There are more good people than there are plonkers.

GunMaster357 · 04-14-2011, 06:28 AM

But plonkers are better organized.

I found that in a book I read recently.

Would you agree?

I surely do.

Griff · 04-14-2011, 07:06 AM

Thank you for expanding my slang vocabulary.

Plonkers are highly organized. The rest of us don't generally believe in stupid ideas enough to organize all our waking moments around them.

GunMaster357 · 04-14-2011, 07:22 AM

I had to do some research first as the original quote is in French. And most translation engines refered me to the word 'idiot'. Yet I was looking for something stronger.

Original quote:

"Il y a plus de gens biens que de cons. Mais les cons sont mieux organisés."
in "Les cathédrales du vide" by Henri Loevenbruck (no English edition as far as I know).

DanaC · 04-14-2011, 07:24 AM

I don't think the world is divided between plonkers and good people. I think people are plonkers or good at different times.

I think the British must use the word 'plonker' differently. There's nothing organised about a plonker over here.

infinite monkey · 04-14-2011, 07:39 AM

Plonkers are plonkers, so why should it be that you and I should get along so awfully?

Trilby · 04-14-2011, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

I don't think the world is divided between plonkers and good people.

It's not.

The world is divided between tedious and charming people.

sexobon · 04-15-2011, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

... And most translation engines refered me to the word 'idiot'. Yet I was looking for something stronger.

Original quote:

"Il y a plus de gens biens que de cons. Mais les cons sont mieux organisés." ...

Try this one:

There are more good people than jerks; but, the jerks [4.b.] are better organized.

If you substitute "MBA" for "jerk," tw can participate.

Aliantha · 04-15-2011, 07:02 PM

I don't think the plonkers are more organized. I think they're just louder.

footfootfoot · 04-15-2011, 08:31 PM

yeah, at the co-op we call them the vocal minority. 3 people out of 200 piss and moan whenever a change is to be made, and you'd think the vote would be about 50/50. It ended up being unanimous in favor with one dissenting vote.

The funniest part was that one of the 3 piss and moaners demanded a secret ballot rather than a show of hands so no one would know who voted for or against. It was obvious to the lone dissenter that her comrades had voted against her.

But they weren't especially organized in this case, just loud.

monster · 04-15-2011, 11:20 PM

wankers/assholes is the required translation, methinks.

TheMercenary · 04-17-2011, 08:24 PM

I think there are way more plonkers than good people. But I am a pessimist. I think all people are inherently evil and have to strive everyday to try to be good in life. The rest just give in....

monster · 04-17-2011, 10:19 PM

Scuse me but there seems to be some misunderstanding of the word plonker......

love, Rodney.

DanaC · 04-18-2011, 04:39 AM

lol

Yes. Plonkers are not bastards. They're not 'the dark side'.

It's more like calling someone a tool.

Clodfobble · 04-18-2011, 09:26 AM

I think the equivalent American term should be "jackasses."

infinite monkey · 04-18-2011, 10:31 AM

Oh I'm a plonker he's a plonker she's a plonker we're a plonker
Wouldn't you like to be a plonker too!

04-14-2011, 06:28 AM	#1
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	There are more good people than there are plonkers. But plonkers are better organized. I found that in a book I read recently. Would you agree? I surely do. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

04-14-2011, 07:06 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thank you for expanding my slang vocabulary. Plonkers are highly organized. The rest of us don't generally believe in stupid ideas enough to organize all our waking moments around them. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-14-2011, 07:22 AM	#3
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I had to do some research first as the original quote is in French. And most translation engines refered me to the word 'idiot'. Yet I was looking for something stronger. Original quote: "Il y a plus de gens biens que de cons. Mais les cons sont mieux organisés." in "Les cathédrales du vide" by Henri Loevenbruck (no English edition as far as I know). __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I don't think the plonkers are more organized. I think they're just louder. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	yeah, at the co-op we call them the vocal minority. 3 people out of 200 piss and moan whenever a change is to be made, and you'd think the vote would be about 50/50. It ended up being unanimous in favor with one dissenting vote. The funniest part was that one of the 3 piss and moaners demanded a secret ballot rather than a show of hands so no one would know who voted for or against. It was obvious to the lone dissenter that her comrades had voted against her. But they weren't especially organized in this case, just loud. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Plonkers are plonkers, so why should it be that you and I should get along so awfully?

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	wankers/assholes is the required translation, methinks. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I think there are way more plonkers than good people. But I am a pessimist. I think all people are inherently evil and have to strive everyday to try to be good in life. The rest just give in.... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

04-17-2011, 10:19 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Scuse me but there seems to be some misunderstanding of the word plonker...... love, Rodney. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh I'm a plonker he's a plonker she's a plonker we're a plonker Wouldn't you like to be a plonker too!

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