I'll never understand...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Will I finally understand the last 15 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey?This got me thinking...there are some things I'll never understand.

Like how people still tell jokes about how men don't ask for directions or leave the toilet seat up. Ha ha, how funny. It's not like I haven't heard that a million times before.

I'll never understand why people think Ben Stiller's "I'm a Woody Allen wannabe that somehow always ends up wrestling stuffed animals" comedy is entertaining.

And yes, the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey is up there. I mean, wtf???

Post your mysteries here.

[SacTown Chronic]

I'll never understand the fascination with MTV, Paris Hilton, American Idol and about a million other American pop culture icons.

[Not Afraid]

I will never understand why people think Monty Python is funny. That goes for Jim Carrey movies, and a whole slew of other "funny" films. They are not funny to me at all and I find them rather dull and annoying.

I will never understand why people think all of the plethora of Flash animation is cool, witty, exciting, amusing, funny or worthwhile.





OOOH! And what Sac said.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The fact that you mentioned Jim Carey in the same context as Monty Python........sigh

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I'll never understand my own desire to be cruel sometimes. But it's there, and it's a hungry animal, I tell yah. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to repress because, ultimately, my desire to be kind is stronger.

I'll never understand why some people only listen to one kind of music.

I don't understand why there needs to be a distinction between low and high art. I'm just f**king glad when it's art people are making, and not bombs.

Speaking of bombs, I don't understand why everyone on the planet can't seem to agree that nuclear disarmament and the promise to NEVER build a nuke again is absolutely the best, most wonderful option for us all. I understand it may be impossible to end the war instinct, but we can at least avoid a global catastrophe, can't we?

I also don't understand why 80's fasion EVER had to rear its GROTESQUE head again in this decade.

I do, however, understand why anise toothpaste makes my mouth feel numb. At least I understand that.

[Not Afraid]

I'll never understand why they are not from the same pot of burnt stew.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'll never understand why people wacth 'Fear Factor' and 'The Bachelor/ette'. Or any reality series for that matter. I don't even know why I watched 'Battle of the Sexes' on MTV....

[Claire]

I don't even know why I watched 'Battle of the Sexes' on MTV....

Um....just guessing here, but could it have been a shirtless Mark or a jump roping Eric?

I don't understand how people can be so judgemental about what other people like or dislike.

Except country music. Who on EARTH would like that crap? I mean REALLY!! :D

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Except country music. Who on EARTH would like that crap? I mean REALLY!! :D

People with a heart of goo.

And not a heart of bone-rotting-death, like YOUR heart, CLAIRE! Heh.

I love me some Highwaymen, Kenny Rogers (c'mon...The Gambler!!!), Patsy, etc. Old school country. Sweet balm on my soul, it is. Plus, it goes GREAT with whiskey.

[mamabot]

I'll never understand why people think Ben Stiller's "I'm a Woody Allen wannabe that somehow always ends up wrestling stuffed animals" comedy is entertaining.
I agree with you. Ben Stiller tries way too hard. I remember watching his half hour sketch comedy series, which was funny at the time. I just don't get why him playing the same kind of gaffauish type comedy keeps generating so much box office.

Robert DeNiro's choice of film roles the last few years.

The pick and roll. Nathan has explained it to me dozens of times. I will never understand the concept. And I am sure he will explain it to me a few hundred more times of the course of our lives.

Why people who don't like kids become teachers, espcially preschool teachers.

[Gemini Cricket]

Um....just guessing here, but could it have been a shirtless Mark or a jump roping Eric?
Yup. That's it. Yes to both of those. :D
Except country music. Who on EARTH would like that crap? I mean REALLY!! :D
I love Shania Twain. And some of those cowboys on GAC who wear the hats, tight jeans and tight t-shirts.


I'll never understand people who line up for Innoventions...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'll never understand the decission to green light Golden Dreams.

[Claire]

And not a heart of bone-rotting-death, like YOUR heart, CLAIRE! Heh.


Bwahaha! My entire post was in jest, I assure you.

[Gemini Cricket]

Oh, and Johnny Cash. 'Hurt' is an amazing song.

[MerryPrankster]

My husband and I have mulled this one over many times:

Why do old people have such a fondness for very large sedans?


Hopefully our personal investments and retirement pan out. We have vowed to buy a Porsche or Corvette when we hit 60. We must buck the trend! :)

[MerryPrankster]

Oh, and Johnny Cash. 'Hurt' is an amazing song.

Yes, it is. Johnny Cash was one cool cat! :cool:

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Bwahaha! My entire post was in jest, I assure you.

I'd mojo you long and hard, but apparently I'm mojo blocked for loving you too much already.

[BarTopDancer]

I'll never understand the whole "vehicle as a status symbol" thing. A vehicle is something that you use to get from point A to point B. A vehicle is used to haul around people or things. A vehicle is not who you are or where you are on the socioeconomic ladder. Some of the richest people drive modest vehicles while some of the poorest people drive luxury vehicles. I also don't understand mini-vans.

I'll also never understand Opera or why people like it or how "friends" can manipulate their friends into doing cruel things. I'll never understand how people can be mean and/or cruel to each other. I also don't understand how a woman can lie about being pregnant with hopes to make the guy stay with her.

I don't understand the facination with reality tv or finding the person you want to marry on a TV show.

Hurt is an amazing song and I like country music.

[Claire]

I'd mojo you long and hard, but apparently I'm mojo blocked for loving you too much already.

