Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[raman]

15% of the food bill is minimum standard in US restaurants. And putting it on the bill is also pretty much universal.

 

[Noobz0r]

15% of the food bill is minimum standard in US restaurants. And putting it on the bill is also pretty much universal.

Perhaps I have it wrong here then. It was 5 years ago now, and for some reason that stuck in my mind.

Ah well.

 

[bomberclifford]

If tipping is standard and set at a common %, how the **** is it a tip?
Here's my tip Mr Merican, it's a service charge.

 

[bomberclifford]

...beats listening to U2, Coldplay and Placebo !

That's a choice selection of crapness there.

 

[powermacs]

I've been drinking a bit of Coopers Stout this winter. Great stuff and inspired one of the great tv ads of all time.

They sell southwark stout in the members at LAAMI, it's delicious.

 

[bomberclifford]

A bit pricey, but well worth it. Easily the best pale ale that's readily acquired (before someone weighs in with a 'Titwank Pale from the Skeetasheet Brewery of Mt Isa...').

Does Little Creatures count as Titwank?

 

[raman]

If tipping is standard and set at a common %, how the **** is it a tip?

Because it isn't enforced by law. Just custom.

 

[Janus]

Tips are taxed - that's why people will get shitty if you don't leave one.

When I was in the States last - 2007 - I always made sure I tipped 20% or higher. Who wants to be known as a tight-ass?

That being said - my friend and I wanted to get into Privilege, which is a club up in Hollywood that you apparently have to know someone to get in to. Go to the concierge, he's all like "Oh, I don't like your chances. I know the owner and blah blah blah". Anyway, I know how these things work, so I slip him a 50 and tell him to do his best. I even said I'd be willing to do bottle service if it meant getting in. Well, his best wasn't good enough, cause he couldn't get us in. Not to be deterred, I said to my friend that we'll go past there and ask at the door. Ask for bottle service, walk straight in, with the door bitch giving us club's card with the number and saying "If you're ever in LA again, come back." Ended up at a seedy strip club after downing a bottle of rum in 2 hours (LA has a 2am curfew...) Was an interesting experience

Moral of the story? Tips, both monetary and otherwise, only get you so far in life. Sometimes, you need to take action yourself.

 

[Stromageddon]

Last time I was in LA I was 12

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

Tips are taxed - that's why people will get shitty if you don't leave one.

When I was in the States last - 2007 - I always made sure I tipped 20% or higher. Who wants to be known as a tight-arse?

That being said - my friend and I wanted to get into Privilege, which is a club up in Hollywood that you apparently have to know someone to get in to. Go to the concierge, he's all like "Oh, I don't like your chances. I know the owner and blah blah blah". Anyway, I know how these things work, so I slip him a 50 and tell him to do his best. I even said I'd be willing to do bottle service if it meant getting in. Well, his best wasn't good enough, cause he couldn't get us in. Not to be deterred, I said to my friend that we'll go past there and ask at the door. Ask for bottle service, walk straight in, with the door bitch giving us club's card with the number and saying "If you're ever in LA again, come back." Ended up at a seedy strip club after downing a bottle of rum in 2 hours (LA has a 2am curfew...) Was an interesting experience

Moral of the story? Tips, both monetary and otherwise, only get you so far in life. Sometimes, you need to take action yourself.

My first night out in San Fransisco and everyones like last drinks at 1:30 and I was like WTF is this, was NOT impressed. Anyway I was by myself but made friends with a bunch of randoms, nek minnit I'm at this rocking house party in the burbs, yada yada yada, wake up back at the hostel (not sure how I got there to this day) at 11:45 remembering I'd booked at trip out to Alcatraz at noon.

Same thing happened in Chicago and Boston.

 

[Forzaport]

Some old, some new:

Who said Aussie Rules footballers aren't smart?

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father" (Shane Wakelin)

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein" (Mick Malthouse)

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes" (Peter Bell on his University Law studies)

"You guys line up alphabetically by height and you guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle" (Barry Hall at training)

Brock Maclean on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs we went to"

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is" (Kevin Sheedy on James Hird)

Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals vs Day Games: "It's basically the same, just darker"

Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton: "I told him, Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?"
He said, "Barass, I don't know and I don't care"

Barry Hall when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first"

"Luke Hodge...The 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago" (Dermott Brereton)

"Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator" (Mark Williams)

"We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but then they scored" (Ben Cousins)

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body" (Luke Darcy)

"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it, which was identical" (Dermott Brereton)

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football - but none of them serious" (Adrian Anderson)

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again" (Andrew Demetriou)

"I would not say he [Chris Judd] is the best centreman in the AFL but there are none better" (Dermott Brereton)

"I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat" (Terry Wallace)

Garry Lyon: "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?"
David Swartz: "On what?"

"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw" (Dermott Brereton)

"Strangely, in slow-motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer" (Dermott Brereton)

"Tell me, Wayne, did you get your nickname, The Duck, because of your gait?"
Wayne Carey: "No, it’s because of the way I walk."

When Wayne Carey was telling team mates about the house he had just bought, he was particularly proud that the kitchen featured a lot of timber in the way of cupboards and benches.
Said a teammate: "Is it in Baltic pine?"
Wayne Carey "No, in Keilor" (Keilor is a Melbourne suburb)

 

[raman]

"You guys line up alphabetically by height and you guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle" (Barry Hall at training)

I have to believe that this one, at least, was a pisstake.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Most are from the 1960's and 1970'a USA sports stars and have been Australianised.

 

[manureid]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/patrick-dangerfield-fan-video-danger-high-voltage.1021255/

Looks like Paddy D has a new hobby. Making fan videos of himself.

 

[manureid]

Most are from the 1960's and 1970'a USA sports stars and have been Australianised.

Yeh, I had heard quite a few of those. Some football (soccer) ones amongst them as well.

 

[raman]

Yeh, I had heard quite a few of those. Some soccer ones amongst them as well.

FTFY

 

[cortez]

Generally I only post on bigfooty after six+ beers.

 

[cortez]

Generally I only post on bigfooty after six+ beers.

 

[cortez]

and when I do post, I post it twice!

 

[Power Raid]

and when I do post, I post it twice!

so that makes a dozen?

 

[Stromageddon]

So tomorrow marks my one year anniversary on Big Footy.

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

 

[spookism]

Generally I only post on bigfooty after six+ beers.

788 posts in 1622 days.

48.5% of the time your half liquored.

We could possibly become friends...

 

[spookism]

So tomorrow marks my one year anniversary on Big Footy.

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

The 8th year is the hardest to get through, let me tell you.

 

[Power Raid]

So tomorrow marks my one year anniversary on Big Footy.

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

averaging 1 post per hour over the year

sounds like you are addicted

 

[Macca19]

So tomorrow marks my one year anniversary on Big Footy.

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

The 12 year itch is the hardest