"Here's your sign..."
09-07-2007, 12:44 PM
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Back on to here's your sign.
I must first say that my wife is extremely smart, doctor and all that jazz that gets you full rides to schools and such are her specialty. She is the most hardworking booksmart person I've possibly ever met. However she has a habit of turning her brain off when dealing with me. Which is probably a good thing most of the time.
Well I'm out working on the car one day setting up a mount for something and she's handing me tools. I am drilling out some stuff using a 9/16 drill bit. It was just a bit small so I ask her, "Can you grab me the drill bit one size bigger than the 9/16." She wanders off to go get it and about 5 minutes later she comes back in a huff. She says, "I've looked through every drawer, every place you put drill stuff and I can't for the life of me find the 10/16." I look up from what I'm doing, without missing a beat and say, "Well how 'bout you grab me a 5/8 instead, and can you grab me a sheet of paper and a sharpie" She goes and grabs the 5/8 bit and the other stuff and hands it to me. I proceed to write "Stupid" on the paper and hand it back to her, saying the obligatory here's your sign. At which point she realizes what she had just spend the last 10 minutes doing.
I swear teh only way she puts up with me is zoning out.
I must first say that my wife is extremely smart, doctor and all that jazz that gets you full rides to schools and such are her specialty. She is the most hardworking booksmart person I've possibly ever met. However she has a habit of turning her brain off when dealing with me. Which is probably a good thing most of the time.
Well I'm out working on the car one day setting up a mount for something and she's handing me tools. I am drilling out some stuff using a 9/16 drill bit. It was just a bit small so I ask her, "Can you grab me the drill bit one size bigger than the 9/16." She wanders off to go get it and about 5 minutes later she comes back in a huff. She says, "I've looked through every drawer, every place you put drill stuff and I can't for the life of me find the 10/16." I look up from what I'm doing, without missing a beat and say, "Well how 'bout you grab me a 5/8 instead, and can you grab me a sheet of paper and a sharpie" She goes and grabs the 5/8 bit and the other stuff and hands it to me. I proceed to write "Stupid" on the paper and hand it back to her, saying the obligatory here's your sign. At which point she realizes what she had just spend the last 10 minutes doing.
I swear teh only way she puts up with me is zoning out.
09-08-2007, 09:07 AM
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I have to emphasize with your wife on this one. Using SAE tools forces me to see how mentally challenged I am. I would like to get my hands on the person who invented that horrific sizing system. Just give me 1-10. I'm sure 5 is > 4. Glad Porsches are German.
09-08-2007, 09:49 PM
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Well boys and girls, for real time examples of "here's your sign" moments, go visit the Racing Forum and take a look at the thread about the effect of tire size on contact patch.
09-08-2007, 10:47 PM
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Watch your first step in that thread....the drop off in IQ is substantial...
09-08-2007, 10:50 PM
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I think I made the most intelligent post in that thread so far.
09-09-2007, 10:11 AM
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09-10-2007, 05:49 PM
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Ah, I'm back to work, so the "Here's your sign" stories will start rolling in....
I work at an all-girls school, and at lunch the students are assigned to tables with a faculty member. Today we were discussing what we did over the summer, and I mentioned that my family traveled over 20,000 miles this summer. They asked where we went, and I said, "Well, first my brother got married in Spain," and one girl butted in, "Wait...You DROVE to Spain???"
I looked at her calmly and said, "Yes...."
She got indignant and said, "You can't do that..."
What I wouldn't have given to say, "Here's your sign." At my school they would have fired me.
I work at an all-girls school, and at lunch the students are assigned to tables with a faculty member. Today we were discussing what we did over the summer, and I mentioned that my family traveled over 20,000 miles this summer. They asked where we went, and I said, "Well, first my brother got married in Spain," and one girl butted in, "Wait...You DROVE to Spain???"
I looked at her calmly and said, "Yes...."
She got indignant and said, "You can't do that..."
What I wouldn't have given to say, "Here's your sign." At my school they would have fired me.
09-10-2007, 09:47 PM
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Went to the local convenience store on my way home from work to pick up a few things...end up with about 10 items. I pull 'em all out of the basket, the wee tart behind the register with a piece of metal proturding through the side of her nose, after ringing up the items, asks "would you like that stuff in a bag"...answer "ahh, no I'll just carry them out to the car one at a time"...
here's your sign.
here's your sign.
09-10-2007, 10:18 PM
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I like it better when you're behind someone in the quick check lane and they have a basket FULL of groceries. I always try to point them to the '10 items or less' sign. DUH! I had this one lady say something like, "Oh! I didn't realize I was over the limit." I felt like saying, "No **** lady -- by like fifty freakin' items!" Here's your damn sign ya dumb broad. Sheesh. Some folks really should take a math course or two.
09-10-2007, 11:16 PM
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09-10-2007, 11:32 PM
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Carpet muncher, eh? I've got some stains that need to be removed. Do you also do repairs? How about allergen removal? ROFL. Sorry man, I just couldn't resist. It's all Mike's fault -- he sent me a martini.
09-10-2007, 11:34 PM
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