NationStates Jolt Archive

Good idea: Testing the pH of a solution with your lab partner.
Bad idea: Testing the pH of a solution WITH your lab partner.

This has been another edition of Good Idea/Bad Idea.

Like I always said: there are two types of lab partners:
1- Those who do the paperwork afterwards.
2- Test subjects.

<3 Animaniacs

Good idea: Hit the bottle
Bad idea: Hit the Bottle

EDIT: Has this been done before and, if so, has this lame joke cropped up every time?

Out of curiosity do lab partners go red when dipped in an acid?

Good idea: Hit the bottle
Bad idea: Hit the Bottle

Word.


EDIT: Has this been done before and, if so, has this lame joke cropped up every time?
I honestly do not remember a Good Idea/Bad Idea thread in the time I've been visiting NSG, but I've taken some breaks and may well have missed one.

And the entire concept of Good Idea/Bad Idea is a lame joke, so feel free to let your inner Lame really sing. :D

Good idea: Deciding to jump on one's bike and go for a ride
Bad idea: Not checking to see if the brakes work before setting off.

Bad Idea: Wearing a litmus paper lab coat.
Good Idea: Making your lab partner wear a litmus paper lab coat.

Good idea: Laughing at your boss's jokes.
Bad idea: Laughing at your boss's haircut.

good idea: Laughing at scientologist.
bad idea: Laughing with scientologists.

Bad idea: Laughing at your boss's haircut.
hey I did that once. I was working in a gym and boss got an extreme perm. I couldn't help myself and burst out laughing when he came in. Total spontaneous reaction - one that surely no-one could fault me for.
Of course, calling up a mate and having him come in to share in my hilarity could hardly be called spontaneous and was prob taking it a step too far, looking back on it now.

Word.


I honestly do not remember a Good Idea/Bad Idea thread in the time I've been visiting NSG, but I've taken some breaks and may well have missed one.

And the entire concept of Good Idea/Bad Idea is a lame joke, so feel free to let your inner Lame really sing. :D

Flattery gets me everywhere, so if I may continue by blatantly plagiarising:

Bad Idea: A frontal lobotomy
Good idea: A bottle in front of me

If I hadn't gone and let my inner Lame out I'd have capitalised the B :)

Good idea: Be a wise man
Bad idea: Be a wise guy

Good Idea: Trimming a bush with hedge-clippers
Bad Idea: Trimming a Bush with hedge-clippers

good idea: Laughing at scientologist.
bad idea: Laughing with scientologists.

Good idea: Testaments for convents.
Bad idea: Dianetics for diabetics.

One of the classics:

Good Idea: Doing your own yard work.
Bad Idea: Doing your own dental work.

Good idea: Hit the bottle
Bad idea: Hit the Bottle

EDIT: Has this been done before and, if so, has this lame joke cropped up every time?

not quite...

good - hit the beers

bad - pissing in the wind

:p

Good idea: Drinking with my friends.

Bad idea: Being the first to pass out.

:)

Good idea: Drinking with my friends.

Bad idea: Being the first to pass out.

:)

We had a rule back in the day that you had to get back to your room, you were safe there, otherwise you were game for any abuse.....ANY abuse :mad:

Good idea: Taking that long overdue leak against a wooden fence

Bad idea: Taking that long overdue leak against an electric fence

Good Idea: Trimming a bush with hedge-clippers
Better Idea: Trimming a Bush with hedge-clippers

There, I fixed that for you.

There, I fixed that for you.

I thought he meant pubic hair at first. Not a good idea to use hedge-clippers for that.

I thought he meant pubic hair at first. Not a good idea to use hedge-clippers for that.
Well, there's a good variation on his version, then!

Good idea: Trimming a bush with hedge clippers.
Bad idea: Trimming your bush with hedge clippers.

http://www2.cruzio.com/~keeper/GIBI.txt

I thought he meant pubic hair at first. Not a good idea to use hedge-clippers for that.

