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scaught · Sep 22, 2002, 08:01 PM

what gives?

i dont think im the ******* of the neighborhood or anything. i dont recall flipping adults off when i was 17sh.

is this the type of event that seperates adults from kids? do i have a future of shaking my rake at kids when they drive by hollering "you damned kids!!"?

L'enfanTerrible · Sep 22, 2002, 08:06 PM

They must be MacNN loungers..

That was too easy

Gene Jockey · Sep 22, 2002, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by scaught:
what gives?

i dont think im the ******* of the neighborhood or anything. i dont recall flipping adults off when i was 17sh.

is this the type of event that seperates adults from kids? do i have a future of shaking my rake at kids when they drive by hollering "you damned kids!!"?

When you start yelling "Get a haircut", you'll have crossed the line.

--J

scaught · Sep 22, 2002, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by Gene Jockey:

When you start yelling "Get a haircut", you'll have crossed the line.

--J

oh hell. i yell that now.

maybe its already too late!

L'enfanTerrible · Sep 22, 2002, 08:31 PM

In all seriousness tho, kids flip the bird to everyone no matter how old you are. It's cool, just like smoking. I'm going to go listen to my Eminem record.

Developer · Sep 22, 2002, 08:46 PM

What is "flipping"?

Adam Betts · Sep 22, 2002, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by scaught:
what gives?

i dont think im the ******* of the neighborhood or anything. i dont recall flipping adults off when i was 17sh.

What do you mean by them flipping you? Is it like hitting your head or something? Sorry if I don't know what that word mean.

voodoo · Sep 22, 2002, 08:54 PM

Giving scaught the Eagle!

Phanguye · Sep 22, 2002, 08:55 PM

yea i think it would be flicking

scaught · Sep 22, 2002, 08:58 PM

eh. flipping/flicking/etc all refers to "flipping one the bird"/extending the middle finger in a F__k off salutation type manner.

ringo · Sep 22, 2002, 08:59 PM

Flipping someone off...

Here in Jersey, it's just a friendly way to tell another driver how much you admire their skill behind the wheel

Phanguye · 09:16 PM

Developer · Sep 22, 2002, 09:12 PM

OK, thanks. I guess I now know what it means.

Adam Betts · Sep 22, 2002, 09:26 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
OK, thanks. I guess I now know what it means.

Heh me too. I thought I was the only one who didn't know what it mean.

derien · Sep 22, 2002, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by Phanguye:

GET A HAIRCUT!

<shakes rake>

fulmer · Sep 22, 2002, 10:46 PM

heheh. I was driving down the road once when a pickup truck drove by. I looked over, and some punk-ass teenager was mooning me from out of the pickup's bed!

developer, don't ask for a pic of that...

Phanguye · Sep 22, 2002, 11:03 PM

GET A HAIRCUT!

<shakes rake>

damn straight

Footy · Sep 22, 2002, 11:04 PM

I'm sorry but I laughed my A$$ off at the subject line.

Kids are stupid and mean that in the most endearing way.

Funny stuff!

xi_hyperon · Sep 22, 2002, 11:27 PM

hrmph. I was on my way to lunch the other day and a guy and his girlfriend (I assume) passed me on the left, both flipping me off as they went by. I spent the lunch hour wondering what it was they think I did. <shrug>

Zimphire · Sep 23, 2002, 01:13 AM

Eh, kids today are just more disrespectful. Each generation it gets worse. Most liitle punks have that "**** you, now give me some money" attitude.

L'enfanTerrible · Sep 23, 2002, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Most liitle punks have that "**** you, now give me some money" attitude.

Not this guy..

He does it for the satisfaction.

finboy · Sep 23, 2002, 01:24 AM

Those meddling kids!

Yeah, man, when you shake the rake and tell them to turn the music down, you have officially become:

[symphonic crash]

Old Dude

Miniryu · Sep 23, 2002, 01:46 AM

Hey me and some of my friends were driving around town today when we saw some old guy mowing his lawn so we flipped him off! It was hella cool!!

file · Sep 23, 2002, 02:07 AM

Originally posted by scaught:

is this the type of event that seperates adults from kids? do i have a future of shaking my rake at kids when they drive by hollering "you damned kids!!"?

were you mowing your lawn in a manner in which to incite the ire from the teenagers?

agressive mowing is a problem here in my country and it's growing to be even more so overseas.

Tigerabbit · Sep 23, 2002, 03:47 AM

Originally posted by derien:

GET A HAIRCUT!

