My WONDERFUL neighbor is a dyke. I was off partying with my old neighbors when I was taken to task for using the term. I had to call my dyke neighbor and ask her if this term was now unacceptable. She said, "No! That's what you call us." I got to tell those damn California-poisoned bozos they were WRONG. Keep calling 'em "dykes".
#14 - You hear about the fire station that burned down, "Because they didn't have a fire alarm"? Yeah, the fire was started by a "lithium ion battery charger" apparently charging one of the trucks. They've gone full retard, people.
#2. Had that situation just today on my way back from my VA appointment. Signs telling everyone that there's a lane closure a mile ahead. So instead of merging into the single lane as quickly as possible, they want see if they can jump ahead of the line, causing a big backup.
Google "zipper merge", which is the right way to merge at a lane closure. It's efficient and doesn't cause backups, unlike everyone getting into the same lane a mile from the lane ending, or overgrown adolescents determined no to let people "jump ahead". Learn to drive.
Anon 4:29 In my 48 years of driving, I've never seen a zipper merge done correctly and I doubt you have either. It's a nice fantasy, but all it takes is one person to screw it up.
Always astounding to me how many people just don't get #13. The long and storied history of government massacres isn't enough, probably because they can't teach about any aspect of government being untrustworthy in a government institution. I.E. public education.
And even the crap going down in Australia and the EU isn't enough. Stupid people have to try it themselves, I guess.
I never called those dykes. Dykes, I thought, were the pliers with the wire cutter. Much heavier duty than those. What do I know, I was an engineer. They didn't let me touch any tools! Lol!
What you are describing are called lineman's plyers. The end cutting are pincers or pin shears as my father and grandfather called them . The name is also applied to a military envelopment tactic in which the enemy is flanked from both sides.
#6 always, i want to enter heaven with lots of doggie kisses waiting on me. if there are no dogs in heaven. i don't wanna go. anything with that much intelligence and love in their heart just has to have a soul.
#2 - In Michigan, as the picture depicts, that is the correct way to merge. As a matter of fact IT IS THE LAW! It's called ZIPPER merging. It's so stooooopid and dangerous!
'Zipper merge' will upset other Michigan drivers. Here's why you should still do it.
1 - I always called them side snips. I assume they have a different name thats currently socially unacceptable?
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Dykes.
DeleteDikes.....i'm older.
DeleteI've always called them dykes, but if you buy them in the store, they're called Diagonal Cutters or pliers
DeleteWhy are wire strippers better than regular strippers? You don't have to take a shower to get all the glitter off after you use them.
DeleteThere was a whole list of reasons when I first heard the joke, but I can't find them on the internet.
And yes, I still called them dikes even when I was working with one. She didn't last two weeks though. Obese too.
John G.
Thanks for clearing that up. My fourth guess was going to be nip snips.
Delete#6 is absolutely true. I miss them all.
DeleteHmm, it seems my office is a little dusty, making my eyes water.
I recently referred to them as dykes to my son-in-law. He asked me if I called them that because they looked like scissors. SMDH.
DeleteThe preferred vernacular is “cutters in comfortable shoes.”
Delete^ as a shortened form of "diagonal cutters". I also call them dikes. And then there's "lineman's pliers".
Deletealernative lifestyle pliers.
Deleteshort for diagonal cutters
DeleteFrom 'diagonal cutting pliers', as opposed to end nippers.
Delete#3. i'll take 2.
DeleteMy WONDERFUL neighbor is a dyke. I was off partying with my old neighbors when I was taken to task for using the term. I had to call my dyke neighbor and ask her if this term was now unacceptable. She said, "No! That's what you call us." I got to tell those damn California-poisoned bozos they were WRONG. Keep calling 'em "dykes".
DeleteI've always called them side cutters.
Delete1 - well they seem to be close to scissoring so just keep the name
ReplyDelete#14 - You hear about the fire station that burned down, "Because they didn't have a fire alarm"? Yeah, the fire was started by a "lithium ion battery charger" apparently charging one of the trucks. They've gone full retard, people.
ReplyDeletehttps://notthebee.com/article/huge-state-of-the-art-fire-station-burns-down-because-they-didnt-have-any-fire-alarms
John G.
#2. Had that situation just today on my way back from my VA appointment. Signs telling everyone that there's a lane closure a mile ahead. So instead of merging into the single lane as quickly as possible, they want see if they can jump ahead of the line, causing a big backup.
ReplyDeleteGoogle "zipper merge", which is the right way to merge at a lane closure. It's efficient and doesn't cause backups, unlike everyone getting into the same lane a mile from the lane ending, or overgrown adolescents determined no to let people "jump ahead". Learn to drive.
DeleteAnon 4:29 In my 48 years of driving, I've never seen a zipper merge done correctly and I doubt you have either. It's a nice fantasy, but all it takes is one person to screw it up.
Delete@anon 4:29...we called it take one, give one while I was living in Virginia up near DC, where traffic is a stone cold bit@h.
DeleteAlways astounding to me how many people just don't get #13. The long and storied history of government massacres isn't enough, probably because they can't teach about any aspect of government being untrustworthy in a government institution. I.E. public education.
ReplyDeleteAnd even the crap going down in Australia and the EU isn't enough. Stupid people have to try it themselves, I guess.
John G.
Dykes? I'm sorry, I don't get it. I always called them cutting pliers or wire nippers, depending on the job.
ReplyDeleteMan card (if you HAVE one). Turn it in.
DeleteYou'll find your sense of humor in the back yard where your cat puked it up.
#11, my home state Colorado.
ReplyDeleteDiagonals
ReplyDeleteI aways called those side cuters and dykes were sqare ended wide pliers with a wirecutter just below.
ReplyDelete#12 I can fix Anja's boredom problems it's called 71. Kinda like 69 but with 2 fingers up your ass
ReplyDeleteI never called those dykes. Dykes, I thought, were the pliers with the wire cutter. Much heavier duty than those. What do I know, I was an engineer. They didn't let me touch any tools! Lol!
ReplyDeleteWhat you are describing are called lineman's plyers. The end cutting are pincers or pin shears as my father and grandfather called them . The name is also applied to a military envelopment tactic in which the enemy is flanked from both sides.
Delete#6--Always remembered. That one made me wish I'd dusted better in here.
ReplyDeleteMidwest Chick
Just add blue hair,tats,and a nose ring or two...
ReplyDelete#6 always, i want to enter heaven with lots of doggie kisses waiting on me. if there are no dogs in heaven. i don't wanna go.
ReplyDeleteanything with that much intelligence and love in their heart just has to have a soul.
#12 - try "304"
ReplyDelete#6 True
ReplyDeleteAlways said get me a pair of dykes in the USN back in the day. However with DEI being the deciding on promotions, I’d probably be busted.
ReplyDeleteToday if you ask for a pair of dykes you get the ship's captain and her wife.
Delete#3. Ever heard of the Trump train? This is Horizontal Harris' version or should I say perversion?
ReplyDelete#2 - In Michigan, as the picture depicts, that is the correct way to merge. As a matter of fact IT IS THE LAW! It's called ZIPPER merging. It's so stooooopid and dangerous!
ReplyDelete'Zipper merge' will upset other Michigan drivers. Here's why you should still do it.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/06/26/zipper-merge-how-to-meaning-method-sign/74219769007/
I finally left that craphole 3 1/2 years ago for the Gulf Coast!