The "How Come?" thread

[bebop]

your own "How Comes?", and possibly some answers.
One slipped into my head about five minutes ago:
"How come you don't get deep vein thrombosis while you're asleep?"

[Aardvark]

How come we need stupid threads like this?

And internet forums for that matter

And the interweb.

[Thyraeus]

How come I shiver when I get to the end of a wee? (not 100% of the time...but often).

[dogwomble]

How come i was born?

[gunsella]

how come main stream crap is so often crap?

how come mediocre is good enough for the majority of the population?

[Hired Goon]

How come i was born?

Strewth Doggers - it can't be that bad!

On the other hand - How come I gotta go to work tomorrow? :(

[psi_ko]

How come I shiver when I get to the end of a wee? (not 100% of the time...but often).


i think part of the answer lies in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems the former helps start urination, the latter helps stop urination. i reckon the shiver could be from a nerve overflow when the system used changes.....SNS and PNS are the two parts of the Autonomic nervous system.



i recall claims that it has to do with heat loss from loosing a large amount of warm liquid...which i doubt, but there could be an element of truth in that heat receptors attune to a higher ambient temperature while there is a hot urine flow then when it stops the body suddenly experience a temperature drop and shivers in the same way it does when cold, but this is also unlikley although it could be confined to the penis and thus explain the weird sensation...this would involve sympathetic and even a little parasympathetic...

another one ive heard is that there can be nerve endings sensitive to movement even inside the urethera and stimulation can cause the weird senstation, even feeding back into PNS in the same "circuit" as that used for sexual pleasure"....possibly....if so sympathetics and Parasympathetics would be responsible....

the truth is in there somewhere....probably a key point which would be common to all three "initiator theories" would be nerve "overflow" or crosschatter in the CNS where autonomic reflexes for shivering are stimulated by nerves carrying some sensation up the spinal cord....just cause they are close by or linked up in various ways.....possibly.

well seeing as i pretty much covered everything im sure at least somethings right.

[repeat]

How come abbreviation is such a long word?

[BtrFly]

how come psi_ko knows so much about peeing?

also how come its such a gorgeous night, and there are no fireworks?

[dogwomble]

how come main stream crap is so often crap?

how come mediocre is good enough for the majority of the population?

That, sir, would be becuase of the phenomenon known as "personal tase". In theory, for instance, there is no such thing as "good" or "bad" music, there's just individual tastes. (However, I think there is some music that is generally considered by everybody to be "bad" - Guy Sebastian, for instance).

However, there is also a phenomenon known as "being cool". It is often thought by many people that to "be cool", they have to listen to a certain style of music, dress a certain way, have a certain hair cut, etc. It's all a load of bollocks if you ask me.

[psi_ko]

how come psi_ko knows so much about peeing?


hey i just learn what they tell me......even if its just to enlighten other people on teh internet

remember to do your pelvic exercises girls! you dont want to be incontinent at 40!

[dogwomble]

How come cooking makes some food taste better, while making other food taste terrible?

[spurr]

How come...we don't even talk no more
And you don't even call no more
We don't barely keep in touch at all
And I don't even feel the same love when we hug no more
And I heard it through the grapevine we been beefing now
After all the years we been down there ain't no way no how
This bullshit can't be true we're family ain't a damn thing changed unless it's you.

[NastyButler]

How come people think that a 60 watt bulb can change the temperature of a room even after you explain it's all psychosomatic?

In theory, for instance, there is no such thing as "good" or "bad" music, there's just individual tastes.I guess you've never heard Jessica Simpson sing?

[ajca]

how come people still get on airplanes, when I can hardly get my toaster (basic appliences) to work

[StygiaN]

How come I seem to fuck up with women all the time? How come I flirt with guys?

[ajca]

how come stygian is gay?

[[Martin]]

How come I don't post here much?

[hooptieride]

how come stygian is gay?
Good question.

[dogwomble]

How come I seem to fuck up with women all the time? How come I flirt with guys?

How come you don't flirt with me? :P

[dogwomble]

I guess you've never heard Jessica Simpson sing?

How come?

[BtrFly]

how come i am still tired after 10 hours sleep...?

also how come everyone elses life looks a lot better than mine? why cant i just catch that break for once?

[rin]

How come boys like boobies so much? :tits:

[jasebert]

How come girls do not just walk around with g-strings and bra's all the time?

[rin]

How come girls do not just walk around with g-strings and bra's all the time?

because we like clothes too much :) well, buying them anyway :)

[jasebert]

because we like clothes too much :) well, buying them anyway :)

How come women buy clothes and you can still see their bra and g'string anway? (I am not complaining btw)

[Serpent_Girl]

How come this thread made me think of how come you come? Shouldn't you know?

How come my mind lives in the gutter?

[rin]

How come women buy clothes and you can still see their bra and g'string anway? (I am not complaining btw)

because we like to tease and torment ? :D

[jasebert]

because we like to tease and torment ? :D

How come girls like to tease and torment guys that are already taken (it happened to me 2 weekends ago)?

Disclaimer - This does not apply to all girls, but just a question due to it happening to me...

