Go! have some common sense?!?
March 26th, 2008 by Simple Zack
What your about to read is (based on) a true story! I stumbled across it a few weeks ago:
A couple had decided to go on vacation to Hawaii and hired a travel agent to help with the trip. As the travel agent was booking the flights, the wife asked him, “Could you give us aisle seats? I don’t want my hair to get messed up from being by the window.”
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Please reassure me that you all have more common sense than this person. Right? I feel like common sense is decreasing everyday. Is it just me? or does anyone agree?
p.s. Great job on the favicon Deep! and good luck to all other Blog Idols.
Anything featuring Larson is worthwhile. Interesting topic, could be more pointed though.
Sometime I think that if only intelligence is sold over the counter, I will buy each an everyone a dose of it to allow better understanding in this whole wide world. I have realized that lack of common sense on so many of our fellowmen is the cause of concurrent world wide chaos. Peace everyone!
A very nice blog still. Go, continue blogging!!!
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Heh … .::chuckles::.
On a recent flight I happened to overhear a woman on her cell phone while standing in line to board — she was saying, “I’ll be there in a couple of hours …”
I didn’t have the heart or the where-with-all (read, “balls”) to tell her that she was sadly mistaken.
Three hour time difference. Flight was going to last nearly 4 hours.
We leave at noon. We land at 1:00 THERE.
.::heavy sigh::.
Duh.
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Simple Zack :
Good entry, like the feel and look of the post - and you’ve got hold of the style of Flowers on your first hit.
So ball out into the field. Good hit!
Now if you had given a bit more on the “I feel like common sense is decreasing every day” - not to much: say a line or two to give an example ( ideally from your own life) you would have hit the ball out of the park.
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I see Mike. My mission was to hit quick and hard.
Next time *fingers crossed* there will be no doubt that I will fix that mistake and hit a sky high homerun. Thanks for the tip Mike!
G’day Zack
Nice post….
Common sence is so lacking these days, that when you do here or see some it is so novel that you nearly fall of your chair…..
Rating post….. I had better do this…. hate voting so much effort for all thos concerned…..
I like the look of the post..
Good image ( see GOod Vs Great for definition)
Nice length…
Quality… content..
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LOL Zack and happy first post….
The Farside rocks….
Did you know that common sense was not THAT common?
GO! Figure.
I looooove Farside. It’s pretty sad that common sense is so UNcommon.
*lightbulb over head*
…maybe if we all read a few more books and drank a tad bit more tea………
You could never do wrong in my eyes Zack, I think you are really sweet.
And common sense is seriously lacking nowadays. It’s supposed to be common sense v’s intelligence so perhaps we are all a lot cleverer nowadays?
No, it can’t be, I know some incredibly thick people.
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you and me both Lib
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aw. Thanks guys.
Lib, essentially I think it could be intelligence vs wisdom? It seems fitting that wiser men have more common sense. Not always true with those nerdy ones.
Its wisdom versus knowledge.
I read somewhere about a Buddhist monk who was a very wise man with a lot of wisdom about life etc but didn’t know that the earth was round etc.
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Its like that story with the three “intelligent” professors on a boat making fun of the poor “uneducated sailor”. Later a storm rolls by and the boat sinks. The smart men yell for the sailor to save them, because they don’t know how to swim.
Whose the smarter, sailor or the professors?
Elton! Happy Birthday!!
Me a day late aaargh!
Here’s for you EJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_SFJhqfyo
And I guess this is from you to us ha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgNA6dIDAjk
Mwah! Just because of your special day EJ!
Er.. will David be jealous of that kiss?
Thanks…I was wondering where I could send Elton a Birthday greeting. I was going to do a post about it!!
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Geez…I forgot to say Happy Birthday Elton….and I’ll leave all the kissing to Bridget!
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That would be the chastest cyber-peck ever Tay! Now curb that kinky imagination of yours girl ha! :))
Hum. Chastest. Is that a word guys? If not, you know the drill right, Bridget has just copyrighted it. Please use at leisure and pay me royalty fees thanks!!
Hey EJ, where are yoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu gooooooooooooooooone agggggaiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn???????????????
Zack.. hum.. what if the wife was just kidding and everyone took her seriously? Ha!
Aaargh! What IS this thing??? ”
” That’s a SNEER, NOT a wink!
DEEP!!! What have you done?! Undo immediately please! Now!
It’s where the phrase, “got a face like a man chewing an angry wasp” comes from
Yet another health hazard..?! Ha!
Well I mean you that could be true, but it makes a better story if she meant it.
Quit chewing glass …..
Hey, where’s the sense of humour gone Zack? Surely you should recognise Frog humour by now?
I’m still thinking of that question I wanted to ask you.. but maybe I’ll let it go lil boy
no sense of humor? I don’t understand.
this looks like that little round yellow face is chewing on a shard of glass 
lil girl
Hey Jem! One of my comments has disappeared! Well, actually I think it never appeared ha!
Release please! It’s the most important one of the day ha!
Oops! I forgot I was supposed to be lying down to mope right now!
