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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by gr8-1, Oct 25, 2001.

  1. gr8-1

    gr8-1 Member

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    > Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the
    > > menu that
    > > you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken
    > > McNuggets. I asked
    > > for a half dozen nuggets.
    > > We don't have half dozen nuggets", said the teenager
    > > at the
    > > counter.
    > > "You don't?" I replied.
    > > "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply.
    > > "So I can't order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can
    > > order six?"
    > > "That's right."
    > > So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what
    > > happened a couple of months ago. I was checking out
    > > at the local
    > > Foodland with just a few items and the lady behind
    > > me put her things
    > > on
    > > the
    > > belt close to mine.
    > > I picked up one of those "Dividers" that they keep
    > > by the cash
    > > register
    > > and
    > > placed it between our things so they wouldn't get
    > > mixed.
    > > After the girl had scanned all of my items, she
    > > picked up the
    > > "Divider"
    > > looking it all over for the bar code so she could
    > > scan it.
    > > Not finding the bar code she said to me "Do you know
    > > how much this
    > > is?"
    > > and
    > > I
    > > said to her, "I've changed my mind, I don't think
    > > I'll buy that
    > > today".
    > > She said "OK" and I paid her for the things and
    > > left. She had no clue
    > > to
    > > what had just happened.....
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!
    > > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into
    > > her floppy drive
    > > and
    > > pulling it out very quickly. When inquired as to
    > > what she was doing,
    > > she
    > > said
    > > she was shopping on the Internet and they kept
    > > asking for
    > > a credit card number, so she was using the ATM
    > > "thingy"....
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping
    > > beside her car.
    > > "Do you need some help?" I asked.
    > > She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the
    > > battery to this
    > > remote
    > > door
    > > "unlocker". Now I can't get into my car. Do you
    > > think they (pointing
    > > to a
    > > distant convenient store) would have a battery to
    > > fit this?"
    > > "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked.
    > > "No, just this remote thing," she answered, handing
    > > it and the car
    > > keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked
    > > the door, I
    > > replied,
    > > "Why don't you drive over there and check about the
    > > batteries?
    > > It's a long walk."
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too
    > > swift.
    > > One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and
    > > said, "I'm
    > > almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use
    > > copier machine
    > > paper," the secretary told her. With that, the
    > > intern took her last
    > > remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the
    > > photocopier and
    > > proceeded to
    > > make five "blank" copies.
    > > It probably was a resume for the White House
    > > internship ! )
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large
    > > motor home was
    > > towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was
    > > in dire need of
    > > repair and the whole thing generally looked like an
    > > extra in
    > > "Twister".
    > > I asked the manager what had happened. He told me
    > > that the driver had
    > > set
    > > the
    > > "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a
    > > sandwich.
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > IDIOTS & COMPUTERS
    > > My neighbor works in the operations department in
    > > the central office
    > > of a
    > > large bank. Employees in the field call him when
    > > they have
    > > problems with their computers. One night he got a
    > > call from a woman
    > > in
    > > one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've
    > > got smoke
    > > coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys
    > > have a fire
    > > downtown?"
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE
    > > I was sitting in my science class, when the teacher
    > > commented that
    > > the next day would be the shortest day of the year.
    > > My lab partner
    > > became visibly excited, cheering and clapping. I
    > > explained to her
    > > that
    > > the amount of daylight changes, not the actual
    > > amount of time.
    > > Needless to say, she was very disappointed.
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > > ...AND THE WINNER IS.....
    > > Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a
    > > suspect by placing
    > > a metal colander on his head and connecting it with
    > > wires to a
    > > photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was
    > > placed in the copier,
    > > and
    > > police pressed the copy button each time they
    > > thought the
    > > suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie
    > > detector" was
    > > working,
    > > the suspect confessed.
     
  2. Coach AI

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    Don't know how many are true, but [​IMG]
     
  3. Smokey

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    I'd like to try the McDonalds one next time I'm at the drive-thru, however I'm afraid I'll crack up if the employee says no we don't have a half dozen nuggets. And that is wrong.
     
  4. R0ckets03

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    The barcode one was the funniest! :D
     
  5. Johnny Rocket

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    There used to be a show (dont know if they still have it) called America's Dumbest Criminals and the last one mentioned was on the show a couple of times.
     
  6. Jovi

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    Some years ago someone asked me something like "Is Independence Day (actually SHE meant Oct 3 - Tag der deutschen Einheit in Germany) always on a Saturday?

    Hm...
     
  7. gr8-1

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    Jovi, you guys have independance day? You celebrate it on Oct. 3? Don't you know it's July 4? :D

    Who was it that said July 4th wasn't the day we kicked your @$$, it was when we said we would kick your @$$ ?
     

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