Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread of Their Own 8 (2013)

[Maister]

Some of the words that are used in WWF are just ridiculous though. I've tried to look up words that people have used and I couldn't find a definition anywhere. Some people that I play will literally take an entire day to play a word. I know for a fact that they are just trying any and all combinations of words and letters until they find one that WWF let's them play. This wouldn't happen in a real game of Scrabble.

What btrage said. I gots me some L33T skillz where vocabulary, strategy and pattern recognition are concerned. And I have no qualms whatsoever about losing to someone who can block me by playing "quixotic" on triple word tiles, but it bugs me to lose when someone's "strategy" evidently consists of taking a lot of time to plug unlikely combos of letters in until one registers with the game. (e.g. cramming adjacent tiles to form the words "Qis""sym" and "uhs"....wow, that's 88 points!....)

[Raf]

What btrage said. I gots me some L33T skillz where vocabulary, strategy and pattern recognition are concerned. And I have no qualms whatsoever about losing to someone who can block me by playing "quixotic" on triple word tiles, but it bugs me to lose when someone's "strategy" evidently consists of taking a lot of time to plug unlikely combos of letters in until one registers with the game. (e.g. cramming adjacent tiles to form the words "Qis""sym" and "uhs"....wow, that's 88 points!....)

Yall should play a "man's game" online. Who is up for some cyburbia Call of Duty? that why were can talk smack and "virtually" affirm our 2nd amendment rights!

God Bless Merica

[mendelman]

He can wrestle...

I think the World Wildlife Fund has something to say about your reference.....

[kjel]

Must be the season. I was just talking to the Mrs. ofos about chicken pot pie. Unfortunately she's not a fan. Of the purchased variety, there used to be one that I liked the most because it was in a pie shell with crust top, not just a top covering. Anybody know who might make one like that?

I make one like that

[ofos]

I make one like that

Don't tempt me to come to NJ.

[Raf]

It is confirmed that today is S/S weather around my parts... makes me a happy ladd for people viewing at lunch

[ursus]

Yall should play a "man's game" online. Who is up for some cyburbia Call of Duty? that why were can talk smack and "virtually" affirm our 2nd amendment rights!

God Bless Merica

My son and I will play you anytime, anywhere, man. He's the sh"" at CoD. I trust him with my virtual life!

[Richmond Jake]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

[Raf]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

Look where that got Ryan Seacrest...

RJ Out...

[wahday]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

Good response! I actually get that comment on the phone a lot as well. Now I have a good reply (with proper credits of course)

[ofos]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

We've seen your pictures, you have a face for radio.

[Veloise]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

Now I want you to DD me...

did I type that?

[kjel]

At the end of a telephone conversation this afternoon, the caller asks me, "Do you know you have a perfect voice for a radio broadcaster? Has anyone ever told you that? You have a career in radio."

I modestly explained that I have the handsome and rugged good looks for Hollywood.

I spent 15 years working at McDonald's and Jack in the Box. Quite a few of them manning the drive thru. Frequent comments: "You should be on the radio!", "You sound like a flight attendant!", "You have a great speaking voice."

I actually was on the radio a few times. Our local Top 40 loved to prank us through the drive thru but if we played along we usually got good swag. I let the prize guy set up on the corner of my lot more than a few times which helped my morning business out. He was generally good for Portland Trailblazer tickets.

[Richmond Jake]

I don't know if this is irony, but I've heard my voice on TV interviews and watching archived broadcasts of public hearings posted on the interwebs. I don't think my voice is that good. Also, I'm not the best speaker in the world either in casual conversations or public presentations. Just average in my opinion. Maybe the caller was flirting with me.

I should have DD from the hot tub last night to verify my observations and opinion. Then again, I'm confident the voice and spoken word are altered by the consumption of alcohol so that might not be a good gauge.




EDIT: *Don't think thread split.*

[dandy_warhol]

Tried the Dunkin Donuts brownie batter donut. Not that bad. I would have it again but I won't have it again because it was sugar filled with sugar topped with sugar.


They're going to show Curb Your Enthusiasm on tvland. How is that going to work? They're going to have to omit entire episodes, like Beloved Cunt.

[imaplanner]

How do people who generally don't believe in science, or grant funding, or the neccesity of habitat protection, become planning directors?

[JNA]

So I am just a bit late in realizing and utilizing this and it is so easy -

The Free APA Tuesday podcasts for AICP CM hrs.

[Dan]

Many years ago, a few people told me I had an "NPR voice". No more; allergies and the accompanying power sneezing have taken their toll.

[Zoning Goddess]

How do people who generally don't believe in science, or grant funding, or the neccesity of habitat protection, become planning directors?

In my experience, they generally start out as "economists", which is like putting a philosophy major in charge of a Planning Dept.

[Otis]

How do people who generally don't believe in science, or grant funding, or the neccesity of habitat protection, become planning directors?

Political connections.

[Richmond Jake]

How do people who generally don't believe in science, or grant funding, or the neccesity of habitat protection, become planning directors?

Blowjob(s)? Big breasts?

___________________


I talked to my eldest son tonight...he might recover my senior class high school year book (class of '75). It may not have ended up in the landfill. He thinks it's there. Fingers crossed.

[Zoning Goddess]

Blowjob(s)? Big breasts?

___________________

Sexist pig. Like unqualified men don't end up in that job (over and over, in my experience....) Sheesh.

[JNA]

Those Panhandle people are at it again.

[Brocktoon]

How do people who generally don't believe in science, or grant funding, or the neccesity of habitat protection, become planning directors?

Blowjob(s)? Big breasts?

RJ, I always wondered how you you got your job...now we know...however big breasts on a man are called moobs.

[Hink]

RJ, I always wondered how you you got your job...now we know...however big breasts on a man are called moobs.

A Cankle / Moob combo probably would ace any job interview.