Phrases that make you mad.

[Moonpie]

Me and robertc1024 sometimes have range days.
There fun. Yall shood attend.
Bring your guns to.
Don't never on weekdays tho.

 

[easy rider]

Double negatives in a sentence. (see above)

 

[Kar98]

"Me and Jim were..." etc. I go bonkers when people incorrectly use " me" instead of "I". I suppose it is more of a grammar thing, but it makes them sound like a fool.

Correlation: people who always use "I" even when "me" would have been correct. Makes them sound like halfwits with delusions of adequacy.

 

[Moonpie]

 

[V-Tach]

Axe instead of ask..........

 

[skfullgun]

"Feels like" temperature.

The weatherman says, "It will be 99 degrees today but will "FEEL LIKE" 111 degrees!"

I think it is further evidence of the pussification of America. It it is 99 outside, it is 99! They have whined and complained so long they feel like the have to over-inflate and exaggerate everything that happens to them!

 

[skfullgun]

Not sure either but saw a news man announce that a lady had been shot and the bullet is in her yet?

Ouch. A bullet in her yet? That's gotta hurt!

 

[Kar98]

"Feels like" temperature.

The weatherman says, "It will be 99 degrees today but will "FEEL LIKE" 111 degrees!"

I think it is further evidence of the pussification of America. It it is 99 outside, it is 99! They have whined and complained so long they feel like the have to over-inflate and exaggerate everything that happens to them!

You do realize that windchill and humidity have an effect on what a given point on the temperature scale feel like, right?

 

[V-Tach]

Sure.......but can I actually feel the difference between 99 degree actual temp and 101 heat index? Hot is freaking hot....

 

[MikeyJ]

I work in the auto industry and we have people who say "VIN number".

How can it be a number if it's got letters in it?

 

[Kar98]

99 actual/ "feels like" 101 probably doesn't make much of a difference. But "99F, thanks to humidity and no wind, feels like 110, because you can't even breathe" might

 

[Moonpie]

One of the wonderful things about our language is how it is always changing and adapting.
When was the last time you heard 23 Skidoo or dimestore cowboy?
I had a friendly argument with a woman a few days ago about cursive writing. I believe it is an ancient form of writing that came about due to people using quill pens and ink wells. Who does that any more except calligraphy fans? Heck, who even writes things out nowadays?
Even during cursive heyday print media such as newspapers, books, etc where in PRINT.
Today everything we TYPE is in print. I was taught cursive writing as a school kid. Went back to print in High School.
Cursive is archaic. I don't hate it but naaaaaa…..I'll do print.

 

[orbitup]

Me and robertc1024 sometimes have range days.
There fun. Yall shood attend.
Bring your guns to.
Don't never on weekdays tho.

Can I bring my shotty and deagle? I've got some new pills to try.

 

[Moonpie]

Do it have da beamz?

 

[Kar98]

I had an friendly argument with a woman a few days ago about cursive writing. I believe it is an ancient form of writing that came about due to people using quill pens and ink wells. Who does that any more except calligraphy fans? Heck, who even writes things out nowadays?
Even during cursive heyday print media such as newspapers, books, etc where in PRINT.
Today everything we TYPE is in print. I was taught cursive writing as a school kid. Went back to print in High School.
Cursive is archaic. I don't hate it but naaaaaa…..I'll do print.

This is something I don't understand at all. It takes more effort to draw "printed" letters than simply writing in cursive.

 

[orbitup]

How can it be a number if it's got letters in it?

Good point. It should be an vehicle identification alphanumeric code or VIAC.

 

[orbitup]

Do it have da beamz?

Ya got me. I don't know what that is.

 

[orbitup]

Good point. It should be an vehicle identification alphanumeric code or VIAC.

Or vehicle alphanumeric identifier. VAI

 

[Moonpie]

This is something I don't understand at all. It takes more effort to draw "printed" letters than simply writing in cursive.

There once was a word - Penmanship.
Definition: The art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
Now let us equate this to Marksmanship.
Being that John and Jane Q. are pretty much Dumbass Central Station at Rush Hour, do you really want to have to decipher their hen scratchings? Just as we do not enjoy their firearm handling skillz.

 

[Moonpie]

Ya got me. I don't know what that is.

Ghettoeze for lazer sight.