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Subject: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Zella on 11/22/02 at 03:17 p.m.
Okay!
What does everyone think is the most worthless and most essential thing on the planet? (tangible items only, please).
I vote for:
most worthless: old "Frampton Comes Alive" LPs
most essential: a toss-up between WD40 and onions
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 11/22/02 at 03:21 p.m.
Easy answers but-
Worthless- Political analysists
Essential- Duct Tape!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/22/02 at 07:17 p.m.
Most Worthless-Pet Rocks
Most Essential-Fix-a-Flat
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 11/22/02 at 10:20 p.m.
Most Worthless - Political Correctness
Most Essential - Oxygen
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/22/02 at 10:36 p.m.
Most worthless: Body piercing
Most essential: The Bible
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Zella on 11/22/02 at 10:46 p.m.
Quoting:
Most Worthless - Political Correctness
Most Essential - Oxygen
End Quote
Instructions on post one says "tangible items only..." ::)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Hairspray on 11/22/02 at 10:58 p.m.
Quoting:most worthless: old "Frampton Comes Alive" LPsEnd Quote
:o :-X ;)
Quoting:most essential: a toss-up between WD40 and onionsEnd Quote
Agreed. ;D
most worthless: mean/rude people
most essential: money
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 11/22/02 at 11:01 p.m.
Quoting:
Instructions on post one says "tangible items only..." ::)
End Quote
Well.........
1. Substantial...
2. Definite : Not vague...
3. Something capable of being realised
If you worked where I do, you would think it were plenty tangible...... :'( >:(
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/22/02 at 11:05 p.m.
It would be even more substantial if you changed the song "Love Is Like Oxygen" to "Knob Is Like Oxygen". ;D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Bobo on 11/23/02 at 00:40 a.m.
Most worthless - A tossup between me, and intangibility
Most essential - The floor. Seriously, it's probably money. Even for me...
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/23/02 at 00:44 a.m.
Most worthless: The Indiana General A**embly.
Most essential: The Pacers winning the NBA championship! ;D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: DJ Midas on 11/23/02 at 01:03 a.m.
most worthless: wisdom teeth
most essential: water
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/23/02 at 01:05 a.m.
Most worthless: Appendix
Most essential: Heart
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 11/23/02 at 04:36 a.m.
I got hauled over the coals for my last effort, so I shall try once more...
Most worthless: Mosquito
Most essential: Music
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 11/23/02 at 04:54 a.m.
Most worthless: tonsils
Most essential: the Brain
Quoting:
Most worthless: Appendix
Most essential: Heart
End Quote
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/08/02 at 03:41 a.m.
Found this topic a few pages back and bringing this back to the top, I think it's a good thread.
Most Worthless- Brussle Sprouts :P
Most Essential- Red Meat :D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 12/08/02 at 05:21 a.m.
Hmmmm, I got roused on when I first tried this..... ::)
Most Worthless - Text Messaging (How R U - I M Good - Great etc etc ::))
Most Essential - Water
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/08/02 at 05:27 a.m.
Yeah I noticed that when I brought it back up, but Zella had a good idea with this one, so on that note...
Most Worthless- Nitpicking
Most Essential- Thorough Research.
Quoting:
Hmmmm, I got roused on when I first tried this..... ::)
Most Worthless - Text Messaging (How R U - I M Good - Great etc etc ::))
Most Essential - Water
End Quote
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 12/08/02 at 05:31 a.m.
Quoting:
Yeah I noticed that when I brought it back up, but Zella had a good idea with this one, so on that note...
Most Worthless- Nitpicking
Most Essential- Thorough Research.
End Quote
Most Worthless- Rust
Most Essential- Gravity !
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/08/02 at 05:34 a.m.
Most Worthless- Cars with more than 8 cylandars.
Most Essential- Autos low on emmisions and to continue to improve.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/08/02 at 10:22 a.m.
Well...Music related, I'd say
Worthless-Any and ALL news concerning Flit-boy Michael Jackson, country music, most rap, all pussy pop (Backdoor Boys, InStink, Boyz2girls, ect)...billboard and most other charts.....
Essential-Lots of Classic Rock music in my collection ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Steve_H on 12/08/02 at 10:47 a.m.
Worthless: Emeril
Essential: Julia Child
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 01:24 p.m.
Most worthless: Two-point conversion when leading by almost two touchdowns.
Most essential: A good defense.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/08/02 at 02:19 p.m.
