Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVIII

[Flynbyu]

Hope you pompous a$$es are having a great day.

Wonderful day.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Hope you pompous a$$es are having a great day.

Wonderful day.

~Brian

Looks like we sent some of the nice cold air your way. Sorry.

[Krandall]

I'm headin out!!!

GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!! 

[BRAD]

whats up guys?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Dec 11 1783

William Beadle of Weathersfield, Connecticut slaughters his entire family, then slits his own throat. For some time before the killings, Beadle developed a habit of taking an axe or a knife to bed with him. Mrs. Beadle failed to notice that something might be wrong with Mr. Beadle.

Dec 11 1957



Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis marries his jailbait 13 year old cousin, Myra Gail Brown. Myra's parents are not told of their coupling until the story was broken by the press the following year. Lewis neglects to divorce his wife Jane Mitcham until April 1958.

Dec 11 1960

In Palm Beach, Florida, retired postmaster Richard Pavlick chooses at the last moment not to ram John F. Kennedy's car and detonate his seven sticks of dynamite. Pavlick later explains that it was out of concern for Jackie: "I did not wish to harm her or the children... I decided to get him at the church or someplace later."

Dec 11 1985

Computer rental store owner Hugh Scrutton is killed outside his Sacramento business when he investigates a package left by the Unabomber. It's his first confirmed kill.

Dec 11 1988

62 people were killed when tons of illegal fireworks exploded in a Mexico City marketplace.

Dec 11 1991

William Kennedy Smith is acquitted of rape charges, stemming from an incident at the Kennedy Compound.

Birthdays today...
1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
1566 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
1680 - Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1709 - Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
1712 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
1725 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
1761 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
1781 - Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
1830 - Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872)
1838 - John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
1843 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1856 - Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. 1918)
1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
1873 - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
1880 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1882 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
1882 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1882 - Fiorello La Guardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
1883 - Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor (d. 1959)
1889 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
1890 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
1890 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
1904 - Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
1905 - Robert Henriques, English writer (d. 1967)
1905 - Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 - Elliott Carter, American composer
1909 - Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991)
1909 - John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d. 1989)
1910 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
1911 - Val Guest, English film director (d. 2006)
1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
1913 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Soviet dissident, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1919 - Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
1922 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
1922 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
1922 - Grace Paley, American writer (d. 2007)
1923 - Betsy Blair, American actress
1925 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1926 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
1927 - John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
1930 - Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
1931 - Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
1932 - Anne Heywood, English actress
1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
1935 - Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
1935 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
1935 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1936 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
1937 - Jim Harrison, American writer
1938 - Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
1938 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
1939 - Tom Hayden, American politician and activist
1939 - Thomas McGuane, American writer
1940 - David Gates, American musician (Bread)
1941 - Max Baucus, American politician, senior senator of Montana
1941 - J.P. Parise, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 - Donna Mills, American actress
1943 - John Kerry, American politician
1944 - Teri Garr, American film actress
1944 - Jon Garrison, American tenor
1944 - Lynda Day George, American actress
1944 - Brenda Lee, American singer
1948 - Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
1950 - Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
1953 - Bess Armstrong, American actress
1954 - Jermaine Jackson, American singer
1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
1954 - Santiago Creel, Mexican politician
1956 - Lani Brockman, playwright
1958 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1959 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star
1960 - Rachel Portman, English film composer
1961 - Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
1962 - Ben Browder, American actor
1962 - Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer
1962 - Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
1963 - Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
1964 - Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian
1964 - Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter
1964 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
1964 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
1964 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer
1964 - Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor
1966 - Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
1967 - Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
1967 - DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A)
1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
1969 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
1969 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster
1969 - Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
1971 - Willie McGinest, American football player
1972 - Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972 - Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 - Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
1973 - Mos Def, American rapper and actor
1974 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
1974 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality
1975 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
1975 - Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
1976 - Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
1977 - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
1979 - Rider Strong, American actor
1980 - Arya, Indian actor
1981 - Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
1981 - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
1981 - Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
1981 - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
1981 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982 - Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
1983 - Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range)
1984 - Leighton Baines, English footballer
1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
1988 - Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess prodigy
1988 - Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
1993 - Gina Miele, American singer and actress

Famous deaths...
384 - Pope Damasus I
1121 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
1226 - Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
1282 - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd
1282 - Michael VIII Palaiologos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1225)
1532 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
1582 - Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1508)
1694 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
1737 - John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
1747 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. c. 1675)
1797 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
1840 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
1872 - Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)
1880 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
1892 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
1909 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
1918 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (b. 1876)
1920 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b. 1855)
1938 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1869)
1941 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
1941 - Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856)
1945 - Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
1950 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
1959 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1964 - Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
1964 - Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
1971 - Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902)
1975 - Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
1978 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
1978 - Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920)
1979 - James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904)
1983 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
1984 - Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
1987 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)
1989 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
1991 - Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor (b. 1921)
1991 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
1992 - Michael Robbins, English actor (b. 1930)
1993 - Elvira Popescu, Romanian-born French actress (b. 1894)
1994 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1995 - Arthur Mullard, English comedy actor (b. 1910)
1996 - Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor, performer and co-founder of the Private Eye satirical magazine. (b. 1937)
1998 - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
1998 - Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
2000 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)
2000 - David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)
2004 - José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
2004 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)
2004 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
2006 - Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890)
2007 - Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
2007 - Grace Paley, American writer (b. 1922)
2007 - Ashleigh Aston Moore, Canadian Actress (b. 1981)

Holidays and observances...
Argentina - Tango Day, Buenos Aires
Burkina Faso - Republic Day (1958, Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.)
USA - Admission day for Indiana (19th state, 1816)
Wales - Remembrance Day of Llywelyn II
Philippines - Pampanga Day, local official holiday
Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Mornin all.  Old friend showed up last night.  Had a great time watching the dark night with a Lou's pizza.  He's passing through town on his move to cali.   

[BRAD]

whats up guys? hows the day going?

[Flynbyu]

Mornin all.  Old friend showed up last night.  Had a great time watching the dark night with a Lou's pizza.  He's passing through town on his move to cali.   

How do you pass through Chicago?



You baited him with the pizza didn't you?



~Brian

[Krandall]

Dec 11 1957



Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis marries his jailbait 13 year old cousin, Myra Gail Brown. Myra's parents are not told of their coupling until the story was broken by the press the following year. Lewis neglects to divorce his wife Jane Mitcham until April 1958.


I bet she was hot and a very "mature" 13 year old though. 

[BRAD]

whats up Randy? hows work going

[Flynbyu]

Dec 11 1957



Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis marries his jailbait 13 year old cousin, Myra Gail Brown. Myra's parents are not told of their coupling until the story was broken by the press the following year. Lewis neglects to divorce his wife Jane Mitcham until April 1958.


I bet she was hot and a very "mature" 13 year old though. 

Have you ever seen the movie Great Balls of Fire?

Great movie.

~Brian

[Krandall]

I have not. I'll add it to my list of "To See..."

Anyone heard from buddah semi recently?

[Flynbyu]

I have not. I'll add it to my list of "To See..."

Anyone heard from buddah semi recently?

I emailed him yesterday a few times, he's burried up at work, getting the transition of power handled.

~Brian

[Krandall]

gotcha.

that sucks that he's busy (but in a good way) and woot for the power trans

you guys doin any better due to the holiday season?

[Colorado700R]

Mornin all.  Old friend showed up last night.  Had a great time watching the dark night with a Lou's pizza.  He's passing through town on his move to cali.   

Ahhh!!!   I want Lou's  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(