Random Thoughts Thread

[Got Miikka?]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

Which one?

Daisy?

[JohnnyB]

There is a total lack of etiquette at my gym here in Shanghai. People use free weights and then just leave them on the floor, nobody wipes anything down and people act like they own the machines. It is infuriating. If you're there in the afternoon or later it is basically a waste of your time to try using free weights because you have to go searching all over the gym to find where the last person to use the weight left it. There are also computers hooked up to the internet there so that you can check your email or whatever without leaving the gym, and although I don't use them I notice that people will get on them and just surf the web for an hour or more. It's nutty. Lack of etiquette at the gym really ticks me off.

[photon]

Ah, to be young again.

[Dion]

Irony in a plastic package

[Dion]

This is what happens when you hit a bird going 120 mph

[wittynickname]

I have to say I kind of love it when someone asks me to give them an idea of what kind of things to do around my city. I've had it happen a couple of times on CP, and it always makes me happy. I always think about the first few times my best friend came to visit me, and all of the different things I got to show up, and it brings up lots of good memories, so then I go completely overboard and give people WAY too much information at once, so they're probably overwhelmed.

But still--I love being able to help that way.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by Got Miikka?

Biggest gym pet peeve by far though is the Workout By Committee - when a group of 3 or more get together and stand around watching each other do sets while spending more of their time talking about Facebook or something. I don't mind waiting to use equipment if people are being expedient and get out of the way, but when I have to ask a group of 7 if they're going to be long and get a "no" followed up by a 10 minute wait... that really grinds my gears!

I don't have a lot of sympathy for you considering my gym experience last night. I signed up for a 7 day free trial at a gym close to where I'm staying. Of course they want to show you everything the gym has to offer because they want you to sign up. So the gym dude is showing me around and we're in the men's change room. This is where things took a turn for the worse.

There was this person in the change room who must have been at least 400 pounds And not a roided up over muscled juice freak but 400+ pounds of obesity. And while it's nice that they are taking steps to get in better shape it does not excuse the fact that they are waddling around the change room post-shower buck naked. There is no excuse to at least not attempt to cover up a little bit with a towel or twenty.

While I only saw the backside of this individual, the horror of this sight has been seared into my mind and nothing I have tried has been able to get that vision of a saggy, wrinkled, rounded wall of creases out of my mind. After seeing this I quickly went around the corner to keep from seeing any more. I was tempted to tell them to cover up but since I could probably fit in at least one of its stomachs I decided keep quiet out of fear that it would eat me whole.

[JohnnyB]

^^ That just made me think of another thing that really bugs me at my gym. Guys are always using the hair driers to dry off instead of using towels. It's gross. I don't want to be styling my hair next to some guy who is blow drying his crack and balls. But people do it all the time.

For the most part I have no problem dealing with cultural differences here in Shanghai. People cutting into line-ups all the time ticks me off, but other than that I'm pretty chill about it all. The stuff at the gym gets to me more though. I think it's cause for me the gym is a place to go and have some mental peace, and stuff like guys leaving weights all over the place and blow drying their balls bugs me.

[Dion]

Some asshat in the gym today tapped me on the shoulder while i was on the treadmill. I had my headphones on of course and didn't hear him coming. Needless to say his tap distracted me for a few seconds and i ended flying off the end of the treadmill into the wall behind me.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Dion

Some asshat in the gym today tapped me on the shoulder while i was on the treadmill. I had my headphones on of course and didn't hear him coming. Needless to say his tap distracted me for a few seconds and i ended flying off the end of the treadmill into the wall behind me.

Oh, man. That reminds me of the time I tapped a chick so hard she ended up against the wall.

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Oh, man. That reminds me of the time I tapped a chick so hard she ended up against the wall.

This was one of those delayed reaction things. It took about 5 seconds, but after I'd clicked away from the page, it hit just how funny that was, and I literally laughed out loud for a little while. Well played.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by Dion

Irony in a plastic package

bah just get 2 so you can use one to open the other.

