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Quote from: Michael V. on January 24, 2011, 11:14:16 PM
you just saved me a lot of typing.  thank you.

And, Mr. Michael V., you just saved me a lot of typing as well. I knew an older man years ago, who was working in 1940s Tennessee on some top-secret government project involving a refrigeration unit under what was later called "The Manhattan Project." Now, look what it took to produce that level of secrecy. Now, we're led to believe that we have something that makes "The Manhattan Project" look ludicrous in scope? Hardly.

Exactly. No "secret operation" is as easy as the truth-ers make it. And I know that's there's no 9/11 conspiracy that couldn't go off without an evidence and paper trail as longer as the Mississippi River itself.

Thank God for sanity. Mr. Michael V.

Quote from: Evil Twin Of Zen on January 23, 2011, 11:15:19 PM
One I gathered from another forum that I rather liked as well as the thread subject also gathered from several other forums. 

In order to understand non-Euclidean geometry you need to realize that everything is controlled by a secret coven made up of left-handed albino yodeling Lapps with help from the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra.
The conspiracy first started during the invention of silly putty in my broom-closet. They have been responsible for many events throughout history, including the day I cleaned under my refrigerator.
Today, members of the conspiracy are everywhere. They can be identified by public fornication with cabbages.
They want to pelt with smelly turnips southern Baptists and imprison resisters in a vat of irate hormonal termites using rubber-band powered model ibises.
In order to prepare for this, we all must chop celery into 1/2 centimeter (no more, no less) sections. Since the media is controlled by wild-eyed commie pinko ninjas in tartan pyjamas we should get our information from the Pope.

Nice work. You're well on your way to being some "credentialed guest" on what poses as Coast To Coast AM these days.

Just start some website, and then "self-publish" by paying a company to print an illiterate, rambling incoherent book. And don't forget the DVDs! Drop a note to the producers after doing the above, and I feel you'll soon be on the air on international level.

No doubt, you'll get people to follow you. And be featured on the apparent infomercial that's become a program that once stood for something. It once did. And an overnight-radio program once dedicated to finding the answers.

I like the celery bit. But we must always consider the tomatoes. Ha!

Quote from: Do you think it was angels? on January 23, 2011, 11:16:21 PM
Burning plastics might drive the temp above that of steel. The fire causes a multi-floor region to melt.

Once the region melts, the top half falls several floors onto the bottom half. This shock cracks all the supports of the bottom half, and the top & bottom fall at freefall speed.

Right on. The towers pancaked due to the lack of fireproofing. Floor supports gave out at the rivet points at the corners, and caused the collapse.

Those 9/11 Truthers are among the most ignorant people I've known.

America, all, is a country with freedom. Sometimes, unfortunately, it allows for people to make up ridiculous, ludicrous stories, then get publicity and make money from such nonsense.

Remember U.S. History as I do, all. Even Mr. Richard Nixon and his henchmen couldn't even carry out a half-ass, small-time, two-man break in and burglary of a obscure hotel room without leaving a paper and evidence trail the size of Mt. Everest.

Something these supposed truthers forget when it comes to conspiracies: It isn't easy. As they make it appear.

We are not that dumb.

Quote from: Michael V. on January 23, 2011, 07:34:12 PM
this is perhaps one of the most historically ignorant, poorly conceived posts i've read in the history of this forum... and believe me, i've seen some bullshit over the years.  you speak like a poorly educated, poorly traveled, socially inept troll who speaks in slogans and regurgitates what's spoon fed to you.  you have lost ANY shred of credibility you might have had previously (if there ever WAS any).

Exactly, Michael V. And if her avatar is a true representation of what this supposed "Lena" looks like, she's one scary "looking" woman.

I agree. The points are unintelligent and incredulous. And we of true vision and intelligence don't waste our time, accept to post a reply that such may read.

And concluding by her run-on, grammatically incorrect sentences, and laughable misuse of contractions posing as the English language, I suggest "Lena" work on her -- or his -- literacy and knowledge before that start attempting to imply a superior mindset.