[jasebert]

How come this thread made me think of how come you come? Shouldn't you know?

How come my mind lives in the gutter?

Ha ha ha.... COMEDY

'You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Serpent_Girl again.'

[SamBo]

How come it's the middle of summer here and we haven't had that many hot days? I wanna go to the beach dammit! (so i can sun-bake, swim, and look at boobies) :D

[Cassa]

You don't get DVT when you're asleep because you move constantly. Ever wondered why the sheets are always tangled when you wake up? That's why.

Mainstream stuff is crap because of the lowest common denominator phenomena, as documented by Freud. That's also why religion and sport are so popular.

How come I can't see myself as other people see me? Why is my self-perspective so incredibly warped?

[rin]

How come i hiccup so much dammit? i'm talking a few times a day, every day for weeks... and it's sometimes only one hiccup, then i stop.... so weird.

[rin]

I wanna go to the beach dammit! (so i can sun-bake, swim, and look at boobies) :D


again, how come boys like boobies so much!? :p

[SamBo]

How come i hiccup so much dammit? i'm talking a few times a day, every day for weeks... and it's sometimes only one hiccup, then i stop.... so weird.
you could always try to punch yourself in the back like i saw cassa doing on NYE.... man i wish i could have video taped her doing that!!! :p

:banana:

[rin]

How come I can't see myself as other people see me? Why is my self-perspective so incredibly warped?

i think it's all part of being female... :(

[Cassa]

you could always try to punch yourself in the back like i saw cassa doing on NYE.... man i wish i could have video taped her doing that!!! :p

:banana:

You're just jealous of my flexibility :p

[SamBo]

You're just jealous of my flexibility :p
yes, i am jealous of your ability to give yourself donkey punches :p


edit: oops, this isn't I Confess! :p

[jasebert]

i confess yes, i am jealous of your ability to give yourself donkey punches :p

This past NYE for you guys sounded very interesting..
How come???¿¿¿

[Hairyman]

How come g-strings seem to be going out of fashion?

[jasebert]

again, how come boys like boobies so much!? :p

Because boys do not have boobies.... it is playing with something you do not get to play with all the time.....

[berserk]

']How come I don't post here much?
Because you think to much?

[Serpent_Girl]

Because boys do not have boobies.... it is playing with something you do not get to play with all the time.....

How come you think boys don't have boobies? :D;) hehehe

[berserk]

How come as obvious a user name as Sexy Biatch was only taken by the 7,612th member of Zgeek today?

[dogwomble]

How come you think boys don't have boobies? :D;) hehehe

Because I don't like boys with boobies. It (partly) defeats the purpose of being gay :P

[jasebert]

How come you think boys don't have boobies? :D;) hehehe

They just are not the same..... You know, they are not girly...

[dogwomble]

I've seen some girly gay guys, believe me...

[jasebert]

I've seen some girly gay guys, believe me...

but they have external attachments, and their backside bus is not to my liking...

[dogwomble]

How come you don't just shut your eyes and pretend it's a girl?

(I just say that because not that long ago, a mate of a mate found out I was gay ... didn't phase him too much, except that my two mates started perving on that chick off Wheel of Fortune and he commented "Surely you'd do her up the arse? You know, just shut your eyes and pretend it's a guy?" I think the fact that I DON'T DO GIRLS, EVEN IF IT'S UP THE REAR PASSAGE was a bit lost on him...)

[jasebert]

How come you don't just shut your eyes and pretend it's a girl?

(I just say that because not that long ago, a mate of a mate found out I was gay ... didn't phase him too much, except that my two mates started perving on that chick off Wheel of Fortune and he commented "Surely you'd do her up the arse? You know, just shut your eyes and pretend it's a guy?" I think the fact that I DON'T DO GIRLS, EVEN IF IT'S UP THE REAR PASSAGE was a bit lost on him...)


That is some funny shit.... ha ha ha

[RaZ]

again, how come boys like boobies so much!? :p

Simple.... because playing with them we get a reaction from the owner and its one we like and can see as well :D
Also if the reactions are good... which when your in that position we all know it can lead to Pumpy getting happy !!!! ----> SEE! :jizz:

[rin]

Simple.... because playing with them we get a reaction from the owner and its one we like and can see as well :D
Also if the reactions are good... which when your in that position we all know it can lead to Pumpy getting happy !!!! ----> SEE! :jizz:


ahhhh i get it *cheeky grin*

[SamBo]

That is some funny shit.... ha ha ha
pun intentional? :p
how come some people push others away when help is offered?
How come some people prefer a life of misery which they can constantly whine about, to a life of happiness that they can shut up about??

[jasebert]

pun intentional? :p
how come some people push others away when help is offered?
How come some people prefer a life of misery which they can constantly whine about, to a life of happiness that they can shut up about??

I think it just gives them something to do....

How come it is so much harder to start things with 'How Come' rather than 'I confess'....

How come I am getting this thread confused with the I Confess thread

[dwarfthrower]

how come some people push others away when help is offered?
How come some people prefer a life of misery which they can constantly whine about, to a life of happiness that they can shut up about??

Cos no-one reads 'happy' livejournals.

