34,000 lbs of bananas...

[Honor]

The bold being the reason for the "almost"?

...And here I was hoping you'd just repeat "...flip me over and fuck me hard, 'til I cry like a little girl..." so I could say "My pleasure, darling girl."

re: Bananas are the Atheist nightmare

The hilarious thing, to me, is that a) most bananas don't quite fit the lovely description he gives, and b) like most modern food plants, our bananas bear little close resemblance to the ones we originally found in nature... Having been heavily selectively bred, modified, sterilized, and asexually mass re-produced.

The perfect final line to such a pinhead might be "So, you see, like god, mankind created the banana in the image we chose it to have, to suit our own needs and purposes... Needs and purposes some see as beneficial, but are probably, in the long run, kind of bad for everyone."

...try not to run over any black dudes sporting headphones, nuns are worth more points.

it kinda strange because I was thinking about doing this as a part time carrer. how do you enjoy it?

I wouldn't think of it, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

I wouldn't dream of saying it's the right choice for everyone, of course... It takes a rather specific set of outlooks, needs, and abilities, I suppose... But if you can meet those, (and I happen to think most people could, if they wanted to) I'd say it rocks.

You can make pretty decent money, overall - anywhere from $25 or 30k a year if you don't work too hard, to upwards of $60-90k a year, plus, if you work at least a little hard, and a little smart.

Actually, I found a bit of a dearth of un-slanted and complete information on the subject when I was considering and preparing... Everything I found seemed to fall neatly into one of two categories - Recruitment ballyhoo, and sour-grapes whining. So, I kind of intend to "write the book" on the subject, although the "book", at first at least, will probably just be a website.

So, I won't go into all the various personality traits and skills I think a person needs, uninvited, but feel absolutely free to ask anything you might think of...

[Seth Marati]

1) Roughly how many bananas make up 34,000 pounds, and

2) By extension, how many Wal-Mart customers do you suppose might be finding *alternative* uses for the fruit?

...Sorry. I'll see if I can't come up with a more "serious" question another time.

(Here's another, though: Why do I always have to read topics or journal entries that mention food when I'm really freaking hungry?)

[Honor]

1) Roughly how many bananas make up 34,000 pounds, and

2) By extension, how many Wal-Mart customers do you suppose might be finding *alternative* uses for the fruit?

...Sorry. I'll see if I can't come up with a more "serious" question another time.

(Here's another, though: Why do I always have to read topics or journal entries that mention food when I'm really freaking hungry?)

1) I'd be willing to estimate it at right about 100,000 bananas.

2) Probably all of them at least think about it.

Extra credit) You don't, really... You just notice it more when you are.

[Kingofthemorlocks]

On the topic of jpnadia and ice cream stands...

I've watched her eat ice cream. It's absolutely mesmerizing. And I think, with a little practice, she'd have no problem fitting an ice cream stand in her mouth.

Just sayin'.

[Jpnadia]

On the topic of jpnadia and ice cream stands...

I've watched her eat ice cream. It's absolutely mesmerizing. And I think, with a little practice, she'd have no problem fitting an ice cream stand in her mouth.

Just sayin'.

You seemed to be quite capable of ignoring me at the time. It was quite vexing.

Honor: I was going to make a case for the inclusion of "flip me over and fuck me hard, 'til I cry like a little girl...", and then I reread your post and used my elite internet quoting skills in an attempt to make myself sound like less of an idiot-- it's this thing I do on the internet, where it's much easier to make an impression by consistently not sounding like an idiot than eating ice cream in interesting ways, which is one of many ways I make impressions in real life.

After I posted it, too, I had some clarifying points that I was considering including involving establishing a common definition of "crying like a little girl"-- what distinguishes little-girl crying from the crying of other people? And then, thinking about it more, it really would be more metaphorical, because crying has never quite happened to me, though it's certainly a possibility about which I've read.

[Kingofthemorlocks]

Well, when the guy you were dating at the time was sitting RIGHT NEXT TO US...

[Jpnadia]

Well, when the guy you were dating at the time was sitting RIGHT NEXT TO US...

So? It shouldn't have mattered. I was only playing.

