Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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rohrl said:
kowalski655 said:
Im sure I heard someone say that rocket science was "easy"! 
Well they were talking out of their arse. Ask them to try figuring out the most fuel efficient route to the moons of Jupiter on the back of an envelope and see how they get on.
james_tigerwoods said:
rohrl said:
kowalski655 said:
Im sure I heard someone say that rocket science was "easy"!
Well they were talking out of their arse. Ask them to try figuring out the most fuel efficient route to the moons of Jupiter on the back of an envelope and see how they get on.Warp engines aren't actually rockets, are you thinking of Impulse engines?
The Fiat 500 radio that *always* turns itself on when you start the car (annoying enough), but also requires you to hold the off switch just fractionally longer than you and most normal people would consider reasonable, necessitating increasingly enraged and protracted attempts to hold the switch down, usually culminating in the use of a fist*.
- Usually accompanied by the tinny, Italian quality, high pitched whine that helpfully reminds you to fasten your seat belt.
RobinOakapple said:
james_tigerwoods said:
rohrl said:
kowalski655 said:
Im sure I heard someone say that rocket science was "easy"!
Well they were talking out of their arse. Ask them to try figuring out the most fuel efficient route to the moons of Jupiter on the back of an envelope and see how they get on.Warp engines aren't actually rockets, are you thinking of Impulse engines?
In any case, the Millennium falcon would be faster
thismonkeyhere said:
True; it did make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs after all.
The fact that a parsec is a measure of distance and not time (or speed) has always annoyed me. Although it's amusing that it has since been retconned in Star Wars lore that the Kessel Run is made past several black holes and only the bravest pilots with the fastest ships can travel the shortest distance though it, by travelling close to the black holes rather than giving them a wide berth, thus 12 Parsecs (as a measure of distance) is a really good course and saves a lot of time.
Personally I call b
ks on that and think that George Lucas simply messed up. Same goes for people who think a Light Year is a unit of time rather distance.
JonRB said:
thismonkeyhere said:
True; it did make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs after all.
The fact that a parsec is a measure of distance and not time (or speed) has always annoyed me. Although it's amusing that it has since been retconned in Star Wars lore that the Kessel Run is made past several black holes and only the bravest pilots with the fastest ships can travel the shortest distance though it, by travelling close to the black holes rather than giving them a wide berth, thus 12 Parsecs (as a measure of distance) is a really good course and saves a lot of time.
Personally I call b
ks on that and think that George Lucas simply messed up. Same goes for people who think a Light Year is a unit of time rather distance.
JonRB said:
thismonkeyhere said:
True; it did make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs after all.
The fact that a parsec is a measure of distance and not time (or speed) has always annoyed me. Although it's amusing that it has since been retconned in Star Wars lore that the Kessel Run is made past several black holes and only the bravest pilots with the fastest ships can travel the shortest distance though it, by travelling close to the black holes rather than giving them a wide berth, thus 12 Parsecs (as a measure of distance) is a really good course and saves a lot of time.
Personally I call b
ks on that and think that George Lucas simply messed up. Same goes for people who think a Light Year is a unit of time rather distance.
RobinOakapple said:
This fking advert
I fking hate it. Why are the three girls having a competition to see which of them can open her mouth the widest, and even if it is a moment of genuine unalloyed joy, how has being in a fairly ordinary small hatchback caused it?
They're singing along to the latest girl power chart song, pretending to love being free & single & in a dull hatchback, whereas they're all secretly longing for marriage and a baby and a Ford S-Max.king advertI f
king hate it. Why are the three girls having a competition to see which of them can open her mouth the widest, and even if it is a moment of genuine unalloyed joy, how has being in a fairly ordinary small hatchback caused it?Petrified of being left on the shelf or worse still showing their fear to their friends, they look happy but inside they're dying a little bit every day.
Either that or love eggs.
DJFish said:
They're singing along to the latest girl power chart song, pretending to love being free & single & in a dull hatchback, whereas they're all secretly longing for marriage and a baby and a Ford S-Max.
Petrified of being left on the shelf or worse still showing their fear to their friends, they look happy but inside they're dying a little bit every day.
Either that or love eggs.
Petrified of being left on the shelf or worse still showing their fear to their friends, they look happy but inside they're dying a little bit every day.
Either that or love eggs.
RobinOakapple said:
This fking advert
I fking hate it. Why are the three girls having a competition to see which of them can open her mouth the widest, and even if it is a moment of genuine unalloyed joy, how has being in a fairly ordinary small hatchback caused it?
Who, when getting into the back of a car, takes the middle seat rather than one of the side ones ?king advertI f
king hate it. Why are the three girls having a competition to see which of them can open her mouth the widest, and even if it is a moment of genuine unalloyed joy, how has being in a fairly ordinary small hatchback caused it?Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff