The Off Topic Topic

[HVC]

Uh-oh. The school just called about the twins. See ya later. Time to bail them out.

what'd they set on fire now?

I like how you are always a glass half full kind of guy.

i could have asked who'd the set on fire this time

[Caliga]

So I went to Wendy's today for a burger for lunch.

Woman at the till was crying.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"My daughter. She has cancer. Now the hospital called, and she's taken a turn for the worse. Would you like to make that  combo?"

Um.... No. thanks.

I often feel kinda bad for the people that work at the Wendy's near me.  They all work really hard and do a great job, and they're friendly and know many customers by name to boot.  But except for the manager, they all make so little money that they have 1 or even 2 additional jobs.  Often when I go in there Charles, one of the assistant managers, is coming out of the back changed into his Captain D's uniform and rushing off to his job there.

[crazy canuck]

Uh-oh. The school just called about the twins. See ya later. Time to bail them out.

what'd they set on fire now?

I like how you are always a glass half full kind of guy.

i could have asked who'd the set on fire this time

[Malthus]

Uh-oh. The school just called about the twins. See ya later. Time to bail them out.

what'd they set on fire now?

I like how you are always a glass half full kind of guy.

i could have asked who'd the set on fire this time

My mental image when Ed mentiones his daughters:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2653/1473/1600/937237/terror.gif

[katmai]

My mental image when Ed mentiones his daughters:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2653/1473/1600/937237/terror.gif

Funny  I think this.

[Malthus]

My mental image when Ed mentiones his daughters:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2653/1473/1600/937237/terror.gif

Funny  I think this.

Vote! Vote! 

[Jacob]

My mental image when Ed mentiones his daughters:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2653/1473/1600/937237/terror.gif

Funny  I think this.

Vote! Vote! 

Go ahead, make a poll.

[Malthus]

My mental image when Ed mentiones his daughters:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2653/1473/1600/937237/terror.gif

Funny  I think this.

Vote! Vote! 

Go ahead, make a poll.

I don't know how to do it attaching pics without screwing it up. 

[Zanza]

Colour Battle of Britain footage from inside a Messerschmitt:
http://www.uasvision.com/2014/03/14/battle-of-britain-camera-onboard-messerschmitt-109/

German speakers, I''d be interested to know some of what the pilot's saying.

A: Fighter right ahead.

B: Contact. ... Spitfire.

A: Where are they? Do you still see them?

B: Yes. 11 o'clock, 11 o'clock low. Go into shooting position.

A: Okay.

B: Fire, fire! [couldn't understand]

[machine guns]

A: Looking good.

B: Missed.

A: Do you still see them?

B: Yeah, [couldn't understand]

A: Looking good.

B: Shoot!

A: Hit!

B: Yeah!! Where's the second?

A: I think it turned north, westwards.

B: Let's go home. My fuel is running out. Good day, my friend. One more shot down.

A: CAREFUL, [couldn't understand] from behind!

B: Engine is stopping! [couldn't understand]

B: I must go down, my engine stops, I must go down.

A: Eject, eject!

B: I can't, I can't control it.

A: I must turn away, my fuel is running out.


They seem awfully calm for what is going on. And they use formal language to address each other, which sound strange. The whole thing has a vibe of not being real to me.

[Valmy]

They seem awfully calm for what is going on. And they use formal language to address each other, which sound strange. The whole thing has a vibe of not being real to me.

Well they are combat veterans, officers, and gentlemen to whom getting shot down over an enemy country is nothing in the service of the Fatherland.  Either that or it is fake.

[Ed Anger]

Uh-oh. The school just called about the twins. See ya later. Time to bail them out.

what'd they set on fire now?

2nd grader punched Cassandra in the face. X-Rays at the ER: Negative

Just some swelling. However, the schools actions have got my wife in full Hoosier fury.

[Ed Anger]

A Saudi cleric named Saleh al-Fawzan has issued fatwa against all-you-can-eat buffets in Saudi Arabia. He made the statement on a Saudi Quranic TV station.

Fawzan said the value and quantity of the food sold should be pre-determined before hand.

"Whoever enters the buffet and eats for 10 or 50 riyals without deciding the quantity they will eat is violating Sharia (Islamic) law," Fawzan was quoted on al-Atheer channel.

The fatwa attempts to add plate piling eateries to the long list of things outlawed by religious edicts. It has been the subject of condemnation and debate on social media channels.

While some twitter users slammed the cleric's fatwa by using the hashtag "prohibiting-open-buffet" (in Arabic) others tweeted supporting it.

[Admiral Yi]

 

[Jacob]

Changing pronounciation of English: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/11/pronunciation-errors-english-language

[crazy canuck]

Uh-oh. The school just called about the twins. See ya later. Time to bail them out.

what'd they set on fire now?

2nd grader punched Cassandra in the face. X-Rays at the ER: Negative

Just some swelling. However, the schools actions have got my wife in full Hoosier fury.

Is the 2nd grader still in the hospital?