Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 3 1882



Notorious outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed in his own home for a $5,000 reward. The assailants are Charles and Robert Ford, both members of the James gang.

Apr 3 1924



Brilliant actor and total loon Marlon Brando is born.

Apr 3 1936

Bruno Hauptmann executed via Electric Chair, for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby.

Apr 3 1996

US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's plane goes down in Dubrovnik (Croatia), killing 35. Although many who view Brown's body comment that he appeared to have been shot in the head, this is never fully investigated.

Apr 3 1996



The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski is arrested in his Lincoln, Montana cabin. It takes the FBI months to search the tiny 8 x 10 foot dwelling.

Apr 3 1999

Bad news for Egyptian rapists! Egypt repeals a 1904 law granting rapists the right to escape punishment if they marry their victims. It seems that this was encouraging the abundant practice of rape, rather than discouraging it.


Birthdays today...
1151 - Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
1367 - King Henry IV of England (d. 1413)
1529 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
1593 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
1643 - Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1690)
1683 - Mark Catesby, English naturalist (d. 1749)
1693 - George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)
1715 - William Watson, English physician and scientist (d. 1787)
1764 - John Abernathy, English surgeon (d. 1831)
1769 - Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835)
1770 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
1783 - Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)
1806 - Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (d. 1856)
1814 - Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of <Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain> of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1901)
1821 - T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892)
1822 - Edward Everett Hale, American writer (d. 1909)
1823 - William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (d. 1878)
1823 - George Horatio Derby, Early American humorist (d. 1861)
1880 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (d. 1903)
1881 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)
1885 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (d. 1981)
1885 - Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
1889 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1949)
1893 - Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)
1893 - Princess Maud of Fife (d. 1945)
1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968)
1898 - George Jessel, American comedian (d. 1981)
1898 - Henry Luce, American publisher (d. 1967)
1899 - David Jack, English footballer (d. 1958)
1904 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (d. 1999)
1904 - Russel Wright, American industrial designer (d. 1976)
1905 - Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (d. 1965)
1911 - Stella Walsh, Polish Olympic athlete (d. 1980)
1913 - Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005)
1916 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (d. 1997)
1918 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer, conductor and administrator (d. 2000)
1920 - John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi
1920 - Stan Freeman, American composer and lyricist (d. 2001)
1921 - Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
1921 - Darío Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer and songwriter (d. 1968)
1921 - Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
1924 - Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
1924 - Doris Day, American actress
1925 - Tony Benn, British politician
1926 - Alex Grammas, American baseball player
1926 - Gus Grissom, American astronaut (d. 1967)
1928 - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)
1928 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)
1928 - Jennifer Paterson, English chef and TV personality (d. 1999)
1929 - Lee Leonard, American television personality
1930 - Lawton Chiles, U.S. (Florida) Senator and Governor (d. 1998)
1930 - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany
1930 - Wally Moon, American baseball player
1933 - Bob Dornan, American politician
1934 - Jane Goodall, English zoologist
1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
1936 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist (d. 2008)
1938 - Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer
1939 - François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975)
1941 - Jan Berry, American musician (d. 2004)
1941 - Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (d. 1984)
1941 - Eric Braeden, German-born actor
1941 - Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
1942 - Marsha Mason, American actress
1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer
1942 - Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)
1942 - Billy Joe Royal, American singer
1943 - Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
1943 - Jonathan Lynn, British actor and comedy writer
1943 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)
1943 - Doreen Tracey, English-born Mouseketeer
1944 - Tony Orlando, American musician
1945 - Bernard Parent, Quebec ice hockey player
1945 - Catherine Spaak, French actress
1946 - Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
1946 - Hanna Suchocka, Poland's first female prime minister
1948 - Arlette Cousture, French-Canadian writer
1948 - Carlos Salinas, President of Mexico
1949 - Lyle Alzado, American football player (d. 1992)
1949 - Anthony Grayling, British philosopher
1949 - Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter
1950 - Sally Thomsett, English actress
1951 - Mel Schacher, American musician
1951 - Mick Mars, American musician, Mötley Crüe
1952 - Mike Moore, American politician and attorney
1953 - Craig Taubman, Jewish singer
1953 - Sandra Boynton, American greeting-card designer, illustrator, and author
1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
1956 - Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
1956 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)
1956 - Boris Miljkovic, Serbian director
1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor
1958 - Jaya Prada, Indian Actress
1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor
1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician
1960 - Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer
1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
1962 - Mike Ness, American musician
1962 - Jennifer Rubin, American actress
1963 - Criss Oliva, American musician (d. 1993)
1963 - Jack Del Rio, American football coach
1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
1964 - Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist
1964 - Andy Robinson, English rugby player
1965 - Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d. 2000)
1966 - Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1966 - John de Vries, Australian racing driver
1967 - Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
1967 - Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Mark Skaife, Australian racing driver
1968 - Sebastian Bach, Canadian musician
1968 - Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
1968 - Jamie Hewlett, English illustrator
1969 - Lance Storm, Canadian professional wrestler
1971 - Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion
1972 - Jennie Garth, American actress
1972 - Sandrine Testud, French Top-10 tennis player
1973 - Jamie Bamber, English actor
1973 - Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
1975 - Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
1975 - Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player
1975 - Aries Spears, American comedian
1975 - Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player
1975 - Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
1976 - Will Mellor, English actor
1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician
1978 - Matthew Goode, English actor
1978 - Tommy Haas, German tennis player
1978 - John Smit, South African rugby player
1981 - Aaron Bertram, American musician
1981 - Matthew Nash, Australian soccer player
1981 - Heath Ramsay, Australian Olympic swimmer
1981 - DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
1982 - Jared Allen, American football player
1982 - Fler, German rapper
1982 - Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player
1982 - Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol
1982 - Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
1983 - Errol Barnett, English reporter
1983 - Ben Foster, English footballer
1984 - Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
1984 - Maxi López, Argentine footballer
1985 - Leona Lewis, English singer
1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress
1986 - Sergio Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1987 - Jay Bruce, American baseball player
1987 - Julie Sokolow, American musician
1987 - Sal Zizzo, American soccer player
1988 - Peter Hartley, English footballer
1988 - Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
1989 - Israel Falou, Australian Rugby League player
1993 - Dakoda Dowd, American golfer

