Comments on: No way. CFC’s are bad for the environment

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:16:35 +0000

We have at least three switches in our house that, to the best of my ability to determine (and we’ve lived there two years), don’t turn anything on or off. I’ve often wondered if one of my neighbors is trying to figure out why one of their lights keeps going on and off…

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:20:24 +0000

I have a light in a socket that is not connected to anything. Turn your switch a few times and I’ll watch and see if my light turns on and off.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:54 +0000

I’m pretty sure there was never a true “hole”, implying complete absence, in the ozone layer. The “hole” is an invention by the media- you know how they love to talk in absolutes!
There was, and still is, a thinning of the ozone layer near the Antarctic, to a varying extent. A true hole in the ozone layer would let in all kinds of nasty radiation from the sun, killing many life forms unlucky enough to be under the hole.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:41:12 +0000

My understanding is that a “hole,” in the sense of there being an absence of the ozone layer near the Antarctic, is no longer there. I did not mean to imply that all ozone depletion had stopped.

By: Cowpie

Cowpie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:40:50 +0000

:/ if only we could spread some CFC’s around a bit more.

By: Meowth

Meowth — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:22:18 +0000

You’re welcome! *Purrs*

By: JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:05:32 +0000

So since the one that doesn’t work still claims to be a master switch, it apparently has delusions of grandeur. You might try giving it a little antipsychotic medication.

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:48:42 +0000

‘ethhh herr doktorrr, athh you withhh.

By: theskepchick

theskepchick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:29:21 +0000

CFCs & HCFCs may be banned in some countries, but the ban is not worldwide. Also, since chloroflorocarbons are extremely stable, they hang around for a century on average. A single pound of CFCs can annihilate seventy thousand pounds of atmospheric ozone. CFCs are also ten thousand times more effective than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. So, in short, they’re still a problem, and a big one at that.

Also, to clarify–the only positive thing I’ve heard about ozone depletion was that it was SLOWING DOWN, not that it was making a full recovery. Maybe that’s what you meant (although it’s not what you said), but maybe there’s a new study I haven’t heard of. If there is, can you post a link? Thanks.

By: lexan D

lexan D — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:45:43 +0000

I actually have two of these in my house. One still works, the other is no longer connected to anything.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:18:48 +0000

And a lisp that could drown a small country town.

By: bluejade

bluejade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:06:09 +0000

Well, I can’t speak for all of us! Sounds like DNT and PG have been using it, let’s ask them. And you’re certainly going to get attention from someone, even if it’s only the vice squid.
I do like the weird blend of art, technology, and, victorian sci-fi.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:37:49 +0000

Really? This is relevant to my interests!

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:51 +0000

Well yes, I know exactly what I’d immediately think if you’d said “flogger”.

By: blueJade

blueJade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:04:59 +0000

That steampunk look is hard to resist, the chicks just dig it!

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:55:51 +0000

With a welder’s cap, dark goggles, a leather apron, and rubberized leather gauntlets.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:46:52 +0000

And for the full effect, a little man called Igor, lurking nearby.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:33:52 +0000

Yes, mixing up your switches is a sure way to make sparks fly.

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:28:22 +0000

I love the rotary bat handled round switches from the turn of the last century. They need fabric insulated wire in ceramic standoffs on the wall for the steam punk radical dangerous new technology look.

By: Stud Master

Stud Master — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:53:15 +0000

Did someone say “flog her?” Where’s the pom-pom thingie?

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:00:28 +0000

I used the word “pom-pom” because at an Australian Rules football match, usually you only have one very large pom-pom thing on a stick, which is called a flogger. I didn’t use the word flogger because 1) probably a lot of people wouldn’t've understood what I meant, and 2) it would just have brought the Studmaster out again with the attendant lewd insinuations.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:58:38 +0000

Nah, the ones we have Down Here are mostly tiny tiny little things, requiring a well-aimed bony elbow, although you can teach a dog to turn them off if you are prepared to put up with the gouge marks in the wall while you’re teaching them.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:56:49 +0000

We’ve still got rather an impressive one over The Antipodes – if you ever come to visit Down Here, DO NOT forget your sunscreen and hat, especially from November to March.

By: bluejade

bluejade — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:04:21 +0000

True, deities belong to their creator. Thanks for the almighty filter, kitty! I’ll just go water the catnip now.

By: bluejade

bluejade — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:02:08 +0000

Dude, this is engrish, not Sparta. no worries.

By: la conejita

la conejita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:41:54 +0000

John, just remember to warn us when you are being serious.

By: Meowth

Meowth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:27:19 +0000

Since never. You belong to me, as does everything else!

By: Meowth

Meowth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:24:34 +0000

Hold your head up! Move along.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:29:24 +0000

Sorry. If there were. *Auto-ding*

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:28:45 +0000

If there was one, it would say, *shakes pom*

By: Almighty Garden Filter

Almighty Garden Filter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:27:40 +0000

Since when, exactly, have I belonged to you???

By: Htom Sirveaux

Htom Sirveaux — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:52 +0000

Just the one?

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:23:11 +0000

Can’t comment on Aussie rocker switches, but Brit ones work with an elbow, or sometimes a shoulder.

By: Queen o'sarcasm

Queen o'sarcasm — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:14:06 +0000

does he know my Almighty GardenFilter!?

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:19:21 +0000

The well-designed toggle switches from that era were always my favourite kind, then they changed to rocker switches, which IMO was a step backward. Try turning the rocker switches we have Down Here on or off without using your hands!

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:37:46 +0000

I’m not sure, but whenever the mod switch and rocker switch meet in Brighton, they start fighting!

By: blueJade

blueJade — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:16:12 +0000

I collect them! I love those little Bakelite switches from the fifties.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:23:54 +0000

And what’s the mod switch for?

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:23:16 +0000

He has also added switches to his collection of assistants. After all, some of them want to use you, and some of them want to get used by you, and some want to take turns.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:18:35 +0000

That time I actually was not joking. The limitations on aerosol CFCs and changes in the use of refrigerants has allowed the ozone layer to rebound significantly. So my looking less serious here would not have been an advantage.

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:52:53 +0000

The rocker switch is the heat/cool switch for global temperatures.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:52:47 +0000

The Studmaster has added switches to his collection of implements. He heard that some people are turned on by them.

By: la conejita

la conejita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:51:22 +0000

It’s because of his serious looking face avatar. We try to tell him to change it. He’ll try a few other faces, but keeps coming back to this one. I recommended the plastic surgeon that worked on my face, Dr. Gravatar and he doesn’t want to go.

All of us here at Engrish will try to chip in a few bucks, $0 bills to pay for the operation.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:15:05 +0000

From top to bottom.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:23 +0000

Sounds like a job for the Studmaster.

By: la conejita

la conejita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:55:38 +0000

Slave switches? Do you hit them with a whip when you order them?

By: daedreams

daedreams — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:33:19 +0000

It all started out so well. Then someone got lazy.

“Okay, let’s see… Master. We got that. Now, the next word is S. w. i. and then, you know, some letters after that. Whatevcfc”

By: Somepartsareme

Somepartsareme — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:19 +0000

Halo 4: Master Swicfc

By: Somepartsareme

Somepartsareme — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:45 +0000

I really can’t tell if that’s a joke. :S

By: dr handle

dr handle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:45:42 +0000

Master Switc Football Club, ra ra ra!
*shakes pom pom*