The reason they dont go see the movies in theatres, and why theatre attendance in general is going down, is because when a guy goes to the movies, he usually brings his girlfriend / wife...
Now to avoid relationship trouble, guys usually let the woman pick the seat.
And we all know that women have a knack for picking the worst possible seat in a theatre (usually at the back, because she doesnt want "to be too close", and off to the side, because she took too long to get ready before leaving, therefore all the centre seats are taken when you finally arrive at the theatre).
You don't even need a surveillance system for that...
My current place of residence is located in a pretty bad neighbourhood, due to the cheaper rent, and it used to be within walking distance of my workplace until my department was moved to another office building.
Just walking to the convenience store, I've been stopped numerous times by cops because "there was a call about a suspect that looks just like me" and they really really had to see my ID.
I've been stopped for a road check by one cop car, and soon after was surrounded by 4 cop cars, and me and my friends were made to exit the car, and produce ID.
In every case, the police had nothing, since I'm honest and so are my friends.
But the police doesnt realise their fishing expeditions are really chafing...
I came across the web archive of an experiment done by the guy who used to run fanaticus.com, before he was shut down by the DEA.
He had read about how UV lights had modified aquarium plants, which ended up causing an ecological disaster when they escaped into the sea, via the aquaducts...
So he put blacklights on a timer in his mushroom growing cabinet, and produced an albino strain, AFTER the mycelium had colonized the substrate, but before it started pinning.
And the spores from that first generation of albino mushrooms produced albinos as well.
I would not be surprised if this is how evolution works -- after a major change, the first batch of offspring of any given species changes to adapt to the new conditions.
If we get exposed to more cosmic radiation or if the Earth's environment changes as a result of a shift in the magnetosphere, I believe we will evolved to cope with it.
near a big bus stop area, next to a mall, where lots of homeless and/or punk kids like to congregate and piss/shit/sell drugs/panhandle, the stores play classical music on their storefront.
It didnt actually work, until some geniuses tried to break the speakers, somewhat unsuccessfully, resulting in classical music heavily distorted by feedback noise, which then really drove away pretty much everyone within hearshot.
Couldn't have been good for business.
Last time I was around the area, they fixed the speakers, and now the classical music plays normally, and the punks are back
You bring up an interesting point... could Office Space have been made, or at least, would it have been as funny, if the Superman III movie with the Richard Pryor money scam had not been made?
It's the same principle as Michael Bolton music... we have to endure his shitty music, just so Office Space can be funny.
As official Earth contactee for the benevolent Betelgeuse civilization, I have been told to warn you that the evil Andromedans are using the SETI program to keep a fresh list of potential abductees for nefarious experiments.
They also recently developped antitinfoil penetration technology, so those of you who are using this means of protection are now vulnerable.
These beings will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of your colon!
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Being a different "alien" color doesnt work too well for people in a social context...
Just ask someone who suffers from Argyria
I fully expect to see some jellyfish genes in animals mean for consmption with fifteen to twenty years.
I saw jellyfish on the menu at a local chinese restaurant... never dared to taste it, though.
I would pay good money for one the next time I ask my boss for two weeks of vacation and he says, "You can have two weeks off when pigs fly".
Just show him a photo of a police helicopter in flight. Then book your vacation.
Me, I'm holding out for a true phosphorescent pet. But not one of those glow-squids because they don't live very long.
The reason they dont go see the movies in theatres, and why theatre attendance in general is going down, is because when a guy goes to the movies, he usually brings his girlfriend / wife...
Now to avoid relationship trouble, guys usually let the woman pick the seat.
And we all know that women have a knack for picking the worst possible seat in a theatre (usually at the back, because she doesnt want "to be too close", and off to the side, because she took too long to get ready before leaving, therefore all the centre seats are taken when you finally arrive at the theatre).
What's the Grand Theft Auto garage cheat code again?
I would rather be in a fully loaded 18 wheeler going 100 MPH than in a Honda Prelude sitting still
Ah, redneck logic at its best...
