Too Stupid for Words category archive
Fools of the Road 0
A couple of weeks ago, I was driving home on the Expressway at about 8:30 p. m.
As I started to overtake a pickup truck, I noticed a rectangle of light through its driver’s side window. As I gained on it, I could see that the driver was holding his “smartphone” in his left hand, typing out a text with his right hand, and steering with the back of his left wrist.
Smart phones.
Dumb people.
Walleye Pikers 0
People who live in glass houses . . . .
Three people suffered head injuries, including a middle-aged man who hit his head so hard against a glass window that he was bleeding on his eyebrow and expected to have stitches, according to 911 audio (for a transcript of the calls, click here).
Subtitular Substitution (Updated) 0
Last night, we watched an episode of Perry Mason.
We had the subtitles turned on, because we often watch BBC shows and some of us find the accents problematic. The subtitles were screwy.
Here’s an example (I’m ferinstancing here):
- I’d like you to meet Detective XXXX Tracy. He’d like a Manhattan XXXXtail.
Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up.
Addendum, Later that Same Evening:
In another Perry Mason that we watched this evening, the word “suspicious” was rendered “suxxxxious.”
The stupid, it burns.
Why Love a Parade 0
Alfred Doblin discusses Donald Trump’s desire to play with his soldiers. A snippet:
The Return of Snake Oil 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Lisa Fullam exposes the duplicity behind Donald Trump’s advocacy for “the right to try” unproven “medical” treatments.
Turtles All the Way Down 0
Thom gets a caller who seems to arguing in favor of the flat earth theory.
Cat Check 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Captions Outrageous 2
Last night, we watched an old episode of Perry Mason. (I guess all Perry Mason episodes are old at this point. At least there are no SWAT teams running around like Star Wars storm troopers . . . .)
In one bit of dialog, the word “tycoon’s” appeared.
The closed captions displayed it as “TYXXXX’S.”
Aside:
One of the characters was named “Eula.” Why a character would be named “End User License Agreement” is beyond me.
Twits on Twitter 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
Droning On 0
Boys and their toys:
“It was something about free speech and his belief that television stations are corrupt,” said Santa Clara Police Lt. Dan Moreno.
I think he’s missing the boat on television stations. Incompetence and shallowness do not necessarily stem from corruption. They can exist very nicely on their own.
No Selfie-Awareness 0
No selfie-awareness whatsoever.
Aside:
There’s a sure way to keep your nude selfies from becoming public.