Observations On Life - Page 4

Sailor Steve · 12-09-12, 11:58 PM

One of the oldies, but goodies:

Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, and hot dog buns come in packages of eight?

Armistead · 12-10-12, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Ever since the song 'And When I Die' came out in 1969 I've adhered to the Blood, Sweat & Tears philosophy:

"I can swear there ain't no heaven, but I'll pray there ain't no hell."

At the Souls dark hour, through muttering lips, we would finally ask forgiveness...Does it not expose us even more for the sinners we all are?

I always like what Wild Bill wrote in his last letter to his wife...

"Agnes Darling If such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife-Agnes-and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore."
J.B. Hickok Wild Bill

Armistead · 12-10-12, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

One of the oldies, but goodies:

Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, and hot dog buns come in packages of eight?

Buy 8 packs of hot dogs and 10 packs of buns....

Problem solved....

CaptainMattJ. · 12-10-12, 01:47 AM

If you expect the unexpected, it becomes the expected. and therefore the expected that you didn't expect becomes the unexpected that you're supposed to expect.

(Just a funny one)If guns don't kill people, people kill people: Does that mean toasters don't toast toast, Toast toasts toast?

Although if i've learned anything in my time here it's that you not only have to be make preparations and put foresight into your future, you also have to expect to throw all of that preparation out the window and act on the fly if necessary.

Cybermat47 · 12-10-12, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

There is a small problem with this, Stephen Hawking disagrees with what you just claimed...

Here is a quote from him: "The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions."

So? He doesnt believe that a God caused the creation of the universe, but still believes in a God nonetheless. The only way the above statement would contradict what I said would be if I had said that Proffesor Hawking believed in God, the Christian deity which I believe in. As it happens, I said that he believed in a God: in other words, he's an agnostic. Perhaps the God he believes in didn't make the universe, but to actually know, we'd better ask him ourselves.

troopie · 12-10-12, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Thanks for all the replies, and pretty much all of them were witty, and contained some truth, but all are stock replies you can find anywhere online. I was looking more for actual observations on life's oddities and absurdities.

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Originally Posted by troopie

I find life's a bit like riding a bike; if you focus too much on that pothole/tree/patch of sand you're trying to avoid, you can guarantee you'll hit it!

Funnily enough, I didn't post this as a throw-away line (not that you could've known) and I certainly didn't google it. In fact, although it's no doubt been thought before, I've never heard anyone else make the comparison. I posted it because It's something I've been dweling on a lot lately.

When I was a kid someone was showing me how to ride a motorbike and he warned me not to stare at an object you are trying to avoid, as you will automatically steer towards it, better to to focus on the path around it.

Well, ~ ten or so years ago I found myself discontent with where my life was heading, I kept meeting older people in the same situation as I was in then, and they seemed destined to die with sad lonely lives. So I found some resolve and decided to knuckle down and 'get somewhere in life', I guess, by keeping mindful of where I didn't want to end up.

Well ten years later I'm crashing and burning in a big way and I can't help but think back to that fellers advice and think, maybe I shoulda taken that on board a little more! I mean hindsight's great 'n' all, but maybe if I focused more on what I had around me, I would've ended up at the right place anyway?

Sorry if this is a bit lame or too serious but I just wanted to explain my quote! And who knows, maybe someone might get something out of it.

Jimbuna · 12-10-12, 06:13 AM

Over the years I've often found that junk is something you throw away a few weeks before you need it.

TarJak · 12-10-12, 07:55 AM

I've found life is much better when you live it rather than not.

AVGWarhawk · 12-10-12, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Over the years I've often found that junk is something you throw away a few weeks before you need it.

For me it's about 2 days for before I need it. Meanwhile I see the rubbish truck heading down the road after dumping my cans in the back!

Herr-Berbunch · 12-10-12, 09:49 AM

Probably not what you're after, Steve, but one of my favourites - Etiquette is used to exclude people, manners are used to include people.

And maybe something more like what you're looking for. After her bath the other night, my daughter (aged 4) mentioned being (or becoming) dead, I obviously told her that I hoped she wouldn't die - she took a moment and said, 'but Daddy, I will die eventually'. I asked her why, and she replied, 'because we need to make room for other people to live in our house'. And she's four!

Jimbuna · 12-10-12, 10:04 AM

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.

Betonov · 12-10-12, 11:31 AM

Incest, fun for the entire family

Sailor Steve · 12-10-12, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Buy 8 packs of hot dogs and 10 packs of buns....

Problem solved....

They'll rot long before I ever eat them all.

Sailor Steve · 12-10-12, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

(Just a funny one)If guns don't kill people, people kill people: Does that mean toasters don't toast toast, Toast toasts toast?

I think that's obvious. Toasters do indeed burn toast. People don't.

Sailor Steve · 12-10-12, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

As it happens, I said that he believed in a God: in other words, he's an agnostic.

Agnostic:
1. A person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

An agnostic is not someone who believes in an unknowable God. He's someone who believes we can't know one way or the other.

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Perhaps the God he believes in didn't make the universe, but to actually know, we'd better ask him ourselves.

Been there, done that. Haven't seen an answer yet. I'm still looking.

12-09-12, 11:58 PM	#46
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	One of the oldies, but goodies: Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, and hot dog buns come in packages of eight? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-10-12, 01:47 AM	#49
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	If you expect the unexpected, it becomes the expected. and therefore the expected that you didn't expect becomes the unexpected that you're supposed to expect. (Just a funny one)If guns don't kill people, people kill people: Does that mean toasters don't toast toast, Toast toasts toast? Although if i've learned anything in my time here it's that you not only have to be make preparations and put foresight into your future, you also have to expect to throw all of that preparation out the window and act on the fly if necessary. __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,014 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Over the years I've often found that junk is something you throw away a few weeks before you need it. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Probably not what you're after, Steve, but one of my favourites - Etiquette is used to exclude people, manners are used to include people. And maybe something more like what you're looking for. After her bath the other night, my daughter (aged 4) mentioned being (or becoming) dead, I obviously told her that I hoped she wouldn't die - she took a moment and said, 'but Daddy, I will die eventually'. I asked her why, and she replied, 'because we need to make room for other people to live in our house'. And she's four! __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,014 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I've found life is much better when you live it rather than not.

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Incest, fun for the entire family