OT: 114th Obsequious Banter Thread: One fortnight and counting

[Beef Invictus]

I was working. I notice that the child has snuck downstairs. She is staring at me. She's not wearing pants. I turn in my chair to face her. We sit silently for a few beats.

"I want to pull out all your intestines," she says, before going back upstairs.

I go back to working.

 

[wankstifier]

I was working. I notice that the child has snuck downstairs. She is staring at me. She's not wearing pants. I turn in my chair to face her. We sit silently for a few beats.

"I want to pull out all your intestines," she says, before going back upstairs.

I go back to working.

Must've just watched The Cell

 

[Cody Webster]

Best pizza review of all time

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Goodnight HF

It is known

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

I was working. I notice that the child has snuck downstairs. She is staring at me. She's not wearing pants. I turn in my chair to face her. We sit silently for a few beats.

"I want to pull out all your intestines," she says, before going back upstairs.

I go back to working.

Was there a point to this story?

Ok goodnight for real this time.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I was working. I notice that the child has snuck downstairs. She is staring at me. She's not wearing pants. I turn in my chair to face her. We sit silently for a few beats.

"I want to pull out all your intestines," she says, before going back upstairs.

I go back to working.

Like father, like daughter

 

[Tripod]

Was there a point to this story?

Ok goodnight for real this time.

If you don't know it, just say nothing. Those of us who have been around for awhile 100% know the point to this story.

And we welcome more!

 

[wankstifier]

Best pizza review of all time

These cringe comedy shows are getting out of hand.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Big win in stage 6 of the Vuelta for Sepp Kuss. He has a chance to become the 2nd American to win the Vuelta.

Just watched the shit show that was Stage 1. Unbelievable conditions and to race at night? Wowza is that common?

 

[ajgoal]

If you don't know it, just say nothing. Those of us who have been around for awhile 100% know the point to this story.

And we welcome more!

If Bif doesn't post for a few hours, I start to worry that she got him.

 

[Lord Defect]

If Bif doesn't post for a few hours, I start to worry that she got him.

She got him years ago. He’s just a meat golem at this point.

 

[Chinatown88]

I was working. I notice that the child has snuck downstairs. She is staring at me. She's not wearing pants. I turn in my chair to face her. We sit silently for a few beats.

"I want to pull out all your intestines," she says, before going back upstairs.

I go back to working.

Lil Beef's shenanigans and things she has said to you could totally be turned into a screen play for a horror movie.

 

[Jack Straw]

Just watched the shit show that was Stage 1. Unbelievable conditions and to race at night? Wowza is that common?

I haven't watched that stage yet, was that the stage in Barcelona? The commentators have been talking about what a mess that was.

 

[Chinatown88]

A $5.95 convenience fee to pay an electric bill online (helping out my dad). What the actual f*** has this world come to?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

A $5.95 convenience fee to pay an electric bill online (helping out my dad). What the actual f*** has this world come to?

There's a restaurant a few blocks from my house that tried to charge me a $5 convenience fee to order takeout online. Ok, spend your time dealing with my phone call when you're swamped instead. Your decision.

 

[PDX Flyer]

I haven't watched that stage yet, was that the stage in Barcelona? The commentators have been talking about what a mess that was.

Yes. Team sprint where clock stops after the 5th member crosses. Pouring rain at night. Total shit show. Tons of crashes. Course was along city roads lined with trees so wet leaves all over the course.

2nd stage ended in Barca as well. Finish was by the Olympic stadium where Barca are playing this season asCamp Nou is being renovated. Of course the American announcers called it Camp Nou lol

A $5.95 convenience fee to pay an electric bill online (helping out my dad). What the actual f*** has this world come to?

The Portland Winterhawks charged a $7 service fee per ticket even if you walk up to the box office and buy tixs. So messed up

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

There's a restaurant a few blocks from my house that tried to charge me a $5 convenience fee to order takeout online. Ok, spend your time dealing with my phone call when you're swamped instead. Your decision.

Sometimes you just gotta wonder who we're conveniencing with these charges.

I noticed that Phillies parking you can buy a pass ahead of time and it's $25+$1.95 convenience fee. That allows you to park in the same lots that you can pay with credit card at the gate. The price at the gate? $25 with no fee.

 

[Chinatown88]

There's a restaurant a few blocks from my house that tried to charge me a $5 convenience fee to order takeout online. Ok, spend your time dealing with my phone call when you're swamped instead. Your decision.

The Portland Winterhawks charged a $7 service fee per ticket even if you walk up to the box office and buy tixs. So messed up

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Sometimes you just gotta wonder who we're conveniencing with these charges.

I noticed that Phillies parking you can buy a pass ahead of time and it's $25+$1.95 convenience fee. That allows you to park in the same lots that you can pay with credit card at the gate. The price at the gate? $25 with no fee.

I believe most of them are just covering the fees for payment processing with whatever service they use. But I’m in agreement. I’ll just keep reading everything and paying less for the same thing.

I guess I should have said I was paying in cash on pickup. That was the nuttiest part.

 

[Jack Straw]

Yes. Team sprint where clock stops after the 5th member crosses. Pouring rain at night. Total shit show. Tons of crashes. Course was along city roads lined with trees so wet leaves all over the course.

2nd stage ended in Barca as well. Finish was by the Olympic stadium where Barca are playing this season asCamp Nou is being renovated. Of course the American announcers called it Camp Nou lol

I'll definitely watch that stage, just for the entertainment value.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I believe most of them are just covering the fees for payment processing with whatever service they use. But I’m in agreement. I’ll just keep reading everything and paying less for the same thing.

I guess I should have said I was paying in cash on pickup. That was the nuttiest part.

Then call it a processing fee!

You may have seen it in the Phillies thread but I got my invoice for the playoffs and noticed a $65 difference between the per game prices added up together and what I was being charged. I looked deeper and these assholes are charging a $5 per ticket per game fee. Somehow i'm sitting here contemplating not getting playoff tickets because of it and that baffles me, haha.

I get that it likely has something to do with they get to keep that money and if they just added it to the ticket price they'd have to split it with the league but... come on now.

 

[Danko]

Then call it a processing fee!

You may have seen it in the Phillies thread but I got my invoice for the playoffs and noticed a $65 difference between the per game prices added up together and what I was being charged. I looked deeper and these assholes are charging a $5 per ticket per game fee. Somehow i'm sitting here contemplating not getting playoff tickets because of it and that baffles me, haha.

I get that it likely has something to do with they get to keep that money and if they just added it to the ticket price they'd have to split it with the league but... come on now.

Do you have full season or partial?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Do you have full season or partial?

Full.

 

[Embiid]

Interesting breakdown of regions in the U.S. and life expectancies...

America’s Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy

Centuries-old settlement patterns — and the attitudes they spawned about government — are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.

www.politico.com

 

[Lord Defect]

Sometimes you just gotta wonder who we're conveniencing with these charges.

I noticed that Phillies parking you can buy a pass ahead of time and it's $25+$1.95 convenience fee. That allows you to park in the same lots that you can pay with credit card at the gate. The price at the gate? $25 with no fee.

My wife caught that when we went last month.
Why in the ever loving f*** would I pay more to make sure I inconvenience you less?
All of these fees should be illegal.