I wish we had a general bullshit topic that I could use for this rather than start one. So...I guess this'll be a general bullshit topic.
That being said, if anyone here lives in or near or has a contact in Arizona at all, either near the Grand Canyon area or who is willing to travel there in the next 6 weeks, please to contact me forthwith via devices noted in profile. Thank you.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
I have a friend that lives in Peoria. Wherever the fuck that is.
That being said, I'm absolutely sick of cell phone commercials. Every time I see one I change the channel now. Just pure evil.
(BTW Shik, you're profile picture is pensively intriguing.)
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Google tells me it's about 3.5 hours away from where I'm asking about. In AZ, that's close.
The picture is 3 years old & my hair is much shorter. Still friends with the one girl whose birthday it was, & the other one is my last ex-girlfriend.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I thought Peoria was in Illinois? Obviously a different one. Is there a Peoria in Illinois? I'm not actually interested enough to look.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Yes. Not far from me. Penicillin was discovered there.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
You what? Ok, that got me interested enough to look. First-time-ever-discovered, no. Good-source-of-discovered, yes.
quote:A moldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market in 1943 was found to contain the best and highest-quality penicillin after a world-wide search.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
My great-great-grandfather lived in Peoria, Illinois. Specifically, he moved there, changed his name, remarried, and had a new family, even though he and my great-great-grandmother were not divorced. Although, to be fair, she had already taken their daughters when they split up, and then came back and kidnapped their sons by dressing them up as girls and sneaking them out of town.
And these are only a couple of the fascinating characters whose genetic structure ultimately combined to create me.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Someone on my mother's side of the family got married, then divorced after they had kids, then married his son's wife after secretly getting her pregnant. His son and daughter in law already had 2 kids. That screws up the whole family tree.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: Google tells me it's about 3.5 hours away from where I'm asking about. In AZ, that's close
Yeah, my friend lives in Arizona. Finally moved back after the Army, but he still wants to come back.
But since we're on the family tree business, my entire knowledge of my family ancestry stops at the boat. However, on an interesting note, my great-grandma happened to be on the very first boat from Puerto Rico to Hawaii.
Anything else, you're going to have to go to the respective countries to figure out the rest.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
So he was Puerto Rican I presume?
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
Nope, the son-of-a-bitch is Mexican. Good guy though, but no way related. Though people assume we're brothers due to the brown skin *shrug*
But I've always wanted to travel to those countries to figure out how far and illustrious my family tree goes. Probably all rice farmers knowing my luck.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
My uncle married a second woman, or tried to. Got caught. Lied to my parents and said he was dying of testicular cancer, took the money they loaned him, and disappeared for awhile. He's gone again now; his wife died, he totally neglected his daughter for awhile, then finally just left when she turned 18. Nobody has the first clue where he is.
I have an aunt who was in prison in Hong Kong for some time for something related to drugs and/or prostitution; my family have been vague on the details.
And my daddy thinks the CIA wants the alien database in his head back *grin* I'm in for an interesting life if genes win out...
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
i guess maybe a Star trek ship is named peroia?
you know what really makes my nuts burn? 180 grit sand paper...
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pensive's Wetness: i guess maybe a Star trek ship is named peroia?
you know what really makes my nuts burn? 180 grit sand paper...
Speaking from past experience I assume? Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: My uncle married a second woman, or tried to. Got caught. Lied to my parents and said he was dying of testicular cancer, took the money they loaned him, and disappeared for awhile. He's gone again now; his wife died, he totally neglected his daughter for awhile, then finally just left when she turned 18. Nobody has the first clue where he is.
I have an aunt who was in prison in Hong Kong for some time for something related to drugs and/or prostitution; my family have been vague on the details.
And my daddy thinks the CIA wants the alien database in his head back *grin* I'm in for an interesting life if genes win out...
How did he get the database in the first place?
I went to my grandfather's house today, and looked throught the family lineage he has compiled, and found that I am related to this dude. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Appearantly he is a distant cousin. Somehow...
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
My last name is also the name of a dish in Japan, and yet I know of no relatives from there.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, Women are a dish any where...
I have found that everyone wants to mispell my last name. It was originally rather commplicated, but, appearantly some people in my family were too stupid to spell it right, so they legally changed the spelling so it could be spelled phonetically. Strange, but unfortuanately, all true. And now that it is easy to spell and pronounce, everyone screws it up...
