Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVII

[Sand84]

Whores

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Nov 24 1326

The gay lover of King Edward II, Hugh le Despenser the Younger, is hanged after his penis and testicles are burned in front of him -- "because he was a heretic and a sodomite, even, it was said, with the King."

Nov 24 1740

William Duell, murderer, hanged at Tyburn in London. He is not killed immediately, though this is not noticed by the executioner. Deull later awakes on the dissection table.

Nov 24 1963

Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. What really happened?

Nov 24 1971

D.B. Cooper hijacks a Northwest Orient 727 and parachutes into the freezing rain over Washington state from the rear stairway of the plane with $200,000 in cash. Rotting currency from the ransom is eventually located, but his rotting body isn't.

Nov 24 1983

Jimmy "the Beard" Ferrozzo is crushed to death after hours in San Francisco's Condor Club. Ferrozzo, the club's assistant manager, was F  cking one of the strippers on top of a baby grand piano when one of the pair inadvertently flipped the switch to the motorized winch that lowered the instrument from the ceiling. Only when his legs are trapped between the piano and the ceiling that Ferrozzo manages to shut off the hoist, but he dies of a heart attack. The exotic dancer remains trapped underneath his body until firefighters arrive to free her, several hours later.

Nov 24 1991

Maddog is torn apart as Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS.

Nov 24 2003

After his BMW struck a Toyota Camry, country singer (Broken link for Glenn Campbell) is arrested with an impressive blood alcohol level of .20 on charges of "extreme" drunk driving, hit and run, and assaulting a police officer, in Phoenix AZ. He is freed on $2000 bond. While in custody, Campbell hummed his hit Rhinestone Cowboy repeatedly.

Birthdays today...
1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
1655 - Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
1713 - Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d. 1768)
1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
1774 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1806 - William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
1833 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
1868 - Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
1869 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1873 - Julius Martov, Russian communiust leader (d. 1923)
1874 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876 - Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d. 1937)
1877 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
1877 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1881 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1886 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1893 - Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1897 - Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
1899 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1908 - Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
1911 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1911 - Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
1912 - Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
1912 - Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
1912 - Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d. 1986)
1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d. 2005)
1916 - Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer
1916 - Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)
1917 - Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
1919 - David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
1921 - John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
1924 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 - William F. Buckley Jr., American writer (d. 2008)
1925 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player
1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)
1935 - Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
1938 - Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 - Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the National Football League
1940 - Don Metz, American architect
1940 - Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
1941 - Pete Best, British musician
1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
1942 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
1943 - Dave Bing, American basketball player
1943 - Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
1944 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1945 - Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
1946 - Penelope Jones Halsall, English novelist (aka Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Annie Groves etc.)
1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1947 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
1948 - Spider Robinson, science fiction author
1948 - Steve Yeager, baseball player
1949 - Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
1951 - Chet Edwards, American politician
1952 - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
1952 - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
1953 - Glenn Withrow, American actor
1954 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955 - Ian Botham, England test cricketer
1955 - Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie)
1955 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1955 - Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
1957 - Denise Crosby, American actress
1957 - Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
1958 - Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
1958 - Alain Chabat, French actor and director
1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1961 - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
1961 - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
1962 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
1962 - John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
1964 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor
1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1965 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1966 - Russell Watson, British singer
1967 - Cal Eldred, American baseball player
1968 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1968 - Todd Beamer, September 11 victim (d. 2001)
1969 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1970 - Doug Brien, American football placekicker
1971 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1971 - Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Stephen Merchant, British comedian
1974 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1975 - Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
1976 - Dave Aizer, American television host
1976 - Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
1976 - Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Colin Hanks, American actor
1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress
1980 - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1982 - Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
1983 - Dean Ashton, English footballer
1983 - Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
1983 - Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
1985 - Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
1985 - Tony Hunt, National Football League player
1987 - Megan Mullins, American singer
1989 - Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
1998 - Bridger Palmer, American child actor
1998 - Brecken Palmer, American child actor

