Lunch Break: The real meaning of MPH
by LauraLoo
Hilarious!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhm7-LEBznk[/youtube]
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Apr.17, 2012 12:00 pm |
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I know the couple and they are very Mormon, fyi. I know that bugs some people on this board.
E, are you taking lessons from CC? LOL!! Step 1: Introduce religion regardless of the subject. Step 2: Accuse those here of hateful thoughts. WHAT does what you wrote even have ANYTHING to do with the very funny (and slightly sad, as in: reflective of our school system’s poor state) video above?
My favorite musing: “Well, I run a mile in 9 minutes, but that’s when I’m really out of shape…”
Sadly, I had a very similar conversation with my wife :-( She caught on a little quicker though. :) And we are both Catholics!
Unfortunately, I trumped my wife’s mistake by bringing up her math confusion to other people. Dumb move, I know. This is poor chump one-upped me – he posted his wife’s math confusion on You Tube!!! I see troubled water ahead for him and a lot of lonely nights!
Does anyone think I should send this video to my wife? I am so tempted.
Wow. Are people really that desperate for companionship they’ll put up with crap like this?
Mothers, please teach your daughters to be valued for more than a pretty face and perky boobs. kkthx.
xalisae – “kkthx”?
(And no I am not blonde!)
MPH – the aftermath and the apology:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordps6MbPhg&feature=fvwrel
The math major right over here is cringing in pain…
At the beginning of the video the husband in part set her up by making her think the question was really harder than it really is. I’m sure he realizes where her weak points are and he took advantage of this. To laugh at her inability to grasp this concept and then put it on youtube shows a cruel streak in this man.
I’m sure she has shed a few tears over this. At the end of the apology video, it looks as she still wanted to cry. He is very fortunate to have such a sweet and forgiving wife but I doubt she will forget as fast as she forgave him. And I doubt he would be as forgiving if she did something similar to him.
Does anyone think I should send this video to my wife? I am so tempted.
You’re still tempted even after you know you were wrong to make fun of your wife’s math confusion to friends? I had you pegged, my friend.
Just remember, every time the King is sleeping on the couch for being an @ss, his Queen is sleeping alone as well. And some Queens get tired of sleeping alone faster than others.
It’s not his fault she’s stupid. It IS his fault he’s with her, though.
Their facial features look similar. Was this an arranged marriage to keep a bloodline pure or something? If so, how long has this sort of thing been going on in this family?
Welcome to the reason I go out of state to marry.
Tyler,
It’s internet shorthand for “Ok, thanks, bye-bye”
She was clearly taking into account the head winds. THOSE IN HER HEAD!
This is why blondes (and we blonds) have more fun. We just don’t know any better.
Thank you for everything you’ve said in this thread, Praxedes! He started recording mid-conversation and we don’t even know how wound up and dancing in circles she already was, by that point, for whatever reason. People make incredibly stupid mistakes sometimes – it happens. Those idiotic mistakes are some of the best bonding moments I’ve had with my family and loved ones because they laugh WITH me, not at me. It seemed to me like this whole conversation probably started in a brain-teaser-y way, like that classic “Which weighs more – a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?” thing that kids always play. And when you’re like “a ton of bricks, duh!” because you thought about the object rather than the specifics, some jerk is always right there waiting with bated breath to laugh at you and shove your wrongness back in your face.
I feel like those utter failures of basic knowledge and thought process are almost, like, incredibly intimate moments. They are so vulnerable and there is something sweet about the reality of knowing someone in their entirety, humiliating lapses of reason and everything else. When I was 20 or so I made an incredibly dumb comment – and got very confused by the ensuing conversation until I had that classic “aha!” moment and realized how stupid I’d been – I was talking to my sister, but a friend of hers was also in the vicinity. I have since worked with that friend and he has brought up the story of my dumb comment, at work, told the story to people and laughed about it. It felt incredibly violating, like he had witnessed an intimate, vulnerable moment and shared it as office gossip. I can’t imagine if he had been my husband, and he’d VIDEOTAPED it and PUT IT ON THE INTERNET.
I come to this site because I am pro-life, and I am totally offended that this video is posted here for people’s amusement. The only comment from Laura Loo is “hilarious.” What!!!
It is anti-life to take pleasure at someone else’s expense.
What message are you sending to your audience who may be trying to form or reform their values about the dignity of the human person?
I am glad that some of the commenters are more mature than Ms. Loo, at least. But it doesn’t excuse it.
