Modern Vespa

"We don't want any spicy pillows!"

Overheard without context - Suggested re-title? There was a comedy programme on the radio over here in the UK where such items were termed "Eavesdroppings"!

"An extra 4" on a man makes all the difference."

"There should be some cool owl kung-fu we can use..."

I see so many scenarios where I could use that line.

I'm sorry. Still laughing about this.
Behold ... Geldof the wizard.

"Sleep is a miracle".

Two women I work with overheard ME mention something about rivets and apparently they'd never heard the word before in their lives. Rivets. I'd blame that on the crappy CA public school system, but I myself was not given instruction in shipbuilding in NY State. So I asked my GF's daughter who is the same age and she'd never heard it either. So I text my daughter - she didn't know what rivets are either. When I get home she said her BF didnt know the word either.

Where the hell am I? Shit like this makes me feel like Eddie Albert in Green Acres.

"Sleep is just a rehearsal for death."

You think that's bad? Now go ask all those same people who Eddie Albert is. Or "Green Acres", for that matter.

Bonus round: ask them if they've ever heard of The Beatles.

Yeah, but rivets are still at it, holding things together. Those other people have been replaced.

Well, I knew YOU guys would know Green Acres. And rivets are still used for a bazillion things. I grew up in a steel town but it's not like I've ever built a suspension bridge.

Me: [shuffles off to check Levi's for rivets....]

That actually is the context in which this came up. They overheard me talking about my damn rivets. Note to self: Don't talk about your rivets at work.

"I'm going to pimp her"

Ok, metaphorically or literally? I doubt there will be buyers as I'm old and broken. Besides I don't cooperate very well.

I would think that you shoulda been consulted on this before any marketing initiatives were implemented.

Not quite the Beatles, but a friend's 12 year old grand-daughter recently burst into a conversation to tell us all about the amazing new band she just discovered. Queen! We decided it was up to her parents to break that one to her.

On the positive side, the kid has great taste in music.

Apologies for the Russian subtitles. This stuff is getting harder to find.

"he knows all the current culture stuff and I know the old people shit".

"So THAT'S why I stopped going to bookclubs!"

How do bomb manufacturers know how far back they have to stand when they test new bombs ?

I think this falls into the same category as bridge weight ratings. They drive successively heavier trucks over the bridge until it collapses, then they know what the weight limit is. After that, of course, they have to rebuild the bridge to the same spec as before.

Back when I was a bicycle mechanic, I'd heard that tire manufacturers would mount the tire to a rim, inflate it until it blew off the rim, and cut whatever pressure that was in half to use as the max inflation pressure.

Actually, I can quite believe that, as the Max Pressure stamped on the tyre rims has *absolutely nothing to do* with the pressure required when in use - despite so many people thinking that that's the pressure they should use. <sigh>

And that, kids, is how engineering works.

And then someone crashes a ship into the bridge a screws up the whole system.

Too soon!

Ok, how about then Nicholson falls on the plunger blowing up the bridge. Afterward, Clinton exclaims, "Madness! Madness!"

That's been a while. And good thing they knew haw far back to stand when testing those explosives, right kids?

"Truffle oil is the Axe Body Spray of the culinary world".

Wow... that repulsive?

Perhaps not repulsive so much as over-used.

I overheard one of my mates say at a BBQ recently

"I was being chased down the road by giant mushrooms"



I still can't process the image that leaves in my mind!

Transient #1: "It's in Balch Springs."
Transient #2: "Naw, you don't wanna go to Balch Springs! It's nasty there."

"These sweatpants are making me thirsty."

"It goes down the throat like the baby Jesus in velvet underwear."

"It's so old, it doesn't even have a back-up camera."

I asked my engineer buddy about this.
When they test, they measure the structure's actual deflection under load.
When the deflection reaches the limit to code (i.e. within regulated safety margins)
then that is the maximum load rating.
If you were to exceed the maximum load, it will most likely not fail, but it would still be overloaded and eroding into the regulated design safety margins.

Testing in progress:

"I haven't noticed you in my blood."

From a garbled conversation my phone overheard during a butt dial.

I'd just like to point out that yesterday I overheard one of those women casually describe something as "riveting". I don't know how to describe how that made me feel, but I find myself feeling that way kinda often.