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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,254
    dennisn said:

    dennisn said:

    ballysmate said:

    dennisn said:

    Can't quite understand why a bottle of shampoo would have directions on it. I really want to meet the person who needs directions on how to wash his / her hair.


    Can't help but admire the bloke who invented and marketed shower gel. A totally unnecessary overpriced product.
    Isn't shower gel pretty much a women's thing? Seems odd that women would buy it because I thought they had more of a conscience about wasteful things yet they buy bottle after bottle of the stuff. A genius at work there(whomever came up with it).
    I have also just noticed that my tube of toothpaste has directions on it.
    Where to?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,916
    dennisn said:

    dennisn said:

    ballysmate said:

    dennisn said:

    Can't quite understand why a bottle of shampoo would have directions on it. I really want to meet the person who needs directions on how to wash his / her hair.


    Can't help but admire the bloke who invented and marketed shower gel. A totally unnecessary overpriced product.
    Isn't shower gel pretty much a women's thing? Seems odd that women would buy it because I thought they had more of a conscience about wasteful things yet they buy bottle after bottle of the stuff. A genius at work there(whomever came up with it).
    I have also just noticed that my tube of toothpaste has directions on it.

    So you can ditch Google Maps now?
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    kingstongraham said:

    dennisn said:

    dennisn said:

    ballysmate said:

    dennisn said:

    Can't quite understand why a bottle of shampoo would have directions on it. I really want to meet the person who needs directions on how to wash his / her hair.


    Can't help but admire the bloke who invented and marketed shower gel. A totally unnecessary overpriced product.
    Isn't shower gel pretty much a women's thing? Seems odd that women would buy it because I thought they had more of a conscience about wasteful things yet they buy bottle after bottle of the stuff. A genius at work there(whomever came up with it).
    I have also just noticed that my tube of toothpaste has directions on it.
    Where to?
    Floss Street or Tartar Road in London, Drill Lane in Canterbury, or Wisdom Drive
    in Hertford?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    Don't worry - i'll get your coat for you Bompy.
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Happy Mondays star Bez in bid to rival Joe Wicks with lockdown fitness classes

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55601215
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    elbowloh said:

    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.

    wierdo
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    surrey_commuter said:

    elbowloh said:

    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.

    wierdo
    I find it weird you can stick an o onto the end of weird to imply they are weird, you don't call somebody and idioto or a geniuso? Weird!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,916
    focuszing723 said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    elbowloh said:

    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.

    wierdo
    I find it weird you can stick an o onto the end of weird to imply they are weird, you don't call somebody and idioto or a geniuso? Weird!
    Sicko
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    briantrumpet said:

    focuszing723 said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    elbowloh said:

    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.

    wierdo
    I find it weird you can stick an o onto the end of weird to imply they are weird, you don't call somebody and idioto or a geniuso? Weird!
    Sicko
    Damn! what an idioto I am.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,916
    Thicko... nothing personal.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,622
    focuszing723 said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    elbowloh said:

    I always think that when i type the word "weird" it looks weird and i think i've spelt it wrong.

    wierdo
    I find it weird you can stick an o onto the end of weird to imply they are weird, you don't call somebody and idioto or a geniuso? Weird!
    Nouns and adjectives. See equivalents such as goodie, baddie, thicko, etc.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    Damn and Damno again.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,916
    focuszing723 said:

    Damn and Damno again.


    I like word challenges like that, so thanks for the assertion. Whacko.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 12,689
    Driving back from work early afternoon, 1/2 day innit, on this road which is a bit of a commuter rat run, I do ride it but go for Sundays when traffic lower. Really not fun in normal times M-F.

    One section between village and town c. 3 miles. About 1/2 way there is a traffic hold up. Turns out is a bloke in a mobility scooter. Appears to be stopped at the side of the road. In context of the traffic he looks v small and as wearing dark clothing is low viz.

    In my turn I pull out to pass. Bloke is holding his hands in air. Broken down? Do I stop and enquire? Help? Should I get close in these c19 lockdown days as obvs vulnerable?

    A: no I didn't. Justification? What sort of 'kin numbnut thinks it ok to take a mobile wheelchair into the ratrun? Where tf did he think he was going?

    Haven't seen any news reports that he got minced so my conscience is clear...
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Only just noticed that the club in Shanghai at the start of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is called "Club Obi Wan"?
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Here's another. What can you see on the table in this pic from The Godfather III?


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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    HP sauce and Woosestershire sauce?
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    pinno said:

    HP sauce and Woosestershire sauce?

    Indeed. Very British innit.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,705
    Quite common in nyc
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    I am intrigued as to how a rented e-scooter is safe but a purchased one isn’t...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55644560
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    morstar said:

    I am intrigued as to how a rented e-scooter is safe but a purchased one isn’t...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55644560

    Yep, certainly a bit odd that. Either they are considered safe enough or not.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,254
    focuszing723 said:

    morstar said:

    I am intrigued as to how a rented e-scooter is safe but a purchased one isn’t...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55644560

    Yep, certainly a bit odd that. Either they are considered safe enough or not.
    The rented ones are only allowed as part of a trial scheme, which can be stopped, and all the scooters can be removed. Also, the ones for the trial scheme have to be limited.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 14,630
    kingstongraham said:

    focuszing723 said:

    morstar said:

    I am intrigued as to how a rented e-scooter is safe but a purchased one isn’t...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55644560

    Yep, certainly a bit odd that. Either they are considered safe enough or not.
    The rented ones are only allowed as part of a trial scheme, which can be stopped, and all the scooters can be removed. Also, the ones for the trial scheme have to be limited.
    Be careful what you wish for with e scooters. They will use bike facilities and the same part of the road as you.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,622
    There is the fear that roads become a bit like Vietnam, but with scooters.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,776
    First.Aspect said:

    kingstongraham said:

    focuszing723 said:

    morstar said:

    I am intrigued as to how a rented e-scooter is safe but a purchased one isn’t...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55644560

    Yep, certainly a bit odd that. Either they are considered safe enough or not.
    The rented ones are only allowed as part of a trial scheme, which can be stopped, and all the scooters can be removed. Also, the ones for the trial scheme have to be limited.
    Be careful what you wish for with e scooters. They will use bike facilities and the same part of the road as you.
    I experienced mass use of e-scooters in Annecy 2018.
    They will become yet another bane of our lives.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    When AI becomes self aware and there is a new science and technological revolution. I would love to just see various periods in the future of how it evolves and what it observers and the knowledge it gains in the universe.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    focuszing723 said:

    When AI becomes self aware and there is a new science and technological revolution. I would love to just see various periods in the future of how it evolves and what it observers and the knowledge it gains in the universe.

    Maybe, but, judging by how censored useless anti-spam filters are at recognising blatantly obvious stuff, there's a while to go yet.

    And how would you know when an AI is self-aware? What does "self-aware" even mean?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    focuszing723 said:

    When AI becomes self aware and there is a new science and technological revolution. I would love to just see how it controls our lives including spending habits, cyber espionage, fraud and misinformation.

    FTFY.

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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    pinno said:

    focuszing723 said:

    When AI becomes self aware and there is a new science and technological revolution. I would love to just see how it controls our lives including spending habits, cyber espionage, fraud and misinformation.

    FTFY.

    Could well be.

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