Fess up!

[talasiga]

....
PHEW! I was going to take total offense at this comment (you know, the cow dung part), but then I noticed that you were only referring to the DOODS ......

Just going off at a tangent here (untypically):-

In Hindi (my mother tongue) dood means milk
and, as you know cows make milk (as well as dung)
and when I was a babe I would wail "dood, dood" at my mother
whenever I was hungry.

But Americans are just so far far removed from all things natural
that they refer to guys as doods.

(And spelling it "dude" doesn't alter things)

[jsluder]

So, you're calling everyone who posted in this thread "milk"? Shirley you can come up with a better insult than that.

"Got dood?" Nah, just doesn't work for me...

[izzarina]

Shirley you can come up with a better insult than that.

Going off on a tangent (very typical for ME ), but when did tal change his name to Shirley? Surely I haven't been ignoring him for so long that I missed it....

[jsluder]

Shirley you can come up with a better insult than that.

Going off on a tangent (very typical for ME ), but when did tal change his name to Shirley? Surely I haven't been ignoring him for so long that I missed it....

[Denny]

Sloodly you jest


nope...not as funny

[Cynth]

Men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. Fact.

It says here they are only four times more likely to be struck.

June 18, 1999: Either lightning is attracted to testosterone, or men spend an inordinate amount of time outdoors swinging metal objects about. Men are struck by lightning four times more often than women.

According to a study entitled "Demographics of U.S. Lightning Casualties and Damages from 1959 - 1994," by Ronald L. Holle and Raúl E. López of the National Severe Storms Laboratory and E. Brian Curran of the National Weather Service, males account for 84% of lightning fatalities and 82% of injuries.

Oh, brother, now look at this:

To avoid being struck by lightning, you should seek shelter when you hear even the faintest thunder. Some of the best places to take refuge are enclosed buildings, or cars and buses (but don't touch the metal!). In case there are no safe spaces nearby, bend into a crouching position until there is a break in the storm.

No one has EVER mentioned to me not to touch the metal in buildings, cars, or buses during a lightning (a word I have apparently been misspelling for my entire life) storm. Like I shouldn't touch the railings in a building? Couldn't I quite easily bump a bit of metal in a car? Couldn't your legs easily touch some metal on a bus? I understand that the metal conducts electricity, but I don't understand why I haven't heard warnings about this before.

[Tyler]

Shirley you can come up with a better insult than that.

Going off on a tangent (very typical for ME ), but when did tal change his name to Shirley? Surely I haven't been ignoring him for so long that I missed it....

looks like I picked the wrong day to quit amphetamines....

[Innocent Bystander]

I reckon most of you doods
have missed the irony in my first post
and as for some of your non seqs
they have been about as subtle
as cow dung on a dung heap.

Its funny how if you start a silly topic
you cop a lot of silly posts
and if you start a thoughtful topic
you still cop a lot of silly posts.

I guess it would be silly to expect otherwise.

And no, I am not offended. I am just summarising topic content so far.
I feel more topic starters should do this sort of thing.
You know, like, orienteering the topic, managing it and the like.
Even deleting it.

The stone falls on the egg: the egg breaks.
The egg falls on the stone: the egg breaks.

[jsluder]

The stone falls on the egg: the egg breaks.
The egg falls on the stone: the egg breaks.

But it's alright, ma, everybody must get stoned.

[fyffer]

Oh, brother, now look at this:

To avoid being struck by lightning, you should seek shelter when you hear even the faintest thunder. Some of the best places to take refuge are enclosed buildings, or cars and buses (but don't touch the metal!). In case there are no safe spaces nearby, bend into a crouching position until there is a break in the storm.

No one has EVER mentioned to me not to touch the metal in buildings, cars, or buses during a lightning (a word I have apparently been misspelling for my entire life) storm. Like I shouldn't touch the railings in a building? Couldn't I quite easily bump a bit of metal in a car? Couldn't your legs easily touch some metal on a bus? I understand that the metal conducts electricity, but I don't understand why I haven't heard warnings about this before.

I believe the above is rubbish. You certainly don't have to avoid touching *anything* metal from within a metallic object struck by lightning. If the metal enclosure you are in is sufficiently grounded (even a car's rubber tires sufficient grounding - they'd have to be hundreds feet thick to insulate against a lightning strike!), you may harmlessly touch anything on the *inside* of such a metal enclosure. Anyone who has ever seen a demo of a Van de Graaf generator should believe this (Boston Museum of Science). The current travels to ground on the outside of the conductive object.

[Denny]

correct!

as long as you are part of the problem there is no need for a solution...

ah...that sounds a bit off, eh

what you do not want to do is provide a path to ground from a charged object...

[harpmaker]

Huh? What? ...I'm sorry Tal...were you saying something?

[Wombat]

What would happen if I were to kick it tomorrow and I was denied entry to the better place because I didn't know you had been ignoring me?

I'll say this much: it's not rocket science.

[Congratulations]

Jethro Tull won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Seriously.

[jsluder]

Jethro Tull won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Seriously.

I wonder how many of the folks who voted actually knew that Jethro Tull wasn't the lead singer's name.