[4X4]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0


edit to add lyrics:

BRET:
If you want me to
I can hang ‘round with you
If I only knew
That’s what you’re into.
JEMAINE:
You and him
Him and you
If that’s what
You’re into
Him hanging ‘round
Around you
You’re hanging ‘round
Yeah, you’re there too.
BRET:
And if you want me to
I will take off all my clothes for you
I’ll take off all my clothes for you
If that’s what you’re into
JEMAINE:
How ‘bout him
In the nude?
If that’s what
You’re into.
In the nude in front of you
Is that what
you’d want to view?
BRET:
If it’s cool with you
I’ll let you get naked too
It could be a dream come true
Providing that’s what you are into
JEMAINE:
Is that what
You’re into?
Him and you
In the nude?
That’s what he’s prepared to do
Is that the kind of thing
you think you might be into?
BRET:
And then maybe later
We’ll get hot by the refrigerator
In the kitchen
next to the pantry
You think that might be what you fancy?
JEMAINE:
In the buff
Being rude
Doing stuff
With the food
Getting lewd
With his food
We heard that’s what you are into
BRET:
Then on our next date
Well, you could bring your roommate
I don’t know if Stu is keen to
But if you want we could double-team you
JEMAINE:
How about you
And two dudes?
Him, you and Stu
In the nude
Being lewd with two dudes with food
Well, that’s if Stu’s into it, too
BRET:
All the things I’d do
The things I’d do for you
If I only knew
That’s what you’re into
Ooh..

[Berger_4_]

Originally Posted by 4X4

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0


edit to add lyrics:

BRET:
If you want me to
I can hang ‘round with you
If I only knew
That’s what you’re into.
JEMAINE:
You and him
Him and you
If that’s what
You’re into
Him hanging ‘round
Around you
You’re hanging ‘round
Yeah, you’re there too.
BRET:
And if you want me to
I will take off all my clothes for you
I’ll take off all my clothes for you
If that’s what you’re into
JEMAINE:
How ‘bout him
In the nude?
If that’s what
You’re into.
In the nude in front of you
Is that what
you’d want to view?
BRET:
If it’s cool with you
I’ll let you get naked too
It could be a dream come true
Providing that’s what you are into
JEMAINE:
Is that what
You’re into?
Him and you
In the nude?
That’s what he’s prepared to do
Is that the kind of thing
you think you might be into?
BRET:
And then maybe later
We’ll get hot by the refrigerator
In the kitchen
next to the pantry
You think that might be what you fancy?
JEMAINE:
In the buff
Being rude
Doing stuff
With the food
Getting lewd
With his food
We heard that’s what you are into
BRET:
Then on our next date
Well, you could bring your roommate
I don’t know if Stu is keen to
But if you want we could double-team you
JEMAINE:
How about you
And two dudes?
Him, you and Stu
In the nude
Being lewd with two dudes with food
Well, that’s if Stu’s into it, too
BRET:
All the things I’d do
The things I’d do for you
If I only knew
That’s what you’re into
Ooh..

Oh god do I love Flight of the Conchords...A girl I know grew up just down the street from where at least one of them lived in New Zealand.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Dan02

bah just get 2 so you can use one to open the other.

You still have to get that annoying plastic of one off them

[TheContact]

Originally Posted by Dion

You still have to get that annoying plastic of one off them

That's why you buy a third one, of course.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by 4x4

why do some people feel the need to talk loud enough so that everyone in the vicinity can hear them? Especially when they're telling some dorky story about how bad they are or how cool they are?? I took the woman to banff on the weekend and of course, we stopped in at the springs for a soak. We're sitting in the pool, chatting a bit and relaxing, having a good time except for the overbearing voice of some young punk yapping to his lady about how he got taken to the drunk tank. Going on and on about how much he drank that fateful night and how lippy he was to the cop... Ooohhh. You're soooo cool.

LEMME TELL YOUZ 'BOUT THE time i was playing indoor soccer!!!

[wittynickname]

I freaking hate freezing rain.

Worst winter precip, bar none.

It's been steadily coming down for about 4 hours now, nice glaze over everything, I am not looking forward to leaving the house tomorrow. Ugh.

[Resolute 14]

It sure was nice of some woman in my building to fumigate the elevator for us. The watering in my eyes was actually tears of joy that she was kind enough to share gallons of her eau de skunk with the world.

[@theCBE]

Dear Abby,

I have never written to you before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs; phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. She has been going out with 'the girls' a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, just some friends from work, you don't know them. I try to stay awake and look out for her when she comes home, but I usually fall asleep.

Anyway, I have never broached the subject with her, I think deep down I just did not want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to finally check on her. Around midnight , I hid in the garage behind my hockey equipment so I could get a good view of the whole street when she arrived home from a night out with 'the girls. 'When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on.

It was at that moment, crouching behind my hockey gear, that I noticed a hairline crack where the blade meets the graphite shaft on my new one piece hockey stick. Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the pro-shop where I bought it?

Please Advise,