Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Krandall]

w/ the adoption of the blue footed booby for the national bird.

[Colorado700R]

mmmmh, boobies  :grin_nod:

[Krandall]

How's the new house treatin ya?

[Flynbyu]

How's the new halfway house treatin ya?

Slightly ammended.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

How's the new house treatin ya?

Good, lots of room now, kinda big when I'm by myself though

[Krandall]

Makes sense. That would suck.. You need to just let your kid cruize on his wheeler through the house

[Colorado700R]

How's the new halfway house treatin ya?

Slightly ammended.

~Brian

It's a 3/4 way house dammit!!!! 


I shackle myself into bed at night now  :'(

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 1

April Fool's Day

Apr 1 1793

Unsen volcano erupts, accompanied by several devastating earthquakes. The Japanese island is completely destroyed, killing approximately 53,000 inhabitants.

Apr 1 1946

An 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands causes a tsunami that smashes 25-foot-tall waves into Hawaii. Over 170 people are killed, mostly in Hilo. As a result, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is established.

Apr 1 1961

Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye get married!

Apr 1 1984

Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye, who had recently moved back in with his parents, physically batters his own father. Minutes later Dad returns with a gun, shooting Marvin twice in the chest and killing him instantly.

Apr 1 1996

Wilson Pickett arrested for possession of cocaine, after a screaming, bloodied woman is seen running from his house.

Apr 1 1998

Ukranian serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko is sentenced to death for some 52 murders over the preceding decade. The versatile Onoprienko's weapons of choice include hammers, firearms, pillows, dumbbells and fire.

Birthdays today...
1220 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
1543 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)
1610 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
1640 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
1697 - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
1753 - Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
1765 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
1776 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
1809 - Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian writer (d. 1852)
1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898)
1815 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1834 - Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872)
1854 - Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
1856 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1868 - Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (d. 1918)
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)
1875 - Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
1880 - Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
1882 - Paul Anspach, Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991)
1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
1885 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
1893 - Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (d. 1980)
1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
1897 - Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944)
1899 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
1900 - Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
1901 - Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
1902 - Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
1906 - Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. 1989)
1908 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)
1909 - Eddy Duchin, American popular pianist & bandleader (d. 1951)
1911 - Fauja Singh, Indian athlete.
1914 - Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004)
1917 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate
1920 - Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1921 - Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1922 - William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004)
1924 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
1924 - Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
1926 - Charles Bressler, American tenor
1926 - Anne McCaffrey, American author
1927 - Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980)
1928 - George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech-born writer
1929 - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator
1929 - Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer
1929 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, American actress
1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, German writer
1931 - Ita Ever, Estonian actress
1932 - Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 - Debbie Reynolds, American actress
1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Dan Flavin, American artist (d. 1996)
1934 - Don Hastings, American actor
1934 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
1936 - Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, president of the Confederation in 1989 and 1996 (d. 1998)
1938 - Ali MacGraw, American actress
1938 - John Quade, American actor
1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball player
1939 - Rudolph Isley, American singer
1940 - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1942 - Samuel R. Delany, American author
1942 - Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey
1944 - Rusty Staub, American baseball player
1945 - John Barbata, American drummer
1946 - Ronnie Lane, English musician (d. 1997)
1946 - Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach
1947 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
1947 - M, English singer
1947 - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
1949 - Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949 - Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer
1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
1950 - Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1951 - John Philip Abizaid, U.S. Army General, former CENTCOM commander
1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952 - Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
1954 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor
1955 - Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman
1957 - David Gower, English cricketer
1958 - D. Boon, American musician (d. 1985)
1960 - Michael Praed, British actor
1962 - Dave Ulliott, English poker player
1962 - Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player
1964 - Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1964 - Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
1964 - Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Mark Jackson, American basketball player
1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer
1966 - Chris Evans, English disc jockey
1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician
1968 - Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
1968 - Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
1969 - Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
1969 - Dean Windass, English Football Player
1970 - Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
1971 - Method Man, American rapper
1971 - Jessica Collins, American actress
1971 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
1971 - Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors
1972 - Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
1973 - Christian Finnegan, American comedian
1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
1973 - Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst
1973 - Joe Francis, American adult video producer
1974 - Richard Christy, American drummer
1974 - Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer
1974 - Sandra Völker, German swimmer
1975 - George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
1975 - John Butler, Australian singer and musician
1976 - David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor
1976 - Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
1977 - Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
1979 - Ivano Balić, Croatian handballer
1980 - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
1980 - Bijou Phillips, American actress
1980 - Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Asli Bayram, Turkish German model and actress
1981 - Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer
1981 - Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist
1981 - Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
1981 - Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper
1982 - Sam Huntington, American actor
1982 - Gemma Hunt, British children's television presenter
1982 - Taran Killam, American comedian and actor
1983 - Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1983 - Matt Lanter, American actor and model
1984 - Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Josh Zuckerman, American actor
1986 - Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
1987 - Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
1987 - Li Ting, Chinese diver
1988 - Courtney McCool, American gymnast
1988 - Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 - Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1989 - Vietoris Krisztián, German racecar driver
1993 - Keito Okamoto, Japanese Singer

