I mean, what's wrong with admitting that you are not an expert at everything? Or even admitting that you are not an expert at most things?
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
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tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:08:12 pm PDT #26897 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:09:58 pm PDT #26898 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I mean, what's wrong with admitting that you are not an expert at everything?
That's a good point, we can't all be John Hodgman.
-t - Jul 01, 2009 12:10:33 pm PDT #26899 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hodgman. No e.
msbelle - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:10 pm PDT #26900 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If I haven't killed or maimed someone before the day ends, I will be shocked.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:15 pm PDT #26901 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Hodgman. No e.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:12:50 pm PDT #26902 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you dissing book knowledge, and instead basing your assertion on life experience?
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2009 12:13:15 pm PDT #26903 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The funniest part of all of this (and by funny, I mean bash your head against a wall) is that part of his rhetoric is "I have no problem saying "I don't know". You can't know everything, and if you do, you need to get a life. That's why there's books."
Just accidentally hit a link bashing NJ and New Jersey lovers. Have even half the people who hate on the Garden State ever been here?
Toddson - Jul 01, 2009 12:14:02 pm PDT #26904 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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Polter-Cow - Jul 01, 2009 12:14:58 pm PDT #26905 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And if you counter with information from a respected book or college education, he'll simply shake his head and dis book-knowledge. He's got the life experience, yo.
Like Kanye!
-t - Jul 01, 2009 12:16:15 pm PDT #26906 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I sometimes spout totally redundant and unnecessary information for no reason. I'm surprised you have noticed that before now.
t /innocent whistling