Archive for the ‘Stupid is as Stupid Does’ Category

Winners and losers in the game of life.

August 17, 2007

Every year I try to keep up with some of the absurd things that people do in this world that we live in. Well, this year there is something for everyone, from Texas Fred to Chris Smith, to Bear.


I’ve met some of these.
These people prove it is a terminal condition. As always, competition this year has been keen.

The candidates this year are…

Eighth Place
In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-
inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.

Seventh Place
A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who “totally zoned when he ran,” accidentally jogged off a 100-foot high
cliff on his daily run

Sixth Place
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a
beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their
hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment
almost an hour to free him.
Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fifth Place
Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was
caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his
skull as he hit the floor.

Fourth Place
Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded
with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.

Third Place
After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather &Firearms
intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter.
Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol.
The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber
was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in
the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different
weapons. No one else was hurt.

HONORABLE MENTION
Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of
dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.

RUNNER UP
Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-
jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped
along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one
had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of
lineman’s cable lay near by. They secured one end around Bingham’s leg and the tied the other to the bridge. His
fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle.
He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham’s foot was
never located.

AND THE WINNER IS…
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfe ldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and
more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators
say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast
unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he
struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be
just one of those freak accidents that proves… “Shit happens”

Irish Blondes

August 13, 2007

IRISH BLONDE

An attractive blonde from Dublin arrived at the casino
and bet

twenty-thousand pounds on a single roll of the dice.

She said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I feel much
luckier when I’m

completely nude”.

 

With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the
dice and

yelled, “Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!”

As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down
and squealed

“YES, YES, I WON, I WON!”

 

   She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up
her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.

The dealers stared at each other dumb founded.

 

Finally, one of them asked, “What did she roll?”  The
other

answered, “I don’t know – I thought you were
watching.”

 

 

   MORAL OF THE STORY

 

   Not all Irish are stupid and not all blondes are
dumb, but all men are men.

SOURCE: Mister Christer!

Global Warming! Global Cooling!

July 18, 2007

“When a conservative appears on talk radio, liberals cry for the Fairness Doctrine. Seventy-five free hours for Archbishop Gore’s Church of Climate Change? Not a peep.” —Investor’s Business Daily

The shear idiocy of global warming, is much the same as the shear idiocy that global cooling was.

The so-called scientist’s that have latched onto this utter nonsense have divorced themselves from something that might just be of importance; Scientific method.

Commentary from the supporters of such ideology are free to comment. Only though after satisfactorily answering this question;

Other than the nano second or so for transition, when has the Earth not been either warming or cooling?

Abbott and Costello in the computer age

July 15, 2007

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to
REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this.
For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on
.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, “Who
s on First?” might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about
buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals
, trac k expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO:! Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m
sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal.
          What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue “W”.

COSTELLO: I’m going to cli ck your blue “w” if you don’t start with some
straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping?
          You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOT T: Money.

COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on “START”………….
 

Safety, or back door Gun Control?

July 7, 2007

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed new rules that would have a dramatic effect on the storage and transportation of ammunition and handloading components.  The proposed rule indiscriminately treats ammunition, powder and primers as “explosives.” 

The public comment period ends July 12. To file your own comment, or to learn more about the OSHA proposal, click here or go to http://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket Number OSHA-2007-0032″; you can read OSHA’s proposal and learn how to submit comments electronically, or by fax or mail.  

Wal Mart

June 27, 2007

This is why women should not take men shopping against their will. After Mr. & Mrs. Fenton retired, Mrs. Fenton insisted that her husbandAlways accompany her on her frequent trips to Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, Mr. Fenton was like most men: he found shopping boring &preferred to get in & get out. Equally unfortunately, Mrs. Fenton was like most women: she loved to browse One day Mrs. Fenton received the following letter from her local Wal-Mart. Dear Mrs. Fenton,Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion inour store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and may be forced to ban both ofyou from the store. Our complaints against Mr. Fenton are listed below andare Documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s cartswhen they weren’t looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5- minuteIntervals.3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women’srestroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away”5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&M’s onlayaway. 6. September 14: Moved a “CAUTION – WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area.7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department & told othershoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets fromthe bedding department. 8. September 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began cryingand screamed, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera & used it as a mirrorwhile he picked his nose. 10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked theclerk where the antidepressants were.11 December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the”Mission Impossible” theme. 12. December 6: In the auto department, he practiced his “Madonna look” byusing different sizes of funnels.13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through,yelled “PICK ME! PICK ME!” 14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumeda fetal position and screamed “OH NO! IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!” And last, but not least… 15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile,then yelled very loudly, “Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here!” Regards,Wal-Mart

