Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Peelz]

morning E. tired from moving?

[socalrappy700]

Tired isn't the word for it

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 2 1939

Howard Carter dies of King Tut's curse.

Mar 2 1944

A train of mixed military/civilian passengers stalls inside a tunnel outside Salerno, Italy, asphyxiating 426 from fumes.

Mar 2 1968

Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd, after melting his mind with various extremely dangerous drugs. He spends the following years mumbling about pork chops and refrigerators.

Mar 2 1982

Science fiction author Philip K Dick dies of a stroke in Santa Ana, California. Since 1974 the author had been possessed by a superalien who arrived in his head via a beam of pink light.

Mar 2 1997

1st Monkey successfully cloned.

Birthdays today...
1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
1409 - John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
1545 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
1578 - George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
1705 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
1760 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
1770 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
1800 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
1810 - Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
1816 - Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1820 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
1836 - Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
1842 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
1843 - Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
1849 - Robert Means Thompson, U.S. Naval Officer (d. 1930)
1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
1860 - Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
1862 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
1876 - Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
1878 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
1886 - Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
1902 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
1904 - Dr. Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)
1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
1908 - Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1912 - Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
1913 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (d. 1971)
1913 - Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
1913 - Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1914 - Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
1917 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1917 - David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
1918 - Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
1919 - Jennifer Jones, American actress
1919 - Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
1922 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986)
1923 - Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
1923 - Robert H. Michel, American politician
1923 - Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (d. 1999)
1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
1928 - Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
1930 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author
1935 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
1938 - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
1938 - Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
1940 - Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
1941 - David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
1942 - Peter Guber, American film producer
1942 - John Irving, American author
1942 - Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
1942 - Kwang Jo Choi, the founder of Choi Kwang- do and is one of the twelve original Masters of Taekwon-Do.
1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
1943 - Claude Larose, French Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
1943 - Peter Straub, American author
1944 - Uschi Glas, German actress
1947 - Harry Redknapp, English football manager
1948 - Larry Carlton, American guitarist
1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian former politician
1949 - Alain Chamfort, French singer
1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
1949 - J. P. R. Williams, Welsh Rugby Union player
1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
1950 - Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress
1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
1955 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
1955 - Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
1955 - Ken Salazar, American politician
1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
1956 - John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
1958 - Peter Arnold, American architect
1958 - Kevin Curren, South African-born tennis player
1960 - Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1962 - Al Del Greco, American football player
1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
1962 - Tom Nordlie, Norwegian football coach
1962 - Michael Salinger, American poet
1962 - Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock)
1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1963 - Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
1964 - Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
1964 - Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
1965 - Ron Gant, American baseball player
1965 - Lembit Öpik, British politician
1968 - Daniel Craig, English actor
1971 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
1971 - Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
1971 - Elizabeth Lackey, American actress
1972 - Richard Ruccolo, American actor
1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
1974 - Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
1974 - Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
1976 - Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
1977 - Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
1977 - Dominique Canty, American basketball player
1977 - Heather McComb, American actress
1977 - Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
1977 - Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
1978 - Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer
1979 - Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
1979 - Amanda Ireton, Cast member of MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
1979 - Nicky Weaver, English footballer
1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
1980 - Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
1980 - Karl Dominik, China based foreign actor
1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
1982 - Corey Webster, American football player
1983 - Glen Perkins, American baseball player
1983 - Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
1985 - Robert Iler, American actor
1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player
1985 - Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
1988 - Keith Jack, British singer and actor
1988 - Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
1988 - Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress

Famous deaths...
855 - Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
1316 - Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
1572 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
1589 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
1729 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
1755 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1758 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
1791 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
1793 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
1797 - Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
1829 - Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
1830 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1835 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
1855 - Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796)
1865 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
1880 - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1895 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
1895 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
1919 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1921 - Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
1921 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
1930 - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
1938 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1939 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
1945 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
1946 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
1946 - George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
1953 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
1958 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
1959 - Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
1960 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
1967 - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1970 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
1973 - Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918). See 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.
1974 - Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
1975 - Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
1979 - Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
1982 - Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
1987 - Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
1992 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
1994 - Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
1999 - David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
1999 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
2000 - Sandra Schmirler
2001 - John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
2003 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
2004 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2004 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2005 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2005 - Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
2006 - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2006 - Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
2007 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
2007 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 - Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
2007 - Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
2008 - Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)

Holidays and observances...
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness) - First day of the 19th month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Texas Independence Day (1836).
Church of England - Saint Chad's Day.

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Mar 2 1968

Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd, after melting his mind with various extremely dangerous drugs. He spends the following years mumbling about pork chops and refrigerators.

There's Pork chops in the refridgerator    

[Krandall]

1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician

[Colorado700R]

1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician

Randy's applying massive amounts of eye make-up and hairspray to his frollet in celebration

[Flynbyu]

Mar 2 1968

Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd, after melting his mind with various extremely dangerous drugs. He spends the following years mumbling about pork chops and refrigerators.

There's Pork chops in the refridgerator    

The Pink Floyd song Wish You were Here is about Syd Barrett.

The lyrics were written by Roger Waters about Syd's breakdown. Roger related to missing Syd along the way, especially since the band was extremely popular at the time. I watched a documentary about it. They all wanted Syd back.

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Mar 2 1968

Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd, after melting his mind with various extremely dangerous drugs. He spends the following years mumbling about pork chops and refrigerators.

There's Pork chops in the refridgerator    

The Pink Floyd song Wish You were Here is about Syd Barrett.

The lyrics were written by Roger Waters about Syd's breakdown. Roger related to missing Syd along the way, especially since the band was extremely popular at the time. I watched a documentary about it. They all wanted Syd back.

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

~Brian

thank GERD.........


I thought you were gonna say Comfortably Numb

[Flynbyu]

Comfortably Numb is about heroin.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Odd, I thought it was about me.

[Colorado700R]

Odd, I thought it was about me.

More like your victims

[Flynbyu]

Odd, I thought it was about me.

One of my favorite Floyd songs.

I used to get stoned off my ass to Dark Side of the Moon.

~Brian

[Krandall]

floyd is weird.

[Flynbyu]

My solo video is set to "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

My solo video is set to "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd.

~Brian

Were there Tabs of acid on the steering yoke