These cracked me up. I hope you enjoy them as well!
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These cracked me up. I hope you enjoy them as well!
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You may have heard some of these before; I’m pretty sure that I had. They still elicited an out-loud laugh from me, so it seemed reasonable to believe that you might enjoy them too.
Even though I don’t consider these true stories (they came from one of the e-mails that circulates on the internet), they’re certainly plausible. In fact, I know several people who I could very easily envision saying or doing some of these things . . .
Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: “Free to good home. You want it, you take it.” For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, he changed the sign to read: “Fridge for sale $50.” The next day someone stole it.
One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted….”Look at that dead bird!” Someone looked up at the sky and said… “where???”
While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn’t want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, “Does the sun rise in the north?” When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, “Oh, I don’t keep up with that stuff.”
I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, “The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
He responded, “Is that Eastern or Pacific time?” Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, “Uh, Pacific”.
My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but, “didn’t think she’d get sunburned because the car was moving.”
My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it’s designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk…
My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% di scount…. (maybe I should have bought 10 cases)
I couldn’t find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. “Now,” she asked me, “has your plane arrived yet?”…
While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. “Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don’t think I’m hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.”
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This was a silly little quiz that I came across but enjoyed taking it nonetheless. There are two distinct disadvantages to this particular quiz:
OK, so I’m probably over-analyzing what was intended to be a fun quiz. That’s just the way I work and while this quiz may be purely entertainment, it doesn’t hurt to critically analyze the world around us in order to not be misguided by information sources that aren’t exactly what they appear at first.
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West
Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you’re a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta. |
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| The Midland |
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| Boston |
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| North Central |
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| The Inland North |
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| Philadelphia |
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| The South |
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| The Northeast |
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| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
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Thanks to all the participants of this week’s Carnival of Thoughtful Consideration! It has been several weeks in the making, but your entries are very much appreciated. As always, there is some great, thought-provoking fresh material waiting to be read.
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In today’s world of easy, voluminous communication and cheap storage which facilitates lengthy retention periods, it’s hard not to become crushed beneath the sheer weight of personalized information in the form of e-mail. I have spent several hours over the last two days shuffling through literally hundreds and hundreds of e-mail messages in both personal and work accounts.
I’m not completely unorganized, so what is it that makes falling behind so easy as to be a near inevitability? For me personally (and perhaps for you as well) there are several forces working against me.
What can be done?
Question(s) of the day:
What are some tips & tricks you’ve come across for managing your e-mail effectively?
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