Gratuitous Corby V Willie Thread

[PAgeologist]

Good point about all our dumb American brethren. Hmm. Okay, how about this? We can’t give the dumb of us too much credit for getting things done. I say that most Americans doing great things quickly are the smart ones, and the ones doing dumb things are the dumb ones. Okay, I’m getting nowhere. I just remembered Facebook and Silicon Valley. Smart Americans with no common sense doing great things quickly and overly willing to make mistakes. You win.

The old George Carlin bit: Think of how dumb the average person is, and remember 50 percent of people are dumber.

 

[nerfstate]

Another good point! Man, I should not have posted (i.e., matched wits with a Sicilian) without thinking it through first!

Honored to be thought of as Cosa Nostra, but I'm a Viking, baby.

 

[NothingMeaningful]

I also just did some dime-store reasearch. US workplace deaths are around 14 per million annually. Compared against some older data I found in Europe, that would put us 3rd to last--but ahead of Austria and Portugal

A moment's reflection (see what I did there?) will tell you that statistic is utter nonsense.

 

[nerfstate]

A moment's reflection (see what I did there?) will tell you that statistic is utter nonsense.

I must be slow today, what am I missing?
Here are my 2 rapidly-sourced sources:

1. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Labor/Workplace-deaths-per-million#amount
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/29/bls...orkers-die-on-the-job-per-day-on-average.html

4,764 deaths in 2020 divided by 329.5 (for millions of americans)= 14.45 per million, right?

 

[NothingMeaningful]

I must be slow today, what am I missing?
Here are my 2 rapidly-sourced sources:

1. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Labor/Workplace-deaths-per-million#amount
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/29/bls...orkers-die-on-the-job-per-day-on-average.html

Ack, my mistake! I read "14 million per year," when it was 14 per million. My apologies!

 

[PSU Mike]

Ack, my mistake! I read "14 million per year," when it was 14 per million. My apologies!

I expected more from a varsity letterman.

 

[nerfstate]

Ack, my mistake! I read "14 million per year," when it was 14 per million. My apologies!

14mil per year would be a much worse problem. Every last one of us could use a pause or two before posting sometimes.

 

[nittinsc]

If you don't go to work, it's hard to get hurt. The majority of Americans are go-getters. Europe not so much

Industrial sharpie post of the day!

 

[tikk10]

Sterilaser Lawyer: We'd like to submit the following photo labeled Exhibit A, your Honor.

 

[NothingMeaningful]

I expected more from a varsity letterman.

Get used to disappointment.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Sterilaser Lawyer: We'd like to submit the following photo labeled Exhibit A, your Honor.

That sound you hear is several wannabe plaintiffs deflating.

 

[Dogwelder]

Sterilaser Lawyer: We'd like to submit the following photo labeled Exhibit A, your Honor. …

Plaintiff lawyer: Your Honor, we request to add George Lucas as a defendant for teaching Plaintiff the wrong values.

 

[82bordeaux]

If you don't go to work, it's hard to get hurt. The majority of Americans are go-getters. Europe not so much

I've always said, "never try to outsit a frenchman."

 

[CropDuster507]

“It’s too easy for you guys to quit.”
Damn, you ain’t ****ing wrong, Willie.

and that applies to absolutely everything, though it initially pertained to covid cancellations/institutions

 

[amattaro]

Sterilaser Lawyer: We'd like to submit the following photo labeled Exhibit A, your Honor.

Pffft, could just as easily be a warning about sticking your pecker in it. Or should be, for some of the freaks out there.

 

[PSU Mike]

Plaintiff lawyer: Your Honor, we request to add George Lucas as a defendant for teaching Plaintiff the wrong values.

Will Harrison Ford be called as an expert on safety around extreme light sources?

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Dogwelder]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, …

So who’s the man in the arena, and who’s the critic, and for what sport is the arena in your analogy? What point are you trying to make? 🤔

 

[nittinsc]

So who’s the man in the arena, and who’s the critic, and for what sport is the arena in your analogy? What point are you trying to make? 🤔

Corby, Willie, journalism?

