Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for March 06, 2011
March 05, 2011
March 07, 2011
Transcript:
Sine: So here we are again, is this glass half empty or half full? Always a hard question...
Horace: It's a wrong question. This glass contains 53 percent water and 47 percent air.
When I was working as a pretreatment plant operator we had two 30,000 gallon storage tanks, the tanks would fill up and it was our job to run it out through the pretreatment plant and clean the water up enough for release into the sewage system* so in a demented way, we had reverse optimism, on a good day the tanks were half empty, on a bad day, they were half full.
Yes, our job was to clean the water so it could be sewage.
zero over 13 years ago
Yeah - but it’s hot air…
Simon_Jester over 13 years ago
The difference between an optimist, a pessimist…and an engineer.
WaitingMan over 13 years ago
“Someone stole my glass.”
Charlie Brown
Rick51 over 13 years ago
That’s right! So just like people the glass is always 100% full with the question always being — “What’s it full of?”
hopeandjoy2 over 13 years ago
Very clever! and you are too rick51…as well as truthful.
mrgromit over 13 years ago
if the sides of the glass are not parallel, his percentages are off.
TheWildSow over 13 years ago
Twixt optimist and pessimist, the difference is droll: The optimist sees the donut; the pessimist sees the hole!
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
So I guess Horace is more optimistic cause the glass is more than half full
bmonk over 13 years ago
What really frosts Horace is that he wanted it to be 53% full of vodka.
hossblacksilver over 13 years ago
When I was working as a pretreatment plant operator we had two 30,000 gallon storage tanks, the tanks would fill up and it was our job to run it out through the pretreatment plant and clean the water up enough for release into the sewage system* so in a demented way, we had reverse optimism, on a good day the tanks were half empty, on a bad day, they were half full.
Yes, our job was to clean the water so it could be sewage.COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
Glad we straightened that out, Horace!
policelimit Premium Member over 13 years ago
Half empty, half full. I’m just angry that someone keeps drinking out of my glass!
Madhatter1903 over 13 years ago
Ah, yes! For water is mearly hydrogen oxygen!
Nuttypearls115 over 12 years ago
If he defies the “half full half empty” philosophy, what kind of person is he?