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
One of my ancestors founded this place. Another one put this on here.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
How'd he get it? The FBI put it there. Apparently there's some rivalry between them and the CIA...
All I really know is, by male lineage I'm Irish, the family came here sometime in the 300-years-ago-range; my grandmother on dad's side was Yugoslavian; my mom's family are all British and Scottish. That side of the family came here about 6 years before I was born... ;P
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Let's see, on my father's side I have Canadian, Algonquin Indian, Czecholoslovakian, Polish, and Southern Irish heritage. My paternal grandfather immigrated from Canada in the 50's. My mother's family is Irish, German, British, and Icelandic. They've been here forever. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, as far as people with Wikipedia entries go, I'm related to this guy. Court physician, member of the Royal Society, mentor of Christopher Wren. Sounds like a neat guy, huh? Unfortunately, I'm descended from his brother. Slave trader, religious persecutor, and all-around asshole. You can get away with a lot of crap, apparently, when your brother knows the king.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
Puerto Rican, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian.
Not a drop of white. Fuck yeah.
But I always thought it was cool how people can really trace their ancestry back centuries. Anyone here related to someone on the Mayflower?
[ July 02, 2008, 10:10 PM: Message edited by: shikaru808 ]
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
One of my ancestors founded the little town of Flin Flon, Manitoba after discovering gold in the region. Apparently the town is named after a character in a book my ancestor came across while prospecting in the area of Candle Lake. I thought that was pretty neat.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Dang. All I got is Chinese. Just plain Chinese. Though by marriage, we've got white folks in our extended family. And one of my cousins married a Japanese dude a while ago.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Puerto Rican, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian.
"Not a drop of white."
Well, except the Puerto Rican part. Unless your Puerto Rican ancestors somehow avoided all the Spaniards.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
A lot of Americans think Hispanic = not white. In fact the only hispanic guy I know very well says he hates the word "hispanic" even - he says Spaniards don 't consider themselves "hispanic" but rather "white," the same way the Germans or Brits or whoever do.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: I went to my grandfather's house today, and looked throught the family lineage he has compiled, and found that I am related to this dude. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Appearantly he is a distant cousin. Somehow...
No kidding? I've been told that I'm somehow related to him as well, but I don't have any proof. Of course, I've also heard that everyone is related to everyone else by going back only a few centuries.
Hearing some of these stories, it makes me thankful that my family is downright boring!
As for my heritage, I've got Slovak, English, Irish, German, and French (supposedly). As for my kids, add Scottish and Cherokee to that. Although I suppose those designations are only good for a couple centuries back anyway. But I prefer to call myself a good-old American mutt!
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: Well, Women are a dish any where...
I have found that everyone wants to mispell my last name. It was originally rather commplicated, but, appearantly some people in my family were too stupid to spell it right, so they legally changed the spelling so it could be spelled phonetically. Strange, but unfortuanately, all true. And now that it is easy to spell and pronounce, everyone screws it up...
Considering my last post, what is your last name? You can send me a PM if you prefer.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I hail from the Adamchick family gene/cess pool.
They used to spell it Addamczyck, but, as I said, my family isn't the brightest, so they changed it.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Ah, Czech/Slovak/whateverthey'recalledthisweek name, right? My family managed to know how to spell "Olejnik" (Slovak name) correctly, but I've seen lots of other permutations of it: Olenik, Oleynik, Olenick, O'Lenik, etc.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I am related to this Caroll guy by my mother's side of the family though, the Westlakes. Kinda funny actually, the names the kids of her youth called her. "Eastriver", "Southpond", "Northstream".
I have had teachers ask me how to pronounce my name, after they have screwed it up. I've heard Sean A-damn-chick more than once. Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Yeah, supposedly the relation is through my mom's side as well.
Most teachers didn't even attempt my last name. Although it's not as bad as one guy I knew in college, his last name was Przygocki, pronounced (approximately) shu-GOOT-ski. We just called him Psmith. Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN:
"Puerto Rican, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian.
"Not a drop of white."
Well, except the Puerto Rican part. Unless your Puerto Rican ancestors somehow avoided all the Spaniards.
Eh, I suppose your right. But I'll remain in denial
Actually, a lot of my Puerto Rican family looks either black, or a weird combo of Indian (from India). It's also common knowledge in my family that my great-great-grandmother had an affair with an Arab sailor, so there's a possibility of that too.
