Seriously, my wife knew what one was. I was surprised too.I call BS on the aircraft carrier posts. Seriously?
Sitting in the Superdome the other day at the Saints game and she looks at me (perhaps a tad buzzed)
"How to they change the field turf between events? Does it fold up?"
(I immediately think about this thread)
"Yes, one guy stands at one end, picks it up and walks it over to the other end and then they argue about who gets to take it"
"Shut up ###"
"The field rolls...do you realize how heavy and awkward it would be to fold it and move it?
"That makes sense"
"So there's a thread on FBG about "My wife is really smart, but...."
"Don't you dare put me on there"
:hi:
Actually that can happen with certain types of cruise control.Wife got a $280 speeding ticket this week. I asked her why she was going so fast.She said it was because she was going uphill. Cars always go faster travelling uphill.![]()
YesSitting in the Superdome the other day at the Saints game and she looks at me (perhaps a tad buzzed)
"How to they change the field turf between events? Does it fold up?"
(I immediately think about this thread)
"Yes, one guy stands at one end, picks it up and walks it over to the other end and then they argue about who gets to take it"
"Shut up ###"
"The field rolls...do you realize how heavy and awkward it would be to fold it and move it?
"That makes sense"
"So there's a thread on FBG about "My wife is really smart, but...."
"Don't you dare put me on there"
:hi:You think they roll up the field?
i often wonder the same thing.....I just told her he was the head coach. Didn't bother trying to explain the differences between college and pro sports.To her credit the reason she asked was that he didn't appear to be doing anything and wasn't wearing headphones.During baseball season she wanted to know why teams had to keep playing games if they had no chance to make the playoffs.You answered Yes, right?Watching Penn State's bowl game the other day for at least a half hour before my girlfriend asks if the old guy on the sideline (Joe Paterno) is the owner.
YesSitting in the Superdome the other day at the Saints game and she looks at me (perhaps a tad buzzed)
"How to they change the field turf between events? Does it fold up?"
(I immediately think about this thread)
"Yes, one guy stands at one end, picks it up and walks it over to the other end and then they argue about who gets to take it"
"Shut up ###"
"The field rolls...do you realize how heavy and awkward it would be to fold it and move it?
"That makes sense"
"So there's a thread on FBG about "My wife is really smart, but...."
"Don't you dare put me on there"
:hi:You think they roll up the field?
that's not that badSitting in the Superdome the other day at the Saints game and she looks at me (perhaps a tad buzzed)"How to they change the field turf between events? Does it fold up?"(I immediately think about this thread)"Yes, one guy stands at one end, picks it up and walks it over to the other end and then they argue about who gets to take it""Shut up ###""The field rolls...do you realize how heavy and awkward it would be to fold it and move it?"That makes sense""So there's a thread on FBG about "My wife is really smart, but....""Don't you dare put me on there":hi:
Calling BS here.Dated a girl in high school...she ended up being our class Valedictorian, 36 ACT score, and graduated Harvard Law. Unbelievably book smart, but completely common sense dumb.She wanted some hot chocolate but didn't know how to boil water. I said from the living room to just heat it up in a small pan on the stove top. 5 minutes later I walk into the kitchen to see a coffee mug filled with water sitting inside an empty pan with the stove top turned to high.
huh?My wife was telling my step-daughters father that the daughter was getting freckles.Wife: Nobody on my side has them.Him: Me neither. What about Bills025's family?Wife:![]()
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huh?My wife was telling my step-daughters father that the daughter was getting freckles.Wife: Nobody on my side has them.Him: Me neither. What about Bills025's family?Wife:![]()
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So is your wife.Man, some of you guys are married to ####### morons.
huh?My wife was telling my step-daughters father that the daughter was getting freckles.Wife: Nobody on my side has them.Him: Me neither. What about Bills025's family?Wife:![]()
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So is your wife.Man, some of you guys are married to ####### morons.
