| Author | Message | ||
     Blake |
Ever get into a discussion/debate and someone will make a vague or generalized statement that on the surface might seem meaningful, but then when you think about it, really not so much? Some funny (really stupid) ones I recall over the years: Erik Buell didn't invent the motorcycle. Got any more? | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I got accused of being an extreme controversy theorist because of my direct quotes from the health care bill that befuddled the arguements of the fan boys that hadnt read it. I have since made it my signature on that board  previously it was, if you like the bill, you havent read it. There was too much truthiness to that, apparently. | ||
| Blake |
Send link please.  | ||
| Glitch |
Y'all are all the same! | ||
| Slaughter |
My street-racing bicycle has Campagnolo side-pull brakes. ZTL. My Iron Horse Hollowpoint mountain bike has Hayes hydraulic disk brakes. NON-ZTL. | ||
| Slaughter |
... and you are not intolerant, you are just refusing to see the magnificence, the truth and RIGHTNESS of my opinions. | ||
| Blake |
Glitch, Did you mean.... "All o'y'all are the same"?  | ||
| Blake |
Loretta is confused. Too much staring at tile floor layout will do that to ya.  | ||
| Bads1 |
Kinda seems like thread that will breed the comments your looking for Blake.LOL | ||
| Glitch |
Y'all ain't right neither. | ||
| Doz |
"Not for Nothing but..." I was lost the first time someone used that. And everything that followed made no sense to me. Who starts an opinion with "not for nothing" and expects to be taken seriously? WTF- I understand. | ||
| Daves |
I like okra. No one can say that and really mean it  | ||
| Iamike |
That's kind of like when someone asks in a post "What are the 'best' tires?" Depends on what you plan on doing with them. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Blake said "engineering for engineering's sake" Ever work on a BMW motorcycle? 2+ hours to change a battery on a R1150R. 45 minutes to rotate front brake assembly forward about 10 degrees. | ||
| Brumbear |
Not for nothing but if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. There see Drew it works  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffUDDYYIX04 | ||
| Bwbhighspl |
That's just engineering for engineering's sake. I agree with that one. Engineers do things not because it's needed, but because they can. Here's a comic to illustrate this point: http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/01/mad-scientists -are-actually-just-mad-engineers/ | ||
| Blake |
>>> Engineers do things not because it's needed, but because they can. Then that would be "engineering for the engineer's sake", quite different. | ||
| Moxnix |
Personally I enjoy the point in a thread where two bald men are fighting over a comb. Especially if I'm not one of them. | ||
| Buellriderx |
Personally I enjoy the point in a thread where two bald men are fighting over a comb. Especially if I'm not one of them.  | ||
| Doz |
Thanks Brumbear, suddenly everything makes sense....like deja vu, all over again. | ||
| Glitch |
"When he said 'so-in-so' what he meant was..." Used to be one of my favorites, now it just aggravates me. Or when you post a few links to backup what you were saying, you get "those all say the same thing," that one still amuses me. | ||
| Moxnix |
>>Ever get into a discussion/debate and someone will make a vague or generalized statement that on the surface might seem meaningful, but then when you think about it, really not so much? Yes. Reminded me of: In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.--Jan L. A. Van de Snepscheut. . . . in a vague and generalized way. Photographic proof, links to references, footnotes, and some pudding displaying proof in it always helps. | ||
| 86129squids |
"You're smarter than you look." "You're dumber than you look." "He's a pretty fart smeller." "Pull my finger, I'll tell you a secret." | ||
| Scooter808484 |
Blake said "engineering for engineering's sake" Ever work on a BMW motorcycle? 2+ hours to change a battery on a R1150R. 45 minutes to rotate front brake assembly forward about 10 degrees. That's not really "engineering for engineering's sake," that just says that the engineering did not think that ease of user maintenance or repair was important or was to actually be discouraged. Of course, I'm an engineer! | ||
| Scooter808484 |
Don't know how I posted that twice. (Message edited by scooter808484 on February 09, 2011) | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Scooter, you are right. I think you can call engineering for engineering's sake, art. | ||
| Brumbear |
what call Peugeot then? A sundee mornin deposit thats wut | ||
| Stirz007 |
"what call Peugeot then?" Bad engineering. (Yep, I'm a P.E. too, 'cept I push dirt and play in the water, sometimes get to blow stuff up, not the train-drivin' kind). I refer you to the Allen-Bradley Turbo Entabulator to understand the art of engineering for engineering's sake. The expressions that get to me are: "You have a right to not be offended in the workplace" (What? I have a RIGHT to not be offended? how exactly does THAT work?) "You're a racist!" Usually by someone who is not interested in actual facts or examples of whatever inequity one prefers to discuss. "Did you find what you were looking for?", or "Is your food tasting OK?" only because there is precious little variance on these expressions, no matter what store or restaurant you patronize. | ||
| Swampy |
Trying to relay Whatevers epic journey to my hot Eye-talian girlfriend. She just looks at me like "you are so retarted" She just doesn't get it....yet | ||
| Saxon59 |
Yea,my Wife when she's yellin' at me for somthin' I did or didn't do and I give her an exscuse she'll say "dont be so defensive".I generally do defend myself when I'm attacked. |