Also, you would hate to try spell or pronounce my last name.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Ataaluuapa'a?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Also, you would hate to try spell or pronounce my last name.
Try me. I'm polish and therefore qualified to pronounce any and all names that test the bounds and mechanics of common english. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Poles & Hawaiians should get together. Between them they might be able to construct a usable alphabet.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: Poles & Hawaiians should get together. Between them they might be able to construct a usable alphabet.
Or some really cool Sci-fi Slave Girl and Robot names.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
We'd create carved kielbasa idles first. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Nobody mispronounces "Nix". Yay, me?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: We'd create carved kielbasa idles first.
I dont think the world is ready for greasy tikis.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Ah, Czech/Slovak/whateverthey'recalledthisweek name, right? My family managed to know how to spell "Olejnik" (Slovak name) correctly, but I've seen lots of other permutations of it: Olenik, Oleynik, Olenick, O'Lenik, etc.
Like Larisa Oleynik? *theme song to The Secret World of Alex Mack plays in his head*
Nobody mispronounced "Butler" obviously, but I've had a large number of people spell it "Buttler" when filling in a form or something. The hostess at a restaurant once actually asked how to spell it while she was filling in her little book...as if it matters, you're the only one who's going to read it, dunce...
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
I would've replied "Luxury Yacht". No doubt she would not have understood.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean:
quote:Also, you would hate to try spell or pronounce my last name.
Try me. I'm polish and therefore qualified to pronounce any and all names that test the bounds and mechanics of common english.
Sagadraca.
Think phonetically.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Oh jeez, that's easy. I've seen plenty worse. A buddy of mine's first name is Olajide, that one threw me for a loop at first.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
You kidding me? No one has yet to pronounce it right on the first attempt.
But I do know a girl with a last name of Macadangdang. Funny as shit we Filipino's are. She's pretty damn hot too.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
SAH-GAD-DRAE-CUH?
Either that or SUH-GOD-DRUH-CUH...
As for your friend's name...Isn't that what its called when two tree nuts get it on? Either that, or a side effect of eating Big Macs.
But hey, beats names like Clarke, and Smith.
I'd hate to have a name that is two first names, like Joe Frank.
True story, at the end of our street when my dad was growing up, there was a family with the last name of Czyk, prounced "Chick". Well, Adam Czyk was one of the kids...him and my dad used to hang out. Imagine the name headache there.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I've heard Polish music before - Ich Troje - and all I can say is that Polish isn't so much a language as a string of sneezes and throat-clearings.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, what do you expect, your standard polish person is 80 percent nose.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: SAH-GAD-DRAE-CUH?
Either that or SUH-GOD-DRUH-CUH...
SAW-GA-DRAW-KA
Close, but no cigar.
People make fun of Polish people up in the mainland huh? In Hawaii, we tease the Portuguese.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, since I live near Buffalo, New York, which has a huge polish population, and I myself am part polish, yeah, I guess. Around here, if you're clumsy, or dim-witted, or do something stupid, you are described as "Polish". Appearantly excessive drinking is also a "polish" trait. Although, the most popular thing to make fun of is President Gee-Dubayah.
And that term, " mainland"... IF we talk about Hawaii at all, we don't say, "So, over on the island, they make fun of the Portuguese." As far as most people around here are concerned, Hawaii is just another state. And the location of a dream vacation. I don't think anyone's dream vacation has ever included Buffalo...
"Hey, let's go to Buffalo everybody! We can freeze our asses off, but those Buffalonians sure are friendly I tell ya."
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
You'd be surprised. I've had my ID denied a bunch of times simply because they only accept "American" identification.
There are a lot of ignorant people who still think Hawaii and Alaska aren't states since we're not connected to the rest of the 48.
And mainland is just a term we use for that big chunk of land over to the east of us. Nothing really wrong with it I think.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote: And mainland is just a term we use for that big chunk of land over to the east of us. Nothing really wrong with it I think.
*Psst...I was joking...*
But it is kind of weird having you guys all alone out there floating in the ocean, and the poor schmucks freezing their asses off in Alaska. Could be worse. My redneck uncle swears that Alaske and Hawaii were the 51st and 52nd states...
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Not all of Alaska is that frigid, specially in the summer I hear. Tolerable anyway.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
And it snows in Hawaii. FYI.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Really? You mean on the mountaintops, right?
