I just don't get itPoor Semiret, he's foreign and has no idea if he "should laugh about the whole 'only playing music when they are out of ice cream' thing or not." There's also a Far Side cartoon that has had him stumped for almost 20 years.
What don't you understand? What have you politely gone along with whilst internally going WTF?
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Drinking gamenot so much something ive run with for years but still a smile politely and nod situation
being the president of a university sports team one of my jobs over summer was to secure sponsorship. me and my drinking buddy/housemate were visiting a part for a meeting on such sponsorship. now were a welsh university (aberystwyth) so obviously the standard 'drunk at the bar' was a welsh drunk at the bar. an old fella who was always there and always more pissed than any of the students you see passed out in the gutters. we had to wait for the guy we were meeting so while looking around aimlessly we caught his eye and politely said hi. he nodded back at us and raised his drink
then he turned to face us........ fuck!
he then proceeded to have a conversation with my mate an i entirely in welsh with neither of us speaking a word of welsh. we picked up on the bits where he leaned forwadr expecting a response and boucned back with "yeaah hah ahhah huh huh"
the only things we really picked up were where he was quoting what we gathered must have been from a time he was at the bar. he would point of into the distance and shout "jock drink, paddy drink, taffy drink" etc then continue on with explaining his story to us fully in welsh with the occasional laughter which we mirrored
we in the end decided he was telling us about a drinking game he came up with and since then have occasionally brought it out of the back pocket to play
its great because only me and my mate know the rules we made up so everyone loses apart from us
win
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Schtuff I don't get:1. Ann Coulter. Or pretty much any lady who is an uber-conservative.
2. On many college campuses, including mine, there's loads of these Christian groups who get together during the week to sing Christian songs and talk about Jesus and all. I don't understand why this is fun.
3. Why America never switched over to the metric system. We were halfway there in the 60s, I don't know what happened. Now we have to learn both systems, which is incredibly stupid.
edt: 4. Why do only enormous people wear speedos?
edt: 5. Why people from Texas say "y'all" to mean singular you. I can sort of see saying "y'all" for a plural you, but singular? I think they do it just to piss us northerners off.
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I work in a shopping centre part timeSometimes (due to gay busses) I get to work on a Sunday at about 10:15, none of the shops open till 11:00 yet there is still quite a significant number of people wandering around 45 minutes before they can even buy anything, I just can’t understand the logic there.
Secondly, why do the scumbags who live in my town think it’s still acceptable to hang about on street corners drinking and hanging around with 13/14 year olds? Even ones who are my age (18) haven’t got jobs; they just bum around wasting their lives. What a pointless and depressing existence.
Apologies for length…and girth.
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WHY?I can't understand why fat tourists come to Bognor Regis and insist on wearing tiny shorts and oversized t-shirts on the beach, even though its usually pissing it down or just plain fucking cold.
Actually, i can't understand why tourists even come to Bognor.
Why do i live here?
Oh yeah, and i dont get why everyone was making a big deal today about Prince Charles' outburst - he was talking sense!
Or why people care about his wedding plans. Let him and Horseface get on with it.
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reply to reckless rikI don't know why we have to pay £25 for nails and £100 for hair! It's stupid! That's probably why I haven't had a haircut in a year....Also I don't get the stupid ringtones like the frog, I don't get the crotch grabbing of RnB idiots, some blokes thinking it's cool to be a "playa", why is it cool to sleep with lots of women and cheat? Women acting like that are called sluts! Wow, I've got a lot to bitch about haven't I? BTW the last comment wasn't aimed at all men, just some men!
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There are so many things I don't get it's not funnyReligion - not to steal BobbyParadise's thunder, who made an excellent post earlier, but I just do not understand the religious at all. Like praying and singing in church, I understand what the people involved get out of it, but what is God supposed to derive from this display? Is the creator of the whole universe supposed to look down and think "mmm...nice harmonies...hey, that's really flattering, thanks"?
