tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post6155671654665590517..comments2024-03-15T23:25:52.517-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: "Pay Attention Jack-ass!" Or, A Few Thoughts On Canadian (Non-)Confrontation And An Admission Of My Own Paranoiaallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-11694832629032971682010-11-15T19:07:31.443-08:002010-11-15T19:07:31.443-08:00This is the weirdest thing I've heard in I don...This is the weirdest thing I've heard in I don't know how long.<br /><br />Someone had the idea of those notes. And someone else said "Yeah! Let's manufacture them!" And then someone else said "I know, I'll sell them in my store!" And then someone ELSE said "Those are just what I need! I'll use them all the time!"impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-80519280649541767872009-11-13T13:35:50.514-08:002009-11-13T13:35:50.514-08:00He's baaaaack!<a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/11/12/varitek_exercises_option_to_stay_with_red_sox_as_backup?mode=PF" rel="nofollow">He's baaaaack!</a>allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-48329428098490302152009-11-13T12:42:58.270-08:002009-11-13T12:42:58.270-08:00In my local crap of a newspaper it stated the vari...In my local crap of a newspaper it stated the varitek exercised his option for 2010, what sis you guys hear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-87330918268454544872009-11-11T09:52:09.953-08:002009-11-11T09:52:09.953-08:00it is nice to hear that all is not perfect in our ...<i>it is nice to hear that all is not perfect in our hat.</i><br /><br />:>)allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-57263368883887675382009-11-11T09:51:45.046-08:002009-11-11T09:51:45.046-08:00Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?
N...<i>Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?</i><br /><br />No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-72992818147269178662009-11-11T09:17:09.177-08:002009-11-11T09:17:09.177-08:00Yeah I thought at first it was a troll as I read t...Yeah I thought at first it was a troll as I read the comments and hardly ever look to see who wrote them unless there is something interesting. This was interesting I really thought the comment was about the post. Was funny because I love trolls. Seriously though it is nice to hear that all is not perfect in our hat.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-90279517802011463762009-11-11T08:24:27.044-08:002009-11-11T08:24:27.044-08:00You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know ma...<i>You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?</i><br /><br /><br />Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?bdubsmittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217075526527321095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-52900127990132861072009-11-11T04:30:59.416-08:002009-11-11T04:30:59.416-08:00>>Who has the time for this?
When I first r...<em>>>Who has the time for this?<br /><br />When I first read this, I thought you were referring to me writing a post about it!</em><br /><br />Whoa! Haha, no, I found the post to be an amusing distraction from an otherwise hectic work day. :-)FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-84668138127621325382009-11-10T15:28:07.087-08:002009-11-10T15:28:07.087-08:00This was great! I don't get to see Allan pisse...<i>This was great! I don't get to see Allan pissed off much these days....I thought maybe the years had mellowed you, great to hear the rant.</i><br /><br />You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-67129723762409963702009-11-10T15:15:28.148-08:002009-11-10T15:15:28.148-08:00I can see a case being made for backing in. I don&...I can see a case being made for backing in. I don't do it that way but it makes sense.accudarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382053706682702257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-13120036801648522242009-11-10T15:07:28.730-08:002009-11-10T15:07:28.730-08:00This was great! I don't get to see Allan pisse...This was great! I don't get to see Allan pissed off much these days....I thought maybe the years had mellowed you, great to hear the rant. <br /><br />I think I want one of those pads however, want to write my own tickets:)accudarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382053706682702257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-11610674723647439062009-11-10T14:50:38.703-08:002009-11-10T14:50:38.703-08:00I gotta chime in on the back in\out dilemma. Backi...I gotta chime in on the back in\out dilemma. Backing in is easier because you're on the road, so if a car comes from behind you, you'll see it in the rearview mirrors easily. If you're backing out of a tight spot with cars on both sides, it's hard, and sometimes actually impossible, to get a line of sight to the road. If you're facing outwards, though, there's no problem.<br />Of course, this is much more relevant in Jerusalem, where people often park so close to each other there's not enough room to open the door (or, if you're parking parallel to the sidewalk, you sometimes <i>have</i> to 'kiss' the car in front of you and/or behind you to get out... but that's more of a Tel Aviv thing), than on a North American strip mall parking lot.<br />Any way you cut it, the story is amusing as hell.A Conformerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312939307696267987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-34288291656994212632009-11-10T13:57:08.011-08:002009-11-10T13:57:08.011-08:00Perhaps you should carry around some of that compa...Perhaps you should carry around some of that company's <a href="http://www.knockknock.biz/media/products/2009/06/23/12076_GoToHell_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">go-to-hell note pads</a> for contingencies like this.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-16426573361724945172009-11-10T13:03:12.746-08:002009-11-10T13:03:12.746-08:00That's a classic! I literally LOLed
