Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVII

[Colorado700R]

Suck it trebek !!!

I had to wait all day to see your posts, cause they're blocked here

[Peelz]

Suck it trebek !!!

I had to wait all day to see your posts, cause they're blocked here

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Nov 25 1867

Patent granted to Alfred Nobel for dynamite.

Nov 25 1957

Mexican painter Diego Rivera dies of heart failure. Earlier as a student, Rivera claimed to have purchased cadavers and experimented with Cannibalism. Human dining preferences included breasts and brains. Also in his autobiography he wrote that he had cancer of the penis, doctors recommending amputation. Both stories are considered somewhat suspect.

Nov 25 1970

Japanese playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima commits seppuku (self disembowlment) after an aborted coup attempt in Japan. He had authored over 100 works and was deemed by Life magazine the "Japanese Hemmingway"; certainly he is one of the best writers Japan has ever produced. But Mishima believed that "true manhood" required you to face your own death willingly.

Nov 25 1987



Secretarial bimbo Fawn Hall, Oliver North's assistant, removes documents from sealed National Security Council offices inside the White House by hiding them inside her skirt. Go girl!

Nov 25 1997

The Weekly World News reports that the Japanese have a fetishistic attraction to US Attorney General Janet Reno, whom many Americans believe is actually a man. If these reports are true, at the very least we should impose trade sanctions.

Birthdays today...
1454 - Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)
1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
1845 - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1869 - Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
1880 - John Flynn (minister), Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1881 - Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1883 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
1896 - Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
1900 - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1947)
1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
1902 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
1904 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1911 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator (d. 2006)
1920 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1920 - Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor
1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1923 - Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland
1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
1933 - Kathryn Grant, American actress
1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress
1939 - Martin Feldstein, American economist
1940 - Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistan Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
1941 - Percy Sledge, American musician
1942 - Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
1945 - George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1945 - Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
1946 - Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
1947 - John Larroquette, American actor
1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1950 - Alexis Wright, Australian author
1951 - Bucky Dent, American baseball player
1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
1952 - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
1953 - Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, American former CEO of Enron
1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1957 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
1959 - Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
1960 - Amy Grant, American singer
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (d. 1999)
1960 - Kasey Smith, American keyboardist
1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1963 - Bernie Kosar, American football player
1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1965 - Cris Carter, American football player
1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
1966 - Billy Burke, American actor
1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
1968 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
1968 - Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
1968 - Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1969 - Anthony Peeler, American basketball player
1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress
1971 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 - Erick Strickland, American basketball player
1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1979 - Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
1981 - Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1981 - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1983 - Joey Chestnut, American champion competitive eater
1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (d. 1996)

Famous deaths...
311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
1034 - King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)
1120 - William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (b. 1104)
1185 - Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Constantinople (b. 1329)
1456 - Jacques Cœur, French merchant
1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)
1626 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
1686 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638)
1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
1700 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
1748 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1755 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (b. 1687)
1785 - Richard Glover, British poet (b. 1712)
1865 - Heinrich Barth, German explorer (b. 1821)
1881 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)
1884 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (b. 1818)
1885 - King Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
1885 - Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
1920 - Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892)
1944 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American baseball commissioner (b. 1866)
1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876)
1948 - Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. 1877)
1949 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (b. 1878)
1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1950 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1955 - Louis Lachenal, French climber, one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters. On 3 June 1950, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna I in Nepal at a height of 8,091 m. (b. 1921)
1959 - Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
1961 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
1963 - Alexander Marinesko,captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, when 10,000 died while the ship sank.
1965 - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
1968 - Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. 1878)
1968 - Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908)
1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (b. 1925)
1972 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
1973 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (b. 1928)
1974 - Nick Drake, British singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
1974 - U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (b. 1909)
1978 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1981 - Jack Albertson, American actor (b. 1907)
1985 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1985 - Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909)
1987 - Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)
1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1995 - Léon Zitrone, French journalist and television host (b. 1914)
1995 - Alan Nicholls, English footballer (b. 1973)
1997 - Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
1997 - Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (b. ca. 1898)
1998 - Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
2000 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2001 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
2002 - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926)
2005 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
2005 - Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. 1971)
2006 - Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983)
2006 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
2006 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)
2006 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
2006 - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
2006 - Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children's book publisher (b. 1916)

Holidays and observances...
R.C. Saints - Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Elizabeth of Reute
Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day (1943)
Suriname - Independence Day (from the Netherlands, 1975)
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Men's Day in Canada
Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[BRAD]

mornin gents. hows it going?

[Peelz]

Happy Surinamian Independence day fellers

[BRAD]

International Men's Day in Canada

thats the funny one. whats up peels?

[Peelz]

International Men's Day in Canada

thats the funny one. whats up peels?

off to work, see ya on the flip side holmes!

[BRAD]

peace man

[Krandall]

Nov 25 1997

The Weekly World News reports that the Japanese have a fetishistic attraction to US Attorney General Janet Reno, whom many Americans believe is actually a man. If these reports are true, at the very least we should impose trade sanctions.


I loved SNL when Will Ferrel played Janet Reno  Spot on impersonation.


Mornin gents.

was up @ 5:00am had to pick up Lydias sis from the airport flew in from San Fransisco.

Picked up Lydias' bro and sis-in-law last night @ 6:30pm flew in from Australia!

[socalrappy700]

Busy times at the Orvis house.

[Krandall]

Yessir.. And I had to come in to work

they are all going out for breakfast  :'( :'(

[socalrappy700]

Why the hell didn't you call in sick?

I'm feeling a touch of a cold for tomorrow.

[Krandall]

I can't call in sick.. There'd only be 2 people in here today otherwise.. But for some reason, my a-hole boss things it's okay to send an e-mail to us @ 7:45 (15 mins before he's supposed to be in) both yesterday and today saying he's going to be gone...

I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO want his job.

[socalrappy700]

F*ck em, I would have called in sick if I were you.

[Krandall]

Meh.. I would have. But they are all going up north to Lydia's parents place this afternoon. So I'd just be sittin around home alone...