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Feb 20, 2012 14:12:16   #
Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx
 
Thanks
Bmac wrote:
Photoman74 wrote:
Thanks for truth with humor. How can I forward this type of message?


You can select the text of the story, copy it, then paste it into an email. 8-)


:wink:

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Feb 20, 2012 15:06:27   #
Lancer W/A Canon Loc: atlanta
 
No actually, i'm retired from my own business, i have a daughter upstairs at BOA, and a son COO of a hedgefund, it's just so much trash flying all over internet, i feel that we can leave it out of photo blog. And it's only a joke if you get called on it .
Let's just have some fun with ugly hedge hog, and not at expense of others. thanks.

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Feb 20, 2012 15:14:46   #
gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch
 
I understand your preference but this section is for "non photography" chit chat. So unless you own this site I suggest you simply boycott this whole section and save yourself some aggravation. I believe in censorship, the kind where one simply doesn't click by free volition and not force.

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Feb 20, 2012 15:21:08   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
gmcase wrote:
I understand your preference but this section is for "non photography" chit chat. So unless you own this site I suggest you simply boycott this whole section and save yourself some aggravation. I believe in censorship, the kind where one simply doesn't click by free volition and not force.


Of course, sheesh. 8-)

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Feb 20, 2012 15:31:58   #
Ronny Loc: Netherlands
 
It is just a joke:


A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."


The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

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Feb 20, 2012 15:40:00   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
Ronny wrote:
It is just a joke:


Thanks Ronny, I think that was humorous. 8-)

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Feb 20, 2012 15:47:55   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
This is a short letter I had written to my congressional representative. It is not a joke per se, but humorous in it's own right.

During the last presidential campaign, Barrack Obama promised to eliminate all income taxes for seniors making under 50,000 dollars a year. He stated that this would eliminate the need for 27 million seniors to have to file an income tax return. Do you know if and when this will actually be accomplished?

Of course, we all know that nothing even close to that promise has been considered since the election and it was a rather disingenuous way to garner votes. 8-)

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Feb 20, 2012 15:48:56   #
BGenie Loc: Sacramento, CA
 
ROFL... you guys are cracking me up!

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Feb 20, 2012 15:50:31   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
BGenie wrote:
ROFL... you guys are cracking me up!


Thanks BGenie. 8-)

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Feb 20, 2012 16:29:01   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
I've seen Ronny's hot air balloon joke in about 10 different flavors, from "workers" and "management" to "Help desk staffer" and "new computer user". I guess it just depends on which two camps you want to ridicule.

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Feb 20, 2012 18:05:43   #
Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.
 
One thing I don't understand about the current administration. Obama's in favor of killing an unborne but he thinks waterboarding a terroist is cruel and unusual punishment!

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Feb 20, 2012 18:10:09   #
Ronny Loc: Netherlands
 
JimH wrote:
I've seen Ronny's hot air balloon joke in about 10 different flavors, from "workers" and "management" to "Help desk staffer" and "new computer user". I guess it just depends on which two camps you want to ridicule.



I agree.
Both parties are just filling their own pockets.
We have a saying in the Netherlands.
The promisses before the election are the taxes after the election.

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Feb 20, 2012 18:14:07   #
Dietxanadu
 
Bmac wrote:
A young woman was about to finish her first year of  college. Like so many
others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other
liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more
government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a
feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for  years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on
the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her  father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let
him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"
She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes,
she never studies and she  barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on
campus; college for her is a blast.  She's always invited to all the parties and lots of  times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office
and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only
has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would
be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired
back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair!  I've worked really hard
for my grades!  I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey
has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my
tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the
conservative side of the fence."
A young woman was about to finish her first year o... (show quote)


And Kim Kardashian made 12 million last year and is worth about 30 million total. She has a GED and no plans for higher education. But she makes more them any college grad will ever make.

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Feb 20, 2012 18:17:28   #
gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch
 
Ronny wrote:
JimH wrote:
I've seen Ronny's hot air balloon joke in about 10 different flavors, from "workers" and "management" to "Help desk staffer" and "new computer user". I guess it just depends on which two camps you want to ridicule.



I agree.
Both parties are just filling their own pockets.
We have a saying in the Netherlands.
The promisses before the election are the taxes after the election.


Love that quote.

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Feb 20, 2012 18:37:10   #
Lancer W/A Canon Loc: atlanta
 
That was just a suggestion, now you sound like a high school kid, " unless you own the site ,,,,da da da..." i figured most everyone had enough of both sides of the political B.S. nite and day on tv and internet, and another nine months of it in front of us, was hoping to see different topics, hot rods, boats, golf, guns [ oh, that one could be bad too i guess, lol ], fishing , what everybody's up to for fun . Anything but what got this started in the first place. Now their talking about religion for craps sake. Hope nobody is going to go there..please....LOL

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