Things in life that are utterly pointless

[Da Man Clay]

Allowing your manager to release players, then re-signing them 3 months later.

Maybe the first manager got it wrong

 

[Slough Seagull]

Peter Kenyon

 

[SurreySeagulls]

Jade Goody

 

[User removed 4]

The mouth ulcer that's been irritating me for the last few days - it's not serving any useful purpose whatsoever, but still there it is.

adcortyl in orabase, expensive but works every time

 

[User removed 4]

There was somebody v. famous, I think maybe Oscar Wilde, who answered the question on the form: 'Do you intend to overthrow the United States government?' with the thread-closed answer: 'Sole purpose of visit'

there was also the old lady being questioned bu US customs who was asked the question " would you try to overthrow the US govt by political subversion or armed revolt ?" she thought for a few secondas and answered "armed revolt probably" , apparently a true story !

 

[Mendoza]

dimming the lights in the airplane for night landings!!

when a camp male trolley dolly on the tannoy says "as we are landing we have to dim the lights because of the flight path over residential housing, but for additional lighting turn on the light above your head"

Why do they bother turning the lights off, when you can some more on anyway, and do the people below ACTUALLY care about lights being dimmed when a 60 tonne raquet is flying over head at 200mph?? POINTLESS

 

[johnnyjetlag]

dimming the lights in the airplane for night landings!!... POINTLESS

A pilot friend told me that the real reason they do this is so that your eyes become used to the dark in case the plane crashes!!

 

[Seagullible]

being civil and following rules - you end up in the shit feeling depressed whereas those who stea etc live happily

 

[Uncle Buck]

Being told to take off your scarf at football.

 

[perth seagull]

Hoping that the UK does not blindly follow US foreign policy every time there is an international crisis.

 

[Icy Gull]

Ties

 

[footychick]

Non-alcholic beer.
Car foglights - "It's not foggy!"
The bus lane, cos every other bugger seems to use it.
My ex.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Kerry Catona

Poodles

Bottled water

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

A pilot friend told me that the real reason they do this is so that your eyes become used to the dark in case the plane crashes!!

I heard the exact same thing the other day. surely though they should, as the plane is about to touch down, scream "BRACE,BRACE,BRACE" to help you get some adrenaline going as well?

 

[Collar Feeler]

Dialing 999 for Police help.

The reason you are dialling 999 in the first place.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

blunt pencils

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The reason you are dialling 999 in the first place.

oooh, good call

 

[Juan Albion]

Au contraire edna...I am always tempted to put the lifejacket on as soon as I get on the aircraft, whenever one ends up in the drink all you ever see is lifejackets and the odd bit of fuselage floating around...I reckon that if I am already attached to one of said lifejackets then I must be in with a chance.

That might be silly. Here is a video of an Ethiopian Airlines Flight from 1996 doing a crash landing on water. Fifty of the 175 survived, but more survived the crash only to be trapped inside the plane by their lifejackets. The pilot told them to inflate it AFTER they got out but some people panicked and inflated them while they were still inside. Consequently as the plane sank and filled with water they floated up to the roof and couldn't get out.

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Still not sure about the whistle though. But I guess if it had been dark they would have been useful.

 

[Easy 10]

Still not sure about the whistle though. But I guess if it had been dark they would have been useful.

Yeeeah mon. Could have a CALYPSO party in da waves, mon.

 

[Juan Albion]

Yeeeah mon. Could have a CALYPSO party in da waves, mon.

Dunno, are they popular in the INDIAN Ocean?