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#50803
Topic
The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50803/action/topic#50803
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the burglar sued the owner of the house? Why wasn't he arrested for invading property the moment he claimed the suing?? I mean he confessed he did it, and he showed a proof of it! Sounds too much like an urban legend, it can't happen.

From my old stand up routine (sounded better in portuguese):

"I decided to sue myself one day I was bored. To defend myself, I told the judge I was clinically insane. I can't remember who won, but I know it was me. The lawyers kept everything, that is, nothing that all. Now that I think about it, I don't even think that really happened."
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#50806
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May 19th Avoid Gas Buying
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50806/action/topic#50806
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Originally posted by: Skipper
Those things never work because it's practically impossible to get enough dedicated people in this day and age.


I'm not so sure about Buy Nothing Day, as I don't usually participate on it (demonstrators who tried to stop people to shop was arrested and/or beaten, and I don't want to be arrested and/or beaten), but TV turnoff week works. Ratings go sligthly down that week. It envolves a number of schools around the world, in which the children must not watch TV for that week, and than write about how their week was, and what changed in their lifes, and those experiences are shared with students around the world. It is backed up and publicized by a number of groups. TV stations never, EVER talk about it for obvious reasons, except CNN who agrees to air a 15 second ad about TV turn off week every year; so that is why people don't know much about it. But it's always on the newspapers, on the internet, on the radio... Next year (if I'm still here) I'll tell you guys about it and invite you all to participate. Don't worry you'll still be able to watch SW, you can't watch broadcasted TV, you can watch videos on that week (altough it's better to do outdoor activities during that week).
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#50731
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May 4th be with you!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50731/action/topic#50731
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Well in order to tell the whole story you would have to know about the people envolved, but basically I was in this boring unnecessary meeting (the ratio between boring unnecessary meetings, and good necessary meetings is 25 to 1), and I was at the back silently singing Yoda's theme, and this other person asked if I liked SW and/or LOTR, I said (too loudly) that I was such a big fan of SW that I know the milenium falcon could make the kessle run in less than 12 parsecs, and then they all looked at me, kinda saying "uh could we please continue, could you stop talking about toys and stuff?".

I hate unnecessary business meetings, I start to balance on the two back legs of my chair (I fell twice), I start to whistle (cant spell that) and/or sing SW themes (Imperial march is my favorite to use at meetings), I interrupt things to ask stupid questions... Have you ever seen Fight Club? Edward Norton's character, I'm like him at the office (except I don't beat myself in front of my boss).
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#50729
Topic
May 19th Avoid Gas Buying
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50729/action/topic#50729
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He's right. If you don't put gas on your car that day, you'll eventually put gas some other day. It'll be a bizarre day for gas stations, having no client whatsoever, but then the next week they would have a little bit more clients, and it would compensate it.

Sadly, the same would happen to buy nothing day (it would cause a little bit more damage tho), BUT the TV turnoff week would work, if everyone did it.
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#50728
Topic
Al Bundy
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50728/action/topic#50728
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Uh... no. I'd rather listen to generic audience sounds. I'll transform my life into a sitcon, I'll put a recorder with canned laugh on my pocket, and it'll laugh every 15 seconds, and every 20 laughs I'll get one huge laugh with applauses. The only problem is I gotta make a joke every 15 seconds, just like people on sitcons do, even if I'm not in the mood for laughing.

Then on my sleep I'll giggle every 15 seconds, instead os snoring.
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#50624
Topic
Evil Empire...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50624/action/topic#50624
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Originally posted by: motti_soL
a little funfact:

when the germans invaded denmark in WWII, there was only ONE shot fired from a border guard. ONE shot from a rifle was the only thing that tried to stop the german advance into denmark. that man, catn remember his name, has his own place in the museum.


I did not know that. Why wasn't there more resistance?
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#50623
Topic
Man beheaded by al-qaeda and video published on internet
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/50623/action/topic#50623
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The voting system ion Brazil, which I consider to be one of the best around, if not the best:

1- Everyone older than 18 and younger than 65 MUST vote, unless they can justify why they are not voting (under arrest, hospitalized, outside the country). Those who fail to vote or to justify why they didn't vote for more than 2 times get some of their rights canceled (can't get passports, can't get mail delivered, and some other stuff). People who is 16, 17, or older than 65 can vote if they want to.

2- The voting is made in a computer-thingy, the size of a phone, with a liquid-crystal b&w screen and a big keyboard with numbers and braille on it. The political parties are searated by 2 digit-numbers. When you vote for president, governor, mayor or senator, you only need to press the 2 numbers, and the green one to confirm the vote. Congressmen are elected by pressing the party's 2 numbers, and other 2 or 3 numbers representing the congressman. The picure of the person you are voting for appears onscreen. There is a white button that represents "none of the above", and if you vote for a non-existing number, it also counts as none of the above.

3- After the election is over (it's always on a sunday from 9 to 5) the votes are transmited thru a network to our capital (on a special secure encryption), where computers recieve the vote. By the end of the day, we know who the winners are.

4- One person = one vote, and the majority of votes elects the person. That's the way it should be.