People can be so wierd...

[lazy man]

We all know that people are strange, but I'm talking about when people react in a really stupid way to something harmless.

Take rain for example. There are some people who dance around when the rain starts and they don't have anything to cover themselves up with. Why should they react like that if they're just getting wet? How should I know? I'm one of the people who just stands and laughs as the person runs and seeks shelter in a completely harmless act of nature. I can be simpathetic if the person's wearing something expensive like a suit, but why do that in jeans and a t-shirt?

Now if you've seen something similar to this or worse, talk about it here.

[Joseph Pandora]

I can only speak personally but water makes me melt.

In all honesty I am also one of those who does not run for cover in rain. Actually rain makes me really happy and sunshine gives me a headache. I need to go outside more.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

Well, me and my friend once followed our vice-principal around the school toe-stepping and singing the soviet national anthem.

Not long afterward, we stood by the cafeteria and began singing, barber-shop style.

Sweet adaline!

[Jack of Spades]

rain is good. I don't run for cover but if there's some nearby 'll meander over.

This one time I was hanging out with a few friend of mine(girls but not girlfriends) and it started to rain. They also like to be in the rain so I just stayed with them awhile...did I mention they forgot they had white t-shirts on...that day the rain was my best friend :p

[Mr. Viewtiful]

Here's a good example of a weird reaction:

My buddy Nic was in 6th grade on a rainy day. He kept mumbling "Is too dark," when all the lights in the classroom were on. The teacher eventually kicked him out into the dark, rainy outside. He then started running around in the rain, clutching his face yelling "ARRGH!!! It's too bright out here! IT BURNS!"

He was really trying to be annoying/funny, but I think he went too far...

[Jack of Spades]

Friend: Man I have no luck with girls. I get dates but they always break up with me right away.
*ring ring*
Me: Isn't that your cell phone?
Friend: Yeah *looks at phone* It's Lexi (his current G/F) "Hi honey...sorry I can't talk right now...'cause I'm playing Gamecube with the guys!...Well happy birthday...I'll call you later.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

That's it, I can't hold it in any longer.

A few months ago, I was sleeping over at one of my friends houses after a party, (WrestleMania! WOOT!) My friend, who we call Billy-Bob was getting up in the middle of the night to go to the washroom, while me and another of our friends were on his computer. On his way to the loo, he stopped and glanced at the couch; then inexplicably, he yelled, in a high pitched voice:

"AAAHH!!! FUCKING GNOMES!!!"
and rushed into the bathroom and locked the door. we just stared at the closed door, and my buddy yelled to him, "are you Retarded?!"

apparently, my friend was convinced that there were 4 little gnomes sitting on the couch. and that they were starring at him. I still laugh when I think back on it.

[Fifthfiend]

When my grandmother visited us in California once, there was an earthquake, and all through it she loudly recited the Rosary, and continued to do so, under the dining room table, for a good five minutes after it ended.

[Sithdarth]

When ever someone says something stupid opne thought always comes to mind. (Like the 20% of people that were interviewed on the streets of NYC that didn't know the earth orbited the sun.) At first its the normal "no one is that stupid" thought which is immediately replaced by the "My god, they are actually that stupid" thought.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

So true. Until about last year, my sister believed that Scotland was an island east of Great Britain. at first I thought she meant Ireland, but nope; she thought that Ireland was on One side and Scotland was on the other. for the longest time I wondered if she had ever seen a map of Europe.

To quote Aaron Alison:

"The onlything more abundant than Hydrogen in this galaxy is Stupidity."

[Martyr]

When I'm sitting in a room full of people, or if I'm in a small company of potential friends who are not yet acquaintances, my leg starts to shake uncontrollably. I'll start glancing all over the room and at the people like some kind of permanently alert deer, and my brain turns off when I have to make conversation. Ironically, the only time I can squeek out a word is when I think of a joke, and, in those situations, I am incredibly funny.

So... Right. My antisocialstic phobias bring out the comedian in me. That's kind of wierd.

[Sithdarth]

Actually the list is vacuum energy, dark matter, stupidity, then hydrogen.

