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That lengthy post is gone. Dr. Demento is retiring.
That lengthy post is gone. Dr. Demento is retiring.
What made me unhappy today ?
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I can write one on the spot. I'll call it "The FIFA Elephant" (a gentle take on Sir Terry Pratchett's "The Fifth Elephant").
After joining an association football ("soccer" for Americans) team, an unusually elegant elephant overcomes ridicule and mockery at its ungainly appearance, and through the Power of Friendship(TM), inspires the team to win the championship! Woo-hoo!!! =P
Oh dear, oh dear. *tsk* I am afraid that now that I have written a synopsis for such an irredeemable work of trash, I'm more or less guaranteed to have a financial success on my hands. I might even appear on the NYT bestsellers list.
I will miss the good doctor. He introduced me both to Weird Al and Tom Lehrer, surely two of the finest musicians (and in Dr Lehrer's case, mathematicians) that the USA had ever produced.
Actually, one's nose is part of one's face, in turn part of one's head, so an elephant would be able to pick the ball up and walk it, held high above the defenders, to the opposing goal without violating any existing rules.
I think.
Get Disney on this stat!
I have a bad habit of procrastinating and today was one of those days where I spent a LOT of time watching tv, you know the kind that comes with commercials....
So....A.I. needs to get a tune-up stat!!! I keep seeing the same commercials all the time for women's shaving products legs & then a separate commercial for armpits plus hygienic products one for pads and one for tampons. I happen to be male and I don't use ANY of these products! If you're going to show me a commercial, at least show me something I *MIGHT* actually use!!!
So....A.I. needs to get a tune-up stat!!! I keep seeing the same commercials all the time for women's shaving products legs & then a separate commercial for armpits plus hygienic products one for pads and one for tampons. I happen to be male and I don't use ANY of these products! If you're going to show me a commercial, at least show me something I *MIGHT* actually use!!!
That's only if you're playing rugby, American football, Australian Rules, or handball. In association football/soccer, you have to control the ball with your feet.
Yes, but only the top of your head, not your nose (or elephant's trunk).
All right, maybe I'm being overly picky
All right, maybe I'm being overly picky
Show me where it forbids the ball hitting your nose. If the ball happens to...remain...there, I'd argue the elephant is just heading the ball. However, if (s)he kicked the ball with her forelimbs, the ref could call hands.
I think we should move this to the philosophy thread.
if a soccer player picks up ther ball with their mouth it is considered handling the ball and gives an indirect free kick, a prehensile nose would likely fallinto that
...I never know what I'm going to find on this thread...
Why not a soccer-playing elephant?
They're not irrelephant. They're elephantastic!
(... sorry. I'll pack up my trunk and go now)
That's the beauty of it!!! You'll probably find SOMETHING interesting!
I would love to see the incident that provoked that rule!
Somehow in the 10 years I have lived in this building, I've never had a package stolen before. So...yeah. Not happy about what's happened.
What bothers me the most is that this was an order for prescription cat food (plus some yummy treats) that not only cost me $100, but was also needed to support my old kitty's health. It's been a couple weeks since she had any renal support food because she stopped eating the last kind I bought and we have to try another. And now we must wait longer while the situation is dealt with (I dunno if I want to order from the same place if they use the same courier, and will have to start over if they don't refund me or send a replacement box).
The idiot delivery person didn't buzz me or call me, and their company doesn't text or email notifications regarding deliveries. They left the box in between the inner locked doors to the building and the open doors to the outside that anyone walking by can access. And I guess some shithead just saw the box there and snapped it up. It has very little value to anyone else. Maybe they could try selling it on FB marketplace or something for $40-50 I guess?
It's sad that some people don't care about how their selfish actions affect others. Not cool, man.
What bothers me the most is that this was an order for prescription cat food (plus some yummy treats) that not only cost me $100, but was also needed to support my old kitty's health. It's been a couple weeks since she had any renal support food because she stopped eating the last kind I bought and we have to try another. And now we must wait longer while the situation is dealt with (I dunno if I want to order from the same place if they use the same courier, and will have to start over if they don't refund me or send a replacement box).
The idiot delivery person didn't buzz me or call me, and their company doesn't text or email notifications regarding deliveries. They left the box in between the inner locked doors to the building and the open doors to the outside that anyone walking by can access. And I guess some shithead just saw the box there and snapped it up. It has very little value to anyone else. Maybe they could try selling it on FB marketplace or something for $40-50 I guess?
It's sad that some people don't care about how their selfish actions affect others. Not cool, man.
Not cool at all. I'm sorry that happened to you, Set2Stun. That really sucks. 
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