Hey hey hey
It chook….
Hi there
Matey.. thanks…. fancy meeting you here….
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Tell me about it! Meet Miss Contradiction ha! (Chook, me staying away from the emoticons till they get fixed! They ARE going to get fxed Deep right?)
You sound better Sweety, kewl! Glad 123 helped.
To everyone: yes, I’m done moping already! Nemo says my Godfather will be promoted (hum..will that make him more pompous?!) and be back soon! Silly-little-girl-learning-to-read-between-the-lines-to-become-grown-up-woman is happy now!
What Godfather? Don’t you guys follow what I say? Duh! I won’t help you out this time, figure it out by yourselves ha!
I keep asking him to move to OZ…. so no more hassles..
123 was brillant thank you… the animation was so cool….
Much better, had a giggle and a smile thanks to you and with that came a few options for Friday…. depending on tomorrows phone call…
might even be better….
Was the translation good?
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Yep, just the spelling needs some edit. Should go:
C’est la Vie.
Lemme know how things go with Mr. Moronic!
thanks chook….
learning…
will know tonight…..
tah
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DONE!
Lol this post is about common sense - just look at us all
Only one Candidate left….
Come on Dubai Guy…
this is getting interesting…
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Tis just the start AC…
Dubai Guy - flowers awaits!
you have know idea what I have waiting to post up….
Getting very interesting over here isnt it…
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Yeah.
That was way funnier.
When I get back from the plastic surgeon (you see, after reading this, my sides simply split), I’ll throw something up for ya, Lib.
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Seriously - I’m pissed about this.
This post contains a quote from a news story, and a question.
So, creatively, you’ve asked a f*cking question ABOUT the story that you clipped out of a newspaper.
People applaud this?!? F*cking ay…I can go to cnn.com, too, and clip a friggin’ piece out of the news, too.
Show some goddamn creativity…I’m not quite clear on how this - being your “entry” shows who you are, other than a plagiarist without an original thought.
I’m not bitter.
I’m sexy, but I’m not bitter.
Okay. I’m pissed about the “you’re funnier” comment in my post…but, c’mon…toilet paper bits in your ass?!? How can you beat that?!?!
Maybe I should have just posted the commercial from YouTube and wrote:
“So, folks…do bears really wipe their ass?”
But I didn’t want to steal your thunder. I know now that it’s your niche.
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Moog, not everyone applaud this kind of posts. Did you see me do this? Or any other one for that matter? I find everything rather middle of the road. It’s only the fact that I am a Founder that’s keeping me from speaking my mind.
Yours was creative in terms of layout and style. It’s the subject I didn’t like all that much. Doesn’t mean I’m not voting for you now does it?
No, it doesn’t. However, I’m a little burned that this jackass had some seriously burning comments about (a) not ONLY my post but
my humor (and a personal attack therein) in general…and then puts up this wonderful gem as a display of talent.
Everybody: oooooooooh.
Seriously. WTF.
The reason I’m here to begin with is to present the ying to the yang…the con to the pro…the Britney Spears to the Lindsay Lohan…you know…the dark side.
If you’re expecting me to sit here and sh*t out roses, then you’re looking at the wrong guy.
I mean, I may be able to finagle a tulip or dandelion…but roses are definitely out of the question.
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OK, not a founder so don’t have to mind my Ps & Qs.
Moognumbers’ post was a pathetic attempt to appear to be on the edge. The subject matter and manner of writing is childish, as is the tantrum being demonstrated right now.
I don’t find it funny, entertaining or anything else positive for that matter. As far as creativity is concerned, it is nothing more than a trip down memory lane to your last year in primary school and the kind of subject matter most schoolboys laugh at when aged 10 years old.
Would’ve though that now he has grown up and is watching grown up porn with his wife (ooooh how risqué!) he might have expanded his humour base a little, particularly if funny is what he wants to be.
Welcome back Nemo! I wondered what had happened to the sniggering little fish I left last week ha! :))
Comeon, let’s have some fun! Things were getting rather boring around here!
Can we give same treatment to all Nemo? Bridget doesn’t like double standards petit poisson..
Wherever I am, you can count on the fact that I will be sniggering.
I have now commented on all the posts, so as an innocent bystander, I have put my two-pennerth in.
To summarise my view; marks out of 10:
Dubai Guy : 10
Rufus : 7
Zack : 5
Empress Nightgown : 5
Moognumbers : 1
And for the sake of being honourable I congratulate all entrants and specifically those who have made it to the final and took the time out construct a post (something I would not be arsed to do) and that includes you schoolboy locked in the lavatory with your jazz mags.
Thanks, FF.
You sound like my wife.
Unfortunately, this is exactly how my mind works - pathetic, rambling and childish.
Again…sounds of my wife are rattling around in my head.
My article was not an “attempt to appear to be on the edge” - it’s simply my thought process, written down. Childish or not, mean and angry, irreverent (you can look it up) or harsh…it’s how I am.
