Topic: What I learned today! (Read 194854 times)

François · « **Reply #2340 on:** July 31, 2012, 07:18:51 PM »

Yeah, that's what prompted me to look it up.

TA · « **Reply #2341 on:** August 11, 2012, 11:41:36 AM »

Well, last night, but ...

I learned that Sex House exists. And is the absolute best thing.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2342 on:** August 11, 2012, 12:42:49 PM »

yeeeeeeeeeep. The Onion has officially gotten better than real T.V. at this point between the first two episodes of that (not that the rest are bad by any means) and Horrifying Planet.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2343 on:** August 13, 2012, 11:22:22 PM »

Tabletop wargaming was actually pretty popular in Russia during the Soviet era. However there were basically no miniatures manufacturers, so people made their own. Out of Plasticine.

One guy, Sergey Kiselev, was the unmatched master of this odd hobby

Büge · « **Reply #2344 on:** August 14, 2012, 03:59:59 PM »

I learned a new word!

Cafuné - A Brazilian/Portuguese word for gently stroking someone's hair.

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #2345 on:** August 15, 2012, 12:38:20 PM »

TA · « **Reply #2346 on:** August 26, 2012, 02:40:49 PM »

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2347 on:** August 26, 2012, 03:40:35 PM »

Too bad those little packets are being replaced by larger packets that also double as little cups for you to dip your fries in.

TA · « **Reply #2348 on:** August 26, 2012, 05:04:03 PM »

That there is a prequel/reboot of the Weekend at Bernie's franchise.

Called "Bernie".

Starring Jack Black as Bernie.

With a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2349 on:** August 26, 2012, 06:17:49 PM »

Ummm... where did you get this "Prequel to Weekend at Bernie's" nonsense?

TA · « **Reply #2350 on:** August 27, 2012, 10:50:50 AM »

I was misled.

Thad · « **Reply #2351 on:** August 27, 2012, 10:59:07 AM »

However, I can almost guarantee that watching it and PRETENDING it is a prequel to Weekend at Bernie's will make it EVEN BETTER.

...

...I bet that's true of a lot of movies, actually.

Classic · « **Reply #2352 on:** August 27, 2012, 11:17:05 AM »

So I'm an idiot and thought that this post:

Quote from: Thad on July 31, 2012, 06:38:50 PM

So you read today's Our Valued Customers?

Was a new one. But it's OK because it's a link to a webcomic, and I found another one. From it I remembered that most fairy tales aren't already dark and sexed-up as fuck.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2353 on:** August 27, 2012, 11:17:40 AM »

Quote from: Thad on August 27, 2012, 10:59:07 AM

However, I can almost guarantee that watching it and PRETENDING it is a prequel to Weekend at Bernie's will make it EVEN BETTER.

Man when that lady got shot I was waiting for the record scratch so hard.

Büge · « **Reply #2354 on:** September 01, 2012, 03:33:50 PM »

Today I learned that a man held a Domino's Pizza restaurant hostage because his last name was Noid.

Thad · « **Reply #2355 on:** September 01, 2012, 08:03:59 PM »

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In late January, 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid entered the Domino’s Pizza nearest his home, produced a handgun, and held the restaurant’s two employees hostage for over five hours. His demands were a freshly made pizza, $100,000, a helicopter, and a copy of the Illuminati-themed 1985 novel The Widow’s Son.

Can't imagine why somebody mentally ill would be interested in a Robert Anton Wilson book about elaborate conspiracy theories tied to numerology.

I bet he finished the first book and couldn't find the second one anywhere. Must have REALLY bothered him that RAW never finished the series.

R^2 · « **Reply #2356 on:** September 02, 2012, 05:46:29 AM »

Quote from: Büge on September 01, 2012, 03:33:50 PM

Today I learned that a man held a Domino's Pizza restaurant hostage because his last name was Noid.

There's a guy to avoid.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2357 on:** September 04, 2012, 12:37:41 PM »

Johnny Cash was the first American to know Stalin died.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2358 on:** September 06, 2012, 06:57:31 PM »

In England, MPs (members of Parliament) are not in fact allowed to resign. Period. This dates back to the 17th century and earlier when MPs were sometimes appointed against their will (a long, entirely separate story).

The loophole is that any Member of Parliament "accepting an office of profit under the Crown" must give up his or her seat, so if an MP accepts service to the Crown, they have effectively resigned. In order to allow MPs to resign, two old Royal Appointments are kept open even though they have not actually had any powers or duties in hundreds of years. They are The office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham and Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

This whole process is incredibly British.

Büge · « **Reply #2359 on:** September 07, 2012, 11:03:41 AM »

There's a type of citrus fruit called "ugli".

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