Quote from: fabucat on January 22, 2011, 05:35:45 PMIn addition, Noory has been to college, and Beck has only taken one formal college course.

Again, we may have Mr. Glenn Beck's irony. He's claimed on air to actually be "Dr. Beck" (Ph.D).

Some of us earned Bachelor of Arts degrees from accredited four-year, state universities.

I'm willing to 'throw out" my college degree from what I learned in life and my professional, 25-year career. Some of the most incompetent, brain-dead people I've known held some higher academic "degree."

Quote from: fabucat on January 20, 2011, 10:41:46 PMI'm afraid George is far less educated than Ian and probably less intelligent.

Agreed.

If the producers at Coast To Coast AM are kind of mischievous like I am, I feel they need to "prank" Mr. Ian Punnett one Saturday night with bumper music.

Saturday Night by The Bay City Rollers (1976).

I'd prank Mr. Punnett like that. In all insight and humor. And I'd like to hear his on-air reaction to that bumper!

After all, Mr. Punnett is Mr. Saturday Night: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!

Ha!

And I feel Mr. Punnett won't get mad. He'd get even for that bumper!

Ha!

I admit I almost fell off my computer chair -- after getting coffee -- when I heard Mr. George Noory talk about the power of music, when it comes to snake charmers.

So much for science. All snakes lack external ears. All are deaf to airborne sounds, human voices and music. Mr. Noory doesn't understand that. But that doesn't keep him from advancing a theory to ignorant listeners.

Music has nothing to do with cobras. I once handled them and countless other species. They react and perceive only through changes in air density, and the movement of the "charmer" through visual stimulation.

Again, I forgive Mr. Noory. He's a broadcaster, not a scientist.

Quote from: b_dubb on January 20, 2011, 05:46:03 AM
James I think you were a tad harsh in your tone but generally I'm right there with you regarding your position. 

Thanks for your reply. Like I said, I've been on a lot of those flights. I'm not being harsh, but real. Those rotten Al Qaeda hijackers were more than being "harsh,' "blunt" or whatever when it came to taking those craft -- and what they did to people.

Life can be harsh, all. And blunt.

Quote from: toxicmop on January 20, 2011, 07:42:14 AM
Alex Jones is a nutbar

Agreed. 100 percent! But there's innumerate fools that believe his delusions.

Welcome to America.

I will say this, and move on. Mr. Ian Punnett -- note you spelled his name wrong -- is under a lot of pressure. And I feel he handles it well.

This man works his tail off. No wonder he gets tired, all. Do what I do, all, and tune into "myTalk 107.1 - St. Paul. Minnesota" and A Balanced Breakfast With Ian And Margey when you can. The website keeps the show on demand, so you can listen to it or download it at any time in case you miss it live.

All in all, it's a good program. The banter between himself and his wife -- the co-host -- is cool. And they're right: "a little gossip, and a lot of laughs." This morning's show (01/20/11) was particularly funny!

Please remember Mr. Punnett has to do that program every weekday morning. Every morning.

He's a professional broadcaster. He does things none of us do. Before I critique him, I'll say that such a hectic itinerary would wear me down as well.

Coast To Coast AM isn't Ian Punnett's only gig. I acknowledge he has a lot of responsibility when it comes to hosting such an internationally syndicated, high-rated radio program.

And, at times, I admit I look forward to Saturday nights, and the insight he brings to the Coast To Coast AM program.

It's cool, all, to catch A Balanced Breakfast With Ian And Margey when you hear Mr. Punnett. As he describes the "normal news and events" of St. Paul or Minneapolis, and even national events, you expect that at any time we get into discussions about ETs, cryto-zoology, or whatever. But we don't. But I'm always expecting it!

Mr. Punnett is a good guy. He tries. Please cut him some slack. And he does something that I admit I'm in no position to criticize. Unless I'll don that headset -- and have at it out on an international scale.

Quote from: valdez on January 20, 2011, 04:55:58 AM
     Its been a couple of weeks since we've had some no holds bared, good old fashioned lunacy. 

