tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6133658692797746761..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Have you ever said anything monumentally stupid in public?Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79301991733058323532016-09-27T10:02:57.645+10:002016-09-27T10:02:57.645+10:00Mandy
Pacific? hehe
The Darwin Awards salute the...Mandy<br /><br />Pacific? hehe<br /><br />The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honouring those who accidentally remove themselves from it. Perhaps we can start a Darwin Award for those who ever said anything monumentally stupid in public.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4499124305056748162016-09-26T21:20:11.105+10:002016-09-26T21:20:11.105+10:00I think the silver medalist takes the cake actuall...I think the silver medalist takes the cake actually. That one is awful! The worst I heard was in the early days of Livejournal c.2001: "Don't you hate it when you ask somebody to be Pacific and they don't know what you're talking about?"Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51104639477652228962016-09-05T20:51:40.223+10:002016-09-05T20:51:40.223+10:00PBScott
Without using the dreaded word "deme...PBScott<br /><br />Without using the dreaded word "dementia", I do think think that otherwise intelligent people start to forget bits and pieces as part of the normal ageing process. <br /><br />But it can be so humiliating :( I was giving a lecture on The Bauhaus, a Weimar institution I know very well, and totally forgot the name of the architect-founder. At least I am aware enough to ask the students in question form, rather than making a dill of myself.Helshttp://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7633356886082572652016-09-05T20:32:44.422+10:002016-09-05T20:32:44.422+10:00bazza,
I don't mind people making mistakes i...bazza, <br /><br />I don't mind people making mistakes in the first place; it can easily happen. But repeating the mistake over and over, when everyone is telling him he is speaking b.s., that is very irritating. <br /><br />I got into an argument about Red Cross which I KNOW was started in Geneva in the 1860s. Some dipstick decided he was going to fight the issue, saying Red Cross was invented in the Americas during the first world war. I wouldn't have minded had he said "expanded", but I was not impressed with the word "invented". <br />Helshttp://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84430852616717578092016-09-05T19:02:38.409+10:002016-09-05T19:02:38.409+10:00Geeze there are some pretty silly things said from...Geeze there are some pretty silly things said from time to time by people. I have a friend who is most of the time very intelligent that thinks and says things every now and then are so dumb, he seems he is joking, but upon further questioning he is not...I guess some parts of his mind must be all mushy and not working so well.PBScotthttp://supershirtguy.com/Blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-570489688641740582016-09-04T02:05:16.216+10:002016-09-04T02:05:16.216+10:00You wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry at s...You wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry at some of these comments. When I first went to the US many years ago, I was amazed at their apparent ignorance. "You're from England? Where is that - in France?". Honestly!<br />However, I did come to realise that they live in such a large country and often information from the 'outside' world just doesn't get through. It's a myth that they have a very low percentage of passport holders but they don't travel out of country as much as other nations.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80552344471696166612016-09-03T23:11:30.196+10:002016-09-03T23:11:30.196+10:00Parnassus
you got it right - it is 1] their insis...Parnassus<br /><br />you got it right - it is 1] their insistence upon correctness combined with 2] the underlying attitude that nothing is important that is not part of their little world. <br /><br />There was a debate on-line about the best eateries, based on the findings published by "The World's Best Restaurants". Whether we agree with the findings or not, 6 of the top 30 were in Spain. One woman said the Spanish judges must have cheated because everyone knows their food is rubbish. And no, she had never been to Spain in her life!<br /> http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners#t1-10<br /><br />You have to laugh... sighHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70822393874422985792016-09-03T22:54:42.536+10:002016-09-03T22:54:42.536+10:00High school teacher
If you said "Christopher...High school teacher<br /><br />If you said "Christopher Columbus never even sailed as far north as Florida" on any of his trips, and the student still wanted to look it up, I would encourage his further reading. If the student went into a typical teenage hissy fit about moronic teachers, I would be tempted to set him an extra essay to read over night. <br /><br />No one minds differences of opinions or errors; but they better be offered up with politeness.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54660661468912361632016-09-03T22:46:23.034+10:002016-09-03T22:46:23.034+10:00Andrew
many people make spelling, grammatical or ...Andrew<br /><br />many people make spelling, grammatical or factual mistakes on line, either because they are typing too fast and don't have time to check, or because we are raising a new generation of poor writers. But even then, people understand hurried typos.<br /><br />What I don't understand, and forgive less readily, are incorrect statements that come out of stubborn ignorance. <br />eg1 "When David Cameron was no longer PM of the UK, I was very upset. We lost a great leader". Compare this to <br />eg2 "When David Cameron got voted out of the PM's position, it was an illegal bloodless coup that ended democracy in the UK".Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59910379568459241332016-09-03T17:42:15.334+10:002016-09-03T17:42:15.334+10:00Hello Hels, What makes these comments so appallin...Hello Hels, What makes these comments so appalling is not simply that the originator is misinformed. Rather it is their insistence upon correctness combined with the underlying attitude that nothing is important that is not part of their little world. <br /><br />We all have lots of holes in our educations--nothing embarrassing there; the key is to take advantage of learning opportunities when new information comes our way. <br /><br />Be that as it may, thanks for the laugh!<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78899422290838108692016-09-03T10:47:58.126+10:002016-09-03T10:47:58.126+10:00The reason most early Americans lived in or near N...The reason most early Americans lived in or near New York was because Christopher Columbus discovered the area and explored it thoroughly (high school student).<br /><br />No! Christopher Columbus never even sailed as far north as Florida. The furthest north he got was Cuba and the Bahamas.<br /><br />High school teacherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-19386558909699678572016-09-03T06:17:16.528+10:002016-09-03T06:17:16.528+10:00I can see where number 8 is coming from but could ...I can see where number 8 is coming from but could she tell the difference between 60F and 64F?<br /><br />What is the saying? People may think you are a fool but why confirm it by opening your mouth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com