Smoke from the steering column (1969)

[TUFCAT]

Great input as usual Myturban! ..... but according  to him the question was already answered by the second reply.  

[Ghoste]

I can't tell, I'm a moron.

[JB400]

Not yet you're not.  Just a pre production prototype, same as I.  We could still be rejected  

[A383Wing]

Overseas Lucas smoke is what we have to use now?  

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Great input as usual Myturban! ..... but according  to him the question was already answered  by the second reply. 

So all the following comical responses are all in vein? Perhaps a name change to MaxiPad for the humor-impaired author of this thread should considered. 

[AKcharger]

I looked at this post cause I'm swapping out an ignition switch in my '70 for the same problem and thought I'd find some good info...what I found was better! 

If tufcat's here you know sarcasm and rancor will follow!

[Ghoste]

Not to mention the odd hairball.

[TUFCAT]

Not to mention the odd hairball.

I'd rather cough up one than wait for Maxim's next post.

[MaximRecoil]

So all the following comical responses are all in vein? Perhaps a name change to MaxiPad for the humor-impaired author of this thread should considered. 

The real comedy here (of the ironic sort) is that the students of the Bob Saget School of Comedy™, you know, such as yourself, think they are qualified to determine that someone else is "humor-impaired". People who have a low-rent, discount bargain basement "sense of humor" also have a low level of intelligence by default. For example, among humans, babies are the dumbest of the dumb due to their barely developed brains, and what does it take to make them laugh? Not much; someone making a "funny face" at them will usually do it. Then there are people with Down Syndrome; they are always grinning and laughing at practically anything.

Then there is you, and the rest of your herd, who all share a "sense of humor" that is straight out of primary school (you even just made a pun, of all things), and of course, every last primary school student is dumb as a mud fence (relatively speaking).

By the way, the word you're looking for is "vain". Did it ever occur to you that "vein" makes absolutely no sense in that context? No, I don't suppose it did.

[ws23rt]

Mytur--look what you have done for yourself.  You now must sit in left field with the rest of us morons.

We can drool and measure how long our boogers are together and otherwise find fun in our day together .

BTW he is going on auto again----asking a question and answering it himself.  Less and less is required to perpetuate this.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

So all the following comical responses are all in vein? Perhaps a name change to MaxiPad for the humor-impaired author of this thread should considered. 

The real comedy here (of the ironic sort) is that the students of the Bob Saget School of Comedy™, you know, such as yourself, think they are qualified to determine that someone else is "humor-impaired". People who have a low-rent, discount bargain basement "sense of humor" also have a low level of intelligence by default. For example, among humans, babies are the dumbest of the dumb due to their barely developed brains, and what does it take to make them laugh? Not much; someone making a "funny face" at them will usually do it. Then there are people with Down Syndrome; they are always grinning and laughing at practically anything.

Then there is you, and the rest of your herd, who all share a "sense of humor" that is straight out of primary school (you even just made a pun, of all things), and of course, every last primary school student is dumb as a mud fence (relatively speaking).

By the way, the word you're looking for is "vain". Did it ever occur to you that "vein" makes absolutely no sense in that context? No, I don't suppose it did.

I was caught on a spelling error; I'll give you that, but it appears that someone in this thread is still humorless.

[MaximRecoil]

I was caught on a spelling error; I'll give you that

It wasn't a spelling error, it was a usage error, which means you used a word without first knowing its definition, which is always comical.

but it appears that someone in this thread is still humorless.

Irony.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKwwcCpa2Ag

[Ghoste]

True, if he did intend to use the word "vein" as spelled.  Obviously however, if someone read the phrase out loud to you without being able to see how the word was spelled you would have taken it as "vain".  Thereby it is indeed a spelling error in this case caused by the two words being homophones.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

the two words being homophones.

Them's fighting words!!!!!!

[MaximRecoil]

True, if he did intend to use the word "vein" as spelled.  Obviously however, if someone read the phrase out loud to you without being able to see how the word was spelled you would have taken it as "vain".  Thereby it is indeed a spelling error in this case caused by the two words being homophones.

He misused a correctly-spelled word, which makes it is a usage error. In other words, "vein" doesn't mean what he thinks it means.

[bill440rt]

And here we have this higher being of super-human intelligence that can't find his answer by f*cking looking at a wiring diagram or reading a FSM??   

I happen to enjoy humor straight up. This thread became absolutely hilarious with the first reply.
I prefer not to use a flow chart, graph, comparison analysis, periodic table, trigonometry, or redundant debate tactics to decipher a punchline.

Please gentlemen, continue. This is the best entertainment on here in a long time.
In the meantime I'll be wiping drool & counting boogers. I've missed half an episode of Sesame Street already. 
     

[MaximRecoil]

And here we have this higher being of super-human intelligence that can't find his answer by f*cking looking at a wiring diagram or reading a FSM??  

What's this, an attempt at a crystal ball reading? You're not planning to send me a bill are you, Miss Cleo?  

I happen to enjoy humor straight up. This thread became absolutely hilarious with the first reply.

Yet another case in point.

I prefer not to use a flow chart, graph, comparison analysis, periodic table, trigonometry, or redundant debate tactics to decipher a punchline.

