The Praise/Plaudits Thread

[zacheatscrackers]

This egg sandwich tastes like god.

Unfffff.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

God bless waffle house for being open at the bizarre times of day/night that I'm awake.

(also they make some of the fluffiest omelets ever. Seriously)

 

[zacheatscrackers]

Dude I LOVE Waffle House, haven't been there in forever. Same with Ihop.

 

[Levi]

I'm thankful for those elevator rides/waits in lines/waits at bus-stops etc where you actually talk to each other.

90% of the time it's either:

Don't talk - Find single point to stare at - Stare

or

Whip out yah phone!

I live on the 27th floor of a highrise right in "historic" downtown. So everyday leaving for work, and coming back, I encounter easily 15-20 in the elevator alone. Beyond that, another 10ish in the lobby. Hundreds on the walk to work, and at work [shared building]. In the year and a half I've been here, I've maybe had 100 meaningful conversations. Oddly enough, a good 20+ of those were with homeless people and/or buskers. They're always the quickest to talk, and usually have interesting stuff to talk about.

Elevator, Lobby, line at the bank... anywhere. But most people just aren't talkers. But whenever I do manage to have a good conversation with someone, I'm usually in a goood mood all day. It's a shame how few strangers are willing to just talk.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

Elevator, Lobby, line at the bank... anywhere. But most people just aren't talkers. But whenever I do manage to have a good conversation with someone, I'm usually in a goood mood all day. It's a shame how few strangers are willing to just talk.

Dude, in the southeast, you can strike up a conversation with almost anyone. I've had people from other areas of the country visit me and be weirded out because people would just TALK to you.

 

[punram]

Dude, in the southeast, you can strike up a conversation with almost anyone. I've had people from other areas of the country visit me and be weirded out because people would just TALK to you.

It's pretty much the same here in Newcastle (England, I mean). I've lived here my whole life and everyone I've met has been reasonably friendly to me, even though we're complete strangers. The first time I went to London I was pretty saddened to see how seperated everyone is - hell, no-one even held a door open for anyone else. It's weird to see such a huge difference between the two communities, considering they're both pretty big cities.

 

[RyanA]

I don't think it's wierd if random people start talking to you, but I'm not a particular talkative person IRL and like to keep to myself, even among friends and family >w<

Anyway, what's Waffle House?

 

[Touchfuzzy]

Anyway, what's Waffle House?

24 hour diner chain in the US that serves primarily breakfast foods. (They serve like, burgers and stuff like that too, but most people go there for breakfast stuff)

The main advantage is that:

A. the food is pretty good.

B. its really cheap, like barely above fast food (I can actually eat there cheaper than fast food if I try)

C. It never closes barring like, natural disasters. You could even eat there at 3am on Christmas day. (I had a friend who worked at one. He pointed out the doors at the Waffle House he worked didn't even have locks on them because it wasn't needed. They had a chain and padlock in case they had to close for emergency reasons)

 

[tpasmall]

Dude, in the southeast, you can strike up a conversation with almost anyone. I've had people from other areas of the country visit me and be weirded out because people would just TALK to you.

Yeah, the move from New York to Virginia was like moving to a different country. I remember the first time I went to 7-11 here, the clerk talked to me for like 10 minutes, I was horrified. I was scared to go outside because I was afraid people were going to talk to me. In New York people wouldn't acknowledge you for any reason. It was nice.

 

[RyanA]

d(>w<)b

Oh that sounds cool :3 When I get over to America I'll have to check it out!

 

[Emmych]

Talking to people

What is that

HERE IN THE FRIGID NORTH WE ONLY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER IF WE NEED BARTER FOR MOOSE OIL, BEAVER PELTS, MAPLE SYRUP OR CANNABIS, OR IF WE DESIRE A (FE)MALE COMPANION.

VAMOOSE, YA MOOSE.

 

[TDS]

I'm going to say "Vamoose, ya moose" to everyone I meet from now on.

 

[NO!]

This reminds me of a song me and my fiance came up with for our little one about a Little Spanish Moose with a Big Caboose that eats people alive.

...

Neither of us knew many nursery or baby songs, so we made up our own nonsense songs. -_-

 

[zacheatscrackers]

This song is <3

 

[Emmych]

This reminds me of a song me and my fiance came up with for our little one about a Little Spanish Moose with a Big Caboose that eats people alive.

...

Neither of us knew many nursery or baby songs, so we made up our own nonsense songs. -_-

your kid is gonna seriously need a therapist one day, if you're singing to them about meese with badonkadonks that feast on the flesh of humans

I MEAN JEEZE THE WORST MY PARENTS DID WAS MAKE JOKES ABOUT MY OLDER BROTHER EUSTACE THAT THEY KILLED AND BUTCHERED AND NOW COOK FOR FAMILY DINNERS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO HIS CHORES

*sobs quietly*

 

[NO!]

But so many nursery rhymes and "baby songs" are just... wrong. Take "Rock-a-bye-baby", for example. That song is about a baby sleeping in a cradle on a tree, which falls down in the wind. I know the origins of this song could be traced to the native americans who used to place their baba's to sleep in tree branches which would be rocked gently in the wind, but "When the bow breaks, the cradle will fall. And down will come baby, cradle and all." That sounds like something from my worst nightmare right now.

"Ring a ring o' rosies" is all about The Great Plague of London. People used to carry loads of scented flowers and herbs in their pouches (or pockets, as implied in the song), because they believed the plague was transmitted through foul odours.

"Humpty Dumpty" was the name of a huge cannon that was used when the English Royalist fortified St. Mary's Church in Colchester. No doubt used to kill many Parliamentarians, but was later destroyed by a Parliamentary cannon shot and "All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again." According to my sources, they did attempt to mount the cannon on another wall, but failed.

At least the songs me and my fiance came up with are morbid in a sense that just doesn't make sense.

And on a very much lighter note, I would very much like to praise my little man for attending his very first day at nursery yesterday and being such a good man.