[SamBo]

Cos no-one reads 'happy' livejournals.
people actually read livejournals???? :confused: :confused: :confused:

[RaZ]

pun intentional? :p
how come some people push others away when help is offered?
How come some people prefer a life of misery which they can constantly whine about, to a life of happiness that they can shut up about??

Very intresting... same with the post that said no one reads happy LJ's.... which seems to be the case as well :p

Maybe sometimes set people can't see the help being offered ??

[Cassa]

Accepting help means admitting you can change things, rather than just saying everything's fucked but none of it is your fault so you can't do anything.

[jasebert]

Very intresting... same with the post that said no one reads happy LJ's.... which seems to be the case as well :p

Maybe sometimes set people can't see the help being offered ??

How come Zgeek do not have livejournals.... :hippy:

[rin]

how come the little asian lady at the chinese food shop ALWAYS gives me 2 prawns in my fried rice... only 2.... always? :confused:

[Benwah]

How come cooking makes some food taste better, while making other food taste terrible?

How come we cook food that doesn't need cooking in the first place, all it does is make it less nutrious? what a waste!

[That Bloke]

How come John Sunol can get a wife despite being short, fat, ugly & retarded yet I can't get a girlfriend being of medium build & quite plain looking?

[Aardvark]

Mail order coupon

[jasebert]

How come John Sunol can get a wife despite being short, fat, ugly & retarded yet I can't get a girlfriend being of medium build & quite plain looking?

It would be easy to get a mail order bride from a 3rd world country.... She is probably locked up in the house (literally)...
I feel sorry for her if what you say is true

[That Bloke]

It would be easy to get a mail order bride from a 3rd world country.... She is probably locked up in the house (literally)...
I feel sorry for her if what you say is true

He has a Phillipino ex wife, Mira(he spent much of 2003-early 04 insisting they'd get back together & that he would not let us "poison her mind against him") & apparently now he has some new girlfriend who is Thai or Indonesian or something.

I don't remember writing "together" as "to get her"

[jasebert]

He has a Phillipino ex wife, Mira(he spent much of 2003-early 04 insisting they'd get back to get her & that he would let us "poison her mind against him") & apparently now he has some new girlfriend who is Thai or Indonesian or something.

fucking comedy.......

[Evil Dan]

How come John Sunol can get a wife despite being short, fat, ugly & retarded yet I can't get a girlfriend being of medium build & quite plain looking?


Would you really want the kind of women that Sunol can get ?

[SamBo]

how come the little asian lady at the chinese food shop ALWAYS gives me 2 prawns in my fried rice... only 2.... always? :confused:
How come she didn't say "and theeeeen?" ???

:D

[rin]

how come fruit tingles make me feel sick?? (only after eating a few) :(

[That Bloke]

Would you really want the kind of women that Sunol can get ?
Fuck no, but if he can get anything at all I'd like to think I could get someone half decent.

[dogwomble]

How come my mum? How now brown cow?

[[Martin]]

How come John Sunol can get a wife despite being short, fat, ugly & retarded yet I can't get a girlfriend being of medium build & quite plain looking?

Mail order bride.

[FuncowK]

How come, like, when your hair is a bit long so you need a new haircut, and you're all excited in getting it cut short and neat, and looking forward to seeing a new fancier dynamic looking you, but when you finally get a haircut, you still look like a dickhead?

[psi_ko]

how come the majority of female friends i have are queer, and most of those remaining have at some stage been queer?

[psi_ko]

again, how come boys like boobies so much!? :p


deeply impressed psychological reasons i think the current theory goes.. very freudian....remember as little babies the only thing they did was cry, shit and feed, and they only enjoyed feeding, so probably had something to do with them associating boobies with feelings of contentment, pleasure and safety...

i think the reason females dont get as obsessed is they develop boobies so don't need to go elsewhere for the feelings.....or maybe its just inheriently differerent by virtue of sex...really i have nfi.

im not to convinced by the explination for females tho...but it sounds clever and pseudo-psychology seems to be the flavour of the month.

[That Bloke]

how come the majority of female friends i have are queer, and most of those remaining have at some stage been queer?

It seems to be oh so trendy amoungst 17-20something girls at the moment & it's all for show, "Hey look at us, We're lesbiens" I choose to call it the Tatu syndrome(although tatu are history now)

[psi_ko]

yeah. especially since theyre mostly creative art students....swear it must be compulsary study or something.

[That Bloke]

yeah. especially since theyre mostly creative art students....swear it must be compulsary study or something.

I think I'm going to make a new entry to urban dictionary.

[Kez]

How come beer tastes like utter shit sometimes? Yet other times it tastes really nice!?

[Evil Dan]

How come beer tastes like utter shit sometimes? Yet other times it tastes really nice!?

It depends on the ambient temperature, the age of the beer, the amount of sunlight, the shape of the bottle and/or glass, the type of beer, the reccomended serving temperature of the beer and the foods that you have been eating prior to tasting the beer.

Having said that the most important factor in determining how good a beer tastes is exactly how pissed you are. I have found that with increasing levels of inebriation there is a corresponding increase in the good tastingness of any beer. This point has been proven many times by me being found drinking VB, Resches and XXXX at the end of a night when all the other beer has gone and commenting on how good it tastes.


