Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

This city assessor is visiting our building and just gave me his card. He has J0hn's name!

Don't you know that English is the only language that counts, Katie?

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.

"Archchronicler" sounds like a really lame comic book villan.

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

Also, Office has a video: http://chicagoist.com/2007/09/20/omg_an_office_m.php

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.

Yup yup.

I seem to remember that "bookkeeper" is the only word with three straight sets of double letters. Is that right?

I remember learning this from an Encyclopedia Brown book

BEEKKEEPER would be a cool word.

TREEHHOOUSE

FREEWWAAY

mmmmmmmmmm fallaaffel
i just ate some

now i feel sick.

I had a terrifying dream last night that featured the word "pherabim", haunted forests, possessed children and ancient African curses. It was really disturbing.

It just so happens I'm researching horror movies to rent tonight.

Like?

My dream made me want to watch Val Lewton movies.

BEEKKEEPER SEEKKS Ruth

See the Best of Horror thread, J. I just posted a big list!

BEEEEERR IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like movies about witches.
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aka BLACK SABBATH. I hope this is on your list. (Unless you've already seen it.)

omg Race with the Devil is RIDIC! I loved it! Best part takes place in a "mobile home park." Lots of gratuitious motorbiking too.

BEEEEERR IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you drinking with us?

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.

Probably along the same reasons as you see "hummus" "hommos" "hommous" etc.

Amanda, I can't find that on IMDB!

It would not be a bad idea to have a Barbara Steele film fest.
http://www.oldies.com/i/boxart/large/41/089218415097.jpg

It's sometimes called Mask of Satan or Black Sunday or any number of things -- look up Mario Bava and you'll find it.

Oh, this is probably it.

I would like to see THE SHE BEAST.

I also like Season of the Witch, which is out on DVD now.

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.

"Who, me?"
http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com/archives/filmstills/barbara%20steele.jpg

I just noticed that Shivers, which is on my list, is a Barbara Steele film too.

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.

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.

http://scifipedia.scifi.com/images/b/b5/Barbarasteele.jpg

xxxxpost hawt

So is Linda Cardellini!

So, Dan, are you coming to our Barbara Steele moviethon?

Sure, why not!

You better
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oops

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Do you own any of her movies, A?

Nope. But I've seen some.

I even saw one recently -- it also had Vincent Price in it. Don't remember what it was called...

HA for a second I read "Do you own any of her motives", and thought about standardized Motive Profiles, which you could download.

Hey is anyone else going to see the National on Saturday? Anyone besides the two people I am going with that also read this thread, that is.

Where? Who else is playing?
I'm trying to get some peeps to go see BdRole tomorrow night.

Those two shows would make for a fabulous weekend.