It's just another Miscellaneous Monday . . .
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- If people hate the auto-correct function on their cell phones so much, why use it? I wonder if that function was created by people who have little knowlege of the American English Language. Judging from the auto-correct features I'm seeing . . . ? Naaaah. Whoever created auto-correct knows exactly just the right amount of the English language. Damn you, Autocorrect!
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- Does anyone else wish that the makers of Crayola crayons would include more than one black crayon in each box? I find that the black crayon is one of the most used crayons in any box, and that the box of 8 crayons should be bumped up to 9 - just to include an extra black crayon.
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- High-heeled shoes. Oh my. You know just how high the pumps are now that women are wearing, and for daily work wear, too, not just for bar-hopping. I saw a woman tottering through our local Meijer store recently, leaning on her shopping cart in order to walk, her ankles bending at dangerous angles as she slowly made her way down the aisle. Ladies, if the heels on your shoes are so high that you can't safely walk, then don't wear the freaking shoe. Good grief. Rather than serving to make you look sexy or sophisticated or stylish, you just look plain old ridiculous. Even a little girl playing dress-up in mommy's closet has more fashion sense. Either learn how to walk in your "walking on my tippiest tippy-toe toes shoes" or relegate them to the back of your closet for good.
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Oh Charlie, it was good to know you. Irascible and handsome rake that you are, you're just
too far over the edge right now. "Let's talk about something exciting. Me," says Charlie. Well - sorry. You can join ranks with
Mel Gibson, another former hottie who has gone over the edge. Do you two share the same DNA? Adonis DNA, perhaps? A
12-step program is exactly what you need right now, though you may scoff.
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Having recently become much more sensitive to the needs of those who use wheelchair or other equipment in their daily lives, I've been noticing more often the interesting uses of handicapped parking spaces. Not every person parked in a handicapped space is visibily in need, and that's fine by me as long as that person is displaying the proper sign in or on their vehicle. I really,
REALLY hate seeing cars parked in handicapped spaces without the requisite rear-view tag, or license plate. Seriously? If you people need help becoming handicapped so you can park up close to a building, then see me. I'm sure there's a crowbar somewhere that can crack a kneecap or two and help you out. Oh. And parking in handicapped just to pick up your take-out order is UNACCEPTABLE. You are not a rock star. Rock star parking doesn't exist for mere mortals (only for those with
Adonis DNA) and your restaurant take-out order doesn't qualify you for even temporary handicapped parking. Give it up, people.
Happy Monday, all!
You know, after reading several of those entries on damnyouautocorrect.com, I think many of them are intentional. Because (and I'm telling on myself here) my autocorrect changes my curse words to benign ones like shot and ask and duck.
ReplyDeleteAs for Mr. Sheen, I have to be all appreciative because he's one of the few who can make my ex look normal.
just curious why they're even giving Charlie Sheen any attention at all. He was funny once. Probably still is, but is way too far over the edge to pay attention to. Lock him up in rehab..or in a dark basement whatever works I guess.
ReplyDeleteThe handicapped thing burns me too. HATE seeing the kids rolling up in grandma's car and using the tag. What people don't know is that the affected person has to be in the vehicle for you to be legally parked in a handicapped space. Jerks.
As for the tippy toe shoes? Drives me nuts when women feel that they have to wear a shoe that they can barely stand in without falling face-forward onto the ground....ONLY because they think it's a fashion statement. Get something that's comfortable!
You know why they are paying attention to Charlie Sheen? Americans love the success stories...but they love the failure stories more.
ReplyDeleteI hate autocorrect because it doesn't have enough words in its dictionary....Yost becomes Host...Bo becomes Woody...sigh....
Re: Autocorrect - Grace, you crack me up. Maybe, as Mikoyan suggested, autocorrect needs more words in its dictionary! I'd be in big trouble either way. If I'm not allowed to swear in front of the kids, I'd have to let the phone do it for me - if I had such a gadget that were capable!
ReplyDeletere: Sheen - Don't worry! There is no shortage of . . . challenged? people out there who can make any ex look normal! hee
Oh, where to begin!
ReplyDeleteRe: Miyokan's statement: "Bo becomes Woody"...LOL!!! For those who recall the great U-M / OSU rivalry, Bo Schembechler & Woody Hayes would be FIXING THIS PROBLEM! Sorry, made me giggle.
Re: autocorrect--it's almost amusing sometimes to see what pops up. I didn't even know I had it until one day I was in a hurry and typed R U and got "are you." I was in heaven with that one! If people were as anal about typos as I am, they'd be checking as they go. (Drives me nuts to KNOW I spelled something wrong!) It's lazy and disrespectful to not look at your message before it goes anyplace. Yes, sometimes you miss something or are truly in a hurry. But so many of those messages (regardless of how funny they are) were just "chat" stuff that were not in any way urgent. No excuse other than "just didn't care," and then it turned into funny.
RE: the shoes...a platform does make a higher heel easier to walk in, but seriously--how does a 5" heel (1" of that being platform) become appropriate business wear? Those are "party shoes," not work shoes. I happened to see a segment of Regis & Kelly a few months ago--that woman with her little twig legs looked utterly ridiculous in her platform peeptoes! If ya can't glide in them and look more like a 7th grader her first time out in heels, ya need to leave 'em on the shelf.
Re: Crayola...I couldn't agree more! But then they'd have to eliminate a color, because heaven knows they can't redesign the box to appease us! ;-)
Ol' Charlie...what a raging lunatic. I was done with that show several years ago... (How many years can you ride the "man-tramp takes in divorced brother and nephew" horse until you start looking old enough to BE the "ol' gray mare"?) Mikoyan is right on that count, too--it's a feeding frenzy because we loooove to feel superior. "My life might be a train wreck, but Charlie Sheen's is a plane crash!" If the general public weren't watching every move (and buying tickets to what has got to be one of the weirdest ideas for a stage show in decades), maybe he could get the help he needs to deal with the delusions. (BTW, I know someone who met one of the goddesses last fall--and has a picture to prove it. BLEAH.)
Re: handicapped spaces...MAYBE IT'S A MENTAL HANDICAP! You can't SEE a mental handicap! "I have park next to the door to run in for my takeout order because...well, I'll have a psychotic break if my dinner isn't hot when I get it home." :-P (Please, I hope you know I was KIDDING about that.) Our friends who have plates are more than willing to knock on the windows of those sitting in the yellow lines a la "I'm just waiting for someone to come out--I'm not IN the spot" and have been known to call the police. Having the large van to accommodate a wheelchair limits where they can park... You get some dolt who feels they need to make life easier for their ... spouse? ... who couldn't possibly walk to a "real" parking space (or stand in front of the store for a minute while they finish the round through the parking lot) and it messes up a good thing. Our friend has good days and bad days--some days she "walks like a normal person" and you'd never know she has a problem...people will roll their eyes at her, "as if she has a RIGHT to park there." But she needs the space because she might get 1/2 way through the store and become so tired she might have all she can do to get back to the car. Add to it a child in a wheelchair and you have a situation that will really make you mad when someone was "only running in for one thing!"
The shoes: I found a fabulous pair of cray-zee high shoes at White House/Black Market (or whatever that store is called)and they are incredibly comfortable. They make my legs look luscious. I will not give them up. I. Will. Not.
ReplyDeleteBut I will not wear them to the grocery store either.