Mmm.mmm.mmmmm. I'm bucking my teeth, shaking my head, and wiggling my eyebrows and looking at you like I'm Jerri Blank and you're Tammi Littlenut. Can you feel it??

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Guys, guys. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash is a COVER of the Nine Inch Nails song. Trent wrote it.

[Claire]

I don't understand passive-aggressive stuff. Just get it out there already.

And, CP, thanks. That's what I thought....but was too lazy to look it up. :snap:

[Scrooge McSam]

OK That's it Strangers with Candy This weekend. I gotta catch up

[MerryPrankster]

Guys, guys. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash is a COVER of the Nine Inch Nails song. Trent wrote it.

Yeah, I know that. I like Trent, but I like JC's cover of "Hurt".

I've stood on the sidewalk in front of Trent's house in New Orleans' Garden District. :p

[Claire]

OK That's it Strangers with Candy This weekend. I gotta catch up

Hahaha.....[jerri]Eeeeeaaasssy[/jery] That's how I spent most of my time this week of being sick. Take a "sick" weekend and laugh a little.

[Scrooge McSam]

Yep I've decided. My buddy only has season 3, so I'll be joining midstream, so to speak.

[Not Afraid]

I don't understand why my cats are fascinated with my closet and why Scoundrel likes to chew on shoes.

I also don't understand how I ended up with so many shoes.........:confused:

I also don't understand why the internet station I'm listening to is play so much Dandy Warhols stuff. And, who told them they could rip off the Rolling Stones like that?


OMG! Scoundrel just ran past with the insole to my cross trainers in his mouth!:mad:

[Claire]

Yep I've decided. My buddy only has season 3, so I'll be joining midstream, so to speak.

I think Season 3 is the bestest. Enjoy!

[Sheila]

I've stood on the sidewalk in front of Trent's house in New Orleans' Garden District. :p

I've stood on the sidewalk in front of Anne Rice's house in the Garden District. Took lots of pictures too. <insert goofy fan joke here>

I wonder if they're neighbors?

[blueerica]

I don't understand why my cats are fascinated with my closet and why Scoundrel likes to chew on shoes.

I also don't understand how I ended up with so many shoes.........:confused:

I also don't understand why the internet station I'm listening to is play so much Dandy Warhols stuff. And, who told them they could rip off the Rolling Stones like that?


OMG! Scoundrel just ran past with the insole to my cross trainers in his mouth!:mad:

I don't understand why cats get to be so cute we can look past a lot of that stuff and still see them as fluffy fluffs... ;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't understand why someone would want a pet who begrudges your very existence and only tolerates you because you give them food (i.e., a cat)

I'll never understand the Pontiac Vibe.

I don't understand getting emotional over something to the point of affecting one's own actions, making things worse.

[Not Afraid]

I don't understand why a person would bring their personal problems with another person to a public venue and share for all to see - especially to a place like LoT where NO DRAMA is really prefered.

It's not cool. Deal with it yourself. Bad mojo, man.

[MerryPrankster]

I've stood on the sidewalk in front of Anne Rice's house in the Garden District. Took lots of pictures too. <insert goofy fan joke here>

I wonder if they're neighbors?

Yes, I did the same in front of Anne Rice's house. :D The two houses were pretty close, from what I recall.

I believe I read that AR sold that house in the last year or so.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

OMG! Scoundrel just ran past with the insole to my cross trainers in his mouth!:mad:

Huh, I don't understand that, either.

My cats don't chew on things. Well, my fingers sometimes. But they LOVE feet smell. They linger around shoes as soon as they're removed and just lap up the odor.

I also don't understand why Wembly licks between my fingers. I understand they like salty skin taste, but why the skin between my fingers. It just feels very weird.

[Claire]

I don't get why my cat (bless her heart and all that crap) stiiiillll feels the need to barf on the carpet, when half the house is tile/wood.

Are her delicate little ears too sensitive to the sound of yack hitting a hard floor?

:p

[Angie]

I don't understand why my Son feels the need to wear his Thomas costume while he watches POTC and refer to himself as a train pirate.

However, I do find it very cute.

[dsnylndmom]

I don't get why my cat (bless her heart and all that crap) stiiiillll feels the need to barf on the carpet, when half the house is tile/wood.

Are her delicate little ears too sensitive to the sound of yack hitting a hard floor?

:p

I don't understand this one either, Cosmo will leave the dining area(easy clean up floor) to walk over to the carpet to throw up! Why??


I don't understand why the minute the phone rings and it's for me THAT's when the boys HAVE to tell me something.

[mamabot]

I don't understand why the minute the phone rings and it's for me THAT's when the boys HAVE to tell me something.
This is as basic an instinct as having to go potty once you have asked them a hundred times and they have said no a hundred times.

How is it that kids can remember that they have to take a toy for Share Day, and have the toy ready to go at the front door, but forget to put their shoes, jacket and backpack on, which they have to be reminded to do ten times before they hear the request for the first time?

How is it that the only times kids hear you is when you let a swear word slip?

[blueerica]

How is it that the only times kids hear you is when you let a swear word slip?

Tell me about it!!!

I've been in the kitchen, talking to my sisters... They're in another world (I could tell)... I sliced my finger... said "Shiit!" and there was an instant "AWWWWWWWW!!!!!" :rolleyes:

[dsnylndmom]

I don't understand how about Kyler can remember every detail in the conversation that I'm having, in order to interrupt and correct me but can't remember to turn in his homework.

