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For those of us who are so brain-fogged we can't read a book because it all looks like gibberish and we have to read the same paragraph over and over before we get it . . . .
IT COULD BE WORSE, LOL:
I was watching Keith Olbermann's show "Countdown" last night and he had the most priceless item. I just had to replay and write down every word of it, because I love stuff like this.
The Paris business publication, La Tribune, decided to launch an online version for English-speaking people. The purpose was to take the same stories as appeared in the regular French edition, but translate them into English.
Unfortunately, they didn't have a human do the translation. They trusted a computer to translate the French into English, and it was all posted online for awhile.
These are some of the headlines that resulted from the computer's translation and were published:
"'The Chinese Car in Ambush'"
"'Assets of the Continental Right in Management of the Crisis'"
"'Ryan Air to Make Travel of the Passengers Upright'"
and, in consumer news,
'Internet Explorer Mistrusts.'"
SO, FOLKS like me who see sentences like this everywhere, take heart! Sometimes it REALLY IS gibberish!!
IT COULD BE WORSE, LOL:
I was watching Keith Olbermann's show "Countdown" last night and he had the most priceless item. I just had to replay and write down every word of it, because I love stuff like this.
The Paris business publication, La Tribune, decided to launch an online version for English-speaking people. The purpose was to take the same stories as appeared in the regular French edition, but translate them into English.
Unfortunately, they didn't have a human do the translation. They trusted a computer to translate the French into English, and it was all posted online for awhile.
These are some of the headlines that resulted from the computer's translation and were published:
"'The Chinese Car in Ambush'"
"'Assets of the Continental Right in Management of the Crisis'"
"'Ryan Air to Make Travel of the Passengers Upright'"
and, in consumer news,
'Internet Explorer Mistrusts.'"
SO, FOLKS like me who see sentences like this everywhere, take heart! Sometimes it REALLY IS gibberish!!
anyways... did i ever tell you about the story of what happened to me my 1st day in anger management class? if i did, disregard... i tend to repeat things. ....got 10 sec memory.
anyways here goes....
just thought i'd bring up the subject here about people stereo typing others...
i asked my pain psychologist if he could set me up with an anger management class at the VA. it was a long waiting list to get in but 3 months later i was finally on the roster and chekin in to it.
we sat down at tables all pushed into a giant square so we can all face each other. as i picked a seat and sat down, more people were filing in to the room.... everyone was holding small conversations with one another... by the time the door was closed i noticed that i was the only FEMALE in the class. oh well....nothing new from my experience in the Corps. nothing i can't handle, right?
then this guy comes up to me and asks "how did you get into this class? did your spouse serve?" i told him that it's 2007 now and there are PLENTY FEMALE VETS!!! i'm a former US Marine!!! "oh... " he said scooting back with a surprised look on his face. then not 30 secs later i get the same question from another man. i was getting pretty f&ckin pissed off about this time.
then the anger managemnt psychiatrist started and said we had to go around in a circle introducing our selves why we are here, what branch we served, yada yada...
i couldn't help but notice, not only was i the only female but the only MARINE. and i was getting glares of confusion form everyone. like "why is a female here" etc...
i got pissed and when it came to my turn to speak i said, "My name is yada yada.. and YES, I AM A FORMER MARINE! I DID serve! 5 good years and none of you "men" here have even been in the Corps! so needles to say, i got more BALLS than all of you and that makes me more of a man than all of you!! which is sad. so if even ONE of you asks me ONE MORE TIME if my SPOUSE served.... you will see the Marine in me come out! and besides i was never married and not married! i HATE the word "spouse" or "dependent".
the guy next to me said "i can see why YOU'RE in this class..."
sorry for the long story.... i just get so steamed when people always ask me if my spouse served and so on. i am a VETERAN!!! GET IT STRAIGHT!!! thanks for letting me vent here a bit.
what stereo types have you ever been labeled?
i htought we were sharing what's funny...
nevr mind... i must be lost. lol