You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
That honestly might be a bigger selling point than Sunday Ticket. It's maddening.Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Back when we had Time Warner I don't know how many times I would say, "Hey... you know this is not the HD channel, right?"TobiasFunke said:That honestly might be a bigger selling point than Sunday Ticket. It's maddening.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Yep. Switched to Direct TV last fall and haven't had to have this argument since. It's gold Jerry, GOLD!top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Thank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
A girl in HS was so dumb that she was asked what planet we lived on. She said, "Planet..... America?"I had to explain to a lady (mid 50's) I worked with which continent we lived on. I then proceeded to draw her a map of the world and labeled the 7 continents for her. She got really pissed when I first laughed at her. "Like I've ever needed to know what continent we lived on!"Upon seeing me eating Fig Newtons, some girl I was hooking-upw with in college asked, "You ever wonder what's inside a fig newton?" She thought fig was some sort of synthetic creation. ----------------------------- Just a few month's ago at work, several of us as work were talking about Andrew Zimmern's show. In particular, an episode where Andrew was eating some animal's cooked penis. I forget how we segued into it now, but I said that I would eat a bull's penis. One of the ladies then asked, "Both of them?" Another lady and I had a puzzled look on our faces so I had to ask, "What do you mean both of them?" She then said (paraphrasing), "A bull is a big animal so it has multiple penises." The other lady and I then stared at each other again in amazement before I explained to this adult lady the one male, one penis rule.
My chemistry lab partner in high school got confused when I added one half and one half together in my head without writing it out. She looked at my like I just split the atom and said "how did you do that?"A girl in HS was so dumb that she was asked what planet we lived on. She said, "Planet..... America?"I had to explain to a lady (mid 50's) I worked with which continent we lived on. I then proceeded to draw her a map of the world and labeled the 7 continents for her. She got really pissed when I first laughed at her. "Like I've ever needed to know what continent we lived on!"Upon seeing me eating Fig Newtons, some girl I was hooking-upw with in college asked, "You ever wonder what's inside a fig newton?" She thought fig was some sort of synthetic creation. ----------------------------- Just a few month's ago at work, several of us as work were talking about Andrew Zimmern's show. In particular, an episode where Andrew was eating some animal's cooked penis. I forget how we segued into it now, but I said that I would eat a bull's penis. One of the ladies then asked, "Both of them?" Another lady and I had a puzzled look on our faces so I had to ask, "What do you mean both of them?" She then said (paraphrasing), "A bull is a big animal so it has multiple penises." The other lady and I then stared at each other again in amazement before I explained to this adult lady the one male, one penis rule.
Just tried to test out the aircraft carrier question. Me: Hey, do you know what an aircraft carrier is? Her: (rolls eyes) Why? Me: Just humor me. Her: It's like a big plane or something. Me: Actually it's a big ship that carries airplanes. It has a deck that they can take off & land from. Remember the big ship in "The Avengers?" Her: Yeah, but that wasn't real. Me: Aircraft carriers are real. We have a whole fleet of them in the navy. The one from the movie could fly, but that part was made up. Her: You watch too many superhero movies. Me: It's better than trying to keep up with the Kardashians. Her: Hey, at least they're real. JFC...
I spent two hours going through every channel favoriting" only the channels we actually watch and only the HD versions where we had non-HD duplicates. Then I set the remote default to my favorites so that we only see those when we look.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
I'm on FIOS -- it's fairly clunky but totally worth it to take the time IMO.Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.![]()
I think AT&T U-Verse saw some of these issues and adjusted their channel guide appropriately to add 1000 to any channel to get the HD version.I'm on FIOS -- it's fairly clunky but totally worth it to take the time IMO.Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.![]()
But then if Fios adds a channel, you don't see it. Or am I missing something?I spent two hours going through every channel favoriting" only the channels we actually watch and only the HD versions where we had non-HD duplicates. Then I set the remote default to my favorites so that we only see those when we look.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
No non-HD versions of HD channels, no junk channels and no channels the kids shouldn't see. Was a pain, but completely worth it when we surf the channel guides now.
Favorite Channels setup with only HD channels plus anything that doesn't have an HD option, then default to that? Sounds like a worthwhile project. ThanksI'm on FIOS -- it's fairly clunky but totally worth it to take the time IMO.Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.![]()
Fios does the same thing but it's 500.I think AT&T U-Verse saw some of these issues and adjusted their channel guide appropriately to add 1000 to any channel to get the HD version.I'm on FIOS -- it's fairly clunky but totally worth it to take the time IMO.Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.![]()
e.g.
