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Subject: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 05:52 PM Wow, I was expecting that 100% of people would think that 58% was 58%... No, according to the Acme Polling Company only 58% of those asked believed that 58% was 58%??? I am shocked... Guess its all the "new" math??? B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Sawzaw Date: 31 Aug 12 - 06:46 PM 0.0000003% of people believe that the West Bank is no bigger than Washington DC |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 06:52 PM Fuck off, Saws... Go peddle your paper... You are such an asshole that you gotta use a fun thread to trash with your OCD with me... BTW, 98% of Mudcatters think you are mentally ill.. B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Rapparee Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:02 PM I think 100% of Mudcatters are mentally ill. If they weren't they wouldn't be here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Sawzaw Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:14 PM and they all adore Bobert the town clown like I do. I think 0.0000003% is humerous |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:39 PM I think that 0.000000000003% of Saws brain is functional... And that's with a tail-wind... Speakin' of tail winds... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Sawzaw Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:44 PM My Wes'Ginny slide rool wasn't long enough so I had to far up Excel to figger out how many zeros it took. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:48 PM Women make 58¢ for every $1 a man makes. It makes my blood boil. I could just scream!! (:-( O)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 07:54 PM The Republican deck of cards has 58 cards... Guess what the other six are??? B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: framus Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:31 PM Possibly a lot of jokers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:38 PM No, that's the first 52... lol... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: gnu Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:39 PM Ya mean the other four, right? I thought all decks came with two extra Jokers. Nevermind. Bay of Fundy lobster is $8 a pound and it's Friday night so... me, I got a dry five so I'll pass OVER to my partNER. I know she's got da jack, la. Eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:47 PM 58 is the new 42. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:47 PM Yo, gn-ze... Word on the street in Bay of Fundy has a special... A dozen for $58... But ya' gotta ask for it... Tell 'um I told you about it... I get a kickback... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Rapparee Date: 31 Aug 12 - 08:56 PM I think that at least 58% of people who spell correctly would spell "humorous" correctly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 09:10 PM I think that anyone who can spell 58% of the words in the dictionary is purdy danged smart... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Rapparee Date: 31 Aug 12 - 09:14 PM Here's how to do that, Bobert: 1. Look up the word in the dictionary. 2. Copy how it's spelled. (There IS such a thing as a bad speller's dictionary, too.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 31 Aug 12 - 09:48 PM A couple days ago, the Kansas City Star had a little article which stated that a recent poll showed that 58% of the population thinks that the rich don't pay enough taxes. Is this where the great 58% rumor mill got its start? Rap, you're right of course about the humerus and humorous. And speaking of the humerus, I just learned that each of us has a preferred way to cross our arms over our chest. Do it the other way, and it feels wrong. My husband and I both cross with our left arms over the top. Let's take a poll. Please post which arm you prefer to have on top when folding your arms. I'm hoping that 58% cross with the left on top, so that for once I'll be normal. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 09:55 PM Danged, leeneia... I figured it out and it is exactly 58% of the time that I put my left arm on top of my right... Whew... Guess that makes me a lefty??? B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 31 Aug 12 - 10:16 PM Left on top. But every time I do it I get an urge to wear mirrored aviator sunglasses and say stuff like, "Yo're in a heap uh trouble, boy." |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bobert Date: 31 Aug 12 - 10:23 PM That never happens to me, beeze... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: DMcG Date: 01 Sep 12 - 05:59 AM I just learned that each of us has a preferred way to cross our arms over our chest. Do it the other way, and it feels wrong. My husband and I both cross with our left arms over the top Yes, left-handed is an inadequate description. There are lots of activities that have a 'handedness', like which foot you start with when walking or climbing stairs, folding arms, which thumb is on top when you knit your hands into a single fist...few people are consistently 'right' or 'left'. My favourite is if you find your shoelaces keep coming undone, try tieing the bow with the opposite handedness. The author of the article where I read it claimed stopped them coming undone for him, and I find it works for me as well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Sep 12 - 11:12 AM 58% of Mudcatters are incapable of controlling their addiction to posting on Mudcat...and don't believe in a higher power that can help them break the habit either...thus are basically up shit creek without a paddle! ;-) No 12-step program yet devised can overcome this problem. DMcG - Yes, I put my left arm on top too when I cross my arms. Odd, ain't it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: GUEST Date: 01 Sep 12 - 03:29 PM Not so odd that a right-handed person would fold their arms with the left on top. Try it- you'll discover that the right arm slides out more easily and quickly when it is in that position. When the right arm is on top, one must raise it before sliding. Crucial difference in case of emergency. This is a VERY slow news day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 01 Sep 12 - 03:50 PM Yeah, but I'm left-handed. DMcG, I'm going to try your tip about shoelaces. Thanks. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Georgiansilver Date: 01 Sep 12 - 03:52 PM Everyone knows that percentages are faked for the sake of sales......... percentages are to be ignored.. I reckon 100% of people will agree with that! |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: gnu Date: 01 Sep 12 - 03:59 PM "There IS such a thing as a bad speller's dictionary, too." Hahahahaaa! "Try it- you'll discover that the right arm slides out more easily and quickly when it is in that position. Hahahahaha! How many people actually tried it?... I'll guess 58%. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Sep 12 - 04:24 PM I think maybe the initial move with the dominant arm is the determining factor. That is, I lead with my right arm and bring it to my body. That's instinctive, because it's the dominant arm. Then it has formed the foundation, and I bring my left arm to rest upon it. This doesn't work with leeneia, though. That proves either that my theory is wrong...or that leeneia is a dangerous deviant from the norm! I'm goin' with the latter interpretation... (grin) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: gnu Date: 01 Sep 12 - 05:00 PM My interpretation is that nobody's arms would get caught up in each other... bedsheets, okay... but in each others arms? caught up? We ARE talkng about just ONE human, right? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Sep 12 - 05:04 PM Ever seen a young schoolgirl hug herself while others look from behind, thus giving the impression that a boy has his arms around her? They do this, then burst into giggles. They've probably been doing it ever since ancient Egypt, if not long before. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Ebbie Date: 01 Sep 12 - 05:13 PM Hey! Guest above was me. When I rebooted, it appears that I left the foot behind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 02 Sep 12 - 05:04 PM ""I think 0.0000003% is humerous"" Make up your mind Sawz. Is it funny (humorous), or is it the bone (humerus) in your upper arm? Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 03 Sep 12 - 09:46 AM Leenia, I have a question: How do you count "arm on top"? The arm just below the elbow on top of the other? Or the hand (which is, after all, the end of its respective arm) on top of the other? When I cross my arms, the left arm below the elbow is on top, but the left hand is under the right arm above the elbow. But the right hand is on top of the left arm above the elbow. It's confoozling, I know, but it's important to clarify things! Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: gnu Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:07 PM Certainly clarified is butter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Ebbie Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:43 PM Bad. Butter. Bust. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Sawzaw Date: 03 Sep 12 - 04:56 PM Make up your mind Sawz. Is it funny (humorous), or is it the bone (humerus) in your upper arm? Don T. Well Don, I wasn't sure of how to spell it but then I found something to go by: Where be the big Barrow please. I'm travelling that week, and looking for places to sing, and play. My stuff is contemporary, folk-ish, and mostly humerous. Don T. What is travelling? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 03 Sep 12 - 04:56 PM The arm on to is defined as the arm furthest out from the belly button, measured on a plane parallel to the ground surface. Does that clear everything up, Dave? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Janie Date: 03 Sep 12 - 07:44 PM Left-hand mostly dominant but pretty ambidextrous. Have a bad habit of assuming I am left-handed at everything only to have people tell me "you are doing that right-handed" (apple peeler/corer for example.) Crossing arms, right arm on top feels most natural. Is that left or right handed, and does that qualify me as in the "58%?" (would love to be in a majority in some way!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 04 Sep 12 - 03:13 PM I wonder if Chongo the Chimp crosses his arms/legs in a special way? His arms must be quite long, they could be wrapped around him twice. He must have 58% more arm-length than us humans! |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bill D Date: 04 Sep 12 - 06:32 PM It took me about 15 seconds to figure out HOW to cross my arms with the left arm nearest my body. I never thought much about it until I read Janie's post.... but I seem to always and automatically place my right arm against my body, then cross the left arm over it. (I am SO right-handed!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: frogprince Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:33 PM Yuh got me all balled up. If I cross my arms deliberately, it makes so little difference which way, I can't tell which way I would do it when I just do it unconsciously. It's the same as the pronunciation of "creek" or "crick"; I'm never sure which I use when I'm not thinking about it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:57 PM I have a hypothesis: How you cross your arms is determined by what you do with your hands. I grip my left bicep in my right hand and tuck my left hand under my right bicep. That puts my left arm on the outside. If I reverse arms (grip my right bicep with my left arm and tuck my right hand under my left bicep so that my right arm is outside) it feels a bit unnatural. In fact, it feels like I'm trying to feel my left tit up. It's like my left hand is comfortable just hangin' out, but my dominant right hand wants to be doing something. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: saulgoldie Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:00 PM Wes Ginny slide rule? 0.00000003 percent? Hey, Bobster, ENNY slide rule has only three significant figures in the hands of a skilled operator. Beyond that, dimensions, volumes, etc cannot be measured with any regular handy devices. So 8 or 10 or 15 figures are as useful as the rantings of a troll who will not seek treatment for his/her obvious mental illness. QED. Saul |
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Subject: RE: BS: 58% believe that 58% is 58%... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:10 PM ""Where be the big Barrow please. I'm travelling that week, and looking for places to sing, and play. My stuff is contemporary, folk-ish, and mostly humerous. Don T."" Yeah! In my case a late night typo after a few beers, and a one-off. In your case a regular habit! Oh yes! In answer to your question, travelling is the act of moving from one place to one or more other places. Always happy to educate! Don T. |