The moral of the story, anything tastes good when you are pissed. (except maybe cheap port)

[psi_ko]

I think I'm going to make a new entry to urban dictionary.

linkage?

[That Bloke]

Watt's linkage? (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tatu+syndrome&r=f)

[hooptieride]

Fake lesbians rock'

[StygiaN]

How come Starburst Fruit Chews are so fucking tasty and morish (is that a word?)?

[BtrFly]

i have never been - nor have i ever wanted to be - queer.... and i am 22 - am i out of your target demographic?

[dogwomble]

How come network administration jobs using windoze seem to be in short supply in Canberra at the moment? Or is it I'm looking in the wrong places?

[That Bloke]

How come Starburst Fruit Chews are so fucking tasty and morish (is that a word?)?
Morish is a word, I can't answer your Starburst question with accuracy but I'll say that there is a reasonable chance that whatever it is that makes them so addictive it's probable petroleum based.

[That Bloke]

i have never been - nor have i ever wanted to be - queer.... and i am 22 - am i out of your target demographic?

I'm not saying that it affects most girls that age.

But most girls affect are that age.

[gunsella]

how come some threads die out whilst others continue to thrive and prosper?

[Cpt Jellybean]

How come Chicks dig Jerks?

[void*]

how come love falters ?

[piggle]

how come i kicked my foot and made it go a blue-purple colour?

[Afta Image]

how come i kicked my foot and made it go a blue-purple colour?

Cause you did something which totally pissed off god and god is a very vengeful entity, or possibly cause you just where not paying enough attention to what you were doing when you did it.

[Afta Image]

how come love falters ?

Maybe cause nothing is perfect, least of all Love.
Maybe we are all to selfish to make it work properly.
Maybe there is truely no such thing and all we are doing is chasing false hopes....

[minorproblem]

how come love falters ?
Because some chick decides she wants to rip out your heart and stuff it down your throat for the fun of it :( then a week later tell you that she still loves you but then tell you she hates you so that she can play with your head and try and boost her own self esteem because she only cares about herself (or so it seems anyways)

[Hired Goon]

How come there's a goddamn cicada outside my window stopping me from going to sleep. And when I go out to find it, it shuts up, and then I go back inside and it starts again!!

Oh yeah, and how come Bookworm from the show on channel 7 is such a weird little freak?

How come?

[Afta Image]

how come some threads die out whilst others continue to thrive and prosper?


Easy, it depends on a few factors,
1) The easiness to repond. The easier and less thought required to respond the more likely you will have people participate on a thread.
2) Finding a topic that is a passion of a number of people. If you are able to find a thread which strikes a cord with lts of people, then you will find people will become dedicated in posting a number of long responses on it. Lets face it, are you going to respond on a thread that doe snot interest you.
3) Amount of boobies contained. Being a geek site, boobies are a huge motiviation for people to participate (and a short cut to build your rep if you post good pics and links).

As a general rule of thumb, If I have started a thread, chances are it aint going to last, but next time you want to start one of those epic threads, think of the 3 simple rules above and let it guide you on your future thread creativity....

[Afta Image]

How come Chicks dig Jerks?

Easy, it seems that people seem to thrive on earning a trivial notion in a bad relationship rather than someone who is that dream guy and does everything for the other person. Maybe if it comes to easily then either they dont feel like they have earnt it or it could be true we dont appreciate what we have.

Then again, you could blame TV and movies which seems to paint the dream Guy as that Bad ass witha soft core.

My advice is you need to be cruel to be kind ; ).

Disclaimer: This was a light hearted response, please do not take me serious....

[Afta Image]

How come there's a goddamn cicada outside my window stopping me from going to sleep. And when I go out to find it, it shuts up, and then I go back inside and it starts again!!

Oh yeah, and how come Bookworm from the show on channel 7 is such a weird little freak?

How come?

The cicada is there courtsey of Mother Nature and her twisted sense of humor. I suspect this is her way of getting back at us for all the damage we have done to her over the last thousand years (plundering natural resources, destroying the Ozone layer, destroying natural habitat, etc....)

Mother nature has this damn vine which keeps groing into my window and onto my CD's. I guess everyones punishemnt is different.

As for bookworm, I suspect the reason for this was cause he was created by people on some really fucked up acid.... Thats my theory at least....

[SuCC]

How come we cook food that doesn't need cooking in the first place, all it does is make it less nutrious? what a waste!
Apple pie :p

[Hired Goon]

Hey thanks Afta Image - you're like Dr Karl, except you're not a doctor and you're not on the radio, and you're name's probably not Karl either. Apart from that tho... :p

[Afta Image]

Hey thanks Afta Image - you're like Dr Karl, except you're not a doctor and you're not on the radio, and you're name's probably not Karl either. Apart from that tho... :p

Yeah, I am, I just lack comercial endorsments, the general knowledge, that distinguishable voice and that "so daggy its hip" style of dressing...

Otherwise I am a regular Dr Karl.

The Doctor is in, post me those questions you have been yearning to ask and I shall answer.