Channel 3: SD channel 3
Channel 1003: HD channel 3
From day 1 I told my wife, "Don't use any channel under 1000." Never had any issues because it was easy.
My wife went so far as to claim to dislike HD, because it didn't look realistic.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
Fios does the same thing but it's 500.I think AT&T U-Verse saw some of these issues and adjusted their channel guide appropriately to add 1000 to any channel to get the HD version.I'm on FIOS -- it's fairly clunky but totally worth it to take the time IMO.Gonna see if this is an option on Fios as soon as I get home todayThank God for Tivo's customizable channel guide. I just delete the SD channels from even showing up in the listings when there's also an HD version. Don't have to scroll past them in the listings and they never appear as recording options.top dog said:Thank God for DirecTV. If it's available in HI DEF, there is no SD channel for my wife to put on.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.![]()
e.g.
Channel 3: SD channel 3
Channel 1003: HD channel 3
From day 1 I told my wife, "Don't use any channel under 1000." Never had any issues because it was easy.
It also shows a "press red triangle (or something) to watch in HD" message when you tune to the SD version. Doesn't matter.
On our honeymoon in Hawaii we went up to the top of the volcano on Maui. Took a van that pulled a trailer full of bikes behind, got up there just before sunrise, watched the sunrise then rode the bikes all the way down (awesome experience btw). There were about 30 people in our group of 4 vans. One couple was our age and we sat with them on the way up and got along with them really well. The chick was really cute too. On top of the volcano everyone is enjoying the sunrise. She turns to her husband and asks... 'Which side is the Atlantic and which side is the pacific?' Husband: 'Uh...' (looks at me and I give him the 'don't say anything' look) 'Well sweetie, why don't you ask the tour guide?' So she does. Guy politely tells her that Hawaii is in the middle if the Pacific and that you can't really see the Atlantic from Hawaii. She comes back to her husband and says 'I don't think our tour guide knows what he's talking about.'
So worth it. When I visited my parents over Christmas, I did the same thing to their DVR for them. It was exceptionally awkward to watch my 60+ year old mother try to use the channel guide to navigate from the cooking channel to the decorating channel by scrolling past screen after screen of pay-per-view porno channels.I spent two hours going through every channel favoriting" only the channels we actually watch and only the HD versions where we had non-HD duplicates. Then I set the remote default to my favorites so that we only see those when we look.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
No non-HD versions of HD channels, no junk channels and no channels the kids shouldn't see. Was a pain, but completely worth it when we surf the channel guides now.
my wife does this too. I gave up trying to argue. Everything we watch together is recorded in HD thanks to me. Everything she records is in SD.TobiasFunke said:You should be thankful that your wife at least appreciates HD. Mine apparently couldn't care less no matter how many times I tell her not to bother with channels >500 or whatever. I almost lost it when we went to watch Game of Thrones Sunday night and it was in standard def. I think that's the norm, too. Last year Brandon McCarthy and his wife had a "fight" on twitter about it and tons of people chimed in about having the exact same problem with their significant others.bostonfred said:This is such a first world problem, but it totally gets my blood boiling. She has a few shows, which every single week she watches for free a couple days later on On Demand, and she literally never rewatches a show she's already seen, but for some reason she still records them in hi def and never deletes them from the dvr.
is she mike francesa?Had to try Aircraft Carrier question:
Me: Do you know what an aircraft carrier is?
Her: a plane.
Me: An aircraft CARRRRIER..
Her: Is a plane.
I can't hold it anymore, i snorted laughing.
Her: What are you doing? You are a dork.
Me: An aircraft carrier is a boat.
She is shaking her head no.
Me: You know those huge boats that planes land and take off on?
Her: Those are only in the military.
Me: Yeah..
Her: You didn't say Military aircraft carrier.
I had to walk away laughing.![]()
THIS ONE DRIVES ME NUTS....I switch between SD and HD channels showing the same content and say "can't you tell the difference?!"
Her answer: "yeah, I guess a little."