Your shirt was counterfeit, and actually Made in China.