'Scales Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Went to a seminar at a local club today, ducked into the gents before it started... Neat row of urinals along the wall... "Out of Order" Really??? Thanks for that. wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 hmmm... yes chalk up one for Captain Obvious! Was the sign there before, or after the plumbers removed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 In our works toilet (no I’m not taking a camera in there!), there is a stupid notice pinned to the wall reading: DO NOT THROW CHEWING GUM INTO THE URINALS. USE THE BIN Trouble is that the bin is a large wire basket. It’s never going to fit in the urinals. Idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Went to a seminar at a local club today, ducked into the gents before it started... Neat row of urinals along the wall... "Out of Order" Really??? Thanks for that. wtf Was the "Out of Order" one eaten away by the same green gunge thats in the other one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 M-E: "Use the bin", "not going to fit" - I laughed :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 All kidding aside, my answer to the original question is YES. Most humans are getting dumber. Cultural shifts toward political-correctness (at the expense of strength and the truth), kinder-gentler education systems that both re-write history on the fly and compromise accountability and the truth, corporate-owned news media that have lost all connections to integrity and the truth, television programming aimed at the lowest common denominator, celebrating vapid stupidity and ignoring the truth, and an obsession with personal digital devices, constant connection to social media, steadily creating a society of texting, stumbling, drooling morons who don't even know the difference between falsehood and the truth. In my observation anyway. PS - Please don't view this as a political statement. I personally don't care for politics, and am an independent free-thinker and truth teller. I calls 'em as I sees 'em. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 And yet another non-political viewpoint. If you reside in the US of A, you might have noticed a few telltale indications of extreme stupidity and the immediate results thereof just lately. Or maybe you haven't. Either way, I have to believe that even the most ignorant among us are capable of learning by experience - at least I hope so😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I am willing to bet that some idiot peed on the wall which forced them to put up the sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 If you have never watched a movie called "Idiocracy", you should. When I first watched it I thought it was silly and a little overdone. Then I realized it's really not that far off... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I am willing to bet that some idiot peed on the wall which forced them to put up the sign I'm sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Big Bill: and I would pee on the wall IF I saw that sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I can say with some measure of confidence that the sign and associated tape (that you see in the photo) was originally hung above an older urinal with a conventional chrome pull-flush-handle. The old urinal was malfunctioning in some fashion, and the sign was taped above it and to it. "Please don't pee in this one, it's broken," was the implied message. Workman came in, eventually, and removed the offending urinal. They didn't, however, remove the sign. That is all. Not much more to say. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Your sense of humour sends a postcard Sparky! ...unless your were being ironic...in which case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 If you have never watched a movie called "Idiocracy", you should. When I first watched it I thought it was silly and a little overdone. Then I realized it's really not that far off... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy Oh, I love that movie - and it's not far off. I've been teaching for 27 years, so I have some first hand experience here. The families with the most education are having the fewest children and vice-versa. It's becoming very much a have and have-not situation. Many of my lower socioeconomic status students are essentially raising themselves. This does not usually work out well. The Idiocracy cometh. What's interesting though is that nationally our students are testing at higher levels than ever before. SAT and ACT scores have soared over the last two decades. Programs like "No Child Left Behind" are viewed successes because of these scores. What we are losing though is the proverbial "common sense" - problem solving, logic, critical thinking, etc. I find my students can memorize and regurgitate but they can't "think" a problem through from start to finish or follow an idea to logical conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I'm betting they put the sign up there for the Blind Ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I can say with some measure of confidence that the sign and associated tape (that you see in the photo) was originally hung above an older urinal with a conventional chrome pull-flush-handle. The old urinal was malfunctioning in some fashion, and the sign was taped above it and to it. "Please don't pee in this one, it's broken," was the implied message. Workman came in, eventually, and removed the offending urinal. They didn't, however, remove the sign. That is all. Not much more to say. :mellow: This was my first thought. Many things that may look stupid actually have a perfectly good explanation. One time I was hiking with a girl I was dating, there was a vine hanging from a couple of trees, right in the middle, she asked how can a vine have climbed I such way, I said, probably there was a tree there long ago. The vine had moved on to the other trees and remained in place after the original tree was long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 one thing that we all have in common is that we think we are the better driver on the road or that we are are smarter than others. Apparently the new way of ruining your brain is smartphones. The old way was TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 If you have never watched a movie called "Idiocracy", you should. When I first watched it I thought it was silly and a little overdone. Then I realized it's really not that far off... ...Oh, I love that movie - and it's not far off... I'd never even heard of it before today (which is hardly surprising if you read, via wiki, how shabbily the makers were treated by Fox) but I read the Wiki entry and watched the clips and it's now definitely on my 'To See' list! Thanks for the head's up, guys! P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 This thread made me think of this. I've seen it 100 times and it cracks me up every time: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 "I'll take The Penis Mightier for 500 Trebeck..." rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 I remember back when I was buying a house and the blurb for one included a rundown of its good points... "..., seperate dining room and toilet,...." 'Classy idea!', thought I. (and before the left-brain guys explain in fine detail what they meant, like the toilet sign etc, I know, I know...it's just whimsy, not whodunit - trouble with the internet is that ya can't tell I'm not a total f'ken idiot ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 If you have never watched a movie called "Idiocracy", you should. When I first watched it I thought it was silly and a little overdone. Then I realized it's really not that far off... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy "Not that far off"?! It's a fcking documentary! Mike Judge showed the future of the U.S.A. in that film and we're living it now. Ugh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 my fav gag from that movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 my fav gag from that movie Yeah, that's a good one. I'm only surprised they didn't add some misspellings, just for good measure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 "Not that far off"?! It's a fcking documentary! Mike Judge showed the future of the U.S.A. in that film and we're living it now. Ugh.. Wouldn't that be more of a prophecy than a documentary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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