Sometimes, I just can't resist.

[hardcase60]

Follow-up: I learned very early in life to think before I speak. With practice that has become as easy as breathing. Decades ago I developed a simple philosophy. If I accidentally offend you then there will be a never ending apology, if I have intentionally offended you then the Devil will freeze to death before you get an apology. Rumor has it that some folks think, among other things, that I'm rude, insensitive, mean, hurtful and somewhere south of politically correct. They just don't know me.

Hint: Under no circumstance ask a lady who might have a little extra weight around her middle if she is pregnant. Never mind how you phrase the question, it will not end well. hardcase60

 

[DWFAN]

I have never been PC. Never will be. If I think you're ugly I'll tell you. Maybe you didn't know. In my early years fighting usually resulted in my lack of a brain filter. I've had my nose broken three times and my scalp sewn up a few more. The only good thing about being old now is everyone just thinks I'm crazy. I really wasn't what you would call a big guy.

DW

 

[i1afli]

I'm not nearly as bad as my wife...she's almost gotten me into several fights.

 

[Capt Steve]

Call em like you see em...

I was once {well more than once actually}, told by a woman with whom I strongly disagreed:

"I think you are rude!"

I responded that I thought she was stupid. I followed up with:

Now assuming we are both right, tomorrow I have the option to be polite while you however...."

 

[Smoke]

This is one of those topics that I just don't understand.

I'm curious, do you do this while you're carrying? And if so what are you going to do when you mouth off to the wrong person and it escalates? I know if you spoke to my wife like that we'd have words.

I've told some of these stories before but When I was 13 years old I watched a friend of mine get all his upper front teeth taken out by a guy with a crow bar who didn't like something my friend said to him as he drove by in his car.

The guy was driving by, my friend popped off, the guy flipped a U , ran my friend down, got out of the car with a crow bar and hit my friend square in the mouth. Then he got back in his car and drove away.

My friend still carries the marks of that beating

One day I had a run in at the gas station on Ft. Carson with a guy that cut me off at the pumps. I don't even remember what I said but whatever it was he came absolutely, foaming at the mouth unglued on me.

He was an inch away from my face screaming (not yelling SCREAMING ) that he was going to murder me right then and there and he was very specific about using that word.

I don't even remember what turned him off but he just stopped in the middle of his rant and walked over and finished pumping his gas and drove away.

Bottom line, I've run into enough people like this in my life that I am convinced that the world is full of very angry people who are one tick away from exploding.

As a result I don't trifle with strangers. If I don't know you I don't start random conversations like that because I know that sooner or later you're going to find out the hard way it's not worth it.

 

[Tom S.]

This is one of those topics that I just don't understand.

I'm curious, do you do this while you're carrying? And if so what are you going to do when you mouth off to the wrong person and it escalates? I know if you spoke to my wife like that we'd have words.

I've told some of these stories before but When I was 13 years old I watched a friend of mine get all his upper front teeth taken out by a guy with a crow bar who didn't like something my friend said to him as he drove by in his car.

The guy was driving by, my friend popped off, the guy flipped a U , ran my friend down, got out of the car with a crow bar and hit my friend square in the mouth. Then he got back in his car and drove away.

My friend still carries the marks of that beating

One day I had a run in at the gas station on Ft. Carson with a guy that cut me off at the pumps. I don't even remember what I said but whatever it was he came absolutely, foaming at the mouth unglued on me.

He was an inch away from my face screaming (not yelling SCREAMING ) that he was going to murder me right then and there and he was very specific about using that word.

I don't even remember what turned him off but he just stopped in the middle of his rant and walked over and finished pumping his gas and drove away.

Bottom line, I've run into enough people like this in my life that I am convinced that the world is full of very angry people who are one tick away from exploding.

As a result I don't trifle with strangers. If I don't know you I don't start random conversations like that because I know that sooner or later you're going to find out the hard way it's not worth it.

First of, at 66 and counting, I've been around the block. Several times in fact. If you and your wife don't have the decency to have your fights in private, then you open yourself to public comment. We'll have words? OK, you rant, I'll laugh. Pretty soon you're going to see the futility of your actions and walk away. On the other hand, come at me with a crowbar and you'll learn the first hand to old adage about picking a fight with a man too old to fight.

Besides, in this particular instance, it was pretty obvious who wore the pants in the family, and wasn't the guy. He was probably glad that I verbalized what he was thinking and too frightened to say.

 

[Tom S.]

I was once {well more than once actually}, told by a woman with whom I strongly disagreed:

"I think you are rude!"

I responded that I thought she was stupid. I followed up with:

Now assuming we are both right, tomorrow I have the option to be polite while you however...."

Sounds very familiar to a quote attributed to Winston Churchill, who when told by Bessie Braddock "Sir, you are drunk." He replied: "And you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly."

I don't know if he actually said it, and there seems to be some controversy about the exact wording, but it is the kind of reply Winnie would have come up with.

 

[shouldazagged]

I have failed miserably at taking the advice of my poor deceased grandmother who told me "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"....

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Teddy's irrepressible niece, was quoted saying, "If you can't say anything nice, come sit by me."

And one of my favorite lines from "Animaniacs" was, "If you can't say anything nice it must be the Icecapades."

 

[Smoke]

First of, at 66 and counting, I've been around the block. Several times in fact.

