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Mar 26, 2006 3:40:34 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 26, 2006 3:40:34 GMT
Yes, a new thread has dawned.
Jim Carrey's favorite band is Cannibal Corpse.
The common purple eggplant's scientific name is Solanum melongena (variety esculentum.)
SPAM was invented/released in 1937. The words to the first SPAM radio jingle were this:
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM Hormel's new miracle meat in a can, Tastes fine, saves time, For something to eat ask for SPAM!
Maynard is the singer for both Tool and A Perfect Circle.
Willie Nelson smoked marijuana on the roof of the White House. Jimmy Carter invited him over. Figures.
Okay, all this is off the top of my head. Keep on adding; eventually it'll get retardedly awesomely long.
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Mar 26, 2006 6:02:59 GMT
Post by Ildûrest on Mar 26, 2006 6:02:59 GMT
Hmm, all right.
It's illegal to eat oranges in a bathtub in California.
The House of Lords in the UK is traditionally one and a half sword lengths long to prevent members of the parliament from having a go at each other.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
Subbookkeeper is the word with the most adjacent double letters.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
Emus can't walk backwards.
There have been about a quarter of a million Elvis sightings since his death.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
(Yeah most of those aren't from the top of my head. So what?)
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Mar 26, 2006 6:21:27 GMT
Post by newk on Mar 26, 2006 6:21:27 GMT
Starfish have no brains.
President Bush used to be a male cheerleader (yell leader) at Yale.
There is no such thing as "Qbasic 7.1", its actualy, "QuickBasic 7.1" also known as "MS BASIC Proffessional Development System". QBasic was the compiler-less version of QuickBasic that was distributed with many versions of MS-DOS.
There was also never any "QuickBasic 1.0", QuickBasic continued the same line of software as the original MS BASIC Compiler (BASCOM version 1.0 to 2.something), which compiled GWBASIC code. So, the earliest version of QuickBasic was in fact 3.0!
There is no "Dark Side of the Moon", but there is a Far Side of the Moon. The Moon keeps one of its side constantly facing towards the Earth, because it rotates at the same speed that it revolves around the Earth. So we always see the same side of the Moon, but at different phases of being lit or darkened, when the Close-Side of the Moon is totaly dark, we have a new moon, but when the Close Side is totaly lit, we have a Full Moon.
Coninuing with the Moon theme.....
A list of words that have been said on the Moon by astronauts:
"Magnificent Desolation"
Orange
Landed
Base
Rock
Hill
Crater
Earth
Sample
Blue
It's
Mountain
Ok, I can't think of anymore, but I know these words have been said on the surface of the Moon, because I'm a JENIUS! ;D
Only the outer layers of a tree is alive, the core is actualy dead.
You have a larger chance of being killed by a catastrophic meteor impact than by being hit by lighning. Seems kind crazy? Well, think of it this way: it a lightning strike, only one preson dies, when a meteor impacts the Earth, millions, even billions of people will die. So that's why this makes sense. Plus, meteors impact the Earth much more often than you think. One exploded over Siberia in the early part of the last century. Had it hit a populated area, it could have killed millions!
I've eaten at the oldest operating Piza Hut on Earth (Not that anyone gives half a rats left testicle to know that, but I said it anyway. DEAL WITH IT!).
Some stupid Star Trek fans raised their kids to speak only Klingon. The poor kids know no English. Can you imagine a more useless talent than speaking Klingon? I really hate Star Trek. People should watch Star Wars instead.
Well, thats all I can think of. I sure hope this list grows really enormous.
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Mar 26, 2006 17:46:03 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 26, 2006 17:46:03 GMT
I would teach a kid Klingon, just to screw him up forever. But I don't know it. And I'm not willing to learn, either.
Hmmm...
My mom worked at the first ever Abby's Pizza. Again, nobody gives half a rat's left testicle. (Awesome phrase, there.)
Q: Who invented the wheelbarrow?
A: Zhuge Liang. Major brownie points to anybody who know who he was. If you do, I'll give you an e-hug.
