What sounds odd to you may be normal to others

[Bigdog]

Pizza roll? You mean like those little crappy microwave things?

No it is dough that has what ever you want in it and is rolled up and baked in an oven. It usually has cheese in it

 

[Runwildboys]

No it is dough that has what ever you want in it and is rolled up and baked in an oven. It usually has cheese in it

So, like a calzone, but rolled instead of folded?

 

[rags747]

In NY a submarine or hoagie is called a Wedge.

 

[Bigdog]

So, like a calzone, but rolled instead of folded?

Yup. They are usually long and I kept asking for one when I first moved out to CA. They had just looked at me strangely and said we have a calzone.

 

[DallasEast]

They couldn't hurt you if they wanted to, which they don't.

Yep. My sister said most were afraid of the bugs' eyes for some strange reason.

 

[MWH1967]

They couldn't hurt you if they wanted to, which they don't.

No, but and odd thing happened last time. There were so many in the trees as I fed the live stock in the evenings. I would get drops on my face. I looked up and there was not cloud in the sky. I since learned they were actually peeing on me!

 

[nobody]

So, what do they call calzones?

People are weird. They probably strangely call it a pizza roll?

 

[Vtwin]

No, but and odd thing happened last time. There were so many in the trees as I fed the live stock in the evenings. I would get drops on my face. I looked up and there was not cloud in the sky. I since learned they were actually peeing on me!

We had a major infestation of Gypsy Moths here this summer. Worst in 50 years. I could not figure out why, when outside on a still night, it sounded like a light, steady rain was falling. Not a cloud in the sky. Turns out it was caterpillar poop.

 

[MWH1967]

We had a major infestation of Gypsy Moths here this summer. Worst in 50 years. I could not figure out why, when outside on a still night, it sounded like a light, steady rain was falling. Not a cloud in the sky. Turns out it was caterpillar poop.

true story...Its crazy.

 

[CouchCoach]

We had a major infestation of Gypsy Moths here this summer. Worst in 50 years. I could not figure out why, when outside on a still night, it sounded like a light, steady rain was falling. Not a cloud in the sky. Turns out it was caterpillar poop.

Vtwin, thank you so much for that. Now I have to wear my tinfoil hat outside as well.

 

[Runwildboys]

We had a major infestation of Gypsy Moths here this summer. Worst in 50 years. I could not figure out why, when outside on a still night, it sounded like a light, steady rain was falling. Not a cloud in the sky. Turns out it was caterpillar poop.

Had that a couple of years ago, so bad that the turds nearly covered the driveway and would roll around under your feet, making it almost slippery.

 

[MWH1967]

Vtwin, thank you so much for that. Now I have to wear my tinfoil hat outside as well.

If we don't get a pic it didn't happen...

 

[MWH1967]

Had that a couple of years ago, so bad that the turds nearly covered the driveway and would roll around under your feet, making it almost slippery.

I thought I had it bad. I just got peed on.

 

[csirl]

Another one I thought of us in West Virginia they call lunch dinner, and dinner @ night supper.

Always throws me when they say have you had dinner but are referring to lunch. This is more southern West VA (Beckley) so not sure if universal, etc.

Something similar in rural Ireland. People eat "dinner" at c.1pm and "tea" in the evening. In urban areas its lunch and dinner as normal.

Its not just a naming thing, they really do eat their largest meal of the day i.e. dinner at 1pm.

"Tea" is a lunch sized meal eaten in the evening - name is because its usually finished off with a cup of tea.

The reason for this is because traditionally rural folk got up early in the morning to work on farms etc and would work up a hunger by the middle of the day, so it made sense to eat a large meal.

We have an expression...."people who eat their dinner in the middle of the day" which is used to describe honest hard working rural people.

 

[Runwildboys]

Something similar in rural Ireland. People eat "dinner" at c.1pm and "tea" in the evening. In urban areas its lunch and dinner as normal.

Its not just a naming thing, they really do eat their largest meal of the day i.e. dinner at 1pm.

"Tea" is a lunch sized meal eaten in the evening - name is because its usually finished off with a cup of tea.

The reason for this is because traditionally rural folk got up early in the morning to work on farms etc and would work up a hunger by the middle of the day, so it made sense to eat a large meal.

We have an expression...."people who eat their dinner in the middle of the day" which is used to describe honest hard working rural people.

That's a healthier way to eat.

 

[BigStar]

Something similar in rural Ireland. People eat "dinner" at c.1pm and "tea" in the evening. In urban areas its lunch and dinner as normal.

Its not just a naming thing, they really do eat their largest meal of the day i.e. dinner at 1pm.

"Tea" is a lunch sized meal eaten in the evening - name is because its usually finished off with a cup of tea.

The reason for this is because traditionally rural folk got up early in the morning to work on farms etc and would work up a hunger by the middle of the day, so it made sense to eat a large meal.

