lordzorch
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lordzorch

I can remember when the first calculators hit the market. Floating decimals were not yet a thing and they cost a month’s pay. Personal computers were still years away, cost as much as a car, had monochrome screens, and actually required knowledge of how computer languages worked in order to operate.

And yet so often you have to yell “Hey, is anybody there?” when going through Taco Bell.....

Also, he might not have wanted other sushi chefs to see his food preparation.

College Scams:

North Korea will take a few.

Because China has a very long history of crapping all over its neighbors, and they all remember that. That’s why they aren’t allies of China.

Stanford is sort-of considered Ivy League.

Honestly, ever since the 70's I assumed that someone that went to a “good school” was most likely a fraud. The system for getting into these schools has been rigged for centuries - since the days that only about 4% of the population went on to higher education, nearly all of them from old money families. If you

You totally missed the mark; Ed made good food, and despite giving it stupid names (or, more likely, because of it) people gave it a shot even though they had a comfort zone.

Oh wait, you’re serious. Let me laugh harder.

It wasn’t supposed to actually be implemented in any way - it’s purpose was to suck in tax dollars so they could be embezzled.

I remember having a Wells Fargo card eons ago and thinking the interest rates were stupidly high, but I was young, broke, and had no credit rating.

How retarded. It’s an OLD MONEY vs NEW MONEY issue: old money has long ago purchased a spot for any of the family to attend the chosen school via any number of “endowments” or “legacy enrollments” - new money doesn’t yet have the bank or connections to pull off such obvious bribes.

Most likely his signature wasn’t on anything.

I’d always assumed that the wealthy just paid the way in for their kids regardless of their actual scholastic ability.

Department of “none of my fucking business” called....

1) Admit that your cat is evil

The plural of “fish fry” is “fish fry”

Why have a fish fry when you can easily go to Portillo’s for a big beef?

The one person I know that saw it took his entire family. He said that despite people falling asleep during the first half it was an “OK” movie.