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Mar 26, 2006 23:07:30 GMT
Post by earlofqb on Mar 26, 2006 23:07:30 GMT
I'll link to a Wikipedia article, as I won't be dishonest enough to take credit when I didn't know who he was. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_LiangHe was a premier military strategist during the second century, AD in post-Han China. He joined a local warlord and unified southern China. He then began work on conquering northern China, but died during the Battle of Wuzhang Plain in 234 AD. His wife died during the same battle. Afterwards, his son, Zhuge Zhan went about serving Shu Han and died defending his father's former empire. Teaching Klingon as the only language, then bragging about how they don't know a word of English can actually constitute child abuse. They are clearly depriving their children of a quality education by doing this and are just plain stupid anyway. Star Trek is a TV show, not a way of life! I like the show as much as most of the other Trekkies out there, but I sure as Canada wouldn't {censored} up my kid on purpose just because I thought it'd be funny. What is sad is that I predict within a decade or so, someone will try to teach their kid 1337 or something (1337 has been around long enough it's practically a language unto itself). What sort of parent would grossly neglect their kid by intentionally ruining their brains? Klingon isn't an official language in the first place, and its syntax can vary widely depending on who you're speaking to. There is no standard and sure as Canada no way you could use the excuse "I'm teaching it to them so learning English will be easier" (that's the excuse Esperanto speakers use when asked why they ruined their kids' minds with a language no one really speaks). As far as random trivia goes, I'll kick out some stuff (I don't know much, so don't expect much): Rumours have it that C++ was written as a joke by Bjarne Stroustrup to increase the salary of programmers. I can't think of any other ones, arg!
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Mar 27, 2006 4:25:16 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 27, 2006 4:25:16 GMT
Whoa, take it easy there, Mr. History Buff. Here's a more interesting (extremely watered down. I could spew on the Three Kingdoms Era of China for hours.) bio on Zhuge Liang.
He was a hermit who lived in the Three Kingdoms Era of China. He was taught by Suma Yi. Liu Bei declared himself emperor of the Xu-Han dynasty of China. There were, as the name of the era emplies, three dynasties. Liu Bei made three visits to Zhuge Liang's cabin, and on the third visit, Zhuge Liang agreed to become his advisor.
More neat crap: Zhuge Liang was a virtuous dude. Liu Bei had a retarded son, Liu Chan. Liu Bei told Zhuge Liang to assume the throne after him, but Zhuge Liang had Liu Chan as emperor. Of course, he was only his puppet, but he was still, "in power."
Zhuge Lian died of over exaustion.
For info on the Three Kingdoms Era of China, don't go to Wikipedia. As it has a user input style, it will often give inaccurate accounts of events. Go to sites that specialize on it. It's not in most history books, so it's kind of obscure.
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Mar 27, 2006 22:13:32 GMT
Post by earlofqb on Mar 27, 2006 22:13:32 GMT
Wikipedia ownz, and I use it as my first stop for everything. Might not be the most accurate, but for 90% of my purposes, it works. Obviously I'm not going to use it for a report or something, but if its just for learning stuff and all that, I'll use it.
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Mar 27, 2006 22:57:58 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 27, 2006 22:57:58 GMT
Yes, I <3 Wikipedia for most stuff. Except history. It has really good music description articles, and genre definitions.
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Mar 28, 2006 1:44:59 GMT
Post by We Will Bury You on Mar 28, 2006 1:44:59 GMT
Alas, my spidey-senses have tingled and I have seen fit to momentarily step out of lurk-mode to make a few corrections. He was a hermit who lived in the Three Kingdoms Era of China. He was taught by Suma Yi. Wrong. He was taught by Sima (S'suma) Hui and Huang Chengyan. Sima (S'suma) Yi was the commander of the Wei Dynasty's Western front and defended Chang'An from Zhuge Liang's army. Liu Bei declared himself emperor of the Han. His dynasty is often referred to as Shu-Han, as it was located in the Shu region, present-day Sichuan. It should be noted that Liu Bei didn't actually meet Zhuge Liang until the third visit, as Zhuge Liang was on vacation (fishing with his father-in-law) the first two times. I would say Liu Chan was more lazy than retarded. Liu Chan was able to discern between good advice and bad 90% of the time. He was, however, prone to partying. Liu Bei told Zhuge Liang to assume the throne if Liu Chan proved to be incapable. And this was more a case of "this is how much I trust you" than "actually do this." And it wouldn't be the Han dynasty with a Zhuge as emperor rather than a Liu, would it? Liu Chan was a willing puppet, really. He was too lazy to micromanage his empire, so he left it all to Zhuge Liang. On his death bed, Liu Bei told Liu Chan to treat Zhuge Liang as he would treat his father; the highest of honors. As for trivia: Gerald Ford was the first "Eagle Scout" to become President of the United States. Moscow is the largest city in Europe. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, primarily because Richard Wagner believed meat-eating, along with racial mixing, polluted the Aryan race. Adolf Hitler would give a gold wristwatch to any of his officials that quit smoking. Cao Cao, a King of Wei for the Later Han dynasty, once massacred an entire province because his father was murdered by local bandits. The first Czar of Russia, Ivan IV, was the richest monarch in Europe at the time. The first Emperor of Russia, Peter the Great, created a 'beard tax' for the nobles in his mission to make Russia as European as possible. The first president of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, is a huge Elvis Presley fan. The Tao Te Ching is the second most-translated book in the world, behind the Bible. Adolf Hitler's first dictatorial act, after passing the Enabling Act, was to regulate the cooking of lobsters. He was distressed by their screams when thrown into boiling water. In the battle of Thermoplyae, 500 Spartans defeated an army of 200,000 Persians. PWNED. Nintendo was originally a card game company, founded in the 1880's.