Or how he and Shawn no hundreds of yu gi oh characters and they life points and attack points and all this yet they can't remember to brush their teeth? :rolleyes:

[mamabot]

Tell me about it!!!

I've been in the kitchen, talking to my sisters... They're in another world (I could tell)... I sliced my finger... said "Shiit!" and there was an instant "AWWWWWWWW!!!!!" :rolleyes:

Soooo true!

I was telling Tina that I think that swear words are like a hint that something really interesting is about to happen. ;)

And I don't understand how they know the absolute wrong moment to repeat the swear words they heard in paren't smoment of weakness. The best was Brian, in response to opening a small Bioncle toy "That guy is damn small." He had my family was rolling at Ali's birthday party. :blush:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I DO understand why kids only hear swear words and remember only fun things. Brushing your teeth is boring.

I don't understand how people can be so judgemental about what other people like or dislike.
I hope my comments weren't misconstrued as judging those that like Ben Stiller or anything else I mentioned. I just don't understand the appeal. And I mean that sincerely. :)

There are a lot of forms of enteraintment I don't understand. Like bullfighting. And soap operas. Including Desperate Housewives and other TV dramas. No appeal for me whatsoever.

I dont' understand the fear of technology that so many have. I'm not saying that I can't see the detriments of tech advancements. I'm just saying that it's a part of our societal evolution, and fearing it is like fearing growing older.

I dont' understand people that fear growing older either.

I don't understand why most of the time my apostrophe ends up outside of "don't". I've been typing for most of my life. I'm sick of going back and fixing it so I leave it "dont'" now. Unless I miraculously type it correctly the first time.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I dont' understand people that fear growing older either.



This I understand. Not that I fear being old. It's the growing old part. It's the watching my nose turn into a replica of my father's nose. Will MY nose become that veiny? Will it? I already notice small veins. Will they become raised old man nose veins?

Will my memory become even more squishy than it already is?

I already have the beginnings of arthritis, I fear.

Will I develop that shrinking slouch so many tall older people get?

I already feel like I'm aging before my time. Took a left at puberty and straight into menopause...

So, yeah, I kinda understand that fear. Because though a lot of people improve with age, I have a feeling I'll be just the opposite. It won't happen with grace so much as with a ravaging, unstoppable force.

Bah.

[BarTopDancer]

Tell me about it!!!

I've been in the kitchen, talking to my sisters... They're in another world (I could tell)... I sliced my finger... said "Shiit!" and there was an instant "AWWWWWWWW!!!!!" :rolleyes:

This reminds me of the bitch bitch bitch story...

I had a really good line I used on them when they were a little younger...

"If you can't swear appropriately then you can't swear".

I'll never understand why we have to work on rainy days. Obviously it's not safe to drive and the company should care about it's employees safety and require them to stay home.

[€uroMeinke]

I'll never understand the meaning of life, the existence of God, or the true nature of reality.

Accepting that has made me a much happier soul.

[Gemini Cricket]

Guys, guys. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash is a COVER of the Nine Inch Nails song. Trent wrote it.
Yep. It's a great cover. It's heartbreaking. I even like his version of "One" by U2.
:)

[Moonliner]

I don't understand people that have a deep rooted need to be introspective concerning just about everything but perhaps I'm being too self visualizing.


Ohh, and to catch up on a post from way back in this thread:

"I don't understand Monty Python"

The love off all things Python stems from a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is most commonly found in teenage adolescent males. Typically the imbalance is righted shortly after puberty however there are cases where it does seem to be permanent. Nee!

[Ghoulish Delight]

The love off all things Python stems from a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is most commonly found in teenage adolescent males. Typically the imbalance is righted shortly after puberty however there are cases where it does seem to be permanent. Nee!Your father smelt of eldeberries!

[Moonliner]

Your father smelt of eldeberries!

and your mother was a hampster.

[Not Afraid]

:mad:

:p
BOOM! :iSm:

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

:mad:

:p
BOOM! :iSm:

Your fury is amusing me. Plus, what a swanky little emoticon you have there Ms Nuclear 2005.

[Scrooge McSam]

Uh Oh NA has acquired nuclear devices.

So does she automatically go into the axis of evil or do you like have to audition for a gig like that?

[Not Afraid]

LOL! I LOVE that title! Can I keep it?

[BarTopDancer]

....Girl Scout cookies! Do they put crack in them or something? Or perhaps it is the elusive nature of them... to only be distrubited once a year... at the beginning after the holiday feasting is complete, after the Valentines day goodies have been consumed... left to be devoured like the they can be restocked in July by a simple trip to the store...

Thankfully I don't have to understand them in order to enjoy them!

[belleh5]

I'll never understand why people watch 'Fear Factor' .


I totally agree, it's sooo gross!


I don't understand why Ashlee Simpson keeps on singing? :D

Why do men love sports so much?

[Gemini Cricket]

I just thought of one.

I'll never, ever understand NASCAR.

:eek:

[Claire]

I hope my comments weren't misconstrued as judging those that like Ben Stiller or anything else I mentioned. I just don't understand the appeal. And I mean that sincerely. :)



Seriously. You must understand. My post was a joke. Hell, I could make a career out of being judgemental. I have yet to get paid for it though. ;)

Oooh, growing older. I don't have a fear of physically growing older. Or even out of vanity. It's the mental/societal thing that gets me. I don't want the pity or the health issues. But the fear or loathing....I guess I understand it. I'm not one who will be botoxing.....I love my new lines and angles!