Paul, the theme of the “Lunch Break” posts by Laura are to lighten the mood. Discussing life issues can be very heavy, and often are emotionally draining for some people. These videos help people recharge their batteries. Ultimately, all of us have done stupid things and all of us have had to learn to laugh at ourselves. It would be a shame for this wife not to forgive her husband and to forget about it since we have all done stupid things. I don’t determine a person’s worth based on their ability to do math problems!
Ultimately, all of us have done stupid things and all of us have had to learn to laugh at ourselves.
Absolutely, Tyler. But not all of us have spouses who would go on and on about our stupid things and then post these moments for the world to see. I had a spouse like this one time. Key word – had.
Thanks for the kind words, Alexandra.
Sorry. I’m used to skinny blond chicks being witchy to me, and me subsequently mocking their intelligence as a defense mechanism. It’s fostered a long-running hatred of ignorant people in me, mostly as a knee-jerk reaction. Maybe I should be more inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt in the future.
Just to stand in some form of solidarity with anyone who’s ever had a moment of flash idiocy, I first saw this post while at work and unable to watch videos. I tried to glean its meaning from the title but, devoid of context, sat there thinking,” MPH…MPH…MPH? What’s the real meaning? What’s the FAKE meaning?? WHAT IS MPH??” I don’t know if it’s just because I’m used to seeing it lower-case, or if it was just so out of context that I couldn’t draw the line myself, but in several minutes of idle curiosity, I literally had no idea what MPH might be referring to. And I went up through calculus myself, AND I frequently do engineering calculations at work.
I returned to the video this morning. As soo as I saw the woman sitting in a car and was like OF COURSE, MPH! But you probably could have made a pretty dumb-sounding video of me, for a few minutes there….
Tyler said, “Paul, the theme of the “Lunch Break” posts by Laura are to lighten the mood.”
Honestly, I have a very sarcastic sense of humor at times, so perhaps I see things through a different lens than you. “The only thing I can claim as my own is my sin” (paraphrasing St. Augustine). So let be the first to say, I have disrespected my wife in front of others a few times, and there is nothing light-hearted about it.
If we want to change hearts we should start with our own. This video is not funny. “Husbands should love their wives as Christ loves the Church” (Eph 5:25). If we believe the Gospel we should be saddened by this video.
It’s nice to see that the husband apologized, but the intent of the post wasn’t to highlight that. It was to laugh at the “dumb blonde” being ridiculed by her husband.
“ It would be a shame for this wife not to forgive her husband and to forget about it since we have all done stupid things. ”
So if your wife made a videotape of you not understanding something very basic, laughed at you and mocked you, and then put it on the internet so the entire free world could call you stupid and laugh at your expense, you would be fine with it? I would not be pleased. That’s not a “mistake” or a “stupid thing”, that’s cruelty.
Once I forgot how to spell “what” for some stupid reason, brain fart. My wife didn’t videotape it to make fun of me to the world. She teased me jokingly. There is a difference, you know.
Paul, I can’t speak for others but I found the video funny because I could relate to the wife!! I have had difficulty thinking myself, and my wife, my brothers, my Mom and Dad, have all teased me. I got over it.
With that said, I agree with your statement and St. Paul’s advice. So, yes I agree that teasing people is far from acting perfect like Jesus.
However, although Jesus was definitely sincere in telling St. Peter to get behind him when he told St. Peter that He had to go with the Romans, I sometimes wonder if He might have also said it with his tongue in His cheek. I am not saying Jesus didn’t want to do His Father’s work but that perhaps Jesus was using hyperbole when he called St. Peter Satan! Surely, Jesus didn’t think that St. Peter was Satan but simply stating that St. Peter was merely acting like Satan, otherwise Jesus would not have given St. Peter the Keys. Was Jesus teasing St. Peter a little bit? Is teasing a sin? I will leave that to theologians. It is an interesting question.
Does it take humility about oneself in order to tease another?
The wife in the video is growing in the virtue of humility, and her ability to forgive is an example we all need to learn. She is an example not just for us, but for her husband.
the redemption video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGuBetpojg&feature=related
That’s not a redemption video, it’s some random dude trying the same thing on his wife. Is this a thing that people do to their spouses, try to make them look stupid? I don’t like it.
xalisae, what you’re doing is hating on other women for the way they look or the way they act. All women have value – even if they’re “skinny blonde chicks.” Watching women hate on other women, assuming that this woman is of no worth to her husband because of a silly mistake, whatever…. it’s pretty sad and it speaks to your insecurities more than her intelligence.
