The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Wu Wei]

Dems & Pubs united....let the world beware the flowering of war without protest.

would they be republicrats or demolicans or something else

 

[Revoltingest]

would they be republicrats or demolicans or something else

Landru

 

[Wu Wei]

Landru

I was thinking Vaal, but Landru would work

 

[Stevicus]

I was thinking Vaal, but Landru would work

These are the guys who programmed Landru to begin with:

 

[Shadow Wolf]

nope, don't like turkey

Captain Kirk says you need a deep fried turkey.

 

[sun rise]

They're looking at 95% of votes with a platform of.....
- Higher taxes
- Lower taxes
- Ending the war
- Starting new wars

Higher taxes for the other people
Lower taxes for me
Ending foreign wars
Starting civil wars.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Yogurt and fruit again for breakfast.

I had a choice, but I felt like eating the same thing.

 

[sun rise]

I'm about to continue my busy Sunday with more volunteer work.

 

[JustGeorge]

I gotta get my pop out of the van.

I bet its warm by now...

 

[Stevicus]

I gotta get my pop out of the van.

We call it "soda" in our neck of the woods.

 

[JustGeorge]

We call it "soda" in our neck of the woods.

I know someone who calls it 'soda pop', thus appeasing both sides.

 

[JustGeorge]

We call it "soda" in our neck of the woods.

My husband was completely flabbergasted by the switch from 'pop' to 'soda'. He would go to grocery stores and find the drink isle, so he could see 'pop' written on a sign.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'm drinking water

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I'm drinking water

We saw:

 

[sun rise]

I know someone who calls it 'soda pop', thus appeasing both sides.

If you just call it "pop", some my think you are referring to your father.

 

[ChristineM]

In the uk its "fizzy drink" "fizzy pop" "pop" or "mineral",

 

[Stevicus]

My husband was completely flabbergasted by the switch from 'pop' to 'soda'. He would go to grocery stores and find the drink isle, so he could see 'pop' written on a sign.

I know some people who refer to any carbonated beverage as "Coke." I was at work and there was an extra can of Diet 7-Up someone offered me and said "Here's a Coke if you want one."

 

[JustGeorge]

If you just call it "pop", some my think you are referring to your father.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to their dad as 'Pop', other than in children's books.

I've heard 'Pops' used, but it was meant to be offensive, and wasn't directed at their father but rather a man they wanted to feel was old and in the way.

 

[JustGeorge]

I know some people who refer to any carbonated beverage as "Coke." I was at work and there was an extra can of Diet 7-Up someone offered me and said "Here's a Coke if you want one."

A relative of my husband thought that when they were asked "You guys want pops?" that they were being offered cereal. He rejected it, thinking it was a very random request.

 

[Stevicus]

A relative of my husband thought that when they were asked "You guys want pops?" that they were being offered cereal. He rejected it, thinking it was a very random request.

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I remember when they used to call them Sugar Corn Pops.

I've spent enough time in the Midwest to become acquainted with the usage of "pop," although they still refer to coffee as "coffee," and that's the main thing.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to their dad as 'Pop', other than in children's books.

I've heard 'Pops' used, but it was meant to be offensive, and wasn't directed at their father but rather a man they wanted to feel was old and in the way.