I don’t think I’d do well at a job where I couldn’t always have a coffee mug in one hand.
I just realized what they called Snow White in Snow White. Did they just call her Snow White the whole time or did she have a shorter name? Is her first name “Snow” and her last name “White”?
I’m reading Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People
.” To persuade others, you have to be respectful to everyone. Bleh. I mean, you have genuinely respect the other person’s viewpoint. Of course, this was written long before the internet existed.
Also, Dale Carnegie probably didn’t deal with my situation where I’m so smart and everyone else is so dumb.
And, frankly, I don’t think influencing others is worth the cost of being nice to idiots.
I know I should be offended when I request a hug and Buttercup shouts, “No!” and runs away, but it’s so cute.
How can you be against the government wasting money when you personally waste money by donating to the Ron Paul campaign?
If we ever end up at war with China, how will that affect the release of the next gen iPad?
Love the PCMatic ad with the woman in her “State” sweatshirt. Only way it would be better is if it said “College”.
Jimmy cracked corn and I cannot overstate my concern.
When using an oven, I’m always briefly confused that the timer is hours:minutes and not minutes:seconds.
I’m excited for the new Incredible Hulk tv series, “Smash”.
If Batman didn’t exist we’d have to invent him.
Weirdos would be a lot harder to identify if there was no such thing as pet ferrets.
Just watched the Chuck finale. Awesome end to a great series.
Could the star of Sherlock have anymore of a British name? “Benedict Cumberbatch”.
I don’t grow corn. If I cracked potatoes, then you’d need to worry.
Besides, corn comes out looking the same way it went in. Give me potatoes, or give me hypoglycemia!
Seems to me that the Hulk could have used a little Dale Carnegie, or maybe Emily Post.
“Pardon me, but if it isn’t terribly inconvenient, may Hulk smash?”
Possibly the Thing, too.
“I suggest, if you are amenable, that it may be the proper time for clobberin’.”
Snow White got her name from the fact that her skin was as white as snow. Much the way Little Black Sambo got his name because he was black and Red Riding Hood got her name because she was a commie.
I’m more a a “let me win your hearts and minds or I’ll shoot you and burn down your huts” kinda winning friends and influencing people kinda guy…..guess Im “old school.”
Didn’t Dale Carnegie understand how hard it is to fake sincerity?
And, frankly, I don’t think influencing others is worth the cost of being nice to idiots.
I don’t mind being nice to idiots. I do have a difficult time being nice to idiots who think that they’re smart. I believe that the proper term for such people is managers (or perhaps it’s HR representatives or marketing “professionals”).
I think the word you’re looking for is “democrats”.
Of course, if Carnegie had written his opus a few decades later, I’m sure he’d have included a chapter or two on the potential diplomatic benefits of doing something like nuking the moon.
“If Batman didn’t exist we’d have to invent him.”
Batman could not be invented today.
1 – He’s a millionaire. Everyone knows that millionaires can’t be heroes. They’re now villains. Only a welfare recipient could be a superhero.
2 – He’s white, and has a sidekick who’s also white. Today his sidekick would have to be black or hispanic…the only way he could be white would be if he was in a wheelchair.
3 – Since a sidekick is pretty much an assistant, a white superhero couldn’t have a minority sidekick. It would be considered racist. So the superhero would have to be the black guy and the assistant would be white. The white guy would also have to be an idiot, and the black superhero would be a wisecracking intelligent guy.
4 – Batgirl? Not unless she’s a lesbian.
5 – The Batmobile would have to be far more green. So, Batman would be driving a battery-powered car, and how could he catch super-villains at a top speed of 40mph?
6 – Violence? Nope. Batman would have to sit down with The Riddler or The Penguin and resolve each situation with “conflict resolution,” which we all know doesn’t work.
7 – There’s no cool “Bam” or “Bap” or other sounds eminated when someone interjects a statement of negotiation…unless you’re really that geeky that you visualize such a thing.
8 – Masks. Many businesses no longer allow people to enter their premises while wearing masks. This would severely limit which crimes Batman could tackle. “I’d love to allow you to come in and look for clues, but I’m going to have to ask you to first remove your mask, it’s company policy.” Clearly a problem…
9 – The Bat Cave? Built without permits in the middle of pristine wilderness? I don’t think so. And, clearly there are some forms of animals (ironically, perhaps a type of bat?) that would be affected by the presence of the cave. And, that’s an environmental game ender.
10 – In Hollywood, the crooks who want to take over the world are not villains, they’re heroes. So, who would Batman fight, successful company CEO’s?
Or the Occupy
BowelMovement.In the German version of the tale, the two words would have been combined, giving her the single name Schneeweiß. German versions of the tale “Snow White and Rose Red” have Snow-White’s name as Schneeweißchen, which roughly translates as Little Snow-White (the ending -chen is a diminutive used in the way we would use -ette or -let or -ling to show small size, youth, or – as was often the case with the German “-chen” – affection). Southern Germans are particularly prone to adding -chen to words. I remember one sports page photo caption, describing a soccer player’s header for a goal, as a shot made off of his “Köpfchen,” or “headlet.” This player was a hulking monster with an enormous head; the description was meant affectionately.
Actually, this would work with the white guy as the “hero” and the minority as sidekick, so long as it were made abundantly clear that the white guy is a bumbling @ss and the wisecracking minority is the true brains of the outfit, forced into apparent second-banana status by social inequity, but in reality running the show and saving the white “hero’s” worthless butt in every escapade.
DamnCat:
Sambo was Indian. From India.
DamnCat did not say that Sambo wasn’t Indian, only that he was black, which, according to the story’s title, he was. I think that you are falling into the common lib error of equating “black” with “African.”
Anybody else old enough to remember the “Sambo’s” pancake restaurants? I always felt sad about the tigers turning into butter (illustrated on the menu).
Crabby:
Heck, I’m African-American, in the sense my ancestors came from Africa. But, I’m not black; that is, I’m not Negroid, but Caucasoid.
@Crabby – yes, it is very sad what that little villian did to those nice tigers. On the other hand – yummy butter!
I completely missed the whole final season of Chuck because I didn’t know it was on. Used to be that TV shows started in September right after school started, took a hiatus at Christmas so we could watch Christmas shows, then ran until April or May. Then you knew you could just wait til September to watch the conclusion of the season ending cliff hanger. Now it seems like they decide when to start shows by throwing darts at a big date board.
I have season one of Sherlock and keep meaning to watch it, then just never get around to it. I guess I should.
Or hologram power bracelets, which have the advantage of identifying the really stupid ones.
The best way to win friends and influence people is through the strategic use of beer.
“If we ever end up at war with China, how will that affect the release of the next gen iPad?”
Nun ting tu by fo yu.
It’s pretty simple – the Ron Paul campaign doesn’t send people with guns to arrest me if I don’t donate. At least, as far as I know. Maybe Wesley Snipes would know.
I believe if you wanted Sherlock’s name to be more British, you need only put “Sir” in front of it.
Right Admiral Sir Benedict Cumberbatch, Mrs.