Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

Daleandee said:
At one of the fine educational establishments that I used to service I noticed a sign along the straight driveway in front of the building that read:

"Do not park on yellow curve"
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To a math teacher, a straight line is a first degree curve.
 
GaryM said:
Yes, but it's not a curb. Which one shouldn't really park on, even in the absence of signage.
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I had actually took a photo of the sign and showed it to the director of maintenance and he said, "I don't see the problem" :rolleyes:
 
Palmpilot said:
I've mostly gotten over misspellings in message-board posts, but painting things on the outside of a truck takes a lot more work, and gets a lot more exposure!
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In the late 90's I was driving somewhere near LAX. There was a billboard advertising a law firm, typical-looking billboard, pictures of the lawyers lined up looking all serious, etc. In big letters right at the top for all to see, "We Guarantee Aquittal!"

1) I'm not sure you can "guarantee" that, and
2) I don't think I want to hire you if you can't even spell correctly the thing that you allegedly guarantee.
 
aftCG said:
Small technically. It was a Lemon Peeler, not crate. I owned one.
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I stand corrected. So what was it, Orange Crate? Wasn’t there a red one and maybe even a purple one too? you sound familiar, betting you shopped them all before selecting yellow!
 
Orange Krate, Lemon Peeler, Pea Picker are the ones I remember. Me, I had the basic single speed Sting Ray (but it did have the thick rubber "cheater slick").
 
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Blatham489 said:
I stand corrected. So what was it, Orange Crate? Wasn’t there a red one and maybe even a purple one too? you sound familiar, betting you shopped them all before selecting yellow!
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Dana has them right. I had forgotten a couple of those. I didn't get to shop for the bike, my Lemon Peeler was a hand me down from my brother.

It was a cool bike to look at but it was really a tank. Drum brake on the front, springer front end, small front wheel, and the "banana seat" had suspension that looked like shocks I recall it had a speedometer too. I know the prices of those things have gone parabolic for collectors. Pretty sure I sold mine for $5
 
RussR said:
In the late 90's I was driving somewhere near LAX. There was a billboard advertising a law firm, typical-looking billboard, pictures of the lawyers lined up looking all serious, etc. In big letters right at the top for all to see, "We Guarantee Aquittal!"

1) I'm not sure you can "guarantee" that, and
2) I don't think I want to hire you if you can't even spell correctly the thing that you allegedly guarantee.
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Reasonable doubt at a reasonable price!
 
JOhnH said:
Do you equate "better" to "perfection"?
And aren't you the one that started this drift regarding misspelling?
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I don't mind slang when it's correctly spelled. Is that really worth making a federal case out of?
 
Palmpilot said:
I don't mind slang when it's correctly spelled. Is that really worth making a federal case out of?
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No, I think the state courts are perfectly adequate. Which state would you prefer? :p
 
Going back to the Viagra thread....

Do you know the difference between a Catholic wife and a Jewish wife?
The Catholic wife tells her husband to buy Viagra. The Jewish wife tells her husband to buy Pfizer.
 
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aftCG said:
Dana has them right. I had forgotten a couple of those. I didn't get to shop for the bike, my Lemon Peeler was a hand me down from my brother.

It was a cool bike to look at but it was really a tank. Drum brake on the front, springer front end, small front wheel, and the "banana seat" had suspension that looked like shocks I recall it had a speedometer too. I know the prices of those things have gone parabolic for collectors. Pretty sure I sold mine for $5
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okay, one of us had to do it.

Some versions we forgot including the racist “Cotton Picker”. And I was right about a red one, “Apple Crate” but no purple one back then. They apparently revived the line in 2020 and made a purple one then.

https://bikehistory.org/bikes/krates/
 
Daleandee said:
Why would that name be "racist"?
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Because people can find racism wherever they want to, and they usually see it because of what is happening in their own brains. I'm sure that the "racism" cry has something to do with slaves picking cotton...despite the fact that every poor family after the war, white or black, usually had to pick cotton to survive as well. If I saw a white bike called "Cotton Picker", I would assume that it was called that because cotton is white...and considering they had a green bike in a previous year called "Pea picker", I would be even less likely to assume the bike's name stemmed from racist ideas.

That said, this is the joke thread, y'all!
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