The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

[Jerekson]

Sorry Jerekson but you lost it right there.lol

I figured as much. Being sick at home at 12:00 with nothing to do will drive you to things you'd previously thought unlikely...

Seriously though, talk about some dumb people...

 

[Down2BDapper]

Yesterday I was visiting an enormous vintage & antique centre, and I had a woman come up to me and this ensued:

Woman: "You have no right to wear that hat."
LB: "Excuse me, madam?"
Woman: "That hat is for a responsible older person. You young people, you think you can have it all. You are rude, obnoxious, you are lazy, you have no work ethic and expect everything to be handed to you on a platter. It is your generations fault we are having this financial crisis."
LB: "As you say, Madam."
LB exits scene, stage right.

Was this the lady?

 

[LEUII]

I haven't been around in long while. But, I had a comment on my hat today that I had to share. I'm wearing my Silverbelly OR with a fedora bash today. I had fellow ask me if it came with batteries and then walk away.

I'm not that up on pop culture. Am I missing something (other that batteries)?

 

[John in Covina]

I haven't been around in long while. But, I had a comment on my hat today that I had to share. I'm wearing my Silverbelly OR with a fedora bash today. I had fellow ask me if it came with batteries and then walk away. I'm not that up on pop culture. Am I missing something (other that batteries)?

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Are you sure he was talking about your hat?

If so, then it is one of those weird sound bit driven mind connections made because he was compelled to say something but the synapsis mis-fired.[huh]

 

[carldelo]

I haven't been around in long while. But, I had a comment on my hat today that I had to share. I'm wearing my Silverbelly OR with a fedora bash today. I had fellow ask me if it came with batteries and then walk away.

I'm not that up on pop culture. Am I missing something (other that batteries)?

Well, it was after my time, but I'll wager this was a numbskull reference to Inspector Gadget. I've had a few of those remarks in my time - I'd rather be called Indy, truth be told.

 

[jamespowers]

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Are you sure he was talking about your hat?

If so, then it is one of those weird sound bit driven mind connections made because he was compelled to say something but the synapsis mis-fired.[huh]

He had a form of tourettes syndrome (idiocy tourettes) where he can't keep stupid ideas in his head---they have to come out and make him look stupid. (no offense to actual tourettes sufferers)

 

[Big Man]

He had a form of tourettes syndrome (idiocy tourettes) where he can't keep stupid ideas in his head---they have to come out and make him look stupid. (no offense to actual tourettes sufferers)

Around here we would say that he had "diarrhea of the mouth and a constipated mind".

 

[indycop]

Around here we would say that he had "diarrhea of the mouth and a constipated mind".

And we call it "Signal 27".

 

[jamespowers]

And we call it "Signal 27".

We say a 5150 here.

 

[jamespowers]

Around here we would say that he had "diarrhea of the mouth and a constipated mind".

Most definitely a constipated mind.

 

[KatintheHat]

If it were me, I'd ask, "Batteries for what?"

And I'd probably push the point right back up his other end. fftopic:

 

[Mr. Paladin]

And we call it "Signal 27".

lol So do we!!! lol

 

[indycop]

lol So do we!!! lol

:eusa_clap lol lol lol

 

[ScionPI2005]

Yesterday I was visiting an enormous vintage & antique centre, and I had a woman come up to me and this ensued:

Woman: "You have no right to wear that hat."
LB: "Excuse me, madam?"
Woman: "That hat is for a responsible older person. You young people, you think you can have it all. You are rude, obnoxious, you are lazy, you have no work ethic and expect everything to be handed to you on a platter. It is your generations fault we are having this financial crisis."
LB: "As you say, Madam."
LB exits scene, stage right.

Then I walked away. To my knowledge I had done nothing to provoke this, I was hardly being loud or obnoxious, speaking only in a low voice with my mother regarding antiques. I have to say I took offense, many of my friends are working 50 hours weeks IN ADDITION to a full time batchelor degree at university, which clocks in at another 50 hours with study time (what the guides recommend). I am lucky enough not to be, but I would hardly classify the generation as lazy. And all this because I wore a fedora?

Wow! My jaw dropped when I read that. I'm really curious as to why that woman feels the way she does and how your wearing of a fedora played into it. Still, you did the right thing walking away; you did our generation proud!

 

[Splitcoil]

220

We say a 5150 here.

We say 220 around here. Used to cost departments $2.20 for an officer to check someone into the mental ward, so mentals ended up being called 220s. I doubt it's on the books as official code, but any LE in the area knows what it means.

 

[Slim Portly]

The comments ran the gamut today.

(I should say, I wore a brown suit with a striped taupe waistcoat, brown-on-brown saddle shoes, an orange shirt, vintage wrap-around cufflinks, an orange silk pocket square, a brown and orange floral tie with a pearl pin, a small orange/brown flower bud in my lapel buttonhole, grey dress gloves, my pocket watch with a vintage brass chain, and a brown derby.)

I escorted a lady to the cinema, and while she held the seats I returned to the refreshment stand to retrieve napkins that I had neglected to grab when purchasing popcorn and drinks. As I was walking back to the theater a middle-aged couple was passing me in the opposite direction. The man, who was wearing faded denim jeans and a pair of sneakers, said, "Aren't you a bit over-dressed?" I replied, "The woman I'm with appreciates the effort." Then I touched the brim of my hat while just barely nodding towards his female companion. "Ma'am," I said, with a polite smile. I hope he took the hint.

After the movie we strolled through a shopping district. We entered a women's fashion store, and the sales lady took one look at me and said, "Woo hoo!" I smiled and stood to one side of the counter while my companion browsed the racks. A very attractive lady approached the counter, and seeing me, did a double take. "Wow," she said. The sales lady said, "I just said that!"

I went outside to wait on a bench and enjoy the air, and while I was waiting the female shopper left the store. She saw me sitting there and she said, "You look really great." I replied, "That's kind of you to say." Before she walked away, she added, "I wish more men would do that."

 

[Big Man]

We say 220 around here. Used to cost departments $2.20 for an officer to check someone into the mental ward, so mentals ended up being called 220s. I doubt it's on the books as official code, but any LE in the area knows what it means.

If you want to talk mental hospital lingo, then it's "B-Y-C" (Barn Yard Crazy).

 

[indycop]

If you want to talk mental hospital lingo, then it's "B-Y-C" (Barn Yard Crazy).

Probably better to be BYC than DRT! (Dead Right There)!

 

[Big Man]

Probably better to be BYC than DRT! (Dead Right There)!

Or "FUBAR"

 

[indycop]

Or "FUBAR"

I work with some of those!