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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Oh, And another!I think all the ladies here will agree with me on this one...
Why oh why oh why do clothing companies make their sizes different. I have got clothes that are a size 12 that are too big, and clothes that are a size 20 and too small. Why cant clothes shops go by the SAME SIZE CHART??? EH??? ANSWER ME!
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And just before I forget...Why tabloids have to tell us all about Pete 'n' Jordan (sorry, I meant Katie), Charlotte Church and Gareth Gates.
Who again?
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Expression I don't get.There's an expression here in the States that used when one person doesn't like another and want to make their life miserable.
"He's got a hard on for so and so"
I'm sorry, but if you had a hard on for someone, wouldn't you be wanting to shag them?
There again, the Americans did bastardise the English language!
Edited, as I realise I'm turning American *sob*
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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 21:09,
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It's amazing how...... my first and most recent reaction to a certain lecturer's mumbo-jumbo during theatre studies was, and still is, "WTF?". And that's after 2 years of lectures, for the record.
Also: Anything to do with Maths. But that's just me. I'm not good at it.
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i dont get a couple of thingswhy do most people misunderstand drone music
why is most of chart hip hop crap
why cant i die
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Old peopleI think the whole "respect your elders" thing is a great big pile of bullshit.
Just because they are old and "allegedly" wise and all that crap does not mean they are superior and be worshipped like some sort of a sodding deity. I mean, who created World War 1 and 2 for example? not me or people under 30.
They are human, not perfect, and get things wrong like most people. They seem to get to a age where they are under the belief they can be as shitty and arrogant as they want, and think they're the centre of the sodding universe. Here is an example: old people barging through shopping queues because they are old and speaking to people like crap.
Try walking around St Helens town centre. Bloody full of them, they're no different to Chavs (eg. don't work, get up when they want, they're on drink and or drugs, and loiter around shopping centres. My girl used to work there, and they get up at the "crack of sparrow fart"* and stay in the town centre all day).
Think about it...
(nb. *=far too early in the morning)
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My biggest WTF is...My university course - oh well gotta do something with my time!
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Re ProudclodYeah!
I dont get these windowlickers who go round pretending "Scots" is not just an regional derivative of english, but some arcane language spoken only by God's Chosen Few.
They deliberatly go round making themselves sound illitterate, AND ASK FOR PUBLIC MONEY TO DO SO!
I'm scottish and have a Scots accent, but I dont feel the need to alienate everyone around me by giving all everyday objects a totally baffling new name, and then get huffy when someone says "WTF?"
I reckon it was a conspiracy by Burns to piss off the English. Well, it pisses off everyone you big Bard
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Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 20:40,
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More WTF!Why do tourists video tape (or digitally film, I suppose) stationery objects like....
The Tower of London
Edinburgh Castle
or Buckingham Palace
THEY DONT FECKING MOVE!!
JUST TAKE A BLOODY PHOTO!!!
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Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 20:29,
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ShoppingSpecifically for clothes.
I see people going round shops, and buying all manner of crap. Stuff like sweaters/t-shirts/etc that look like they've been left on the rack inside out, with all the seams exposed. Why? Just use a normal one, that you surely already own, and turn it inside out!
People paying £40+ for a shirt. WHY?
As a general rule, £15 is my absolute maximum limit for any item of clothing, unless it's something like a proper suit, or a good pair of shoes.
Occasionally I'll stretch, but it has to be something I really want.
More often than not, I can get everything I need online. I know what size clothes I need, so that's no problem. I certainly don't need to drag anyone else with me for opinions. I know what I want.
What especially gets me is that if more people took that approach, the clothing companies would have no choice but to reduce their prices to something more reasonable. But no - people are ****wits!
I could go on, but I feel compelled to insert a tired old cliché about length/girth/etc and proclaim that you all love it. So:
No apologies for length and girth. You love it, you filthy lot.
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Oh! Oh! And .......WTF is all this crap that women think that they can be friends with men?
Unless you are a bummer, there will always be a point when you think "When should I ask her for a shag?"
A female "friend" is someone I have yet to shag. Why women insist in even considering the possibility that men would like them only for "the company" is beyond me.
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Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 20:25,
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ConcertsPeople pay good money to go to a concert then :-
Use their camera phone as a periscope, pointing it at the big screen, thus transforming the live performer to a blurry one and half inch square.
Talk to their friends next to them all through the event.
Phone their friends at home and chat all through the event.
Phone their friends at the same event!
Didn't they want to watch the show and hear the band?
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Things I do not understandWhy customers in supermakets on the 48hrs leading up to a bank holiday think it is the END OF THE WORLD? WTF?
