Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Colorado700R]

Non stop rain    I'm down in Canon city at the GF house, we'll go jam for a bit when the rain stops 

[NaturalRaptor]

I wish we had non-stop rain here! Jam? sounds like a rock concert... 

[Flynbyu]

Aug 16 1977

Elvis Presley dies in his home at the age of 42, while sitting on the toilet. In the bathroom, he had been reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Presumably, Elvis' search was concluded shortly thereafter.



Morning Brian

Good morning sir.

Died on the shitter.

Yup, and a few days later, my mom, my dad, and 4 year old Brian traveled to Memphis to see Elvis be burried. I remember it! I was at the gates of Graceland, wearing a sweet polyester suit, and my mom was crying like crazy. She was a big fan of the king.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Aug 16 1977

Elvis Presley dies in his home at the age of 42, while sitting on the toilet. In the bathroom, he had been reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Presumably, Elvis' search was concluded shortly thereafter.



Morning Brian

Good morning sir.

Died on the shitter.

Yup, and a few days later, my mom, my dad, and 4 year old Brian traveled to Memphis to see Elvis be burried. I remember it! I was at the gates of Graceland, wearing a sweet polyester suit, and my mom was crying like crazy. She was a big fan of the king.

~Brian

I will admit that I don't really mind listening to it 

Did you get my text?

[Flynbyu]

Squirrel nuts?

Yup.



~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Squirrel nuts?

Yup.



~Brian

I was hoping randy would get it and open it in a crowded area 

[NaturalRaptor]

I want to know? 

[Flynbyu]

Squirrel nuts?

Yup.



~Brian

I was hoping randy would get it and open it in a crowded area 

You're at the 719 number right?

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

yes sir

[shookie]

new apple product
Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.

This has been hailed as a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.


Dale Sinclair

Australia

[kyledvor61]

new apple product
Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.

This has been hailed as a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.


Dale Sinclair

Australia

mmm tits

[Peelz]

Aug 16 1977

Elvis Presley dies in his home at the age of 42, while sitting on the toilet. In the bathroom, he had been reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Presumably, Elvis' search was concluded shortly thereafter.



Morning Brian

Good morning sir.

Died on the shitter.

Yup, and a few days later, my mom, my dad, and 4 year old Brian traveled to Memphis to see Elvis be burried. I remember it! I was at the gates of Graceland, wearing a sweet polyester suit, and my mom was crying like crazy. She was a big fan of the king.

~Brian

my initial are EP...a la ELvis Presley...thanks MA! I have a slight recollection of my mom crying for no apparent reason...I was 2 1/2 years old.

new apple product
Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.

This has been hailed as a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.


Dale Sinclair

Australia

I in stitches... bet Krandall is waiting in line for it.

[kyledvor61]

+1 i bet krandalls in line

whats up peels?

[kyledvor61]

where is everyone today? 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 17 1896

Bridget Driscoll, a 44-year-old mother of two, becomes the world's first automobile fatality when she steps in front of a car outside the Crystal Palace in London. At the coroner's inquest, Arthur Edsall states he had been driving at only 4 mph. The motorist also claims that when he saw the pedestrian, he rang his bell and shouted "Stand back!" For whatever reason, the coroner accepts Edsall's preposterous story.

Aug 17 1948

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is arrested for bad checks in San Luis Obispo, California. In court a fortnight later, Hubbard pays the $25 fine.

Aug 17 1980

Dingos snatch baby Azaria from a campground near Ayers Rock, Australia. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, is later convicted of murder and spends three years in prison, but the conviction is ultimately overturned. Apparently there have been a number of baby/dingo incidents over the years, the dingo not differentiating animals from humans. (The fact that if you rearrange the letters in LINDY CHAMBERLAIN you get CHILDREN BY ANIMAL is just a coincidence.)

Aug 17 1987

Rudolf Hess found hanged by an electrical cord at Spandau prison, aged 93. He was incarcerated there for 40 years, 21 of those years as the solitary inmate. In 1941 Hess flew to Scotland with ideas of peace in his head, making Hitler very very upset.