A strange tick of mine only shows when I get hurt. Here is my reaction to pain scale:

1-4: No or little reaction
5-8: Uncontrolled Laughter (Edit: There is no feeling of pain while I laugh which I can't explain.)
9-10: Normal reaction

Then there have been times that I've been hit by a stray water droplet and for some reason said ouch.

[Fifthfiend]

What are the scientists doing about this, is what I want to know.

What effort are they making to locate the stupidity particle? Can it be destroyed by radiation? What of anti-stupidity particles? Would contact between the two eliminate these 'stupotrons' altogether? Or would the reaction simply destroy the universe? And would it, when you get right down to it, be worth it?

[CelesJessa]

I can understand running to get out of the rain (especially if you're a girl wearing a white t-shirt) because wet clothes are not fun to walk in all day. I don't really run to get out of the rain, because I'm used to walking in the rain and getting soaking wet. (from marching band)

But I was visiting my best friend's grandparent's house, and they live next to Lake Michigan. So we all went swimming: Me, my friend, her sister, and her sister's friend. We found out shortly that they are TERRIFIED of sea weed. It's seaweed! What the hell do they think it's gonna do to them?
So there's a little inlet thing of water right next to the house, seperating the house from a cool little place to take a walk. We were going to take a walk, and my thinking was "we're wearing swimsuits anyway, lets just swim across the little inlet thing" but no. that inlet had a TON of seaweed (it was pretty shallow too), so we took the long way around... through mud that I lost my shoe in... (I got it back out somehow)

But on the way back, somehow I convinced them to swim across the inlet thing, but it turns out, me, being the only one not terrified of seaweed, had to carry the rest of them across, making sure they never even touched the seaweed. I had to make at least 7 trips across to get each of them over and their stuff they brought along, like cameras and such. >_<;;;; And then on my final way across I got my shoe stuck under the water in the mud. So. I had to dive down and get it, Everyone else was like "eww! that's so gross!" What's so gross about it?

[slightly aboveaverage man]

Well, the Stupidity Particle is not that difficult to locate, as it is everywhere. Radiation merely causes it to multiply, or lose it's hair. Elimination of the stupidity particle would result in an incredible vaccuum throughout the universe, no doubt damaging much of what exists today. In addition, the blonde hair colour would be erased in it's entirety, and the United States would be without a leader until November.

The Province of Newfoundland would be void of human life. in short, the destruction of the stupidity atom could be considered Genocide.

[cruelty13]

It's actually kind of funny how people are terrified of things. I for one am terribly terrified of bugs. Not enough to run away, but my muscles start twitching when ever there is an ant collony or something like that in my sight. I'm not really fond of seaweed my self. It's like someone or something touches you from the bottom of a sea. that's what makes it gross.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

although I am not afraid of heights, they do make me nervous/tense. the same can be said about earwigs. no other bug makes me that edgy (unless it's a really big spider, and it catches me off guard)

[Atronflame]

Its weird... I can deal with scary movies while the movie is playing and it doesnt affect me at all, but since I stay up a few hours after my parents go to sleep and my house makes noises, I get afraid of the dark sometimes. Its not so much the dark, its just I worry something is going to jump out at me.

This fear is lost when I possess my knife, however.

Also, I wonder why people stop to pick up coins on the ground. They're dirty coins, and theyre prolly just pennies. I mean, for you to find one, someone must have ditched it because it wasnt worth anything. Hehe.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

Also, I wonder why people stop to pick up coins on the ground. They're dirty coins, and theyre prolly just pennies. I mean, for you to find one, someone must have ditched it because it wasnt worth anything. Hehe.

I do it because I'm a cheap bastard. after about a year, those pennies can add up to 30 bucks, then you can go on a small spending spree and pay for it all in pennies. :D

Or if you just want to get things done quick you can exchange the pennies at your local bank, then use the money to treat a friend to a nice dinner.

[MasterOfMagic]

I pick up change too, for the same reason :D .

I'm afraid of bees. I'm not allergic, yet when I see a bee I either kill it immediatly, or cringe in fear till it flys away. God I hate bees.

And I always find myself saying "ow" when I feel the slightest impact, when it doesn't cause me any pain.

[EVILNess]

You won't really think this is odd unless I give you a little background about my town's school system.