Why we need to know about the Beckhams? WTF?
Who cares about the royals? GTF!
Yeah! And Mono! What is that about? I thought this must mean someone has a bad ear infection and couldn't hear!
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Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 20:19,
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Sword swallowing.... why? People who 'eat' glass & other crap too **. What happens when it eventually exits?!
(** may include Big Macs)
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Star Wars IIIThe people who say "I know that Star Wars III will be terrible, but I'm going to wait in line all night and see the first showing anyway."
No! Be strong! Just because it's a trilogy doesn't mean you have to see the whole thing. When the Matrix II was bad, I didn't run out to see Matrix III. (I saw part of it six months later, when one of my friends downloaded it onto their computer. It wasn't even worth stealing, btw.)
Why do people insist on torturing themselves?
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here's a number of things I don't get and haven't been able to do anything significant aboutLine dancing - That ain't dancing
Also, People who think they need to know "moves" to dance
Nothern Irish rascists - It seems the small minded bigots around here aren't satisfied with good old fashioned sectarianism
Northern Irish Politics - Just don't start me
Ringtones/wallpapers - People actually pay for this crap?
Girls who say "why can't I meet a nice guy like you" - YOU JUST DID, THERE NOW, RIGHT THEN WHEN YOU MET ME FFS!
My hair - What's the deal with it?
Uncomfortable shoes that you can't dance or walk in - c'mon girls, there's no need
Blokes that watch hollyoaks - IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT TITS THEN GET ON THE INTERWEB OR TAKE UP BIRDWATCHING
Frogs legs - What happens to the frogs? I've worked with a few french chefs and none of them knew
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VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:44,
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citadel:I should've known. It's the same reason we say "youse guyses"
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Cafflicks and the PopeI don't understand why thousands of people flock to see him everywhere he goes and comment on his bravery and strength in reading out the mass, like it's some sort of acievement. My four-year-old nephew could do it and would probably dribble less. And if he's so holy why does he need an army doctors and specialists anyway? Surely the power of one billion Cafflicks praying for his health would be enough to sustain him? It shows the faith he has got in the power of prayer that he buggers off to his own private ward every time he has a sniffle. Also did Jesus not tell his disciples to abandon their wordly goods and that it is near impossible for a rich man to get into heaven? I'm sure that must comfort him when he is in his palace surrounded by servants and billions of pounds worth of art.
In the interests of balance:
Ian Paisley: tw@t. Archbishop of Canterbury - beardy tw@t
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Fantastic GermanAs a slightly reformed Southerner, yes, we DO say "Ya'll" specifically to piss you off. We keep a tally as to how many Yankees we can annoy and then we go to b4ta.com to share anecdotes.
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
Sean
b4ta: the American version where the QOTW is normally something like "what did you have for dinner?"
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Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:35,
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being rude to waitersWhy would you want to piss off somebody who is in a position to hock a loogie into your chowder?
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people who quietly go along with things that don't make sense to themIf something appears blatantly fucking stupid to me, I say so and the one of two things usually happens
a) somebody explains WTF it's about and I learn something, making me smarter and bringing me closer to my goal of ruling the universe
or
b) somebody else says, "yeah I thought it was a bit blatantly fucking stupid as well" and we don't feel stupid, occasionally something actually gets done to rectify the situation
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VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:32,
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Why are they feeding the Pope through a tube?Surely they're playing God
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When the internet was all fields, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:22,
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Cunts on the tubeWhy the feck do you squeeze into London Bridge, making them close the platform several times each and every morning due to overcrowding, and then get off at Bank which is only just accross the bridge. It's quicker to walk you spazzers. And then I might have half a chance of getting on the bloody thing and get to Camden without tasting your armpits.
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When the internet was all fields, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:21,
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French postructuralism and nobby dinner-party gamesSeriously - anything written by Michel Foucault. And for that matter, most of the other stuff I have to read as a sociology postgrad :-( Don't do it, kids.
Less seriously - the Mornington Crescent game. Running off a list of tube stations and then laughing your head off. Who the fuck decided that was funny? Maybe you have to be posh to get it.
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CursesI don't get how I can think of a good answer to QOTW, but as soon as I go to post it I forget what I was about to write. *sheds a single tear*
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Why do people smoke?It costs you money, and makes you unhealthy! Why???
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Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:08,
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PeopleI just don't get them at all, when they have good things happeneing to them they throw it all away, then when bad things happen to them they moan about the lack of good things gah!
Just People!
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ScotsNot your standard Scottish person, but one who speaks full and rapid Scots.
What the fuck are they saying?
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