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| s_wrenn |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 13:20:04
1994
A friend of mine went to America. I knew there was time differences around the world, but i didn't quiet understand them.
So, when he got back i asked him about American time, he said: "America is two years ahead of Ireland. It's 1996 over there."
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| hickster9 |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 07:39:04
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Originally posted by coastline
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Originally posted by hickster9
My parents and I were riding in the car, driving over Berthoud Pass
Do you live in Colorado, hickster?
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs.
Grew up in Lakewood...now I am stuck on the Eastern Shore of Maryland...on the bright side, I will be back visiting next week!
I like cows, they go moo when they eat |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 05:54:10
quote:
Originally posted by coastline
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank.
Around 5 or 6 is when I started hitting my testicles on the bar on my bicycle. At that age, that's pretty much their entire function.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs.
Boy does that bring back tearful memories.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 00:24:12
I always thought you pronouned the 'e', like the guy in the Name of the Rose.
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 22:23:49
quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
quote:
Originally posted by Broken Face
Also, as some of you know, my last name is Salvatore (pronounced with a silent e at the end)
When I first heard you in the podcast I thought you were wrong, that 'e' shouldn't be silent. Isn't it meant to sound italian?
This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean
We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world
My great-grandfather changed it when he came to the States. I'm so used to it this way i don't think i could go back to the (proper) pronunciation.
- Brian |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 16:59:18
Zelda scared the shit outta me too!
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
| fbc |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 15:46:24
Oh yeah, I know. I was still a stupid kid, though.
(Do you mind removing that freaky face from my past, please? (S)he still gives me the creeps) |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 15:22:12
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Originally posted by fbc
I thought Shakin' Stevens and Adam Ant were the bomb. Shakey especially. There's an old piano and they're playin' hot behind the green door.
Zelda from the Terrahawks used to scare me
Hey, that wasn't stupid - Adam Ant was and still was the bomb! No comment on Shakey.
== jeffamerica == |
| coastline |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 14:56:04
quote:
Originally posted by hickster9
My parents and I were riding in the car, driving over Berthoud Pass
Do you live in Colorado, hickster?
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| hickster9 |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 14:30:25
I've got a bunch of these, that I can remember off the top of my head...
You know the statement "I'd just as soon..."? Well, I still catch myself saying "I'd just assume..." Not sure how that happened.
My Dad's medicine kit was always his "dop kit", which always causes my nurse/x-ray tech wife to think "dop hop" and burst into laughter. I still don't get it.
In a similar vein, my Dad always talked about "cut and sewn" shirts, which I have used, to this day, to mean "dress shirts". Of course, all shirts are cut into pieces and then sewn together, either by hand or by machine. I have asked him about the etymology of this and he doesn't know.
And two other stories that might not fit here, but I gotta share:
Once, when I was perhaps 3, I was riding subways in New York with my parents when across from where we were sitting a large black man (I add skin color only because my parents have added it to the story all these years). Well, this fellow decided to toss some bit of trash onto the floor of the subway and immediately, young Hickster started yelling "Litterbug, Litterbug!" My parents attempted to shush me, not wanting a scene, or worse from the guy, but to no avail. Eventually, with a sheepish look on his face, he bent over to retrieve it.
And finally, this one about something that sticks in your head for no apparent reason...
My parents and I were riding in the car, driving over Berthoud Pass and I distinctly remember a conversation about "hairpin turns" and how my mother was telling my dad not to use such slang terms when I was at such an impressionable age. Both of them deny the conversation to this day, but I remember it like it was yesterday...and most certainly call them hairpin turns!
Too long a post, I know, I probably lost you like KOK does in that other thread :)
I like cows, they go moo when they eat |
| jimmy |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 12:34:08
I used to think the 5'o clock news covered "leg-breaking" news, meaning it was so dangerous to cover some of the stories that reporters risked breaking their legs.
check out my friend's paintings at http://myspace.com/landspeedsong |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 12:32:13
quote:
Originally posted by Broken Face
Also, as some of you know, my last name is Salvatore (pronounced with a silent e at the end)
When I first heard you in the podcast I thought you were wrong, that 'e' shouldn't be silent. Isn't it meant to sound italian?
This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean
We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world |
| darwin |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 11:11:01
quote:
Originally posted by coastline
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank.
Around 5 or 6 is when I started hitting my testicles on the bar on my bicycle. At that age, that's pretty much their entire function.
I think your sig is missing a word, darwin.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs.
That's hilarious. That sig isn't my handy work. It's the work of one of those "moderators".
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank. |
| s_wrenn |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:46:20
Yeah,I also thought life used to be black and white
A girl at my school thought cars were invented in the 70's (She was 17 when she made that statement BTW)
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| coastline |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:41:04
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank.
