I'm Baffled Thread

[Wood]

OK, so folks seem to like when I say "I'm baffled" on the show, which got me thinking, WHAT BAFFLES YOU?

I don't want this thread to be about stuff that makes you really angry, so I would ask that you refrain from, "I'm baffled by [Insert Differing Political Stance Here]", but more focus on the quirky things in life that baffle you.

For example, Alan (New Mutant) might be baffled at how some people can love "feet" in "that way."

I'll start (which is really why I had the idea for this thread in the first place).

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I love my wife with all my heart. We have an AWESOME relationship. And she's 99% of the time far more logical, disciplined and capable than I am.

BUT....I am BAFFLED at how she insists the house is as clean as a biotech clean room BEFORE the cleaning lady is due to arrive that day. What the eff? I woke up this morning (she let me sleep in), and the house looks like a museum it's so spotless. So I smile and say, "Is [cleaning person] coming today?"  She smiles back and says, "she is!"

 

[leafinsectman (Dan)]

I baffle myself. I can spend easily on others but I feel literal pain when I think about buying something for myself. My wife was kinda sad yesterday because she misses her parents (they live in the Philippines) and I was ready to buy her plane tickets. Meanwhile I really wanna join you crazy guys at C2E2 and I think I have enough leave to cover it but I can't do it, I just feel like it'd be so selfish of me.

Also, a good buddy of mine here on the forums and on twitter dislikes all manga/anime. I'm not mad, to each his own, but it's kinda like when someone says they dislike all comics. Baffled.

[leafinsectman (Dan)]

BUT....I am BAFFLED at how she insists the house is as clean as a biotech clean room BEFORE the cleaning lady is due to arrive that day. What the eff? I woke up this morning (she let me sleep in), and the house looks like a museum it's so spotless. So I smile and say, "Is [cleaning person] coming today?"  She smiles back and says, "she is!"

 

I wish your wife would bite my wife and transfer some of her powers over.

[ValorPhoeniX]

im baffled why people go out of their way to say they are liberal or conservative. it really only takes a minute to figure out the talking head that gave them their talking points. someday politicos will realize that these people are already bought and paid for and light pandering will do.

[jcrider4]

I'm baffled by the clerks at Walgreen's.  They seem to range from slighly off to full on insane.  What kind of pre-employment screening do they do?  I'm thinking they must hand people a piece of poo  If they freak out and throw it in the tiolet, they're not Walgreen's material.  If they stat smearing it on their faces or building a mud-bunny, it's time to talk 401k. 

[The Questyen]

I wish your wife would bite my wife and transfer some of her powers over.

Seconded.

[Christopher Stark]

"If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college"

I need to start any baffled talk with that.  It just feels right.  As for what baffles me.

- I also love my wife but when she complains we don't spend time together yet goes to bed at 7pm makes my head hurt.  I get home at 5 or 6 at night.  Seriously.
- People that go to cons for the sole purpose of dressing up.  Not to shop, not to meet creators, but to dress up.
- How to properly transform Masterpiece Megatron.  Seriously, that thing confuses the hell out of me.

[valance_the_hunter]

My girlfriend has an interesting method for cleaning up…she basically just starts throwing stuff in the garbage.

Last week (true story) I cut myself and was looking for a band-aid in the bathroom, couldn't find them, so I asked her where they were (knowing a couple weeks ago I had just boughten a new box), she told me that she had thrown them away.  I asked why, and she told me it was because we weren't using them.

Who does that? 

I'm all for living life in the moment…but that's just baffling.   

[JohnnyNoPrize]

I'm baffled at the popularity of shows like "Jersey Shore"
I'm baffled by Lady Ga Ga ...( I just dont get it...and Im gay!!)
I'm baffled by these socks Im wearing right now.....I dont even like them.



I'm sure there's more to come.

[Lukeh]

I baffle myself. I can spend easily on others but I feel literal pain when I think about buying something for myself. My wife was kinda sad yesterday because she misses her parents (they live in the Philippines) and I was ready to buy her plane tickets. Meanwhile I really wanna join you crazy guys at C2E2 and I think I have enough leave to cover it but I can't do it, I just feel like it'd be so selfish of me.

Be fair to yourself though. There's a couple of grand difference between a trip to the states and a trip to the
Philipines.