Ben Stiller......was funny back in the early 90's and somehow stopped being all that funny a long time ago. I haven't seen a movie that he was in since Tenenbaums. :( I think the funniest things he's done....were from behind the camera. It makes me sad....I wish I could botox out his awfulness!!

I don't get candy. I haven't even clicked on the candy thread yet. I'm not a big candy eater.

The other day while making waffles with the younger two in the kitchen, Kelly burned himself on the Mickey waffler and said, "Sh!t!" Chloe didn't even look up as she asked, "Sh!t what?" :D

[Claire]

I just thought of one.

I'll never, ever understand NASCAR.

:eek:

Me neither!! Sorry baileykat!! :blush: I've been told that the guys are super hot, but um, I don't get it.

[Sheila]

Ben Stiller......was funny back in the early 90's and somehow stopped being all that funny a long time ago. I haven't seen a movie that he was in since Tenenbaums. :( I think the funniest things he's done....were from behind the camera. It makes me sad....I wish I could botox out his awfulness!!

I'm not a real big Ben Stiller fan either. I rented both Something About Mary and Meet the Parents and couldn't finish watching either one. Usually, Stiller's type of comedy just doesn't do anything for me.

But I loved Zoolander! Go figure. :rolleyes:

[Gemini Cricket]

But I loved Zoolander! Go figure. :rolleyes:
Loved 'Zoolander'. :)


One thing I'll never understand is the appeal of the Three Stooges and Bing Crosby/Bob Hope movies. I mean, they're mildly funny, but I can never seem to get into them...

:confused:

[Not Afraid]

I'm not a real big Ben Stiller fan either. I rented both Something About Mary and Meet the Parents and couldn't finish watching either one. Usually, Stiller's type of comedy just doesn't do anything for me.

But I loved Zoolander! Go figure. :rolleyes:

I've never seen any of his comedies (except that ferret one) but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the depressing, psycho Your Friends & Neighbors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119517/) .

Why is it I like the serious, psycho films? I mean, Interiors is my favorite Woody Allen film. I'll never understand.


(This is becomming like "It's beyond my control" from Dangerous Liaisons.):snap:

[belleh5]

I really don't get Ben Stiller,either. But he is sooo funny in "Meet the Fockers":D

[Jazzman]

I'll never understand why otherwise highly intelligent people will disengage their minds and forward obviously "urban legend" emails to me with subject lines like; "Urgent! Beware! This happened to my sister's neighbor's son's camp counselor!"

I mean, really. Does anyone really believe that if you pay a traffic fine with a check for an extra dollar, then never cash or deposit the refund check that the ticket will never process and post to your record?

Or that forwarding an email to fifty people within two minutes will make winning lottery numbers pop up on your screen, true love to find you, and some kid in Sheboygan get his liver transplant paid for by Nike/Bill Gates/ Sheik Imn Ala Dumbass?

Goooood grief....

[wendybeth]

Uh Oh NA has acquired nuclear devices.

So does she automatically go into the axis of evil or do you like have to audition for a gig like that?

I'll never understand why someone would give NA a nuclear device.


Moonliner, while your attempt to explain Monty Python to the MP ignorant was no doubt accurate for a certain segment of the viewing population, it fails to explain the reason for it's appeal to women. That is, of course, Micheal Palin. When he was younger, he was so damn cute!

[Kevy Baby]

I also don't understand mini-vans.They are much easier to understand when you have kids.
___________________

I don't understand why people have a fear of standing under.

[Kevy Baby]

I'll never understand why otherwise highly intelligent people will disengage their minds and forward obviously "urban legend" emails to me with subject lines like; "Urgent! Beware! This happened to my sister's neighbor's son's camp counselor!"

I mean, really. Does anyone really believe that if you pay a traffic fine with a check for an extra dollar, then never cash or deposit the refund check that the ticket will never process and post to your record?

Or that forwarding an email to fifty people within two minutes will make winning lottery numbers pop up on your screen, true love to find you, and some kid in Sheboygan get his liver transplant paid for by Nike/Bill Gates/ Sheik Imn Ala Dumbass?

Goooood grief....I don't understand why more people don't use Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp). If you send me an e-mail like one described, you will get Snopesed by me!

[wendybeth]

Jazzman's e-mail comment made me think of this one:
I will never understand why someone hasn't helped that poor high ranking Nigerian official get his funds out of Nigeria.

[FEJ]

I just thought of one.

I'll never, ever understand NASCAR.

:eek:


I'm sorry. ;)

I love NASCAR, and almost all auto racing. If you can look past "cars going in a circle" and see the stategy and what goes into racing, it is very exciting to me. It is not to all though, and thats ok, that just means more for me. (having been able to actually work on a Indy Car pit crew made it even more exciting)

I dont understand what makes pople think that stop signs, traffic lights, traffic lanes and right of way dont apply to them. If they would just wait with the rest of us, we would all get there quicker, rather than forcing their way in and making a lot more people get on their brakes, or worse, in an accident.

[Kevy Baby]

I dont understand what makes pople think that stop signs, traffic lights, traffic lanes and right of way dont apply to them. If they would just wait with the rest of us, we would all get there quicker, rather than forcing their way in and making a lot more people get on their brakes, or worse, in an accident.I always view traffic laws as more of a suggest than an absolute.

I figure it's not illegal if I don't get caught!

