What's the quickest way to idleness?

[bigbadwolf]

Does anyone else see these requests and calls for assistance and think 'what the f_ck' such as;

"What's the quickest way to run a bath?"

"How do I do up my shoe laces?"

"How do you go about making icecubes?"

O.K, I know that the above are a bit of an exageration but a lot of the requests for info or way of going about doing something on the forum (not just this one) could easily be solved by a bit of Google research or in a book instead of posting on an internet message board.

Call me old fashioned or cynical but sometimes these requests only require a tiny bit of effort on behalf of the poster.

Lecture over.

[????]

i agree generally - but i also think this about Sat Nav, piss easy A-levels, and modern 'backpacking'

[HAL9000]

Wazup BBW? Yesterday I cudn't spell philosopha, today I are one?

[bigbadwolf]

Wazup?

Don't come across as a w_nker Hal.

Please, never use that bastardization of 'what's up' ever again or I'll set Louisiana on you.

This is Britain, not America.

[matthew123]

Very funny BBW - it did make me laugh

I think a lot of ppl who ain't got a clue feel more comfortable asking such questions to similarly blessed individuals.. although many people on the EDF are of course intellectual super stars it still represents a cross section of society so is thus a better way of asking dimwit questions than say on the pompous Bathroom Forum..

Having done a quick check on Google for "What's the quickest way to run a bath?" (btw, I *think* I know the answer doh) you'll find out on page 1 it does not really cater for the mentally challenged hence why these kind of mind boggling threads exist..

[bigbadwolf]

So what you're basically saying Matthew, is that these people are a bit 'touched in the head'.

[matthew123]

I've not heard that expression before but why should we castigate those that were dropped on their head as a baby.

[HAL9000]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> I'll set Louisiana on you.

I see your Louisiana and raise you a famous local Flatulist!

[bigbadwolf]

So as to remind mothers to keep a firm grip on their offspring.

[bigbadwolf]

Who on earth would that be Hal?

[HAL9000]

I'm sure you'll sniff her out. Now shush little puppy, The Wire is on.

[matthew123]

Easier said than done keeping a firm hold if their hands have been fondling a lunchtime bag of chicken nuggets

[louisiana]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> Wazup?

>

> Don't come across as a w_nker Hal.

>

> Please, never use that bastardization of 'what's

> up' ever again or I'll set Louisiana on you.

>

> This is Britain, not America.

Attack dog ready and waiting BBW B)

leash, strain

[panda boy]

Fair point bbw.

Alas some of the the posts on here are just a small microcosm of the general idleness of people off the scope of the ED forum.

I feel far more depressed at some examples of 999 calls that are made.

A male caller has dialled 999 to report that he has not been paid by the DSS.

A female caller has dialled 999 to ask what year the Internet started.

A male caller has dialled 999 to say that his wife has gone out without leaving any food to eat.

Another caller wanted to know the weather while one woman said her hamster was trapped behind a wardrobe.

Could these also be people 'touched in the head'?