Park Your Amusements Here

[Shee]

According to Neil Simon's Fools, the purpose to Man's Existence is 12.

[Radical_Dreamer]

So, here's my amusement.  I heard the riddle of the how much wood a woodchuck could chuck, and I didn't feel satisfied not being able to find out the answer.

That's not a riddle, it's a tongue twister. The response is "A woodchuck could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood."

[GenesisOne]

So in that case, it would be...

The Mongol hoards would hoard as many boards as the Mongol hoards could hoard if the Mongol hoards got bored.

Yeah, that makes sense now that I picture the Woodchuck question as a tongue-twister instead of a riddle.

Thanks, R_D.

[Lord J Esq]

I let it go the first time, but...

Hoard is to gather something in abundance.
Horde is an overwhelming bunch of people acting in chaotic unison.

[Lord J Esq]

Chinese New Year celebrations!

[Sajainta]

I am thoroughly amused by the Valentine comment my boyfriend left on my Facebook page::

"[My name], since you are my valentine, I will give you a heart-shaped box full of gysahl greens.
"A wild [my nickname] appeared!" "

It's so much fun dating someone as nerdy as I am!

Sorry for the awkward "my name" and "my nickname".  Privacy and all that. 

[Thought]

Wait, Sajainta isn't your real name?! I am so disillusioned now.

[Sajainta]

Wait, Sajainta isn't your real name?! I am so disillusioned now.

XD

It's amusing how the first semester I've really felt that I have solid, healthy friendships (and ensuing lots of "Let's hang out!" time / invitations to parties / gatherings) turns out to be the semester from hell business / academic wise.  Don't ya love it??

Someone once told me that in college you have three things::  Good grades, sleep, and a social life.  You can only choose two of those three things.

Goodbye sleep!

[Thought]

Speaking of amusement, I am amused by "Hark, a Vagrant!" which is a hilarious web comic. It's witty, Canadian, and often historical or literary in nature.

A few particularly wonderful ones to whet your appetite.

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=238
http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=213
http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=139

[Radical_Dreamer]

For some reason, "Hark, a Vagrant" strikes me as being an anagram. Sadly, it isn't.

[Lord J Esq]

A few days ago, there was a fight on a bus. It swept the Internets, and became the sensation of the moment. Now, the guy involved in the fight has given an interview.

This guy is unreal.

Seriously, he is unreal. I have a hard time believing it actually happened, and isn't just some hoax. In this interview he's totally over the top. It's a hilarious video.

Edit: bbcode.

[KebreI]

A few days ago, there was a fight on a bus. It swept the Internets, and became the sensation of the moment. Now, the guy involved in the fight has given an interview.

This guy is unreal.

Seriously, he is unreal. I have a hard time believing it actually happened, and isn't just some hoax. In this interview he's totally over the top. It's a hilarious video.

Edit: bbcode.

I think I love that old man.

[Sajainta]

From a conversation between my brother and his girlfriend::

To Kill An Alien.  It'll be the best crossover ever.  Newt and Scout can be BFFLs.

[Zephira]

I like that most of this post:

Here's what I don't like:

The media trying to disguise shoddy reporting techniques and pass them off as fact!

As anybody who has ever wistfully imagined Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly fighting to the death over a pit of lava knows, most media outlets are biased. Usually it's not part of anybody's grand scheme to brainwash you, but rather just the result of newsrooms being staffed by fallible, opinionated humans.

The problem is they're generally not allowed to come right out and say they think the subject of their news story is a hate-mongering idiot, so they have to rely on subtle and sometimes downright dishonest methods to gently sway you one way or the other.

Weasel words, false correlation, burying inconvenient facts, biased photos, active voices, and guessing the motives are but a few convenient means of churning out a news story without having to dig for answers.

I'd just like newspapers and the news media to be more honest in their reporting.  Just give me a straight-forward report!  No punditry, no misleading photos, and definitely no unqualified interviews.  Maybe then I could tolerate their crap a little more.

Was taken from this cracked article, and the rest of it is a summary of the list. It was a very entertaining article yesterday morning, and it's good to know I'm not the only one who reads cracked.

[GenesisOne]

Ouch.  Caught in the act.   

Still, I found the truth quite frustrating.