Random Thoughts

[putrid]

A conversation between Sickie Ickie and Carrie got me thinking this would be a cool idea for a thread. A place to put random ideas, observations and thoughts.


Why do ghosts wear clothing? What's the point of being modest if your dead? And does this mean that clothing can come back as ghosts as well? Haunted by your old underwear? Is that a dead pair of blue jeens thrashing in the closet?

Scientists spent billions on an experiment to find a gravity wave. (A vast fluctuation of time/space distortion moving at the speed of light.) It's a laser and a target. As long as the light from the laser is on target there's no gravity wave. If a wave of time and space is moving at the speed of light wouldn't the target and the laser move at the same time?

I've seen the first moon walk. The first home computers. The split up of Ma Bell that allowed all this new phone technology. The first hart transplant. And now the first black presidential nominee. Man it's good to be alive!

[Mistress Muffy]

Oh I like this thread......Putrid ...love what you typed up there!!

Muf

[Sickie Ickie]

Hard day today. Had to replace a power mirror on a ford van at work. I like doing repairs and instillations, but man, that door panel was a b--ch!

[putrid]

Ever wonder where all that corn really comes form? Corn chips, corn dogs, corn tortias, corn tortillas, corn meal, corn meal mush, corn bread, cream corn, canned corn, frozen corn, Indian corn, corn on the cob, pop corn, kettle corn, carmel corn, candied corn, corn oil, corn syrup, corn starch, corn curls, corn flakes, corn whisky and hominy. Does anyone really eat hominy? And how come they didn't make candy corn look more like real corn?

Every time I see a can of Vienna weenies I think of the Vienna boys chior and have to question my sexuality.

If matter is energy and energy can't be created then where did all those layers on the earth's crust come from?

[Elvira]

Our furbabies are 6 weeks old now, and will soon be leaving us. *wimper wimper* I miss them already.

[Elvira]

Time for me to hit the hay! Sweet dreams and pleasant nightmares everyone :D

[Mistress Muffy]

Putrid.... I looked in my crystal ball today and..I do believe I see a book in your future!

Muf

[putrid]

Years ago I went to the mall to buy a sports coat. There I was, blue jeans, tennies, a black T-shirt and shaggy long hair and beard. I passed an older couple who not only glared at me but made a physical effort to ovoid me. Picked out and bought a sport coat and decided to wear it home. Passed that same older couple. They nodded at me and smiled. We road the escalator down together. Me in front, them one step behind. So there I was, blue jeans, a black T-shit, long shaggy hair and beard and a sports coat. Are people that vain?

[spookineer]

Why are there "Interstate" highways in Hawaii?

[Mistress Muffy]

Oh I can see this is going to be our "Ripley's Believe It or Not" thread!! lol

Muf

[bethene]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood???

[Carrie]

Ever eat those little candies in the movie theater? Nonparells? So what are parells if those are nonparells?

[putrid]

If hydrogen and oxygen are both flammable then why is it when you mix them together you can put fires out with it? Buy the way, I like drinking that stuff.

[Mistress Muffy]

Now I know I'm gonna have nightmares trying to resolve these "random thoughts"!lol

the Muffster

[Xmaslilly]

I am wondering if Putrid is related to Andy Rooney..
thats what I htink of when I read his paots on this thread...

[putrid]

Wonder if Andy Rooney has the same problems with Vienna Weenies?

Be cool Xmaslilly but I'm not. But totally thanks for the compliment. I just thought I was crazy. Now I know I'm not alone. LOL

[putrid]

Time and space are the same thing. It takes time to move threw space. It takes space to measure time. You can't go back in time but you can go threw the same doorway over and over again.

If cockroaches are related to lobsters than why aren't people boiling them too?

[Sickie Ickie]

you mean, I'm no supposed to?

[Mummy deer-est]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood???

Just so you know,
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[Mummy deer-est]

Why in the hell is it 99 freakin degree's today?

[putrid]

If heat rises than why doesn't it got hotter the higher up a mountain you go?