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
Yeah, its snows on top of Mauna Kea every winter and a lot of my friends fly over to Big Island just to go snowboard. Pretty neat.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I read somewhere that there is like a $5 tax in Hawaii that you get charged with if you don't own a boat. Probably a load of bullshit though.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
One of the colleges I applied to was in New Mexico.
THREE people from my high school asked -- on three separate occasions -- why I wanted to go to school out of the country.
I wish I could make this shit up.
Especially since I'm in Colorado, which is one of NM's neighbors.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
My sister actually thinks that Canada is part of this country...
We found my grandfather's green card, and she wanted to know why he needed one, because you can just drive to and from Canada. I seriously think that she's be smarter if she was brain dead. In fact, my sister is so ignorant that she thinks that there are 3 people running for president. And I quote word for word, " The black guy, that islam guy, and president Bush" .
She makes my dog seem like Stephen Hawking. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
But is she hot? Because that's all that matters.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I personally think she dresses and acts, like a prostitute. Most of the kids in her middle school think that too.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
So that's a yes, then?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Yes Shik, the boys in her class think she is hot.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Then that's all that matters.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Shik, she's 13 and thinks Austria and Austrailia are the same thing. There's a point where it doesn't matter how nice looking you are, if a pile of dog shit is smarter than you, you need help. If she was perhaps mentally retarded, I'd be a bit more forgiving, but she is just plain ignorant. The rolemodel for all superficial bitches out there.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Stupid women have their uses too.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I'll be sure to tell her that.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: Stupid women have their uses too.
Which gives humanity SOME hope for Paris Hilton right?
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
Blasphemy. Give her to al Queda I say.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I'm sorry but she's the exception to the rule; there is no constructive use for Paris Hilton at all.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Doorstop, fertilizer, medical test subject, speedbump... There's many uses for stupid folk.
Just the Republican party- a depressing number of Americans still think Saddam Hussein planned 9/11 and had WMD's, global warming is a liberal scientist conspiracy, Obama's a muslim, the Bush administration does not negotiate with countries that support terrorism and/or nuclear proliferation, not wearing a flag pin on your lapel means you're not patriotic....whatever nonsense they're told.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Americans bellyfeel Ingsoc.
I read that 10% of Americans think the sun goes round the Earth.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
No, it just orbits around the United States.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Stupid women have their uses too."
Not so much stupid thirteen-year-olds, though. Or did you just enjoy prison that much?
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Yeah, If I were you, I wouldn't tread that territory again. But, as Tim suggested, to each his own.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II:
quote:Originally posted by Shik: Stupid women have their uses too.
Which gives humanity SOME hope for Paris Hilton right?
Well, there are some people that just need to be stupid. Like George Bush. Who will we make fun of after he leaves office? Obama speaks perfect English, Mcain...thinks he IS America...and I think Dick Cheney is running out of friends to shoot. Therefore, we need people like Paris Hilton and David Hasslehoff to do and say stupid things that make us laugh, and forget how fucked up we as a nation, and a world, really are.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN:
"Stupid women have their uses too."
Not so much stupid thirteen-year-olds, though. Or did you just enjoy prison that much?
It's never too early to steer towards the right pathways. Start training early, like Shaolin monks.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
quote:Not all of Alaska is that frigid, specially in the summer I hear. Tolerable anyway.
I bloody well hope not as I'm going there on holiday in 4 weeks.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Where in Alaska are you going? I just googled the mean summer temp in Alaska, and the interweb told me that the summer averages in the inland areas from July-August are between 70F and 20 or 30F.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
I will be cruising the inside passage - stopping at Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, ketchikan and somewhere else I can't remember....
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, then be sure to pack both a parka, and shorts, just in case. Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Pack mosquito repellant. Seriously- I hear they're the size of grackles.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Menfolk with beards! (And perhaps womenfolk dealing with menfolk with beards) What kind of trimmer do you use? Would you recommend it & why? I'm in great need of one--have been for many years, actually, & am finally going ahead to get one.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
My dad uses a Remington Electric Trimmer, and that seems to work well enough. My mom got him one of those mini trimmers though, for little touch-ups. It's nice and quiet, battery powered, and small. But if you have a whole beard to remove, I wouldn't recommend it.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
quote:Originally posted by MaGiC: I will be cruising the inside passage - stopping at Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, ketchikan and somewhere else I can't remember....
