Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XIII

[dick-84]

Where is everyone at? Damn im bored at work.

[darkside94]

i be pimpin da space(myspace) 

[UncleBeaner]

hi

[dick-84]

Hi!

[dick-84]

Its 3:53 am. Where is everyone?

[Busby]

it is 9.55am here and i am thinking about going to bed lol

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 6 1014

Czar Samuil of Bulgaria dies after an army of 15,000 of his men is returned, blinded by his enemy Emperor Basil of the Byzantine Empire. One out of every hundred of his men was permitted to keep one eye, such that they were able to return home. For this victory Basil earned the title Bulgaroctonus, slayer of Bulgars.

Oct 6 1536

The man to translate the Holy Bible into English, William Tyndale, is strangled and burnt at the stake in Brussels, Belgium. Translations of the Bible into vernacular had been long suppressed, but oddly most of the work in the KJV's New Testament is Tyndale's.

Oct 6 1815

Mayfield, New York resident Barent Becker is hanged for serving his wife Ann a dish of stewed tomatoes and arsenic.

Oct 6 1976

During a televised debate, President and candidate Gerald Ford asserts that there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. Ford loses the election. [He and Dan Quayle should do lunch.]

Oct 6 1977

Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, Jr., Los Angeles' infamous "Hillside Stranglers," rape and murder their first victim, 21-year-old waitress Elissa Kastin. They dump her naked corpse on Chevy Chase Drive.

Oct 6 1980

John Lydon, of band PiL and formerly the Sex Pistols, arrested for disorderly conduct in a Dublin bar.

Oct 6 1981

During a commemoration of the Yom Kippur War, armed gunmen leap from a truck and begin shooting into the reviewing stand at Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Along with Sadat, the assassins kill eight others.

Oct 6 1997

Six boys watch as a female classmate is held down and raped in a locker room at Paramount High School in Boligee, Alabama. In all, about twelve boys are present at the incident; only six are ever charged.

Birthdays today...
1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 - Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1510 - John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
1610 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
1716 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 - Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
1744 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1767 - Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1769 - Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (d. 1812)
1773 - King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1801 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
1803 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1831 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
1838 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
1866 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
1872 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
1874 - Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
1876 - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
1882 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
1886 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
1888 - Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
1892 - Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
1895 - Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
1900 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
1903 - Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1905 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
1908 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
1910 - Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
1912 - Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (d. 2004)
1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
1915 - Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
1915 - Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
1917 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
1918 - André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
1920 - Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
1920 - Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
1921 - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
1921 - Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
1922 - Joe Frazier, American baseball player
1925 - Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
1927 - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
1930 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
1930 - Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
1931 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
1931 - Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1935 - Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
1935 - Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
1938 - Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
1939 - John LaFalce, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives
1942 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
1942 - Millie Small, Jamaican singer
1943 - Michael Durrell, American actor
1943 - Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
1944 - José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
1946 - Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
1946 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician
1946 - Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
1946 - Tony Greig, South African-born English cricketer
1947 - Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
1948 - Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
1950 - David Brin, American author
1950 - Thomas McClary, American guitarist (Commodores)
1951 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
1951 - Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
1953 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
1954 - David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
1955 - Tony Dungy, American football coach
1956 - Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
1958 - Joseph Finder, American novelist
1959 - Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
1959 - Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
1962 - Rich Yett, baseball player
1963 - Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
1963 - Chip Foose, American automobile customizer
1963 - Jsu Garcia, American actor
1964 - Matthew Sweet, American musician
1965 - Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
1966 - Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
1966 - Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
1967 - Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
1967 - Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
1969 - Troy Shaw, English snooker player
1970 - Darren Oliver, American baseball player
1970 - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
1971 - Phil Bennett, British racing driver
1971 - Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
1971 - Alan Stubbs, English footballer
1972 - Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
1972 - Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer
1973 - Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
1973 - Jeff Davis, American comedian
1973 - Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
1973 - Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
1973 - Jay Vasavada, Indian Author
1974 - Jeremy Sisto, American actor
1974 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
1975 - Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
1976 - Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
1977 - Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
1977 - Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
1978 - Ricky Hatton, English boxer
1979 - David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
1979 - Richard Seymour, American football player
1979 - Lex Shrapnel, English actor
1980 - Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
1981 - Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
1981 - José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
1982 - William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
1984 - Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
1986 - Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
1986 - Olivia Thirlby, American actress
1988 - Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
1988 - Kayky Brito , Brazilian actor.
1992 - Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress
1995 - Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
1998 - Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer

Famous deaths...
877 - Charles the Bald (b. 823)
1014 - Samuil, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)
1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1413 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
1644 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer
1661 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1819 - Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
1829 - Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
1873 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
1912 - Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
1945 - Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)
1959 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
1968 - Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
1973 - François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
1973 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
1974 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
1976 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
1980 - Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)
1980 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
1981 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921)
1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
1986 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1993 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
1995 - Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930)
2001 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
2002 - Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)
2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2006 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2006 - Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
2007 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances...
RC Saints - Saint Bruno, St Faith, Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Also see October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Egypt - Armed Forces Day; commemorates the October War of 1973.
U.S. - German-American Day observed since 1987
Judaism - Fast of Gedalia (2005)
French Republican Calendar - Âne (Donkey) Day, fifteenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Australia - Labour Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Oct 6 1997

Six boys watch as a female classmate is held down and raped in a locker room at Paramount High School in Boligee, Alabama. In all, about twelve boys are present at the incident; only six are ever charged.


That's f*cked up.

[Krandall]

Anyone catch the Kimbo Fight?

Knocked the f*ck out in 14 seconds

[Peelz]

Happy Australian Labour Day!!!!!

Lil buggers can't spell "labour" right.

T-minus uno dia and counting.

[BRAD]

whats up whores?

[Krandall]

Yo B-Rad!!!!!



Peels. Make sure you get some pics/vids while you're there!

[BRAD]

whast up randy? hows work

[Krandall]

going really good. It's flying by. Can't believe it's already 10!

How's class?

[BRAD]

ah its going. im waiting on my professor to find her notes on the computer right now.