[Prudence]

I don't understand why people get so annoyed when the elevator stops to let others get on/off. Believe me, when I pushed that "up" button I had no idea that you were already on the elevator, much less that your mission was of such urgency that stopping for me and my armload of mail could potentially lead to the destruction of the human race. I'm even more befuddled by your barely contained rage when the elevator I'm already on stops for you and -- HORRORS! -- my stop is before yours, again delaying your critical mission. If I could un-push my floor button I would.

[Mousey Girl]

I will never understand why people gripe about the size of a year end bonus. It is still more than you had yesterday, it is more than we got last year and it is still more than the company HAD to give you. You didn't work for the entire year? Be glad you are getting something, even if it is prorated. You aren't at top pay? Still be glad you have a job that is far above the minium wage and will eventually be at top pay to recieve the full amount of the bonus.

grrrr (found out about our annual Team Preformance Awards at work yesterday)

[Sheila]

I dont understand what makes pople think that stop signs, traffic lights, traffic lanes and right of way dont apply to them. If they would just wait with the rest of us, we would all get there quicker, rather than forcing their way in and making a lot more people get on their brakes, or worse, in an accident.

Ya know, I saw an interview with the president of the California Auto Club. He said they did an analysis (or something) of California freeways and the congestion problem.

He stated that actually we have more than enough roads, lanes, freeways, etc. to accommodate every commuter in the Southland. What causes all the bumper to bumper traffic are the traffic accidents and the bad drivers.

Wow! That was food for thought -- the jerk racing around other cars because he thinks he can shave a few minutes off his commute time is actually the person causing the slowdowns.

He made a really heartfelt plea for everyone to obey the traffic speed limits and just be courteous drivers.....

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'll never understand what animals are thinking. I'm forever curious about how well different animals preceive their world, what they really think of us, how their communication works. A random thought I have every once in a while is that along with being able to go back and witness and/or experience portions of my life over, I hope that when I die I get to understand animal consciousness.

[libraryvixen]

I'll never understand why kids think that the "History of (insert vague subject here) will be available at a moment's notice when their report is due the next day.

I'll never understand why teachers don't get paid bigger salaries!

[Claire]

I liked Your Friends and Neighbors and Permanent Midnight, but loved him in Tenebaums the most. Stiller was funniest in his MTV short called Backstreet Boyzzzz with Andy Dick. That was funny stuff (at the time). I think they did it for an award show. :sigh: I feel like I've outgrown him. I have no great desire to see Meet the Fockers. :rolleyes: Which is really sad to me......damn. I need to go back over to MiceChat to my What Makes You Feel Old thread and whine.

I'll never get why people wear ugly clothes. Like old sweatshirts and old reverse fit, tapered leg bleached out jeans with a big ass and 1989 Keds. There should be a mass burning. A fashion bonfire of the inanities.

[blueerica]

What do you mean by old sweatshirt? Dirty old, or classic old, and in good/decent condition?

Just curious. I do that with my tshirts.

[Claire]

Like these:

http://io.amigoslink.org/commerce/images/sweatshirt-flags.jpg

White sweatshirt, stone-washed tapered leg jeans....blue socks and old Keds, usually accompanied by a fanny pack. I was witness to this outfit today at the library and the term 'Ugly American' popped into my head. That particular outfit is repeated every second of every day throughout America (and at least once a week by my very own mother!), and I think we should all just say NO to this outfit.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Jazzman's e-mail comment made me think of this one:
I will never understand why someone hasn't helped that poor high ranking Nigerian official get his funds out of Nigeria.
I BET IT'S THE ALLCAPS. Do computers in "Nigeria" not have lower-case letters?

I will never understand why I get junk email in French.

[lindyhop]

Moonliner, while your attempt to explain Monty Python to the MP ignorant was no doubt accurate for a certain segment of the viewing population, it fails to explain the reason for it's appeal to women. That is, of course, Micheal Palin. When he was younger, he was so damn cute!

When he was younger? I saw him when he was promoting a book a few years ago and he's still got it. Of course that being British part really helps.

[lindyhop]

Wow! That was food for thought -- the jerk racing around other cars because he thinks he can shave a few minutes off his commute time is actually the person causing the slowdowns.

I'll never understand why the idiot behind me on the freeway thinks that tailgating will make me speed up.

[wendybeth]

When he was younger? I saw him when he was promoting a book a few years ago and he's still got it. Of course that being British part really helps.

Actually, you are so right! I loved his Around the World series, and their follow ups. Not only is he smart, cute and very witty, he seems to be a very kind and genuine person. With a fabulous accent, as well.;)

[MickeyD]

I'll never understand why my credit card balance never goes down. (But I sure dig my new jeans.)

[Gemini Cricket]

I'll never understand why teachers don't get paid bigger salaries!
True, so true.
:)

[Kevy Baby]

I'll never understand why the idiot behind me on the freeway thinks that tailgating will make me speed up.It makes me slow down.

If he/she continues to tailgate, I find a need to test my brakes.

[BarTopDancer]

It makes me slow down.

If he/she continues to tailgate, I find a need to test my brakes.

Ah yes, the good 'ol break test. I find myself using that more and more. :(

I don't understand why people in cars tailgate me to the point I can't see their headlights then flash their brights or turn them on and they do nothing but blind themselves. I'm like hello! SUV! Higher than you! If you're gonna pull the brights out back up!

[Sheila]

Yeah, BTD, I don't understand why the one-car-length per 10 miles per hour just doesn't seem to be taught anymore? Most people are usually within one-two car lengths behind me, even at 75 miles per hour! Eek! What happens if I have to brake suddenly. This is one of my pet peeves too.

