My Wife is Funny
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I fail to see the humour in threatening someone with a weapon just for speaking another language.
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That's really pretty sad. I'm also from Texas, but I speak English and Spanish fluently, having taught engineering courses and written engineering reports in Spanish and made a living as a translator. My mother was German and I was at one time fluent in German. I learned conversational Khmer and Vietnamese and Laotian, but now only remember some phrases and the names of the characters/letters. When I went to Indonesia, after 2 weeks, I taught the last day of class in Bahasa Indonesian. I also worked for a French company and learned to read that pretty well, although I never practiced enough to get the pronunciation correct. Doesn't it bother you to be so limited as to speak only 1 language?
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Actually, I learned French. I chose NOT to learn Spanish.
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
Doesn't it bother you to be so limited as to speak only 1 language?
I'm bothered because they're in my freakin country, and I speak English. I'm not at all interested in being tolerant.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
What makes you think that "Where's the bathroom" is the only thing to say? There's usually a cure for those problems. Sounds like you may need some medical help! ;P
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Okay, you win. Another viable question is, "Where can I buy ammo?" Oh wait. If you're in a country that's NOT the United States, you probably can't buy ammo in the first place. Never mind...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Wow, some morons are downvoting your rather polite post. :wtf:
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
I don't see anything but 5's (17 when I looked).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
He got a straight 5 votes from 17 in my last look, which reflects the views of the CP audience, John in this case was "Bang out of order", and sorry for the pun.
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Metro RSSI don't live to satisfy others or to make them feel good about themselves. If I happen to wind up satisfying them or making them feel good about themselves - or not, believe me, it wasn't intentional - it just happened to work out that way. I treat everyone with the same cynicism and distrust.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I don't see anything but 5's (17 when I looked).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I don't see anything but 5's (17 when I looked).
The new algorithm auto removes 1 votes if there are enough 5s. So for example : if you get 15 5s and 3 1s, the 3 1s are removed.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
Doesn't it bother you to be so limited as to speak only 1 language?
Didn't you read the whole post?... They speak 2! American-English and Texan! ;P
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
The only difference between English and Texan is that Texas, arguments usually end with farm animals in comprimising situations. Oh... wait...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I don't see anything but 5's (17 when I looked).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Yeah, then you looked pretty late. I saw it when there were 5 votes, and at least two of them were low votes.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Actually, I learned French. I chose NOT to learn Spanish.
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
Doesn't it bother you to be so limited as to speak only 1 language?
I'm bothered because they're in my freakin country, and I speak English. I'm not at all interested in being tolerant.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
they're in my freakin country
I'm sure native Americans would disagree, and Texas was also part of Mexico before it was part of the US. America is about tolerance, if you're intolerant, maybe you're the one that's wrong.
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Fair enough - I will recant. Although, strictly speaking he brought her into it so... they were both laughing in dystopian zeal at this gleeful haranguing of someone earning probably a tenth of what they earn, trying to help them out, so do you mind if I modify it by calling them both morally bereft sinkholes of the human spirit who should take a look at themselves in the mirror before this irate Paddy gets the next flight to Texas, with the express intention of fetching them both a clip about the ear and telling them to mind their manners? I mean, seriously. The problem with behaviour like this is that the people who are doing it always seem to think it's somehow justified by their own petty frustrations, people are out of work so why are these guys here, why should I have to listen to Spanish in my own store, and solipsistic twaddle like that. It behoves the rest of us to administer a forum-friendly slapinthefacewithawetfish, if you ask me. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5267392.stm[^] Go forth ye fish-wielding vigilantes.
Smokie, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. www.geticeberg.com http://melpadden.wordpress.com
Did you mother teach you to speak like that? She must have been well read!
Mel Padden wrote:
this irate Paddy
Or, well, red.
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
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I wasn't thinking of it as the only thing. Merely a very important thing to know in foreign lands so I would assume the thing to be learned first. Most everything else can probably be handled by a series of grunts and pointing. Grunting and pointing to get across "where's the bathroom" may result in problems with law enforcement. ;P
Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]
Silly me. I thought the most important thing to learn in a language was: "Two beers, please."
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
they're in my freakin country
I'm sure native Americans would disagree, and Texas was also part of Mexico before it was part of the US. America is about tolerance, if you're intolerant, maybe you're the one that's wrong.
Albert Holguin wrote:
I'm sure native Americans would disagree
They can disagree all they want. I was born here, so that makes me an American, thus, *my* freakin' country.
Albert Holguin wrote:
and Texas was also part of Mexico before it was part of the US
Yeah, and Mexico lost it in a fair fight. Touch nuts, and all that. If they want it back, they're gonna have to take it by force.
Albert Holguin wrote:
America is about tolerance
No. America is about capitalism. Tolerance was introduced by the democrats, and is the bastard cousin of "poiitical correctness".