Famous deaths...
1085 - Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)
1132 - St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)
1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England and John of England
1205 - King Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
1528 - Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer
1580 - Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer
1621 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
1637 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)
1682 - Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1787 - Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)
1791 - Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)
1839 - Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)
1865 - Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
1872 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)
1872 - William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843)
1878 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
1890 - David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
1914 - Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
1917 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1868)
1922 - Emperor Karl I of Austria (b. 1887)
1930 - Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner (b. 1837)
1946 - Noah Beery, American actor (b. 1882)
1947 - King George II of Greece (b. 1890)
1950 - Charles R. Drew, American physician (b. 1904)
1965 - Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics manufacturer (b. 1870)
1966 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911)
1968 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1976 - Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891)
1979 - Bruno Coquatrix, French music impresario (b. 1910)
1979 - Barbara Luddy, American actress (b. 1908)
1981 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
1984 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
1985 - Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920)
1986 - Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer (b. 1928)
1988 - Jim Jordan, American actor (Fibber McGee) (b. 1896)
1991 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
1991 - Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (b. 1946)
1992 - Michael Havers, British barrister and politician (b. 1923)
1992 - Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959)
1993 - Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
1994 - Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
1995 - Lucy Rie, American potter (b. 1902)
1995 - H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914)
1996 - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926)
1996 - John McSherry, American baseball umpire (b. 1944)
1997 - Norman Carr, British conservationist (b. 1912)
1998 - Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922)
1998 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (b. 1963)
1999 - Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
2000 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924)
2001 - Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919)
2001 - Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2001 - Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer (b. 1939)
2002 - Simo Hayha, Finnish marksman (b. 1905)
2002 - Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (b. 1947)
2003 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956)
2004 - Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2004 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946)
2004 - Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (b. 1927)
2005 - Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer (b. 1915)
2005 - Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (b. 1929)
2005 - Jack Keller, American songwriter (b. 1936)
2005 - Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2005 - Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator (b. 1923)
2006 - In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
2007 - Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances...
April 1 is known as April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day in many countries.
Orissa, India - residents in the state of Orissa celebrate their independence.
Last day of the Assyrian New Year Celebration.
Roman Empire - Veneralia celebrated to honor Venus.
Brielle celebrates the victory of 1572 over the Spaniards.
Užupis - Residents celebrate their independence on Užupis Day.



Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

<insert into todays news>

Raptor Sources Biggest Rick Roll Ever!   

[Flynbyu]

Owned bitches!



~Brian

[Peelz]

<insert into todays news>

Raptor Sources Biggest Rick Roll Ever!   

I still think my idea to tell everyone you sold the site was better....


DICK! 

Best rickroll ever.

[Flynbyu]

We may have to pull a Dracus and report MR being sold.....For five bucks.



~Brian

[NaturalRaptor]

I'm back. Did you miss me? Probably not. 

Anyways, I had to stay away until my midterms were done. Now we have Spring/Easter break.

[Flynbyu]

Welcome back.

~Brian

[Lady4Fiddy]

I'm back. Did you miss me? Probably not. 

Anyways, I had to stay away until my midterms were done. Now we have Spring/Easter break.

Lucky Bass turd! I dont get a break from school unless it is Christmas...