I didn't think of that until it was already posted. The fix UNIverseVERSE made was something I almost expected, though.

http://www2.cruzio.com/~keeper/GIBI.txt

GI: Having breakfast served to you in bed.
BI: Having tennis balls served to you in bed.

hee hee hee...

Good idea: Playing with your friends in the park.
Bad idea: Playing with yourself in the park.

good idea: getting an early night in order to get to the airport on time.
bad idea: getting pissed and ending up in a different country without ever having gone to the airport.


i'm not sure i've got the concept of this, but those are the ideas going through my head right now, so there we go.

good idea: Giving Sumamba Buwhan money
bad idea: that money being monopoly money

Good idea: Feeding fish
Bad idea: being fed to fish

Word.


I honestly do not remember a Good Idea/Bad Idea thread in the time I've been visiting NSG, but I've taken some breaks and may well have missed one.

And the entire concept of Good Idea/Bad Idea is a lame joke, so feel free to let your inner Lame really sing. :D

Oh lawd I miss Animaniacs... That shit was my childhood!

That, and Freakazoid.

We had a rule back in the day that you had to get back to your room, you were safe there, otherwise you were game for any abuse.....ANY abuse :mad:

is it bad that the first place my mind went, was the gutter?

That, and Freakazoid.
Good idea: Watching the pilot episode of Freakazoid on TV Links. (http://www.tv-links.co.uk/video/2/2115/3014/20994/32960)
Bad idea: Watching the pilot episode of Freakazoid on LSD.

Good Idea: Feeding stray kittens in the park.
Bad Idea: Feeding stray kittens in the park to a bear.

Good Idea: Taking a deep breath before jumping into a swimming pool.
Bad Idea: Taking a deep breath after jumping into a swimming pool.

Good idea: Watching the pilot episode of Freakazoid on TV Links. (http://www.tv-links.co.uk/video/2/2115/3014/20994/32960)
Bad idea: Watching the pilot episode of Freakazoid on LSD.

I'll watch it when I get home - I don't have flash here at work.

Good idea:
Pulling the pin and throwing the grenade at your enemies.

Bad idea:
Forgetting to make sure that the bullet-proof window between you and the enemy is open before throwing the grenade.

We had a rule back in the day that you had to get back to your room, you were safe there, otherwise you were game for any abuse.....ANY abuse :mad:

It was similar with us. *nod*

is it bad that the first place my mind went, was the gutter?

I once woke up naked and duct taped to another guy in a compromising position.

So to answer your question, Bad? Yes. Appropriate? Yes. :)

is it bad that the first place my mind went, was the gutter?

Good Idea: Having your mind figuratively in the gutter.
Bad Idea: Having your mind literally in the gutter.

Good idea: Getting a clown for your child's birthday party.
Bad idea: Getting a priest for your child's birthday party.

Good Idea: Setting your genitals on fire.
Bad Idea: Listening to my advice.

Good idea:
Pulling the pin and throwing the grenade at your enemies.

Bad idea:
Forgetting to make sure that the bullet-proof window between you and the enemy is open before throwing the grenade.

This man speaks from personal experience!

Good Idea: Setting your genitals on fire.
Bad Idea: Listening to my advice.

End of thread. Win.

Good Idea: Picking up your little cousin Emily from the park.
Bad Idea: Picking up little girls named Emily in the park.;)

Good idea: Getting a clown for your child's birthday party.
Bad idea: Getting a priest for your child's birthday party.
Worst idea: getting Pogo the Clown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_the_Clown) for your child's birthday party.

GI: Dressing up for Halloween as a pirate.
BI: Dressing up for Halloween as a pin~ata.

GI: Singing Christmas carols to your neighbors.
BI: Singing Christmas carols to your neighbors on the Fourth of July.

GI: Playing horsey with little sister.
BI: Playing horsey with your aunt Bertha.

Good Idea: Paling Hockey with protection.
Bad Idea: Playing Hockey with a condom as a helmet.

Out of curiosity do lab partners go red when dipped in an acid?

That's a supreme court justice litmus test I could get behind. In order to give the firm push necessary.

