Comments on: Weekends: The August Myth Call! http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/ Creative Mung from Eric A. Burns Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CrazyDave http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-598 CrazyDave Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:39:14 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-598 Where do memes go when they die? Why have people stopped wearing watches and started dragging mobiles out of their pocket to check the time? How loud do some people listen to music on public transport?! Why do you get worse hangover's if you mix the grape and the barley? More so if you mix foreign and domestic. Why Paris Hilton? Where do memes go when they die?
Why have people stopped wearing watches and started dragging mobiles out of their pocket to check the time?
How loud do some people listen to music on public transport?!
Why do you get worse hangover’s if you mix the grape and the barley? More so if you mix foreign and domestic.
Why Paris Hilton?

]]> By: el_zoof http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-549 el_zoof Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:24:08 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-549 Why is it that whenever we find ourselves trying to use an empty biro from that little cup full of pens beside the telephone, we never throw it out, but jam it back in the cup until the next time we try to use it? Why is it that whenever we find ourselves trying to use an empty biro from that little cup full of pens beside the telephone, we never throw it out, but jam it back in the cup until the next time we try to use it?

]]> By: Streon http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-488 Streon Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:35:02 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-488 I'm still loving the Mythology section, Eric. Kudos! That said, why do we set speed limits that no one obeys? (Honestly, even the cars in the slow lane are going above the speed limit 99.9% of the time.) I’m still loving the Mythology section, Eric. Kudos!

That said, why do we set speed limits that no one obeys? (Honestly, even the cars in the slow lane are going above the speed limit 99.9% of the time.)

]]> By: goblinpaladin http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-446 goblinpaladin Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:38:03 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-446 What *really* causes hangovers? It can't be just drinking, because plenty of people drink them and don't get them, or throw up the alcohol and do. It can't just be dehydration because even folk who drink lots of water get them. Follow up questions include Why don't some people get them? Why do some people get them <i>without drinking</i>? and Why do all academics, ever, in any field or discipline drink like fish? What *really* causes hangovers? It can’t be just drinking, because plenty of people drink them and don’t get them, or throw up the alcohol and do. It can’t just be dehydration because even folk who drink lots of water get them.

Follow up questions include Why don’t some people get them? Why do some people get them without drinking? and Why do all academics, ever, in any field or discipline drink like fish?

]]> By: Sokol http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-441 Sokol Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:59:31 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-441 Why do people who do not have jobs constantly complain about their lack of a job, and then when they finally get a job, complain about the job? I'll be the first to admit, I am one of those people... Why do people who do not have jobs constantly complain about their lack of a job, and then when they finally get a job, complain about the job? I’ll be the first to admit, I am one of those people…

]]> By: Brian http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-431 Brian Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:30:12 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-431 Why are grammar nitpickers so common on big-name blog comment areas as opposed to forums and chat rooms? Blog comments being, on the whole, the place that could use them the least? Also, in quantum particle experiments where an electron's possible paths are reduced to two, what's the proper etiquette when it inevitably bumps into itself? Clearly it's an embarrassing faux pas, but how does it keep from degenerating into an endless series of simultaneous "I'm sorry"s and "No, after you"s and "Jinx!"s? Why are grammar nitpickers so common on big-name blog comment areas as opposed to forums and chat rooms? Blog comments being, on the whole, the place that could use them the least?

Also, in quantum particle experiments where an electron’s possible paths are reduced to two, what’s the proper etiquette when it inevitably bumps into itself? Clearly it’s an embarrassing faux pas, but how does it keep from degenerating into an endless series of simultaneous “I’m sorry”s and “No, after you”s and “Jinx!”s?

]]> By: Matt Buchwald http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-422 Matt Buchwald Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:28:06 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-422 There should be a comma after "Mr. Weavers comment." There should be a comma after “Mr. Weavers comment.”

]]> By: Matt Buchwald http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-421 Matt Buchwald Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:27:29 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-421 MasonK: Thanks. I should probably clarify though, given Mr. Weaver's comment that downtown isn't so bad on the whole. It really is mostly a grid, though there are a few streets that run at odd angles here and there. But once you go a bit further out from downtown, some places just get <em>weird</em>. And the major highway routes can do unexpected things, and none of those are on a grid, which is the main source of, "I can see it, but I can't get there" in my experience. MasonK: Thanks.

I should probably clarify though, given Mr. Weaver’s comment that downtown isn’t so bad on the whole. It really is mostly a grid, though there are a few streets that run at odd angles here and there. But once you go a bit further out from downtown, some places just get weird. And the major highway routes can do unexpected things, and none of those are on a grid, which is the main source of, “I can see it, but I can’t get there” in my experience.

]]> By: Moe Lane http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-420 Moe Lane Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:58:09 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-420 Dude, 90% of <i>everything</i> sucks. Sounds fishy, sure, but it's like a law, and everything. Dude, 90% of everything sucks. Sounds fishy, sure, but it’s like a law, and everything.

]]> By: Joel Wilcox http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-419 Joel Wilcox Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:34:24 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/05/weekends-the-august-myth-call/#comment-419 Why do 99.9% of webcomics suck? Why do 99.9% of webcomics suck?

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