This is a non sequitur. By the way, none of you on this thread are even remotely comical when you're trying to be, but there is a lot of unintentional humor here, such as the Beavis and Butt-Head style routine between "ws23rt" and "TUFCAT". The best humor is usually unintentional anyway; it takes actual talent to be intentionally funny (talent along the lines of Eddie Murphy in Delirious, or the dialog and situations Mike Judge wrote for Office Space). Or, if you are "blessed" with a dull skull, any ham n' egger can make you laugh.

Please gentlemen, continue. This is the best entertainment on here in a long time.
In the meantime I'll be wiping drool & counting boogers. I've missed half an episode of Sesame Street already.  

Apt.

[JB400]

True, if he did intend to use the word "vein" as spelled.  Obviously however, if someone read the phrase out loud to you without being able to see how the word was spelled you would have taken it as "vain".  Thereby it is indeed a spelling error in this case caused by the two words being homophones.

He misused a correctly-spelled word, which makes it is a usage error. In other words, "vein" doesn't mean what he thinks it means.

I'll make this more clear for you. If MB meant to use "vain" instead of "vein", it is a spelling error. If MB purposely used "vein" whereas he should have used "vain", it is a usage error.  Either way, the most important thing is that you knew what he meant.  You never know, he may have purposely done it to get you to bite again.  In that case, you're a sucker.

You can go back to smoking your wires.

[john108]

And here we have this higher being of super-human intelligence that can't find his answer by f*cking looking at a wiring diagram or reading a FSM??   

Hay Bill, I am a "higher being of super-human intelligence" and I have difficulties with the FSM!

[MaximRecoil]

I'll make this more clear for you.

The irony is thick in here.

If MB meant to use "vain" instead of "vein", it is a spelling error. If MB purposely used "vein" whereas he should have used "vain", it is a usage error.

I already know what "Ghoste" said, and no, it doesn't work that way. "Intentions" (which can't truly be known by the reader anyway) are irrelevant to orthography; the text, and only the text, speaks for itself. In cases where correctly-spelled words are misused, it is not a case of spelling a word incorrectly, it is a usage error, by definition, obviously. There are no "extenuating circumstances" for e.g., cases of homophones. The common there/their/they're mix-ups are also usage errors, not misspellings.

Either way, the most important thing is that you knew what he meant.

If someone is going to go on the offensive, he should make sure he has his ducks in a row, because at that point, everything becomes fair game.

You never know, he may have purposely done it to get you to bite again.  In that case, you're a sucker.

Some more real [unintentional] comedy here. First: "You never know"? You're putting your reading difficulties on public display. He already admitted to his error, though he (like yourself) is confused about what sort of error it was. Second: I'll happily "bite" at free food all day long ("bait" without a trap = free food). Third: I know that simple folks, after being trounced, think it is "clever" to make the ad hoc claim that they were "baiting" (it is the most common low-rent "tactic" on the internet; it is a variation of the "I meant to do that!" "tactic" that is so popular with the primary school crowd). However, in doing so they are unwittingly admitting to being a "troll", albeit a particularly inept one (a competent "troll" has a trap to go with their bait; you guys have worms but no hooks, so to speak).

[JB400]

Thank you much for the clarification and verification on which of those amongst us have a comprehensive understanding of the English language.  I'm sure there are a few English teachers and professors that would be pleased to receive this information.

No need to tell me that I misused the word "much".  I already know.  I could delete it if it would make it more better for you. 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

I already know what "Ghoste" said, and no, it doesn't work that way. "Intentions" (which can't truly be known by the reader anyway) are irrelevant to orthography; the text, and only the text, speaks for itself. In cases where correctly-spelled words are misused, it is not a case of spelling a word incorrectly, it is a usage error, by definition, obviously. There are no "extenuating circumstances" for e.g., cases of homophones. The common there/their/they're mix-ups are also usage errors, not misspellings.

Some more real [unintentional] comedy here. First: "You never know"? You're putting your reading difficulties on public display. He already admitted to his error, though he (like yourself) is confused about what sort of error it was. Second: I'll happily "bite" at free food all day long ("bait" without a trap = free food). Third: I know that simple folks, after being trounced, think it is "clever" to make the ad hoc claim that they were "baiting" (it is the most common low-rent "tactic" on the internet; it is a variation of the "I meant to do that!" "tactic" that is so popular with the primary school crowd). However, in doing so they are unwittingly admitting to being a "troll", albeit a particularly inept one (a competent "troll" has a trap to go with their bait; you guys have worms but no hooks, so to speak).

Four cliches come to mind:


Broken record
Beat a dead horse
Buzzkill
Mr. Personality


I sure hope you're not like this in real life.   

[Ghoste]

True, if he did intend to use the word "vein" as spelled.  Obviously however, if someone read the phrase out loud to you without being able to see how the word was spelled you would have taken it as "vain".  Thereby it is indeed a spelling error in this case caused by the two words being homophones.

He misused a correctly-spelled word, which makes it is a usage error. In other words, "vein" doesn't mean what he thinks it means.

Wow, just wow.