Otherwise I think you guys are taking this too far. We’ve all had “blonde” moments. Hers was caught on tape and uploaded for family and friends, then it became viral. That’s what the internet does. I don’t think the husband was being malicious and if the wife can forgive him and laugh about it then we should too. Plus they’ve made a good chunk of money off the video so far so hopefully they can treat themselves – not so stupid after all.
Did the husband ask his wife’s permission to put her “moment” on Youtube??
He should have respectfully asked her permission and abided by her YES or NO!!
Shy, socially awkward people like me would find their “blonde moment” being posted all over the internet absolutely horrifying. It’s probably why I find this so cruel. If she was genuinely cool with it, that’s fine. I still think he’s kind of a jerk, though.
xalisae, what you’re doing is hating on other women for the way they look or the way they act.
They started it. At this point in my life, it’s easier to assume people like her will treat me like crap so I shoot first, ask questions later, and don’t really care one way or another.
Good question, Carla. If he didn’t have her blessing, he has a mean streak he needs to deal with. I don’t know why he’d apologize for all to see if he had her permission, though. She probably put him in the dog house until he made things right. Or maybe they were in on it together to make money from the get-go.
it’s easier to assume people like her will treat me like crap so I shoot first
This is where I would use your middle name if I knew it, xalisae, I would say “Xalisae Anne (or whatever it is), you know better than this!” (:
Elizabeth are you Mormon?
If so, could you please read and answer my posts on April 18, 2012 at 9:34 pm and April 18, 2012 at 9:51 pm on the Can Romney get evangelical Christian support? thread when you have a spare moment?
Thanks.
On second blush (hers and ours) it was “not cool” that this video made it to YouTube. Rather like the ones a husband made of his wife because she cries at every movie she sees. We all have brain freezes. A few years out of school and you begin to wonder, “Is it ‘definitely’ or ‘definatley’?” I’ve often thought I would be hard-pressed to describe how to tie one’s shoes, step by step. Though I can do it without thought (believe it or not) or write it out.
Jack, if someone like you had a “blonde moment” he’d have a lotta ‘splain’n to do to the wife. :) (Someone who remembers two or three things from four years of French.)
Jack, I was referring to the redemption of blondes!!
Now, I am ducking. :)
Lol, sorry Tyler if I am being too hard on you. I am just really shy and the thought of someone doing this to me is just horrifying. The funny part is, my wife wouldn’t care at all if it was done to her, she would find it hilarious.
“ Jack, if someone like you had a “blonde moment” he’d have a lotta ‘splain’n to do to the wife. (Someone who remembers two or three things from four years of French.)”
*cracks up* Hey, Ellie’s blond (fake blond, at least). My life is a blonde moment. :)
No worries Jack. I don’t disagree with your statements. I see both sides.
Praxedes,
That is EXACTLY my middle name. Correct spelling and everything. And yes, I do know better than this. However, old habits die hard. One day I’ll be better. I just have to keep trying.
(Scolds) Once again, Jack, Ellie’s blonde. You’re at least capable of being blond (Let’s not go any further than that. :) )
We’re trying to make the French forget we renamed french fries “freedom fries”, remember? They’re crabby enough at our misuse of their language! ;)
ARGH. I hate it when I spell things wrong, lol. I had it right for the last “blonde”. Lol, and I tried to get the right spelling too.
And I speak Spanish, not French. Not my fault Hans!
Comprendo, mi amigo. (Okay, tell me where I went wrong with that!) :)
Muy bien, Hans. Que utilizo las terminaciones correctas y todo.
Hi again,
Anyone who thinks that they wouldn’t be mortified if they were the wife in this video and it was posted on YouTube is either a liar or a fool.
We are made to love and to be loved. Nobody is made to ridicule or be ridiculed.
Jack, at the end of the day I think Paul’s following statement is worth considering before teasing one’s spouse:
“If we believe the Gospel we should be saddened by this video.”
We don’t want to disparage the instituion of marriage with our clumsy and drowsy verbal communications. Like xalisae I am very much a work in progress. Erring on the side of consideration of your spouse’s feelings is never an unwise choice.
Paul, spooky, I must have just read your mind.
That is EXACTLY my middle name.
Freaky. Now if you guess mine, we’re going to Ho-Chunk.
Well I am not a Christian but I agree with that, Tyler. Erring on “not making my spouse feel like crap” is a good idea. Teasing can get mean without even meaning to. I’m a sarcastic person and I have upset Ellie without even meaning to. People should really be careful about what they think is “harmless fun”.
