Turning Around..... (612 hits)
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Submitted by IWalkOnPavement<im_such_a_jackass.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2006-04-17 20:28:52 EDT
So, a few days ago, me and my friend Hannah were having a chat about various things. We might have been sipping iced tea at the time. We weren't, but I like to think that we were.
Anyway, she helped me to realise something else that pisses me off.
The sentence "So I turned round and said...".
Seriously, do people not get how fucking annoying that is? This is how a conversation could, in theory, go:
Knob: Right, so we were in maths yeah, and Vicky turned round and said that she thought Mike was shagging Becca. So I turned round and said, theres no fucking way thats true, cos everyone knows Becca is shagging Chris. So Vicky turned round and said that they didn't actually shag, James just made that up cos hes a knobber. I couldn't believe she said that, yeah, so I turned round and said they blates did shag, Adam reckons he saw them in Becca's car, blah blah blah etc...
Right, to help everyone out, I have drawn a diagram to show how this conversation would work. If we assume that Knob (Now to be called K) was facing Vicky (V) at the start of the conversation, this is how it would look (The -> show the direction they are facing):
K-> <-V
"Right, so we were in Maths yeah, and Vicky turned round and said....."
K-> V->
"Mike was shagging Becca. So I turned round and said, theres no....."
<-K V->
Are you following? The 2 knobs are now apparantly facing in different directions. I will continue.
"everyone knows Becca is shagging Chris. So Vicky turned round and said that....."
<-K <-V
"I couldn't believe she said that, yeah, so I turned round and said they blates did....."
K-> <-V
Ok, so during this conversation, in 4 steps both of the knobs have managed to turn 360 degrees, and were at one point facing in opposite directions while still discussing the sex lives of their close friends and calling people knobbers.
People who say that when talking about a conversation they had on the phone are worse, and if they say it about conversations on the internet they are the very worst. Short of standing up from the computer, turning round and then sitting down backwards on the twatting chair, there is no way that could work.
Too much thought? It was about half 2 in the morning when I wrote this, and my mind was working in a slightly odd way.....
User Reviews
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-04-18 11:44:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I also hate people who say "Susan goes ...." when they mean "Susan said ..."
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-04-18 11:38:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
MY graph. Dammit.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-04-18 11:38:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I talk to myslef ALL the time...or we talk to ourself all the time. ourselves. argh this ain't gonna help our grammar.
Just reverse all the directions in your graph, I thnk it'll work much better.
Submitted by IWalkOnPavement (user info) at 2006-04-18 09:08:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Hmm, I don't think so, -> would mean they are facing right, <- would mean they are facing left, so this:
K-> <-V
Would mean that V is facing left and K is facing right, so they are looking at each other.
This is far too much thought for something so trivial.
And since i'm your alter, i'm actually talking to myself right now.
Submitted by MichelleNJ (user info) at 2006-04-18 08:54:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-04-17 22:08:43 (#)
Ranking: 2
So I turned round and said the graph made me laugh my ass off.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-04-18 08:52:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by IWalkOnPavement (user info) at 2006-04-17 21:23:22 (#)
Ranking: 0
Reading back, i'm not at all happy with this. I need some sleep.
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Wait a minute, are you my alter?
Yeah I've decided, I need one and you'll do.
I think your(my) graphs back to front. They were originally facing away, turned around to talk to each other and turned away as the conversation ended to demonstrate their sceptisicm of the other perosns points.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-04-18 08:49:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm consid'rin usin the word blatant about 800 times in my next post cos I was 'cused of bein a chav.
I can't remeber what this post was about now.
It were probly alright though, goin by your record
Submitted by IWalkOnPavement (user info) at 2006-04-18 04:36:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm really not an alter, i'll even camwhore or link to my *shudder* MySpace if anyone wants proof.
Thanks for the kind words.
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2006-04-18 00:35:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
'We might have been sipping iced tea at the time. We weren't, but I like to think that we were.'
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-04-17 23:04:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm getting dizzy.
Thanks
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-04-17 22:25:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Whassup with this? You started out as a piece of shit and suddenly
you start to kick ass. Keep it going, bud. Alter or not, your shit
is becoming enjoyable. . . . .
Submitted by ampersand (user info) at 2006-04-17 22:14:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
You miss your dad, don't ya Sharkbait?
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-04-17 22:08:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So I turned round and said the graph made me laugh my ass off.
Submitted by IWalkOnPavement (user info) at 2006-04-17 21:23:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Reading back, i'm not at all happy with this. I need some sleep.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-04-17 21:16:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I chuckled.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2006-04-17 21:08:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-04-17 20:54:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i can't be bothered to read this right now...
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2006-04-17 20:49:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I thought that meant they were fooking that person.
Submitted by IWalkOnPavement (user info) at 2006-04-17 20:45:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Ok, for example, if I put K-> it means that Knob (K) is facing to the right. The letter shows the person, the arrow shows the direction they are facing.
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2006-04-17 20:41:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
+1 because you made a graph that I don't understand probably cause im stupid and the graph isnt.