I think global warming is caused by all these cell phones. They all use microwaves to communicate. How many cell phones would it take to pop a bag of pop corn?

[Sickie Ickie]

Well, according to this- four. LOL Rumours are it's a hoax, though. ;)
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=8242898

[Thomas Steiner]

Does anyone really eat hominy?

Yep!! I do love to eat hominy. This is one of my favorite corns. Hehehe!!!!:)

[Elvira]

Why do Kamakazee pilots wear helmets?

[Sickie Ickie]

to keep from bumping their heads in the plane :p

[Mistress Muffy]

You are guys are too quick for this ole gal!!!lol

Putrid I eat at least one can of hominy a week sometimes 2!!!

Muffy

[Elvira]

Why are there no size "B" batteries?

[Carrie]

Hominy..that's what grits are made of..love em! (Yep, even in Chicago they are good!)

[putrid]

No one thinks anything wrong about eating brussle sprouts, corobi (sp?) broccoli or cauliflower. But these same people will freak out when talking about genetic engineering. Wonder if these folks realize that all those vegetables started out as mutated cabbage. Without knowing anything about genetics our ancestors created all those plants from a simple cabbage. Did you know that real carrots are red to brown. Not orange. We've all been eating genetically altered food all our lives. From meat to fruit to vegies. Everything.

[spookineer]

I think global warming is caused by all these cell phones. They all use microwaves to communicate. How many cell phones would it take to pop a bag of pop corn?

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2867356/8228068

[Sickie Ickie]

Why are there no size "B" batteries?

Two really good answers, not by me:

"As far as a “B” size battery goes, I found that it was used in old (read “antique”) tube type radios and was a 67.5 volt dry cell. I found this info while reading the history of radio development. I found an article by a gentleman who purchased a couple of old tabletop radios to gut, and seeing that they were still in good condition, he set out to refurbish the units. He improvised the “B” cell using a combo of 9volt batteries along with a computer battery of 4.5 volts.

and

In electronics, a B battery is any battery used to provide the plate voltage of a vacuum tube. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "dry battery" (although there's no reason why a "wet" battery of suitable voltage couldn't be utilised for the purpose) The term comes from the days of valve (tube) radios when it was common practice to use a dry battery for the plate (Anode) voltage and a rechargeable lead/acid "wet" battery for the filament voltage.

Even when the plate voltage rail is fed by a power supply rather than a battery, it is generally referred to as the "B+" line.

so...back in the days of tube electronics there
were A and B batteries,,,

the A battery supplied filement voltage for the tubes,.
The B battery supplied plate voltage.

since we don't use tube technology in a mobile
scenario anymore the batteries went by the wayside.

Hows that for an answer? :p

[putrid]

Sorry Sickie Ickie and Spookineer, on dial up them vids wouldn't download all the way till tomorrow night. LOL

[Elvira]

*clapping hands* Good answers Sickie! Hows that for interesting :D

Do chickens think rubber humans are funny? :confused:

[Sickie Ickie]

LMAO!!!!! I love that one!

[Mistress Muffy]

Oh Oh....TECHNICAL>>>>>>>I don't do that so well! lol


Muf

[Elvira]

Why is it a pair of pants, but only one shirt?

[Sickie Ickie]

I've often wondered that myself.

I also like oxymorons. Like Jumbo shrimp. Is it jumbo, or is it shrimp? or how about Military Intelligence? LOL

[Elvira]

LOL oh yeah! Gotta love those one, sickie!

[putrid]

My dreams will never fail me. As long as I don't pursue them. Why is it so hard to take the first step?

[putrid]

Does whole grain include the roots?

[bethene]

MY random thought is why has Putrids random thoughts stopped?!


Why do we worry about what the white stuff i under the soil on Mars, when we can't even take care of the Earth?

[putrid]

Guess I've had to many structured thoughts lately. LOL

White stuff is now a scientific term. It replaces "What the hell is that."

Ever wonder why American money and fresh cow dung are the same color?

[Sickie Ickie]

cause they're both considered grass?

