Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXIII

[Krandall]

werd. I hear ya there..

I origianally planned on going to LS when I pick up my quad, but I think I may try swinging through Perry Iowa instead and visit the ticeman, I have to map it out and see the dirivng differences to see how far it is out of the way one vs the other.

[Lady4Fiddy]

there you go talking out of your  again there only at like 9000

Excuse me but I am a YFZ owner and mine rev's to 11,000 rpm's.

Just thought I would throw that out there.

[Spartan]

there you go talking out of your  again there only at like 9000

Excuse me but I am a YFZ owner and mine rev's to 11,000 rpm's.

Just thought I would throw that out there.

So Devious...

Thanks Nikki

[Krandall]

1815    Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the second time.

1868    Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.

1870    Congress created the Department of Justice.

1911    Britain's King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

1938    Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in New York City's Yankee Stadium.

1941    Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.

1944    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.

1945    The World War II battle for Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the 83-day campaign.

1969    Singer-actress Judy Garland died at age 47.

1970    President Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18.

1981    Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock musician John Lennon.

1986    Diego Maradona scored both goals in Argentina's 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal victory over England in Mexico City - including one that he punched in, unseen by the referee. When asked about the play later, Maradona said, "It was the hand of GERD."

1992    The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights.

1993    Former first lady Pat Nixon died at age 81.

2008    Comedian George Carlin died at age 71.

2009    Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the reality TV series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," announced plans to divorce.


Famous Birthdays in the last 100 Years:
1910 - Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
1911 - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1911 - Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
1912 - Vit Nejedly, composer
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1913 - Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
1914 - Lilo Hardel, writer
1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1918 - Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22]
1920 - Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 - Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1920 - Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
1921 - Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983- )
1921 - Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
1921 - Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance)
1922 - Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1923 - Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1926 - Ruth Zechlin, composer
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1929 - Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
1931 - Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
1932 - Michael Horvit, composer
1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, 1st female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1934 - Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1935 - V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
1936 - Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1938 - Andrew Brown, film Producer
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1941 - Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1941 - Michael Lerner, Brooklyn NY, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1942 - Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
1942 - Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
1943 - Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch)
1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
1944 - Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 - Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
1944 - Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
1945 - Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 - Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 - David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
1947 - Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
1947 - Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1947 - Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)
1947 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1948 - "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1948 - Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 - Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1948 - Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me)
1949 - Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1949 - Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
1949 - Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 - Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
1950 - Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1954 - Amparo Munoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
1954 - Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 - Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 - Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
1954 - Freddie Prinze, NYC, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man)
1955 - LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 - Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1956 - Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
1956 - Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1957 - Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1957 - John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
1957 - Nick Santagata, jockey
1958 - Bruse Campbell, actor (Army of Darkness)
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1960 - Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
1960 - Tracy Pollan, NYC, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox
1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
1961 - Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
1961 - Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1961 - Stephen Batchelor
1962 - Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
1962 - Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
1963 - Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1963 - Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Amy Brenneman, New London Ct, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
1964 - Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 - Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
1964 - Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 - Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 - Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1964 - Dan Brown, American author
1965 - Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1965 - Uwe Boll, German film director
1966 - Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966 - Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 - Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 - Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 - Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1968 - Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
1969 - Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 - Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 - David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 - Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1971 - Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
1971 - Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1973 - Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 - Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 - Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek Calif, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 - Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
1974 - Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player


Famous Deaths in last 100 years:
1910 - Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
1922 - Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1925 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1926 - Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
1928 - George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46
1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1930 - Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
1932 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
1933 - Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
1936 - Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
1938 - C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1940 - M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies
1945 - Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1945 - Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1950 - Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1955 - Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
1955 - Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
1959 - Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
1961 - Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
1961 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
1963 - Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
1964 - Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1965 - Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72
1965 - David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63
1966 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies
1967 - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
1969 - Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47
1973 - Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
1974 - Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
1977 - Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
1979 - Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
1979 - Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1981 - Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
1982 - Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75
1984 - Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75
1987 - Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
1988 - Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali), dies at 84
1988 - Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
1988 - Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
1989 - Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
1989 - Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60), dies at 66
1989 - Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
1991 - Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
1991 - Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56
1992 - Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies
1992 - Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), dies
1992 - M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83
1993 - Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93
1993 - M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
1993 - Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81
1994 - Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80
1995 - Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal, dies at 91
1996 - James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65
1996 - Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia), dies at 74
1996 - Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
1996 - Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
1997 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
1997 - Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
2002 - Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
2002 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2004 - Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
2004 - Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
2004 - Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
2006 - Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
2007 - Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet(b. 1964)
2007 - Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
2008 - George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
2008 - Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
2008 - Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)

[Krandall]

1868    Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.




can ANYONE tell me why this happend AGAIN!?!!!!

[Colorado700R]

1868    Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.




can ANYONE tell me why this happend AGAIN!?!!!!

Civil War

[Krandall]

Ugh.. Aaron.

not looking for the REAL reason......

more so, why would we let inbreds be part of this great nation.

I'd still like to kick them out.


Sorry Arkansas... Your torch has been extinguished, you must leave the island.

[Spartan]

I think you're talking about Alabama there...

[Krandall]

Any state that starts with A can be voted out.

we'll cover all our bases.

[Spartan]

Now wait a...well Florida starts with F....Oh that doesn't help much either

[Colorado700R]

ahem.....any resident of a state that elects a Professional wrestler, and a comedian to office should probably not judge

[Spartan]

I thought Obama came from Kenya or Hawaii, depending on who you ask?

[Krandall]

ahem.....any resident of a state that elects a Professional wrestler, and a comedian to office should probably not judge

Hey. "The Body" was dammed good for our DNR side. He opened up a lot of land to ATVs. Wasn't all bad. 

and I didn't vote in Franken. 

[Colorado700R]

Did he hand out Red Man chew and tell you it'd make you "A Sexual Taranasuaus, just like me"  on his campaign ads


...or did he call his competition a bunch of "Slacked jawed faggots"  

[Krandall]

handed out Copenhagen, while attempting to body slam the moms.