Around 5 or 6 is when I started hitting my testicles on the bar on my bicycle. At that age, that's pretty much their entire function.
I think your sig is missing a word, darwin.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| darwin |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:37:46
When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:11:10
quote:
Originally posted by s_wrenn
Is your Belgium like Carl's Kazahkstan?
Only if Carl's mom and half of Carl's family are from Kazahoweveryouspell it and if Carl spent a lot of time there while growing up.
Brian, those stories are way too cute, not stupid.
I got some heaven in my head
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 07:19:29
Two memories instantly popped in my head:
Once, i was on vacation with my family (at about 3)and my aunt, uncle and cousin. My uncle was driving the station wagon, drinking a juice-box, and i yelled at him for "drinking and driving," as i believed that drinking any beverage while operating a motor vehicle was illegal.
Also, as some of you know, my last name is Salvatore (pronounced with a silent e at the end) - so once i was watching the news (probably 4 years old or so) with my mom, when she left the room for some reason. A few minutes later, i ran after her crying, asking "do we have a relative named Al? If we do, i think he's at war!" I had mistaken El Salvador for Al Salvatore.
- Brian |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 05:00:55
I thought that was Alice Cooper.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| fbc |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 04:29:44
I thought Shakin' Stevens and Adam Ant were the bomb. Shakey especially. There's an old piano and they're playin' hot behind the green door.
Zelda from the Terrahawks used to scare me
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| misleadtheworld |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 03:04:41
When watching the news as a child I used to get really confused when they talked about guerrilla warfare. I thought gorillas had somehow got guns and were running around killing people.
That was quite scary.
I also thought a chest of drawers was a 'Chester' Drawers. I thought chester was some sort of wood (all our chest of drawers were made of pine, or rather, 'chester').
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| s_wrenn |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 11:01:39
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Originally posted by kathryn
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Originally posted by s_wrenn
Belgium?
Are you making fun of my mom?
Back on topic, I also for about a second believed a first-grade classmate who insisted that in the US both the driver and front-seat passenger had steering wheels and could control the car's direction, which makes absolutely no sense, but he convinced a couple of the boys in the class.
I got some heaven in my head
Is your Belgium like Carl's Kazahkstan?
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| OLDMANOTY |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 09:22:57
In Religious Education class when I was about ten, we were asked by teacher to draw a picture of the burning bush miracle. All the other kids crayoned faithfull images of the biblical story, but when teacher saw mine she burst out laughing. My drawing of Moses was fine but he was standing next to a double decker BUS surrounded by firefighters trying to extinguish the flames. I never did listen properly at school. |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:25:53
thanks, coastline
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| coastline |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:05:34
quote:
Originally posted by tisasawath
yes, in the backseat
see Kathryn's post above for some clarification on that
a matter of literal translation really, we use verb+noun in accusative form to express "driving the car" and verb+adverb to express "being a passenger in the car"
so what's the proper way to say that?
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You were riding in the car.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:02:41
quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl
I also beleived that if you died in your sleep you died in real life.
Oy yeah, I remember that hearing that. Then I got run over by a train (in a dream of course) and woke up really scared, but not dead (well, how could I wake up dead?).
Also when I was very little and had seen Back to the Future, I remember believing I could make a time machine out of a deck chair. I can't believe that didn't work.
"The arc of triumph" |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 05:47:49
yes, in the backseat
see Kathryn's post above for some clarification on that
a matter of literal translation really, we use verb+noun in accusative form to express "driving the car" and verb+adverb to express "being a passenger in the car"
so what's the proper way to say that?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 05:05:23
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Originally posted by tisasawath
i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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I think the really stupid thing here was believing you were driving at 3.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| IceCream |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 02:56:20
quote:
Originally posted by tisasawath
i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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I didn't understand what those signs meant, either. North and up are 2 completely different things that are symbolized by the same arrow. Confusing.
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| tisasawath |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 00:41:27
i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 20:58:11
I used to love to watch the nature show "Mutual ahbome-baha"
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 20:39:24
I used to think that the war in Lebanon in the Middle East was actually in a town close by named Lebanon. It kind of freaked me out. I also beleived that if you died in your sleep you died in real life.
bluefinger |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 17:04:20
Me and another lad convinced my mate that George Clooney invented the ballpoint pen. He even wrote it down as part of his school work. What we were actually meant to be learning that day I have no idea.
"The arc of triumph" |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:36:30
i thought the world used to be black and white lol
The Truth Is Out There |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:24:01
haha i love those childhood misunderstandings.
i remember thinking a friend's dad was called roger.... we were messing around with walkie talkies. i mean, he kept saying roger when he was talking to him...
"Idiot" is just her sig. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:16:16
i used to think my sister was a "human bean" too! because she kept telling me so.
and when we would play games like tag or neighbourhood hide and seek, i thought it was "every man from south!"
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
