What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

[F. J.]

Terrible names . . .

The worst I have heard of is a case told here by a former school teacher. At the beginning of the year you can imagine what kind of confusion you can expect. Well she found one that was beyond the pale. The name was pronounced ****eed but written with "head" at the end instead of "eed." :doh:
Someone clearly legally incompetent to name a child. :doh:

I came across a lady to-day who has the unfortunate name of "S***eria.":twitch:
I am guessing at the spelling, but it was pronounced as to rhyme with cafeteria.

Where do these names come from? shakeshead

 

[jamespowers]

I came across a lady to-day who has the unfortunate name of "S***eria.":twitch:
I am guessing at the spelling, but it was pronounced as to rhyme with cafeteria.

Where do these names come from? shakeshead

People legally incompetent to name children.

 

[GHT]

A disproportionate number of these drivers seem to be the same type of "aggressive driving" jackasses who think it's the height of fun to scream 70 mph down a narrow two-lane country road posted at 40. My inner schadenfreudian always smiles when I see one of them getting their just desserts.

My wife's reputation as a witch, she is so perseptive that her colleagues think she's part of some covern or other, was only enhanced when she, and a colleague, were attending a red call, that means lights, sirens and everything to get there yesterday, (she's a paramedic, albeit a recently retired one,) a moron in some super Audi, with all the whistles and bells, overtook them, at 85mph, in a similar country lane, to that which you described. My wife said aloud: "A hex on you. You selfish ba***rd." The ambulance came around a sharp bend, and low and behold, Audi driver in the ditch with a flat tyre.

Like I said, my wife's witch reputation went through the stratosphere.

 

[jamespowers]

My wife's reputation as a witch, she is so perseptive that her colleagues think she's part of some covern or other, was only enhanced when she, and a colleague, were attending a red call, that means lights, sirens and everything to get there yesterday, (she's a paramedic, albeit a recently retired one,) a moron in some super Audi, with all the whistles and bells, overtook them, at 85mph, in a similar country lane, to that which you described. My wife said aloud: "A hex on you. You selfish ba***rd." The ambulance came around a sharp bend, and low and behold, Audi driver in the ditch with a flat tyre.

Like I said, my wife's witch reputation went through the stratosphere.

Does she rent out hexes on neighbors? How much?

 

[GHT]

Does she rent out hexes on neighbors? How much?

You have a problem with your neighbours? How about a couple of hundred just to get them to sit on a lilypad going: "Ribbit?"

 

[jamespowers]

You have a problem with your neighbours? How about a couple of hundred just to get them to sit on a lilypad going: "Ribbit?"

How about if you turn them into real frogs?

 

[GHT]

How about if you turn them into real frogs?

Pardonne, je ne parle pas Francais Frog!

 

[jamespowers]

Pardonne, je ne parle pas Francais!

I think one of them might be one of those already.

 

[Harp]

European cars of the seventies! Don't go there. I remember an American journalist, who had driven nothing but Jaguars throughout the sixties, mournfully stating that if you want to drive a Jaguar, buy two, because one will always be in the workshop.

My wife's reputation as a witch, she is so perseptive that her colleagues think she's part of some covern or other...

Like I said, my wife's witch reputation went through the stratosphere.

Stick to Jaguar's '94 XJS series, a fantastic breed of cat. :eusa_clap
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Your wife is a witch, great! Ask her if she can dispel spells, hexes, and assorted jinks, like the one cast on the Chicago Cubs.:eeek:

 

[Retro Spectator]

Neon neckties. Since when can you wear an acid green tie and have it match with anything?

 

[Zombie_61]

Neon neckties. Since when can you wear an acid green tie and have it match with anything?

When you're wearing an acid green suit?

 

[Gregg Axley]

When you're wearing an acid green suit?

And standing by the side of an interstate, warning the drivers of an accident.
Or on a runway directing the aircraft.

 

[Stormy]

Selfies

 

[Zombie_61]

Selfies

In many cases selfies are only a symptom--the larger "disease" being the narcissistic need by some people for near-constant attention. Sometimes it seems everyone is looking for that 15 minutes of fame that Andy Warhol "promised" them in 1968, and they're using electronic technology (digital cameras, in this case) and the Internet as tools to achieve that goal.

Now, I'm not unaware that some people might consider the members of forums like The Lounge to be no different--we here are expressing ourselves and posting our thoughts (and often photos) online where anyone in the world with a computer can see them, much like the social media websites like Twitter and Facebook--but because these forums generally have a specific focus (and a smaller and more like-minded membership base) I tend to liken them to a house party where the guests have similar tastes, and the threads and posts within are conversations among the partygoers.

 

[Papperskatt]

Not really modern, but I will celebrate the day that it gets obsolete: television! I never watch TV, and haven't even owned one in 4 years.

Alcohol is another thing that I think should get obsolete. And cigarettes. And all drugs...

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

I tend to agree. I haven't watched much television since the awful programming of the 70s. Cigarettes and mind altering drugs can go too. But I DO enjoy a cold beer, a glass of red wine, and even a nice brandy now and then. Alcohol, like it or not will always be around I think.

Not really modern, but I will celebrate the day that it gets obsolete: television! I never watch TV, and haven't even owned one in 4 years.

Alcohol is another thing that I think should get obsolete. And cigarettes. And all drugs...

 

[F. J.]

That's one thing that won't go away . . .

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Alcohol is another thing that I think should get obsolete.
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Alcohol, like it or not will always be around I think.
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Alcohol is just one of those things that always has and always will be around. Just *try* to get rid of it. The thirteen years the United States spent under Prohibition didn't turn out so well as I recall.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Except for the overall rate of alcohol consumption and deaths from cirrhosis dropping substantially. They didn't return to pre-Prohibition rates until the 1970s.

 

[jamespowers]

Except for the overall rate of alcohol consumption and deaths from cirrhosis dropping substantially. They didn't return to pre-Prohibition rates until the 1970s.

 

[Stearmen]

Alpha Males, and comfortable in his skin. Since you have little choice on your skin, you'd better be comfortable in it!