Famous deaths...
654 - Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1572 - John Knox, Scottish reformer (b. 1510)
1583 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
1650 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
1722 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
1741 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1775 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
1781 - James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793 - Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
1801 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807 - Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (b. 1742)
1848 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
1870 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
1890 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1916 - Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1920 - Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (b. 1854)
1922 - Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (executed) (b. 1870)
1929 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. 1841)
1943 - Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
1956 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
1958 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
1959 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
1960 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
1965 - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
1967 - Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
1973 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
1980 - George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
1980 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1987 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1990 - Fred Shero, National Hockey League player and coach (b. 1925)
1990 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1991 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (b. 1946)
1991 - Eric Carr, American drummer (KISS) (b. 1950)
1993 - Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (b. 1932)
1996 - Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
2001 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2002 - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
2003 - Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2004 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2004 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
2005 - Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
2006 - Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
2006 - George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
2006 - Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances...
Roman festivals - in the Byzantine empire the Brumalia (a wine festival) were celebrated from this day until the winter solstice
R.C. Saints - Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese Martyrs, Saint Colman of Cloyne - Cobh, Ireland, Flavian of Ricina
Teacher's Day in Turkey
Lachit Divas is observed on 24th November each year in Assam, India to commemorate the heroism of the Assamese General Lachit Borphukan and the victory of Assamese army over the Mughal army in the Battle of Saraighat in 1671.
Evolution Day
Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[who else but rk]

she seriously a midget man?

4'11

[socalrappy700]

How's the photoshop work going Kyle?

:grin_nod: 

you are a bad, bad man. 

I believe our wait will be in vain.

As soon as I posted that......bam!  He was offline.

[Peelz]

How's the photoshop work going Kyle?

:grin_nod: 

you are a bad, bad man. 

I believe our wait will be in vain.

As soon as I posted that......bam!  He was offline.

Like a roach when you turn on the lights.

Happy Turkish Teacher's Day

she seriously a midget man?

4'11

"fat guy in a little coat chick"   

[Krandall]

Nov 24 1991

Maddog is torn apart as Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS.




Poor MD.  

[Peelz]

Nov 24 1991

Maddog is torn apart as Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS.




Poor MD.  

It's OK MD, you are still a "champion" to us.  see you guys on the flip side.

[socalrappy700]

Like a roach when you turn on the lights.

We didn't even get to see the drag racing pictures....was he even in cali?   

[Krandall]

everyone have a good weekend? 

[socalrappy700]

Cleaned like crazy and got everything outside ready for winter.

[Krandall]

I nerded out all night friday and nearly all day saturday.

Took the Taurus to my parents place to replace the brakes. Came back down, did some rock climbing and then watched the new batman.

[socalrappy700]

I nerded out all night friday and nearly all day saturday.

Took the Taurus to my parents place to replace the brakes. Came back down, did some rock climbing and then watched the new batman.

Playing games our building the new computer?

[Flynbyu]

Saturday night, I watched OU kick the shit out of Texas Tech. Sunday, I got up and made breakfast. Lounged around, did some laundry, watched the Cowboys - Niners game, watched some of the AMA's, and crashed.

~Brian

[Krandall]

I nerded out all night friday and nearly all day saturday.

Took the Taurus to my parents place to replace the brakes. Came back down, did some rock climbing and then watched the new batman.

Playing games our building the new computer?

Neither. Worked on RS.

Anyone catch Saturday Night Live? One of the funniest I've seen in a LOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNG time.

T-Pain, Ludacris, Tim McGraw, and The Blizzard

[socalrappy700]

I nerded out all night friday and nearly all day saturday.

Took the Taurus to my parents place to replace the brakes. Came back down, did some rock climbing and then watched the new batman.

Playing games our building the new computer?

Neither. Worked on RS.

Anyone catch Saturday Night Live? One of the funniest I've seen in a LOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNG time.

T-Pain, Ludacris, Tim McGraw, and The Blizzard

I missed it since I was dead tired..as you could tell on the phone.  But I think its on my DVR.