Signs

#pipe

Let us all just agree that Jim Carrey's movie was fucking stupid.

Monkey Ball Warrior

27!

Goatmon

#pipe wrote: »

Let us all just agree that Jim Carrey's movie was fucking stupid.

I wanted to like the concept, and go see the movie, cause it looked like this spooky movie with Jim Carey which is a pretty different sort of thing for him to do and I'm a big Carey fan, but the idea that some guy loses his mind because the number 23 shows up everywhere is pretty fucking retarded.

The Far Side

IF YOU TAKE TODAY'S DATE

24/12/07

AND YOU SUBTRACT THE YEAR FROM THE MONTH, YOU GET 5, RIGHT

THEN YOU SUBRACT THE FIRST DIGIT FROM THE DAY

AND YOU GET 3

THEN YOU ADD THAT BACK TOO THE DAY

AND YOU GET 27

Koshian

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

I love numerologists

they're on my list of hilarious things

people who believe in astrology and numerology are retarded

so yeah they are pretty funny

also on the list:

wicca

9/11 truthers

old political cartoons

narcoleptic dogs

Agent Vesago

the wook wrote: »

Gemini

honestly, most of this.

but mainly

Intellectual and eloquent
Youthful and lively
Nervous and tense
Superficial and inconsistent
Cunning and inquisitive

Gemini here too.

hi5

#pipe

He went on Leno to promote the movie and he was like

"23 is everywhere man, I mean check it out -

9/11/2001

9+11+2+0+0+1=23"

and the croud goes "ooooooooooo"

and I'm screaming at my TV "NO YOU FUCK YOU WEREN'T ADDING CONSISTENTLY YOU SHOULD HAVE EITHER ADDED 9+11+2001 (2021) OR YOU SHOULD'VE ADDED 9+1+1+2+0+0+1 (12) YOU ARE JUST CHANGING THE RULES TO SUIT THE OUT COME KIJSGBQIHBAJKXBX"

The Far Side

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

I love numerologists

they're on my list of hilarious things

people who believe in astrology and numerology are retarded

so yeah they are pretty funny

also on the list:

wicca

9/11 truthers

old political cartoons

narcoleptic dogs

hahah hell yes

ThatDudeOverThere

wait so what is a numerologist

ThatDudeOverThere

Yankovic has also put two backmasking messages into his songs. The first, in "Nature Trail to Hell", said "Satan Eats Cheez Whiz"; the second, in "I Remember Larry", said "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."

Goatmon

I found the nature trail to hell one, but I don't think I've ever heard of the latter song.

Koshian

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

I love numerologists

they're on my list of hilarious things

people who believe in astrology and numerology are retarded

so yeah they are pretty funny

also on the list:

wicca

9/11 truthers

old political cartoons

narcoleptic dogs

hahah hell yes

Goatmon

I don't get it.

#pipe

I totally don't get that one.
Although I enjoy the expressions.

Koshian

it's saying van buren was a prissy new englander, so he couldn't stand the poor man's hard cider

The Far Side

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

I love numerologists

they're on my list of hilarious things

people who believe in astrology and numerology are retarded

so yeah they are pretty funny

also on the list:

wicca

9/11 truthers

old political cartoons

narcoleptic dogs

hahah hell yes

goddamn that is a pretty scathing remark on the log cabin republicans fuckin Zachary Taylor

Phonehand

I enjoyed the film Signs

MolotovCockatoo

More political cartoonists should use Cthulhu to make their points.

The Far Side

That is clearly standard oil

MolotovCockatoo

You say Esso, I say Nyarlarthotep

Hmm Firefox says that the Elder Gods name is actually spelt "Bartholomew"

L|ama

Outdated racist political cartoons are great. Anyone have the WW2-era one of how to tell Japanese facial features apart from Chinese ones? I also remember seeing this one of a dragon/octopus thing representing chinese communism spreading, it was pretty awesome.

yourclothes

I AM THE GEMINI DRAGON

RROOOOAAARR

DarkPrimus

L|ama wrote: »

Outdated racist political cartoons are great. Anyone have the WW2-era one of how to tell Japanese facial features apart from Chinese ones? I also remember seeing this one of a dragon/octopus thing representing chinese communism spreading, it was pretty awesome.

You know what animal was used to represent Japan in political cartoons back before (and during) the Russo-Japanese war?

An ant.

Wallhitter

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

The Far Side wrote: »

Koshian wrote: »

I love numerologists

they're on my list of hilarious things

people who believe in astrology and numerology are retarded

so yeah they are pretty funny

also on the list:

wicca

9/11 truthers

old political cartoons

narcoleptic dogs

hahah hell yes

goddamn that is a pretty scathing remark on the log cabin republicans fuckin Zachary Taylor

The expression on the second one is just...ahaha...

someone should make a smiliey out of it.

The Geek

Goatmon wrote: »

Green wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

goatmon needs to give more examples of this "27" thing so I may judge her/him for it

He actually does put it in a lot of his songs

Yeah. Like the one you mentioned from hardware store. He did it in the polkamon song as well, in one lyric "Hold on a minute, there's still at least 127 more!"

Also, in his "lose yourself" parody, there's 27 beats before his lyrics deviate from the Eminem version.

Also in his videos, like "Like a Surgeon" the little number display in the waiting room goes from 26 to 27, the later he's going through patient after patient, and you see him go from patient 27 to 28.

