4cylndrfury wrote: reminds me of those funny interviews on late night tv (Leno and Letterman and whatnot) where they ask college grads basic questions on their graduation day like " what country is Mexico in?" or "how many dollars would you have if you had one half of a one hundred dollar bill?", and hilarity ensues...
I like the prank to go around getting women to sign petitions to "End Women's Suffrage".
poopshovel wrote: "Before we go any further, who's the vice president of the United States?" The guy who was an expert on politics 15 seconds before was stumped. "That's okay, I'll give you another shot. Who's the Speaker of the House?" Still nothin'. You know who you are.
Okay... I know VP, was correct on Speaker, know who just stepped down as Secretary of State, but didn't know until today who had replaced her. Know the past two Secretaries before her. Can name president and VP back until I was born. Feeling a bit better now.
That ended that, and we were able to go back to drinkin', jokes, cars & chicks.
Sound like a far more productive conversation.
Just FYI: I wasn't trying to assert that anyone is "stupid" for not knowing who the current secretary of state is. I know plenty of smart people who've thrown up their hands and decided they're done paying attention to politics.
Just as it pertains to political discussions, I'm not going to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. I listen to a bare minimum of 2 hours of news a day in the interest of not being a dumbberkeley who knows more about American Idol than American politics, so I'm not going to waste my breath arguing with a person who doesn't have enough interest in politics to know who the berkeleying Vice President is...not that they're missing much.
mad_machine wrote: I can name the past Sec of State.. I can even name the Former President's, I just do not know who currently holds the position
Lurch. From the Addams Family. Duh.
Come on guys why are you beating up the VP its not like he's a plagiarist or anything. Oh the SoS, I love that guy with 4 purple hearts and all.
poopshovel wrote: Just FYI: I wasn't trying to assert that anyone is "stupid" for not knowing who the current secretary of state is. I know plenty of smart people who've thrown up their hands and decided they're done paying attention to politics.
Wouldn't have accused you of it. Just using it as a litmus test of, "Am I a dumbberkeley blowhard who doesn't pay nearly as much attention to current affairs and politics as I think I do."
Beer Baron wrote:poopshovel wrote: Just FYI: I wasn't trying to assert that anyone is "stupid" for not knowing who the current secretary of state is. I know plenty of smart people who've thrown up their hands and decided they're done paying attention to politics.Wouldn't have accused you of it. Just using it as a litmus test of, "Am I a dumbberkeley blowhard who doesn't pay nearly as much attention to current affairs and politics as I think I do."
Oh, I know you didn't. Just didn't want anyone else to think that was the case. And I'm not trying to come off like some kind of berkeleying scholar. I spend a lot of time in the car. It's a good excuse to stay up on current events.
Also, I wasn't trying to turn this into a political thread, so like, quit it, shiny happy people.
What we need is a three party system. I predict a landslide win for the Idiot-cratican party in 2016.
poopshovel wrote: Also, I wasn't trying to turn this into a political thread, so like, quit it, shiny happy people.
As this thread showed from the beginning, there is no shortage of stuff we can all agree is berkeleying idiotic no matter where you fall politically...
United in frustration.
yamaha wrote: In reply to moparman76_69: Easiest answer there is Egypt.......dipE36 M3s.
Mexico kinda jumps out too...
In reply to Javelin: But mexico sucks.
Can we play a different game, which nation has the most letter a's in its name?
Javelin wrote:yamaha wrote: In reply to moparman76_69: Easiest answer there is Egypt.......dipE36 M3s.Mexico kinda jumps out too...
Greece or chile or Belgium or turkey or Jesus berkeleying Christ that one dude said Rome. Ugh
I handed an employee a password reset email yesterday. He can back and asked me if he needed to use a regular 1 or a capital 1 in the password.
Appleseed wrote:
God, the horrors of engineering mid-terms just came crashing back... there are some things I miss about college, actual college isn't one of them.
yamaha wrote: In reply to Javelin: But mexico sucks. Can we play a different game, which nation has the most letter a's in its name?
That's so easy! Alabama!
Canada? Hah! We may be a buncha rubes, but at least we don't have 57 channels of reality shows. Also- Kardashians.
Lesley wrote: Canada? Hah! We may be a buncha rubes, but at least we don't have 57 channels of reality shows. Also- Kardashians.
We have too many, and are happy to loan you a few of them. Heck you can keep them, even. We'll never notice.
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