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A TV ad commercial for a "Loud 'n Clear" hearing aid plays relentlessly. One of the bits shows a lady playing BINGO, she asks her friend what number was just called. "B3" is the response. "Darn, I had it". According to the accepted rules of BINGO, doesn't she still have it?? Another bit shows a stealthy hunter holding a high powered rifle in the woods. The voice over guy say "You can hear game before they hear you". If he shoots, but forgets to turn off the device, does his head explode?? Just wondering..........  jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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Hey old buddy you must be either extremely bored or your age is catching up with you like it is with me.
See you in Nelson
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I set mine around 1200 when it's cold outside, then turn it down to about 1000 when it's warm outside.
More flags
More fun!
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More idle thoughts ---
Why would kids rather play with a cardboard box than the 4,126 different toys they have?
Stewart
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"It's outside your field of expertise."
"Poppycock normally is."
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Yeah, well...after you folks answer those questions John here posed to ya about THAT commercial, I've got one for ya TOO here. What the heck is "Bud Light has 'Drinkability'" supposed to mean, HUH?!  (I'm guessin' it means that they can't sell that swill to the public unless they come up with some kind of crappy P/R campaign like THAT, because they certainly don't want to mention its TASTE, right?!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.  Did you know that if all of the smokers were laid end-to-end around the world, three-quarters of them would drown. I know too much time on our hands.
Bill.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
-George Best
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either extremely bored or your age is catching up with you
Neither Kit,
I prefer to think of it as nimble, agile mind, fueled by coffee & a fertile imagination  .
It's like the sign on the entrance door to the Sheriff's Dept. "No illegal Contraband beyond this point". I asked, "What's legal contraband?" He replied "Who has time to think of stuff like that".
See you in Nelson, we can discuss it over a glass of Ale.
jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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If a tree in the woods fell on a mime, would it still not make a sound?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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I saw an add for a dog tat elps te deaf by telling tem wen te pone rings - wat use is tat?. (still no H working)
Nil Illigitimous Carbarundum
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I thought it was just Strine.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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I saw an add for a dog tat elps te deaf by telling tem wen te pone rings - wat use is tat?. (still no H working)
wat te ell?
Stewart
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"It's outside your field of expertise."
"Poppycock normally is."
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That's why they put lights on telephones!!!!
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Quote:
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I saw an add for a dog tat elps te deaf by telling tem wen te pone rings - wat use is tat?. (still no H working)
wat te ell?
Okay you two. Stop talkin' like a couple of East-End Cockney Londoners, now WILL YA???!!!
(yeah suuuuuure, Popeye...your "H" key is broken, huh?!....tell us another one, dude!!!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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If you travel at the speed of light and turn your headlights on will they do anything?
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Well, THAT depends, Ian. And I say this because, Albert Einstein once explained that in his famous equation, E=mc2("c", of course representing the speed of light) that in the instance such as what you've asked here, the headlight WOULD STILL shine brightly ahead of somebody traveling at the speed of light. (However, the great genius went on to say that that would ONLY BE the case IF the headlight WERE NOT manufactured by the Lucas Electical Company LTD of Great Britain!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I don't remember if it was Albert Einstein or another great thinker but it was theorized that light is an exception to that rule because nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Light does not act like a baseball thrown in a moving bus.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Ahem....the above "theory" was ONLY a setup for that joke, Ian ol' boy!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Since I am not a mathematician or physicist I can't argue the point.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Why SURE you could!!! I mean, has NOT being a trained professional or educated in a particular field that was being discussed around here ever stopped ANYBODY from "theorizing" an opinion about ANY topic that may come up? HUH?! (what are you tryin' to do here dude???..make this place BORING or somethin'???...I HOPE you KNOW that if THAT kind of thinking ever catches on, then they just might as well SHUT DOWN this place called "The Lounge", dude!!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Hey I am just trying to set the same lofty example I always do!
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Since I am not a mathematician or physicist I can't argue the point.
Since when has a lack of facts, knowledge or experience EVER stopped ANYONE on this site from talking about any topic?
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Yeah! EXACTLY, John. And THAT'S what I was just tellin' Ian here!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I never make any comments unless I'm absolutely right.
Well, I was wrong once.
But that was only because I mistakenly believed that I was wrong when in actuality I was right.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Well Bill, that STILL counts as one "wrong", ya know. (and I'll let you be the first to know IF and WHEN that ever happens to ME!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Ya know, the only reason that I confessed to that is because that among my many great qualities, modesty is the greatest.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Well...there's number TWO now, Bill!!! And so, NOW that makes ME(the "most humble" of all) TWO UP on ya, dude!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Oh, I don't think so. My humility is a source of great pride.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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And back to the subject of idle thoughts:
How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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I don't remember if it was Albert Einstein or another great thinker but it was theorized that light is an exception to that rule because nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Light does not act like a baseball thrown in a moving bus.
But what about the speed of dark?
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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I can't say what I am thinking due to the AUP.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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As long as we're asking questions here...I have a few. So why is it we drive on parkways and park on driveways, huh?  Why do we say our alarm clocks are going off when they're really going on? Please Help!!!
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How many rpm should I see on the tach when I'm experiencing idle thoughts?
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