What do you think happens when a fully loaded 18 wheeler crashes into something at 100mph?
I can tell you. The cab (with you in it) decelerates before the full load right behind it.
Unless you meant that you would rather be at the back of the trailer of the fully loaded 18 wheeler at the moment of an impact?
My bad.
If you teach *everyone* up to the highest levels of science, pretty soon, everyone will be capable of designing ways to kill off everyone.
The ultimate cold war.
Will my Google PC be compatible with my CueCat?
Between GW Bush saying "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" and Kazakhstan banning Borat's website, is this really surprising?
You don't even need a surveillance system for that...
My current place of residence is located in a pretty bad neighbourhood, due to the cheaper rent, and it used to be within walking distance of my workplace until my department was moved to another office building.
Just walking to the convenience store, I've been stopped numerous times by cops because "there was a call about a suspect that looks just like me" and they really really had to see my ID.
I've been stopped for a road check by one cop car, and soon after was surrounded by 4 cop cars, and me and my friends were made to exit the car, and produce ID.
In every case, the police had nothing, since I'm honest and so are my friends.
But the police doesnt realise their fishing expeditions are really chafing...
Obviously, the secret world government would have hired someone else to write it.
you forgot "Io Saturnalia!"
here's mine... fly up some engines and fuel to attach to the ISS, and convert it into an interplanetary ship
ok, maybe not interplanetary, but at least send it in orbit around the Moon, or to Cruithne
is that people seem to forget that the previous president was nearly impeached for lying about a blowjob in the oval office.
Where are the calls to impeach Bush over his bloody lies?
Shouldn't the aliens from Sirius be called the Nommos
And I'm pretty sure someone did panic...
but I embrace it.
I came across the web archive of an experiment done by the guy who used to run fanaticus.com, before he was shut down by the DEA.
He had read about how UV lights had modified aquarium plants, which ended up causing an ecological disaster when they escaped into the sea, via the aquaducts...
So he put blacklights on a timer in his mushroom growing cabinet, and produced an albino strain, AFTER the mycelium had colonized the substrate, but before it started pinning.
And the spores from that first generation of albino mushrooms produced albinos as well.
I would not be surprised if this is how evolution works -- after a major change, the first batch of offspring of any given species changes to adapt to the new conditions.
If we get exposed to more cosmic radiation or if the Earth's environment changes as a result of a shift in the magnetosphere, I believe we will evolved to cope with it.
We'll get those birds eventually, with the help of our wind turbines!
do viruses dream of electric bacteria?
Ah ha, but did you ever see THIS on your menu
(I took this photo at an "exotic meat" restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
actually, there are also hydrogen-producing bacteria in the gut, which account for some flammable farts
Why did they have to go at the bottom of the ocean to get some of those, when they could've just probed their own asses?
near a big bus stop area, next to a mall, where lots of homeless and/or punk kids like to congregate and piss/shit/sell drugs/panhandle, the stores play classical music on their storefront.
It didnt actually work, until some geniuses tried to break the speakers, somewhat unsuccessfully, resulting in classical music heavily distorted by feedback noise, which then really drove away pretty much everyone within hearshot.
Couldn't have been good for business.
Last time I was around the area, they fixed the speakers, and now the classical music plays normally, and the punks are back
You bring up an interesting point... could Office Space have been made, or at least, would it have been as funny, if the Superman III movie with the Richard Pryor money scam had not been made?
It's the same principle as Michael Bolton music... we have to endure his shitty music, just so Office Space can be funny.
As official Earth contactee for the benevolent Betelgeuse civilization, I have been told to warn you that the evil Andromedans are using the SETI program to keep a fresh list of potential abductees for nefarious experiments.
They also recently developped antitinfoil penetration technology, so those of you who are using this means of protection are now vulnerable.
These beings will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of your colon!
Consider yourselves warned.
from my patent on a system to put toothpaste back into the tube...