On the cover of "Running With scissors" he's wearing the number 27.

There's plenty more, but this is just from my memory, I don't really feel like going to a website and pulling down a full list.

One of the neat coincidences is that the atomic weight of aluminum, whose symbol is AL, is approximately 27.

Jimothy

Phonehand wrote: »

I enjoyed the film Signs

It is one of my favorite movies. Very funny and pretty suspenseful, definately a good watch.


Anyway, I am a Libra, but I have know idea what that means.

I did not know all that stuff about Weird Al. Very cool.

iplaybass

Astrology is about the dumbest thing ever.

But I do think it's cool that I got the best sign (Sagittarius).

neville

Aries.
Known for being hot headed. Totally fucking true.
:3

Otherwise I could give a rats ass about astrology and anyone who used a "So what's your sign" line on me as a pickup would get a laugh in the face.
Also I would walk away.





Unless he was hot, then I would be sad he was dumb. ;3

The_Scarab

iplaybass wrote: »

Astrology is about the dumbest thing ever.

But I do think it's cool that I got the best sign (Sagittarius).

Scorpio is the best sign. Scorpios are winners.

CrossBuster

I'm a Pisces.

I meet a bunch of extremely vague descriptions that anyone could pigeonhole themselves into if they were inlined to avoid personal responsibility for their character flaws.

CrackedLens

i must say, i'm disappointed in this thread's lack of silly aluminum foil hats....

The_Scarab

I liked that movie. I dont understand the hate.

I know its not a masterpiece, but its got some good scares and some genuinely creepy parts.

Plus, you know, Mel Gibson.

bowtiedseal

Meissnerd wrote: »

I'm techinically Sagitarius but there's a 13th sign that falls on my birthday

Spoiler:

Mythology

There exist a number of theories as to whom the figure represents.

The most recent interpretation is that the figure represents the healer Asclepius, who learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing another healing herbs. To prevent the entire human race from becoming immortal under Asclepius' care, Zeus killed him with a bolt of lightning, but later placed his image in the heavens to honor his good works. It has also been noted that the constellation Ophiuchus is in close proximity in the sky to that of Sagittarius, which has at times been believed to represent Chiron (the mentor of Asclepius and many other Greek demigods), though Chiron was originally associated with the constellation Centaurus.

Another possibility is that the figure represents the Trojan priest Laocoön, who was killed by a pair of sea serpents sent by the gods after he warned the Trojans not to accept the Trojan Horse. This event was also memorialized by the sculptors Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus in the famous marble sculpture Laocoön and his Sons, which stands in the Vatican Museums.

A third possibility is Apollo wrestling with the Python to take control of the oracle at Delphi.

There is also the story of Phorbas, a Thessalonikan who rescued the people of the island of Rhodes from a plague of serpents and was granted a place in the sky in honor of this deed.



This constellation, known from antiquity, is one of the 48 constellations described by Ptolemy. It has also been known as Serpentarius, a Latin form of its name.

The most important event in Ophiuchus' history was the Supernova of 1604, whose explosion was first observed on October 9, 1604, near θ Ophiuchi. Johannes Kepler saw it first on October 16 and studied it so extensively that the supernova was subsequently called Kepler's Supernova. He published his findings in a book titled De stella nova in pede Serpentarii (On the New Star in Ophiuchus's Foot). Galileo used its brief appearance to counter the Aristotelian dogma that the heavens are changeless.

It occurred only 32 years after another supernova in Cassiopeia that had been observed by Tycho Brahe; the last supernova before then had occurred in 1054 (see Crab Nebula), and after Kepler's, no further naked-eye supernovae were observed until 1987 (see Supernova 1987a.)

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

me too

man there are more people who know about this than I previously thought

Wrench N Rockets

OH GOD DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THAT MOVIE

CrackedLens

The_Scarab wrote: »

I liked that movie. I dont understand the hate.

I know its not a masterpiece, but its got some good scares and some genuinely creepy parts.

Plus, you know, Mel Gibson.

this part freaked me out the first time i saw it:

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T CLICK THE SPOILER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE "SIGNS" OR ARE FREAKED BY ALIENS

Spoiler:

its just great storytelling at that point where you feel what Morgan is feeling and your on the edge of your seat and FUCK THERE IT IS!!!

Wrench N Rockets

EXCEPT THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT SCARY AT ALL.

Seriously, if shaky-cam footage of what looks like a guy in a suit scares you, then by all means...

tugga

GUYS

HOYL FUCK

I GET OUT OF JAIL IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS

WHAT

CrackedLens

Wrench N Rockets wrote: »

EXCEPT THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT SCARY AT ALL.

Seriously, if shaky-cam footage of what looks like a guy in a suit scares you, then by all means...

you werent the slight bit anxious anytime during the movie

not even a little?

Wrench N Rockets

No, not at all. All the 'scares' were just cheap jolts i.e. kinda tense scene, kinda tense scene...LOUD NOISE. The terrible over-reactions of the characters to the scary events just made it worse. Seriously, I remember the characters freaking out in terror in the scene you posted. Why the hell would they do that to something they see on TV? About halfway through the movie I have given up on the aliens being any sort of threat to anyone, so I stopped caring.

The_Scarab

The alley thing with the alien was more of a 'BOO' scare.

The cornfield stuff was creepy for me.

And the news footage on TV. Especially when it stopped working.