Tag: humor

Random thoughts

One of our bathroom sinks drains slowly. We’ve had maintenance out time and time again, but no matter what they do, it’s always just a bit slower than usual. Meanwhile, everytime they work on the faucet, its flow increases.

Last night I concluded it must be a water-saving drain. By draining slowly, it encourages you to not to turn the faucet up too far, or to run it too long, thus saving water. Sure, the same thing could be accomplished by just limiting the flow from the faucet, but that would be frustrating. This way you’re involved in the process, so it feels less like you’re being limited.

And on a less silly, but still plumbing-related note, a few nights ago I had an interesting old-habit experience. After loading the dishwasher, I lifted the door while opening the cabinet to get the box of soap. In my parents’ house, these are on a corner, so you can’t actually open the cabinet under the sink without lifting the dishwasher door out of the way. It’s been about 4½ years since I lived there, and countless loads of dishes… and yet the old habit resurfaced.

Current Mood: 🤔contemplative

Searching for quotes

On the drive to work this morning, alenxa pulled a notepad out of the glove compartment and started reading over some of the strange/funny quotes we’ve collected on it. It reminded me that I haven’t updated the quote section of my humor page all year (except for quotes from Comic Con panelists).

We’ve got quotes scattered among several notepads and scraps of paper, our LJs and our shared blog, but the problem is that they’re mainly the two of us. I know other people in our group have said funny things that should be immortalized, we just don’t have them written down anywhere.

So I’m asking for solicitations. If you happened to write something down (on paper, in LJ, wherever) or if you remember it verbatim, please post it here, along with who said it and roughly when. If there’s a good story behind it, feel free to write it up or include a link. Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll collect them and post them online.

Thanks in advance!

Thought for the evening

No, not about the debates. I figure there’s enough talk about those going around.

No, this thought is about a piece of mail, and a brief conversation about it:

kelson: I think we can skip the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship dinner. Not only is it $100 a plate, but it’s the night of Farscape [The Peacekeeper Wars]. Yeah, I know, priorities.

alenxa: “… or worse: expelled!”

Theater action! Too hot for radio!

In light of a recent expurgated version of “You Oughtta Know” played on the radio, alenxa wondered just what else Alanis Morissette might be singing about doing to someone in a theater.

I was originally going to do this as a write-in poll, but then I realized people would be limited to only one suggestion each.

So, fill in the blank: “Would she _______ on you in a theater?”

Be creative. If it doesn’t scan, that’s OK (it’s an Alanis Morissette song, after all), but stick to two beats if you can.

Post your ideas here!

Current Mood: 😉silly

The things you see on LJ…

A couple of interesting items:

First, from metaquotes: Posted on the fridge at Xavier’s School for the Gifted (metaquote thread)

Next, sclerotic_rings on prosthetics that don’t just mimic the body, specifically artificial heart pumps designed with the fact the important part isn’t the method by which the heart pumps blood, but the fact that it keeps it circulating. We have plenty of experience with simpler ways to pump fluids than by imitating heart movements, such as, in this case, a constantly rotating impeller. What’s interesting is that people with this pump have no pulse!.