At one point our Junior High (Grades 7-8) was headed by the most comical woman you will ever see. Mrs. Jones' most noticiable features are her long (3 Inches or more) nose and her hair. If you think you have ever seen big hair, think again. This oman had hair soooo big it looked like a bad wig. In fact for a long time it was debated whether or not it actually was a wig. Keep that in mind its important. She was aptly named "The Bird Lady of MJHS"

Enter my friends and I. There is me, Sam, Joseph, Deus, and James. All of us have our little quirks but the quirkest was joseph. He had this complex where he never , and I mean never, turned down a challenge. Keep this in mind too its important. One day we were talking and The Bird came up. Somehow the topic of her hair came up and Joseph vowed to find out the truth. We all had a laugh and dismissed the idea.

About two weeks later, Sam and I are walking to 3rd period when Joseph hops the side of the stairs and pounces on Mrs. Jones, grabbing her hair in mid-air and bringing her down to the ground face first. Standing there in the hall with a bloody piece of hair (real hair) all he could do was stare in disbelief at the fact that it was real. With a loud gasp from the onlookers and a loud BANG from the sound of The Bird's face smacking the ground, Joseph became a legend at MJHS.

After three harrowing days we found out that Joseph got off scott free, with only a three day suspension as punishment. Mrs. Jones was not allowed to admister the punishment due to her obvious hate toward him. The V-Principal couldn't bring himself to punish my friend. Why? He said he wanted to do the same thing for years.

Afterward....
Joseph now works in his father's comic store.
The Bird was promoted to some better paying job, never to darken the halls of MJHS again.
Sam now wastes his life away on the things that truly matter in life. 8-Bit theater and video games.
I'm getting ready to attend college.

Moral: I don't know... but it was pretty damn funny.

[Caska]

I'm terrified of deep water. I will not go into any water where I can't stand on the bottom and have at least my face above the surface.

This comes from a couple near-drowning experiences when I was young =/ I can't stand not being able to breathe. It just triggers a panic reaction inside me, even when I make myself completely aware of my surroundings and concentrate. I just can't do it. Can't even rationalize it.

[Fifthfiend]

I'm terrified of deep water... This comes from a couple near-drowning experiences when I was young

Not so much what I'd call weird as actually completely understandable, given the circumstances.

Hey... you know, you could secretly be a superhero. When was the last time you took a sick day at work?

[Pretty Mary K]

Is this topic actually about something?

I enjoy rain.

[MasterOfMagic]

Its supposed to be about people's weird reactions to things, so... no, not really.

I like to play in rain.

[Lost in Time]

Whats wierd is whenever the phone rings, I say phone, even if someone is walking to it. Its a bad habit I must get rid of. Quite wierd.

[Vicious]

Whenever I see an animal, I feel compelled to catch it, cuddle it, snoogle it, and call it George. Did that with a snake, yesterday. Not too bright. D'oh.

[cruelty13]

I also hate/fear bees. But I have a very good reason for it. When I was younger a herd of them attacked me. God that was awful. Now when ever I see a bee, I run as far as I can from it. It's an instant reaction. As for bugs, I hate them, because all of them end up in my room. My room has had a bug infestation every spring for the last two years. This year i had some ants in my room. It couldent have been many, but two at least.

I hope your kidding Vicious.

[Toastburner B]

To the guy who said earwigs...I totally agree. I hate those things. On top of just being creepy-looking beyond all description, when I was younger, my older brother told me earwigs where the bugs Khan used to control people in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

Aren't older siblings great.

I also hate spiders. Well...not all kinds of spiders. I'm okay with Hunter spiders (I don't know if that is the real name, or just what my family calls them) because we always have at least one in our front room on the ceiling just hanging out.

However, spiders with long, skinny legs, or dangling spiders freak me out. ::shudders::

[slightly aboveaverage man]

When I was younger a herd of them attacked me.
A herd of Bees? what were they doing, grazing in the flowers? :D


I'm okay with Hunter spiders (I don't know if that is the real name, or just what my family calls them)

I believe you are refering to Wolf Spiders/ Jumping spiders.

When was the last time you took a sick day at work?
They call me Mr. Glass.