Aug 17 1996

Belgian police discover the bodies of two eight-year-old children kidnapped for pedophilic purposes in the town of Jumet, a suburb of Charleroi. The children had starved while Marc Dutroux was jailed for theft, there being nobody to feed them. Along with the two is the body of Bernard Weinstein, one of the perpetrators of the kidnappings. In early September, two additional teenage bodies are discovered in a house owned by Marc Dutroux. The revelations send the entire Belgian nation into shock.

Aug 17 2008

Michael Phelps wins eighth gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, surpassing Mark Spitz for the most gold medals in a single olympics.


Birthdays today...
1473 - Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612)
1578 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1601 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
1629 - King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1753 - Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
1768 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1786 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
1786 - Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
1794 - Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849)
1828 - Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1844 - Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1863 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)
1866 - Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1866 - Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)
1873 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
1878 - Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1880 - Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer (d. 1948)
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (d. 1974)
1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
1887 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1888 - Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
1890 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1890 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
1896 - Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
1904 - Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
1913 - W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1913 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1913 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1914 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 - Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
1921 - Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
1922 - Roy Tattersall, England cricketer
1926 - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
1930 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 - Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA executive
1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1935 - Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
1938 - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
1939 - Anthony Valentine, British actor
1940 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (d. 2006)
1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
1941 - Boog Powell, American baseball player
1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1946 - Martha Coolidge, American film director
1947 - Gary Talley, American musician (Box Tops)
1947 - Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author
1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
1949 - Sib Hashian, American musician (Boston)
1949 - Norm Coleman, American politician
1951 - Robert Joy, Canadian actor
1951 - Alan Minter, British boxer
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
1952 - Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 - Judith Regan, American book publisher
1953 - Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
1955 - Richard Hilton, American heir
1956 - Gail Berman, American film executive
1956 - Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1957 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer
1958 - Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
1959 - David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1962 - Buddy Landel, American professional wrestler
1963 - S. Shankar, Indian film director.
1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1966 - Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Kevin Max, American singer (dc_talk)
1968 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
1968 - Helen McCrory, English actress
1969 - Christian Laettner, American basketball player
1969 - Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer (New Kids On The Block)
1970 - Jim Courier, American tennis player
1970 - Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
1971 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1972 - Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 - Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1974 - Nicola Kraus, American novelist
1975 - Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1975 - İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
1976 - Scott Halberstadt, American actor
1977 - Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
1977 - William Gallas, French footballer
1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1978 - Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress
1979 - Antwaan Randle El, American football player
1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
1980 - Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 - Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1981 - Kristin Holt, American television personality
1982 - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
1982 - Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1983 - Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 - Dee Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
1986 - Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 - Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
1990 - Colin Bates, American actor
1996 - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress

Famous deaths...
1153 - Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1510 - Edmund Dudley, English statesman (b. 1462)
1657 - Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)
1673 - Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1676 - Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, German novelist (b. 1621)
1720 - Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1723 - Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
1768 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1785 - Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (b. 1710)
1786 - King Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1712)
1834 - Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 - Don José de San Martín, Argentine general (b. 1778)
1861 - Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
1875 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1880 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b. 1810)
1896 - Bridget Driscoll, world's first automobile fatality
1901 - Edmond Audran, French composer (b. 1842)
1903 - Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (b. 1825)
1918 - Moisei Uritsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1873)
1920 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1924 - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1925 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848)
1940 - Billy Fiske, American aviator and Olympic athlete (b. 1911)
1949 - Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (b. 1891)
1954 - Billy Murray, American recording artist (b. 1877)
1962 - Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944)
1969 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 - Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908)
1971 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
1973 - Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928)
1973 - Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
1973 - Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
1979 - Vivian Vance, American actress (b. 1909)
1983 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1987 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi deputy (b. 1894)
1987 - Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (b. 1929)
1988 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
1988 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1914)
1988 - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (b. 1935)
1990 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
1992 - Al Parker, American adult film actor (b. 1952)
1993 - Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (b. 1920)
1994 - Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and team owner (NART; b. 1901)
1994 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (b. 1902)
1995 - Howard Koch, American screenwriter (b. 1902)
1995 - Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
2004 - Thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925)
2004 - Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918)
2005 - John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934)
2007 - Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2007 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)

Holidays and observances...
Independence Day – observance in Indonesia.
Rastafari movement - celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet.
Slovenia: Slovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day
Have a great Sunday.

~Brian