Then I ha...<i>That's a classic! I literally LOLed</i><br /><br />Then I haven't had a completely wasted day.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3639792099949769882009-11-10T12:57:37.903-08:002009-11-10T12:57:37.903-08:00Well, I know someone who saw Jason Varitek hit a h...<i>Well, I know someone who saw Jason Varitek hit a home run.</i><br /><br />That's a classic! I literally LOLed<br /><br />Of course I don't think my way is better. It just feels better to me which is why I do it. Isn't that the reason we ever do anything in the first place?richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-28657129381931351942009-11-10T12:51:25.357-08:002009-11-10T12:51:25.357-08:00Well, I know someone who saw Jason Varitek hit a h...Well, I know someone who saw Jason Varitek hit a home run.<br /><br />I'm not saying your way is silly. I'm saying it's silly to think your way is better.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-26692510614746136972009-11-10T12:36:25.656-08:002009-11-10T12:36:25.656-08:00Yes but... I know someone who was hit by a car bac...Yes but... I know someone who was hit by a car backing out but I've never heard of someone hit by a car backing in.<br /><br />I wonder if they keep statistics of how many pedestrians are hit either way. It would be interesting to look at that.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-10995270877738694002009-11-10T12:32:12.242-08:002009-11-10T12:32:12.242-08:00It's probably not based on anything but it &qu...<i>It's probably not based on anything but it "feels" right</i><br /><br />Not to me! To me it feels ridiculous.<br /><br />This is completely down to what you've been taught, how you learned to drive. Then people make up some bogus reason why the way they learned is the better way.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-14847398443132337752009-11-10T12:24:33.232-08:002009-11-10T12:24:33.232-08:00A co-worker explained that you're more alert w...<i>A co-worker explained that you're more alert when parking than when pulling out! No idea what that is based on, thin air, I believe.</i><br /><br />It's probably not based on anything but it "feels" right. Which is why I usually back in (if there are no obstacles as explained in my previous comment)richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-76744051118529915642009-11-10T12:22:39.795-08:002009-11-10T12:22:39.795-08:00It is good that we'll be in NYC two weeks from...It is good that we'll be in NYC two weeks from today, as part of our Thanksgiving week in NJ.<br /><br />We should spend a day pointing and screaming FUCK YOU! at everyone on the street and shoving people on the subway.<br /><br />Gotta stay sharp.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-90997070662050624862009-11-10T12:19:03.959-08:002009-11-10T12:19:03.959-08:00Men and women back-in here. A co-worker explained ...Men and women back-in here. A co-worker explained that you're more alert when parking than when pulling out! No idea what that is based on, thin air, I believe.<br /><br /><i>Side-comment to l-girl. You could have fooled me about your inner New Yorker withering away....</i><br /><br />I'm glad. :) I think my comrades in the war resisters movement would agree. <br /><br />But I see it in many small interactions at work or with my neighbours. I'm glad to be polite, but when I catch myself shying away from direct communication, I dislike it.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-40557145758759719512009-11-10T12:14:04.494-08:002009-11-10T12:14:04.494-08:00Mainers either do or don't--back in, that is. ...Mainers either do or don't--back in, that is. <br /><br />And you can tell a lot about the way a man sees himself (women are almost all nosers-in) by whether he backs in or not. <br /><br />Backers-in need a quick getaway! They may decide, spur of the moment, to rob a bank! They may be pissed and need to leave rubber to comment on the situation! They want to be first out of the lot when the movie breaks! They may get a call from the volunteer fire department and need to haul ass fast. They may have had too many beers to be able to back out safely!<br /><br />Yes, there are many reasons and many exclamation points in the average Maine parking lot.<br /><br />And, I am compelled to confess, redsock, that I have been a back-in in Maine lots since 1964....<br /><br />Side-comment to l-girl. You could have fooled me about your inner New Yorker withering away....johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-76681230859339727122009-11-10T11:49:20.485-08:002009-11-10T11:49:20.485-08:00Haha read the other citations!! "Owning a Hum...Haha read the other citations!! "Owning a Hummer" is one that deserves the name jack-asscharlie piolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429827907319299709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-29628691608533342692009-11-10T10:34:57.054-08:002009-11-10T10:34:57.054-08:00but only after he has clearly seen the other perso...<i>but only after he has clearly seen the other person go into the store and knows damn well he or she will not be coming right out.</i><br /><br />The fear and avoidance of anything that can be remotely described as confronation - including simple, direct communication - is my least favourite thing about Canada and Canadians.<br /><br />Yet I find myself increasingly adopting these ways, and becoming more and more likely to use these passive-aggressive techniques. <br /><br />I friggin hate it. <br /><br />I feel my inner New Yorker dying.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-44473404522759247542009-11-10T10:25:48.393-08:002009-11-10T10:25:48.393-08:00Who has the time for this? I would simply mutter &...<i>Who has the time for this? I would simply mutter "Fuck!" and go off in search of another spot.</i><br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br /><i>It's really silly, of course, but one of those adorable Canadian quirks. </i><br /><br />It's also British.<br /><br />It's also not adorable.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com