We have an expression...."people who eat their dinner in the middle of the day" which is used to describe honest hard working rural people.

Very interesting and you're on the nose with the size of the meal as well; the biggest meal is the is lunch/dinner, but never really made much sense to me until you related it to the old farming days and the hours kept.

 

[Cowpolk]

Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take 6 rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich.
That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I looked over under the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (Ether). The light bulb went off in my head.
I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I thought that it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Lets face it, to a 10 yr old mouth-breather like myself, (Ether), really doesn't "sound" flammable.
So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of Pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles).
At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the (Ether) can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, a 1 lb. Pyrodex and 16 oz (Ether) should make a loud pop, kinda like a firecracker you know?
You know what? Screw that I'm going back in the house for the other can.
Yes, I got a second can of pyrodex and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'.
I stepped back about 15 ft and lit the 2 stroke arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a clunk as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck...OH ****! He just got home from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go from my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile of Pyrodex and into the can.
Oh Crap
When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or just reflex jerk back from 235 fricking decibels of sound. I caught a half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 ft above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little low to the ground layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a worm or two.
The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this... THE FRICKING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE.
There was a big sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture.
Notice I said "was". That son-of-a-gun got up and ran off.
So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my shoes with my Thundercats T-Shirt shredded, my dad is on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback:
ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOU'RE BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE. DAMNIT CEASE FIRE!!!!!
His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 2000 ft. over our backyard. There is a Honda 185 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders are drooped down and are now touching the tires.
I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I don't know – I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later....repeat this process for an hour or so and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. and Dad screaming "Bring Him back to life so I can kill him again". Thanks Mom.
One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that stump again, Mom had been comping about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business.
Dad sold his muzzle loader a week or so later. I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality, either from the blast or the beating, or both.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life.

 

[Runwildboys]

Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take 6 rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich.
That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I looked over under the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (Ether). The light bulb went off in my head.
I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I thought that it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Lets face it, to a 10 yr old mouth-breather like myself, (Ether), really doesn't "sound" flammable.
So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of Pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles).
At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the (Ether) can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, a 1 lb. Pyrodex and 16 oz (Ether) should make a loud pop, kinda like a firecracker you know?
You know what? Screw that I'm going back in the house for the other can.
Yes, I got a second can of pyrodex and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'.
I stepped back about 15 ft and lit the 2 stroke arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a clunk as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck...OH ****! He just got home from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go from my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile of Pyrodex and into the can.
Oh Crap
When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or just reflex jerk back from 235 fricking decibels of sound. I caught a half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 ft above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little low to the ground layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a worm or two.
The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this... THE FRICKING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE.
There was a big sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture.
Notice I said "was". That son-of-a-gun got up and ran off.
So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my shoes with my Thundercats T-Shirt shredded, my dad is on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback:
ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOU'RE BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE. DAMNIT CEASE FIRE!!!!!
His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 2000 ft. over our backyard. There is a Honda 185 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders are drooped down and are now touching the tires.
I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I don't know – I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later....repeat this process for an hour or so and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. and Dad screaming "Bring Him back to life so I can kill him again". Thanks Mom.
One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that stump again, Mom had been comping about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business.
Dad sold his muzzle loader a week or so later. I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality, either from the blast or the beating, or both.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life.

@ESisback will be so happy!

 

[ESisback]

Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take 6 rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich.
That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I looked over under the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (Ether). The light bulb went off in my head.
I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I thought that it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Lets face it, to a 10 yr old mouth-breather like myself, (Ether), really doesn't "sound" flammable.
So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of Pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles).
At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the (Ether) can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, a 1 lb. Pyrodex and 16 oz (Ether) should make a loud pop, kinda like a firecracker you know?
You know what? Screw that I'm going back in the house for the other can.
Yes, I got a second can of pyrodex and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'.
I stepped back about 15 ft and lit the 2 stroke arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a clunk as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck...OH ****! He just got home from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go from my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile of Pyrodex and into the can.
Oh Crap
When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or just reflex jerk back from 235 fricking decibels of sound. I caught a half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 ft above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little low to the ground layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a worm or two.
The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this... THE FRICKING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE.
There was a big sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture.
Notice I said "was". That son-of-a-gun got up and ran off.
So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my shoes with my Thundercats T-Shirt shredded, my dad is on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback:
ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOU'RE BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE. DAMNIT CEASE FIRE!!!!!
His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 2000 ft. over our backyard. There is a Honda 185 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders are drooped down and are now touching the tires.
I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I don't know – I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later....repeat this process for an hour or so and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. and Dad screaming "Bring Him back to life so I can kill him again". Thanks Mom.
One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that stump again, Mom had been comping about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business.
Dad sold his muzzle loader a week or so later. I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality, either from the blast or the beating, or both.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life.

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