Right on. Nothing like those in need of psychiatric "help."

Tonight's program was a disgrace to true thinkers. And a new low for Coast To Coast AM. Thank God for the overnight sanity of Fox-Sports Radio.

Quote from: GuerrillaUnReal on January 20, 2011, 01:41:30 AM
Just to add to what Ale said...

- I'm expected to believe some 20-something year old camel jockeys were able to hijack a plane, subdue 100+ people with box cutters, navigate the NY Skyline perfectly and hit a pinpoint target not once but twice with less then ten hours in a Cessna? Also hitting the Pentagon was an absolute aeronautic feat of a master pilot.

And, sir, I'm expected to believe that you've never been on numerous flights like that as I once did?

Buddy Boy, that's exactly what happened. As far as "perfect accuracy," I can assure you it wasn't. Both flights almost missed their targets. I cannot waste my time describing what happened, because it makes too much sense.

I've been on many of those flights. Never before had anyone not needed the flight crew. Under airline policy, they were to go along with what was going on. So don't tell me about "overpowering" people with box cutters. People on the first three flights didn't resist because they either didn't know what was going on, or were lied to over the public-address system by the hijackers ("we are going back to airport").

Have you ever rode coach -- as poor people like me did -- on American or United? Back there, you have no idea what's going on up front. Please get that straight.

I hear many fools say our government did it. Baloney. I lived in South Russia years ago. And the common people told me something: These Al-Qaeda F*cks needed to be stopped. Before they harm the USA. Which they did.

I respect your views, however. But, I have lived and I know better. Sure, blame the U.S. Government if you want. But I never will.

Understand that losers like Alex Jones get fame and fortune for pitching their nonsense. And such get ratings, and get followers. And, to those supposed patriots, that's all that matters.

Basically, the U.S. Government can't find its own butt with both hands. Yet, we're to be convinced they carried out an overwhelming complex conspiracy -- and it went off without a hitch? And involved thousands of people? Get real.

What happened that day happened. I get tired. Enough of the conspiracy nuts. Get out in the world as I have, and maybe such will see the light.

I just tuned into Coast To Coast AM. Mr. Art Bell, I believe, would feel as I do, and recommend this guest visit a competent psychiatrist (M.D., Doctorate Of Medicine). And end the interview. And logically go to open lines. Before the network wastes precious airtime.

Note that such as this guest -- I care not about his name -- has the supposed prestige of being some "guest" on the top-rated overnight radio program. And wrote some "book' detailing his vision. And, of course, has some website.

There's America, all. People of true integrity have to live our lives for real, and we don't waste out time with this nonsense.

Thank God for sanity in overnight radio: Fox Sports.

I only hope that, one night, the competent analyst Dr. Phil McGraw (Note: Ph. D., Doctorate Of Philosophy, not a Doctorate Of Medicine) will be allowed on a conference call with such guests, and recommend a course of action for such who seek to profit from ignorant people by "shoveling out" delusions.

If I need humor -- as I write -- I just need to tune into Coast To Coast AM and hear what poses as sanity.

Yes, we all miss Mr. Art Bell.

And the producers of tonight's show "missed the proverbial boat" on bumpers. We need ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) with its Telephone Line:

"Oh oh Telephone Line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight"

As far as "The Cosmic Telephone Line," I feel the the aliens would take pity on this poor earthling -- and recommend AT&T U-Verse. As I would.

Ha!

And there's Mr. George Noory, crediting his "person" for his "work."

Work?

This is better comedy than I can write, all.

As far as the second guest, see above. Coast To Coast AM has become its own parody. I admit I couldn't even think of -- or write -- the absolute nonsense I hear on Premiere Radio Networks.

And, as Mr. Noory says, the "work."

Work?

Ha! I will keep myself from falling off my computer chair -- after getting coffee -- by tuning into Fox-Sports Radio.

Now you know why I'd have nothing to do with Los Angeles. A place I've been to, and got to know well. Thank God for California! People who live for real need a laugh, and LA never fails to provide it!

