Random Rants XLVIII: Worst. Thread Title. Ever!

[SouthernKing]

So I'm sitting in Toronto airport right now, and I'm looking at the TV, and the only thing it's been showing for the past hour (and probably more, but that's how long I've been sitting here) is the name of the royal baby. Seriously, there are betting odds for this?

I'd chalk it up to a slow news day if this wasn't so excruciatingly pointless.

 

[Arakhor]

People will bet on anything. I remember people setting up websites speculatively when Tony Blair's son Leo was born in the hopes that something would buy it off them.

 

[Borachio]

"... but then I also am English?"

What sort of sentence construction is that?

What's wrong with that?

"I am also English" means I am English as well... as being a 7 foot giant/incredibly handsome/an expert marine biologist.

"I also am English" means I am English just as ... my friend Pedro is English.

But perhaps what he really meant to say was "furthermore I am English". Or something.

 

[W|M]

This is a clue as to how often you get out, if you did, you'd've noticed the jams in real traffic.

I´m not in Rio itself, so there isn´t much of an increase of vehicle traffic.

 

[Takhisis]

So did I, but he's the one doing linguistics!

I was being emphatic, young man!

I´m not in Rio itself, so there isn´t much of an increase of vehicle traffic.

But your location distinctly states 'Rio de Janeiro'. I can see it, right now!

 

[choxorn]

She gives birth to something resembling a breeze block.

I'm fairly certain all newborn babies resemble that.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I lost my phone so I'm sitting here in the phone shop trying to get an iPhone on a two year plan and being the soft touch that I am, agreed to upgrade my i pad too.

I didn't haggle, I just want to be on the air and outta this place.

Anyway, I got knocked back due to no credit history. I have simply never borrowed money before.

OK, I can understand this. What I don't get though is I said "fine, let me just pay the whole two years upfront now" and they said the system won't allow it???? They can have two years payment for usage plus the price of the phone and iPad right now yet won't take my money?

 

[Gucumatz]

Never using cedar for home projects again

 

[Borachio]

I lost my phone so I'm sitting here in the phone shop trying to get an iPhone on a two year plan and being the soft touch that I am, agreed to upgrade my i pad too.

I didn't haggle, I just want to be on the air and outta this place.

Anyway, I got knocked back due to no credit history. I have simply never borrowed money before.

OK, I can understand this. What I don't get though is I said "fine, let me just pay the whole two years upfront now" and they said the system won't allow it???? They can have two years payment for usage plus the price of the phone and iPad right now yet won't take my money?

Yeah. It's daft. But you really need some kind of a credit history these days. Credit is, after all, just another form of currency.

(In fact, I believe it's the only form. Technically speaking. But that might be a bit of an obscure point.)

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

See that's why sometimes I'd like to British. I could have said "That's daft" and it would have perfectly summed things up. He would have understood, made me a cuppa and sorted it out.

Instead "Mate, that's ridiculous" simply resulted in him looking at the clock to celebrate that in five hours time he'd be drunk.

 

[Arakhor]

They won't let you buy something on contract without a credit history? If you don't borrow money, how else do they expect you to build up a credit history in the first place?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

They won't let you buy something on contract without a credit history? If you don't borrow money, how else do they expect you to build up a credit history in the first place?

I kinda get it though, it's their right to refuse credit. But I was happy to pay the lot there and then!....the phone, iPad and two years credit then and there! I desperately needed to have phone access and a technology store is like a dentist for me.

So what was the end result? I instead went to the Apple store and bought the phone, returned to the Telstra shop and bought a $70 pre-paid and a cover from the guy who missed out on a $1,400 sale, got him to set it all up and even put the sticky plastic thing on. It wasn't his fault, I felt sorry for him but heh, what was I to do?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

What kind of sticky plastic things go on in electronics in Australia? So confuse

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

A little piece of sticky plastic that people put over their phones to protect the screen. We have not yet reached the level of consumerism that you guys have whereby it is unpatriotic to look after ones purchases in lieu of consistently buying new stuff.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

A little piece of sticky plastic that people put over their phones to protect the screen. We have not yet reached the level of consumerism that you guys have whereby it is unpatriotic to look after ones purchases in lieu of consistently buying new stuff.

Oh we have those thingies too. Derpa Derp on me

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About to take my MechyMat final. Sad panda

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Oh we have those thingies too. Derpa Derp on me

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About to take my MechyMat final. Sad panda

Nah, you're derpa derp free. "Put the plastic thing on" was less than specific to say the least. I'd still fly in a Hobbs rocket.

 

[Takhisis]

Never using cedar for home projects again

I just have to know what happened.

See that's why sometimes I'd like to British. I could have said "That's daft" and it would have perfectly summed things up. He would have understood, made me a cuppa and sorted it out.

Instead "Mate, that's ridiculous" simply resulted in him looking at the clock to celebrate that in five hours time he'd be drunk.

Made you a cuppa? Most shops won't make you a cuppa.

 

[JohannaK]

Proficiency in English exam results tomorrow, I am getting really nervous.

 

[Takhisis]

Speaking as a teacher and someone who's taken the blasted exam myself, you'll've gotten 75% at least, Señor Joan. Trust me.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Nah, you're derpa derp free. "Put the plastic thing on" was less than specific to say the least. I'd still fly in a Hobbs rocket.

Don't be too quick on that. Check out my rave doodle.

Proficiency in English exam results tomorrow, I am getting really nervous.

Seriously, you're fine. If I didn't know something about you I'd have no idea you were ESL (English as a second language). The brief audio recordings of your voice are fine as well - certainly proficient - and I forgive you for sounding like a Russian.