Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[socalrappy700]

Bunch of cool symbols.

[Flynbyu]

Brian.


∞ = hold "alt" and on your number pad type (while still holding alt) 236  let go of alt. you should have a ∞

Cool.

Thanks!

~Brian

So there are over 236 different symbols?

Damn.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Brian.


∞ = hold "alt" and on your number pad type (while still holding alt) 236  let go of alt. you should have a ∞

Cool.

Thanks!

~Brian

So there are over 236 different symbols?

Damn.

~Brian

I believe there's 60,000+ different ones

[Peelz]

hello degenerates.




Sorry I couldn't join in any internet shenanigans today. I will try harder tomorrow. I promise Herr Krandall.



Work has gone "ga-ga" But more than happy to have the work to do.

[Flynbyu]

Ohhhhhh!

~Brian

[Krandall]

I'm freaking out man......


you are freaking out............. man.

[Peelz]

meow, that's a funny poster, meow. 

[Flynbyu]

Do I look like I drink milk from a saucer boy?

~Brian

[Krandall]

I'm headed out. Have a good night everyone!

[Peelz]

Arriva Derci' Hoes!

[NaturalRaptor]

Arriva Derci' Hoes!

Adios!

[Krandall]

Hello and Goodnight!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 5 1770

The Boston Massacre leaves five colonists dead when British soldiers open fire.

Mar 5 1930

Danish artist Einar Wegener undergoes a sex change operation in Berlin, making him a soprano. He assumes the identity of Lili Elbe, and has ovaries implanted. However it is speculated that Wegener was actually a hermaphrodite, and the credit for first sex change usually is given to Christine Jorgenson.

Mar 5 1953



Josef Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 73.

Mar 5 1959

Twenty-one Negro Boys are killed in a fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial Reformatory, Little Rock AR.

Mar 5 1982



John Belushi found dead at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood from a cocaine and heroin overdose. A sketchy woman, Cathy Smith, is later charged with administering the fatal injections.

Mar 5 1989

Michael Anderson Godwin, previously on death row for murder but with sentence commuted to life imprisonment, dies in a toilet-related accident at the Central Correctional Institution in South Carolina. Godwin, sitting on a stainless steel toilet, bit into headphone wires that were connected to his television. He was immediately electrocuted. [Moral: use a porcelain toilet.]

Mar 5 1998

David Asimov, the unemployed son of science fiction author Isaac Asimov, arrested in Santa Rosa, California for felony possession of child pornography. Over 4,000 videos and other items were seized from his residence. Police were alarmed at the quantity he had accumulated, but do not believe he was distributing the material.

Birthdays today...
1133 - King Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 - King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
1326 - Louis I of Hungary, the King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342 and of Poland (d. 1382)
1512 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
1563 - John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1575 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
1585 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
1658 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
1693 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
1703 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1713 - Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
1713 - Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783)
1723 - Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1739 - Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
1748 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1748 - William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
1750 - Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
1794 - Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
1794 - Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
1814 - Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 - John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 - Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
1836 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
1853 - Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
1862 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
1867 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1869 - Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
1870 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
1873 - Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
1874 - Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
1879 - Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
1882 - Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (d. 1960)
1883 - Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969)
1886 - Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
1887 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
1897 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1898 - Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
1904 - Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
1908 - Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
1908 - Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
1914 - Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)
1915 - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1918 - Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
1918 - Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1920 - José Aboulker, Jewish Communist
1920 - Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
1921 - Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1922 - James Noble, American actor
1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
1923 - Laurence Tisch, American investor
1927 - Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
1929 - Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
1930 - Del Crandall, American baseball player
1931 - Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
1931 - Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn virtuoso
1933 - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
1933 - Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (d. 1982)
1934 - Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate
1934 - James B. Sikking, American actor
1936 - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
1936 - Dean Stockwell, American actor
1937 - Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, President of Nigeria
1938 - Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
1938 - Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
1939 - Samantha Eggar, English actress
1939 - Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1939 - Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1940 - Malcolm Hebden, English actor
1942 - Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain
1942 - Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
1943 - Billy Backus, American boxer
1944 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
1944 - Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
1946 - Murray Head, British actor and singer
1946 - Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
1946 - Richard Bell, Canadian musician (The Band)
1947 - Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
1947 - Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
1947 - Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
1948 - Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
1948 - Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1949 - Franz Josef Jung, German commander of the Bundeswehr
1951 - Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
1952 - Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1954 - Marsha Warfield, American actress, comedienne
1955 - Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
1955 - Julien Dray, French politician
1956 - Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
1956 - Teena Marie, American singer
1957 - Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
1957 - Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1958 - Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
1959 - Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician (d. 1999)
1959 - David Fury, American television writer and producer
1960 - David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
1962 - Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant
1962 - Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
1963 - Joel Osteen, senior pastor of Lakewood Church and best selling author
1966 - Michael Irvin, American football player
1966 - Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
1966 - Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
1969 - Paul Blackthorne, British actor
1969 - Danny King, British author
1969 - Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
1969 - MC Solaar, French rapper
1970 - John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1970 - Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
1971 - Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1971 - Yuri Lowenthal, American actor/author/painter
1971 - Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker
1972 - Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
1973 - Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
1973 - Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1974 - Kevin Connolly, American television actor and comedian
1974 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1974 - Matt Lucas, English comedian
1974 - Eva Mendes, American actress
1975 - Jolene Blalock, American actress
1975 - Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
1975 - Niki Taylor, American model
1975 - Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
1976 - Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1976 - Paul Konerko, American baseball player
1976 - Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
1976 - Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
1977 - Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
1977 - Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
1977 - Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
1978 - Jared Crouch, Australian rules footballer
1978 - Mike Hessman, American baseball player
1978 - Kimberly McCullough, American actress
1978 - Papoose, American rapper
1979 - Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
1980 - Agust Karl Gudmundsson, Icelandic tax lawyer
1981 - Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
1981 - Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
1981 - Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
1982 - Daniel Carter, New Zealand Rugby player
1982 - Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1984 - Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
1985 - Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 - Whitney Port, American reality TV star
1986 - Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1987 - Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1988 - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
1988 - Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
1989 - Jake Lloyd, American actor

Famous deaths....
1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1592 - Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1622 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1695 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1726 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1770 - Crispus Attucks a free black American
1776 - Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)
1778 - Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
1829 - John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)
1849 - David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1876 - Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828)
1895 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
1895 - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
1903 - George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
1907 - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1925 - Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
1926 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1927 - Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
1931 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
1944 - Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
1945 - Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
1947 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)
1953 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888)
1963 - Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
1963 - Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1963 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
1965 - Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
1965 - Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1966 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
1967 - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
1973 - Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
1974 - Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1974 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (b. 1888)
1977 - Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver (b. 1949)
1977 - Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the 1977 South African Grand Prix
1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
1980 - Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
1984 - William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
1988 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1990 - Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
1993 - Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
1995 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
1995 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
1996 - Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1997 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
1999 - Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 - Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
2004 - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2006 - Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
2008 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances...
Learn from Lei Feng Day in China.
Approximate beginning of month of jīngzhé in Chinese calendar.
St Piran's Day - Cornwall's national day.

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[NaturalRaptor]

Good news for Cowboy fans,,

The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens!  Goodbye! 

[Flynbyu]

I'm a Cowboy fan, but I have mixed feelings about Dallas releasing him.

I would have waited. It's costing Dallas $9 million on the salary cap. That buys a credible backup quarterback and a reciever.

~Brian