Things that make you think - Aircraft of World War II

joy17782 · 07-11-2008, 07:47 PM

i pulled up too the atm today and i notice they have brale, blind people alphabet, on the keys, i thought what the hell is a blind person driveing up too a drive thru atm and is there more of this crazy stuff out there? if so let me know , or lets get a thread started about what makes us say . huh ????

Njaco · 07-11-2008, 07:48 PM

I think the late great George Carlin had a few of these. Like why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open for 24 hours?

joy17782 · 07-11-2008, 07:54 PM

yeap he sure did !!!!! and you know that guy was great!!!! all and this one why on elevators do they say max lift 1500 pounds! like i know everyones weight, you can always guess and then if a really big person gets on do you get the hell off fast

RabidAlien · 07-12-2008, 09:43 AM

I always loved the wheelchair-accessable bathroom stalls on the second floor of a building with no elevators. Now, that's gotta be classified as "cruel and unusual", forcing a wheelchair-bound person to negotiate a flight (or two) of stairs to use the potty!

evangilder · 07-12-2008, 10:07 AM

I read something yesterday about applications for an air traffic controller being available in braille!

Quote:

An airport advertised for an air traffic controller with good vision, but said applicants could use a Braille form to apply.

The website for St Mary's Airport, on the Isles of Scilly, says controllers need to be able to observe changing weather conditions as their work "is not over-dependant upon very costly and sophisticated electronic equipment".

But the advert for a fourth controller for the airport said applicants could ask for an application pack in larger text, Braille or an audio format.

A spokesman for the Council of the Isles of Scilly, which runs the airport, said the alternative formats were offered on all job adverts.

The Royal National Institute for the Blind praised the council for "good practice".

I am all for giving people with handicaps, or challenges, opportunities for jobs. BUT when it is a job like ATC, we have to think it through.

Aussie1001 · 07-12-2008, 10:09 AM

Yeah that does seem a bit over the top.

RabidAlien · 07-12-2008, 11:19 PM

I ain't bookin a flight to a place where the ATC is blind. No offense, but....common sense is still legal, isn't it?

Another one I love (pointed out by a friend who had a bottle): on a bottle of children's aspirin, "Do Not Operate Heavy Machinery After Taking". ....and we have a problem with three-year-olds running the skycrane?

pbfoot · 07-12-2008, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by evangilder

I read something yesterday about applications for an air traffic controller being available in braille!

I am all for giving people with handicaps, or challenges, opportunities for jobs. BUT when it is a job like ATC, we have to think it through.

Sounds like the qualifications they were looking for when I got out of the CAF Which was a Bilingual black indian female transvestite missing one limb

Velius · 07-13-2008, 09:58 PM

heh heh.

RabidAlien · 07-14-2008, 09:05 AM

Velius, stores are notorious for doing that. I love the "4 for $1" signs on cans of soup and stuff, and look at the normal price and its like $.25. I swear I found a supermarket that had that "sale", and the regular price was $.20. Yet people are too dumb to do the math.

Wayne Little · 07-14-2008, 09:21 AM

well if your too dense to figure it out.....

Njaco · 07-15-2008, 06:40 AM

how about the old classic.....

Why is it we drive on the Parkway and park in the driveway?

RabidAlien · 07-15-2008, 09:26 AM

Why is it still called a "building" once its been built?

evangilder · 07-15-2008, 10:39 AM

Why isn't phonetic spelled like it sounds?

Velius · 07-15-2008, 04:32 PM

Why is lemon sweetener made with artificial flavors and dishwashing fluid is made with real lemons?

07-11-2008, 07:47 PM	#1
joy17782 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: logan ohio Posts: 279	Things that make you think i pulled up too the atm today and i notice they have brale, blind people alphabet, on the keys, i thought what the hell is a blind person driveing up too a drive thru atm and is there more of this crazy stuff out there? if so let me know , or lets get a thread started about what makes us say . huh ????

07-11-2008, 07:48 PM	#2
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	I think the late great George Carlin had a few of these. Like why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open for 24 hours? __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

07-12-2008, 09:43 AM	#4
RabidAlien Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas Posts: 2,825	I always loved the wheelchair-accessable bathroom stalls on the second floor of a building with no elevators. Now, that's gotta be classified as "cruel and unusual", forcing a wheelchair-bound person to negotiate a flight (or two) of stairs to use the potty! __________________ Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.

07-12-2008, 10:09 AM	#6
Aussie1001 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Queensland- Australia Posts: 891	Yeah that does seem a bit over the top. __________________ 98% Of teens surround their minds with rap. If you're part of the 2% that stayed with rock, put this on your signature I am also one of the 2% who does not own a myspace account.... DEFY THE SYSTEM

07-12-2008, 11:19 PM	#7
RabidAlien Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas Posts: 2,825	I ain't bookin a flight to a place where the ATC is blind. No offense, but....common sense is still legal, isn't it? Another one I love (pointed out by a friend who had a bottle): on a bottle of children's aspirin, "Do Not Operate Heavy Machinery After Taking". ....and we have a problem with three-year-olds running the skycrane? __________________ Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.

07-11-2008, 07:54 PM	#3
joy17782 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: logan ohio Posts: 279	yeap he sure did !!!!! and you know that guy was great!!!! all and this one why on elevators do they say max lift 1500 pounds! like i know everyones weight, you can always guess and then if a really big person gets on do you get the hell off fast

07-14-2008, 09:05 AM	#10
RabidAlien Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas Posts: 2,825	Velius, stores are notorious for doing that. I love the "4 for $1" signs on cans of soup and stuff, and look at the normal price and its like $.25. I swear I found a supermarket that had that "sale", and the regular price was $.20. Yet people are too dumb to do the math. __________________ Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.

07-14-2008, 09:21 AM	#11
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,511	well if your too dense to figure it out..... __________________

07-15-2008, 06:40 AM	#12
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	how about the old classic..... Why is it we drive on the Parkway and park in the driveway? __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

07-15-2008, 09:26 AM	#13
RabidAlien Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas Posts: 2,825	Why is it still called a "building" once its been built? __________________ Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.

07-15-2008, 10:39 AM	#14
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Why isn't phonetic spelled like it sounds? __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

07-15-2008, 04:32 PM	#15
Velius Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Texas Posts: 250	Why is lemon sweetener made with artificial flavors and dishwashing fluid is made with real lemons?

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