GI: Dressing up for Halloween as a pirate.
BI: Dressing up for Halloween as a pin~ata.

GI: Singing Christmas carols to your neighbors.
BI: Singing Christmas carols to your neighbors on the Fourth of July.

GI: Playing horsey with little sister.
BI: Playing horsey with your aunt Bertha.
Good Idea: Starting a thread entitled 'Good Idea/Bad Idea'
Bad Idea: Everyone starts to rip off this list (http://www2.cruzio.com/~keeper/GIBI.txt) and pass it off as their own.

good idea: getting an early night in order to get to the airport on time.
bad idea: getting pissed and ending up in a different country without ever having gone to the airport.


i'm not sure i've got the concept of this, but those are the ideas going through my head right now, so there we go.

The humor in these jokes is supposed to be derived from changing the way you understand the first sentence by having a second sentence with a very similar structure, but wildly different meaning.

e.g.
Good Idea, feeding the baby lambs at the zoo.
Bad Idea, feeding the baby lambs at the zoo, to the lions at the zoo.

While I love the animaniacs, my favorite version of this type of humor is the Brit-com "Coupling." I have no examples off hand, but most of the show's humor, that isn't based on sexually themed embarrassment, is based on ending a piece of dialog with a line that causes you to reinterpret the preceding dialog.

Good idea:
Pulling the pin and throwing the grenade at your enemies.

Bad idea:
Forgetting to make sure that the bullet-proof window between you and the enemy is open before throwing the grenade.

Good idea:
Pulling the pin and throwing the grenade at your enemies.

Bad idea:
Pulling the grenade and throwing the pin at your enemies.

Good idea: Getting a clown for your child's birthday party.
Bad idea: Getting a priest for your child's birthday party.

How about a clown dressed as a priest?

The humor in these jokes is supposed to be derived from changing the way you understand the first sentence by having a second sentence with a very similar structure, but wildly different meaning.

e.g.
Good Idea, feeding the baby lambs at the zoo.
Bad Idea, feeding the baby lambs at the zoo, to the lions at the zoo.

While I love the animaniacs, my favorite version of this type of humor is the Brit-com "Coupling." I have no examples off hand, but most of the show's humor, that isn't based on sexually themed embarrassment, is based on ending a piece of dialog with a line that causes you to reinterpret the preceding dialog.

Better yet:

Good Idea: Feeding baby lambs at the zoo.
Bad Idea: Feeding babies to lambs at the zoo.

:D

Good idea: swimming in a pool

Bad idea: swimming in a pool of blood

God idea: licking a postage stamp

Bad idea: licking a ink stamp

How about a clown dressed as a priest?

Worse yet, a priest dressed as a clown?

Worse yet, a priest dressed as a clown?

you owe me a new keyboard.

Good idea: Running around on a sunny day in a field that's mine.

Bad Idea: Running around on a sunny day in a minefield.

Good Idea: Live to live

Bad Idea: Die to die

Ugly Idea: Die to live

Probably a good idea: The check is in the mail.
Undoubtedly a bad idea: The mail is being checked.
Possibly the worst idea: The Czech is in the male.

Good Idea: Sleeping with an attractive mom
Bad Idea: Sleeping with your own mom
Even Worse Idea: Sleeping with your own mom, and making her a mom to another child!

is it bad that the first place my mind went, was the gutter?

Not as bad as the fact that that's where my friend's minds went as well

I once woke up naked and duct taped to another guy in a compromising position.

So to answer your question, Bad? Yes. Appropriate? Yes. :)

Always duct tape, always indelible marker pens, always mustard.

Good idea: Trust in your friends, they look out for people taking advantage of you
Bad idea: Trust your friends, they look to take advantage of you.

Good Idea: Filling your tank with gasoline.
Bad Idea: Filling your car with gasoline.

Worse yet, a priest dressed as a clown?

Aren't they all?

Good Idea: Filling your tank with gasoline.
Bad Idea: Filling your car with gasoline.
I lol'ed.