As tonight proves, the city of Los Angeles, Calif., makes us existing in the true American heartland feel a lot better about ourselves!

But, before I can type another word, I'll note that I have extraterrestrial beings that want to talk to me. They're right outside my door, in my miserable flat in the Southern United States.

Not to mention The Legend Of Boggy Creek humanoid, Bigfoot-esque creature that's lurking in the dense, dark, mammal and reptile-infested woods outside my Arkansas home. And looking into my window as I type. And, of course, hanging out near my creek. Ha! Ha!

So, please excuse me as I arise from my keyboard, to chase this Bigfoot-esque creature off. With my heavy stick. Git! Git, You! Ha!

I can relate better -- and in sanity and mental health -- to dumb animal, hibernating American Alligators than tonight's guest. What a joke! A self parody that's become Coast To Coast AM.

Coast To Coast AM is a real joke. A true ship of fools.

Ha! Ha-Ha-Ha!

About tonight's guest:

Where do they get these guests from? Sure. Harness my positive energy to assist mankind. Sure. Find my true genius. Sure, get my creative material ripped off and stolen at every turn. What a joke! What world are you people in? Surely not mine. Or today's America! Grow up!

I conclude tonight's guest fell out of the sky from the planet Jupiter, and hasn't spent a trying life on the orbital mass called Earth. Forgive him, and give him time to learn.

There are those capable of doing big things in an effort to assist mankind. But, first, we must consider what mankind is.

I get tired of hearing guests talk about our true power as human beings, when human beings like me have to deal with the greed, selfishness, indifference and assorted flaws that come with those who hold power.

No thanks. Nothing like ripping off the one-legged man in the wheelchair, who wants little for himself, so "they' can evolve the mess that's become "the entertainment industry" in the United States Of America.

If it wasn't so tragic, I'd laugh.

And don't forget the media companies and their lawyers! These people are the law in this world, and yet will steal the work of anyone they can -- in the name of America!

Including one-legged people in wheelchairs. There's America today. We want. We want for ourselves. We lie, cheat and steal. In the disguise of American business!

And the earners. Enough said.

And between the fake boobs and the fake assertions, this person will no doubt go on to "earn" fame and fortune from being so fake, considering the ways things can be.

She's on the right track. First, make some rambling, nonsensical videos. Next, illiterately and incoherently "author" some books, and then pay some "self-publishing" house to print them.

Too often, that's all it takes to be considered legitimate. Regardless of intelligence, integrity, subject matter, sanity and you name it. And such will never have to "work" like a stupid, "average slob" ever again.

There's always those of ignorance who'll not only listen, but believe it.

That sounds like one for the Fantastic Stories bit.

Judging by its indisputable saneness, it obvious reflects the boundless, untapped depths of true vision characterizing the human experience -- and no doubt a perfect fit for what too Americans would watch on television these days.

Check out the Coast To Coast AM website, about these fantastic stories.:

<<We are looking for spectacular material that could be part of a new TV pilot. Check out the categories below and please e-mail us your story if something fantastic has happened to you. >>

Note there's no submission agreement. And I got a kick out of the "alien abduction" angle. What kind of mentally-ill, delusional persons' submissions are they seeking?

You'd have to be manufacturing stories, or be mentally ill, to submit anything to anyone blindly -- who doesn't provide a terms and condition statement first and foremost.

Note the word "spectacular." Anyone like me with truly spectacular material would never, ever, send anything blindly to people apparently hiding behind some Yahoo mail account. Who are you?

Note there's no recipient specified, no office listed or anything in which we can confirm who is receiving our material. Get real.

What a joke. And, in the end, I feel, some BS story of someone's contact with aliens, the paranormal or whatever will emerge as some television show. Because that's our society. I have no doubt that baloney will make money, and that appears that's all someone is doing.

They seek fake, brain-dead stories for a fake, brain-dead society of "little television "head Americans."

I have to laugh. So much for the human condition.

No thanks. I'm dumb, all but not stupid. I'll pass on that great, generous offer from Premiere Radio Networks.