<shakes rake>

Originally posted by George Thorogood and the Destroyers:
Get a haircut and get a real job.
Clean your act up and don't be a slob.
Get it together like your big brother Bob.
Why don't you, get a haircut and get a real job?

Mastrap · Sep 23, 2002, 03:52 AM

Lerkfish · Sep 23, 2002, 09:16 AM

Ach! that's nothing. I'm 43, and a couple of years ago had to strongly clamp down on the urge to scream at teenage boys in the mall to pull their d@mn pants up. (when the style was to have the pants swimming around their knees with their boxers exposed).

Although, I have also had the urge to tell skinheaded teenagers to "GROW MORE HAIR", so that's kind of the reverse problem.

There was one time when a neighborhood "tough" kid took to hanging around driving his bike through our yard, vandalizing some bushes and such, and I happened to be outside raking while that happened and told him to get out of my yard. The blue streak that followed would have made a longshorman blush, and the kid was 8 or 9. Turned out later a neighbor told me "oh yeah, THAT kid, he's already been to juve for setting fire to 4 or 5 garages in the neighborhood. Soon after that our car got broken into, we replaced the back window, and then it was broken into again. We moved, for a variety of reasons, but that was the last straw.

Sometimes the old dude with the rakes have a good sense of you wascally whippersnappers!

Montanan · Sep 23, 2002, 09:24 AM

Well, I'm pushing middle age, as well, and as I get older I'm becoming more and more convinced that it's absolutely vital to one's mental well-being to deliberately act like a teenager every once in a while.

So don those low-rise baggy shorts, put on a Korn CD, roll down the windows, and speed through town flipping off anonynous people holding rakes. Assuming you don't get arrested, you'll feel a lot better!

Lerkfish · Sep 23, 2002, 09:27 AM

Originally posted by Montanan:
Well, I'm pushing middle age, as well, and as I get older I'm becoming more and more convinced that it's absolutely vital to one's mental well-being to deliberately act like a teenager every once in a while.

So don those low-rise baggy shorts, put on a Korn CD, roll down the windows, and speed through town flipping off anonynous people holding rakes. Assuming you don't get arrested, you'll feel a lot better!

well.....ok.....but do I HAVE to listen to Korn? I mean, wouldn't Celine Dion be much more obnoxious as it blasts out of my subwoofers?

scaught · Sep 23, 2002, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by Lerkfish:

well.....ok.....but do I HAVE to listen to Korn? I mean, wouldn't Celine Dion be much more obnoxious as it blasts out of my subwoofers?

i remember some comedian on TV talking about driving around town blasting "learn spanish" tapes. hehehe

Montanan · Sep 23, 2002, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by Lerkfish:

well.....ok.....but do I HAVE to listen to Korn? I mean, wouldn't Celine Dion be much more obnoxious as it blasts out of my subwoofers?

Hehehe ... I like it. But if that's your tactic, might I suggest a nice Barry Manilow or Neil Diamond CD for your listening pleasure?

denim · Sep 23, 2002, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
There was one time when a neighborhood "tough" kid took to hanging around driving his bike through our yard, vandalizing some bushes and such, and I happened to be outside raking while that happened and told him to get out of my yard. The blue streak that followed would have made a longshorman blush, and the kid was 8 or 9. Turned out later a neighbor told me "oh yeah, THAT kid, he's already been to juve for setting fire to 4 or 5 garages in the neighborhood. Soon after that our car got broken into, we replaced the back window, and then it was broken into again.

Sounds like a kid who could use a good beating, for his own good. Explain it to him in terms he'd understand. He'll probably spend most of his life in jail, after all otherwise. The world spanks MUCH harder than any parent.

denim · Sep 23, 2002, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by Montanan:
But if that's your tactic, might I suggest a nice Barry Manilow or Neil Diamond CD for your listening pleasure?

Oh man, there are limits! Maybe John Denver.

Tota · Sep 23, 2002, 10:17 AM

<Mrs. Borg Voice>

Turn it down!
Turn it down!
I have children sleeping here!
Don't you boys know any nice songs?
I'm calling the police!
I did it!
They'll be here . . . shortly!
I'm not joking around anymore!
You'll see now!
There they are . . . they're coming!
Just listen to that mess, would you!
Every day this goes on around here!
He used to cut my grass . . .
He was a very nice boy . . .
He used to cut my grass . . .
He was a very nice boy . . .
He used to cut my grass . . .
He was a very nice boy . . .
He used to cut my grass . . .
He was a very nice boy . . .

fade

</Mrs. Borg Voice> >