Famous deaths...
963 - William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
1287 - Pope Honorius IV, Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287 (b. c. 1210)
1350 - Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
1606 - Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon, English politician (b. 1563)
1680 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, India (b. 1630)
1682 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (b. 1618)
1691 - Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
1695 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. c. 1636)
1717 - Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
1728 - James Anderson, Scottish lawyer (b. 1662)
1792 - George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)
1804 - Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest
1827 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (b. 1756)
1849 - Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet (b. 1809)
1868 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and inventor (b. 1796)
1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
1897 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, British impresario (b. 1844)
1930 - Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899)
1941 - Pál Teleki, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
1943 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893)
1950 - Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (b. 1875)
1950 - Kurt Weill, German composer (b. 1900)
1952 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. 1866)
1965 - Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter
1971 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
1972 - Ferde Grofé, American composer (b. 1882)
1975 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b. 1933)
1978 - Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
1981 - Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (b. 1899)
1982 - Warren Oates, American character actor (b. 1928)
1986 - Peter Pears, English tenor (b. 1910)
1987 - Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1988 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (b. 1907)
1990 - Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
1991 - Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901)
1991 - Graham Greene, English writer (b. 1904)
1993 - Pinky Lee, American comic and children's television host (b. 1907)
1994 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (b. 1932)
1995 - Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman (Canadian Tire) (b. 1902)
1996 - Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
1996 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1927)
1998 - Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (b. 1900)
1999 - Lionel Bart, English composer (Oliver!) (b. 1930)
2000 - Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (b. 1946)
2002 - Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
2003 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957)
2004 - Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
2005 - Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)
2005 - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
2007 - Marion Eames, Welsh novelist (b. 1921)
2007 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2007 - Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (b. 1937)
2008 - Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian football player (b. 1983)

Holidays and observances...
Saint Richard (d. 1253)
Saint Sixtus I
Saint Mary of Egypt
Our Lady of Sorrows in Malta held every last friday before Good Friday


Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

 

The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski is arrested in his Lincoln, Montana cabin. It takes the FBI months to search the tiny 8 x 10 foot dwelling.

And now he lives at the Supermax 50 miles from here 

[Krandall]

Apr 3 1999

Bad news for Egyptian rapists! Egypt repeals a 1904 law granting rapists the right to escape punishment if they marry their victims. It seems that this was encouraging the abundant practice of rape, rather than discouraging it.

And Erich Moves to Egypt.

[Flynbyu]

The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski is arrested in his Lincoln, Montana cabin. It takes the FBI months to search the tiny 8 x 10 foot dwelling.