I don't consider myself an old lady driver but I seem to be one of the few practicing this technique. Did Driver's Ed switch out this rule for something else? Or is Driver's Ed just not taught any more due to budget cuts? Holy moley, if it's been cancelled, Gov. Schwarzenegger, put that course back in please! I'd be happy to pay extra taxes for that class.... ;)

[Kevy Baby]

I was taught the 2 second rule - two seconds behind the car in front of you.

But I took driver's ed in 1980.

[Claire]

I'll never understand why my credit card balance never goes down. (But I sure dig my new jeans.)

And I bet your butt looks amazing!! Citizens = sexual candy for the ass!!!

[wendybeth]

Yeah, BTD, I don't understand why the one-car-length per 10 miles per hour just doesn't seem to be taught anymore? Most people are usually within one-two car lengths behind me, even at 75 miles per hour! Eek! What happens if I have to brake suddenly. This is one of my pet peeves too.

I don't consider myself an old lady driver but I seem to be one of the few practicing this technique. Did Driver's Ed switch out this rule for something else? Or is Driver's Ed just not taught any more due to budget cuts? Holy moley, if it's been cancelled, Gov. Schwarzenegger, put that course back in please! I'd be happy to pay extra taxes for that class.... ;)

The thing about following the rules as you state (and which I am in agreement with, btw) is that people will cut in front of you if you leave more than an inch open.:rolleyes: That's potentially even more dangerous. I try not to tailgate, and get tres pissed when someone does it to me, but I don't leave too much room if there is someone next to me that I think will try and cut in suddenly. Just drive defensively and hope for the best.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't understand why other drivers don't understand that your car slows down if you just take your foot off the gas pedal! When I'm in slow traffic, I like to count how many times the driver in front of me hits his brakes before I even hit mine even once because all I'm doing is backing off the gas.

[BarTopDancer]

I was taught the 2 second rule too. And yes, sadly drivers ed has been scaled waaaaaay back (before Arnie was in office). Now it's mostly in-class reading and movies and a day (maybe 2 if you're lucky) on the road with the teacher. Most of the people driving like morons around here are not teens, but people in their 30s.

[€uroMeinke]

I think Arnold just expects us all to drive Hummers

[blueerica]

Now, I hope he's not expecting Hummers from us...

;)

[BarTopDancer]

I'll never understand why I never seem to have anything to eat after I go to the grocery store.

[Baileykat]

I'll never understand why I never seem to have anything to eat after I go to the grocery store.

Aint' it the truth, ain't it the truth!

I've been twice since Friday...and I've been in the kitchen several times today...searching for something to eat!



I never understand why I have to beg Bailey to get in the shower...then once he gets in...I have to BEG him to get OUT!

Something tells me I don't want to know what he's doing in there... :eek:

[BarTopDancer]

Aint' it the truth, ain't it the truth!

I've been twice since Friday...and I've been in the kitchen several times today...searching for something to eat!

I'm not feeling to hot and I really want some crackers and sorbet (not together) but I don't want to go back to the store. I think I shall call my friend and see if he'll bring it over for me.

[Baileykat]

I'm not feeling to hot and I really want some crackers and sorbet (not together) but I don't want to go back to the store. I think I shall call my friend and see if he'll bring it over for me.


On this same topic...I'll never understand how I can go to the store and get my list of things...get home and realize I forgot something...and it's usually something important...tonight we were having enchiladas and I had forgotten to get tortillas...so back to the store I went... :rolleyes:

[BarTopDancer]

On this same topic...I'll never understand how I can go to the store and get my list of things...get home and realize I forgot something...and it's usually something important...tonight we were having enchiladas and I had forgotten to get tortillas...so back to the store I went... :rolleyes:

DOH! I hate when I do that! Today my list disapperaed in my cart... I consider myself lucky that the only thing I forgot was bacon and the extra stuff I bought was produce.

Sigh. Friend won't bring me crackers and sorbet. Meanie. Never mind that he's in Orange and lives in Irvine and I live in Laguna Niguel. :rolleyes: hehe.

[libraryvixen]

I'll never understand why cleaning the fridge can't be like cleaning the oven... SELF CLEANING.

I'll never understand how that one little tomato gets over looked every SINGLE time I go grocery shopping and it causes that icky, mystery, produce drawer juice that makes you have to take everything out!

[Prudence]

I'll never understand why the idiot behind me on the freeway thinks that tailgating will make me speed up.

Corollary: I'll never understand why the idiot tailgating me on the freeway thinks I have the power to go faster than the giant truck in front of me.

[BarTopDancer]

...why people don't use their turn signals when changing lanes. And why people don't let you in when your signal is on... And why once you get infront of the person who wouldn't let you in they decide to tail gate you which results in above course of action...

....why people have to get in the fast lane only to go 65 when the rest of traffic in that lane was going faster than that.... and why do some of them decide to tailgate you when you get infront of them to go the speed you were going before they got in front of you. Yea, you were going 65, we were going 75 so we're passing you and now you must go 80?

[belleh5]

I'll never understand why my bf likes Wrestling sooo much?
After he broke his foot & nose!!!!!

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I'll never understand why our roommate, who is a professional (and wonderful) chef has never learned the concept of "clean as you cook". Maybe it is because he normally has helpers but still...