... of course, I later determined that the guy I was dating at the time was... I'm not sure I can find an elegant way to describe him. Let us not speak of him again. Ever. Especially since he will not be returning to our school to bother us. (Unless I need to vent at something and he proves a convenient target, in which case let us speak of him in suitably scathing terms.)

[Kingofthemorlocks]

For all intents and purposes, he has fallen down the Old Well. And Lassie is too busy gnawing on a rawhide chew toy to notice.

Also, I didn't totally ignore you during those times. I joined you in deep-throating ice cream cones at least once or twice, remember? And joked around about how the ice cream looked like a sea cucumber after you'd dragged yoru lips and teeth over it from a few different angles.

[Jpnadia]

For all intents and purposes, he has fallen down the Old Well. And Lassie is too busy gnawing on a rawhide chew toy to notice.

Also, I didn't totally ignore you during those times. I joined you in deep-throating ice cream cones at least once or twice, remember? And joked around about how the ice cream looked like a sea cucumber after you'd dragged yoru lips and teeth over it from a few different angles.

The sea cucumber happened after I was eating it properly, though. Also, teeth are not involved in eating ice cream. Ow. Lips and tongue, thank you.

[Kingofthemorlocks]

My apologies.

Heh.

"JP, stop fellating the sea cucumber!"

[Jpnadia]

My apologies.

Heh.

"JP, stop fellating the sea cucumber!"

I was never fellating the sea cucumber. That was my point. It became the sea cucumber because I was eating the ice cream cone with the intent of consumption.

... I can't believe we're arguing about this.

[Kingofthemorlocks]

True. Enough argument then. Would you like some ice cream?

[Jpnadia]

True. Enough argument then. Would you like some ice cream?

I had some ice cream. With my Brownie of Godliness.

--but, with the offer of ice cream, you deprive me of the opportunity to post, "You know, I liked it better when Honor was talking about flipping people over and fucking them hard until they cried like little girls." Now, my loyalties are divided. Can I have both?

[Kingofthemorlocks]

That's up to Honor. Honor, can I apply ice cream to you?

[Ce6]

...
Actually, I found a bit of a dearth of un-slanted and complete information on the subject when I was considering and preparing... Everything I found seemed to fall neatly into one of two categories - Recruitment ballyhoo, and sour-grapes whining. So, I kind of intend to "write the book" on the subject, although the "book", at first at least, will probably just be a website.

So, I won't go into all the various personality traits and skills I think a person needs, uninvited, but feel absolutely free to ask anything you might think of...

While you're busy writing that book, here's another one you might want to look at:
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere: Trucking Two Continents
I've always had a bit of the wanderlust in me, and randomly stmbled across this book at my local library 6 or 7 years ago, so I picked it up and read it on a whim.
It's a first-person recounting from a journalist who rode along with truckers travelling across Europe and the US.
I found it rather interesting at the time.

[Churba]

(@ Icecream Conversation)

[Spiral Zer0]

too lazy to quote, I find the job appealing because i can listen to music and not have to deal with anyone's bullshit.

I guess if you need social interaction the radio's could come in handy but personally the idea of driving down long and open highway with a cigar in my mouth and some george thurgood playing is my ideal job.

take pictures of your endeavors.

[Honor]

...here's another one you might want to look at:
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere: Trucking Two Continents...

Added to my Amazon shopping list. Thank you

too lazy to quote, I find the job appealing because i can listen to music and not have to deal with anyone's bullshit.

I guess if you need social interaction the radio's could come in handy but personally the idea of driving down long and open highway with a cigar in my mouth and some george thurgood playing is my ideal job.

take pictures of your endeavors.

The appeal of not having a boss directly breathing over your shoulder, and of having about a three foot commute (sleeper berth to driver's seat) and being able to work in jeans and a tee or whatever, smoking, listening to tunes, etc. are certainly among some of the major things some of us love about the job

If you want to know more about it, and/or look into it, the company I'm with will train you from a dead start to being issued your own truck. And, if I refer you, I'll get a bonus, and split it with you

[Aeridus]

I just want a "no boss" job where I can make comptuer games all day and get paid for it. But I'll settle for a small gaming company or perhaps some job where I can make really cool computer generated graphics.

I'm not big on driving, as they showed us the worst possible things that could happen in explicit videos during driver's ed in high school...

[Jpnadia]

I want to run a business.