Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[BLU700R]

HaH. Sometimes they like it in the tailpipe

[Krandall]

 

[Peelz]

You're my boy Blu! go get em'

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 30 1803

The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

Apr 30 1812

Coon asses rejoice; The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.

Apr 30 1900

Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

Apr 30 1925

Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.

Apr 30 1927

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Apr 30 1945

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

Apr 30 1947

In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.

Apr 30 1973

U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.

Apr 30 1975

Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.

Apr 30 2004

U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.


Birthdays today...
    * 1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
    * 1331 Gaston Phoebus of Foix (d.1391)
    * 1553 – Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
    * 1623 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
    * 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
    * 1662 – Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
    * 1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
    * 1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
    * 1721 – Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
    * 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
    * 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
    * 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
    * 1803 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
    * 1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
    * 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
    * 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
    * 1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
    * 1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
    * 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
    * 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
    * 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
    * 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
    * 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
    * 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
    * 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
    * 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
    * 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
    * 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
    * 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
    * 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
    * 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
    * 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
    * 1909 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
    * 1909 – F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
    * 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
    * 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
    * 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
    * 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (d. 2008)
    * 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
    * 1925 – Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
    * 1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress
    * 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
    * 1930 – Felix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist, (d. 1992)
    * 1933 – Dickie Davies, British television presenter
    * 1933 – Willie Nelson, American musician
    * 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d. 1995)
    * 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
    * 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor
    * 1938 – Larry Niven, American author
    * 1940 – Burt Young, American actor
    * 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
    * 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
    * 1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer
    * 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress
    * 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
    * 1945 – Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
    * 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
    * 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
    * 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator
    * 1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor
    * 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
    * 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician
    * 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer
    * 1948 – Perry King, American actor
    * 1949 – Phil Garner, baseball manager
    * 1949 – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
    * 1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director
    * 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
    * 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
    * 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
    * 1956 – Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
    * 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director
    * 1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
    * 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
    * 1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
    * 1959 – Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
    * 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
    * 1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician
    * 1960 – David Miscavige, American cult leader
    * 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
    * 1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
    * 1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
    * 1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
    * 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor
    * 1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1967 – Steven Mackintosh, British actor
    * 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
    * 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician, composer
    * 1970 – Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality
    * 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
    * 1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
    * 1973 – Akon, American R&B Singer
    * 1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer (98 Degrees)
    * 1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
    * 1975 – Mike Chat, American actor
    * 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
    * 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
    * 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
    * 1977 – Pell James, American actress
    * 1978 – Tom Fulp, Animator and Founder of Newgrounds
    * 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
    * 1981 – John O'Shea, Irish footballer
    * 1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
    * 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper
    * 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
    * 1982 – Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
    * 1982 – Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
    * 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
    * 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
    * 1983 – Yamini, Tamil Singer
    * 1984 – Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
    * 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
    * 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
    * 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
    * 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
    * 1991 – John Colgan, Irish Footballer


     Famous deaths...

    * 65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
    * 1063 – Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
    * 1131 – Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
    * 1341 – John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
    * 1439 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
    * 1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
    * 1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
    * 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
    * 1632 – King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
    * 1632 – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
    * 1642 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
    * 1660 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
    * 1655 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
    * 1696 – Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
    * 1712 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
    * 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
    * 1758 – François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
    * 1792 – John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
    * 1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
    * 1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
    * 1847 – Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
    * 1863 – Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
    * 1865 – Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
    * 1875 – Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
    * 1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
    * 1900 – Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
    * 1903 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b. 1831)
    * 1936 – Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
    * 1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
    * 1943 – Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
    * 1945 – Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (b. 1912)
    * 1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
    * 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
    * 1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
    * 1973 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
    * 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
    * 1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
    * 1982 – Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
    * 1983 – George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
    * 1983 – Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
    * 1985 – George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
    * 1989 – Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
    * 1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
    * 1993 – Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
    * 1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
    * 1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
    * 1996 – David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
    * 1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
    * 2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
    * 2003 – Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
    * 2003 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
    * 2003 – Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
    * 2005 – Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 – 1992) (b. 1927)
    * 2006 – Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
    * 2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist
    * 2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
    * 2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
    * 2007 – Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
    * 2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
    * 2007 – Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
    * 2008 – John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Walpurgis Night – Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
    * Scandinavia – The arrival of spring.
    * Sweden – Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
    * Finland – Mayday's eve. Most celebrations take place day prior to the first of May.
    * The Netherlands – Queen's Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
    * Roman Empire – third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
    * Bealtaine Eve (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday.
    * Vietnam – Liberation Day.
    * Mexico – Children's Day.
    * Czech Republic and Slovakia – Carodejnice – witches' night

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Hapopy Mexican CHildren's Day.

Pig Flu having mofos! 

[Colorado700R]

Hapopy Mexican CHildren's Day.

Pig Flu having mofos! 

There not mine, and no I won't submit to a DNA test

[Lady4Fiddy]

Hapopy Mexican CHildren's Day.

Pig Flu having mofos! 

There not mine, and no I won't submit to a DNA test

Damn right you won't! We have enough to feed as it is. I won't raise the kids whose Moms worked at the Donkey show!   

[Flynbyu]

Hapopy Mexican CHildren's Day.

Pig Flu having mofos! 

There not mine, and no I won't submit to a DNA test

Damn right you won't! We have enough to feed as it is. I won't raise the kids whose Moms worked at the Donkey show!   

That's right Aaron.

She's too busy monkey stomping people on an empty track!



~Brian

[Peelz]

Where are all my internet BFF's at? 

RS is a ghost town today. 

[Flynbyu]

Where are all my internet BFF's at? 

RS is a ghost town today. 

Actually busy here today....

~Brian

[kyledvor61]

Where are all my internet BFF's at? 

RS is a ghost town today. 

im here poopkins

[Peelz]

Where are all my internet BFF's at? 

RS is a ghost town today. 

Actually busy here today....

~Brian

the same here....

lol kylie.

[kyledvor61]

before I forget..

[Flynbyu]

Had some sunshine....now it's starting to thunder again.

Currently 75° in the Fort, 73° at the Sallisaw, OK airport. We have some moisture erupting over Kerr LAke, and it's about to drop some rain on us. I'm located just below the I-40 marker, on the East side of Kerr Lake.

Link: Radar image

~Brian

[dragonz]

Where are all my internet BFF's at? 

RS is a ghost town today. 

Actually busy here today....

~Brian

the same here....

lol kylie.

So where the bloody hell are ya?