I was going to say "You should be fine. Baring any storms from the ocean." But then I went to take a look. Juneau:
Not freezing, but not really Summer weather either.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: My dad uses a Remington Electric Trimmer, and that seems to work well enough. My mom got him one of those mini trimmers though, for little touch-ups. It's nice and quiet, battery powered, and small. But if you have a whole beard to remove, I wouldn't recommend it.
I'm never removing my beard. just keeping it shipshape & Bristol fashion.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, you could go to a barber, and ask his advice. If it is that out of control ( I really don't have any knowledge on the state of your facial hair though), you might want him to do the initial trim, and then get one of those smaller trimmers for maintenance. But what do I know? I've never had to shave... Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kosh: Not freezing, but not really Summer weather either.
Hmph *rethinks wardrobe*
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean the Spoiled Youngster: But what do I know? I've never had to shave...
spoketh the boy who's
A) Nuts not dropped yet B) Qualifies for A but still has not grown chin fuzz C) eventually will start, since he mentioned it
or
D) Will learn to shave his sack because his current/future GF [We hope GF] likes his nades smooth...
Not that i know anything about C or D that i wish to mention, unless reallt, really drunk... or it's PT season (not that i require to shave since i 'Bike' the running portion in my old salty age)
*howls in giggles, then pauses, baffled*
what were we talking about?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Heh yeah, that was funny.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
So I'm pleased to see that not every Japanese game show is, like, fucked-up porn. This is something I'd probly watch regularly if I could.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Hey, the girl that said that New York is a country reminds me of my sister.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Oh, Morning Musume. I wonder what generation that's from.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Why are kids in Japan aware of Equatorial Guinea, I wonder?
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
It seemed to me to be a case of "I know this random country and I'mma use it to fuck you up."
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Well...why should they not be? If kids here are aware of Korea, for instance, even though its 'way the hell over there'...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Korea? Is that the company where my shoes come from?
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
please post more japanesse game show pr0n plz?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: Well...why should they not be? If kids here are aware of Korea, for instance, even though its 'way the hell over there'...
Yeah, but Korea at least has a little place in American history ( the korean war). I'll have to look this up, but I'm pretty sure Equitorial Guniea has a much smaller place in Japanese history. I'm sure that knowing that that place even exists is like an American being able to name all the countries in Africa.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: I'm sure that knowing that that place even exists is like an American being able to name all the countries in Africa.
Reminds me of the TV game show version of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?". The final round had the kid matching country names to places on a big map, usually just one continent. You could just see their faces drop if they got Africa.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I loved to watch that show when I was a young kid. It's not on PBS anymore though.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Chronoskimmer.....*dum dum*....engines hot....
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I was in college when it was on. Not quite sure why my housemates & I watched it, but the best part to me was Rockapella, especially when they chimed in with comments like "Low budget!"
I was really confused and then I went back and re-read and realized he said "Where in the WORLD is Carmen Sandiego?" and not "Where in TIME is Carmen Sandiego?" which is what...I was...singing...
...fail.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I think the most hilarious thing I ever saw on that show was when, during that place-the-peg-on-the-place bit, the host said "Newfoundand" and it sounded like "New Finland" and the poor kit dropped the marker in the Caribbean somewhere...
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I'd like to put my sister on that gameshow. Today, I asked her to name the continents, and she tried to pass North, South, East, and West America as continents, as well as Texas. I am going to buy her a frickin' globe. I think that she is so ignorant that she could care less about anything that doesn't occur within two feet of her own head.
That seems to be a common trait among younger teens nowadays unfortunately.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
It sort of looks vaguely Lantean. I wonder how tall the central spire of a Lantean city-ship is. (Or how long, depending how you want to look at it...)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sean: I think that she is so ignorant that she could care less about anything that doesn't occur within two feet of her own head.
That seems to be a common trait among younger teens nowadays unfortunately.
It's also a common trait to say "could care less" when what you actually mean is the exact opposite.
I will kill all people who do this.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: Chronoskimmer.....*dum dum*....engines hot....
Aw yeah...
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
This definitely doesn't deserve it's own thread, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.
Heh that's great. I remember the cookie samplers...they don't go in happy meals anymore. We don't even have them, at least at my store. And the happy meals don't come in boxes anymore, either, except during special promotions (like the Clone Wars thing). And the toys suck now and you can have healthy food like apple slices and milk instead of fries and a soda...
*turns back the tide of nostalgia with some effort* Geez, how does anyone over 40 deal with this kind of thing??
