Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XII

[dick-84]

Evening! Did u get my pm?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 3 1955

In a banner day for children's television, Captain Kangaroo premieres on CBS and The Mickey Mouse Club on ABC. We sure do miss Talent Round-Up Day.

Oct 3 1963

Hurricane Flora strikes southern Haiti, leaving 5,000 dead. Two days later, the storm moves on to Cuba, where it slays another 1,750. In all, Flora leaves 7,190 bodies in its wake.

Oct 3 1990

The German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany are finally reunited after a 45-year separation. "Two Germanies, fine -- three would be better."

Oct 3 1995



A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty. Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers.

Oct 3 1996

Doreen Lioy marries death row inmate Richard Ramirez ("The Night Stalker") in a ceremony in the visiting room at San Quentin Prison. Sadly, the newlyweds are disallowed conjugal visits.

Birthdays today...
1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)
1720 - Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
1790 - John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
1792 - Francisco Morazán, Central American statesman
1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1800 - George Bancroft, American historian and Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
1802 - John Gorrie, American scientist (d. 1855)
1804 - Townsend Harris, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878)
1804 - Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
1806 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)
1828 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
1848 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (d. 1929)
1858 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)
1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)
1869 - Alfred Flatow, German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942)
1880 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
1882 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)
1885 - Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947)
1885 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1886 - Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)
1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
1894 - Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)
1894 - Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (d. 1976)
1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. 1969)
1895 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, Russian lyrical poet (d. 1925)
1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)
1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)
1898 - Leo McCarey, American film director (d. 1969)
1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)
1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author (d. 1938)
1901 - Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)
1904 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1904 - Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 (d. 1998)
1911 - Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
1915 - Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1916 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (d. 1969)
1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 - Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)
1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
1924 - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter
1924 - Harvey Kurtzman, U.S. cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine (d. 1993)
1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
1928 - Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
1928 - Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist
1929 - Bert Stern, American photographer
1931 - Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender
1933 - Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
1935 - Charles Duke, American astronaut
1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)
1938 - Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
1940 - Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter
1940 - Sheila Fearn, English actress
1940 - Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
1941 - Chubby Checker, American musician
1942 - Alan Rachins, American actor
1943 - Jeff Bingaman, Democratic U.S. Senator of New Mexico
1944 - Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician
1944 - Roy Horn, German-American magician
1944 - Bob Riley, American politician, governor of Alabama
1945 - Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (d. 1988)
1946 - Biff Henderson, American television personality
1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
1948 - Michael Medved, American film critic
1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, American musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1949 - J. P. Dutta, Indian Bollywood film director
1950 - Pamela Hensley, American actress
1951 - Bernard Cooper, American writer
1951 - Keb' Mo', American singer
1951 - Dave Winfield, American baseball player
1954 - Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
1954 - Al Sharpton, American minister and activist
1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)
1956 - Hart Bochner, Canadian film actor/director
1957 - Tim Westwood, Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ
1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer
1959 - Greg Proops, American actor and comedian
1959 - Jack Wagner, American actor
1962 - Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1963 - Marion Peck, American artist and painter
1964 - Clive Owen, British actor
1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
1966 - Darrin Fletcher, Major League Baseball player
1966 - Frank Hannon American guitarist Tesla (band)
1967 - Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist
1968 - Paul Crichton, English footballer
1968 - Greg Foster, American basketball player
1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer (No Doubt)
1969 - Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
1971 - Wil Cordero, baseball player
1971 - Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1972 - Garrett Dutton, American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)
1972 - Black Thought, American rapper (The Roots)
1972 - Lajon Witherspoon, American singer (Sevendust)
1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
1973 - Angélica Gavaldón, Mexican tennis player
1973 - Lena Headey, British actress
1974 - Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
1974 - Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - India.Arie, American singer
1975 - Talib Kweli, American rapper
1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor
1978 - Jake Shears, singer (Scissor Sisters)
1978 - Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
1978 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
1979 - John Hennigan, American professional wrestler
1979 - Daniel Hollie, American professional wrestler
1980 - Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian hockey player
1981 - Danny Coid, English Footballer
1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
1981 - Matt Murton, American baseball player
1981 - Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
1982 - Erik von Detten, American actor
1983 - Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
1983 - Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor
1984 - Yoon Eun Hye, South Korean actress
1984 - Ashlee Simpson, American singer
1987 - Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican Miss Universe
1988 - Tadhg Kelly, American actor
1990 - Rhian Denise Ramos, Filipino actress
1996 - Adair Tishler, American child actress

Famous deaths...
42BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus
1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)
1283 - David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)
1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)
1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
1656 - Myles Standish, English-born soldier
1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)
1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)
1838 - Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)
1867 - Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819)
1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814)
1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
1891 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
1896 - William Morris, English writer & poet (b. 1834)
1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
1929 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
1969 - Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
1986 - Vince DiMaggio, American Baseball Player (b. 1912)
1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
1988 - Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)
1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)
1993 - Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1993 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)
1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
2000 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
2000 - John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)
2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
2002 - Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)
2004 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)
2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 - Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)
2006 - Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)
2006 - John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)
2006 - Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)
2007 - M.N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic

Holidays and observances...
Germany - Day of German Unity
Leiden - Siege of Leiden
South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)
French Republican Calendar - Immortelle (Strawflower) Day, twelfth day in the Month of Vendémiaire

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Oct 3 1995
A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty. Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers


the lucky sob.

[BRAD]

whats up whores?

[Nick]

damn, doesn't anybody have a twist throttle for sale
, oh hey what's up guys! i havn't been on in for ever, so long that it's a new forum! lol

[Krandall]

Brad... Again.. 2 weeks in a row.. severely dissapointed.


NICK!!! Whats up man!!!! Most people don't invest in twists.. they are for ferries..

[Nick]

i just want to try it out before winter, and for 40 or so bucks that's not bad, i can always re sell it.
i like when you twist ! lol

[Krandall]

Except, you didn't get any of the randy-cane in silver lake this year.     

[Nick]

oh GERD, that's just wrong! 

[socalrappy700]

you could of had all this too.

[Krandall]

oh GERD, that's just wrong! 

Oh don't act like it's never been done..  You remember the tent. 

[BRAD]

you could of had all this too.

dude nobody can handle all of you

[Krandall]

Unless their name is "Goatse"

[BRAD]

Unless their name is "Goatse"

or lil buddha

[Flynbyu]

Oct 3 1995
A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty. Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers


the lucky sob.

He's f*cked this time around.

They are going to hand it to his ass on this robbery trial.

~Brian