Disclaimer: I am in no way a Doctor and in no way believe that any of my advice should be taken literally. If you do decide to listen to my advice then you seek help from a shrink right now.

[void*]

How come we dream of things we cannot have ?

How come we dream of things we can have, that become things we cannot have, then become talking pumpkins with sharp teeth and flashing eyes that gnaw on our genitals ?

[Afta Image]

How come we dream of things we cannot have ?

Easy, sometimes we dream about things we can not have to give us that much needed dog determination to actually go out there and make it obtainable.

Sometimes we dream about these things so we have a reason to keep trying, if we had nothing to aim for we would all get the shits with how boring life is and kill ourselves.

But mostly we dream of things we cant have cause god hates us.


How come we dream of things we can have, that become things we cannot have, then become talking pumpkins with sharp teeth and flashing eyes that gnaw on our genitals ?

Either you have eaten some crazy food before sleeping or you mind needed to work through the days events (and make a crazy collage of vision during of sleeping hours) or you need psychatric help.

[gunsella]

hey doctor. how come i got this pain shooting up my left arm?

[psi_ko]

hey doctor. how come i got this pain shooting up my left arm?


:pumpy: RSI? :pumpy:

[Afta Image]

hey doctor. how come i got this pain shooting up my left arm?

There are 2 posibilities for this:

1) you are not evenly distributing the work load around when masterbating.

2) you are sitting/laying in an incorrect position while masturbating.

It is often something most young men dotn take serious but masturbating incorrectly can cause alsort of major drama's. Just remember that famous jingle.

Before you Jerk,
Always take a moment think,
Else you you could be hurt,
Or worst still, it could be your dick....

Dr Afta Image.

[gunsella]

thank you, wise ones. how come you know so much?

[Afta Image]

I suffer from insomnia so I spend way too much time surfing the internet and expanding my knowledge of crap and pr0n....

Have you got a question? Then ask it here, and dont be shy, no topic is taboo here.

I also give private sessions for rep...

[gunsella]

how come there is so much hatred and misunderstanding in the world?
how come some groups of people hate other groups of people, seemingly for no other reason than because they are different?

[Hairyman]

Ask Kamahl

[Afta Image]

how come there is so much hatred and misunderstanding in the world?
how come some groups of people hate other groups of people, seemingly for no other reason than because they are different?

This is an easy one. As everyone knows, in this life, even without war and racial, Sexual, Relgious, etc. discrimination. In life, you are in for alot of pain and hardship. Friends, families and love ones hurt you, lost and death hurts you etc.. As you can see pain is part of our life.

What we should really do with pain and fear is to accept it as apart of life, it is NOT wrong to feel fucked up and it happens to everyone, even fucktards. It reminds us that something is wrong and we need to fix it. This is when we need to use these feelings to inspire us to do the hard things we normal could not and if you stick to your guns then you can truely accomplish some thing amazing.

Coming back to your questions, the problem with most people is, it is easier to blame things on others, especially those who are different for whatever reason. These can be as petty as the hair style you have or the music you listen or the particular view of the Bible you take (ie.. catholic, morman, anglican, whatever). This blame becomes hate.

Over thousands of years these hate has turn from small things to massive never ending "Holier than thou" and we end up with the world as it is today. Bogged down in such unecessary pain and suffering.

So I urge all off you to becareful with your hate and to remember there is too much pain in this world already, lets move to a better place and start to respect your fellow human.

And if you feel completely fucked you, remember you are never alone.

Dr. Afta "Hippy" Image signing off :hippy: .

[dogwomble]

I'd have to agree with you, Afta Image.

I try not to "hate" people - there are very few people in this world that I genuinely hate (I could probably count them on my left hand) and the only reason I really hate them is because of things that they have done to me that can't be forgiven and these are things that should not have happened how matter how fucked up you are.

The way I try to see things is I may not like your viewpoint, or some of the things that you do, but I'll at least respect that you are a human being free to live your life as you see fit and, provided it doesn't have a negative impact on the people around you, I will do my best to accept that.

[Afta Image]

Alright people, lets see some more questions for Dr. Afta Image. good bad or just plan silly. The Doctor is in :D .

I can also be the Doctor of Love for the right amount of rep :p ....

[Whiskers]

What is the relevance of segmetation to contemporary marketing principles?

[dogwomble]

I can also be the Doctor of Love for the right amount of rep :p ....

OK then, for an appropriate amount of Rep, answer me this.

How come whenever I go out to meet fellow gay people about my own age, looking for friends and possibly more, the only people I come across are people with huge egos, have the attitude of someone ten years younger, and act like they stick their heads up their arses because they think the sun is shining out of it?

[evil]

OK then, for an appropriate amount of Rep, answer me this.

How come whenever I go out to meet fellow gay people about my own age, looking for friends and possibly more, the only people I come across are people with huge egos, have the attitude of someone ten years younger, and act like they stick their heads up their arses because they think the sun is shining out of it?
Because most of the good ones are taken. Keep hunting, I spent 2 years looking for someone and only just found them at the end of last year. I was really starting to loose faith before I met her.

