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Old 04-06-2005, 09:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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When someone makes a comment about an object's purpose?

Example: When someone asks if a battery holder designed to hold multiple batteries in a series (voltage is added, current remains the same), is safe.

This type of device can't NOT be safe. There is nothing inherently dangerous about it, so their question makes no sense.
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dang ninja-u beat me to it
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Are you serious? I'm not sure I understand the question.
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Old 04-07-2005, 10:26 AM   #5 (permalink)
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yes...im serious
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I don't think fish is serious.
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Old 04-07-2005, 11:16 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Your post is by far the most confusing thing I've read all day...

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Originally posted by Tony Soprano:
When someone makes a comment about an object's purpose?
Is the word you're looking for "rationale"

As for the rest of the post about voltage, batteries and safety I'll just assume it had nothing to do with the question above...
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I am serious.

Not sure...can you give me another example?
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Quote:
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Your post is by far the most confusing thing I've read all day...

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Soprano:
When someone makes a comment about an object's purpose?
Is the word you're looking for "rationale"

As for the rest of the post about voltage, batteries and safety I'll just assume it had nothing to do with the question above...
[/quote]It has nothing to do with voltage, batteries, or the like. It has to do I guess with making a false assumption about something, in this case the battery holders safety. It is inherently safe so I suppose rationale is what I am looking for.
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Old 04-07-2005, 01:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Poke 'em in the eye and tell them to get a life.

Damn some people need to find a real purpose in life other than being a pain in the ass.
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Quote:
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Poke 'em in the eye and tell them to get a life.
can't do that to the wife [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Quote:
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quote:
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Poke 'em in the eye and tell them to get a life.
can't do that to the wife [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/quote]I think a "yes dear you have cause for concern" is in order then offer to take her out for dinner and a movie.
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I use: "That's so weird...I was wondering the EXACT SAME THING!!!"
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Perhaps a false assumption?
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Old 04-07-2005, 03:01 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Apparently no one has heard of the Bill Engvall routine.

Example:

You are putting skis on the ski rack on the top of your car.
Someone asks, "Are you going skiing?"
Here's your sign.
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I knew what you were saying, I just thought I would actually try to be helpful. (NOTE: Not trying to be snotty...just too tired to think of a polite way to phrase it).

I have a long history of helping Tony with his Carmela questions...
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Here are some good ones:

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."

It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My neighbor comes over and says, "Hey, you moving?" "Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week to see how many boxes it takes. Here's your sign."

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."

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Quote:
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I knew what you were saying, I just thought I would actually try to be helpful. (NOTE: Not trying to be snotty...just too tired to think of a polite way to phrase it).

I have a long history of helping Tony with his Carmela questions...
Yes, I can't see Tony sitting around the Bada Bing with a cigar listening to the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour."
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Quote:
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Here are some good ones:

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."

It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My neighbor comes over and says, "Hey, you moving?" "Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week to see how many boxes it takes. Here's your sign."

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."

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You posted the first one twice, where's my sign?
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Quote:
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I knew what you were saying, I just thought I would actually try to be helpful. (NOTE: Not trying to be snotty...just too tired to think of a polite way to phrase it).

I have a long history of helping Tony with his Carmela questions...
and have done a good job!
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I don't understand, if this happens to you do you actually say here's your sign out loud to the person? Or is it just for the joke? I have never seen a single person say 'here's your sign', except for tv where I have seen it on that comedy show.
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That's where we are getting the line from.
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But do you even understand its use?
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But do you even understand its use?
Are we going for post count again?
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Actually, no. I do think it's funny though.

Maybe the sign is supposed to say "dumbass" or something
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"THE STUPID SIGN

Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me...oops...never mind, didn't see your sign."

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A couple of months ago I went fishing with a buddy of mine, we pulled his boat into the dock, I lifted up this big ol' stringer of bass and this idiot on the dock goes, "Hey, y'all catch all them fish?" "Nope. Talked 'em into giving up. Here's your sign."
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It has nothing to do with stupid questions guys, it simply is an explaination...a lack of knowledge about the battery holder lets say. Someone would ask a question not knowing that the battery holder is inherently safe to use. Get it?
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The first way you phrased it though sounded like it WAS a stupid question because there could be no way that the battery holder couldn't be safe.
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The battery holder example was the only one I could think of but this can pertain to anything similar, simple or complex.
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After reading this thread and finding it very frustrating I'm going to chalk up my confusion to social illiteracy and try to remember not to click on it again.
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