[Robert]

I am completely baffled when I hear stories from my wife on how her mother has concerns that she never gets to spend any quality time with her daughter, my wife.  Though we live next door to my in-laws, and the fact that my wife and her mother talk and/or communicate with each other several times a day, it still isn't enough apparently.   

[ValorPhoeniX]

My girlfriend has an interesting method for cleaning up…she basically just starts throwing stuff in the garbage.

Last week (true story) I cut myself and was looking for a band-aid in the bathroom, couldn't find them, so I asked her where they were (knowing a couple weeks ago I had just boughten a new box), she told me that she had thrown them away.  I asked why, and she told me it was because we weren't using them.

Who does that? 

I'm all for living life in the moment…but that's just baffling.   

do we have the same girlfriend? 




im baffled by comic book fans being so dismissive of reality shows. they're both extreme charectures of real personalities. comic book are victims of the same dismissal by people of the book.

[Farrell]

Last week (true story) I cut myself and was looking for a band-aid in the bathroom, couldn't find them, so I asked her where they were (knowing a couple weeks ago I had just boughten a new box), she told me that she had thrown them away.  I asked why, and she told me it was because we weren't using them.

   You're just not having enough household accidents.

I'm baffled by the clerks at Walgreen's.  They seem to range from slighly off to full on insane.  What kind of pre-employment screening do they do?  I'm thinking they must hand people a piece of poo  If they freak out and throw it in the tiolet, they're not Walgreen's material.  If they stat smearing it on their faces or building a mud-bunny, it's time to talk 401k. 

 

[Brady]

I'm baffled that the world seems to expect, even demand, that I hate Justin Beiber. I can get it if you hate his music, but have a teen or tween aged daughter who loves it, and that means you are constantly forced to listen to it. That would be very annoying. But I've encountered a lot of dudes and dudettes my own age (late 20s, early 30s) who dont have any kids, and hate the Beebs. And no, I'm not a fan of his music .... but I've barely heard any of it, either. Justin Beiber does not figure into my life at all. Yet before I'd ever even heard one of his songs, people seemed to expect me to hate him. I don't get it. He's just the latest in a never-ending line of girl teen pop sensations, except that this kid at least has some actual talent.

Now I've made myself sound like a Beleiber 

[JohnnyNoPrize]

He's just the latest in a never-ending line of girl teen pop sensations, except that this kid at least has some actual talent.

Now I've made myself sound like a Beleiber 

Justin Bieber is a girl teen pop sensation????   

[Wood]

I  Bieber

[legion of daves]

i am baffled by the number of people that bring young children (i'm talking 5 or under) to movies that are CLEARLY not appropriate.  there was a couple with a little girl that couldn't have been more than 4 years old when i went to see THE GREY yesterday.  that's a movie with a very intense plane crash that is followed by over an hour of WOLVES MURDERING PEOPLE. 

[valance_the_hunter]

do we have the same girlfriend? 

I don't know…has she ever called you at work to ask you how you know when water was done boiling?  I mean, who am I, Buddha?  

You ever find a sandwich in your regina pile?

Does she leave the blow-dryer (still plugged in) in the sink as a "joke"?

Is she afraid of blueberries?

If any of these things have happened to you, then yes, looks like we're dating the same person.

[PozrDu]

im baffled why people go out of their way to say they are liberal or conservative.

Pres. Eisenhower was asked if he was a liberal or conservative.
He replied, "What is the issue?"

I wish more people replied like this.

I believe & really hope that things aren't so black/white & factionalized
that there are only two ways to look at things, & you have to believe the
same as the rest as everyone else in your faction on every subject.

Coke or Pepsi?  That's it?    Baffling.  I'd like some orange juice.

[Farrell]

i am baffled by the number of people that bring young children (i'm talking 5 or under) to movies that are CLEARLY not appropriate.  there was a couple with a little girl that couldn't have been more than 4 years old when i went to see THE GREY yesterday.  that's a movie with a very intense plane crash that is followed by over an hour of WOLVES MURDERING PEOPLE.  

This has always confused me too.  All I can imagine is that these are the same parents who believe, when they have children, that they and their progeny have been elevated to "most important" in every situation, and the world must accommodate them at every turn.  They can't conceive that not everyone automatically considers their needs to be paramount.