It just isn't hard to rinse things and put them in the dishwasher as you go along. Usually when I am cooking, I do all the prep first and then clean up that stage. Later, I will use any downtime to wipe counters, put things away, etc. By the time the meal is done, there is very little left to clean. My roommate however will have 10 dirty bowls, tons of utensils, and a number of ingredients lying around at the end. Then, after eating, he goes into lazy mode and the stuff doesn't get cleaned until the next day. I don't mind helping out if we have shared in the meal but I'm not really interested when he is cooking for himself. Drives me crazy.

[Scrooge McSam]

My first serious boyfriend was a chef. Same problem. I think they teach it to them in culinary school.

[wendybeth]

I do that as well, MBC, but it's an act of passive-aggressiveness. No one will cook around here except me, so the deal is that those who do not cook, clean. I can be very messy......:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Professional chef's have paid dishwashers to deal with that. I too clean as I go...unless the sink is already full of stuff, then I shove as I go.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

*thinks about how kitchen is a mess from my dinner prep tonight*

[lindyhop]

Corollary: I'll never understand why the idiot tailgating me on the freeway thinks I have the power to go faster than the giant truck in front of me.

And why does the driver in the back of the line of cars in the left turn lane honk as soon as the left arrow appears? My son used to think I could start going before the car in front of me moved, but he was about four years old at the time.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'll never understand the need to make and American Iron Chef. Obviously, someone didn't get the joke of the original show...

[DisneyFan25863]

I'll never understand why my band director says mmmmkay every other word...

[Kevy Baby]

I'll never understand why the peasants whimper when I beat them with a tire iron.

[wendybeth]

I'll never understand why the peasants whimper when I beat them with a tire iron.

"Cause you're repressing them! ("Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help- I'm being repressed!")

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I'll never understand why there is no pooping flower smell AirWick...

[Monorail Man]

I'll never understand 99% of my school-age peers. :)
I'll never understand WHY I became I'm so facinated with DL. Best answer, because I like it. ;)

[mousepod]

I don't get regional branding.
Why can't I go to the local grocery store and get a six-pack of Yoo Hoo, a box of twiglets (disgusting but addictive), some Pocky, maybe a little Quisp, some almond Pocky...
...along the same line, why does Disney think that American consumers only want bland licensed products (with the exception of Fred Segal in Santa Monica), but will happily release and or license the swankiest stuff in the Land o' the Rising Sun?

(plus I have to chime in about the tailgating. Doesn't the guy riding my ass at 80mph know that he's putting his life in my hands? If he thinks I'm a crappy driver, that just makes him doubly stupid.)

SYRS

[Kevy Baby]

I can't understand why people aren't more understanding

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I can't understand why I used to think I looked good in clothes that were much too big on me. I also used to think that was comfortable. It's still comfortable at home but now I feel like an idiot if I go out in public like that. I guess it's because I was raised on hand-me-downs.

[Prudence]

I don't understand lunchroom fridge bandits. Did it make you feel special to throw out my clearly labelled lunch? What, just eating my lunch wasn't good enough for you, you wanted to toss it atop the wastebasket so as to further convey your contempt for me?

[Gemini Cricket]

I'll never understand why Keanu and Cameron Diaz are in sooo many movies...

[Claire]

I'll never understand why I'm so dis-organized that I can't even find my freaking school directory so that I can call the family who has Cassidy for the afternoon. :eek: Basically, my lack of organization has lost me my child!!

[Gemini Cricket]

Basically, my lack of organization has lost me my child!!
Not to worry, you can make more.
:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Not to worry, you can make more.
:DThank you Bill Cosby.

[Baileykat]

I'll never understand how I can lock my keys in my car when I've done it a million times before!


On my way out the door this afternoon to get the kids, I can't locate my keys. Hmmm..where can they be? Thinking I left them in the car last night, I run out to the car...Of course, there they are, hanging in the ignition, and of course, THE DOORS ARE LOCKED!

Crap crap crap!

Kids are at school, school is out, husband is in Phoenix with extra set, call one of Kat's friends mom who I know could have picked them up...Her daughter has been out of school for several days with HEAD LICE! Ick! Ok...no I really don't want you to get my kids! Thanks anyway! Call my best friend who lives 5 miles away and call school to beg grouchy secretary to let my kids hang out in office til she gets there....AAA comes, unlocks door, kids get home, all is good!

Make mental note to get extra extra set of keys made! :rolleyes:

[blueerica]

There are a lot of things I have come to realize in the last few days that I don't understand. And I'm not sure if I want to.

1.) Cyclists going down Westchester Parkway: Why must you roam outside your luxury-sized bike lane when there is heavy traffic breezing past you at 60 MPH? Do you have no concern for your own mortality, or do you believe your helmet will protect you? Are you a car? Do you not know that the cars are bigger than you?

2.) Rollerbladers going down Westchester Pkwy: Make #1 a double for you! WTF??

3.) Insurance companies that within 24 hours of telling you one thing, will tell you the exact opposite. Will tell you they paid. Will tell you they denied further claims because they already paid. :mad:

4.) Hospitals that tell you they never received payment. That they don't care and are going to send me to collections. Said hospital is a madhouse, and I don't trust to pay them and get reimbursed for what above insurance might pay. :mad:

5.) Why I continue not wanting to deal with the insurance debacle once and for all.... Yet somehow, I keep trying...

[AllyOops!]

I'll never understand why, even at age 32, a skipped birthday breaks my heart. No parties, cake, balloons or that one phonecall you keep wishing for. So instead you cry and eat your own weight in old ass novelty-size Airport Toblerone in your comfy pink & grey sweats. Pathetic much? It's a little tough when you're competing with New Year's Day. You're never going to win! :(

It's February & I still get sad. I so need to get over it! That's what I don't understand- why I can't get over it!! I SO need to get over it!!!!

