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  1. gmwilliams profile image85
    gmwilliamsposted 9 years ago

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    Describe your favorite WTF  moment or moments........

    1. R K Beran profile image60
      R K Beranposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Yesterday in my technical communications class, I listened to a group give a presentation on fracking in which they insisted that fracking somehow increases the spread of STDs.

      I laughed about that for a good long while.

      1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
        Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        So how does fracking somehow increase the spread of sexually transmitted diseases?
        Were you paying attention?
        Did you ask questions?

        1. FatFreddysCat profile image93
          FatFreddysCatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          I think it depends on who (and how) you're fracking, and whether or not you take the proper precautions. big_smile

          1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
            Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            as... in "what the frack?"

            1. janesix profile image61
              janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Are you a Battlestar Galactica fan?

              1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
                Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                No, why?

                1. janesix profile image61
                  janesixposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  That's a phrase form the show.

                  1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
                    Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    No, I got it from Freddy. Thats probably where the people who claimed fracking causes… oh I get it.
                    BFN

          2. R K Beran profile image60
            R K Beranposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Well played, Freddy. Well played indeed. LOL.

        2. R K Beran profile image60
          R K Beranposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Hahahaha! No, fracking in no way could cause the spread of STDs. That's why it was funny that the presenters could even say so with a straight face.

          Fracking is the process of drilling a deep, deep hole and pumping fluids down into the rock layer to fracture it ("frack"). This causes it to release oil and natural gas which is trapped inside the rock. It has absolutely nothing to do with sex.

  2. paradigmsearch profile image59
    paradigmsearchposted 9 years ago

    My hub stats page now and then.

    1. FatFreddysCat profile image93
      FatFreddysCatposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Dammit. You beat me to it.

  3. Sed-me profile image80
    Sed-meposted 9 years ago

    Reading through the thread titles on the forum.

  4. Patty Inglish, MS profile image89
    Patty Inglish, MSposted 9 years ago

    Cancelling the release of the film "The Interview" and the increasing number of class action suits against Sony Pictures, because of cyber crime and ramifications of info leaks.

    1. paradigmsearch profile image59
      paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      The world just keeps getting more and more complicated. Hopefully, I will have already departed when it truly does hit the fan.

      1. Patty Inglish, MS profile image89
        Patty Inglish, MSposted 9 years agoin reply to this

        +1

        1. paradigmsearch profile image59
          paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

          "Sports: 9th Dan Black Belt Grandmaster and Consultant for Olympic & World Class athletes."
          WOW! Too bad we're not neighbors. If you were so inclined, it would be fun for me to get coordinated in such matters.

          1. Patty Inglish, MS profile image89
            Patty Inglish, MSposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Private lessons are fun! Students can gain more skills that way - and more laughs as student and instructor both fall down at times.

  5. colorfulone profile image77
    colorfuloneposted 9 years ago

    The end of SOA, Sons of Anarchy. I'm guessing they just were not going to be able to top the episodes on an ongoing series anymore. Sad to see it come to an end.

  6. FatFreddysCat profile image93
    FatFreddysCatposted 9 years ago

    I had an odd experience earlier today thanx good ol' HP...

    Some of you may have noticed that I hate Spam in the forums/Q&A here. This morning I left one of my typically snide anti-spam remarks under an obvious BS post in the Q&A section, as is my hobby.

    A little while later I got an e-mail through HubPages from the author of said spam post, who told me that I was, and I quote, a "loser."

    In fact that's all the message said. This is what it looked like:

    "Loser.
    Loser loser loser loser loser loser
    Loser loser loser loser loser loser
    Loser loser loser loser loser loser
    Loser loser loser loser loser loser
    (repeat several hundred more times)"

    ...boy, it must've taken him HOURS to come up with such a witty retort.

    When I checked again later, the dude's SPAM post had been removed by a moderator, so I ask, who's the real loser huh??

    Just another day's work fighting the scammers, the spammers, and the numb-nuts.

  7. Dr Billy Kidd profile image90
    Dr Billy Kiddposted 9 years ago

    My WTF moment was when a coworker tried to kill me--just for fun.

  8. gmwilliams profile image85
    gmwilliamsposted 8 years ago

    My hubscore two weeks ago........
    http://usercontent2.hubimg.com/12309017.jpg

    1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
      Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      This little feisty gal really needs a name.

  9. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
    Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years ago

    Maybe… Ms. Egady

  10. wrenchBiscuit profile image69
    wrenchBiscuitposted 8 years ago

    When I first realized that a majority of the people who post in Hubpage forums are operating at, or below the emotional level of a 5th grader.

    1. Kathryn L Hill profile image78
      Kathryn L Hillposted 8 years agoin reply to this
      1. wrenchBiscuit profile image69
        wrenchBiscuitposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        http://usercontent1.hubimg.com/12380880.jpg

        Yes, and I'm not joking. I am an optimist, and necessarily so. Otherwise, I would have checked out a long time ago! I had entertained the fantasy when I started with Hubpages that the average  IQ , and level of maturity, on a site that was so well designed,  would be much higher. And so I was quite disillusioned when I noticed that many who claim in their profiles to be professionals, are people I wouldn't hire to work on my janitorial staff, and I certainly wouldn't let them work in the kitchen!

        1. Sed-me profile image80
          Sed-meposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          You have to be very careful. You want someone who knows the difference between the toilet and the sink.

        2. gmwilliams profile image85
          gmwilliamsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          OUCH!

    2. Sed-me profile image80
      Sed-meposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Am not. You are!

      1. wilderness profile image94
        wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        big_smile

  11. wrenchBiscuit profile image69
    wrenchBiscuitposted 8 years ago

    LOL! When I was a kid I worked in a restaurant for a while. One day a customer became belligerent with the manager because he said his burger wasn't properly cooked. I was in the kitchen and could not believe my eyes. But what could I do? He was my boss. The manager put the hamburger back on the grill.

    When it was finished, he pulled down his pants, took the hamburger buns, and ... well you get the picture. Anyway, we both watched as the customer ate the hamburger. When the man was finished eating, my boss asked him if it was OK. The man said it was delicious! I was only 16 years old, but it was a valuable lesson. NEVER INSULT THE COOK OR THE WAITER !!! Obviously my boss, who I think was in his 20's at the time, was emotionally immature. If he is still alive, he probably comments on Hubpages.

    1. gmwilliams profile image85
      gmwilliamsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Ewwwww, you're right, NEVER EVER insult the cook.  I have heard MUCH, MUCH WORSE.....

  12. FatFreddysCat profile image93
    FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

    I believe it was spelled "frak" on "Battlestar Galactica," though. It was their Prime-Time TV-safe, outer-spacey version of a swear word.

    ...so anyway, what was this thread about again??

    1. gmwilliams profile image85
      gmwilliamsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Egad,describe your favorite WTF moment?

      1. FatFreddysCat profile image93
        FatFreddysCatposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        On this site or in general? Cuz I have those moments on a near daily basis. Sometimes I even provide them to other people

        1. gmwilliams profile image85
          gmwilliamsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          In this forum on HubPages.

 
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