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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby TSC. » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:49 pm

Sounds like a real winner


Presidential material?.... ::)....!


If he can't add, can you trust him to know his states, or even his countries and continents....? ;D


The display of such mind numbing stupidity can only make one wonder if this guy is first and foremost aware of what planet he's on?

Secondly, if he might be some sort of sub species that escaped from Borneo?

I mean this fellow would need years of education just to hold down a meaningful conversation with a chimpanzee.

Sorry, are we still talking about the kid at Bojangles or the current Commander-in-Chief?

;D ;D

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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:57 pm

Reminds me of that credit card commercial where things are going swimmingly until that one guy decides to pay in cash.  ;D

Just another shining example of 'No child left behind.' Also known as 'Let's dumb it down so everyone graduates.'  :-/

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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby TacitBlue » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:35 pm

What an idiot.
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Dr.bob7 » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:59 pm

Ive had people screw up my order and argue with me that what I got is what I ordered but nothing like this
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Brett_Henderson » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:23 pm

Romulus111VADT wrote:

two bacon and egg biscuits for $1.89 each and with tax the total was $3.48



Ummmm
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Mictheslik » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:27 am

Romulus111VADT wrote:

two bacon and egg biscuits for $1.89 each and with tax the total was $3.48



Ummmm   :P


Maybe tax is now negative ;)

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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby expat » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:36 am

Romulus111VADT wrote:

two bacon and egg biscuits for $1.89 each and with tax the total was $3.48



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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby H » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:55 am

So I went to the local Bojangles (first time and last) and ordered two bacon and egg biscuits for $1.89 each and, with tax, the total was $3.48.
OK... what are you complaining about... you evidently duped them. Twice $2 minus 22 cents (11 cents twice) is $3.78 -- prior to any tax, which, in this case, must have been a rebate. I guess you need a calculator -- and you're not alone... ahem, ahem, guys (hi, Foz). ;) ;D

...he might be some sort of sub species that escaped from Borneo?
I mean this fellow would need years of education just to hold down a meaningful conversation with a chimpanzee.
Actually, he was an outcast with the chimps in your local zoo. There was no escape: the other chimps waited for someone to reach in too far and stole the clothes, shaved the one you met, hoisted him over the fence and sent him on his way.


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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Romulus111VADT » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:23 am

Romulus111VADT wrote:

two bacon and egg biscuits for $1.89 each and with tax the total was $3.48



Ummmm
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:32 pm

This is a sad statement on the world today methinks :o
Mind you I loved Bill Bryson (one of my favourite American authors) on being asked in McDs "Would you like an apple pie with that?" "Did I ask for an apple pie? Do I look like someone who has such limited mental facalties that I'm incapable of thinking for myself and then ordering an apple pie when I want one?" ;D
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Fozzer » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:22 pm

This is a sad statement on the world today methinks :o
Mind you I loved Bill Bryson (one of my favourite American authors) on being asked in McDs "Would you like an apple pie with that?" "Did I ask for an apple pie? Do I look like someone who has such limited mental facalties that I'm incapable of thinking for myself and then ordering an apple pie when I want one?" ;D


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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby expat » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:34 pm

This is a sad statement on the world today methinks :o
Mind you I loved Bill Bryson (one of my favourite American authors) on being asked in McDs "Would you like an apple pie with that?" "Did I ask for an apple pie? Do I look like someone who has such limited mental facalties that I'm incapable of thinking for myself and then ordering an apple pie when I want one?" ;D



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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Romulus111VADT » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:38 pm

I think it is the fast food industry is effecting the minds of not only customers, but employees.

Crap, 24 years ago I was on a hunting trip to Vermont. I stopped in a McDonald's in Lebanon, NH. This is the events as best as I can remember-

I asked for a dozen chicken McNuggets. The girl looked at me like I was stupid, rolled her eyes and said, "Sir, we only sell them in 6, 12 and 20 piece boxes."

You could hear about 8 people snickering.

I grinned at her and said, "Can I get a half dozen?" She was getting visibly annoyed with me and repeated, "Sir, we only sell them in 6, 12 and 20 piece boxes."

Now you could hear people start laughing their a-s-ses off.

Finally, I looked at her and said, "Ok, since I can't get a half a dozen or a dozen, I guess I'll take a 20 piece."

Some guy about 80 years old poked me in the back and said, "Thank God you didn't say, "6 of one, a half dozen of the other", she would have fainted."
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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby expat » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:56 pm

Not just in America, I have just read this;

End of the world for Holland

The best quote though, Mrs Faile said she was concerned that immigration was pushing the Netherlands, a low lying country protected by dikes and sea walls, beneath the waves.

"They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse," she said.  ;D ;D

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Re: This is a really sad commentary

Postby Fozzer » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:21 pm

Not just in America, I have just read this;

End of the world for Holland

The best quote though, Mrs Faile said she was concerned that immigration was pushing the Netherlands, a low lying country protected by dikes and sea walls, beneath the waves.

"They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse," she said.  ;D ;D

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