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Mar 28, 2006 5:04:12 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 28, 2006 5:04:12 GMT
Screw you, Ray. The Lurking Dragon. What a gay name. Even if you are my best friend, you get negative kudos for that.
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Mar 28, 2006 8:17:42 GMT
Post by We Will Bury You on Mar 28, 2006 8:17:42 GMT
Screw you, Ray. The Lurking Dragon. What a gay name. Even if you are my best friend, you get negative kudos for that. orly
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Mar 28, 2006 10:24:10 GMT
Post by Mikrondel on Mar 28, 2006 10:24:10 GMT
Oh, PLEASE. You can't "correct" a Romanisation of Chinese. No Romanisation is accurate anyway. Sure adopting a standard like Pinyin may help, but for people unfamilar with any Romanisation it makes no difference which one you use - trying to pronounce Romanised Chinese as we would pronounce English will be quite inaccurate no matter which Romanisation method is used. Chinese just uses sounds that don't exist in English; whether you use Shu or Xu, or Suma or Sima or S'sima, can't be defined as right or wrong as long, as you've made a fairly close approximation, or are properly following a defined convention. And I don't like the way you're treating my friend homeloaf. Onto a bit of trivia: I don't know the accuracy of this, but apparently Nintendo's mission statement was "to have a game console on every household" and to that end they gave technology and assistance to other console companies. Ooh, here's a jewel: Fat people are hard to kidnap. When potatoes were first imported from the New World, the French population thought that they were poisonous, and to encourage the people to eat them, the government planted fields of potatoes and placed armed guards to guard the fields night and day. Then, after some weeks, the guards were told to sleep on the job, and the peasants, thinking this stuff was valuable, sneaked in and stole some potatoes. Voila.
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Mar 28, 2006 21:47:58 GMT
Post by We Will Bury You on Mar 28, 2006 21:47:58 GMT
You can't "correct" a Romanisation of Chinese. No Romanisation is accurate anyway. I assume you're referring to "Xu-Han," which I corrected as to avoid confusion with the Xu province, which was on the other side of China, and would obviously be misleading. [glow=red,2,300]He was trying to use pinyin and failed.[/glow] As your friend Homeloaf was using pinyin, I was correcting one or two errors. If he had, for example, been using the Wade-Giles romanisation and said "S'suma," I would obviously have nothing to correct. But insofar as pinyin is being used, "S'suma" is "Sima," "Kuan" is "Guan," "T'sao" is "Cao," and "Chuko" is "Zhuge."
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Mar 28, 2006 22:38:38 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 28, 2006 22:38:38 GMT
Holy crap, Ray. You have a lot of time on your hands.
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Mar 29, 2006 1:40:57 GMT
Post by earlofqb on Mar 29, 2006 1:40:57 GMT
Well, at least he's using his hands in an acceptable manner sorry, had to do that. A friend and I were joking about this at lunch, "what do you do in your time off", and we invariably got around to discussing things to do with our female-less lives (nice attempt at a euphamism at least)
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Mar 29, 2006 6:07:12 GMT
Post by Homeloaf on Mar 29, 2006 6:07:12 GMT
Well, yeah. Ray describes his "life" as, "Relentless masturbation." Mine isn't so bad...
I'd like to point out that I personally know wombats with maturity levels higher than Ray's. He's a lot of fun, but kind it's retarded fun. But it's intelligent retarded fun, 'cause he's a genius. Hmm... Any idea what I'm goin' for?
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Mar 29, 2006 7:01:54 GMT
Post by We Will Bury You on Mar 29, 2006 7:01:54 GMT
Well, yeah. Ray describes his "life" as, "Relentless masturbation." Mine isn't so bad... Hunter S. Thompson is awesome.
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Mar 30, 2006 1:31:04 GMT
Post by earlofqb on Mar 30, 2006 1:31:04 GMT
Homeloaf, a bit of advice. Don't speak ill of a friend where they can hear it. Sure, you mean well, but were it not for his own reply (wherein he basically agreed and consented to your statements), I'd probably be rebuking you and/or removing the more insulting parts of your post. Basically because I know that I wouldn't want to be called that, even as a joke.
Still, have your fun and all while the getting's good. Bored olde misers like me will sit in splendiflourous incomprehension.
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