Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
You guys are going too fast for me to keep up.
Animal house has John Belushi in it?
I thought it had John Boehner.
<looks out the window>
Yes, we have weather today.
We have weather too!
82 and raining....
Heaven.....I’m in Heaven....
I’m impressed.
When it rains here it’s usually too fast for me to count the droplets. Or did you just estimate 82.
Or maybe it doesn’t rain in water droplets where you are? Maybe it rains cats and dogs?
It started as droplets, then gushed. I guessed 82. It is 84.
Mr. Bill is home, and it was so NICE to start it the second time without that sickening raw gas!
I did go to Walmart, and now I understand without a doubt why I go so early in the morning: I had my blinker on, waiting for a car to pass so I could park in a handicap spot, and the car that was coming from the opposite direction whipped in there. He had to park at an angle because I was too close for him to miss me, otherwise.
That same couple seemed to be ahead of me wherever I went, and wouldn’t move out of the way for anyone. As I was heading for the checkout, another couple came from my left and pulled in front of me to the next empty check stand to the right.
GAH!!! I HATE WALMARTIANS!!!
The GOOD thing was, one of my neighbors gave me a ride to get the truck.
98 and 25%. I was going to walk, but I was thankful for the ride as the humidity was up. I believe it’s from the rain that SJB is getting!
So, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Everything else is just a child's game, even if played by older people and made to be more rough or more difficult.
It kind of got away from me as well
I might create one that says, “I tried to park like an idiot, but she was too smart for me.”
we need a few of those were I live as well
;)
A little publicized factoid says that shortly after John Belushi offed himself (or was offed by Catherine Smith) with too big a speedball in 1982 some shadowy figures of apparent Haitian heritage were seen mumbling and muttering around his inanimate corpse. All seemed normal after that and he was buried seemingly in normal fashion in a grave in Abel's Hill Cemetery in Martha's Vineyard.
A few years later a strange soulless creature with a name containing the same initials, indeed carrying the identical first name, started a political career in Ohio. This State Rep John B. went on to run for the US House and was elected to that body in 1990. In true zombie-like fashion US Rep John B. managed to rise to the top position by feasting on the brains of other more qualified companions. When he attained the position of Speaker, he was bought by a _resident of dubious genealogy and his offer of an unlimited supply of brains made available due to their non-use by their democrat owners.
Thus in many respects the comparison of the US House of Reps and a John Belushi movie is more truthful than many know.
As an aside, did you know that zombies don't tan? When they want to assume the appearance of being tanned they resort to that chemical tanning process. Unfortunately the end result is not the tanned look a normal person would attain. The final appearance is more orange than bronze...
If you think his is a far-fetched tale, please note that the grave with the headstone inscribed with the name 'John Belushi' in that cemetery in Martha's Vineyard.. is empty.
yes!!
BTW: You may have heard about our infamous Alternate Side Parking. When parking on the street we need to move our cars 4 times a week so Sanitation can sweep. If we leave the car on the offending side during the offending hours (all posted, of course) we pay a $65 fine.
There is a story about someone in an Cadillac finally finding her space and waiting patiently for the holder of said space to pull out. Just as the holder cleared and the Cadillac driver was putting her car in park one of those little Mini Coopers backed into the spot and took it from her.
She leapt out of the Cadillac and ran over the Mini and asked the driver what he was doing, and couldn’t he see she was clearly waiting for the spot, and etc.?
He smiled a smarmy smile at her as he got out of his Mini and said, “That’s what you can do when you’re small and fast.”
So she got back in her car, slammed it into drive, and smashed the little Mini half in.
The stunned Mini driver was no longer smiling any kind of smile, smarmy or otherwise. He was livid as he screamed at her what did she think she was doing and etc.?
She smiled at him as she put her car in reverse, “That’s what you can do when you’re big and rich.” And she drove off.
So we have zombies in Congress? tell me something I don’t know.
Oh, goodness! Just like that other John B.'s head. The coincidences just keep piling up, don't they?
That's not the surprising part. The surprising part is how the lobbyists keep them fed without getting eaten.
Yes..
I don’t have the background story on any of the other zombies in congress, but I thought you’d like to know the real story of the current speaker..
Some may call the story just a mere coincidence, but now you know the facts.
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