On another thread today, I got a little silly in an attempt to lighten the mood and maybe help in some small way to keep the flames from erupting. Some commented that it was funny and suggested reposting under humor so that more people might see... so, here it is - The setup - Someone asked - "Where did America go? I look out my window and uhmm, its still there. " And I answered with - Actually, that is just an illusion. I have taken America for "safekeeping". It is in a co...
On another thread today, I got a little silly in an attempt to lighten the mood and maybe help in some small way to keep the flames from erupting. Some commented that it was funny and suggested reposting under humor so that more people might see... so, here it is - The setup - Someone asked - "Where did America go? I look out my window and uhmm, its still there. " And I answered with - Actually, that is just an illusion. I have taken America for "safekeeping". It is in a co...
Today in class, I had some extra time during one of the class hours, so I turned the class over to the students and let them make a story one sentence at a time. We went around the room and each student got to add whatever they wanted. I started them off by telling them that it was New Year's Day (¼³³¯ - GTV FEV) and they should start telling the story of Myong Ju's holiday. Here is a rough English translation of what was said. Anything in parenthesis is my own addition or explanation. ...
Today in class, I had some extra time during one of the class hours, so I turned the class over to the students and let them make a story one sentence at a time. We went around the room and each student got to add whatever they wanted. I started them off by telling them that it was New Year's Day (¼³³¯ - GTV FEV) and they should start telling the story of Myong Ju's holiday. Here is a rough English translation of what was said. Anything in parenthesis is my own addition or explanation. ...
Last night I got a call from a good friend of mine (he has commented before under the name Regular Guy). Regular Guy and I worked together in Hawaii. We got to talking and catching up and we hit the topic of how he got this nick. You see Regular Guy had an old car in Hawaii. I don't remember what it was, but it was one of the old steel boats the US automobile giants put out in the 70's. It had, as my high school driver's ed teacher told us, 'Six feet of steel in front your, six feet o...
Last night I got a call from a good friend of mine (he has commented before under the name Regular Guy). Regular Guy and I worked together in Hawaii. We got to talking and catching up and we hit the topic of how he got this nick. You see Regular Guy had an old car in Hawaii. I don't remember what it was, but it was one of the old steel boats the US automobile giants put out in the 70's. It had, as my high school driver's ed teacher told us, 'Six feet of steel in front your, six feet o...
Was searching for a Simpsons quote earlier and found this site Link . Some really funny stuff there. Go check it out. Here's a cut and paste job of one of the really funny posts. 'LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS' THAT NEVER MADE IT: 1. You Are Different And That's Bad 2. The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables 3. Dad's New Wife Robert 4. Fun Four-Letter Words To Know And Share 5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors. An I-Can-Do-It Book 6. The Kids' Guide To Hitchhiking 7. Kathy ...
Was searching for a Simpsons quote earlier and found this site Link . Some really funny stuff there. Go check it out. Here's a cut and paste job of one of the really funny posts. 'LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS' THAT NEVER MADE IT: 1. You Are Different And That's Bad 2. The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables 3. Dad's New Wife Robert 4. Fun Four-Letter Words To Know And Share 5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors. An I-Can-Do-It Book 6. The Kids' Guide To Hitchhiking 7. Kathy ...
Got your attention with that title, didn't I? Back in 97-98 I lived in Korea and got to work with two good friends of mine - greywar and Different Hanja. For most of the time I was there, only greywar had a car of the three of us. He'd often drive us home after flights or over to main post to do laundry. He'd also drive us to Osan Air Base to use the commissary. At the time, the Camp Humphreys commissary was a little larger than a big 7-11, but the Osan commissary was just like a real ...
Got your attention with that title, didn't I? Back in 97-98 I lived in Korea and got to work with two good friends of mine - greywar and Different Hanja. For most of the time I was there, only greywar had a car of the three of us. He'd often drive us home after flights or over to main post to do laundry. He'd also drive us to Osan Air Base to use the commissary. At the time, the Camp Humphreys commissary was a little larger than a big 7-11, but the Osan commissary was just like a real ...
Last night I was IM'ing with a good friend of mine in Korea. He had to take a break to look at something at work and when he came back, he mentioned something about a poorly translated phrase he saw. He then said that he gets to deal with similar stuff sometimes. We laughed about how sometimes poor language research can lead to a disastrous name like when Chevroley introduced the Nova to Spanish speaking countries (for those that don't know, no va in Spanish means doesn't go). Another that...
Last night I was IM'ing with a good friend of mine in Korea. He had to take a break to look at something at work and when he came back, he mentioned something about a poorly translated phrase he saw. He then said that he gets to deal with similar stuff sometimes. We laughed about how sometimes poor language research can lead to a disastrous name like when Chevroley introduced the Nova to Spanish speaking countries (for those that don't know, no va in Spanish means doesn't go). Another that...
Another example of how wrong I can be. A friend of mine came to visit one night and noticed that one of my dogs only had three legs (we had three maltese at the time). He also noticed that we babied this dog above and beyond what he'd ever seen a person do before. He asked about the dog and I told him that one night, there was a fire while we were sleeping and if it hadn't been for this dogs barking, we'd have slept through and never made it out. He then asked if that was how the dog lo...
Another example of how wrong I can be. A friend of mine came to visit one night and noticed that one of my dogs only had three legs (we had three maltese at the time). He also noticed that we babied this dog above and beyond what he'd ever seen a person do before. He asked about the dog and I told him that one night, there was a fire while we were sleeping and if it hadn't been for this dogs barking, we'd have slept through and never made it out. He then asked if that was how the dog lo...
OK, so another installment of workplace fun. What smells like shoe polish? OK, so the same guy we hit with the frozen rank and quest to find said rank was also our target for the shoe polish. We had two phones where we worked. A red (secure) phone and a black (unsecure) phone. I think you can see where this is going. We spread shoe polish all over the transmitter and reciever on the black phone. Then I drew the short straw to be the guy that had to brief our 'mark' while the rest o...