Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume X.IV

[kyledvor61]

 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history..

Oct 27 1964

In a private ceremony, Sonny and Cher marry each other by exchanging rings in a Tijuana motel bathroom. Five years later, with a baby on the way, they get married for real.

Oct 27 1993

Santa Ana winds drive 14 fires across five Southern California counties, which destroy more than 500 homes and cause perhaps $1B in damage within a week's time.

Oct 27 1997

The California Medical Board announces it is investigating Hollywood plastic surgeon Steven Hoefflin, after former employees accused him of "fondling, disrobing, photographing and ridiculing his anesthetized patients." Hoefflin - whose former patients include Liz Taylor, Phyllis Diller, and Joan Rivers - denies all charges. The probe is eventually dropped, but not before Dr. Hoefflin agrees to pay his former workers an undisclosed cash settlement.

Oct 27 1999

Five gunmen storm the Armenian Parliament with machine guns, killing the prime minister, Vazgen Sarkisian, and seven other high officials on live television. The gunmen surrender the following day, after holding a large number of parliament members hostage. The motive behind the attack seems to have been protesting government corruption.

Birthdays today...
1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
1814 - Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)
1838 - John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)
1854 - Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)
1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960)
1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)
1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978)
1896 - Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (d. 1997)
1904 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)
1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)
1908 - Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)
1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1915 - Harry Saltzman, American film producer (d. 1994)
1917 - Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)
1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress
1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India (d. 2005)
1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist
1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)
1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress
1924 - Michel Galabru, French actor
1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor
1925 - Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State (1993–1997)
1926 - H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (d. 1993)
1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, singer and songwriter
1929 - Maurice Robert Johnston, English Lieutenant-General
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
1933 - Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
1934 - Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director
1937 - Lara Parker, American actress
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002)
1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer
1941 - Dick Trickle, American auto racer
1942 - Lee Greenwood, American singer
1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
1945 - John Kane, actor/writer
1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
1949 - Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band)
1949 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer
1951 - K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist
1951 - Nancy Jacobs, American politician
1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American actress, model, and sportscaster
1952 - Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
1953 - Peter Firth, British actor
1953 - Robert Picardo, American actor
1954 - Jan Duursema, American comic book artist
1955 - Debra Bowen, American politician
1956 - Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer
1956 - Veronica Hart, American porn actress
1957 - Jeff East, American actor
1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
1958 - Lee Carter, Alabama Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit
1960 - Tom Nieto, American baseball player
1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model
1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
1966 - Matt Drudge, American blogger
1967 - Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer
1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1968 - Vinny Samways, English footballer
1970 - Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
1971 - Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
1971 - Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
1971 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
1972 - Lee Clark, English footballer
1972 - Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer
1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker
1972 - Brad Radke, American baseball player
1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)
1972 - Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambican athlete
1973 - Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
1977 - Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
1977 - Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
1978 - Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer
1980 - Cassia Riley, American model
1981 - Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
1981 - Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier
1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor
1982 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker
1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
1982 - Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter
1983 - Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
1983 - Martin Prado, Major League baseball player (Atlanta Braves)
1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
1984 - Brady Quinn, American football player
1984 - Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
1984 - Bam Doyne, American Basketball player
1986 - Matty Pattison, English footballer
1987 - Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Disputed)
1989 - Erik Kloeker, American juggler.

Famous deaths...
939 - King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
1331 - Abu al-Fida, Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273)
1430 - Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)
1439 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
1505 - Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
1553 - Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake) (b. 1511)
1561 - Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)
1573 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
1605 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)
1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1670 - Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
1675 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1789 - John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
1917 - Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (b. 1897)
1935 - E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (b. 1897)
1942 - Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925)
1949 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (b. 1916)
1949 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)
1953 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
1962 - Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
1968 - Lise Meitner, German physicist (b. 1878)
1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
1980 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1980 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
1990 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)
1990 - Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, American war hero, author, and advertising executive (b. 1910)
1990 - Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
1990 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
1991- George Barker, English poet (b. 1913)
1992 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
1996 - Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
1996 - Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1999 - Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927)
1999 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
2000 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
2002 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925)
2003 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
2004 - Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
2006 - Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2006 - Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)

Holidays and observances...
Greece - Flag Day
Turkmenistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Independence Day (from Britain, 1979)
Have a great Monday.

~Bria

[Warren]

hows everyone doing today? whos got the day off like me?

[darkside94]

i got a teacher planning day 

[Krandall]

Hey Warren and Dark... F*CK YOU!


Oct 27 1999

Five gunmen storm the Armenian Parliament with machine guns, killing the prime minister, Vazgen Sarkisian, and seven other high officials on live television. The gunmen surrender the following day, after holding a large number of parliament members hostage. The motive behind the attack seems to have been protesting government corruption.


Now that'd be an interesting show to watch.... And on tonights news... POP POP POP 

[Flynbyu]

I'm sure there's a video of it.

~Brian

[Krandall]

I'll have to do some lookin.

Everyone have a good weekend?

[Flynbyu]

I had to come in at 7:30 for a stupid meeting, and it looks like another week without a day off. I laid down 70 f*cking hours last week, and I'm exhausted.

I hate my f*cking job.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

I was in the costume shop this weekend and they had a postal worker uniform I could send to you Brian.  You'll have to add the ak-47 and the shotgun. 

[Krandall]

Damn Brian. That bull sh*t


I'm assuming your salary vs. hourly.








My bro borrowed my g-pas boat. We had the motor in the shop for a while. Took it out on a small lake and tested our fishing luck. Had a few bites didn.t catch crap.
went to my buds house and played poker. Had about 12 people show up. First out in the Hold Em' Tourney. Took 2nd in the Omaha Tourney. Left up $16 for the evening.. better than the $40ish I was down earlier.

[Flynbyu]

I was in the costume shop this weekend and they had a postal worker uniform I could send to you Brian.  You'll have to add the ak-47 and the shotgun. 

A gun shouldn't be that hard to come by around these gun toting rednecks.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

I was in the costume shop this weekend and they had a postal worker uniform I could send to you Brian.  You'll have to add the ak-47 and the shotgun. 

A gun shouldn't be that hard to come by around these gun toting rednecks.

~Brian

Hey!!!   I take offense to that statement!!!  Some of us are hicks 

[Krandall]

Mornin Hippie.

[Flynbyu]

I was in the costume shop this weekend and they had a postal worker uniform I could send to you Brian.  You'll have to add the ak-47 and the shotgun. 

A gun shouldn't be that hard to come by around these gun toting rednecks.

~Brian

Hey!!!   I take offense to that statement!!!  Some of us are hicks 

No, you're far from a hick sir.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

I saw a hick once, does that count?