Quote from: anagrammy on January 16, 2011, 06:06:04 PM
Am I the only one falling out of bed when Noory said he loved it when Glynnis scolded him?

I caught that too. It was hysterical. We must realize that some men are "hard up," and that's their issue.

I didn't know what was worse the other night. The fake guest or the the host's attempts to credential the fake guest.

Too funny. I may not some prominent, supposed person, but thank God I'm a better human being than what I heard.

Marie D. Jones

The best I've heard so far. I identify with this guest fully. No nonsense. I respect that.

Quote from: b_dubb on January 16, 2011, 01:52:19 AM
that woman's funbags must play hell on her spine.  that's all i'm saying.  and would shatter my hands like a fine crystal place setting under a sledgehammer.  maybe i need to do hand exercises. maybe i need some breast related martial arts training.  i don't know.

you're a braver man than i

Good point. I've known young women so "endowed." And yes, some of them had back problems because of their top-heaviness.

And there were those who reached age 40. Then the supposed fun bags become the proverbial sag bags. And when so many young women get breast enlargements, these women get breast cosmetic-surgery-- I believe I remember them calling it a "reduction and lift."

Good point.

Quote from: anagrammy on January 15, 2011, 11:49:26 PM
WARNING:  SPECULATION ALERT

Just wondering if the plea on the Coast website to send in our fantastic stories for a possible TV program might be ...wait for it...an AB PROJECT coalescing in a galaxy near us?

Please find out who's behind this.  I don't give my fantastic stories to just anyone. 


Anagrammy

Exactly, Anagrammy. Note that the submissions text lists nothing about what happens to your intellectual property before you turn it over to Premiere Radio Networks, Mr. Henry Winkler...or whoever is lurking out there.

I agree. I write and create big things. I will, in no way, turn anything over to some network that implies "Trust Us."

And note that they request YOUR contact info. Not theirs. The classic case of "Don't call us, we'll call you."

If I had a dollar for every one in the entertainment business who told me that, I'd have a lot of money to assist others.

Darn good point, Anagrammy! Darn good. We just don't just turn over our heart-and-soul to anyone BEFORE we know who they are -- and what we're getting into.

And listen to to some of those "guests" the program has. Would you trust them as far as you could throw them? Come on, now.

Some people have never lived. But they seek to take from those who have, to do nothing but pad their egos.

There's a lot of fakes and phonies out there. Often posing as "award-winning" authors, performers or portrayers.

What a bunch of jerks. Jerks.

Enough said. Chalk one up for people of the real world.

"Where Sports-Talk Radio And Alternative Talk-Radio Meet"
Original Release Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

What happens when someone like me -- or namely me -- does without television, and alternates between Sports-Talk Radio and Alternative Talk Radio?

I envision the following conceptual parody. It's done as an comedic homage to both and seeks to answer that question:

Concept:
A radio talk show which combines the elements of both genres. I propose the following topics being discussed by hosts, assorted guests, and -- of course -- the various callers.

Here's what I see for a "typical" week:

[BEGIN SCRIPT]
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Monday:
Do extraterrestrials have any interest in the NCAA men's basketball tournament? If so, what team are they "pulling for?" And why?
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Tuesday:
If Bigfoot is real, as the famous 1967 Patterson film proves to me, what side of the ball would you put him -- or her, as the video shows -- on an NFL football team? And at what position? Defensive line? Offensive Line? What about at fullback? Tight end?

In any event, that estimated seven-foot-three-inch animal (no doubt a true heavyweight) could really move some bodies out of the way. I'd bet that animal would "redefine" what is called "the point of attack." And, as a ball carrier, I'd bet that animal would be hard to stop. At least for me.

And what kind of "deal" could that animal get in the pros? There's the problem of its inability to communicate effectively with its agent -- besides high-pitched screeching or grunting. Or teammates and coaches for that matter. In its current state, it would no doubt be a huge flop at any press conference.

