A Black Hole of Happiness

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
They get distracted by corn and scared off course by men in overalls.

TM

Sounds a little like Hank.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Exactly. That is a 33.33% increase (or a 25% decrease - depending on which is the "normal" commute time). Either way, the difference when expressed as a percentage-of-total-commute is just staggering.

Sometimes it takes me 12 minutes to get to work. Sometimes it takes me 35.

So kiss it, bitches.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Exactly. That is a 33.33% increase (or a 25% decrease - depending on which is the "normal" commute time). Either way, the difference when expressed as a percentage-of-total-commute is just staggering.

Math is hard.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Do you mean to suggest that people's commuting times are not directly proportional to the distance from their house to their place of work as the crow flies? That's absolutely incredible.

Wouldn't it be funny if crows did not actually fly in straight lines, but instead tended to zig and zag all over the place? Or, even better, if crows tended to follow man-made roads when going from point A to point B? That would really turn that old expression on its head!

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm sorry, but I've stood by while you guys rip TCoTU a new one again and again. I can take that. It's part of being a big time New Yorker, who is automatically more important than anyone who lives outside this wonderful city. But I will not stand idly by while you lump that silly bitch in with the rest of us. We all voted and she is not a New Yorker. It was unanimous. We gave her back to Boston since even New Jersey refused to take her on.

TM

OMG! Boston and NYC are pretty much equivalent to me! What a coincidence!!!!! SF is the west coast version.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Sometimes it takes me 12 minutes to get to work. Sometimes it takes me 35.

So kiss it, bitches.

If I'm walking fast, it takes me 10 minutes to get to work. Other times I take it easy and sometimes stop off for vitaminwater or something. Then it takes about 15-20.

I think I win!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
If I'm walking fast, it takes me 10 minutes to get to work. Other times I take it easy and sometimes stop off for vitaminwater or something. Then it takes about 15-20.

I think I win!

Doubtful.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
OMG! Boston and NYC are pretty much equivalent to me! What a coincidence!!!!! SF is the west coast version.

That's like saying, "Israel, Palestine, same difference."

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
If I'm walking fast, it takes me 10 minutes to get to work. Other times I take it easy and sometimes stop off for vitaminwater or something. Then it takes about 15-20.

I think I win!

You may win, but not on a percent-of-total-commute basis. Fringey has your skinny ass kicked on that front.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
That's like saying, "Israel, Palestine, same difference."

Hot, desert-y, and fighting all the time. Same difference from the perspective of actually being there. I'm not talking about the geopolitical importance, just the degree to which I don't like places.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Doubtful.

I quite like it here. I like my neighborhood homeless person -- apparently he is starting a website(!), I don't drink coffee so I don't encounter moody Starbucks people, and I tend to forget about mean people pretty fast, so I am a winner in my own mind. That's what's important. Sounds to me like you are a winner in your own mind too, fringey.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
They get distracted by corn and scared off course by men in overalls.

TM

Only in New York, kids, only in New York.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You may win, but not on a percent-of-total-commute basis. Fringey has your skinny ass kicked on that front.

Ah, I was not taking that into account. My hat is off to fringey.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I quite like it here. I like my neighborhood homeless person -- apparently he is starting a website(!), I don't drink coffee so I don't encounter moody Starbucks people, and I tend to forget about mean people pretty fast, so I am a winner in my own mind. That's what's important. Sounds to me like you are a winner in your own mind too, fringey.

I miss the homeless guy from Starbucks -- when CCA moved, his take went WAY down and he seems to have relocated. My Starbucks people are the opposite of moody; generally they seem happy to see me and I get free drinks and stuff sometimes.

I rarely forget about mean people, though.

I think ppnyc is a winner in her own mind, too. In a sense. The winningest victim.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Ah, I was not taking that into account. My hat is off to fringey.

I sure hope hat is a euphemism here.