[Thyrd]

How come Chicks dig Jerks?

yeah! How come? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :confused:

[dogwomble]

Because most of the good ones are taken. Keep hunting, I spent 2 years looking for someone and only just found them at the end of last year. I was really starting to loose faith before I met her.

I've been 'out of the closet' for nearly 9 years now. Having a boyfriend has always been at the back of my mind, and in that time I have done just about everything imaginable to get myself that "special person" (nightclubbing, attending youth groups, attending just about every event imaginable that people my age might go to, online dating, online chat sites, even putting personals in the bloody paper!!!) and it's just not a happening thing for me :(

[ainan]

How come someone always calls when I'm on the toilet?

[Afta Image]

In contempory Marketing principles, Segmentation allows companies (at least in theory) to better their ability to sell product.

By segmenting your clients into groups (like specific products or value) you can have sales personal who can really understand and hence successfully sell product to the companies clients.

I guess in a nut shell it is another way in which companies can push more things we dont fucking need on us. I am going to wrap this up with a quote from a famous movies (I have no delusions that this saying originated from the movie either)

Tyler Durden - The things you own end up owning you.

[dogwomble]

How come someone always calls when I'm on the toilet?

And how come it is ALWAYS the person you least want to talk to?

[Afta Image]

OK then, for an appropriate amount of Rep, answer me this.

How come whenever I go out to meet fellow gay people about my own age, looking for friends and possibly more, the only people I come across are people with huge egos, have the attitude of someone ten years younger, and act like they stick their heads up their arses because they think the sun is shining out of it?

Its not easy being gay. Even in Sydney which holds one off, if not the highest ration of Hetro to Homosexuals, there is still alot of shit they have to deal with. There are so many people out there who still discriminate against Homosexuality that it is real hard.

On top of this there are so many more who just tolerate it, which in the end is almost as bad.

On top off all thi,s we are brought up to want (house, marriage, family, etc.) is a hell of a lot harder achieve. With all this sometimes you really need to be arrogant because people dont understand and often treat them as second class citizens.

Is it any wonder they are not ego maniacs. But let me reassure you, there are people out there without that huge ego, just kep searching and you will find it.

Perhaps moving to a bigger place like Sydney might also help that search (plus you get to hang out with all the cool Sydney Zgeekers :D ).

On a final note, trust me, arrogrance does not pure stick to the gay community. You see a hell of it in the straight community too.

[Afta Image]

How come someone always calls when I'm on the toilet?

Life is a funny thing at best, and god has a real perculiar sense of humor. when you vulnerable, (like being on the bathroom) he gets a laugh about it everytime some one calls.

Oh god, why do you have to be so cruel.

I am going to the bathroom now cause I am waiting for a call and it should happen right now :D .

[Evil Dan]

How come someone always calls when I'm on the toilet?
Because they know the bathroom offers better acoustics and makes your voice sound more resonant and god-like.

[Evil Dan]

And how come it is ALWAYS the person you least want to talk to?


Because it provides the perfect excuse not to talk to them.

[haiironezumi]

How come Optus/B charge me to recieve a voicmail?

It costs me money if I don't answer my phone!

(This mkes me glad that Zgeekers don't have my mobile number.

[Afta Image]

Because it provides the perfect excuse not to talk to them.

I think Dr. Dan is rioght on this one....

Rep for you Dr. Dan....

[Afta Image]

How come Optus/B charge me to recieve a voicmail?

It costs me money if I don't answer my phone!

(This mkes me glad that Zgeekers don't have my mobile number.

Corporations make money, infact they perfer you not to answer your phone. So then you pay for the voice mail and then the return call. They have big profits and everyone is happy, well, at least in their corporate view.

[Kez]

How come my wallet is made of leather?

[Afta Image]

How come my wallet is made of leather?

Several reasons:
1) Leather is soft and smooth.
2) Leather smells great when new (hence this way they can sell more cause people like that new leather smell).
3) Looks sleek and professional.
4) Cause fabric ones generally blow.

[Kez]

Several reasons:
1) Leather is soft and smooth.
2) Leather smells great when new (hence this way they can sell more cause people like that new leather smell).
3) Looks sleek and professional.
4) Cause fabric ones generally blow.
How come your response time was so quick?

[Kez]

I read back in the thread and notice you are on a similiar knowledge quest as I am, so I give you some things to learn about that I learnt about :) We can compare notes too.

How come my telstra phone sucks?
How come my swiss army knife dented when I crossed it on a camera flash capacitor?
How come my new sun glasses are so cool?
How come I want more rep in my life? Is it because I am a ++++rep whore?
How come both my push bikes have the same problems? (Fux0red free hubs and flat tyres)
How come I'm about to use you to do all my google searching (And howstuffworks.com searching too)
How come you can find me a site to sell me working police radar detectors (That will deteced Aussie radars, not that I'm going to buy any)
How come you will find me a website dedicated to Warez FTP?
How come I've just made up a huge fuck off sized list to keep you occupied for a few hours? (Because I am a nice person :) )

Have fun :)

-Kez

[Afta Image]

How come your response time was so quick?

I have no life, Someone rescue me from my rut AAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!!! :D

[Kez]

I have no life, Someone rescue me from my rut AAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!!! :D
How come you havent answered my other questions :eek:?

