Bazza Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Watching, to have and have not. Bacall can pick my pocket anytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Have always wanted to hear Ben Stein do a deadpan recitation of the "I'm So Excited" lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It was nice going to the opening day of the Maryland Renaissance Festival. We left early to avoid the rain, and ended up being totally exhausted upon getting home. I swear, we are not old enough to be this old, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I went to see the America's Cup qualifiers today. I don't know much about sailing, but the races were awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Death Valley Days As told by The Old Ranger "Death valley nights" "The old ranger weathered the storm" BOC, you are hilarious. I love you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Arena Flowers: Idea for a superhero: Southafricaman. Not sure about his special powers, but he wears a 'cape of good hope'. Audiences like puns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings He'll be here all week, Folks ! Try the meatloaf ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why? He's already made sure we had an extra helping of ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings New crop fresh-off-the-tree apples. Yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I haven't decided if True Blood or The Newsroom is the bigger example of fantasy television. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings When your action movie 1. is supposed to be in an imaginary country but the soldiers are wearing World War II German uniforms; 2. one of their officers is played by Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa; 3. Dolph Lundgren is in the movie in any capacity; you clearly have no budget. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Someone started a thread "Is there a 'Shelf Life' for Humans?" I've been wanting to say "depends on how they're prepared and packaged. In Egypt they've proven that dried and well-wrapped they can keep indefinitely..." but I don't want to derail a serious discussion. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says you don't have a life worth living until you get down off the shelf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings As Catholic Church investigations go, I guess this isn't so terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Google answered a question for me when I put in some more terms after a colleague here let me down. I believe the answer to my question was Anna Meares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings What Do Swedes Think of the Swedish Chef? The Swedish Chef does not speak any known language, and the fact that his nonsense words are so widely interpreted as Swedish-sounding is bewildering and annoying to Swedes. “What has always struck me is that the Chef is probably based on a Norwegian sing-songish accent rather than a Swedish one,” Maaret Koskinen, a film studies professor at Stockholm University, wrote in an email when I asked her about the Swedish Chef’s cultural influence in Sweden. Swedish and Norwegian share a common linguistic antecedent, and Swedes and Norwegians easily understand each other’s languages. The accents are quite different, however, and there are words that are exclusive to each dialect. The tongues are dissimilar enough for Swedes to be able to hear Norwegian in the Swedish Chef’s ramblings instead of Swedish. “I think it sounds much more Norwegian,” Cecilia Browning, the general manager of Washington D.C.’s House of Sweden (the home of the Swedish Embassy), told me when I asked her about the accent. It turns out that these impressions are supported by academic research. According to Stockholm University linguistics professor Tomas Riad, the Swedish Chef’s accent could as easily be from Oslo as from Stockholm. Riad, one of 18 members of the prestigious Swedish Academy, which determines who wins the Nobel Prize in literature, wrote an article in the Swedish language magazine Spraktidningen titled "Börk Börk Börk. Ehula Hule de Chokolad Muus.” (The title comes from the Chef’s trademark untranslatable gibberish and means nothing in Swedish.) While Swedes obviously don’t understand a single word spoken by the Swedish Chef, Riad writes, the Chef makes them think of Norwegian because of the way his tone rises and falls. EskHUnde HUNDe geMUNDe HURR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Walked to the Tube Station to get a paper and got a fright. On top of a bin is a large, realistic looking, coiled, plastic snake. And it got me again on the way back. Anyone know why GI Joe Retribution got pushed back to March next year ? I was looking forward to it. About a week back coming down to the shops there is a woman walking her dog and she comes up against a couple walking their pugs. Now the pugs don't take kindly to the other dog and woof at him and try to advance on him even though they are constrained by leads. This is despite the fact that they are at most one quarter the size of the other dog. Who by the way blithley ignores them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I became a fan of tennis a few years ago. Lately, I've been watching the America's Cup preliminary yacht races. While I don't often watch equestrian, I caught a bit of it during the Olympics and enjoyed it. Let's face it, I like "snooty" sports. All I need to do now is develop an interest in polo, and the cycle will be complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings with two hours left to go, the Narosia kickstarter finally met its goal. Fantasy gaming in the Hero system has a future again. I don't know when I've been so exhilarated so early in the I/0! morning. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says when I'm this exhilarated this early, there's usually either women or Gods involved. Or I've just been up all night and there's a beautiful sunrise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I woke up today feeling like a family member had been killed by a drunk driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm going to turn into a pizza. I have eaten it at least once a week for about 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings At the Gym, they have changed the hair dryers for a different model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings "I have some bad news for Cleveland Browns fans... the NFL season starts this week." -Jay Leno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings In what is going to be a massive yawner for most USers, FIFA is investigating the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. It is widely believed that calling entire World Cup bidding process "crooked as a dog's hind leg" is an insult to dogs; a more politically correct (that is, they aren't complaining) version is "crooked as a fecal coliform's flagellum". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Some days, waking up feels like starting a car that's been out in the snow for 8 hours. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Be sure to check out today's Google Doodle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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