What's got you flummoxed today?

Trying to do my German VHS homework and I just can not figure it out!

Not a rant or rave, not happy or sad..

Just totally flummoxed!

Whats got you Baffled today?

I am feeling the same actually...

I am still trying to figure out why Hawaii has Interstates. Flummoxed to the power of ten I am.

My application for a patent on "instant water" was returned by the patent office without comment on Friday.

Because you copied it from my Aqua-Non, the handy dry water compound.
Why does naan dough stick to my fingernails even after I have scrubbed them?

My 3 year old not winning at anything generates instant water so it can hardly be considered an original idea.

I wanted to contribute to this thread. But I really couldn't find anything to add. Shame.

Why do Brits, Americans, Canadians etc who live in Germany still say & write Nuremburg??

And what on earth is 8 hours day in Australia-TAS (I assume thats Tasmania?)

Yep Tas means tasmania. 8 hour day is to celebrate the introduction of the 8 hour working day (8 hours work, 8 hours rest, 8 hours play), but really its just an excuse to have a public holiday.

Comes from the Labour movement, it would be celebrating working hours being set at 8hrs per day (plus rest for 8 and 8 for fun), so you can think of it like Labour Day elsewhere. Unions have marches, speeches are given, that sort of thing and sometimes you'll still see the number 8 used in union iconography.

I was bemused by my boss this morning, but that's more a constant state than anything else.

Do you all need to change your watches then?

People, specifically stupid people. They flummox me ever damn day! There should be like an IQ test and if you don't pass it then you go to the Soylent Green line.

I like the word flummoxed.

My cat. Well, the male one. He can sniff out a bag of crisps in a closed cupboard, open the cupboard and pull out the drawer to get to the bag. He then eats them one by one. Why would a cat like crappy paprika chips?

My kids hid the junk food they bought with their allowance and are going to be bummed when they realize he likes erdnuss flips as well.

I suppose I could get up and stop him, but I hate erdnuss flips.

Even worse is when someone has "erdnuss flips breath!"

Even worse is a cat with "erdnuss flips breath" on your bed at 6:00 am.

Deffo the MSG. This belongs in the zoology thread. Or the sensory neuroscience thread, but we don't have that. Come to think of it, we don't have a zoology thread either *rushes off*

Why anyone would call someone else and tell them about how they are heading out on a date with their BOYfriend.. Hello ( not me but I just got the flummoxed phone call from a friend) its a Double flummoxed.. it also takes brass balls!

I'm flummoxed by the question, if you eat pasta and anti-pasta are you still hungry ?

And why do they have to say "Hesse" for Hessen instead of "Hessen"?? Same number of syllables if you say "Hessen" compared to "Hesse". Unless you pronounce "Hesse" as ´"Hess". As in "Rudolf Hess", that is.

These cases and when to use which one and what IS a preposition and which one is used under what circumstances and how on Earth do people keep this stuff straight in their heads? and why did they stop teaching English grammar?

I am flummoxed by the apparently perceived indestructibility of student cyclists on Schelling Strasse. Yesterday I was driving up Schelling Strasse towards the church. Ahead of me and going in the same direction as I were three cyclists riding abreast, apparently having a good chat and weaving all over the road. There was no oncoming car, but coming towards me were also three cyclists riding abreast. What did I do? I straddled the center line of the road and barely passed between the six cyclists. The oncoming one nearest the center of the road had no light on (it was dark) and was riding hands-free. As he passed me, he put out his hand and stroked my car. What is it with people counting coup on my mini? (See my unhappy post about the cyclist kicking my car).

I think they must all be high. Or there is some student movement to turn Schelling into a bike path...

Its rather that they have discovered immortality.

Immortality? Immortality blows.

Here's why I'm flummoxed: Why would anybody want to be immortal in such a catastrophic world, where there are chances, or even - where it is legal for Obama not to make the Dem nomination?

There are no flights from Munich airport to Gdansk, Poland. Instead, they have flights to "Danzig"... can only imagine the fuel surcharge for time travel... but what I don't understand is: if my passport was issued in 2000, can i still get a visa for "Danzig"? It is a time difference of over 70 yrs, you know.