This comes from a couple near-drowning experiences when I was young

I once nearly drowned in a kiddie pool when I was about 6. I was just walking through the shallow water, when I stepped on a little Island-like outcropping. I slipped on the side of it and slid down under the water. for the life of me, there was no traction on the side, every time I tried to stand/crawl out, I'd slip and remain under water. It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life... Right up there with choking on a strawberry while my family ignored me. Luckly my Uncle waded in and picked me up out of the water. Everyone thought it was a joke and teased me about it, but I nearly died.

[Jack of Spades]

I say ow in videogames when my charecter gets hurt

I once got killed on a pony ride. I was like 2(I just hear this story from family who was present at the time) The ponies were walking in a circle -hey have no choice they're tied to a spinning post in the middle. Then my pony gets stung by a bee and kicked me into the crowd. My grandpa caught me when I came over the fence and probably saved my life.

[Sithdarth]

Way back when I was in drivers ed I started doing this strange thing when ever we used the simulator. Basically, the simulator was fake dashboards one behind another in a trailer. At the front was a screen and at the back a projector. All you did was follow the video and this was supposed to be the simulator.

One time we were simulating the passing. The movie got right up behind this big truck so we couldn't see around. Then I hear my teacher say "Leaning out the window isn't going to help you see around the truck." Sure enough I was leaning out the side of my little fake dashboard area trying to see around the truck. After that I caught myself doing the same thing every time we did a passing simulation.

[pochercoaster]

Bugs usually don't bother me. If a spider or earwig crawls up me I just brush it off.

I get petrified with butterflies though. If they land on me I freak out =/ Irrationality is fun.

[Toastburner B]

Way back when I was in drivers ed I started doing this strange thing when ever we used the simulator. Basically, the simulator was fake dashboards one behind another in a trailer. At the front was a screen and at the back a projector. All you did was follow the video and this was supposed to be the simulator.

One time we were simulating the passing. The movie got right up behind this big truck so we couldn't see around. Then I hear my teacher say "Leaning out the window isn't going to help you see around the truck." Sure enough I was leaning out the side of my little fake dashboard area trying to see around the truck. After that I caught myself doing the same thing every time we did a passing simulation.


Simulators are the stupidest things on the face of this planet. I kinda hoped it was just a Utah thing, I didn't want to think it was inflicted on people everywhere.

But, yeah, mine was broken, so it would go to full speed by itself. The only way I could stop it was to stand on the break (literally). It kept me from being docked for speeding, but I got docked for breaking to hard instead. :mad:

Then again...Drivers ed teachers tend to be the worst drivers out there. I'm waiting to go out on the range, and my teacher comes driving up his pick-up truck, doing like 50 MPH over speed bumps in front of a bunch of drivers ed students.

Same teacher almost killed me on my driving test. I'm driving along, and because I'm a big guy, I'm kinda slouched over in the car. So, what does the guy do? He mutters something about the windshield being dirty, reachs over across my face so I can't see, puts his arm through the steering wheel so I can't steer, and starts playing with the windshield wipers. :eek:

[Dona Maria]

I don't like having people walk or come up behind me. It's not a "oh! you suprised me!" thing, it's more of an intense feeling of not-goodness. I think it comes from the fact of being stabbed in the back after passing some guys at a pool coupled with a depressing history of being grabbed from behind until I learned how to defend myself.

But one of the not-so-serious quirks I have is a neck "twitch" my brother and I both get when we're getting irritated. I say "twitch" because it's not a short, jerky movement but more like we're trying to crack our necks. Our friends call us on it all the time because we rarely even realize we're doing it. One time we actually did it at the same time. They thought it was hilarious.

[Magic E-Mail Chicken]

A friend and i were in a TCG team battle agenst two other friends and they started doing some old sonic videogame theme and i knew somthing bad was going to happen, and they crushed us.

[MP37a]

Let's see I have a lot of weird quirks. But as of late I have this laid back personality and nothing really bothers me. I've overcome all my fears. Though here are some of the things that used to bother me bad.

I don't like to expose my neck if I'm lying outside with my eyes closed. Watched too many horror movies with throat slashings and I think that'd be the worst way to go. So either I kept my eyes opened or i had to keep tucking my chin down. lol It's also when I go to bed I have to have the blanket up to my head only at first though. It's weird my g/f is exactly the same way. I don't do it anymore though.