Subject: Oil Change

June 17, 2007

Oil Change instructions for Women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change: $20.00
Coffee: $1.00
Total: $21.00

Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday,
drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a
check for $50.00.
2) Stop by 7/11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping
oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid
environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
18) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
19) Remember drain plug from step 11.
20) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
21) Drink beer.
22) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
23) Get drain plug back in with only a minor spill. Drink beer.
24) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with
stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame removing any excess skin between knuckles
and frame.
25) Begin cussing fit.
26) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
27) Cuss for additional 5 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy.
28) Beer.
29) Clean up hands
and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
30) Beer.
31) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
32) Beer.
33) Lower car from jack stands.
34) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during any missed steps.
35) Beer.
36) Test drive car.
37) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
38) Car gets impounded.
39) Call loving wife, make bail.
40) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $20.00
Total
$4,145.00
(But you know the job was done right!) 

Mandatory Spay And Neuter Bill Moving Through California Legislature

June 17, 2007

SACRAMENTO, CA—Legislation that would essentially put an end to the breeding of many hunting dogs has passed through the California Assembly, and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance says immediate grassroots action is needed to stop the legislation.Assembly Bill 1634 (AB 1634), which would require dogs more than 4 months of age to be spayed or neutered, has advanced to the California Senate after passing through the state Assembly last week by a vote of 41 to 38. The legislation, sponsored by California Democratic Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, would require dog owners to have their dogs spayed or neutered at their own expense. The bill exempts a handful of purebred animals that meet specific pre-set qualifications, and licensed breeders, but provides no protection for sportsmen who own and hunt with mixed breed dogs or want to breed those dogs.

“It is absurd to think that the government ought have the right to tell Californians whether their hunting dogs qualify to be bred,” said U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Senior Vice President Rick Story. “Sportsmen must redouble their efforts and tell their senators that this bill will wipe out the breeding of accomplished sporting dogs that do not meet strict criteria. Further, it will impose significant financial hardships on middle- and low-income sportsmen who will be forced to spay or neuter their animals.”

California sportsmen are being asked to contact their senators and encourage them to oppose AB 1634. To find the name of your senators and for contact information, use the “Legislative Action Center” at www.ussportsmen.org or call (916) 651-4171.

Another example of the reasons that I left California nearly thirty years ago.

More on immigration

June 9, 2007

This is good! Below is a good example of a discussion with a master of circular logic. Don’t be logical, don’t
respect the truth or your adversary, just say what you think makes a new case when the previous case gets too
difficult to defend. On the streets of downtown Houston, May 1, 2006.

Jim Moore reporting for a Houston TV station:

Jim: Juan, I see that you and thousands of other protesters are marching in the streets to demonstrate for your
cause. Exactly what is your cause and what do you expect to accomplish by this protest?

Juan: We want our rights. We will show you how powerful we are. We will bringHouston to its knees!

Jim: What rights?

Juan: Our right to live here…legally. Our right to get all the benefits you g et.

Jim: When did you come to the United States?

Juan: Six years ago. I crossed over the border at night with seven other friends.

Jim: Why did you come?

Juan: For work. I can earn as much in a month as I could in a year in Mexico. Besides, I get free health care, our
Mexican children can go to school free, if I lose my job I will get Welfare, and someday I will have the Social
Security. Nothing like that inMexico!

Jim: Did you feel badly about breaking our immigration laws when you came?

Juan: No! Why should I feel bad? I have a right to be here. I have a right to amnesty. I paid lots of money for my
Social Security and Green Cards.

Jim: How did you acquire those documents?

Juan: From a guy in Dallas. He charged me a lot of money too.

Jim: Did you know that those documents were forged?

Juan: It is of no matter. I have a right to be here and work.

Jim: What is the “right” you speak of?

Juan: The right of all Aliens. It is found in your Constitution. Read it!

Jim: I have read it, but I do not remember it saying anything about rights for Aliens.

Juan: It is in that part where it says that all men have Alien rights, like the right to pursue happiness. I
wasn’t happy in Mexico, so I came here.

Jim: I think you are referring to the declaration of Independence and that document speaks to unalienable
rights .. Not Alien rights.

Juan: Whatever.