Albert Holguin wrote:
if you're intolerant, maybe you're the one that's wrong.
And I'm almost never wrong. I thought I was wrong once, and then found out I was mistaken, so that's the only blemish on an otherwise perfect record.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I had a college proffessor that could communicate in 7 different languages, from scandanavian, to Indian, to french, to vietnamese, etc. I was very envious cause I thought I could only communicate in one language, i.e., american english. Then my wife reminded me that I can communicate in two languages. UH? American English and Southern Redneck! ju-eat-yet? no-ju?
Nice sock puppet account you got here. 5 posts in 6 5 years.
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
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We live in Texas. In the United States. One of the few countries that is not brave enough to specify a "national language". This weekend, we were in a furniture store being helped by a Hispanic guy. In the middle of our visit, one of the warehouse monkies came up to him and started a conversation about some furniture that we were inquiring about. The conversation was entirely in Spanish. This really irritated my wife, so she interrupted them. "My husband and I speak English and .45ACP. How would you like to proceed?" Looks like I'll be getting a new t-shirt soon. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Fair enough - I will recant. Although, strictly speaking he brought her into it so... they were both laughing in dystopian zeal at this gleeful haranguing of someone earning probably a tenth of what they earn, trying to help them out, so do you mind if I modify it by calling them both morally bereft sinkholes of the human spirit who should take a look at themselves in the mirror before this irate Paddy gets the next flight to Texas, with the express intention of fetching them both a clip about the ear and telling them to mind their manners? I mean, seriously. The problem with behaviour like this is that the people who are doing it always seem to think it's somehow justified by their own petty frustrations, people are out of work so why are these guys here, why should I have to listen to Spanish in my own store, and solipsistic twaddle like that. It behoves the rest of us to administer a forum-friendly slapinthefacewithawetfish, if you ask me. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5267392.stm[^] Go forth ye fish-wielding vigilantes.
Smokie, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. www.geticeberg.com http://melpadden.wordpress.com
"laughing in dystopian zeal at this gleeful haranguing" That was eloquence incarnate, Mel. Do you write fiction ? Would like to correspond with you if you are seriously pursuing creative writing. thanks, Bill "I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography." Steven Wright
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." Miss Piggy"
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"laughing in dystopian zeal at this gleeful haranguing" That was eloquence incarnate, Mel. Do you write fiction ? Would like to correspond with you if you are seriously pursuing creative writing. thanks, Bill "I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography." Steven Wright
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." Miss Piggy"
It's something I've genuinely considered from time to time, mostly because of comments like the one you just made. The sorry truth is that I've been much much too busy working, paying bills, falling in and out of love with a succession of winsome damsels, going from contract to contract, messing around in various musical endeavours, fartarsing around in general and being weak-minded enough to let life get in the way to seriously give it a stab. The thing is, it is probably the one thing I'm really good at. I'm a pretty good coder, a pretty good musician, but going on empirical evidence it is my language lobe that is strongest. So, (theatrical sigh) I kind of take out my literary frustrations in my online correspondence, emails and such. So I guess in a twisted way I'm just like our friend in Texas. Except I don't speak .45ACP. (Sound of palm hitting forehead). Email me if you will, I'd be interested in making contact. mel dot padden at gmail dot com
Smokie, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. www.geticeberg.com http://melpadden.wordpress.com
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As long as you exclude the UK from your definition of Europe. Most British people just speak English and Foreign - Foreign being shouting and speaking more slowly :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Albert Holguin wrote:
you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages
Hmmm not really. The french refuse to speak anything but French. The Germans might also speak English but not much. The Spaniards might also speak English. There really is only one country where we learn 3-4 languages and that's only half the country then. (Belgium, you know the one without a government ;P ) For the record I speak: Dutch, English, French and German.
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We live in Texas. In the United States. One of the few countries that is not brave enough to specify a "national language". This weekend, we were in a furniture store being helped by a Hispanic guy. In the middle of our visit, one of the warehouse monkies came up to him and started a conversation about some furniture that we were inquiring about. The conversation was entirely in Spanish. This really irritated my wife, so she interrupted them. "My husband and I speak English and .45ACP. How would you like to proceed?" Looks like I'll be getting a new t-shirt soon. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I'll translate for you: "Careful, this is the Gringo that scared my wife at a garage sale!" "Oh, I have heard of him, he was the inspiration for Walker, Texas Ranger!" "Maybe we should pack up and move back home to be safe?" Both: "Hahahahaha" It's fun to learn just enough to be able to turn to your other and carry on a topical conversation when this happens. They will assume you know Spanish and stop.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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The amazing thing is that given the amazing level of ignorance that exists in your part of the world you still need to import labour to do menial tasks like carrying furniture. Go figure.
Ever experience rush hour traffic at a public housing complex?
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