On the good side, they will soon have flights to Constantinople, New Amsterdam, and Saigon.

Why do people preface saying some juicy news or any news for that matter with, "DO NOT TELL ANYONE!" Should I then assume whatever I tell this person regardless of subject is available for distribution to the masses? Mums has been the word with me whenever I hear anything and usually I forget whatever it is five minutes later...

What was the Cologne line 18 bus doing at the S-Bahnhof Unterschleißheim?

Busmans holiday!

It's back, by the way. I suppose it belongs to the Marienhof-set as the destination is Marienhof.

I am flummoxed because I went for a mammogram and they took three pictures.

EDIT: Read "exposures" for "pictures".

The weather.
It's spring, dammit.

Be happy - one less painful squeezing!!

We'll just call her Saramanga

Why three when you've only got 2 boobs?

quantum physics...the probability of me understanding it is definately less than 50%...

why do smart people make the same mistakes over and over ?

to flummox u meckle

ohh, it makes me remember that i have some german vhs homework to do to
bleh =P

I have a co-worker (in another office) that insists on putting smiley faces after every email. This is not someone I know and the emails are purely business. I email her to update some file, she emails back to say it is done and for some unknown reason thinks a smiley face is appropriate. Annoying.

I sent my boss an e-mail: Do you want me to follow Plan A (explanation) or is Plan B your choice.
His answer was "yes".

I've had various bits of Canterbury of NZ kit over the years. Only today did I realise the logo is not 3 "C"s but 3 kiwis... Amazing.

http://sportsleisurewear.com/rugby/Canterbury-LOGO.jpg

Today I was sent a 40-page report done by an unnamed large consultancy which contained the following:

• Things that were blatantly obvious
• Conclusions on user satisfaction reached by asking technical staff rather than, er, users
• Lots of Excel & Powerpoint slides with some lovely-looking unweighted by actual usable information charts and stuff
• Recommending the tool before any analysis or methodology

Why am I flummoxed?
It is bizarre to me how someone wasn't embarassed to deliver this.

Seems quite typical. And let me guess, price tag of half a mil?

I love sport and exercise. I am therefore flummoxed* as to why I cannot be arsed to get off my now ever increasing arse and do some lovely exercise. I know it would make me feel better but I just can't do it. Ejit.

* as somebody said previously, wonderful word, verblüffen is just not quite the same.

Stick on some noughts if we buy even half what they are recommending.
It's tripe.
But saying that something is tripe in your own opinion isn't politically a good idea, especially if you can explain why it is tripe. Which is also flummoxing (is that even a word? I'm not entirely sure).
Am currently reading Triumph of the Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense, which probably isn't helping. Think going training later will be a good idea.

Why is my right knee so stiff and swollen that I can only walk but not run, and barely go up or down stairs? It doesn't feel sore, and I have no recollection of having banged it, fallen on it, twisted, sprained or otherwise mistreated it recently. It just went like that completely out of the blue. At least I can still walk, but I'm taking a walking stick when I go out, just in case. Bizarre.

Rightly excited about the warm sunny weather, I break out the capri pants and flip flops today. When I went to pick up the kids from school at 1:00pm (17 degrees and sunny at the time), I was flummoxed to see all the moms still wearing jeans, boots, long sleeves, leather jackets, scarves and various combinations of winter clothing items. I was then doubly-flummoxed when they all seemed flummoxed at what I was wearing. I just don't get it. So then I took the kids for ice cream just for my own edification.

You belong to the goodguys TL! People were coming up to me at work and outright asking me if it's "OK to go out like that", that being short sleeves and jeans. Waiting for instructions from the ministry of propaganda, no doubt.

Haha, glad to hear I'm not alone. It seems like after several months of winter and the constant threat of a cold draft that will bring death and destruction to their precious Gesundheit these folks would be relishing this weather. Oh well, they can't stop me from wearing weather-appropriate clothing. I might even wear a tank top, that'd show em.

Not sure if I can allow myself to go that far. I'll wait for the Bild tomorrow morning, see if it's OK mobilize the summer gear .

Why does my left shoelace and never the right always come untied?