Most worthless: Calling timeout in a basketball game when your team is leading by a bundle and there's less time on the game clock than there is on the shot clock.
Most essential: Love.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 02:29 p.m.
Most worthless: Guests on the messageboard who post abstract questions on the "bored game", then get all huffy when it's not the answer he/she was looking for.
Most essential: Members, present and future.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/08/02 at 02:38 p.m.
most worthless-the nba and most of the egotistical morons playing a child game...also the nba "rule" book....they never call traveling, palming, hanging on the rim...ect.
most essential-My old ABA tapes and tapes of when I played basketball...the way it was supposed to be played ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 02:41 p.m.
Most worthless: Equestrian dressage in the Olympics.
Most essential: The events the Olympic committee is considering taking out of the Games. >:(
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/08/02 at 03:02 p.m.
most worthless-Hollywierd liberals, overpaid egotistical "Athletes" who think they NEED $20 million a year or it's an insult and Artists who "Sell-out"
most essential-Down to earth people who don't take life for granted and KNOW how to care for others....
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 03:05 p.m.
Most worthless: The Osbournes
Most essential: People who never is heard a discouraging word.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Steve_H on 12/08/02 at 03:36 p.m.
Worthless: Sacajawejan coin dollar
Essential: "State" quarters (collect them all)
Worthless: Diplomats
Essential: Napalm
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 03:45 p.m.
Most worthless: Anna-Nicole Smith
Most essential: Mira Sorvino
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/08/02 at 04:07 p.m.
Most worthless- People that are full of hate towards me
most essential-My Lady Love
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 06:21 p.m.
Most worthless: Pimples
Most essential: Clerasil
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Rice Cube on 12/08/02 at 06:58 p.m.
Quoting:
Most worthless: Anna-Nicole Smith
Most essential: Mira Sorvino
End Quote
Hell yeah ;D Werd up my brother.
Most worthless: Carrot Top
Most essential: Mr. T
they need to create a commercial where Mr. T breaks Carrot Top once and for all. I would use 1-800-COLLECT forever.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/08/02 at 07:11 p.m.
And speaking of commercials.
Most worthless: The guy from the Old Navy ads.
Most essential: Morgan Fairchild
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Rice Cube on 12/08/02 at 07:41 p.m.
Quoting:
And speaking of commercials.
Most worthless: The guy from the Old Navy ads.
Most essential: Morgan Fairchild
End Quote
I swear, that woman is 52 years old and looks like she's 30...her plastic surgeon must be a genius, or she's just naturally blessed. Which brings us to:
Most worthless: Michael Jackson's nose surgeon
Most essential: Morgan Fairchild's plastic surgeon
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Zella on 12/08/02 at 09:02 p.m.
Quoting:Worthless: Diplomats
Essential: Napalm
End Quote
I love it! ;D
Are you sure you aren't Screwball54's dad? ;) ;D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Steve_H on 12/09/02 at 03:58 a.m.
Worthless: lobotomy
Essential: Rush Limbaugh
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Sally_Skellington on 12/09/02 at 04:17 a.m.
Worthless: Men's nipples
Essential: Rock excess and debauchery ;D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Steve_H on 12/09/02 at 07:15 a.m.
Worthless: "Get Out of Jail Free" card
Essential: Johnnie Cochran
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/09/02 at 08:37 a.m.
Worthless: Football announcers.
Essential: Lady Cheerleaders
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Syncronos on 12/09/02 at 08:44 a.m.
most worthless: fake breast implants
most essential: real women with real inner beauty
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/09/02 at 08:59 a.m.
Quoting:
Worthless: Men's nipples
Essential: Rock excess and debauchery ;D
End Quote
Hey now...wait just a second here...I resemble...resent that remark ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Syncronos on 12/09/02 at 09:04 a.m.
^ Um...
Subject: Re: most worthless and most worthless...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/09/02 at 09:13 a.m.
;D
most worthless-The old lady with the horned rim glasses, from the Old Navy Ads
most essential-A VCR to cut out commercials altogether....
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: DJ Midas on 12/09/02 at 10:04 a.m.
most worthless: electrical appliances without working electricity
most essential: Working Electricity!!!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: MissInformation on 12/09/02 at 10:43 a.m.
most worthless: electric toothpicks
most essential: cats
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/09/02 at 10:45 a.m.
Most worthless: Having your heart broken by a member of the opposite sex who's just flirting with you
Most essential: Finding true love
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/09/02 at 12:47 a.m.
most worthless-Those GOD AWFUL GAP commercials with the horrible rendition rip-offs of songs
most essential-Original Recordings of Songs...