But having this animal screeching at some of the overly critical sports press out there might not be a bad idea. I'm sure there's others who may agree.
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Wednesday:
Are paranormal events affecting the Major-League Baseball playoffs? If so, how? What teams are being influenced, and for better or worse? Are these paranormal events affecting the fans more than the players? Or, possibly, affecting the officials for the worse?
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Thursday:
Will it be possible to play basketball on the moon? Without gravity, wouldn't it revolutionize the game? Won't dunks become more common? Won't it be easier to block shots? How hard would it be to dribble the ball "up there?"

And wouldn't the players' shots "hang up there" forever? And without an atmosphere, would we hear the buzzers and officials' whistles? Won't that produce chaos on the court?
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Friday:
Open lines. Anything goes here. Callers discuss subjects including:

- The possibilities of whether inhabitants of the mythical "Lost Continent of Atlantis" played golf. If so, what were their handicaps?
- What does the "Theory of Relativity' have to do with the World Cup international-football tournament?
- Does the mythical Loch Ness Monster play water sports in its spare time? If so, which ones?
- Is there some government conspiracy to keep down the NFL Cleveland Browns? It sure seems that way.
- Does the National Hockey League's Norris Trophy offer some inexplicable portal to another dimension?
- Do those strange "crop formations" resemble the winner's circle at any Indy-car or NASCAR track? If so, which one? Or ones?
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[END SCRIPT]

"To Reach [Tonight's Host]..."
A comedic script for an alternative-radio program,
(appropriate phone numbers for callers, per location)
Original Release Date: 04/25/2010

Disclaimer: This a total, nonsensical, demented, childish and satirical tribute right off the top of my aging head. Because I needed a good laugh -- so I created one. Please excuse (or ignore. preferably) the obvious, glaring, idiotic, nonstop stream of geographical errors that follow. I'm a creator, not a geographer! Thank you! And, please note, the phone-number narrative is longer than any proceeding segment could possibly be.

Note that the particular host can vary by day, so the script allows for the electronic "find and replace" of the wild-card variable [tonight's host] with the name of the host for that night.

[BEGIN SCRIPT]
"To reach [tonight's host], callers south of the Everglades, but north of the Bermuda Triangle, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2001. Callers west of the Bermuda Triangle, but east by northwest of the Gulf of Mexico, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2002.

Callers west of the Gulf of Mexico, but south of the Mississippi, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2003. Callers north of the Mississippi, but due south of the Continental Divide, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2004. Callers east of the Continental Divide, but southwest by northeast by due north of the Appalachians, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2005.

Callers north of the Appalachians, but south of the Adirondacks, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2006. Callers west of the Adirondacks, but east of Lake Erie, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2007. Callers west of Lake Erie, but east of Lake Huron, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2008.

Callers west of Lake Huron, but due south of Lake Michigan, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2009. Callers north of Lake Michigan, but west of Lake Superior, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2010. Callers north of Lake Superior, but south by northeast of the St. Lawrence, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2011.

Callers west of the St. Lawrence, but east of the Grand Canyon, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2012. Callers north of the Grand Canyon, but south of Yosemite, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2013. Callers north of Yosemite, but west by northeast of Mt. Rushmore, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2014. Callers south of Mt. Everest, but north of Mt. Rushmore, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-1-899-555-2015. Callers south of Mt. Rushmore, but north of Death Valley, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2016.

Callers south of Death Valley, but north of the Rio Grande, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2017. Callers south of the Rio Grande, but west of the Gulf Coast, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2018. Callers east of the Gulf Coast, but south of the Atlantic, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2019.

Callers adrift in the Pacific, but floating west of the Atlantic, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2020. Callers adrift in the Atlantic, but floating east of the Pacific, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2021. Callers adrift somewhere, who don't know where they floating to, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2022.

International callers north of the Congo, but south of Kilimanjaro, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2023. Callers west of the Gold Coast, but east of the Ivory Coast, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2024. Callers north of the Nile, but due south by southeast by north of the Sahara, can reach [tonight's host] by calling1-899-555-2025. Callers north of the Sahara, bordering on the Pyramids due east by northeast, but south of the Mediterranean, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2026. Callers north of the Mediterranean, but due west of the Crimean, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2027.