[FuncowK]

How come, like, you haven't drunk anything all day, and then you drink a glass of apple juice, and then WTFBBQ, you need to pee straight away about 6 litres of urine, and then another 6 litres about half an hour later.

WADDUP WID DAT. :grr:

[StygiaN]

Apples are the fruit of the devil (see the bible) and hence forth they punish you when you consume them by making you need to pee the amazon after each drink.

[Kez]

How come, like, you haven't drunk anything all day, and then you drink a glass of apple juice, and then WTFBBQ, you need to pee straight away about 6 litres of urine, and then another 6 litres about half an hour later.

WADDUP WID DAT. :grr:
Apples contain harmfull "healthy things" that tend to have adversley negative effects on the common beer drinking geek.

http://webits3.appstate.edu/apples/health/Painful_Urination/pain.htm

That will show you things about Painfull Urination

[Afta Image]

I read back in the thread and notice you are on a similiar knowledge quest as I am, so I give you some things to learn about that I learnt about :) We can compare notes too.

How come my telstra phone sucks?

Telstra, like most corporate companies, use parts made to a price and not quality. This allows technology to become cheap quickly but also allows quality issues to come through too (we all remember the capacitor issues that hit the IT industry)....

Hence making to a budget = crap phones.

How come my swiss army knife dented when I crossed it on a camera flash capacitor?

Capacitor probably still had charge. Either that or it was a posessed capacitor.

How come my new sun glasses are so cool?

Their not really, its just your fashion taste at the moment. In ten years time you wont believe you wore those :p .

How come I want more rep in my life? Is it because I am a ++++rep whore?

Yes, you are a rep whore, but in a loveless world, receiving rep makes you feel loved...

How come both my push bikes have the same problems? (Fux0red free hubs and flat tyres)

Either cause you ride the bike into the ground or there is a quality issue....

How come I'm about to use you to do all my google searching (And howstuffworks.com searching too)

Its easier to ask on than search....

How come you can find me a site to sell me working police radar detectors (That will deteced Aussie radars, not that I'm going to buy any)

Cause i am hoping you will rep me for this.... (http://www.australianradar.com.au/)

How come you will find me a website dedicated to Warez FTP?

I wont, I will just say got to efnet (IRC). the rest will explain itself....

How come I've just made up a huge fuck off sized list to keep you occupied for a few hours? (Because I am a nice person :) )

Have fun :)

-Kez

Cause I need to be kept occupied or else I get in trouble....

[Afta Image]

How come you havent answered my other questions :eek:?

They are there now, just been distracted....

[Marshall77]

I read back in the thread and notice you are on a similiar knowledge quest as I am, so I give you some things to learn about that I learnt about :) We can compare notes too.

How come my telstra phone sucks?
How come my swiss army knife dented when I crossed it on a camera flash capacitor?
How come my new sun glasses are so cool?
How come I want more rep in my life? Is it because I am a ++++rep whore?
How come both my push bikes have the same problems? (Fux0red free hubs and flat tyres)
How come I'm about to use you to do all my google searching (And howstuffworks.com searching too)
How come you can find me a site to sell me working police radar detectors (That will deteced Aussie radars, not that I'm going to buy any)
How come you will find me a website dedicated to Warez FTP?
How come I've just made up a huge fuck off sized list to keep you occupied for a few hours? (Because I am a nice person :) )

Have fun :)

-Kez
1. Telstra! (thats the answer)
2. Flash = high energy output likely melted knife.
3. cool glasses. You are not going to buy sunnies that make you look crap.
4. More Rep. We all need more rep its what makes the world go round. without it we wither and die.
5. you are a maniac and need a better bike or someone who can fix it that you can whore yourself to.
6. I am not doing your fucken searching
7. these are illegal in australia or at least in NSW.
8. no on the ftp because i am to lazy to do shit for you.
9. It didnt take more than a few minutes but thats cause i didnt do much!!

[gunsella]

How come there's always just enought saline solution left in the bottle to rinse my contact lenses every night, yet i haven't bought a new bottle for months?

how come no-one wants to play the ownage thread anymore?

[Hired Goon]

How come:

beer in a can tastes different to beer in a bottle? Is it to do with the aluminum, or is the brewing process different? Or is it simply psychological?

[gunsella]

Mmmm beer.

[Hired Goon]

Mmmm beer.

How come that didn't answer my question? or did it? :p

Afta Image - we need answers dangit!

[Juice Biscuit]

How come:

beer in a can tastes different to beer in a bottle? Is it to do with the aluminum, or is the brewing process different? Or is it simply psychological?

Yes no and yes.

Tasting the taste of the can as it touches your mouth will alter how your brain interprets the taste of the beer.

[Hired Goon]

Thanks Pinger. Interesting. I was having this discussion at work today, so I was just wondering.

In other how comes - how come there are a bzillion News Articles Awaiting Review (well 16 actually).

*looks around for news moderator*

[LauraleeBug]

How come cartoon characters only have 4 fingers?

Ever since Disney, to Simpsons, to M&M commercials - they all have 4!