Jim: Since you are demanding to become an American citizen, why then are you carrying a Mexican Flag?

< /FONT>Juan: Because I am Mexican.

Jim: But you said you want to be given amnesty … to become a US citizen.

Juan: No. This is not what we want. This is our country, a part of Mexico that you Gringos stole from us. We want
it returned to its rightful owner.

< SPAN style=”FONT-SIZE: 18px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial”>Jim: Juan, you are standing in Texas. After
wining the war with Mexico, Texasbecame a Republic, and later Texans voted to join the USA. It was not stolen
fromMexico.

Juan: That is a Gringo lie. Texas was stolen. So was California, New Mexico andArizona. It is just like all the
other stuff you Gringos steal, like oil and babies. You are a country of thieves.

Jim: Babies? You think we steal babies?

Juan: Sure. Like from Korea and Vietnam and China. I see them all over the place. You let all these foreigners in,
but try to keep us Mexicans out. How is this fair? 

Jim: So, you really don’t want to become an American citizen then.

Juan: I just want my rights! Everyone has a right to live, work, and speak their native language wherever and
whenever they please. That’s another thing we demand. All signs and official documents should be in Spanish .
Teachers must teach in Spanish. Soon, more people here in Houston will speak Spanish than English. It is our right!

Jim: If I were to cross over the border into Mexico without proper documentation, what rights would I have there?

Juan: None. You would probably go to jail, but that’s different.

Jim: How is it different? You said everyone has the right to live wherever they please.

Juan: You Gringos are a bunch of land grabbing thieves. Now you want Mexico too?Mexico has its rights. You Gringos
have no rights in Mexico. Why would you want to go there anyway? There is no free medical service, schools, or
welfare there for foreigners such as you. You cannot even own land in my country. Stay in the country of your
birth.

Jim: I can see that there is no way that we can agree on this issue. Thank you for your comments.

Juan: Viva Mexico!

You will not see this heart-stopping photo on the front page of the NY Times or on the lead story of the major
news networks. The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside down at Montebello High
School in California.

I predict this stunt will be the nail in the coffin of any guest-worker/amnesty plan on the table in Washington.
The image of the American flag subsumed to another and turned upside down on American soil is already spreading on
In ternet forums and via e-mail.

Pass this along to every American citizen in your address books and to every representative in the state and
federal government. If you choose to remain uninvolved, do not be amazed when you no longer have a nation to call
your own nor anything you have worked for left since it will be “redistributed” to the activists while you are so
peacefully staying out of the “fray”. Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its
citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference. One plus one plus one
plus one plus one plus one……..

The battle for our secure borders and immigration laws that actually mean something, however, hasn’t even begun.

San Francisco Proposes New Gun Control Measures

May 19, 2007

Yes, this did make it into “Stupid is, as stupid does.”

Source: http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_136215501.html

May 16, 2007 7:50 pm US/Pacific

San Francisco Proposes New Gun Control Measures

Simon Perez
Reporting

(CBS 5) SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom hailed new proposed city gun legislation, and he did it Wednesday from the neighborhood most plagued by gun violence.

“Enough is enough,” said Newsom in the city’s Bayview district. “We need common sense gun control.”

The announcement came nearly one year after a judge struck down a law banning handgun possession in the city.

One part of the measure outlaws the possession or sale of guns on any city-owned property, expanding the current ban from buildings like City Hall and schools to include outdoor locations like city parks.

Mayor Newsom said he also hopes to extend the ban to public housing complexes, but federal laws may make that complicated.

The proposed legislation would also require people who commit crimes with guns to sign up with the police department, then probation officers could keep better tabs on them.

Another aspect would require all gun owners to store their guns disabled with a trigger lock or placed in a locked-box. Authorities said lock boxes would help to keep legal guns from being stolen and then later used illegally.

“It is fair to say that a majority of gun crime is committed with illegal guns,” District Attorney Kamala Harris said. “It’s a reality that a lot of weapons and guns that we find in connection with a homicide are stolen.”

The idea, she contends, is to remind legal gun owners how to behave.

“Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe in the way that you conduct your affairs,” Harris said.

San Francisco’s only gun shop is also a target of the proposed legislation, which would require it and any future gun shops in the city to send police officials a gun sales list every six months.

Even though criminals already don’t follow the law, city leaders believe any gun crackdown makes the city safer.

“It’s just time and it’s the right thing to do,” said Harris, citing existing laws in Alameda and Los Angeles counties that are similar to the proposed ones for San Francisco.

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