Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[BRAD]

dang everything is backwards over there. from how it is here

[exentix]

yep us pennsylvanians are all back ass wards

[BRAD]

yeah i guess yuns are. atleast its not kentucky thats all screwed up this time lol

[Peelz]

mornin crackheads! TGIFF you can guess what the second F stands for.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 8 1925

40,000 robed Klansmen march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. -- a bit less than 1% of total Klan membership.

Aug 8 1960

Brian Hyland's song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini" reaches number one on the pop charts.

Aug 8 1963

By tampering with railway signals, a 15 man team halts the Glasgow-to-Euston Royal Mail train in Buckinghamshire. The criminals make off with 120 sacks containing £2.6 million in cash. The incident goes down in history as "The Great Train Robbery."

Aug 8 1973

Elmer Wayne Henley confesses to killing his partner, David Owen Brooks, and to the the sadistic murders of 27 teenage boys beginning in 1970. Following Henley's instructions, police dig up 27 bodies before calling off the search. This beats Juan Corona's record of 25 victims.

Birthdays today...
1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1518 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
1605 - Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
1807 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
1814 - Esther Morris, American jurist (d. 1902)
1824 - Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1880)
1839 - Nelson Miles, American general (d. 1925)
1857 - Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1879 - Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
1880 - Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
1881 - Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960)
1881 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1882 - Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933)
1889 - Jack Ryder, Former Australain cricketer (d. 1977)
1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)
1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)
1898 - Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)
1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
1907 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980)
1909 - Bill Voce, Former England cricketer (d. 1984)
1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 - Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer
1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
1920 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. 2006)
1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
1921 - William Asher, American film producer
1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)
1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)
1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985)
1922 - Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian
1925 - Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician (d. 2003)
1926 - Richard Anderson, American actor
1927 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician
1929 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal
1929 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004)
1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
1932 - Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer
1933 - Joe Tex, American singer (d. 1982)
1933 - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. 2007)
1935 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
1935 - John Laws, Australia radio personality
1936 - Keith Barron, English actor
1936 - Frank Howard, American baseball player
1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
1938 - Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer
1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress
1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
1940 - Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
1940 - Dilip Sardesai, Former Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress
1944 - John Renbourn, English musician
1946 - James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
1947 - José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player
1947 - Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian
1947 - Larry Wilcox, American actor
1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut
1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor
1949 - Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
1951 - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1951 - Phil Carlson, Former Australian cricketer
1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1952 - Robin Quivers, American radio personality
1952 - Sudhakar Rao, Former Indian cricketer
1953 - Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
1953 - Don Most, American actor
1955 - Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1956 - David Grant, English singer and vocal coach
1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor
1956 - Chris Foreman, English guitarist (Madness)
1958 - Deborah Norville, American television host
1958 - Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
1960 - Ulrich Maly, German politician
1961 - The Edge, English guitarist (U2)
1961 - Daniel House, American music executive
1961 - Bruce Matthews, American football player
1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
1962 - Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Jon Turteltaub, American director
1963 - Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer
1964 - Paul Taylor, Former England cricketer
1965 - Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
1965 - Aaron Abeyta, American musician
1965 - Angus Fraser, Former England cricketer
1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966 - John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 - Eric Angle, American wrestler
1967 - Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
1967 - Rena Mero, American wrestler
1967 - Jessica Moore, Italian actress
1967 - Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
1968 - Abey Kuruvilla, Former Indian cricketer
1969 - Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
1970 - Trev Alberts, American football player
1970 - Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
1972 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1973 - Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)
1973 - Shane Lee, Australian cricketer
1973 - Senta Moses, American actress
1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
1974 - Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
1974 - Brian Harvey, English singer
1974 - Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
1976 - Tawny Cypress, American actress
1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer
1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1976 - Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977 - Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
1977 - Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1977 - Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Mohammad Wasim, Former Pakistani cricketer
1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer
1978 - Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
1978 - Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist
1979 - Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
1979 - Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1979 - Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce)
1980 - Mike Hindert, American musician
1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1980 - Pat Noonan, American soccer player
1980 - Michael Urie, American actor and director
1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
1981 - Meagan Good, American actress
1981 - Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
1981 - Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
1983 - Guy Burnet, British actor
1984 - Martrez Milner, American football player
1984 - Devon McTavish, Midfielder for the Major League Soccer's DC United
1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player
1986 - Peyton List, American actress
1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress
1988 - Princess Beatrice of York
1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1995 - Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer

Famous deaths...
869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)
1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
1555 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
1604 - Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)
1631 - Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
1747 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
1759 - Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. 1704)
1827 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1828 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
1863 - Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)
1879 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)
1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (b. 1818)
1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
1902 - James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
1911 - William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
1928 - Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
1933 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. 1870)
1934 - Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (b. 1863)
1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)
1944 - Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894)
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1944 - Michael Wittmann, German Tank ace and Knight's Cross holder, killed in action, Normandy. (b. 1914)
1947 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
1950 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879)
1961 - Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894)
1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916)
1969 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896)
1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
1973 - Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939)
1973 - Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)
1974 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi youth leader (b. 1907)
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
1977 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1889)
1979 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
1980 - Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910)
1982 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
1984 - Ellen Raskin, American author(b.1928)
1985 - Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
1988 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
1988 - Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903)
1988 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1991 - James Irwin, astronaut (b. 1930)
1992 - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim Khoei, considered to be the Supreme Shi'ite authority at the time of his death
1992 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
1996 - Nevill Mott, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1905)
1998 - Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
2004 - Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2005 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
2005 - John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
2005 - Gene Mauch, American athlete (b. 1925)
2005 - Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)
2005 - Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921)
2007 - Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
2007 - Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
2007 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Holidays and observances...
Sweden - Namesday of Queen Silvia, an Official Flag Day.
Taiwan: Father's Day. (In Mandarin, Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August .

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[webb429]

goooooooooooooooood morning ass wipes

[BRAD]

whats up whores? anybody online

[preddy08]

Whats crapin'in ladys....................

[BRAD]

whats up preddy?

[Peelz]

the usual: work, b.s.'ing, meth production 

[Colorado700R]

Mornin;' Hos! 

[Flynbyu]

65 hours in so far this week, and one day to go.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

65 hours in so far this week, and one day to go.

~Brian

I think I'm around 30.  And I'm leaving in less then an hour.

[BRAD]

hell i just wished i worked some this week. i have been off all week

[Flynbyu]

65 hours in so far this week, and one day to go.

~Brian

I think I'm around 30.  And I'm leaving in less then an hour.

I'll have close to 90 in by Saturday night.

~Brian