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In Holst's The Planets, ffff occurs twice in Mars and once in Uranus often punctuated by organ

example (crüt), Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link

braggin gustav

mookieproof, Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:33 (nine years ago) link

ffff

stately, plump buck angel (silby), Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link

It is postulated that the symbol with two strokes was an adapted design of the patriot Oliver Pollock in 1778. Oliver Pollock was such a zealous patriot – known as the "Financier of the Revolution in the West" – that conjecture does not overstep its bounds in purporting this theory as viable.

mick signals, Saturday, 14 March 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link

Hahahaha

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 March 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link

much.

Mark G, Sunday, 15 March 2015 08:29 (nine years ago) link

2009 veröffentlichte Knausgård die ersten drei seines sechs Bände umfassenden, autobiographisch angelegten Romanprojekts Min Kamp (übersetzt: Mein Kampf)

the geographibebebe (unregistered), Monday, 16 March 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link

After an 11-year relationship, Vittorio Emanuele married Swiss biscuit heiress and world-ranked water skier Marina Ricolfi-Doria in Tehran on 7 October 1971,[2] at the occasion of the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy.

mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link

After she changes, she tosses her bra atop a prickly pear cactus and walks towards the ocean. Later she is seen lying atop a well-made bed

atop description

there can be only (onimo), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link

Dave Rivers, of the band Six to Midnight, regularly performs "The Jenkem Song", with lyrics written by The Cutt. One line is, "If you're feeling loopy, then you huffed some poopy."

mookieproof, Thursday, 19 March 2015 06:42 (nine years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutanese_passport The audio reading of the article sounds like William S. Burroughs on helium.

nauru, Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link

He last appeared onscreen in the 2002 Chinese movie Second Time Around alongside Ekin Cheng and Cecilia Cheung. 2005-2014 mutgash poison punk rock band. Currently studying to be a music teacher in Australia.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 22 March 2015 16:07 (nine years ago) link

The first verses usually establish that the singer was initially a house slave. He is then charged with protecting the master out of doors—and his horse as well—from the "blue-tailed fly". This is possibly the blue-bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria or Protophormia terraenovae), but probably the mourning horsefly (Tabanus atratus), a bloodsucking pest with a blue-black abdomen

mick signals, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 00:06 (nine years ago) link

awesome

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link

The croquet tournament was notable as it marked the first appearance of women at Olympic level. Madame Despres, Madame Filleaul Brohy and Mademoiselle Ohnier were eliminated in the first round of competition along with Marcel Haentjens of Belgium, the only entrant from outside France. A single paying spectator attended the tournament, an elderly English gentleman who travelled from Nice for the early stages. An unofficial two-ball handicap competition was also held.

kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshing#Physical_properties_of_emergent_behavior

― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://mattbierbaum.github.io/moshpits.js/

kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:46 (nine years ago) link

In 2009, the city government of Seoul painted 4,929 parking spaces pink so that women do not have to walk as far to their destination and make the city more conducive to wearing high heels.[13]

kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Friday, 27 March 2015 09:52 (nine years ago) link

I dunno, a car park with 4,929 spaces in it's gonna be a long walk whatever!

Mark G, Friday, 27 March 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link

In September 2006, he formed a new British political party known as the Blah! Party.[9]

"But we believe that voting is an important part of the democratic process, and we want the Blah! Party to be the party of protest; a channel through which the people of the U.K. can vent their dissatisfaction at nonsensical everyday things, and protest against the government and the current crop of political parties."[10]

The party entered into a sponsorship deal with Seabrook Crisps in September 2006.[11]

ledge, Saturday, 28 March 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link

See also
List of films featuring drones

there can be only (onimo), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link

He has gained popularity during the last few years because he used powerful synths.[citation needed]

franklin, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link

[Prairie Prince] collaborated with Ross Valory, bassist for and also a founding member of Journey, on a line of patented eco friendly, USA made hoodie shirts called MouthMan- where graphic designs of jaws and teeth on the sleeves form a mouth when the wearer "hugs themeslves"

I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Thursday, 2 April 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link

Maxwell insists that he could not control the car. An alien spacecraft appears and the aliens tell Ralph and Bill (by way of the car radio) that they are to work together to save the world from its own destruction[clarification needed][citation needed] and Ralph will be given the power to change it.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 4 April 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link

