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    A$$...

    HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE?

    ONE [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
    Recently, when I went to McDonald\'s I saw on the menu that

    you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets.
    \"We don\'t have half

    dozen nuggets,\" said the teenager at the counter.
    \"You don\'t?\" I replied. \"We only have six, nine, or

    twelve,\" was the reply.
    \"So I can\'t order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?\" \"That\'s

    right.\"
    So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.

    TWO [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
    I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and

    the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those \"dividers\" that they keep

    by the cash register and placed it between our
    things so they wouldn\'t get mixed. After the girl had scanned all

    of my items, she picked up the \"divider,\" looking it all over for the bar code so
    she could scan it. Not

    finding the bar code she said to me, \"Do you know how much this is?\" I said to her \"I\'ve changed my mind, I

    don\'t think I\'ll buy that today.\" She said \"OK,\" and I paid her for the things and left. She
    had no

    clue to what had just happened.

    THREE [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
    A lady at work was

    seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was

    doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit
    card number, so she was using

    the ATM \"thingy.\"

    FOUR [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
    I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.

    \"Do you need some help?\" I asked. She replied, \"I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door

    unlocker. Now I can\'t get into my car. Do you think they
    (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a

    battery to fit this?\"
    \"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?\" I asked.\"No, just this remote thingy,\"

    she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, \"Why

    don\'t you drive over there and check about the batteries. It\'s a long walk.\"

    FIVE

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
    Several years

    ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, \"I\'m

    almost out of typing paper. What do I do?\" \"Just use copier machine paper,\" the secretary told her.

    With
    that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make

    five \"blank\" copies.

    Six [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
    My neighbor works in the

    operations department in the central office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems

    with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch banks who had this question:

    \"I\'ve got smoke coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?\"


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    Great

    post. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: No child left behind......

    Kind of

    makes you wonder if stupidity is a survival trait.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Kind of makes you wonder if stupidity is a survival

    trait.


    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    I never thought of it like that, but I suppose its

    possible [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I just always figured that their parents failed to teach

    them basic \'common sense\' [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: No child left behind......

    I

    really am begining to believe that common sense isn\'t.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    I really am begining to believe that common sense

    isn\'t

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what... all that common

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] You\'re

    right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    I really am begining to believe that common sense isn\'t

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what... all that common

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] You\'re

    right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to be drawn to talk to

    people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

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    Default Re: No child left behind......

    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    I really am

    begining to believe that common sense isn\'t

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what...

    all that common [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

    You\'re right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to

    be drawn to talk to people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    Since my business is service orinted, I talk to a pretty wide cross

    section of people and common sense seems to be pretty rare.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    I really am begining to believe that common sense

    isn\'t

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what... all that common

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] You\'re

    right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to be drawn to talk to

    people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    Since my business is service orinted, I talk to a pretty wide cross section of people and

    common sense seems to be pretty rare.

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I am in corporate life and

    I am amazed at the stupidity of the people I work with (usually they are people in charge). Where do they come up

    with the ideas that just will not work, but they think are sooooo brilliant. Yes, common sense is not so common.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: No child left behind......

    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    </font><blockquote><font

    class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    I really am begining to believe that common sense isn\'t

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what... all that common

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] You\'re

    right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to be drawn to talk to

    people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    Since my business is service orinted, I talk to a pretty wide cross section of people and

    common sense seems to be pretty rare.

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I am in corporate life and

    I am amazed at the stupidity of the people I work with (usually they are people in charge). Where do they come up

    with the ideas that just will not work, but they think are sooooo brilliant. Yes, common sense is not so common.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    Before starting

    my own business I was in the corporate world. I came to the conclusion that to get an MBA you had to have at least

    some part of your brain removed.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common

    sense!

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    That many??

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    Only two

    things in life are certain: the universe and human stupidity, and I\'m not that sure of the universe.

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    I really am

    begining to believe that common sense isn\'t

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what...

    all that common [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

    You\'re right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to

    be drawn to talk to people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    Since my business is service orinted, I talk to a pretty wide cross

    section of people and common sense seems to be pretty rare.

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I am

    in corporate life and I am amazed at the stupidity of the people I work with (usually they are people in charge).

    Where do they come up with the ideas that just will not work, but they think are sooooo brilliant. Yes, common

    sense is not so common. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    Before starting my own business I was in the corporate world. I came to the conclusion that to

    get an MBA you had to have at least some part of your brain removed.

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    I am getting my MBA,but so far they have not removed half of my brain........but they are

    trying! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    I really am begining to believe that common sense

    isn\'t

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
    Isn\'t what... all that common

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] You\'re

    right... I notice it (or the lack of it) every day, in an alarming number of people.

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    if you ask me, only 10% of people have common sense! its just we happen to be drawn to talk to

    people with it if we have it so it SEEMS like maybe more people have it

    <hr /></blockquote><font

    class=\"post\">

    Since my business is service orinted, I talk to a pretty wide cross section of people and

    common sense seems to be pretty rare.

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I am in corporate life and

    I am amazed at the stupidity of the people I work with (usually they are people in charge). Where do they come up

    with the ideas that just will not work, but they think are sooooo brilliant. Yes, common sense is not so common.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    Before starting

    my own business I was in the corporate world. I came to the conclusion that to get an MBA you had to have at least

    some part of your brain removed.

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I am getting my MBA,but so far

    they have not removed half of my brain........but they are trying!

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">Don\'t worry,

    you\'ll have your Massive Brain Aneurysm soon enough. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Only two things in life are certain: the universe

    and human stupidity, and I\'m not that sure of the universe.



    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">



    Now there\'s a mind that understood common sense.... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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    Its true, In

    fact I don\'t use the term \"common sense\" anymore, I call it uncommon sense, because that is exactly what it

    is. \"Common sense\" would imply that most people have it.

    I work at a service job also, and you wouldn\'t

    believe how many people out there don\'t know what a AA or AAA battery is, how many people can\'t make change

    from a dollar, and how many have that \"bovine\" look on their face (you know that blank stare that cows have when

    they are about to be turned into steaks and hamburgers). Sometimes I just want to scream!

    Well what do you

    except in a society where rote memorization passes for inteligence. I grad. high school not to long ago (1998) and

    lemme tell you something the mordern public school system is a JOKE. Here is the deal, there is no major emphasis

    on crtical thinking and the subjects that require such skills (philosphy, math, literature). Also practically every

    parent out there thinks that their child deserves good grades and to be in in advanced courses. So the chicken sh-t

    schools let them have it and you have a lot of kids who are given good grades (or copy their way to them) and then

    graduate. And they didn\'t learn sh-t. I just grad college in 2002 and again a lack of emphasis on critical

    thinking. Almost none of my classmates could formulate an opinion given some facts. So there in a nut shell is the

    problem. Also I think that baby formula might have something to do with it -- I remember reading somewhere that

    something in breast milk, that is critcal in brian development, is not in the formula.

    Oh and the No child left

    behind Act is simply an underfunded mandate from the bush adminstration which is a pathetic attempt to fool people

    into thinking they give a damn about education. I guess things like the no child left behind mandate are designed

    to dum down the next generation or two so that Bush and his future counterparts can have some more supporters.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Oh and the No child left behind Act is simply an

    underfunded mandate from the bush adminstration which is a pathetic attempt to fool people into thinking they give a

    damn about education. I guess things like the no child left behind mandate are designed to dum down the next

    generation or two so that Bush and his future counterparts can have some more supporters.


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