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feline, naturally
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: California
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Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.
It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?" "Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired a consulting firm to revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift." As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare . "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now." I was impressed. I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the waiter, "Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?" "Oh, certainly!" Then he lowered his voice. "Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of you know what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent." "After you get it out, how do you put it back?" "Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon."
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#2582 |
landscaping is fun
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: up river and down river
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Big belly laugh -hahaha!!!!
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#2583 |
meretricious dilettante
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,068
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Ewan McGregor on Top Gear. But I can't find the youtube clip.
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#2584 |
Key Lime Pie rocks!!!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oh, yeah!
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#2585 |
monkey
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 20 minutes in the future
Posts: 1,098
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#2586 |
feline, naturally
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: California
Posts: 4,407
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A couple in their nineties, are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. "Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?" he asks.
"Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" "Sure." "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks. "No, I can remember it." "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so's not to forget it?" He says, "I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." "I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?" she asks. Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!" Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment. "Where's my toast?"
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#2587 |
excursions
Join Date: May 2006
Location: beyond the call of duty
Posts: 2,443
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some guy in a convertible tried to run me onto the shoulder of the highway on-ramp today. he wanted to cut around me so he could take off like a rocket down the road. when he realized i wasn't going to get out of his way he started screaming at me and tried to throw a styrofoam cup full of what i presume was coffee or soda at me. i saw all of this in my rear view mirror, which i glanced at when he started honking and indicating angrily that i should pull over to let him speed around me.
now think about this. you're driving, probably going about 55 at this point, accelerating up to highway speed, you're in a convertable, and the wind is blowing your hair BACK. what do you think is going to happen if you try to throw a styrofoam cup FORWARD at the car in front of you? exactly what you would think. he hurls the cup, it flips up in the wind, tips over, and dumps the coffee/soda/whatever all over his head and down his shirt. of course at this point he's now furious because apparently i'm the one who made him dump coffee/soda/whatever all over him so he starts thrusting his middle finger at me and mouthing unhappy rage-thoughts. as soon as we're past the on-ramp retaining wall he yanks his wheel over, cuts off another car and speeds down the road like a bat out of hell. all the while screaming and trying to mop coffee/soda/whatever out of his hair. it's nice to see a choad get a faceful of what he deserves. and hairful. and shirtful.
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#2588 |
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: A much better place
Posts: 5,931
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Yeah, I'm easily entertained .....
David Letterman's Top Ten:
Messages Left On Britney Spears’ Answering Machine 10. "It’s Bill Clinton. I hear you’re confused and vulnerable. Call me." 9. "Hi, Britney. Good news — we now have a revolving door at the rehab center." 8. "Al Gore here. You’re contributing to global warming because your new look is hot!" 7. "It’s K-Fed. Who woulda thought I’d look like the responsible one?" 6. "It’s Melania Trump. Think you and the clippers can fix the mess on Donald’s head?" 5. "I’m calling from ‘American Idol’: Would you like to replace Paula Abdul as our crazy judge?" 4. "NASA calling — we think you might be astronaut material." 3. "Carol Channing here, I want my wig back, bitch!" 2. "Hey, it’s Paris. Are we still on for sluttin’ it up this weekend?" 1. "This is the hair salon. You left your underpants here."
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#2589 |
left hanging
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Posts: 10,071
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#2590 |
What I Am Wearing.
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Near DC
Posts: 2,573
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Shake It Don't Break It..
Is it art?
Will you laugh? Or cry? |
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#2591 |
Key Lime Pie rocks!!!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oh, yeah!
Posts: 7,695
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A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and
pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split. The waitress asked kindly, "Crushed nuts?" "No," he replied, "Arthritis."
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Gone Daydreaming
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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#2593 |
meretricious dilettante
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,068
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Pigmy person...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Memphissippi
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But, once I was invited to baby shower(never seen anything like it), there was a cooler of beer, men, and a bunch of toddlers. We were in the MS delta. Anyhow, they put on the music and I was shown by a three year old how that is done. She was still in diapers. That made me want to cry. ( BTW, she was really good at it)
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#2595 |
one classy broad
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Cornhusker State
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