Homosexuality - I'm just not attracted to people of my own gender, and I can't get my head around how it happens.
Homophobia - Conversely, I don't get why people can feel so threatened by what is, essentially, an act of love.
Why my KVM completely wigged out just then - And why I had to reset my box and retype most of this post. Damn computers...
Dancing - unless I'm completely drunk/high it never works for me. I love music, but I never mastered the steps, looking like the archetypal dad at a wedding.
Pokemon - Or indeed any toyline that came out after about 1988.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:51,
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2 from me!Number One - getting people who speak a painfully small amount of english to work in a public facing role with no language support whatsoever. I can't begin to count the amount of times i've had to repeat myself over and over to get my request across. I really feel sorry for the other person too. They look absolutly flumoxed and lost and obviously want to be a million miles away. Why do companies do this? Its crap customer service from them, a nightmare for us, and awful for the worker. McDonalds is the worst culprate. WHY???
OK secondly its pron. Now this may be because i'm female and find pron absolutly hilarious (only reason i've ever watched it, tbh) but can somebody explain this to me as i really dont get it...Why the HELL do the guys, after banging away at the beautiful woman in every position going, pull out and wank to climax? Surely this is defeating the object? I just dont get it at all.
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how in the hellmy roommate from last year actually got a girlfriend. the man's a fat idiot with a breathing impediment. frankly, she isn't much better being a socially inept selfish bitch.
their children are going to be the ugliest retards ever seen by man unless darwinism gets off its lazy ass and does something about it.
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why we insist on using Fahrenheitwhen the rest of the world uses Celsius. and why can't we just use the metric system?
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SmokingSeriously, I just don't get it. My mum's had breast cancer so I know what having to deal with cancer is like, and I just can't understand how anybody could want to increase their chances of getting cancer of any sort. At all. Ever.
Someone explain it to me? Also, really not an attractive way to smell you know!
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notshiny, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:23,
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american girlsi simply don't get the bulk of them. i figure that i'd have better luck if i punched one in the face the way they act.
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Johnathan KingWhat was his parents thinking that drunken night he was conceived, 'cos lets face it, they must have been pissed to give us THAT!
(, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:11, Reply)
Adult infant fetishPeople who dress and act like babies
Why! Cunts!
I just like sucking breasts anyway, i don't need a fucking nappy!
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messengeri don't get the stupid things people use for short on messenger. What does cncn mean? I haven't got a clue
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Those news reportswhich say "45% of the population thinks such and such, 55% thinks such and such". Lovely generalisation, because they never ask MY opinion.
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mr_wicksy is.... old., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:06,
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I rang Three's customer support line in Mumbai yesterday...They didn't understand a word of what I was saying, but I just laughed along like they knew what they were doing.
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TooMuch2AM, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:06,
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I will never understand...Why everyone seems to loathe Mr Blobby so much. Maybe it's because I grew up with him, but I think he is absolutely brilliant. Similarly, I will never understand just why they had to cancel Noel's House Party. :(
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Christopher EcclestonAfter bimbling in half soaked obscurity for most of your career, you retire from a series that after just one episode has proven to be a hit while earning the respect of the public for excellently playing one of science fictions best loved characters from the past 45 years.
For fear of being typecast?!
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nnnndave, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:01,
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BukkakeWhy would anyone want it done to them and why would you do it to anyone else? Unless you really disliked them.
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Here's a joke...A snail was walking down a road when a slug came up to him and said "Big Issue, mate?"
Didn't take me long to get but everyone I tell it to just stands there looking blank until I explain it.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 17:00, Reply)
I don't getHow most people can be so extremely stupid and not even realise it???
Like all the emo people who claim they are all individual and unique and don't follow any crowd and they ALL LOOK THE SAME and listen to the same music etc etc! And don't even realise it??
And with the hair that's engineered to look messy, because messy hair when you greased it like that is cool whereas messy hair because you forgot to brush it is skanky?!?!
WHAAATTTT????????????
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