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My mother does sewing professionally and sells some of what she makes in the clothing store she works at. She's been doing it for years, to the point that she now has to limit herself because she's got arthritis in her wrists from over-use. Before the arthritis, she also made teddy bears, but that's now pretty much out of the question due to the difficulty involved. Plus, people just don't buy them. They'd prefer some crappy one from a batch of 10,000 made in some Chinese factory than a more expensive, unique handmade one made here.
That's really cool. Not about the arthritis though! I know how that is, unfortunately, I have it in my knees.

I always did hate that type of thing though. How people prefer the stuff from other countries in large quantities and whatnot over quality made stuff! That's where a lot of jobs go anyway!
 
I don't like to believe that every place with strange noises is haunted. Simply because there are many things that can contribute to such noises in the inner workings of a house, factory, business, etc.

Though I've seen my fair share of freaky shit!

For me, it's a case of "peer-reviewed article in an academic journal or retract!" :wink:

Well, even that's not a guarantee of anything and a lot of crap gets published by desperate and/or lazy editors, but at least it means that the evidence most likely has been given some rigorous scrutiny by an outside party.
 
:yikes: I'm not a witch!
The Witch: I'm not a witch I'm not a witch!
Sir Bedevere: But you are dressed as one
The Witch: *They* dressed me up like this!
Crowd: We didn't! We didn't...
The Witch: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
Sir Bedevere: [lifts up her false nose] Well?
Peasant 1: Well, we did do the nose.
Sir Bedevere: The nose?
Peasant 1: And the hat, but she is a witch!
Crowd: Yeah! Burn her! Burn her!
Sir Bedevere: Did you dress her up like this?
Peasant 1: No!
Peasant 3, Peasant 2: No!
Peasant 3: No!
Peasant 1: No!
Peasant 3, Peasant 2: No!
Peasant 1: Yes!
Peasant 2: Yes!
Peasant 1: Yeah a bit.
Peasant 3: A bit!
Peasant 1, Peasant 2: A bit!
Peasant 2: a bit
Peasant 1: But she has got a wart!
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A witch!

Get the scales and a duck!
 
That's really cool. Not about the arthritis though! I know how that is, unfortunately, I have it in my knees.

I always did hate that type of thing though. How people prefer the stuff from other countries in large quantities and whatnot over quality made stuff! That's where a lot of jobs go anyway!

People don't seem to want quality, though. They just want to save a buck.

Personally, I'll pay more for quality, or if my budget's imposing limits, I'll know that I get what I pay for when I buy the cheaper option and won't bitch about it. What I hate, however, is overpriced stuff, such as the groceries I've just been ranting about.
 
For me, it's a case of "peer-reviewed article in an academic journal or retract!" :wink:

Well, even that's not a guarantee of anything and a lot of crap gets published by desperate and/or lazy editors, but at least it means that the evidence most likely has been given some rigorous scrutiny by an outside party.
I don't like to unless I see it for myself or unless there's a substantial amount of evidence definitively pointing to it. I don't believe the average person who tells me it or anything like that.
I do like watching Ghost Hunters though. They did an Air Force base that's in my state and boy was that creepy as hell.
 
The Witch: I'm not a witch I'm not a witch!
Sir Bedevere: But you are dressed as one
The Witch: *They* dressed me up like this!
Crowd: We didn't! We didn't...
The Witch: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
Sir Bedevere: [lifts up her false nose] Well?
Peasant 1: Well, we did do the nose.
Sir Bedevere: The nose?
Peasant 1: And the hat, but she is a witch!
Crowd: Yeah! Burn her! Burn her!
Sir Bedevere: Did you dress her up like this?
Peasant 1: No!
Peasant 3, Peasant 2: No!
Peasant 3: No!
Peasant 1: No!
Peasant 3, Peasant 2: No!
Peasant 1: Yes!
Peasant 2: Yes!
Peasant 1: Yeah a bit.
Peasant 3: A bit!
Peasant 1, Peasant 2: A bit!
Peasant 2: a bit
Peasant 1: But she has got a wart!
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A witch!

Get the scales and a duck!

:love: :laugh:
 
People don't seem to want quality, though. They just want to save a buck.

Personally, I'll pay more for quality, or if my budget's imposing limits, I'll know that I get what I pay for when I buy the cheaper option and won't bitch about it. What I hate, however, is overpriced stuff, such as the groceries I've just been ranting about.
Yeah and that's what's wrong with this world. :tsk:

Overpriced groceries, gas and all that, it all blows! Jobs being shipped overseas and stuff like that really pisses me off too. The unemployment rate is ridiculous now. And it's not for lack of people wanting to work but the lack of jobs. There's so many lay offs all the time of big plants and things like that.
 
Serena Vox 100
Axver 96
RegularBonoFan 62
Varitek 42
phillyfan26 24
The Sad Punk 23
Eazy-V 17
LemonMelon 4
KhanadaRhodes 3
bono_212 2
Zootlesque 1
major_panic 1

Way to go, Sis!
 
Been busy, eh? That thread was one of our slowest in a while, it took just a shade over 24 hours to complete!

I went to bed at TEN last night, and apparently my alarm clock only likes to work if and when it feels like it, because it allowed me to sleep until nearly 1 PM :yikes: It was set for 6 :grumpy:

Now I'm kinda rushing about because I have a Dr.s appointment in an hour
 
Yeah and that's what's wrong with this world. :tsk:

Overpriced groceries, gas and all that, it all blows! Jobs being shipped overseas and stuff like that really pisses me off too. The unemployment rate is ridiculous now. And it's not for lack of people wanting to work but the lack of jobs. There's so many lay offs all the time of big plants and things like that.

Ah, the sweet smell of enhancing profit margins to make a few already wealthy shareholders even wealthier. :down:
 
Serena Vox 100
Axver 96
RegularBonoFan 62
Varitek 42
phillyfan26 24
The Sad Punk 23
Eazy-V 17
LemonMelon 4
KhanadaRhodes 3
bono_212 2
Zootlesque 1
major_panic 1

Way to go, Sis!

Not only did she get 100, but she beat me. :ohmy:
 
I noticed how slow the last one was and it surprised the hell out of me! :ohmy:

This place will likely slow down a bit when people like Ian and I go back to university after our winter holidays. It's been noticeably quicker the last few weeks than it was for May and the first half of June, when the first semester was in its most intense period.
 
Ah, the sweet smell of enhancing profit margins to make a few already wealthy shareholders even wealthier. :down:
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Fail. :down:

I can remember when people were bitching about gas being $2 a gallon. Now it's double that and everyone country wide would have a damn heart attack and die of over excessive excitement if the gas ever hit that price again.
 
I went to bed at TEN last night, and apparently my alarm clock only likes to work if and when it feels like it, because it allowed me to sleep until nearly 1 PM :yikes: It was set for 6 :grumpy:

Now I'm kinda rushing about because I have a Dr.s appointment in an hour

... wow, 15 hours?

And you're rushing around but you're posting here? Haha, I know that story ...
 
Damn I wish I had that baseball bat smiley.
This one?
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:tongue:
 
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