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Steve_H on 12/09/02 at 01:38 p.m.
Worthless: a realistic agenda
Essential: the Democratic party
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Syncronos on 12/09/02 at 01:42 p.m.
Most worthless: computer enhanced waif-thin fashion models that don't exist in the normal mortal realm of reality
Mort Essential: a truly beautiful woman, both inside and out
(I'm just missing my wife...don't go home for another hour and a half)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Jessica on 12/09/02 at 01:43 p.m.
Quoting:
Most worthless: computer enhanced waif-thin fashion models that don't exist in the normal mortal realm of reality
Mort Essential: a truly beautiful woman, both inside and out
(I'm just missing my wife...don't go home for another hour and a half)
End Quote
That is so sweet, Syncronos...:)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/09/02 at 02:54 p.m.
Most worthless: A tie between cyberchicks and blow-up sex dolls
Most essential: A beautiful woman madly in love with you, and you're madly in love with her
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: goldie on 12/09/02 at 03:41 p.m.
Most worthless:telemarketers
Most essential: finding your soulmate
Subject: Re: most worthless and most worthless...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/09/02 at 03:45 p.m.
worthless-adding anything to the above^
most essential-agreeing completely with the above
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/10/02 at 06:52 a.m.
most worthless-The 20 page threads being on page 1
most essential-Moving the 20 page threads off page 1 :D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Syncronos on 12/10/02 at 07:45 a.m.
most worthless: most of the cartoons on the cartoon network (Have you actually WATCHED come of that stuff? It's pathetic!)
most essential: cartoons from BACK IN THE DAY...you know the ones...Thudercats, Silverhawks, GI Joe, the REAL Transformers...
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/10/02 at 07:56 a.m.
Most Worthless: A Winter storm that does nothing but blow right through
Most Essential: Moisture to get us out of this horrible 3 year drought....
BTW Syncronos....I agree with you about todays cartoons...I would have to choose the ones from back in MY day though....Bugs Bunny...Tom & Jerry....they Still make me and my kids smile :D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Syncronos on 12/10/02 at 08:06 a.m.
Those are so funny...and MUCH more violent than these cartoons nowadays...I mean, Bugs would drop bombs on people, Bugs and Yosemite would have gunfights...nowadays...it's just silly violence
Most worthless: brain freezes
Most essential: the feeling you get after the brain freeze goes away
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/12/02 at 07:50 a.m.
most worthless-Trolls
most essential-Friends
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: hotdog2002 on 12/12/02 at 10:35 a.m.
most worthless--politicians
most essential--family&friends
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/12/02 at 03:34 p.m.
most worthless-college football polls...namely the bcs >:(
most essential-Enjoying my Colorado Buffaloes destroying the children of the Corn...2 years in a row now!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Grendle on 12/12/02 at 06:27 p.m.
most essential: those little packages of sticky, colored stars
most worthless: doilys
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/17/02 at 09:57 p.m.
Most worthless: The good, bad and ugly game.
Most essential: Games I can understand.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: goldie on 12/17/02 at 09:59 p.m.
Most worthless:complaing about things instead of letting it go.
Most essential:moving on
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: southernspitfire on 12/17/02 at 10:01 p.m.
Quoting:
Most worthless:complaing about things instead of letting it go.
Most essential:moving on
End Quote
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/17/02 at 10:10 p.m.
Most worthless- Ball Hogs
Most essential- Those who share
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Rice Cube on 12/17/02 at 11:10 p.m.
Most essential - Shaq and Kobe
Most useless - the rest of the Lakers ::)
And you know it's true ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Zella on 12/17/02 at 11:31 p.m.
Most essential: Dr. Suess books
Most worthless: Harold Robbins novels
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Bobo on 12/17/02 at 11:44 p.m.
Most essential: MSN Messenger
Most worthless: ICQ ::)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/18/02 at 05:36 a.m.
Most worthless: Friends who stab you in the back
Most essential: True friends who stick by you
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Wicked Lester on 12/18/02 at 04:19 p.m.
Most essential: my KISS collection!!
Most worthless: that Imani Coppola CD that somehow found it's way into my stash! ::)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/18/02 at 08:07 p.m.
Most worthless: Survivor
Most essential: Survival in the real world.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/20/02 at 09:01 a.m.
