The "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" credits make so much more sense now.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Friday, 22 May 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
man we have meese here and they are huge, and quicker'n you think, and cranky, and i stay the hell away.
last year a riding pal of mine was riding across grand mesa, which can be pretty remote, and he came across a pair of hunters observing a bull and a cow with her two existing calves. after verifying they had a cow tag, he watched and recorded one guy sighting his muzzle loader and then downing the cow. the calves were flipping out afterward, running around, while the bull, who was deprived of hot cow action, stayed on the scene furious. the hunters began to load gear to retrieve her.
my pal told me he thought of trying to disrupt the whole set up during sighting, but thought better. glad i wasn't there.
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Saturday, 23 May 2020 04:53 (three years ago) link
That Eagle-Eye Cherry is Don Cherry's son and Neneh Cherry is his half-sister.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 23 May 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
I thought that was well known!
― What fash heil is this? (wins), Saturday, 23 May 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
^shocked
― What fash heil is this? (wins), Saturday, 23 May 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
The fact that 'Save Tonight' became a hit when I was 12 years old and totally unaware of Don Cherry's existence likely had something to do with it.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 23 May 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
Joel in Adventureland and Bill Haverchuck in Freaks and Geeks--unforgettable characters--are both played by Martin Starr.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 May 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
during an in-depth conversation about the gender of the sheep emoji a friend found this article. so i learned that modern farmer is attempting to survive by creating viral content, and i also learned there are a lot of different kinds of sheep, some of which are indeed pretty cool-looking.
i hope modern farmer does ok. i thought it was a pretty good article.
https://modernfarmer.com/2017/12/12-sickest-sheep-breeds-world-according-author/
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 23 May 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
Fritz Lang may have killed his wife.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Saturday, 23 May 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
The jury's out on that one!http://www.williamahearn.com/lisa.html
― Alert! The virus lives (Matt #2), Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
I'd assumed they used a stencil to do this:
Not tonight Netflix, I’ve found something else to watch till at least midnight. pic.twitter.com/1JzqqNWrXT— Lee Madgwick (@LeeMadgwick) May 22, 2020
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 23 May 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
That doesn't look like any bike sign I've ever seen, but such is the ineffable nature of art, I suppose.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 23 May 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Michael Shannon is in Groundhog Day
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
Looks more like a bird wearing a monocle.
― pplains, Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
He's clearly had some work done since then.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Saturday, 23 May 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
In the '60s, Charles Wilp tried to get the Monks to record the soundtrack to an Afri-Cola ad but the execs rejected it.
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
Henery Hawk preceded Foghorn Leghorn.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
That Costello is an Irish name, not Italian.
― punning display, Monday, 25 May 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
That ventriloquism developed from an ancient Greek religious practice called gastromancy, where the practitioner would channel the voices of the dead who were apparently resident in their stomach. It only became stagecraft in the 18th century, and dummies only began to be used in the 19th century vaudeville era.
― some infected evening (Matt #2), Monday, 25 May 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
i think this factoid was on QI or something
"The word ventriloquism derives from the Latin words ventri (belly) and loquor (to speak)"
― koogs, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
there was a good-looking cultural studies book abt it all maybe ten years back -- by stephen something? -- which i bought to read and then was suddenly w/o a bday present for a friend and gave it to them unread and now can't remember author or title
― mark s, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
an ancient Greek religious practice called gastromancy
^best school of magic
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 25 May 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Scatomancy tho.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Dumbstruck by Stephen Connor?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dumbstruck-Cultural-Ventriloquism-Steven-Connor-ebook/dp/B001KVZPVC
― koogs, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
The etymology of the word "tabby," which ultimately is from the Arabic, the name of some neighborhood in Baghdad. There's more to it, see here:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tabby
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
Ooh, that's a good one.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
Thanks
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
Costell'O
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 25 May 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
stephen connor, yes, cheers
― mark s, Monday, 25 May 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
That not refrigerating beer or wine and just drinking it with a couple of ice cubes thrown in is totally fine
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
I've done that many times with wine but for some reason never considered doing it with beer.
― Alba, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
it is absolutely not fine
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
Lol yes i cry foul
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
When I was in singapore a most places gave you a glass of ice with your bottle of Tiger and after my initial revulsion it turns out to be awesome when its hot as shit and you are eating noodles and curry puffs and chicken rice.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
well sure, Tiger
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Just shuddering thinking of cubing a Trippel or a Quad
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
Had it served that way at a Vietnamese restaurant and surprised it worked, but it was a San Miguel lager, I think.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah low grade lagers only. But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
what if the secret to loving ridiculously overhopped ipas and other beardy beer treats was a couple cubes of ice all along
― mh, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
Linus Pauling was a dedicated dancer. Just heard that on a podcast about Genius Dinners that the Kennedys were throwing in the early 60s from a podcast called Feast. Liked to tango and things.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
cubing a quad is the new gleaming the cube
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat
Scoop of vanilla ice cream or gtfo.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
Manon and Manon Lescaut are different operas.
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
Steve Priest from The Sweet wasn't gay.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
The saxophone was invented by a guy called Sax
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Kevin Ayers was managed by John Reid for a while.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
... as was Michael Flatley!
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
irl titter
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
ditto
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link