[Elvira]

If you choked a Smurf, what color would it turn?

[Sickie Ickie]

purple. .

[Carrie]

What I often wonder about is being over-whelmed? Also being under-whelmed? Both of them are fine, but I've never been just "whelmed" what is that?

[Sickie Ickie]

Whelm- to submerge; engulf.

I guess that means you have to drown to be whelmed?

[putrid]

The reason they can't find Big foot is because he's ( she's ) an extraterrestrial. They land, open the door and tell em, "you do that outside". Big foot does it's thing. Goes back to the ship and they all take off. Bet that offal smell it's suposed to have keeps the fleas and ticks off.

[Carrie]

We know what the speed of light is, so what's the speed of dark?

[Sickie Ickie]

don't know...scientists haven't been able to see it. :p

[putrid]

Has anyone seen bird poop on the ground? Roads, sidewalks,driveways. parking lots and decks and patios don't count.

You bring up a good point Carrie. Scientists have spent billions to try to catch a theoretical particle called 'dark matter' or 'dark energy'. The theory goes that if light travels at the speed of light than dark (dark matter/energy) travels at the speed of light. If everything in physics has an exact opposite than wouldn't dark energy NOT travel at all?

[Mummy deer-est]

Why are do I not seem to have any random thoughts?

Or just no thought at all?
:)

[Sickie Ickie]

Sounds like a saying from Hee Haw. LOL

[putrid]

They hypothesized over the existence of theoretical sub-atomic particles on Hee Haw? Totally cool! O'l Grampa musta been splitten some atoms in that kitchen of 'es. LOL Man I miss that show. Them be some nice lookin women folk on that there show.

John Wayne passed up the role to be the sheriff on Gun Smoke because he didn't want to be known as a cowboy actor. But he turns around and becomes a better cowboy actor than anything else he did. Did he just want to be a cowboy on a bigger screen?

[spookineer]

We could all save money on those expensive personalized vanity plates for our cars. Just change your name to whatever your license plate is. My new name is 3SPL318. But if you do have one and it's not easy to understand, get a license frame that EXPLAINS IT!!! That should be a law!

[Nancj]

Why is it that you can laugh your ass off, but you can't laugh your gut off, isn't that what we use to laugh with? Because frankly, I don't have much of an ass and I'd like to keep what little ass I do have. And reading this thread has caused me to loose too much of it pretty soon I'll be sitting on my bare bone. And then what! LMBO??

[Sickie Ickie]

NOOOOO!!!!! I don't want to laugh my BONE off!!!!! [crosses legs]

[Elvira]

AHAHHA Holy mackeral! I ain't touchin that one!

[Sickie Ickie]

please? :p j/k

[Nancj]

I take it back!! :exclaim: (blushing)

[Sickie Ickie]

Lmao!!!
.

[Elvira]

Ugh! I need a masseuse for Christmas, think santa's taking requests yet?

[putrid]

Nacessity isn't the mother of invention. Laziness is. Take farming.
Start out digging the ground by hand. To hard, need to find a better way.
Use wooden plow. To hard, need more down time. Find a better way.
Use metal plow behind pack animals. To hard, need to find something easier.
Bigger plow behind a machine. Not big enough. Need to do more.
Modern combines. Air conditioned, hydraulics, GPS navigation and power steering.
Fat farmer, need to invent diet.

[Mummy deer-est]

Did you see Wall-e? It touched on that, Putrid. The fact that if we keep building machines to do everthing, were all gonna end up fat, stupid, and unable to do anything by ourselves.
And it was a cute, good movie, IMHO.

[Sickie Ickie]

I want to see it, but haven't seen it yet.

[putrid]

I think the last movie I saw at the theater was H.P.'s Goblet of fire. Because my mom didn't want to go by herself. LOL It's just the natural progression of all things American. It's our culture to want to do more, make it better and improve on what's there. There's an old joke from the Russian Space Agency,

"Americans have spent millions of dollars and years of research developing a pen that would write in 0 g's. We've always used pencils."