I actually pride myself in the fact that I think like a 10 year old. I miss blowing up my Star Wars toys in the backyard (hindsight being 20/20…I’d probably own you right now if I kept those f*cking things instead of lighting them on fire).
More people should write what they think instead of sugarcoating and whining about sh*t.
Like me or not, I don’t care. It is what it is. I write what I write. Be glad that I didn’t discuss my testicles…which I’m also prone to do. We can always take that offline…I have pictures.
I’m not throwing a tantrum. I’m defending my position given the personal crap that was thrown at me in my post…you see, the high road simply isn’t for me…and, coincidentally, hasn’t been since I was about 10.
Now, founders…if it’s comments you’re looking for…guess who’s ringing your dinner bell?
Yeah…it’s that 40 year old guy writing about poo and balls and lighting sh*t on fire in his backyard.
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Holy Cow…a little bit of drama…wow…I don’t like that you are always cussing up a storm…
and like Bridget since I am a founder I am able to say something…but really holy drama!!!
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hi ya mooooooooog…
I thought your post was interesting….
Loved the graphics btw….
Come on lets all get our knickers in knot….
Is all good……
Just wondering how the voting will go…. I do love the way you arent afraid to get amongst it…….
thorns out…. scratch…
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Hey Mooog, you gotta let us know, what kind of posts can we expect from you if we vote you in? I take it yesterday was a bit of on-the-spot reaction, so I’ll disregard the above.
Serious question here. Founders are in the process of decision-making…
Good question. No idea.
I can tell you that the posts WON’T be:
“I woke up today to blue skies. Blue is pretty. I like blue. What color do YOU like?”
blech. Lame. Scintillating reading.
I’m a story teller…but I see people here like short (which is good…I’m 5′2″ tall)…so I’ll try to get straight to the point.
The point is you get the best reactions if you make people laugh or make them angry. If there’s such a thing as an “angry laugh,” well..then…that’s my target audience.
I’ll post no fluff. I’ll post no bullsh*t. I’ll make people mad at my ideas…which is what I do in real life.
I’d rather see some poor innocent prick be waterboarded then coddled and asked if he’s a terrorist politely while being handed a cinnamon scone.
I’d rather see a village of people nuked if it meant killing the 5 terrorists who lived there. Even if it turned out that they didn’t live there, then we get decent video on CNN.
I use my car’s directional and hate anyone who doesn’t. I’ve contemplating pulling old women out of cars by their hair because of this. In the end, I didn’t because, frankly, I’m too lazy.
In the end, I don’t really care about your opinion…and you shouldn’t care about mine. It’s the point in getting it across that counts.
That’s me.
My blog has about 150 published posts that you can dig through. You can also find me on http://www.scrivel.com to get the “shorter” view (”Mental Poo” posts tend to be long…Scrivel is much shorter…which is what I think you’re looking for).
Moog out.
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Seriously - I’m pissed about this.
I’m not bitter. I’m sexy, but I’m not bitter.
I’m pissed about the “you’re funnier” comment
Could you clarify your position moognumbers?
someones a little angry huh?
oooooooh get her!
Zack…I liked it..short, funny and to the point…
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Thank you Taylor!
You’re very welcome!
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Zack,
Your post brought me back to when I was raising my eldest — a girl who just couldn’t seem to grasp the concept of common sense. I’d always say to her, “Don’t you have any common sense?” Or yell, “That’s just common sense!” But, here’s a thought…. why would anybody want to be common? I don’t. And she certainly didn’t turn out to be common. Thank GOodness! Now, as far as her lazy husband…….
Nice post, Zack! It shows there’s nothing ‘Simple’ about ya!
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Hey Zack, Emma here.
This is one of my favourite cartoons. So simple. And how many of us try and pull when it says push and vice versa.
Common sense would be a great commodity to sell and I think you could make a fortune just targetting blondes alone!
Hi Zack - A fine post I thought (but then what do i know?)
Who’s to say what makes a great post - really? That’s the whole point of blogging - you write what appeals to you and hope a few others visit and enjoy also.
Its only when your blog has ‘commercial aspects’ that you have to watch what you write a little more but then well just get another if you really have toi get things of your chest.
The visual reminded me of birthdays and cards from my brother (he’s 40 in a few weeks time ha ha) catching me up he is the young upstart!
Looking forward to more from you.
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Thanks Purple13! I look forward to writing more for you.
Love the cartoon and it does seem like common sense is going by the wayside.
As for the hair by the airplane window, if the woman had fine straight hair like mine that flattens with humidity, I would ask for an aisle seat too!!! LOL
Hugs, JJ…it’s always fun visiting.
I have some news, but not yet, but SQUEE!!!
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I guess common sense is a relative term. What might appear as common sense to me may sound stupid to you & vice versa. I believe most conflicts are the result of basically the same mentality. Each one of us thinks he is right & the other person is wrong. But that story you shared was really funny, it really made me laugh. I don’t call such people stupid, rather I would say they are very simple people. And don’t forget they unknowingly bring smiles on our faces by their behaviors which might appear perfectly normal to them but which we perceive as silly
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