Most Worthless-Hollyweird gossip shows
Most Essential-Common Sense
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Feiticeira on 12/20/02 at 09:10 a.m.
Most Worthless - Damn Trash Girl Beauty Tips Mags
Most Essential - Inner Beauty and Self Confidence.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/20/02 at 10:59 a.m.
Most worthless: People who spend all their hard-earned money trying to win the lottery.
Most essential: Happiness can't be bought.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/20/02 at 07:08 p.m.
Most worthless: Botox
Most essential: God given natural beauty.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: goldie on 12/20/02 at 07:10 p.m.
Worthless: Having a cyber-date on the messageboards.
Essential: Remembering to keep your personal stuff in a pm.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/20/02 at 07:12 p.m.
most worthless-worrying about other people
most essential-practicing what you preach :-/
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Wicked Lester on 12/20/02 at 07:15 p.m.
Most Essential - Common sense
Most Worthless - Not using it
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/20/02 at 07:17 p.m.
Most worthless: Dating services.
Most essential: Manners and courage to ask someone out for free.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/20/02 at 07:39 p.m.
Most essential-KINDNESS ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/20/02 at 07:51 p.m.
Most worthless: Boils and pimples.
Most essential: Clearisil.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: southernspitfire on 12/20/02 at 10:30 p.m.
Most worthless: Wasps
Most essential: 20 foot shot wasp spray!!!! ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Dude on 12/21/02 at 02:06 a.m.
Worthless: Having to fight a wasp by yourself.
Essential: Having someone to fight the wasp for you. ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: scaryfast on 12/21/02 at 02:25 a.m.
Most worthless : Soccer
<------Most essential : Michael Schumacher
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/21/02 at 02:46 a.m.
Most Worthless- Portable Foot Massager
Most Essential - Loving massage from spouse or S/O.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: HolyDooley on 12/21/02 at 03:43 a.m.
Most Essential: Fun
Most Worthless: Worry!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: scaryfast on 12/21/02 at 03:49 a.m.
Most essential: Orange, tail bouncing, big, furry felines.
Most worthless: Chimps (they are so overrated!)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/21/02 at 03:56 a.m.
Most Essential - Penguin Board Games
Most Worthless- Bored Penguins. :-/
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/21/02 at 06:35 p.m.
Most worthless: Ant colonies.
Most essential: Raid!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/22/02 at 01:44 a.m.
Most Worthless- Aunt Kisses
Most Essential- Aunt's who live out of town.
Don't know why I said that, guess my Aunts are kind of annoying. ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: HolyDooley on 12/22/02 at 08:13 a.m.
Most worthless: Shock talk shows.
Most essential: The off button.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 12/22/02 at 09:19 a.m.
Most Worthless: Yoko & Michael Jackson & thier Hypocrisy
Most Essential: Keeping The Beatles Music off TV commercials and ...whoever gets the credit...remembering that it belonged to all four of them. Not Yucko and Whacko!
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Crazy Don on 12/22/02 at 10:27 a.m.
Most worthless: Spending money on lottery tickets to win big jackpots.
Second-most worthless: Not spending money on lottery tickets to win big jackpots.
Most essential: The peace of mind that comes when you tried to win those big jackpots, knowing you put into it.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Race_Bannon on 01/04/03 at 02:57 a.m.
Most Worthless- Me here all alone. :-/
Most Essential - An active board. :D
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 01/04/03 at 07:57 a.m.
Worthless: Going through life with blinders on....
Essential: Showing Love, Kindness and Support to everyone that I possibly can
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 01/04/03 at 09:14 a.m.
Most Essential - (1) The support of good friends :-*
Most Essential - (2) The support of good underwear :D
Most Worthless - Elastic that isn't.... >:(
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/04/03 at 04:31 p.m.
Most Worthless: Unfunny paroidies or parodies done by people who don't even try to go by the original pacing.
Most Essential: Parodies that are funny.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: RockandRollFan on 01/05/03 at 08:03 a.m.
most worthless: Not eating a healthy Sunday breakfast.....
most essential: Taking one of my sons to my parents house for a deliciously healthy breakfast ;)
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/05/03 at 11:53 a.m.
Most worthless: Cockroaches
Most essential: A good bug killer.
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Feiticeira on 01/05/03 at 12:18 a.m.
Worthless - Currency Value
Essential - Sentimental Value
Subject: Re: most worthless and most essential...
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/05/03 at 01:42 p.m.
Most worthless: Kidney pie
Most essential: Kidneys