OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Common Phrase Experiment

Did you ever notice that some people (all people?) have certain phrases that they use a disproportionately high percentage of the time?

You may find in infuriating or endearing – probably depending on what you think of the person anyway.

I was wondering what my commonly-repeated phrases might be.

Then I realised I had a large corpus of my writing on this blog, and I may be able to do an experiment to find out.

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Why are different drinks packaged differently?

If we stare at this long enough, will a reason become apparent?

Glass Bottle Plastic Bottle Classic Cardboard Carton (Gable Top) Brick Tetra Pak
Juice Available Available Available Available
Plain Milk No longer available Available Available Available, in some countries
Flavoured Milk Available Available
Long-Life Milk Available
Water Available Available

Any ideas? Is it very country-specific?

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Lack of respect and the major political parties

I won’t be voting for Labor.
I won’t be voting for Liberal.
I won’t be voting for the Christian Democratic Party.
I won’t be voting for The Greens.

Let me explain why.

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Worst. Psychic. Ever.

My psychic connection was almost spot on… and yet my psychic senses detect that some people are skeptical of my skills… they are thinking… wait, the message is coming through: WORST… PSYCHIC… EVER!

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Ice Cream: Best Practice

When you order an ice cream, always specify your favourite flavour first.

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Categories: Humour,Observation,Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: advice, ice cream, jaffa

Effect an Effect II: Exceeding XKCD

I’ve noticed that my ability to get changes made depends on my mood. Conversely, my mood is determined by my ability to achieve change.

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The Sum of… One Million Frickin’ Laser Beams

Just how many laser pointers would it take to fake a red eclipse?

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Set Your Lasers To “Fun”!

Okay, shhh! Listen up! Everyone, shush!

Here’s what we are going to do….

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Even the title needs more work

I hate trying to be funny to a deadline.

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Maths Insurance

During an interminable math lecture I realised the solution that was going to make me my second million dollars.

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