RonD1120 62 #1 January 20, 2014 Start your week with a good laugh. Well, a laugh for Texans and other fly over people. http://www.youtube.com/embed/4CDFxeB7Y-sLook for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #2 January 20, 2014 Favorite line from the post "cause the to puke in their prius's" "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #3 January 20, 2014 And I thought Pollyanna was female.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #4 January 20, 2014 In general I can appreciate the sentiment, particularly regarding things like prop 65. No one pays attention to prop 65 warnings, they're everywhere, from the Chevron station to yoga studios in Venice Beach. Some people, however, apparently don't find the humor in it and went for round two a couple years ago because they wanted their grocery store to be slowly overrun with warning signs as well. But bonfires in your back yard? Well... There's a pretty damn good reason that's not allowed. And while I can't shoot skeet in my back yard, I would also be hard pressed to throw a football and not have it leave my property, so I kinda get that too. And the whole "the family just works better 'cause religion" is kinda interesting. I think a religious family is kinda like having a house full of Apple products, "it just works (tm)", so long as all you have are Apple products and you keep buying the latest crap. And your friend with an Android phone comes over and wants to share a new song with you, but you're not sure how to connect anything to your stereo any more, and you just start talking about how your Apple stuff works. Then one day you can't find the right printer driver for your gay son, so you endlessly keep trying to flash the firmware until he won't talk to anyone anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #5 January 20, 2014 champu Then one day you can't find the right printer driver for your gay son, so you endlessly keep trying to flash the firmware until he won't talk to anyone anymore. You could try turning him off and on again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #6 January 20, 2014 yoink ***Then one day you can't find the right printer driver for your gay son, so you endlessly keep trying to flash the firmware until he won't talk to anyone anymore. You could try turning him off and on again... Go back to the genius bar, hippie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #7 January 20, 2014 RonD1120Start your week with a good laugh. Well, a laugh for Texans and other fly over people. http://www.youtube.com/embed/4CDFxeB7Y-s I started watching and went until he mentioned one of the reasons life is better in Texas is due to not having to pay alimony to 4 previous wives. Well that's a statement that's easy to verify, and as expected, Texas has a higher divorce rate than California, in fact, on average, the more a state is red and a "flyover" state, the higher the divorce rate is. parenthetically, the states with the highest rates of divorce, they tend to have more churches. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #8 January 20, 2014 Texas doesn't do alimony; only child support, and in some very limited cases, short-term defined-end spousal support. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #9 January 20, 2014 I've lived in TX for a few years, and now I've lived in the Bay Area for a few years. There are things that I like, dislike, and absolutely despise about both places. One may be good for one thing, but not another. That could be said if I were to compare any of the places I've lived across the country over the years. The only thing I don't like in this piece are the things this guy talks of as absolutes, IE: -Everything works better because of religion: There are many reasons why many families work well together or are a shining example of a 'perfect' family unit. Religion is not the end all be all to sort the good from the bad. As others have said, there are stats that can argue against this, IE: divorce rate of TX, rate of families on government assistance in TX, etc. -Shooting in the back yard: I lived in Houston when I lived in TX. I couldn't shoot in my backyard there, just like I can't shoot in my back yard here in the south bay. But I can travel a little ways out of the city, just like you can in TX, and probably do a lot more in the country like you can in TX if you did the same. I have a friend that lives in the sierra foothills who can essentially do whatever he wants on his property, including hunt and shoot for fun.... or ::gasp:: have a bonfire in his backyard! -Bonfire: again, you live in downtown Dallas, good luck with that. Same for urban CA or particularly santa monica, which is what I think this guy is really talking about he says "California." At least CA will let you have fires on a lot of the beaches! I could never do that when I lived in TX and always wanted to! -Prop 65 warnings: I agree, this is stupid. Really stupid. I don't even notice the signs anymore. This guy is basically talking about Santa Monica and saying the whole state is as strict and fun free. He's bragging so much about seeing the country and going to TX, perhaps he should get out to rural CA and see what that has to offer. Maybe visit some of the beautiful peaks, national parks, and amazing terrain that TX does NOT offer. I bet he has never been on a backpack, or skied the back country, or watched a meteor shower from a 10,000 foot peak in Yosemite. I bet he's never been hunting in these areas. I bet he's never had a bonfire on the beach or in the back country and cooked a fresh caught dinner over it (because yes, despite what he says, you can have a bonfire and do that in CA... well, outside of a nasty dry fire season like the one we're having now). I'm assuming he hasn't done these things because he just put a whole piece together essentially saying TX is so great because you can do these things there, but not here. Santa Monica, or any urbanized area of a state, is NOT representative of the state all together. This guy needs to explore more of CA and then rethink where he stands, because he's pretty out to lunch with a lot of his comparisons-- at least per my experience in both states.Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #10 January 20, 2014 LyraM45I've lived in TX for a few years, and now I've lived in the Bay Area for a few years. There are things that I like, dislike, and absolutely despise about both places. One may be good for one thing, but not another. That could be said if I were to compare any of the places I've lived across the country over the years. The only thing I don't like in this piece are the things this guy talks of as absolutes, IE: -Everything works better because of religion: There are many reasons why many families work well together or are a shining example of a 'perfect' family unit. Religion is not the end all be all to sort the good from the bad. As others have said, there are stats that can argue against this, IE: divorce rate of TX, rate of families on government assistance in TX, etc. -Shooting in the back yard: I lived in Houston when I lived in TX. I couldn't shoot in my backyard there, just like I can't shoot in my back yard here in the south bay. But I can travel a little ways out of the city, just like you can in TX, and probably do a lot more in the country like you can in TX if you did the same. I have a friend that lives in the sierra foothills who can essentially do whatever he wants on his property, including hunt and shoot for fun.... or ::gasp:: have a bonfire in his backyard! -Bonfire: again, you live in downtown Dallas, good luck with that. Same for urban CA or particularly santa monica, which is what I think this guy is really talking about he says "California." At least CA will let you have fires on a lot of the beaches! I could never do that when I lived in TX and always wanted to! -Prop 65 warnings: I agree, this is stupid. Really stupid. I don't even notice the signs anymore. This guy is basically talking about Santa Monica and saying the whole state is as strict and fun free. He's bragging so much about seeing the country and going to TX, perhaps he should get out to rural CA and see what that has to offer. Maybe visit some of the beautiful peaks, national parks, and amazing terrain that TX does NOT offer. I bet he has never been on a backpack, or skied the back country, or watched a meteor shower from a 10,000 foot peak in Yosemite. I bet he's never been hunting in these areas. I bet he's never had a bonfire on the beach or in the back country and cooked a fresh caught dinner over it (because yes, despite what he says, you can have a bonfire and do that in CA... well, outside of a nasty dry fire season like the one we're having now). I'm assuming he hasn't done these things because he just put a whole piece together essentially saying TX is so great because you can do these things there, but not here. Santa Monica, or any urbanized area of a state, is NOT representative of the state all together. This guy needs to explore more of CA and then rethink where he stands, because he's pretty out to lunch with a lot of his comparisons-- at least per my experience in both states. I lived in Lee Vining for two years. As I recall we could do pretty much what we wanted around that area. The thing we talked about doing most and couldn't was blowing up the viaducts that were stealing the water for Mono Lake and diverting it to LA. At least no one knew how to do it and be assured of getting away with it. LA is slowing killing Mono Lake. I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue.Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #11 January 20, 2014 RonD1120I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #12 January 20, 2014 quade***I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it.Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #13 January 20, 2014 RonD1120******I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. Oh, we "get it." "It" just isn't funny.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #14 January 20, 2014 RonD1120******I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. I think you missed the part where I said I was giving my opinion not really as a Californian, but as a 'Caliexan' half breed that has lived in both places-- and hopefully I can have an unbiased opinion on both places since I'm actually not from either and have only lived in these places for work as an adult. I agree with the others-- this guy is wrong on a few things, and misses serious points on others. It's not really that hilarious to me. And it's not that I can't laugh at liberal hippies being made fun of. Or their state. Did you ever catch this article on 'surviving whole foods:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-maclean/surviving-whole-foods_b_3895583.html Now THAT is funny. If that is the kind of humor this guy was going for, he totally missed the mark.Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #15 January 20, 2014 RonD1120******I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. Not a Californian, and I thought all it showed was that the speaker was an ignorant jerk.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #16 January 20, 2014 LyraM45*********I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. I think you missed the part where I said I was giving my opinion not really as a Californian, but as a 'Caliexan' half breed that has lived in both places-- and hopefully I can have an unbiased opinion on both places since I'm actually not from either and have only lived in these places for work as an adult. I agree with the others-- this guy is wrong on a few things, and misses serious points on others. It's not really that hilarious to me. And it's not that I can't laugh at liberal hippies being made fun of. Or their state. Did you ever catch this article on 'surviving whole foods:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-maclean/surviving-whole-foods_b_3895583.html Now THAT is funny. If that is the kind of humor this guy was going for, he totally missed the mark. As someone who has spent 72 years eating whatever tastes good and a few things that taste bad if they got me high, I think the two comedians are on par. Both of them are funny. Oh, did I mention, I like guns also.Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #17 January 20, 2014 kallend*********I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. Not a Californian, and I thought all it showed was that the speaker was an ignorant jerk. Am I going to have to call on winsor to provide that quote from Socrates about only recognizing yourself in others?Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #18 January 21, 2014 >Everything works better because of religion Well, hey, even the members of the Heaven's Gate religion right here in California always had enough bus fare. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #19 January 21, 2014 Do they have services at the hotel california? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #20 January 21, 2014 >Do they have services at the hotel california? It's a lovely place, but their early checkout policies are a bit confusing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #21 January 21, 2014 regulatorDo they have services at the hotel california? They have great check-in services.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #22 January 21, 2014 quade*********I guess like jclalor and champu you didn't find the humor in the monologue. Maybe it's not as funny as you think. I think I insinuated that Californians wouldn't get it. Oh, we "get it." "It" just isn't funny. All Y'all's obsession with warning signs is hilarious though. In a pathetic - rule the robot masses - they don't know how to live life for themselves kinda way.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 898 #23 January 21, 2014 Dammit, now I'm hungry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #24 January 21, 2014 billvon>Do they have services at the hotel california? It's a lovely place, but their early checkout policies are a bit confusing. What's confusing? Checkout anytime you want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #25 January 21, 2014 jclalor***>Do they have services at the hotel california? It's a lovely place, but their early checkout policies are a bit confusing. What's confusing? Checkout anytime you want. But . . . you can never leave.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