Callers due east of the Crimean, but west by northeast by south of the Pacific Rim, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2028. Callers north of the Pacific Rim, but south of the Himalayas, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2029. Callers east of the Himalayas, but south by northeast by due west of the Gulf of Tonkin, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2030.

Callers west of the Gulf of Tonkin, but north of the 38th Parallel, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2031. Callers south of the 38th Parallel, but west by northwest of the Sea of Japan, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2032. Callers east of the Sea Of Japan, but north by northwest due south by southeast of the Great Wall Of China, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2033.

Callers west of the Great Wall Of China, but west of the Great Barrier Reef, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2034. Callers east of the Great Barrier Reef, but due west by north by southeast of the Great Western Desert, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2035. Callers east of the Great Western Desert, but west of the Eastern Outback, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2036. Callers south by northwest due south of the Eastern Outback, but north by southeast by northwest of Antarctica, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2037.

Callers south of Antarctica, but due west of the Amazon, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2038. Callers north of the Amazon, but west by southeast of the Andes, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2039. Callers north of the Andes, but northwest by east by southwest of Krakatoa, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2040. Callers east of Krakatoa, but due west by northeast by southwest of Java, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2041.

Callers north by northwest, and directly east by southeast and northeast by west of the equator, but west by northwest and south by southeast and due southwest by northeast of the equator, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2042. Callers south by southwest, and directly west by east and northwest by southeast of the equator, but east by southwest and north by northeast and due south by southwest of the equator, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2043.

Callers having absolutely no Earthly idea where they are on this planet, or can't figure it out, can reach [tonight's host] by calling 1-899-555-2044

[END SCRIPT]

Author's note: At this point. it's time to break out a map and a compass, so we can figure out where we are.

Quote from: GuerrillaUnReal on January 15, 2011, 04:52:43 PM
I commend you on your idea man and wonder why with such an obvious topic C2C has never gotten around to this.

I don't know for sure, but I'll offer my ideas.

Please refer to that thread where Michael V. vents his frustration about the way things are. And I agree. Too many times, us supposedly small people have big concepts, and we find ourselves against the way things are.

Insecurity. Greed. Indifference. I agree with Michael V. 100 percent. We can create and perceive nonstop, but that doesn't mean you'll ever get credit or compensation for your heart and soul.

Just tune into the junk and immaturity that's The Dan Patrick Show on Fox-Sports Radio. Such think we need material things, expensive automobiles, fitness models, celebrities or whatever to gauge our success in the human experience.

I'd be so embarrassed and ashamed, all, to have some restored 1967 big-block Chevy Corvette parked outside my one-room, miserable flat. Embarrassed to think that people are losing all they have because of the flaws of America, and I'd be small enough as a human being to think some manufactured item that lacks a soul is a measure of prestige. Or importance.

I would say one thing: Get that piece of four-wheel mechanical crap away from my doorstep! Now! I care not about how much someone paid for that "thing" at some Las Vegas auto auction! Get that piece of four-wheel mechanical crap away from my doorstep!

Before someone assumes that damn automobile belongs to me!

There's some people, all, who claim to want to improve this world, who are the first ones to condemn people like me.

I always admired Mr. Rod Sterling. He learned about life, terrible things and the human condition -- firsthand, and at a cost -- and saw further. But such as him aren't around anymore for me to work with. He knew firsthand the worst things fellow human beings do to one another -- and saw a better way. So much for that.

And like me, he had his vices. Sometimes the most gifted are most tortured. And that led to his man's early death. But what Mr. Sterling stood for will inspire others like me forever. Beyond the physical. mortal sense. And that's our measure of immortality.

I want nothing for myself. I get tired of hearing children posing as adults who think fame is something we want. I want nothing more than a better world, one free of greed, harm, indifference, selfishness, falsities, and abuse.

And, all I never fail to pay for that.