What's up w/ that???!!!! :confused:

[Serpent_Girl]

I would say they only have four because they cbf drawing anymore.

How come sometimes you wake up tired after a really long sleep?

[Afta Image]

How come:

beer in a can tastes different to beer in a bottle? Is it to do with the aluminum, or is the brewing process different? Or is it simply psychological?

Easily, firstly, the beer major difference in tast is cause by the material. Glass in cold tempatures act differently to Aluminium. Hence the beer has a slight change. On top of this Aluminium with its metal taste affects the beer when drinking as you have torn the metal to make the hole, hence the beer passing the hole is again slightly change.

Dont believe me, go drink 6 pack of bottles and 6 pack of Cans and then you will think I make more sense (I usually make more sense when drunk)....

[Juice Biscuit]

I would say they only have four because they cbf drawing anymore.

How come sometimes you wake up tired after a really long sleep?


Becuase your body has been in a state of rest for longer it takes longer to come back out of the relaxed state. This is why it is much easier to wake up after a quick snooze as your body will not be shut off long enough to enter said relaxed state.

[polite]

How come cartoon characters only have 4 fingers?



(LLB)So you don't think they are real. (I have 4 fingers)

(SG) You've overslept.

[Afta Image]

I would say they only have four because they cbf drawing anymore.

How come sometimes you wake up tired after a really long sleep?

This is known as over sleep, it seems that when the body goes longer than what would be normal the body decides to go into a long sleep (kind of like hibernation). So in context you are actually waking your body up to early....

[Afta Image]

How come there's always just enought saline solution left in the bottle to rinse my contact lenses every night, yet i haven't bought a new bottle for months?

Saline is a funny thing, you see, when you got to sleep each night, if god thinks you have been worthy he shall add just enough more in the bottle for one more use.

Moral is, get out more and get into trouble, drink more, have more sex, smoke and just be nasty till it stops.

how come no-one wants to play the ownage thread anymore?

People do, the problem is two fold. Firstly, it takes time to find a good answer to the previous one. Plus being a pic it has a tendancy to fill up your spare space quickly.

Hope it helps...

[Afta Image]

Thanks Pinger. Interesting. I was having this discussion at work today, so I was just wondering.

In other how comes - how come there are a bzillion News Articles Awaiting Review (well 16 actually).

*looks around for news moderator*

Moderators do have a life (sometimes)....

Actually they dont, but there is a sacred virgin sacrifice ceremony to which only moderators can and must attend so they are distracted. Please be patient....

[Hired Goon]

Afta Image: Thanks for the explanation. I think I prefer beer in bottles. although tomorrow it will be from a keg/pint glass.

[Afta Image]

How come cartoon characters only have 4 fingers?

Ever since Disney, to Simpsons, to M&M commercials - they all have 4!

What's up w/ that???!!!! :confused:

3D and 2D animation artists are mostly geeks, and like us, they are lazy. So they wanted to cut their work load down. There was a great Forum of animators (all in secret) to decide how they could cut their workload down. One of these actions was to go to 4 fingers. It means they can get away with about 20% less animating on the hand alone, a suprising challenging part of the body to animate considering its size.

At the same time 4 fingers is close enough that evenn anal retentive people will let slip through the cracks. Once the trend was started it then became unstoppable.

From this secret animators forum there were some more shortcuts decided, see if you can pick them up....

P.S. Rep for a damn good questions..... :D .

[Afta Image]

Afta Image: Thanks for the explanation. I think I prefer beer in bottles. although tomorrow it will be from a keg/pint glass.

Thanks, its always a pleasure and I agree, bottles and schooners are my preference, less contamination.

If you have some of those questions unanswerable questions, then ask away, the Dr is in :D .

[LauraleeBug]

I would say they only have four because they cbf drawing anymore.

How come sometimes you wake up tired after a really long sleep?

Because it's like being not able to sleep when you're over-tired... If you over-sleep; it's hard to wake up... (or should I just say, "dunno!" :p )

[Xythan]

How come...this thread died?

[Kez]

Because it's gay.

[pinchy]

I thought the 'over sleep' was due to waking up in the middle of a REM or deep sleep cycle...

Something like your sleep patterns are based on cycles (which are roughly 3hrs long), it takes about 20-30min to fall into a deep sleep cycle which you stay in for about 2.5-3hrs, stay in another cycle for about 20-30min then back into a deep sleep.... If you wake up in a deep sleep cycle you'll feel like arse.

so the 'recommended' 7hrs sleep is two complete cycles.

things to take away:

If you've got less than 3hrs to sleep, its actualy better to wake yourself up (with an alarm) every 20min so you don't fall into deep sleep - I do this for hour long 'power naps'
You can wake up at 5am to go to the toilet or something and feel wide awake, but if you go back to bed it will take another 3ish hours before you'll feel refreshed again

[pinchy]

Thanks, its always a pleasure and I agree, bottles and schooners are my preference, less contamination..

We got a similar question through 199query a few months back:

Q. Why is beer bottled in glass rather than plastics?
A. Glass is used because it less pourous & will help prevent beer from going flat. Glass will not change the flavor & dark glass protects from yeast-killing light.