Maybe if you hadn't stuck your two cents in where it wasn't wanted you wouldn't have had to go around the block as many times.

On the other hand, come at me with a crowbar and you'll learn the first hand to old adage about picking a fight with a man too old to fight.

And when it's all over and all the witnesses say you started the altercation?

Or when you lip off and the other guy just turns around and decks you?

I've seen that happen too and at your age (or mine) it's quite possible the damage could be permanent.

I'm not sure what world you live in but here in the 21st century people have been known to unload a magazine on random strangers for "disrespecting" them.

If you want to walk around armed and start **** with random strangers be my guest. Maybe you'll never find out the hard way that people don't like other people in their business maybe you will.

I did and I don't do it any more.

 

[shouldazagged]

Well, so much for the attempt at levity...

 

[Tom S.]

Maybe if you hadn't stuck your two cents in where it wasn't wanted you wouldn't have had to go around the block as many times.




And when it's all over and all the witnesses say you started the altercation?

Or when you lip off and the other guy just turns around and decks you?

I've seen that happen too and at your age (or mine) it's quite possible the damage could be permanent.

I'm not sure what world you live in but here in the 21st century people have been known to unload a magazine on random strangers for "disrespecting" them.

If you want to walk around armed and start **** with random strangers be my guest. Maybe you'll never find out the hard way that people don't like other people in their business maybe you will.

I did and I don't do it any more.

OK, you win. Feel better?

 

[Smoke]

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[chud333]

That was one of the Amendments to the US Constitution
wasn't it ?????
Yeah, I know.......
I was Anti-PC before being anti-PC was cool.


Chuck

 

[walter o]

Hate to disagree with the gentleman ,But keeps your bickering in private . As you should also keep your tantrum throwing kids at home. Manner seam to be a lost art. As mama said" Don't air your dirty laundry in public."

 

[chud333]

OK, you win. Feel better?

Tom,
Some folks are OK with being sheeple.
Be yourself. To Hell with keeping quiet
and letting someone else run your life
because it's "safe".


Chuck

 

[Smoke]

Tom,
Some folks are OK with being sheeple.
Be yourself. To Hell with keeping quiet
and letting someone else run your life
because it's "safe".
Chuck

It's not a question on being "sheeple" (good god that's a stupid word) or letting other people run your life. It has to do with not interjecting yourself into something that was none of your business in the first place.

Like I told Tom if you want to walk around starting **** (save the filters the trouble) with random strangers for your own amusement be my guest. Sooner or later it will come back and bite you square in the ***.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Ah, but sometimes the temptation is too strong. Case in point, a couple of weeks ago I was doing the weekly grocery shopping. I needed to buy a few bags of deer corn, but couldn't find any in the usual place. I asked the young check out girl if they still had deer corn, and she said they did, but were temporarily out of stock. Then, she looked around and asked in a lowered voice: "what do you guys do with deer corn?" I couldn't resist it, so I told her, in a very lowered voice: "well, you find a field, plant the deer corn, then wait a few weeks..." "What do you wait for?", she asked, and I replied: "why fully grown deer, of course" It took her a second, and then she said: "Nooooo, that's not true, is it?" And she wasn't even blonde.

Regards,

Dave

 

[LostintheOzone]

The fact that I was 6' tall and weighed 200 lbs. most of my life saved me more than once. Most people just looked me over and figured it wasn't worth the trouble. It was nip and tuck a few times though. I'm better now.

 

[Smoke]

Ah, but sometimes the temptation is too strong. Case in point, a couple of weeks ago I was doing the weekly grocery shopping. I needed to buy a few bags of deer corn, but couldn't find any in the usual place. I asked the young check out girl if they still had deer corn, and she said they did, but were temporarily out of stock. Then, she looked around and asked in a lowered voice: "what do you guys do with deer corn?" I couldn't resist it, so I told her, in a very lowered voice: "well, you find a field, plant the deer corn, then wait a few weeks..." "What do you wait for?", she asked, and I replied: "why fully grown deer, of course" It took her a second, and then she said: "Nooooo, that's not true, is it?" And she wasn't even blonde.

Regards,

Dave

First, I have to admit I have no idea what "Deer corn" is either" I assume it's some type of bait corn though.

Second, your example isn't the same. You were interacting directly with the cashier and you pulled her leg a little. That's not the same as interjecting yourself into an argument between two complete strangers.

I've said it before but I've seen people turn around and cold cock someone for stuff like that and I mean with absolutely no warning. It's happened to me once or twice and I learned from it.

When I say I don't trifle with strangers I mean exactly that I do not trifle with strangers. I don't offer unsolicited smartassed comments to people I don't know because I don't ever know how they're going to react and I can't afford to have a confrontation (especially one that I could have avoided by simply keeping my mouth shut) that I started escalate into a gun fight.

 

[Tom S.]

Tom,
Some folks are OK with being sheeple.
Be yourself. To Hell with keeping quiet
and letting someone else run your life
because it's "safe".


Chuck

Lest someone get the wrong impression, I'm not a wise-*** who goes around spouting off to anyone within earshot. However as most responders to this thread have noted, sometimes you just can't let things go without comment. At least I can't. Maybe some day I'll say the wrong thing to the wrong person and get shot for it. You can put on my grave stone: "I told you so!".