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  • C. F. Leon
    Detective
    • May 2012
    • 350

    #511
    I'm actually more of a baseball fan in general, but I do follow my local basketball team. For those with short memories, in 2020 the NBA season was cut short for reasons that we don't really need to rehash. To fill the time, the local radio station that runs the games started broadcasting old vintage games, mostly from the "Good Years" (largely pre-2000), including from our lone Championship Year (1977). For us fans, it was great listening to games that No One had heard for 30-40 years or more. But, did they run the games in any sort of reasonable order? Of course not. As far as we could determine, it was entirely random. Except the Playoffs of the Championship Year, which they ran in REVERSE order.

    Who makes these decisions?
    Last edited by C. F. Leon; 05-05-2025, 06:52 PM.

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    • c.d.
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 6554

      #512
      Couples at the grocery store who feel the need to discuss every possible item they are considering buying and having to reach a consensus before they can drop a bag of frozen peas into their cart.

      c.d.

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      • Herlock Sholmes
        Commissioner
        • May 2017
        • 21822

        #513
        Originally posted by c.d. View Post
        Couples at the grocery store who feel the need to discuss every possible item they are considering buying and having to reach a consensus before they can drop a bag of frozen peas into their cart.

        c.d.
        Absolutely. Or family groups in a café who take half an hour to make their order because everyone has half a dozen questions about their meals and then they want to know if they can swap x for y and then they want to know they still get a free something if they don’t have z? I’m standing behind them losing the will to live.
        Regards

        Sir Herlock Sholmes.

        “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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        • c.d.
          Commissioner
          • Feb 2008
          • 6554

          #514
          Not paying close attention to food labels and coming home with "50% Less Salt" Peanuts. Now my favorite snack is on a par with non-alcoholic beer and kissing your sister.

          c.d.

          P.S. I once read a review of a particular brand of non-alcoholic beer. It said the taste was so non-existent that your first thought is that maybe somehow you managed to miss your mouth.

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          • Herlock Sholmes
            Commissioner
            • May 2017
            • 21822

            #515
            Originally posted by c.d. View Post
            Not paying close attention to food labels and coming home with "50% Less Salt" Peanuts. Now my favorite snack is on a par with non-alcoholic beer and kissing your sister.

            c.d.

            P.S. I once read a review of a particular brand of non-alcoholic beer. It said the taste was so non-existent that your first thought is that maybe somehow you managed to miss your mouth.
            Regards

            Sir Herlock Sholmes.

            “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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            • C. F. Leon
              Detective
              • May 2012
              • 350

              #516
              Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post

              hi diddles!
              i teach in md and luckily none of tje parents have gone the stupid ridiculous route with their kids names at my school, but they have gotten rather creative. I actually love some of the names:

              Nirvana
              Gerber (parents were new immigrants from mexico and named him after the baby food!)
              Zeppelin (Zep for short)
              Lorrell
              Unique
              Tauryn
              Shango (really love that one)
              Kaliya
              Quinn
              Manyana(Manny for short)
              Zhaniya
              Mazie
              Reeve
              Genesis
              Jaden (like three kids named that! )
              Aria
              Adelaide(for a girl, Addy for short)

              Lots more but you get the picture lol. Very diverse area so i think that contributes to the creative names. alot of the beautiful hispanic names too.. Gabriella, Natalia, Maria, Bonita, Mateo, Tuca (love that one!)But most here are pretty traditional too.. lots of jacks, zacks, alex, olivia, chloe, hanah etc.
              One of the Government Agencies that I have to deal with has 5 black chicks (all 20-somethings) that I know of working in the office. THREE of them are named "Keisha". When I asked one how do they tell the difference, she gave me me a look like I had just confessed that I voted for Trump (I didn't, but you know the LOOK) and said "I'M KEISHA, she's (pointing) KEISHA and she's KEISHA". I just nodded like I understood what she was talking about.

              At another agency that I deal with, there's a 30-something named "Penumbra" (goes by "Penny", I suppose). A couple ahead of me in line, see the name tag and say "That's a very unusual name". "Penny" beams and says "Isn't it? It's a Native American name that means 'Leading Light of the World". Based on previous experiences, I decide to keep my mouth shut and let Penny live in Ignorance. They do their business, I do MY business. When I leave, the couple are outside having a good laugh at Penny's fantasy.

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              • c.d.
                Commissioner
                • Feb 2008
                • 6554

                #517
                People who stand backwards when going up or down an escalator. I guess they think it makes them cool or daring. I am always hoping they will miscalculate when to turn around and fall and hurt themselves. Idiots.

                c.d.

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                • OneRound
                  Sergeant
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 758

                  #518
                  Paying through the nose to see an ODI at the Oval and the start is delayed as the West Indies couldn't get to the ground on time.

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                  • Herlock Sholmes
                    Commissioner
                    • May 2017
                    • 21822

                    #519
                    Originally posted by OneRound View Post
                    Paying through the nose to see an ODI at the Oval and the start is delayed as the West Indies couldn't get to the ground on time.
                    Unless their hotel was in Birmingham it’s difficult to find an excuse for that OneRound. If it wasn’t for the spectators they should have forfeited the game. They should at least get a hefty fine.
                    Regards

                    Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                    “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                    • Ms Diddles
                      Chief Inspector
                      • Aug 2019
                      • 1689

                      #520
                      Originally posted by c.d. View Post
                      People who stand backwards when going up or down an escalator. I guess they think it makes them cool or daring. I am always hoping they will miscalculate when to turn around and fall and hurt themselves. Idiots.

                      c.d.
                      I would also add people who stop to rearrange their shopping bags right after stepping off of an escalator causing everyone behind them to plough into each other.

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                      • Enigma
                        Detective
                        • Aug 2019
                        • 311

                        #521
                        People who on entering or leaving a building stop and stand in the doorway to chat or who stop while they look around for which direction they want to go.
                        Last edited by Enigma; Today, 12:42 AM.
                        Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can't make head or tail of it.

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