Cancer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Re: The Last Word That's what whiskey is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Re: The Last Word I should do the reading to figure out where the name "the Bruce Effect" comes from; it is ripe with potential for snide jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Re: The Last Word Rats. Seems to be named for the discoverer, whose surname was Bruce. Pity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Re: The Last Word In the things that make you go category.... Incautiously googling for estimates of how much charge is typically transferred onto a household toy balloon when you rub it on your sweater brings up a story of someone having criminal charges filed against them for sending up a large mylar helium-filled balloon that people feared contained one of his kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word Another fun news day in American then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word In the last century, has there been a day without fun American headlines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word In the last century' date=' has there been a day without fun American headlines?[/quote'] probably not, it is a cliche when it comes to news "only in America". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word I'm glad for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word oh, it is a cliche for a reason...so many examples, so many examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word oh, it is a cliche for a reason...so many examples, so many examples. i count 3 on the front page of NGD at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word Like the couple who pretended their four-year-old son had drifted away in a balloon, just to get on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Re: The Last Word Like the couple who pretended their four-year-old son had drifted away in a balloon' date=' just to get on TV.[/quote'] yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word There has been a case of someone intentionally putting themselves up with helium balloons. I remember telling jokes about it back in the '80s sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word The whole of the Eighties was just implausible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Well, that's not really much different from any other era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word ... Capital I, bold, underlined ... Implaaausible ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Back in 2001 I started writing out a list of things that were true at that time which would have rated "You are out of your f***ing mind" responses if you had made that prediction in 1975. That list was composed before the air terrorist attacks on Sept 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Didn't Charles Fort do the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word <Strangles Bazza to maintain his cover> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word The long arm of science...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Tentacles. Let's hear it for tentacles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Yay, tentacles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: The Last Word Well, if you're Mr. C or Thrakazog .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Re: The Last Word Rescued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Re: The Last Word As opposed to miscued? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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