Twitter: 2010-08-10

 
Twitter
  • RT @joshcomers: “I’m ready to take this to the next level!” (overly dramatic guy walking into an elevator) #
  • RT @joshcomers: Just saw that a guy following over 28,000 people unfollowed me. I must have really fucked up. #
  • Risk creates value. Except when it destroys value. #
  • RT @Jesus_M_Christ: #ILaughEverytime I send a Fundamentalist to Hell. #
  • RT @Jesus_M_Christ: Whenever someone pleads with me for World Peace then ends their prayer by asking for bigger boobs #ilaugheverytime #

Stat of the Day

 
punch

Nearly 60% of the teenage readers of an online men’s magazine say they would punch a coworker in the face if they could get away with it, and nearly 40% would do the same to their bosses. The magazine, AskMen.com, says the number of positive responses to those statements declines steadily with respondents’ age, dropping to about 20% for readers 50 and older.

The Man With Two Hats

 
Peterbilt cap

At the doctor’s office this afternoon, there was a man about 70 years old in the waiting room wearing a Peterbilt cap and holding a similar cap in his hands.

Later I asked the nurse why the guy needed two caps.

“He left his cap here on his last appointment,” she said. “We gave it back to him today so now he has two.”

“Oh that makes sense,” I said. “I was thinking it was maybe a symptom of whatever it is he’s being treated for.”

Comparing Hands

 
Looking up

My son comes home from playing basketball, holds his hand up in front of me and says, “Let me see your fingers.”

I don’t know what he’s up to here but I put my palm against his palm and we compare fingers. They’re about the same. Mine are maybe a little longer.

“HA!” he says. “It’s your fault I can’t dunk! Bad genetics! I can get over the rim but the ball comes out of my hand because I can’t palm it.”

“Hmmm,” I say. “I could palm a basketball easily when I was your age so your theory doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny.”

“Could you dunk?” he asks.

“I’m still working on that. I hate to admit it but I don’t think it’s going to happen for me.”

A Trip to the Vet

 
Lightning Epps

The vet asks my owner if my appetite is normal.

“He’s hungry every second,” he says. “Is that normal?”

For a pug it is!

Now the vet is telling him how much our visit today is going to cost.

“Whoa, sticker shock,” he says. “How much would it cost to just put him down?”

WHAT?!?!

“Kidding,” he says.

HEY THAT IS NOT FUNNY!!!

— Lightning paw

Twitter: 2010-08-05

 
Twitter
  • RT @eddiepepitone: If everyone would just relax about death, love, finances and their legacy maybe we could enjoy a day or two. #
  • RT @eddiepepitone: I have a message for all the murderers, thieves and other scum on twitter: please follow me. #
  • Spent 15 minutes looking for my car in a parking lot before remembering I've got a loaner car today 🙁 #

Here’s a Strange Fact

 
Kissing

Prop 8 was approved by a majority of California voters, it was overturned today, and yet I haven’t heard one person say that they’re anything but happy about it.

I think a lot of people are not comfortable with the idea of same-sex marriage but would rather not say so outside the privacy of the ballot box for fear of being labelled by loving, inclusive Prop 8 supporters as hateful, bigoted, hypocritical assholes who should all go burn in hell . . .