1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

[Inefficiency] The Utility-to-Noise Ratio

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by B-Bob, Sep 7, 2009.

  1. pippendagimp

    pippendagimp Member

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2000
    Messages:
    27,793
    Likes Received:
    22,794
  2. Dubious

    Dubious Member

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2001
    Messages:
    18,318
    Likes Received:
    5,090
    Yeah leaf blowers

    If you can hear them for a 16 house radius and each house takes 20 minutes that's four hours of annoyance per week to blow a bunch of dust and pollen up into the air. What ever happened to the dependable rake?

    rice burner pipes- yes ridiculous
    bass thumping in traffic - I'd like to hear someone just sizzling the paint off the cars next to them with a searing Zilligen
    Dada - yep, yappa yappa yappa


    My entry:

    teenagers saying "like" every other word. It's like sooo annoying. I hope they don't bother teaching the simile section in high school poetry anymore because they have that one down.
     
  3. pippendagimp

    pippendagimp Member

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2000
    Messages:
    27,793
    Likes Received:
    22,794
    oh one more thing i forgot - those cappucino or espresso machines or whatever they use to make that stuff in cafe's (i've never even tried coffee myself so not sure)......those things are loud as hell!
     
  4. pmac

    pmac Member

    Joined:
    Oct 10, 2007
    Messages:
    8,409
    Likes Received:
    3,288
    Grumpy old men complaining about skateboards, leaf blowers, mufflers, motorcycles and sound systems...
     
    1 person likes this.
  5. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2002
    Messages:
    35,986
    Likes Received:
    36,840
    LOL. Repped. :D

    the thadeus's answer is even more accurate than this one though... especially today. :(
     
  6. firecat

    firecat Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 1999
    Messages:
    1,090
    Likes Received:
    25
    Little kids in Walmart!

    Signed,

    [​IMG]
     
  7. SamFisher

    SamFisher Member

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2003
    Messages:
    61,864
    Likes Received:
    41,388
    I bumped this thread because I have been racking my brain for weeks on this question.

    The answer is:

    Snow blowers.

    [​IMG]

    Look at that thing, it's like a goddamned sherman tank. And it just moves frozen water around.
     
    1 person likes this.
  8. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    59,079
    Likes Received:
    52,748
    [​IMG]
     
    2 people like this.
  9. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2002
    Messages:
    35,986
    Likes Received:
    36,840
    Strong work, #18, but not quite enough for rep yet.
     
  10. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    59,079
    Likes Received:
    52,748
    Understood, 13.
     
  11. Mr. Clutch

    Mr. Clutch Member

    Joined:
    Nov 8, 2002
    Messages:
    46,550
    Likes Received:
    6,132
    Those horns South Africans toot at soccer games.
     
  12. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    May 18, 2003
    Messages:
    48,989
    Likes Received:
    19,932
    lmao. that is priceless.

    where did you find that?
     
  13. Mr. Clutch

    Mr. Clutch Member

    Joined:
    Nov 8, 2002
    Messages:
    46,550
    Likes Received:
    6,132
    Vacuum cleaners.

    The utlity is quite high, but when you are late at work and the cleaning lady comes around, you know what I'm talking about.
     
  14. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 1999
    Messages:
    23,129
    Likes Received:
    10,177
    The backup beep on garbage trucks... if you can't see that there's a big garbage truck in the vicinity, you can always smell it.

    And leaf blowers.

    But especially Harleys. Those things are just obnoxious. I particularly hate it when you're eating outside at some quaint restaurant and some guy walks up to his parked Harley and immediately turns it on before proceeding to strap on his straps, adjust his helmet, pull on his gloves, and adjust various things at the rear of the bike. This always takes 5 minutes or more while the whole time everyone else is subjected to that dreadful noise. If you told me I could get away with murder once, I'd be hard pressed to select anyone but a representative Harley rider.
     
  15. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 1999
    Messages:
    23,129
    Likes Received:
    10,177
    Wink wink, nudge nudge.
     

Share This Page