What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?

[dapaterson]

Seeing a meeting notice, requesting a decision to not make decisions.

 

[MJP]

Seeing a meeting notice, requesting a decision to not make decisions.

For the govt I would say that is for par, not dumb.  :nod:

 

[cupper]

Maybe we need to start an "Insensitive Boors" thread.

Dead man's family gets water bill break

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - This small Ontario city's council will excuse most of a dead man's water bill after his family complained to the media they were being treated without a lot of sympathy by the city.

Allister MacPherson died suddenly on Sept. 28 and the bathroom tap in his home ran for three weeks before family members discovered his body.

The steady flow resulted in a whopping water bill totalling $586.44 - including $14.30 as a late payment charge.

More at link

In the end, the bill was reduced to $162.85 but some councillors were still opposed. 

Kind of reminds me of when my Dad passed away.  He had just renewed his subscription for the daily newspaper.  When we were home for the funeral, I went to the newspaper's office to cancel the delivery and get a partial refund.  When the clerk asked why the subscription was being cancelled, I responded, "The person who was receiving it passed away."  You could have heard a pin drop, but she served me quickly and offered condolences.

Also, have to like the comment in the article by one of the councillors; "If there isn't a precedent, this may set it and open the floodgates."

Makes you wonder if he intended the pun or not?    ;D

I don't know which is sadder, the city sending the bill, or that it took 3 weeks for the family to discover he had died.

 

[GnyHwy]

Latest news about Italian cruise ship on Global.  The Captain of the ship testified to a judge that he tripped and fell into lifeboat and was not abandoning ship. :

 

[PMedMoe]

I don't know which is sadder, the city sending the bill, or that it took 3 weeks for the family to discover he had died.

Yeah, I noticed that too. 

Latest news about Italian cruise ship on Global.  The Captain of the ship testified to a judge that he tripped and fell into lifeboat and was not abandoning ship. :

I read in a news article that he was "coordinating" the search from the shore.  :

 

[GnyHwy]

I read in a news article that he was "coordinating" the search from the shore.  :

Well that makes sense then.  He adapted and overcame.  After tripping into lifeboat and landing safely ashore, he skillfully reoriented and provided the necessary leadership and guidance from a far.

 

[vonGarvin]

Latest news about Italian cruise ship on Global.  The Captain of the ship testified to a judge that he tripped and fell into lifeboat and was not abandoning ship. :

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh.  Seriously! 

I don't know which is sadder, the city sending the bill, or that it took 3 weeks for the family to discover he had died.

Very good point.  I hadn't thought of that.  I could not think of any worse verdict on your life: to be gone, fully out of contact with everyone you know for three weeks, and not be noticed as missing for that entire time.

 

[PMedMoe]

Listening to a commercial for a restaurant on the radio this morning:

"The smell of eggs cracking......."

Eggs have a smell when you crack them?

Also, a sign in the window of a restaurant in Angus:

"Full coarse meals served"

I wonder how rough they are?  ;D

 

[Rheostatic]

Eggs have a smell when you crack them?

If you wait long enough.

 

[PMedMoe]

If you wait long enough.

:-X

 

[Rogo]

Starting to realize that the dumbest thing I hear is the daily new thread titled  "Am I a good ROTP candidate"?  :threat:

 

[jparkin]

Starting to realize that the dumbest thing I hear is the daily new thread titled  "Am I a good ROTP candidate"?  :threat:

:nod:

 

[Foxhound]

"What's the cost to ship a CE738A#BGJ?"  (I know what it is, but where do you want it to go?)

My reply: "Eleventy-two dollars plus a nickel."

 

[David1997]

All this stuff put together.

 

[Journeyman]

All this stuff put together.

Oh, right -- but you're not one of those 'brilliant' ROTP candidate posters...... 




[I try to ignore the Recruiting threads; but you're fair game, posting out here with the grown-ups  :nod: ]

 

[RememberanceDay]

Oh, right -- but you're not one of those 'brilliant' ROTP candidate posters...... 




[I try to ignore the Recruiting threads; but you're fair game, posting out here with the grown-ups  :nod: ]

Sorry, shoulda warned him... Shoulda coulda woulda.

 

[BDTyre]

"What's the cost to ship a CE738A#BGJ?"  (I know what it is, but where do you want it to go?)

My reply: "Eleventy-two dollars plus a nickel."

Not a bad shipping rate on that.

 

[medicineman]

Sorry, shoulda warned him... Shoulda coulda woulda...why bother?

There, fixed that for you.

MM

 

[RememberanceDay]

There, fixed that for you.

MM

Sorry, it's just that we're friends.

 

[medicineman]

Even more reason not to bother then...have fun at their expense  ;D

MM