Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Flynbyu]

My 18 year old brother is dating my 47 year old aunt.

<Brad makes his national TV debut>

~Brian

[Lady4Fiddy]

Poor Brad...   

[socalrappy700]

Thats it for me, time to head for the train.  Have a great weekend RaptorSource

[Peelz]

HOly $hit! that vid hilarious!



Dammit, he isn't around today.

[Flynbyu]

HOly $hit! that vid hilarious!



Dammit, he isn't around today.

Poor Brad...   

Nah, don't feel sorry for him.

He's an Uncle F*cker.



~Brian

[Peelz]

Good Day fellas! Have a great weekend!

[Flynbyu]

Catch you later Eric.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 7 1812

New Madrid earthquake shakes Missouri with an estimated magnitude of 8.2, as strong as any in the West. The quake destroys 150,000 acres of forest, and would have caused massive damage had it occurred in modern times.

Feb 7 1845



A drunken visitor to the British Museum smashes the irreplaceable Portland Vase into over 200 pieces. The elaborate glass amphora was created when Augustus was Caesar and is about ten inches high. It takes months to repair.

Feb 7 1968

"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." -- U.S. Army Major, regarding the village of Ben Tre, Vietnam, in an AP dispatch.

Feb 7 1969

Beatle George Harrison has his tonsils removed. He had them destroyed to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

Feb 7 1989

Washed up tennis player Bjorn Borg has his stomach pumped after he overdoses on sleeping pills in Madrid, Spain.

Feb 7 1991

Mortar rounds are fired by the IRA at No. 10 Downing Street, the residence of British Prime Minister John Major. No injuries resulted but the door was severely dented.

Feb 7 1995

Rapper Tupac Shakur sentenced to 4.5 years for grabbing somebody's ass (sexual abuse, "forcibly touching the buttocks").

Birthdays today...
1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1837 - Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1901 - Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989)
1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1909 - Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
1912 - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist (d. 1981)
1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
1926 - John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder
1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1932 - Gay Talese, American author
1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1934 - King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
1935 - Herbert Kohl, American politician
1937 - Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 - Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director
1947 - Joe Shea, American journalist
1949 - Joe English, American drummer
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player
1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer
1960 - James Spader, American actor
1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor
1965 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1969 - Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
1972 - Amon Tobin, Canadian/Brazilian musician
1973 - Juwan Howard, American basketball player
1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
1974 - J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006)
1974 - Emma McLaughlin, American novelist
1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1975 - Alexandre Daigle, National Hockey League player
1976 - Sreto Ristić, German footballer
1977 - Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
1978 - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender
1979 - Cerina Vincent, American actress
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
1986 - Michael Orozco, American footballer
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college football player
1989 - Louisa Lytton - British actress
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 - Anna Abreu, Finnish singer
1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer

Famous deaths...
999 - Boleslaus II of Bohemia
1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)
1626 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
1642 - William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)
1652 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582)
1690 - William Morice, English royalist statesman
1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
1736 - Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
1779 - William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711)
1799 - Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)
1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764)
1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
1839 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
1871 - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)
1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)
1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
1897 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847)
1919 - William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874)
1937 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845)
1938 - Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868)
1939 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1942 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876)
1944 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874)
1959 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1959 - D.F. Malan, South African Prime Minister, father of Apartheid policy (b. 1874)
1959 - Guitar Slim, American blues guitarist (b. 1926)
1960 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
1962 - Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886)
1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1964 - Sophoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
1968 - Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931)
1979 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German, accused Nazi war criminal (b. 1911)
1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen of Greece (b. 1917)
1985 - Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932)
1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
1990 - Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1991 - Amos Yarkoni, Israeli soldier, Medal of Distinguished Service recipient (b. 1920)
1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
1992 - Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
1994 - Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (b. 1913)
1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948)
1994 - Arnold Smith, Canadian diplomat (b. 1915)
1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)
2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
2000 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
2008 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances...
Grenada - Independence Day


Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Morning Brian...and Happy Grenadian Independence Day!

^grenadine?

[Flynbyu]

No, Grenadine isn't produced there.

 

Grenada is known as the spice island. The tiny island produces 20% of the world's nutmeg. Allspice, coffee, cinnamon, cloves, cocoa, ginger, and mace (not the spray).

When we were in St. Lucia, we went to the rainforrest and saw several cocoa and nutmeg trees. Nutmeg is actually a seed, and the red "mace" covers the seed.



~Brian

[Peelz]

no, I was'nt sure what correct context was. Grenadian, or grenadine.

[Flynbyu]

Gotcha.

~Brian

[Peelz]

grammar ninja has bad days too.

[Flynbyu]

So does the Finance Ninja.



~Brian

[Peelz]

 

and.... to whomever altered my custom title.