Another thing was ladders that weren't supported. I couldn't walk up a ladder if someone wasn't holding it. If someone took their hands off of it while I was going up I'd just stop. I wasn't afraid of heights either. Once I was on the roof I could walk around or hang over the side whatever I wanted. But it was the thought of an unsteady ladder that really bothered me.

Automatic doors are what I really hate. The ones that don't open fast enough I'm always worried I'm going to run into them so I'd like stutter step when I got close to them. Tragic automatic door accident when I was little. lol

I also say ow on the slightest impact even if it doesn't hurt. I still do this. I think I just got in a habit of doing it. If it really does hurt it's oww followed by a string of swearing. :)

[cruelty13]

I say oww whenever something hit's me weakly or touches me unexpecingly. When ever I really get hurt I never say anything. Or I scream. That's the other option.

[Lost in Time]

Yeah, it looks like alot of people say ouch to to even the slightest things. I am the same way. If a cat headbutts me, I go ow.

[lazy man]

I actually had a funny experience when my social studies class was watching a movie and I decided to crack my back. Of course, when I did do it, it kind of projected through the classroom and about half the class cringed and murmured in disgust. It was pretty funny to say the least considering some people were cracking their knuckles right before me, and that was rather loud too. I just love grossing people out in subtle ways like that, I get a lot of kicks out of it.

[Dragonsbane]

I never cry from physical injuries......it's not that I'm exceptionally tough, I just feel an impulse to cry or have my eyes widen or anything.

I HATE having people read over my shoulder, especially when I'm typing something or reading a book. I mean, I feel like killing them when they do that!

[Minor Dizaster]

And I always find myself saying "ow" when I feel the slightest impact, when it doesn't cause me any pain.

Hehe... I do this all the time. Of course, it just mostly gets me weird looks from my friends.

I say ow in videogames when my charecter gets hurt.

I do this too. Mostly in SSB:M.

Its weird... I can deal with scary movies while the movie is playing and it doesnt affect me at all, but since I stay up a few hours after my parents go to sleep and my house makes noises, I get afraid of the dark sometimes. Its not so much the dark, its just I worry something is going to jump out at me.

Every time. My friends (the female ones) snuggle up to me because I'm never scared, and they are. But then I go to my room, which is at the end of a long, dark hallway at the top of the stairs, and I start thinking about what might be waiting for me at the other end.

This comes from a couple near-drowning experiences when I was young.

It's weird... People are always scared of something when it has happened to them when they were little... yet I was simultaneously attacked by two large Rotweilers (sp?) when I was 4, yet I love all dogs, and dream of owning a Rotty.

Whats wierd is whenever the phone rings, I say phone, even if someone is walking to it. Its a bad habit I must get rid of.

I do the same, 'cept I say, "Phone's ringin'." People just usually give me the "Are you sure about that?" look. Meh.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

[LeefRyder]

I was thinking about weird and stupid reactions, when I lived back east, everytime they'd forecast more than an inch of snow, the grocery stores would get cleaned out of milk and bread and generally anything perishable. LIKE AMAGAHHHD TEH SNOW IS COMING I NEED 6 GALLONS OF MILK!!!!!!!!111one

[Sithdarth]

If I sit still for more than an hour I can do some major cracking. Once my joints stiffen a little I can crack every knuckle in my fingers one at a time, thats 3 cracks per finger and 10 fingers. Then I can crack both wrist, then I move up to both elbows, and then my shoulders. After that my neck will usually crack loudly about 3 or four times as I turn it to the right. Then I do both knees and both ankles, one at a time, and end with all ten toes one foot at a time. At about this point anybody near me is staring like I just shot someone. Then I lift my right hand and make a fist which causes all the knuckles that connect the fingers to my hand to crack again. In fact that happens everytime I make a fist.

The really strange thing is I have to do this once a day. It has become involuntary for some reason. Sometimes I even do it twice or three times.

