WTF Stories of the Week

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I'm reminded of another story where a county treasurer used the word "niggardly", which means stingy, in a some meeting and was forced to resign because it sounded too much like the N word and people didn't know the meaning.

And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

From Wiki: niggardly
Interesting. I don't think I've ever even heard of that word before.

I've heard it. Not in common use, but I knew what it meant. I didn't know it was Norwegian! That's cool.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I say we all don Mickey Mouse t-shirts, get into our F-150's and hit our nearest drive-thrus for Big Macs. After 11am, that is (10:30am in some places).

It's every American's duty!

Originally Posted by JWBear

And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys.

Ah, yes, ignorance in action. ::sigh:: Got to wonder about the people who are so quick to be offended over something they don't actually know the meaning of.

[Kevy Baby]

And on a lighter note:

He took a seat at Rose Bowl — 39,250 times
Calif. man sets 48-hour world record but vows to sit in all chairs at stadium

PASADENA, Calif. - Jim Purol took a seat at the Rose Bowl, and then another, and then another, until he broke a world record.

The Anaheim man set a Guinness World Record on Wednesday for "Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours" by sitting in 39,250 seats.

He began the task Monday morning, and he's still going, hoping to rest his tush in each of the stadium's 92,542 seats by sometime this week.

The 56-year-old, who already holds several other world records, says he has dreamed of tackling the Rose Bowl seats for 20 years — ever since he sat in all 107,501 chairs at the University of Michigan's football stadium.

The feat has taken a toll on his body and his cleanliness, as soot on the seats rubbed off on his clothes. He says he loves the Rose Bowl but calls the place "filthy."

That is the whole story this time, but here is the link none-the-less.

It's good to have goals in life.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It's good to have goals in life.

In American football they're called "end zones".

[Capt Jack]

"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told the Post.

can I at least still hate their food?

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

can I at least still hate their food?

Yes.

[CoasterMatt]

Sorry to go back a couple stories - but WTF is with everybody saying that the video of the screaming fat kid is on a rollercoaster? It's a slingshot ride - a ride that can terrify even a freak like me - what a mean mom.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Tim Wildmon, re: McD's

We're saying that there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's going to fight against the values they believe in.

This dude has it backwards. Their dollars are being put into an organization that's going to fight FOR the values they DON'T believe in. Gays are not fighting against anybody's rights or values, they are fighting for their own to be respected and accepted.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Gays are not fighting against anybody's rights or values, they are fighting for their own to be respected and accepted.

No one has a right to be respected or accepted. It is common decency to do so, but they are not rights to be expected.

I realize many people will be angry over that, but I believe it's true.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

No one has a right to be respected or accepted. It is common decency to do so, but they are not rights to be expected.

Everyone has a right to be treated equally by the law. That is a form of respect and acceptance.