And now he lives at the Supermax 50 miles from here 

Achildhood friend of my father in law retired from working at the Supermax where Timothy McVey was held. He guarded Timothy until the day he died. He spoke to him on a daily basis.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

that place is serious......23 hours of solitary a day, 1 hour yard time 

[Flynbyu]

He said Tim was always polite, yes sir, no sir, etc.. He said he gave him no trouble for the duration of his stay.

~Brian

[disco]

Off Topic   ha!

from an article on Jalopnik

So I got an event coming up at the local track...should be a fairly fun event and I want to take the truck out. Well....a few weeks ago, due to my own stupidity, I blew my hub seals on my rear end...and due to me catching the ****ing flu...and other ****...I never got around to fixing them. So this is the week OF and I need the damn seals, right?
So I call up AutoZone:

"Thank you for calling AutoZone, how can I help you?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for axle seals of a ford 9" rear end..."
"Oooh. umm...hold on a second...." and he puts me on hold.

....15 minutes later...someone ELSE picks up...

"...umm thank you for calling AutoZone, who are you holding for?"
"I'm holding for someone to help me find some axle seals..."
"Oh.. ummm. Huh.. hold on a second." and HE puts me on hold.

...10 minutes in, I'm getting pissed and I decide that this is a battle of wills. Them waiting for me to hang up....me waiting for them to get tired of the phone beeping and to pick up.

...10 MORE minutes....and I can feel my will about to give in completely to anger. **** THIS! While STILL on hold, I jump in my daily driver and drive my ass up to the AutoZone I'm on hold with!

I get there about 10 minutes later...and there's 4 ****ers working...and like two people shopping...and one of them hits me up instantly:

"Welcome to AutoZone, how can I help you?"
...as I walk behind their counter to look for their phone...

"Yeah....do you have someone on hold right now?"
"Uh excuse me?"
...I point at the blinking, beeping phone...
"DO...YOU...HAVE...SOMEONE...ON...HOLD...RIGHT...N OW!?"
"Uhh...I guess so."
"You guess so?? Let me help you. You DO have someone on hold...ME! I've been on hold for 45 ****ing minutes! What in the HELL is THAT all about?? Can you give me one good reason why you've had me on hold for almost a ****ing hour??"
"Well...uhh..I mean....uhhh...I was waiting for him (he points) to pick up.."
"He DID pick up...and put me right the **** back on hold!"

"Uuhh..err....ahh...ummm..."
"Don't give me any bull**** about how busy you are...there's no one ****ing in here! If my ****ing question was simply too difficult for you, TELL me."
"Well...what do you need sir?"
"What I needed was axle seals...but what I need NOW is to talk to YOUR ****ing manager."
"Yes sir."...and scampers off to get El Jefe....
Manager: "Yes sir, what seems to be the problem?"

...I tell him, "....and I'm STILL on hold!" That's right...I still haven't hung up...

He looks at the phone....picks it up...and says, "Uhh Autzone, may I help you?"
I yell into MY phone, "IT'S ME ****ER!!!" He jumps and hangs up.
"I'm hoping that isn't your policy here! That if you CAN'T answer the question, just put the person on hold until they hang up?"
"Uh no sir!"
"Well lets see if y'all CAN help me...now that I'm here."
He goes over to the computer...

I tell him, "I need axle seals for a 31 spline ford 9" rear end."
"What's it out of?"
"Hell...i don't know? Almost any 70s ford truck I'm sure."
"Well I need to know what it's out of."
"I do not know..."
"Well what's it in now?"
"That's not gonna help you."
"Sure it is"
"No...it won't. There's no way to search for the rear end?"
"No...so what's it in?"
"A 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO ok?? Does THAT help???"
"No."
"See?"

He connected me with someone at another AutoZone that actually WAS helpful...and I went over there to get the parts...

[Krandall]

 

[BRAD]

Evening gents

[Peelz]

3:20 is evening? 

[Flynbyu]

4:20 on the East Coast!

Potheads toke up!

~Brian

[Peelz]

4:20 on the East Coast!

Potheads toke up!

~Brian

Hungry for Cheetos already

[Flynbyu]

Don't watch any porn with Cheetos.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Don't watch any porn with Cheetos.

~Brian

Carrot cock!!! 

[Flynbyu]

Where's my rabbit?



~Brian