The Unofficial Badmovies.org Random Thought Thread!

[WilliamWeird1313]

You ever be walking towards a building, and up ahead of you someone else is entering the building, and they see you, and they hold the door open for you, but you're still, like, 30 feet away, so thanks to their "thoughtful act of politeness", you actually have to jar yourself out of the leisurely pace you've happily settled into, and break into a little jog, just so the person holding the door isn't left standing there like a 'tard?

I f**kin' hate that.

If you're gonna hold the door open for someone, do it when they're right there with you, or only a few feet away. If you actually have to stop and wait for 'em to catch up, then just move on. That person will be able to open the door with their own strength when they get there, I assure you.

[Psycho Circus]

You ever be walking towards a building, and up ahead of you someone else is entering the building, and they see you, and they hold the door open for you, but you're still, like, 30 feet away, so thanks to their "thoughtful act of politeness", you actually have to jar yourself out of the leisurely pace you've happily settled into, and break into a little jog, just so the person holding the door isn't left standing there like a 'tard?

I f**kin' hate that.

If you're gonna hold the door open for someone, do it when they're right there with you, or only a few feet away. If you actually have to stop and wait for 'em to catch up, then just move on. That person will be able to open the door with their own strength when they get there, I assure you.

Oh man, don't get me started on that. Okay then, I hate that too. This happens to me all the time, I do little jog to the door, say thankyou and go in. When I do this for other people, they don't say thankyou! No manners! Women are the worst (sorry women), but everytime I'm walking behind a woman or pack of women, they just let the door slam into my face. This is always the case at Boots, they have these big fat glass doors that are heavy and I get smacked by them all the time. 

[ER]

Fifty-percent of doctors graduated in the lower half of their class.

[WilliamWeird1313]

Fifty-percent of doctors graduated in the higher part of their class. Lol.

[Rev. Powell]

Why do they make TV's in a 16:9 aspect ratio (which works out to 1.78:1) when movies are in 1.85:1?  I've actually read an explanation and it makes no sense.

From Wikipedia: "When the 16:9 aspect ratio was proposed by Kerns H. Powers, nobody was creating 16:9 videos. The popular choices in 1980 were 4:3, 15:9, 1.85, 2.20 and 2.35. Powers discovered that all of those aspects would fit within a 1.78:1 outer rectangle and when over-lapped, all shared a common 16:9 inner rectangle. Hence, any of the 'common 5' can be neatly cropped or matted to fill a 16:9 screen."

[ghouck]

Fifty-percent of doctors graduated in the lower half of their class.

I would bet not, because I believe more people that graduated in the BOTTOM half do NOT go on to be doctors than do so after graduating from the TOP half. However EVERY doctor I have met has led me to believe they were either in the TOP 2%, or the BOTTOM 2%. I find very little middle ground.

[Rev. Powell]

In law school they said the A students went on too become judges, the B students became attorneys, and the C students became millionaires.  I have no idea what they meant.

[ER]

My best friend once said another close friend of mine looked like Ted Bundy*. I told her she was way off, he looked nothing like Ted Bundy. She said yeah, he did. Well, I never saw the resemblance, but from then on every time I was with him that's all I could think about, him looking like Ted Bundy.



*Yes, yes, I know someone is itching to post those one pictures of him, blah...

[Psycho Circus]

*Yes, yes, I know someone is itching to post those one pictures of him, blah...

No, here's Al Bundy tho'

[Rev. Powell]

You mean this picture, ER?

[Mr. DS]

Man its cold in my house. 

[BTM]

There's a heavyset woman in my apartment complex; on warm days I can often see her outside sitting on the bench in the backyard area smoking cigarettes.  She usually has the pack of the cigarettes laying on the table right next to an asthma inhaler.

[ghouck]

In law school they said the A students went on too become judges, the B students became attorneys, and the C students became millionaires.  I have no idea what they meant.

I bet what they meant is that if you don't have great ABILITY as a lawyer, you can become very rich (but not necessarily SUCCESSFUL), at the cost of your scruples (IOW, if you're good you become an attorney or judge, if not, become an ambulance-chaser and get rich).

Just my thoughts.

[ER]

Tonight an acquaintance mentioned her 35-ish brother in law had his second heart attack scare in a year, and pointed out that the man weighs close to 400 pounds. It left me thinking, if a family can have a substance-abusing loved-one committed to a treatment center against his or her will based on the argument that the intervention is potentially life saving, then why is it the same logic and tactic can't be employed to save the life of a morbidly obese person?

[LilCerberus]

A List Serve Posting

Noon - Me
"I found a Yellow Glass bead on the floor in studio 1.
It looks like it used to be an ear ring.
I left it on top of the mailboxes by the kitchen."

2:00pm - Anna
"It's mine! I'll come and pick it up asap.
I was literally falling apart at the seems, ears and bag this morning. Luckily I didn't bring coffee or I would have spilled that all over the place!"

10:00pm - Lee
"This sounds like the plot of a Lifetime Network Movie."