[Funka Genocide]

I've noticed that alot of times when I'm walking down the street, someone will think its a good idea to walk into me, or at least attempt to, usually when they get close enough to me they give up, I'm a pretty big dude. But it just strikes me as odd that someone would go out of their way to try and macho his way past me, its the same mentality as high school, walking down the hallways and somebody shoulder charges you in an attempt to knock you over, in high scholl you could just beat them up and go to detention, but in the adult world you go to jail, so whats the motivation here? Are there actually people out there with such little self esteem they have to bully random pedestrians? The world is a stupid place.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

I have the same kind of thing. especially if I just got off an 8 hour shift. all I have to do is kneel down and my knees will SNAP! What's funny is when you crack your back in church. :D I can also crack my neck/ankles at will, which really pisses off my family when I am in a rocking chair. my ankle cracks with each rock.

Automatic doors are what I really hate. The ones that don't open fast enough I'm always worried I'm going to run into them so I'd like stutter step when I got close to them. Tragic automatic door accident when I was little. lol
I have the annoying habit of gesturing to an automatic door every time I'm about to walk through it, as if I'm telekenetically opening it. I get a lot of stares, but it's still fun. Except for that one time the door didn't open. Just walking along, taking home my purchase, then WHAM! automatic door in the face.


Same teacher almost killed me on my driving test. I'm driving along, and because I'm a big guy, I'm kinda slouched over in the car. So, what does the guy do? He mutters something about the windshield being dirty, reachs over across my face so I can't see, puts his arm through the steering wheel so I can't steer, and starts playing with the windshield wipers.

I think he did that as a test. He was probably simulating the unpredictable/unexpected scenario, Ie: Hood popping open while driving. It was probably a test of your abilities to cope in an emergency. My brother's driving instructor had a habit of turning off the engine while driving to simulate a stall.

[Sithdarth]

My drivers ed teacher would wait till you were going down hill with a big ditch to one side. Then he would turn the key of and grab the wheel and pull as hard as he could and yell "Flat Tire." Either that he would wait till the cops were behind to tell you that you forgot to put your seatbelt one. Except he wouldn't tell you he would just say "I hope he pulls you over and gives you a ticket." But he was a fun guy and everybody loved taking his class.

Another thing I don't get is some of the piercings people do. I mean do you really need 30 lbs of metal on you face.

I am considering putting on my chainmail, hauberk and coif, and my bracers and walk around all day in it. Just to see the reactions on people's faces. In fact I think I'll make sure its a day that I have to go to the DMV. Man that would be so damn funny. Except when I go into the DMV I'll cover the haubrek and take the coif and bracers off.

As for the cracking of joints. It is one of the fringe benifits of studying a traditional martial art. They love to work your joints to the breaking point. The one knee cracks because I fell off the back of a truck and hit it right on the edge of a porch. The impact destroyed on of the tendons in the back of my knee. Anyway, it's really fun to crack as many joints as loud as possible when you know someone that doesn't like it will hear. Which brings up another question; why do people find that noise so offensive?

[slightly aboveaverage man]

My knees crack simply because I have to stand around and/or Run around for 8 hours without sitting, squatting, or any other form of bending of legs at my work.

As for piercings, some I understand, some can be hot, but some are just... what the crap?!
My personal opinions:
Earrings: Hot
Nose Rings: Not
Eyebrow Rings: Not bad... a little exotic
Naval Rings: Not a turn on
tounge: hot
Lip piercings: eew. that's not sexy.
Cheek piercings: looks like they were on the business end of a stapler. guh. :P

[Fifthfiend]

You know, cicadas just make people flip right the fuck out.

On a side note, you know what's fun? Is kicking cicadas when they're in mid-air.

That'll show the little bastards.

[Sithdarth]

I think I said this before but one thing I really hate is reactions I get. Everyone I meet on campus assumes that I am going to college on a basketball scholarship. Then when I tell them I'm a physics major they say; "Thats a strange major for a basketball player." Then I'm like I don't play basketball at all. This then gets the response; "Your tall you should play basketball." At which point I move away as quickly as possible before anymore of my intelligence is sucked into the void around said person.

Why do people feel the need to give useless advice to complete strangers?

[Fifthfiend]

You know how you could solve your problem? Is if you started playing basketball. You should do that.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

I would suggest beating them into a coma with a basketball

now hows THAT for irony!

[Fifthfiend]

Incidentally, Sidarth, it just might be possible they're trying to give you a compliment. You might want to think that one over.