I realized this morning that my love/ridicule comment was proceeded by my calling people liars or fools.
I’ll have a little egg on my face for breakfast, thank you.
Praxedes, just noticed a comment by you. What did you mean when you said that you had me pegged? Pegged to what? Or pegged as what?
Tyler, Go back and re-read our rounds on a previous thread (I can’t remember which one so if your interested, you’ll need to find it yourself). I pegged you then as a controlling and probably abusive man. Your words on this thread confirm as much.
You had said something about my needing the silver spoon taken out of my mouth and my husband even jumped into the conversation in defense of me.
I won’t go around with you again because I have found that controllers thrive on these go-arounds and they very seldom come to the conclusion that they are the problem.
xalisae, “they started it”? Shoot first, ask questions later? That’s a healthy attitude for an adult to have. Do you think that maybe there’s a change that women in general are not nice to you because you’re not nice to them first? It seems a sad existence to me to constantly assume the worst of people. I do pretty well by treating all women as my friends and my allies – usually even the ones I find incredibly beautiful or intimidating show me their good sides that way. I also felt stronger and more confident in MYSELF once I started giving all women the benefit of the doubt and appreciating them for their own individual strengths. It’s worth a try.
Also, fyi, you can be a misogynist and a woman. And your attitude in this post seems pretty indicative of some internalized misogyny that I’d assume isn’t making your life any easier.
I only ask that you don’t make assumptions about me until we (or if) we ever meet. Until that that time I would appreciate it if you would stop harassing me on this website. Remember, let the person without sin cast the first stone….BTW, I think you need to reread the previous posts,,, because, like this thread, you launched into me first, as you did again on this thread. I wasn’t even conversing with you on the previous thread. From what I recall you had a beef with my qualification of one of Jacqueline’s comment. Jacqueline’s original comment had something to do with male and female roles in society….etc…and was really a screed/rant.
I hope your hatred of me is not because of my faith, but if it is, just let me know and we can discuss it.
If you can’t discuss your issues with me on this thread, then please stop bothering/disparaging me and then run away from an adult conversation. Or simply let whatever it is go.
FYI – I accept apologies. I was simply trying to defend myself. If I offended you I apologize.
Praxedes, “controlling and abusive” – that is quite the accusation!!
I would appreciate it if you would stop harassing me on this website.
Don’t ask the question if you don’t want to hear the answer. This is my opinion and it is based on years of experience with a controlling, abusive ex-husband (and a couple bosses and working for years as a bartender listening to men and women relate). I certainly didn’t expect you to agree with me but rather stated I thought you might thrive on any ensuing argument which I believe that you do.
Best wishes and peace to you and your family, Tyler.
P.S. If you feel you are being harassed, retain a lawyer.
Do you think that maybe there’s a change that women in general are not nice to you because you’re not nice to them first? It seems a sad existence to me to constantly assume the worst of people.
Not really. I tend to get along rather well with everyone I meet personally because in person, I tend to be a very friendly person, and they’re friendly to me.
I come from a background of severe teasing and bullying. Typically, that sort of behavior would be directed at me primarily by those of my own gender. I’m not typically mean, cruel, or standoffish. I will say that I tend to keep myself guarded, for a reason.
Praxedes, thank-you for the best wishes and I appreciate them. In the future, please feel free to answer my questions, but please don’t attack the questioner as that is unfair. If you do it again it may reveal that you are a controlling and abusive person. I don’t think you are controlling and abusive, or that you want to be; however, it takes a fairly insensitive or insecure person to say such a comment about someone with no proof, simply based on past experiences and observations of other people. Truly, Praxedes that is not fair or Christian. Thriving or enjoying an argument does not make a bad person, it simply makes an argumentative person. Most of the people who call themselves pro-lifers and visit this website are argumentative to some degree or another, or they wouldn’t be visiting this site. Indeed, I have read some of your own posts which have been very persuasive arguments in favor of life. I would hope that my telling you that your comments bother me would be sufficient for you to stop. I hope and suspect that my request will be sufficent in getting you to stop your behavior.
BTW Praxedes, the question I originally asked was merely rhetorical. I apologize for not making that clear enough.
If any one is interested in finding out if they are married to or dealing with a controller or not, there are many helpful websites out there. Just type in “signs of controlling people.”
There is also a great book entitled, “If You had Controlling Parents” if you think you might have been raised by one or more controlling people. These tools are great in helping you decipher what may be going on in your personal and/or professional life and how to best deal with it.
Controllers are master manipulators but once you educate yourself to the signs, you are better able to pick them out.