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Started by MV/Liberace!, June 20, 2014, 04:56:20 PM


jazmunda

Quote from: The General on August 06, 2014, 02:16:43 PM
Holy shit, it looks like my mom's computer.

I think we might be related.

Do you have a thing on your thing? No? Neither do I.

jazmunda

Quote from: MV on August 06, 2014, 02:11:04 PM
Fred Lorz won the 1904 Olympic marathon because he drove 11 miles of it.

There is a funny story about the guy that got the gold after Lorz was disqualified and it involves drugs and booze.

http://jalopnik.com/5928842/the-first-winner-of-the-1904-olympic-marathon-used-a-car-the-second-winner-used-drugs-and-booze

Quote from: jazmunda on August 06, 2014, 10:04:53 PM
There is a funny story about the guy that got the gold after Lorz was disqualified and it involves drugs and booze.

http://jalopnik.com/5928842/the-first-winner-of-the-1904-olympic-marathon-used-a-car-the-second-winner-used-drugs-and-booze

Ah, the good old days and those wholesome traditional values we hear so much about from moralizing preachers and politicians. 

Funny article, too!

Old black and white film was over-sensitive to green colors.  Actors whose characters had unnaturally pale complexions would often use makeup with a green base tint to make their faces stand out as pale.  This is where the modern trope of cartoon vampires having greenish skin comes from.

jazmunda

Quote from: Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost on August 06, 2014, 10:18:57 PM
Ah, the good old days and those wholesome traditional values we hear so much about from moralizing preachers and politicians. 

Funny article, too!

The Wikipedia page for the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games includes some more hilarious anecdotes from the marathon run.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics

"The marathon was the most bizarre event of the Games. It was run in brutally hot weather, over dusty roads, with horses and automobiles clearing the way and creating dust clouds. The first to arrive at the finish line was Frederick Lorz, who actually rode the rest of the way in a car to retrieve his clothes, after dropping out after nine miles. The car broke down at the 19th mile, so he re-entered the race and jogged back to the finish line. When the officials thought he had won the race, Lorz played along with his practical joke until he was found out shortly after the medal ceremony and was banned for a year by the AAU for this stunt, later winning the 1905 Boston Marathon.

Thomas Hicks (a Briton running for the United States) was the first to cross the finish-line legally, after having received several doses of strychnine sulfate (a common rat poison, which stimulates the nervous system in small doses) mixed with brandy from his trainers. He was supported by his trainers when he crossed the finish, but is still considered the winner. Hicks had to be carried off the track, and possibly would have died in the stadium, had he not been treated by several doctors. A Cuban postman named Felix Carbajal joined the marathon, arriving at the last minute. He had to run in street clothes that he cut around the legs to make them look like shorts. He stopped off in an orchard en route to have a snack on some apples, which turned out to be rotten. The rotten apples caused him to have to lie down and take a nap. Despite falling ill from the apples he finished in fourth place.

The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics: two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). They were not in St. Louis to compete in the Olympics, however; they were actually part of the sideshow. They had been brought over by the exposition as part of the Boer War exhibit (both were really students from Orange Free State in South Africa, but this fact was not made known to the public). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs."

Quote from: jazmunda on August 06, 2014, 10:54:42 PM
The Wikipedia page for the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games includes some more hilarious anecdotes from the marathon run.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics

"The marathon was the most bizarre event of the Games. It was run in brutally hot weather, over dusty roads, with horses and automobiles clearing the way and creating dust clouds. The first to arrive at the finish line was Frederick Lorz, who actually rode the rest of the way in a car to retrieve his clothes, after dropping out after nine miles. The car broke down at the 19th mile, so he re-entered the race and jogged back to the finish line. When the officials thought he had won the race, Lorz played along with his practical joke until he was found out shortly after the medal ceremony and was banned for a year by the AAU for this stunt, later winning the 1905 Boston Marathon.

Thomas Hicks (a Briton running for the United States) was the first to cross the finish-line legally, after having received several doses of strychnine sulfate (a common rat poison, which stimulates the nervous system in small doses) mixed with brandy from his trainers. He was supported by his trainers when he crossed the finish, but is still considered the winner. Hicks had to be carried off the track, and possibly would have died in the stadium, had he not been treated by several doctors. A Cuban postman named Felix Carbajal joined the marathon, arriving at the last minute. He had to run in street clothes that he cut around the legs to make them look like shorts. He stopped off in an orchard en route to have a snack on some apples, which turned out to be rotten. The rotten apples caused him to have to lie down and take a nap. Despite falling ill from the apples he finished in fourth place.

The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics: two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). They were not in St. Louis to compete in the Olympics, however; they were actually part of the sideshow. They had been brought over by the exposition as part of the Boer War exhibit (both were really students from Orange Free State in South Africa, but this fact was not made known to the public). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs."