[Sithdarth]

I've tried. I am a 6'6" 220 lbs geek. That isn't exactly a good combination for sports. Although, after being in karate for four years perhasp I have built up enough coordination for the sport. The only other problem is I have no interest in the sport at all.

Anyway, that won't stop the questions just chnage them. Like switch basketball to football or track. That or a get to explain why any jock would major in physics.

It is really fun, if this happens to happen at a gathering of people, to sit in the corner for a while after informing someone of this. After some time listening to conversations you interject with some random strange physics concept that in somehow relates to the conversations From this point one of two things happen:

1) Your ignored, which is funny in its own way
2) They attempt to argue the point with you, forgetting your stated major

Then they get huffy and leave when you make a fool of them or they attempt some sort of standard comeback and look like a comlpete ass.

Back on topic: Have you ever ran into one of those people that like to repeat everything at least three times saying it in a different way each time? My mom does this and it annoys me to no end. Then I catch myself doing it and I have to go beat my head against a wall.

Edit: Except after the 300th time you kind of stop careing, and do the really think I don't realise I am tall enough to play basketball.

[Fifthfiend]

Actually, that was less a serious suggestion than just me giving you useless advice.

[Minor Dizaster]

Back on topic: Have you ever ran into one of those people that like to repeat everything at least three times saying it in a different way each time? My mom does this and it annoys me to no end. Then I catch myself doing it and I have to go beat my head against a wall.

What do you mean by this? Give an example.

[Sithdarth]

Like every time she wants me to do something right after she finishes saying it she will tell me again, but in a different way. Then she leaves for a bit and tells me again the next time she sees me at least twice more.

[lazy man]

One thing that actually creeps me out after I think about is why people need a perfect lawn. It's not like it does anything for you. I mowed my lawn a couple days ago and my dad wants me to get every damn inch that's cuttable. I can't do that! (more like I don't want to, but it's not like he's gonna listen to me) It just annoys me when people want you to do more than neccessary, especially for a god damn lawn.

[Mashirosen]

Lawn-mania in America can actually be traced back to a little-known 1800s architect named Frank J. Scott, who in 1870 published a book called the Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent. Maybe his works were as crappy as his titles and that's why he's so obscure, the book I got this from doesn't say.

Anyway, his big idea was that having a pretty lawn could be a cheap and effective way of beautifying urban and suburban homes. Which is nice enough, but he then carries it a step further and suggests that lawn maintenance is part of the social contract, and that people who don't fall in line are slatterns and should be urged to repent by their neighbors, thus eventually giving us neighborhood association guidelines (and therefore one of my favorite X-Files episodes, "Arcadia" (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-61/epid-622/), so maybe it's not all bad). The book quotes him:

.... "no lawn can be brought to perfection if cut less often than once a week"
He decreed that weeds "are to be dealt with like cancers" and removed with "a long sharp knife, and busy fingers."

And my favorite:
"Let your lawn be your home's velvet robe, and your flowers its not-too-promiscuous decoration."

Leave it to a Victorian to make a sentiment about home maintenance sound vaguely porny.

Anyway, the book explains that his ideas caught on big-time with the Victorians, carried on into becoming symbols of upright middle-class culture in the '50s via TV sitcoms, and from there into the public consciousness forever. So there you go -- next time you have to slave over a weed whacker, you can curse the name of Frank Jesup Scott for your troubles.

[Fifthfiend]

Lawn-mania in America can actually be traced back to a little-known 1800s architect named Frank J. Scott, who in 1870 published a book called the Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent.

The things you can learn on the Internet.

Speaking of which, apparently the outdoor plaza of the Betty Ford Clinic is a hotbed of sexual debauchery such that Studio 54 circa 1977 would look like a Mormon Tabernacle Choir convention by comparison. All the junkies have their libidos come back online for the first time in God knows how long, and off they go.

Isn't learning fun?

[Funka Genocide]

if you walk around San Diego for any length of time unpleasantly scented old men will ask for money in return for nothing. Hows that for strange?

[MasterOfMagic]

Frank Jesup Scott is now the person I hate most in the entire universe.

Just thought I'd let you know.

[Mashirosen]

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