Random Thought Thread v2

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Where do lice even come from? Are they native to Canada and they just end up on your scalp or what?

Japanese rice fields.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Where do lice even come from? Are they native to Canada and they just end up on your scalp or what?

I don't know, I don't recall it being a thing when I was a kid - or at least it never affected any class I was in.

It's one of those things that if I think about it, I will actually lose sleep. I'm getting random itch sensations all over as I type this

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

I don't know, I don't recall it being a thing when I was a kid - or at least it never affected any class I was in.

It's one of those things that if I think about it, I will actually lose sleep. I'm getting random itch sensations all over as I type this

Like bed bugs. I am paranoid about cheap hotels now. Basically watching the series, “Infested!” has ruined a lot of things. Like Australia and the Southern US.

[fotze2]

I need a safety burger. I want a Dave’s double classic but there is a high likelihood it will be a disaster when I open it. But I will chance it.

I need a safety burger that is unfataupable in case what I really want is actually a disaster .

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I need a safety burger. I want a Dave’s double classic but there is a high likelihood it will be a disaster when I open it. But I will chance it.

I need a safety burger that is unfataupable in case what I really want is actually a disaster .

Ummm. Huh?

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Man, I've told this before, but one time I was at the Saskatoon airport and the security freak-a-zoid put my earbuds from my iPod (this was like 20 years ago) in his fricken' ears to make sure it wasn't a bomb? Like, you stupid nasty moron.

Regina has consistently been the worst for the airports I have transited.

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I need a safety burger. I want a Dave’s double classic but there is a high likelihood it will be a disaster when I open it. But I will chance it.

I need a safety burger that is unfataupable in case what I really want is actually a disaster .

The only slightly readily available burger that hasn't dropped in quality as price raised, is five guys. I got a junior bacon a couple of weeks ago, and the patty is noticeably smaller, for being nowhere near a value burger.

Best option is to bite the bullet and go to a standalone drivethrough. I ends up being like two dollars more a burger than McDs at this point.

[Wormius]

I thought this was kind of interesting in an AITA kind of way. I am not involved in this, but stumbled across it and didn’t want to chime in cause I don’t want to get booted from the group, but personally I think it’s a super obnoxious, dick move behaviour to stake out a table if you haven’t picked up your food order and are ready to sit down and eat. I mean, I wouldn’t have sat down without asking, but I also would have silently judged the family who was occupying the table prematurely.

[Brendone]

The worst part of Costco is that people make it an “activity”. Go get your crap and get out! I want nothing to do with the tourists wandering the merchandise, never mind the grazing hoards at the tables.

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I thought this was kind of interesting in an AITA kind of way. I am not involved in this, but stumbled across it and didn’t want to chime in cause I don’t want to get booted from the group, but personally I think it’s a super obnoxious, dick move behaviour to stake out a table if you haven’t picked up your food order and are ready to sit down and eat. I mean, I wouldn’t have sat down without asking, but I also would have silently judged the family who was occupying the table prematurely.

Is that ####### behaviour? I would think it's standard to occupy a table while one person orders the food? Not specifically talking about Costco as I've never stopped there to eat but if you're a family of four for example it makes more sense to me to have the others sit down while one orders rather than having all four people crowding the counter/lining up.

[Fuzz]

Reminds me of being a kid at the ski hill while parents grabbed food. Taken. Taken. Taken. See that glove on the seat? It means it's taken.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Reminds me of being a kid at the ski hill while parents grabbed food. Taken. Taken. Taken. See that glove on the seat? It means it's taken.

Listen, I'm coming back to the lodge at 4:45 for a hot chocolate. If I reserve a table at 9AM I know it'll be ready.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Swift

Is that ####### behaviour? I would think it's standard to occupy a table while one person orders the food? Not specifically talking about Costco as I've never stopped there to eat but if you're a family of four for example it makes more sense to me to have the others sit down while one orders rather than having all four people crowding the counter/lining up.

I think seating should be prioritized for people with food-in-hand. If your group is still waiting for the order, then you don’t need the table yet. It’s no better than somebody standing in a parking spot to claim it for a friend.

Or at the very least then, just have everyone sit down while waiting for food order, so it looks less like you’re inviting others to share the table with you.

[calgarygeologist]

I never realized this before but there are two houses in the middle of Shouldice Park along the river. Living there must be pretty interesting. It would probably be an awesome house to have parties at because you don't have any neighbors to piss off but on the down side the area is always super busy. Also the flood risk is pretty brutal but super interesting properties.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I think seating should be prioritized for people with food-in-hand. If your group is still waiting for the order, then you don’t need the table yet. It’s no better than somebody standing in a parking spot to claim it for a friend.

Or at the very least then, just have everyone sit down while waiting for food order, so it looks less like you’re inviting others to share the table with you.

"Sweet, grab that empty table and I'll get the food."

No transgression there, imo. It's super normal and not offside.

[cam_wmh]

Soccer dad’s & mom’s milking their soda pop’s in prime Powder Keg seating. Go sit in Sawyers, or either day lodge, until your harem arrives.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Sliver

"Sweet, grab that empty table and I'll get the food."

No transgression there, imo. It's super normal and not offside.

I guess if it serves your interests at the time, then maybe it feels right to plunk your butt down and hold a table while other people *with* food are searching for a place to sit. I’d personally be feeling a little embarrassed if I was sitting there and another family with food in their arms was trying to find a spot.

I still think the practice is just as bad as walking into a parking spot and preventing anybody else from parking there.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I guess if it serves your interests at the time, then maybe it feels right to plunk your butt down and hold a table while other people *with* food are searching for a place to sit. I’d personally be feeling a little embarrassed if I was sitting there and another family with food in their arms was trying to find a spot.

I still think the practice is just as bad as walking into a parking spot and preventing anybody else from parking there.

I get the analogy. I honestly never considered it to be rude...just seemed normal.

Now that I know it's potentially making somebody mad I will enjoy it all the more, so I'm glad you brought it up.

There is something delightful about pissing somebody off, but having an air of blissful ignorance about you, so they can't make a stink, but they sort of know you're in heaven because you stepped on their toes. Idk what that is...there's probably a great word in German for it.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I get the analogy. I honestly never considered it to be rude...just seemed normal.

Now that I know it's potentially making somebody mad I will enjoy it all the more, so I'm glad you brought it up.

There is something delightful about pissing somebody off, but having an air of blissful ignorance about you, so they can't make a stink, but they sort of know you're in heaven because you stepped on their toes. Idk what that is...there's probably a great word in German for it.

You are risking me sitting next to you though, because in my particular worldview, cafeteria tables have no boundaries. An empty seat means that spot is free.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Wormius

You are risking me sitting next to you though, because in my particular worldview, cafeteria tables have no boundaries. An empty seat means that spot is free.

Just a clear violation of the social contract though. Everyone else does it the way Sliver is talking about.