From the AV Club interview with Uwe Boll: "...Dave foley really went for it. He event went for a full-frontal nudity scene, which was surprising for me also. I was sitting behind my video desk and couldn't believe it! He did it without telling me. He was supposed to get up from his bed and close his bathrobe, but he didn't close it. We were all sitting there laughing our ass off. He played it super-cool. It's those kinds of offensive scenes that make Postal special, because it's harsher than what we're used to from even the Farrelly brothers' comedies. It's like one step more than even Borat. Postal is like Borat without the black bars."
― Jordan, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Dilbert is unusually emo today:
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2007203690920.gif
― n/a, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Remember when I was talking about how the word "breaststroke" had give straight consonants? Well, so does "postscript." I wonder if there are any others.
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link
I seem to remember that "bookkeeper" is the only word with three straight sets of double letters. Is that right?
― n/a, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Wow, the rest of that Uwe Boll interview is gold.
― Jordan, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I think so, Nick.
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Strč prst skrz krk zmrzlina čtvrthrst
sorry, i am being a smartass.
― sisut, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
This city assessor is visiting our building and just gave me his card. He has J0hn's name!
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Don't you know that English is the only language that counts, Katie?
― dan m, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
The Internet has ruined everything:
Consonant Strings
Some common words with an uninterrupted string of five consonants are BACKSPLASH, BACKSTRETCH, BACKSTROKE, BIRTHPLACE, BREASTSTROKE, DOWNSTREAM, DOWNTHRUST, DUMBSTRUCK, EIGHTHS, ERSTWHILE, HEARTTHROB, LENGTHS, LIGHTPROOF, MATCHSTICK, NIGHTCLOTHES, NIGHTCLUB, NIGHTDRESS, POSTSCRIPT, STRENGTHS, THOUSANDTHS, THUMBSCREW, TWELFTHS, WARMTHS, and WITCHCRAFT. ANGSTS is the shortest word with five consonants in a row.
These words have six consecutive consonants: ARCHCHRONICLER, CATCHPHRASE, ESCHSCHOLTZIA, HANTZSCHIA, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LATCHSTRING, POSTPHTHISIC, and WELTSCHMERZ. A popular staple food in Ukraine is a beetroot soup called borsch, which occurs in English dictionaries with a variety of spellings including borshch and borscht, giving rise to plurals containing a string of six consonants: BORSHCHS and BORSCHTS.
HIRSCHSPRUNG'S (DISEASE) has seven consecutive consonants, as does SCHTSCHUROWSKIA. The shortest such word is TSKTSKS. All of these words can be found in major English dictionaries.
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
"Archchronicler" sounds like a really lame comic book villan.
― dan m, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry, I know I already posted too much stuff from damninteresting, but this is Chicago/WGN-related. Make sure to watch the linked YouTube clips: http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=776#more-776
― n/a, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, Office has a video: http://chicagoist.com/2007/09/20/omg_an_office_m.php
― n/a, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I vaaaaaaguely remember that Max Headroom guy. Or maybe I just remember hearing about it. But I didn't know the whole story. That is damn interesting.
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
Yup yup.
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I remember learning this from an Encyclopedia Brown book
― mattttt, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
BEEKKEEPER would be a cool word.
― Eazy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link
TREEHHOOUSE
FREEWWAAY
― Eazy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link
mmmmmmmmmm fallaaffel i just ate some
now i feel sick.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
I had a terrifying dream last night that featured the word "pherabim", haunted forests, possessed children and ancient African curses. It was really disturbing.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
It just so happens I'm researching horror movies to rent tonight.
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Like?
― Jordan, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
My dream made me want to watch Val Lewton movies.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link
BEEKKEEPER SEEKKS Ruth
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
See the Best of Horror thread, J. I just posted a big list!
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link
BEEEEERR IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Jesse, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link
I like movies about witches. http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0696June/Automedia/Pix/clipblacksun.gif aka BLACK SABBATH. I hope this is on your list. (Unless you've already seen it.)
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
omg Race with the Devil is RIDIC! I loved it! Best part takes place in a "mobile home park." Lots of gratuitious motorbiking too.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Are you drinking with us?
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I prob. can't get there until 6:30, as usual.
Also, argh, I am trying to transliterate Persian. I don't know why I bother, except I want to know why the spelling "Hossein" (instead of "Hussein") is more common in Iran than elsewhere.
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Probably along the same reasons as you see "hummus" "hommos" "hommous" etc.
― dan m, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Amanda, I can't find that on IMDB!
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
It would not be a bad idea to have a Barbara Steele film fest. http://www.oldies.com/i/boxart/large/41/089218415097.jpg
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
It's sometimes called Mask of Satan or Black Sunday or any number of things -- look up Mario Bava and you'll find it.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, this is probably it.
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I would like to see THE SHE BEAST.
I also like Season of the Witch, which is out on DVD now.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, ok. Found it FOR REALS this time.
Hey, I would totally be agreeable to hosting such a film fest unless someone else is up for it.
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
"Who, me?" http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com/archives/filmstills/barbara%20steele.jpg
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link
I just noticed that Shivers, which is on my list, is a Barbara Steele film too.
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link
She has a really nice nose. Interesting: James Poe wrote an excellent role for Barbara in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969). The role ended up going to Susannah York, and Barbara wouldn't act in movies again for 5 years.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Btw, why didn't anyone tell me that Busy Philips is on ER? I wasn't prepared to flip channels one day and see her taking a bubble bath.
― Jordan, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
http://scifipedia.scifi.com/images/b/b5/Barbarasteele.jpg
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
xxxxpost hawt
― dan m, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
So is Linda Cardellini!
So, Dan, are you coming to our Barbara Steele moviethon?
― KitCat, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Sure, why not!
― dan m, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link
You better http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1395/21494_0001.jpg
― La Lechera, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link
oops