That is one messed up race.  They were even using performance enhancing drugs back then?  Now that's a run deserving of Benny Hill music.

Does the IOC test for strychnine?

zeebo

Quote from: wr250 on August 05, 2014, 07:25:22 PM
then there is toolbar hell


Forget that, how do I get that Coconut-juggling Ape thing?  That looks essential to my future computing efficiency.

jazmunda

Quote from: zeebo on August 07, 2014, 12:40:40 AM
Forget that, how do I get that Coconut-juggling Ape thing?  That looks essential to my future computing efficiency.

The Ape was called Bonzi Buddy and was an early form of Spyware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy

zeebo

Quote from: jazmunda on August 07, 2014, 12:56:42 AM
The Ape was called Bonzi Buddy and was an early form of Spyware...

How could anyone called "Bonzi Buddy" be a spy? - There must be a mistake somewhere.

Quote from: zeebo on August 04, 2014, 11:32:23 PM
Most folks think Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, but actually it's second, behind the central peak of Rheasilvia, an impact crater on the proto-planet Vesta, which stands slightly higher.

It's also where they mine Beef Curry


The General

Quote from: zeebo on August 07, 2014, 02:04:57 AM
How could anyone called "Bonzi Buddy" be a spy? - There must be a mistake somewhere.
No, sorry, it was confirmed by Ed Snowden.

According to Jim Capaldi, the phrase, "The low spark of high-heeled boys," was coined by iconic character actor Michael J. Pollard.

The role of Captain Jack Sparrow was initially offered to Jim Carrey, but he turned it down for what he thought was a better role in Bruce Almighty.

zeebo

Tom Selleck was cast in the role of Indiana Jones, but CBS wouldn't release him from his Magnum, P.I. contract to shoot Raiders of the Lost Ark.  The role went to Harrison Ford who was Spielberg's first pick but who Lucas had resisted at first. 

Thank you CBS for being jerks and accidentally stopping Lucas from being a fool.  The day Ford put on that Fedora hat an iconic character was born.

Quote from: DigitalPigSnuggler on August 08, 2014, 02:37:11 PM
The role of Captain Jack Sparrow was initially offered to Jim Carrey, but he turned it down for what he thought was a better role in Bruce Almighty.

Nothing against him, but that was probably a good thing for the franchise.  I can well imagine him as Captain Jack, and can't see it working.  If he'd taken the role, there's a good chance there would have been no sequels.

jazmunda

Quote from: zeebo on August 08, 2014, 05:24:57 PM
Tom Selleck was cast in the role of Indiana Jones, but CBS wouldn't release him from his Magnum, P.I. contract to shoot Raiders of the Lost Ark.  The role went to Harrison Ford who was Spielberg's first pick but who Lucas had resisted at first. 

Thank you CBS for being jerks and accidentally stopping Lucas from being a fool.  The day Ford put on that Fedora hat an iconic character was born.

Oh really?

http://youtu.be/vUXCXCKbXb8

jazmunda

Hardee's hamburgers were famous for their hexagonal shaped burger patties yet amazingly there is no photographic evidence of them.

MV/Liberace!

The University of Texas at San Antonio plagiarized its 2008 honor code on plagiarism.

Yorkshire pud

Elvis Presley turned down the role opposite Barbra Streisand in a 'A Star is Born' because she intimidated him. It went to Kris Kristofferson instead.

b_dubb

Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar

Quote from: b_dubb on August 12, 2014, 02:09:52 PM
Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar

Which is why you'd think he'd have been smart enough to turn down that horrendous "A Star is Born" remake.  The only explanation that makes sense is that he was in an extended drunken walking blackout and he had no idea what he was doing.

WildCard

Quote from: Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost on August 08, 2014, 06:03:39 PM
Nothing against him, but that was probably a good thing for the franchise.  I can well imagine him as Captain Jack, and can't see it working.  If he'd taken the role, there's a good chance there would have been no sequels.
Speaking of crazy comedians, I would of bet on Carrey before Williams.

Warning: Do NOT click this unless you are already insane.
http://www.jimcarrey.com/index_jc.html


jazmunda

Quote from: Georgie For President 2216 on August 12, 2014, 04:01:40 PM
Is that what acid is like?

Close. If Jim Carey and Tim Burton produced a child it would be that website.

zeebo

The total biomass of all the ants on earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all humans.

Quote from: zeebo on August 12, 2014, 09:28:40 PM
The total biomass of all the ants on earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all humans.

I pity the poor person who had to weigh all those ants.

Quote from: zeebo on August 12, 2014, 09:28:40 PM
The total biomass of all the ants on earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all humans.

Ant made global warming


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