Sure, submit your writings and your concepts -- created from a lifetime of trying life experiences -- to "us." So, "we," the entertainment industry can take them, without credit or compensation to you, and make money to buy materialistic crap from your essence as a human being. And we're powerful, "important" media moguls with the high-priced lawyers to steal from impoverished, one-legged people in wheelchairs.

God Bless America?

Enough said. I'm tired.

I heard the bit tonight about submissions: "Send Us Your Fantastic Stories."

If you do, all, make sure they provide a submission agreement -- with clear terms -- BEFORE you submit anything. I checked the site just now, and there's no agreement listed.

Be careful of those that you submit things to, because some will take what you send without any credit or compensation to you.

Make sure, all, that they outline the terms before you turn your heart and soul over to anyone who seeks submissions.

The world isn't fair, all. Even though people like me are.

In researching the Coast To Coast AM archives, I find the program hasn't done -- correct me if I'm wrong -- a program about some phantom sailing ship that people have claimed to see, called "The Flying Dutchman."

OK. We need a mix of guests and experts here. Ones that could attribute such a phenomenon to optical illusions -- "double refraction of light," as what can happen in Arctic regions because of the ice -- to those who feel the phantom ship is of supernatural origin.

Then, I encourage listeners who spent time on the proverbial "high seas." To relate their experiences. On spotting some phantom vessel.

Have they -- or other experienced Mariners -- seen or experienced such phantom phenomenon sloops while on the ocean?

I just want to know about such a "ghost ship" phenomenon, and how that could be explained in the realm of science.

My thoughts on themed bumpers for such a subject:
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The Most Prominent and apropos:
Ride Captain Ride (The Blues Image)

After that, something like:
Sloop John B (The Beach Boys)
Shakedown Cruise (Jay Ferguson)
Sailing (Christopher Cross)
Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Come Sail Away (STYX)
Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin)
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
Sailor's Lament (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Sail Away (Enya)
Sailing Nights (Bob Seger)
Sail On (Commodores)
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
Sea Of Love (The Honeydrippers)

...and so on...

I invite a discussion on such phenomenon in this thread. Coast To Coast AM listeners, how do we explain "The Flying Dutchman"?

The best line I've heard the great Mr. Art Bell ever say on-air:

"West of the Rockies, you're on the air...[dead air] Hello?[more dead air] ...Going once...Going twice...Gone! International line, you're on the air..."

Quote from: fabucat on January 14, 2011, 10:06:51 PM
I dunno.  Maybe in some cases.  In other cases it's cultural.  A lot of East Coast men who happen to be Jewish use a lot of hand gestures.  I've also noticed this in male Arab immigrants.  My Midwestern dad says that such hand gestures in men is effeminate.  Anyway, it might tick off a whole group of men if you said that they were deceptive sissies.  Women period tend to use a lot of hand gestures.

One of my fave professors ever used lots of hand gestures and was one of the most honest men who ever lived.  Just my .02.

Thanks for your input. I'm basing my view on what I know. I admit, growing up in the New York-New Jersey area, I didn't know people from the Jewish areas.

Yes, you bring up a good point. And I admit I've based my views on what I know. I can be wrong when it comes to reading people. Thanks for offering your two cents.

Quote from: b_dubb on January 13, 2011, 10:40:06 PM... and then suddenly starts talking in this weird voice and making odd gestures with her hands.  total circus bullshit.  i was amazed at how seemingly intelligent adults went right along with this act.

Right on. Take it from someone with decades of professional experience in public relations and public speaking.

I'll tell you something: Don't trust anyone who does a bunch of hand gestures when they speak. Why are they doing that? To distract the listeners, viewers or the audience from what they're actually saying.

It's a subliminal technique. Used to fool people unaware of what's going on. In that visuals distract from the message. Diverting you from dissecting the language. In any situation, if what someone is saying has any amount of credibility, they will place their hands on the table, or stand gripping the podium at worse.

When you meet with such fakes, always stop them to question why they move their hands like that. Ask them. I know the answer, and I bet they wouldn't admit to the real reason behind it.