Also I never saw kids get so worked up for Mr.Spock and Uhura.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
So, as I was reading through the posts in the ST XI forum at Trek BBS, I found a topic, and two posts in particular, that evoke some...recent memories of a dear friend of ours.
Seems he was nice enough to condense them for our reading pleasure over here though. I just thought this was a tad bit interesting, but definitely not new thread material.
Actually, reading a history thread over there, I was reminded of "E", by an ex-poster named MajorBarcalow. Funny fellow he was, from what I've seen. Socially mal-adjusted, that's for sure. Has Flare ever been "blessed" with someone like him?
So esecallum now goes by ST11? He/She's still a jackass. Also does anyone here remember ultramanjuice Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I don't know about someone "like" Major Barcalow, but I think we had Major Barcalow himself for a while, didn't we?
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I don't think we've ever had Major Barcalow grace us with his presence, but we did have Mountain Man. And Red Quacker. And DARKSTAR....
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Mountain Man took the whole jar of crazy pills before posting. He's the reason beating someone with rebar is not always socially unacceptable.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Okay, so it looks like maybe Barcalow didn't post here. But it appears that people here frequently linked to his posts at TrekBBS, which must be why the name was so familiar. Looks like he was a byword for "crazy" for a while, too, despite being fake.
And my searching also turned up the fact that, even though DARKSTAR is also now a synonym for "nutter", back when he stopped posting everyone was all "Oh no, come back, we're sorry we mocked you!" Which I find odd.
(I also came across one of those old "never-ending story" threads. That was interesting. I'd forgotten them.)
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
Oh, gods. You had Red Quacker? I remember him from back when I posted at TrekBBS. Which hasn't been for, like, six years now.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Remember Q? He would post on the Enterprise forum and constantly bitch about how much it sucked. I think he even produced a chart to back his claims.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I think they mentioned Red Quacker in the history thread over at the BBS. It seems that my time on either of these sites ( or, the internet in general) was a fair bit past all these oh-so-fun sounding people.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
There was a reason, but it's out of sight.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
What? Are you useing a magic 8-Ball to form replies now? "Image Cloudy- Ask Again Later"
Very Delphic Oracle, but I cant say I approve as I'm a deciple of Aesop, and that altercation certainly did not end well for my (former, alas) mentor....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I'm sure there's a moral to be learned from that.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Yeah: dont piss off the people that can order you thrown you off a cliff.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
I remember both Quacker and the Major. Che was around about that time as well, plus a few more. I think they ended up at TK for the most part, before moving on.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Their souls have moved on...they are at peace now: gone is the pain of online trolling. Can I get an Amen my Flareite brothers?
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Who's Eamon?
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
Hay Mon!!
I mean Amen!!
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Almond! Gory Al & Lou, yeah!
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Our Father, whose art's in heaven Hollow by thy name - unless things change. Thy wigdom come and gone Thy will, will be undone on earth, as it isn't heaven.
Give us this day our daily dread, at least three times a day. And forgive us our trespasses on love's territory.
For thine is the wigdom and power and glory...Oh, man!
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1978
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
And Burn the Heretics!!! Burn them Straight to Hell!!!
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Ah...now you're ready for either a GOP rally or a PMRC book club.
As a kid, I always thought they were saying "invisible" instead of "indivisible" during the Pledge of Alliegance. I just figured were were hiding the country from God.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Me too! They should really change it to something simpler. America! America! Your so fine! Your so fine, you blow my mind! America! Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Okay, it's been a few days since the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but I was watching this live and about fell out of my chair when I saw this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-hNMJvcyI Seems appropriate that it was the Cartoon Network float that did this!
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Yeah I saw that and I was like WTF?
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
ROFL
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
"Special musical guest" indeed.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Ahh, Rick Rolls. Making sure 1987 will never truely go away.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
I showed my mother the video...and was surprised to find out that she, who was raised on this music, doesn't know what Rick Rolling is. Yet, somehow, I know? I don't think I've ever heard this song anywhere other than in its "Rick Roll" role.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Your youth disgusts me! Go buy a pipe and some slippers and start grumbling at stuff.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I showed my mother the video...and was surprised to find out that she, who was raised on this music, doesn't know what Rick Rolling is. Yet, somehow, I know? I don't think I've ever heard this song anywhere other than in its 'Rick Roll' role."
That's because it's an Internet thing. Hearing the song on MTV in the 1980s wouldn't give one any special knowledge of how it's being used online in 2008.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
You do have a point. My mother barely knows how to check email...
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