Despite enjoying the experience initially, he left after a year; his arrogant ways made him unpopular with the other boys but they did enjoy beating him up.

rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Saturday, 4 April 2015 11:18 (nine years ago) link

Since 1939, guns have been divided into eight categories[citation needed]:

Category 1 : "Military" firearms.
........
Category 6 : Knives[clarification needed]

nakhchivan, Saturday, 11 April 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link

http://marveluni.angelfire.com/knifegun.JPG

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 April 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Khasneh_and_the_camel.JPG

nakhchivan, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link

The opening, middle, and end of the film are different from what Dante envisioned.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 16 April 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link

Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 American war comedy film directed by Simon Wincer that explores war, politics, and animal welfare.

creaks, whines and trife (s.clover), Saturday, 18 April 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link

Whitlock was Moroder's mechanic, fixing his Ferraris, before turning into a lyricist.

brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 07:48 (nine years ago) link

i guess that's more just "cool details" w/e

brimstead, Sunday, 19 April 2015 07:48 (nine years ago) link

that's an old chimp.

pplains, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link

Hidden political message[edit]
According to Dave Mackey's Batfink site, there's a two-part political message hidden in two episodes, disguised as sped-up gibberish. He translates the message as follows:

Part 1 (in "Spin the Batfink"): "The most dangerous force in America today is Walter Reuther and his political machine. It’s time we realized that they intend to run this country. When the smut publishers put a..."[4]
Part 2 (in "Bride and Doom"): "...dirty cover on a clean book, let’s take it at face value and call it trash and dump it in the river."[5]

soref, Monday, 27 April 2015 09:31 (eight years ago) link

According to Andie MacDowell, the director was stoned throughout filming.[4]

johnny crunch, Monday, 27 April 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link

In 1979 he got devoriced from the then wife Jane Tucker, who later married their life long Friend Freddy Marks, during this period Rod penned the songs, "Janes got a new Sausage", "I'm a wolf, Freddy's a Tiger, Janes a Cow and always will be" and "It's good to share second hand goods".

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:23 (eight years ago) link

Rod currently lives London and is semi retired, although still writes material mainly for his own amusement. Rod is also a naturist, after being introduced to the lifestyle by friend and colleague Freddy Marks in the late 1980s. The pair regularly holiday with their families at popular nudist spots across Europe. Burton himself has appeared in a charity calendar, completely naked, except for a tambourine covering his modesty.[citation needed]

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link

In England

After Martin V was elected as the new pope in November 1417, Poggio, although not holding any office, accompanied his court to Mantua in late 1418, but, once there, decided to accept the invitation of Henry, Cardinal Beaufort, bishop of Winchester, to go to England. His five years spent in England, until returning to Rome in 1423, were the least productive and satisfactory of his life.[4]

goole, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link

During the band's performance of "Rocket Queen", the 15th song in the set (counting drum & guitar solos),

diamonddave85​ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link

Kahoano later stated that he "did not respect the other members on a musical or personal level" and described the experience as "Wack".

1staethyr, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link

Do we have a thread for "unusual diction in wikipedia articles"?

Self Portrait was Dylan's second double album, and features a lot of cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Ajayi#Style_of_play

nakhchivan, Monday, 4 May 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link

Hamlet is the most skilled of all at rhetoric.

okay the wikipedia article on Hamlet is a goldmine*

The Ghost demands that Hamlet avenge him. "Well said, old mole!" replies the prince, and he tells Horatio and the rest of his crew that he is going to "put on an antic disposition" from this point on and that if they run into him around the castle they should not say such things as "Well, we know," or "We could, an if we would," Or "If we list to speak," or "There be, an if they might,"[7] that would give him away. He is, however, uncertain of the Ghost's reliability.

*that potentially opens onto a secondary branch of comedy platinum via the talkpage which I have not yet dared click on

^lol

drash, Friday, 8 May 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link

From "Tantrums"

Notable people

Tennis player Ilie Năstase is best remembered for being one of the best players never to win the singles title at Wimbledon, for his tantrums, and his good looks.[21]

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 10 May 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link


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