Random Thoughts XIV: Pizza, Pomegranate Juice, and Shreddies

[Core Imposter]

What does Bob Menendez need with gold bars anyway? Dude is 70 years old. My son gave me a gold coin, IDK what it's worth. What am I going to do with it? Wife says he is just giving it to himself knowing I'll still have it when I die. Needs gold bars after 30 years in the Senate? Do these people never grow up?

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[Gori the Grey]

Trump's seven years older still, and grabbing everything that isn't nailed down. They never outgrow greed, it would seem.

On the other topic: maybe the full expression should be "Well, this hardly needs saying, but that's easier said than done."

 

[Farm Boy]

It is almost always easier to do a chore yourself than ask your child help you do it. But then you don't have a little human learning to do your chores. Or thier own later ones.

 

[Kyriakos]

It's easier to just build the Zoids Stegosaur and have it remain as-is, than to keep rebuilding it every time you play.
But it still wouldn't allow you to build a different dinosaur out of the same pieces.
Of course I only mean that you shouldn't just memorize formulas; sub-atomic particles can and will be necessary ^^

 

[Birdjaguar]

Cliches like "Easier said than done" are cliches because they are mostly true and carry a message that is clear and concise. Four words that tell a much longer story. Finding exceptions is beside the point. We use cliches, not for "truth", but for clarity.

 

[warpus]

Yeah, I know it's just a saying, and sayings don't have to make sense, but when you really think about it, you can practically use this saying in aaaalmost any situation.

I get that the intended meaning is "That's not going to be easy", but when you interpret the phrase literally, it becomes a bit silly.

Let's see if I can get a new saying started..

"It's easier done than said" for things that are especially easy

 

[Gori the Grey]

Easy as pie.

Which, actually, getting crusts nice and flaky is difficult. And the center sometimes doesn't set up and is runny.

Easy as saying "pie."

 

[Birdjaguar]

"A shot across the bow"

 

[Sarin]

"A shot across the bow"

Nautical terminology. Bow is the pointy end of the ship. Don't ask me why though, bow generally refers to bent things, not pointy.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Could the next person who wants to answer this post please give me 5 single digits between 1-5 (any random order is fine), then a number between 1-22?

I would appreciate this ASAP, please and thank you. You will be helping me to make a decision that has me stumped.

(yes, really, this is not a joke or spam, but a request for help)

 

[Sarin]

35142 19.

Use at your own peril.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

35142 19.

Use at your own peril.

Thank you!

 

[Sarin]

Thank you!

What was it all about, anyway?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I won the last Star Trek Hangman game over at TrekBBS. That made it my turn to put up the next puzzle. I had absolutely no idea which series or season to use for a quote, so you helped me decide by random selection.

There's already one incorrect guess (no letter W), so we're off to a good start.

 

[Gori the Grey]

There are online random number generators, for future reference.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There are online random number generators, for future reference.

Yes, I know. This was more fun.

 

[Gori the Grey]

If we're ever not quick enough for your purposes, I mean.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Winners there are under a deadline. We have 48 hours to come up with a new puzzle or we forfeit to whoever else wants it. This is a game that's been going for literally years, so some patterns of blanks and punctuation are really obvious by now and it's a challenge to come up with something that isn't too recognizable.

 

[warpus]

35142 19.

Use at your own peril.

How did you know the code to my safe??

 

[Core Imposter]

The sum of all the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees and the measure of the exterior angle of a triangle equals the sum of its two opposite interior angles.