I can't complain! I'm so Blessed & don't even deserve all the wonderful joys that fill my life. So, I'll just celebrate other people's birthdays. That makes my heart all warm & roasty toasty! :)

[BarTopDancer]

Allybell HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kevy Baby]

I'll never understand quantum physics

[BarTopDancer]

I'll never understand why I have more hot water at night then in the morning. I have my own water heater so it's not due to my neighbors...

[FEJ]

I'll never understand why I have more hot water at night then in the morning. I have my own water heater so it's not due to my neighbors...

The pipes in the house are colder in the morning? cools the water quicker (just an idea)

[BarTopDancer]

The pipes in the house are colder in the morning? cools the water quicker (just an idea)

I thought of that and that may be the case. The water heats up just as fast as it does at night, just not as hot and runs out uberfast. And it's not me taking longer showers in the morning (for those who are wondering).

[Claire]

I'll never understand why my day seems incomplete without a venti latte at some point.....thankfully, today is not one of those days.....and I can't remember the last incomplete day I've had in months, except when we were at Disneyland. :eek:

[MickeyD]

I'll never understand why my day seems incomplete without a venti latte at some point.....thankfully, today is not one of those days.....and I can't remember the last incomplete day I've had in months, except when we were at Disneyland. :eek:

Ditto. You don't still give up lattes for Lent do you? (That is your thing that I'm thinking of, isn't it?) It's been implied by my coworkers that I should give up Starbucks for Lent....to which I replied, "HELL NO!" Maybe some year spiritually I'll be in a place where I can do that....but this is not that year. :p

I'll never understand why every time I read my parents' People magazine, it seems there is a picture of Britney Spears emerging from a gas station bathroom. Eww.

I'll also never understand why I'm such a freekin' clutz. Yesterday I tripped over God knows what. I probably would have just turned my ankle, except that luckily or unluckily, I was wearing boots, so I tweaked my knee instead. I'm not sure what I did to it....it doesn't hurt much, but every time I bend it, it snaps, crackles & pops more than a bowl of Rice Krispies. :( :rolleyes:

[Gn2Dlnd]

Car on the right goes first. CAR ON THE RIGHT GOES FIRST!!!

Thanks.

Oh, and cleaning as I'm cooking? When I'm seasoning and tweaking and what-not, dish-soap smell can totally take me out of my "zone.". Maybe if they made totally unscented soap. Do they and I just haven't looked?

[libraryvixen]

I don't understand why a bird poos on my car as soon as I get it washed.

[lindyhop]

I can't understand why I used to think I looked good in clothes that were much too big on me. I also used to think that was comfortable. It's still comfortable at home but now I feel like an idiot if I go out in public like that. I guess it's because I was raised on hand-me-downs.

I'm having a flashback that may require psychoanalysis...

When I started kindergarten my grandmother made a bunch of dresses for me and of course because they should last me a while they all had growing room. I think I must have looked like a war orphan until about the third grade. I wore one sleeveless dress all the way into the fifth grade! :eek:

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't understand why a bird poos on my car as soon as I get it washed.It's a nice, shiny target. :D

[Kevy Baby]

I'll never stand under a ladder

[Claire]

Ditto. You don't still give up lattes for Lent do you? (That is your thing that I'm thinking of, isn't it?) It's been implied by my coworkers that I should give up Starbucks for Lent....to which I replied, "HELL NO!" Maybe some year spiritually I'll be in a place where I can do that....but this is not that year. :p

Twas my thang, but not this year. I'm not sure if I'll ever be in a place, anyplace, where I'll try it again.

Unless I'm in prison, I'm drinking my damn lattes everyday. :coffee:

I'll never understand the point of the Super Bowl. Unless the point is gathering with friends, drinking and eating while laughing at funny commercials.....if that's the case, I'm all for it. But the stupid football game ruined many of the conversations happening in the room! :rolleyes:

[BarTopDancer]

...Why the Prez and CEO of our company think it's a good idea to call at meeting at 4:45 on a Friday with no notice and want to discuss things we need to compile.

[mhrc4]

i will never understand the desire by some californians to drive 75-85mph IN THE RAIN and then have the nerve to complain about the number of accidents

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'll never understand people that have to have the TV on all the time. I can't stand having TV as background. Either it's something I want to watch and I have to sit and watch it, or it's just so much garbled annoying noise. If I want background, I use music. If I'm listening to the radio, often times the commercials will make me turn it off.

I love silence.

[lindyhop]

I love silence.
Yes.


I'll never understand why TV reporters on the morning news have to stand outside in the cold and dark at 6 in the morning to report on something that happened in that location the day before in broad daylight. They still end up showing you something filmed earlier when the event actually happened so why can't they do that in the studio? Are they all frustrated foreign correspondent wannabes pretending to be in downtown Baghdad? And don't get me started on TV reporters standing in the rain to tell me it's raining.

[BarTopDancer]

And don't get me started on TV reporters standing in the rain to tell me it's raining.

Or staning outside saying it's getting ready to rain. Or calling drizzle a downpour or a storm. "STORM WATCH 2004... we're expecting some drizzle and possible light showers today..." Yea. That's NOT a storm, not even by CA standards.

[Tito's Kitten]

I'll never inderstand why I stoped playing the piano.... or the trumpet.... or the drums......