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

So who’s the man in the arena, and who’s the critic, and for what sport is the arena in your analogy? What point are you trying to make? 🤔

I guess that depends on one's worldview and outlook on life. I just think the quote encapsulates some of the broader principles that go toward the success or failure of individuals in particular and societies in general.

 

[82bordeaux]

So who’s the man in the arena, and who’s the critic, and for what sport is the arena in your analogy? What point are you trying to make? 🤔

I don't know, but it sounds really smart.

 

[Dogwelder]

Corby, Willie, journalism?

Won’t work. Willie is also in the arena.

 

[GogglesPaizano]

Sterilaser Lawyer: We'd like to submit the following photo labeled Exhibit A, your Honor.

How can you read this one you have been blinded? I am sure there is some appropriate language in there but given the injuries to multiple people it could use a very clear graphic indicating eye protection or not to look directly at the light.

Since Willie takes about them having issues with individual bulbs flickering, it seems they had the unit flipped on it's back while energized. It could be one bulb/tube was fully on while they tinkered with another.

I guess they need a second caution/warning sticker on the underside of the unit.

Willie & Corby trouble shooting the lasonater prior to prepping the matts

 

[BrockBronson]

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[BrockBronson]

This explains why Corby is so mad and the whole break up

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

When I was first told Willie and Corby were injured by a “Sterilaser“ I was hoping it would render them impotent.

 

[GogglesPaizano]

I read the fine print on that warning sticker. "Wear protective gear when the device is active. Short term exposure can lead to massive hair loss."

I am beginning to think Willie and Corby irritated their eyes via some other means.

 

[PD4thespawn]

Sounds like they didn't read the warning label on the q-tip box either.

 

[Dogwelder]

When I was first told Willie and Corby were injured by a “Sterilaser“ I was hoping it would render them impotent.

Why? How does it help you if they become eligible for more unprotected sex?

 

[82bordeaux]

When I was first told Willie and Corby were injured by a “Sterilaser“ I was hoping it would render them impotent.

I would be happy with simple sterilization.

 

[Dogwelder]

I would be happy with simple sterilization.

Man. This forum *is* educational. I did not know the difference between impotent and sterile until reading your post and looking it up. Now I just have to go look up the cunsuelo joke.

 

[Used2BEerie]

Man. This forum *is* educational. I did not know the difference between impotent and sterile until reading your post and looking it up. Now I just have to go look up the cunsuelo joke.

Dogwelder’s reaction when he finally gets the joke

 

[johnstownsteel]

Dogwelder’s reaction when he finally gets the joke

I still don’t get the consuelo joke. Lol

 

[nittinsc]

I still don’t get the consuelo joke. Lol

Pronounce it real sloooow.

 

[johnstownsteel]

Pronounce it real sloooow.

Ahhhh…. I got it. Yep…. It’s confirmed. I’m as dumb as you all say…. Lol

 

[Dogwelder]

Ahhhh…. I got it. Yep…. It’s confirmed. I’m as dumb as you all say…. Lol

Hey, did you just call me dumb?

I just looked it up. Now I’m as smart as anybody who got the joke, right?

 

[creamery freak]

Hey, did you just call me dumb?

I just looked it up. Now I’m as smart as anybody who got the joke, right?

Yeah, but none of us here qualify as dumb dumb except some Turk in a Hawkeye tshirt!

 

[johnstownsteel]

Yeah, but none of us here qualify as dumb dumb except some Turk in a Hawkeye tshirt!

Hold my beer…

 

[El-Jefe]

Ahhhh…. I got it. Yep…. It’s confirmed. I’m as dumb as you all say…. Lol

Don't play dumb -- it was your latest HR handle that didn't get the joke.

 

[johnstownsteel]

Catching up on TFW right now. Hope Willie brings in someone to do the show with him. I mean, I guess I could find time to do it but not sure Hawkeye fans would tune in for that. Ha