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Julia said:
OK, this is where I have to include myself. I think I related this embarrassing tale on ASF when it happened a few years ago.

I'd bought a new kettle, pretty cheap, from The Warehouse. Got it home, out of the packaging, filled with water and went to plug it in. The plug wouldn't seem to fit in the wall outlet. Actually walked round the kitchen trying all the outlets. No way it would go in. Start cursing cheap Chinese rubbish, cranky about having to take it back etc etc.

Told the teenager on the counter at The Warehouse the item wasn't fit for Australian use.
(You'll have guessed it by now). He very politely told me I'd failed to remove the plastic prong cover on the plug.
Don't think I've ever felt more foolish. Apologised profusely. The very courteous young chap was kind enough to assure me I wasn't the first.

So I'm hardly one to be talking about idiots!:banghead:
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You---IDIOT!!!
 
Have an undercroft garage.
Double one. But Only the wifes car fits as the rest
is storage and gym and man room.
So I park behind the roller door in the drive directly behind
the wifes car.

You guessed it she backed straight into mine.
Fortunately roller door up!

Got it repaired---then straight into it again!
My cars fine hers not so fine--twice!
 
Don't worry, if you think you're an idiot, you ain't seen nothing yet:



And yes, these people also get to vote :)
 
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Julia said:
OK, this is where I have to include myself. I think I related this embarrassing tale on ASF when it happened a few years ago.

I'd bought a new kettle, pretty cheap, from The Warehouse. Got it home, out of the packaging, filled with water and went to plug it in. The plug wouldn't seem to fit in the wall outlet. Actually walked round the kitchen trying all the outlets. No way it would go in. Start cursing cheap Chinese rubbish, cranky about having to take it back etc etc.

Told the teenager on the counter at The Warehouse the item wasn't fit for Australian use.
(You'll have guessed it by now). He very politely told me I'd failed to remove the plastic prong cover on the plug.
Don't think I've ever felt more foolish. Apologised profusely. The very courteous young chap was kind enough to assure me I wasn't the first.

So I'm hardly one to be talking about idiots!:banghead:
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U must be a woman to do do that!!
 
tech/a said:
You guessed it she backed straight into mine.
Fortunately roller door up!

Got it repaired---then straight into it again!
My cars fine hers not so fine--twice!
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Reminds me of someone at work (not me, honestly!) who drove straight through a closed roller door.

Then they did it again.

And again. After the third time they were given an official warning (bearing in mind these were company cars too).

Shortly after that, they reversed into another vehicle parked on the street. Yep, that was a company car too. I know because I was sitting in the (stationary) vehicle at the time.

Not long after this, everyone was sent on a driving course. Lots of fun getting cars out of control on the skid pan at the Police academy. I'm not sure if it really helped anyone's driving, but it was fun. :)
 
I want to propose US Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan.

Some of his policies are pure idiocy - banning abortion even if having the baby will kill the girl or if she has been raped. I don't like abortion much but that is extreme.

Also he pushed for (and it got passed in Texas) that any women seeking an abortion must undergo a transvaginal ultrasound. The one you normally have on your stomach is not good enough for him, you need to make the woman feel awful. The US says they hate the nanny state but how can they put up with this level of government intrusion?

Surely he is one of the biggest idiots amongst us.
 
Knobby22 said:
I want to propose US Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan.

Some of his policies are pure idiocy - banning abortion even if having the baby will kill the girl or if she has been raped. I don't like abortion much but that is extreme.

Also he pushed for (and it got passed in Texas) that any women seeking an abortion must undergo a transvaginal ultrasound. The one you normally have on your stomach is not good enough for him, you need to make the woman feel awful. The US says they hate the nanny state but how can they put up with this level of government intrusion?

Surely he is one of the biggest idiots amongst us.
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Thanks for raising the issue of Mr Ryan. I could hardly believe that he is a potential VP when I heard about his beliefs. We have something for which to be grateful in this country after all in that such a person would never make it to a significant position here.
The Right in the US seems so extraordinarily hard line.
Or perhaps we in Australia are so used to the division between Left and Right being minimal and both major parties essentially centrist.
 
A RAA patrolman gets a callout to a child locked in car.
Hysterical woman standing next to a Mercedes saloon is crying "My liebling ... My liebling!"
Man saunters over, peers into car. Signals child to pop up the button.

Stupid or naive?
 
pixel said:
I'll match Craig Emerson with Christine Milne and raise you one Sarah Hanson-Young :rolleyes:
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Who cares about politicians?? Too many people if you asked me.

If everyone stopped caring about politicians and the media stopped watching their every move perhaps they would realise they need to do a good job to get any praise/recognition as opposed to just being idiots and media wh0res
 
burglar said:
A RAA patrolman gets a callout to a child locked in car.
Hysterical woman standing next to a Mercedes saloon is crying "My liebling ... My liebling!"
Man saunters over, peers into car. Signals child to pop up the button.

Stupid or naive?
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Like it. Not sure its true though.
 

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