Today my mom was reading a story to me from the newspaper about Jonathan the tortoise that lives on st Helena Island
I was like wait isn't that where Napoleon got exiled to after Waterloo?
Anyway the tortoise is like almost 200 years old so that's neat. He's like the ultimate weird old guy on that island just wandering around and watching tennis games and eating fruit.
Today my mom was reading a story to me from the newspaper about Jonathan the tortoise that lives on st Helena Island
I was like wait isn't that where Napoleon got exiled to after Waterloo?
Anyway the tortoise is like almost 200 years old so that's neat. He's like the ultimate weird old guy on that island just wandering around and watching tennis games and eating fruit.
Daaaaamn! an animal living to 200 is just, how does that happen
You get yourself some heavy armor and a slow metabolism and you too can spend a couple of centuries being an extremely diligent and persistent sex maniac.
Today my mom was reading a story to me from the newspaper about Jonathan the tortoise that lives on st Helena Island
I was like wait isn't that where Napoleon got exiled to after Waterloo?
Anyway the tortoise is like almost 200 years old so that's neat. He's like the ultimate weird old guy on that island just wandering around and watching tennis games and eating fruit.
Probably eats a lot of that mustard based bbq sauce.
*shudders*
Go Gamecocks!
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
As an aside because now I'm doing research, when the 761st deployed Patton requested they be attached to his army and his welcome speech is classic Patton:
Men, you're the first Negro tankers to ever fight in the American Army. I would never have asked for you if you weren't good. I have nothing but the best in my Army. I don't care what color you are as long as you go up there and kill those Kraut sonsofbitches. Everyone has their eyes on you and is expecting great things from you. Most of all your race is looking forward to your success. Don't let them down and damn you, don't let me down! They say it is patriotic to die for your country. Well, let’s see how many patriots we can make out of those German sonsofbitches.
Jesus Christ
That is a hell of a speech.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
I don't have a patriotic bone in my body but I'm a sucker for dramatic speeches.
Ok so I have NO IDEA why I thought this at all in the first place.
Yesterday I learned
That Billie Eilish is NOT British.
I have NO CLUE why I thought she was British up until now…
I'm slightly weirded out that her brothers girlfriend looks like her.
Roll tide I guess?
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
As an aside because now I'm doing research, when the 761st deployed Patton requested they be attached to his army and his welcome speech is classic Patton:
Men, you're the first Negro tankers to ever fight in the American Army. I would never have asked for you if you weren't good. I have nothing but the best in my Army. I don't care what color you are as long as you go up there and kill those Kraut sonsofbitches. Everyone has their eyes on you and is expecting great things from you. Most of all your race is looking forward to your success. Don't let them down and damn you, don't let me down! They say it is patriotic to die for your country. Well, let’s see how many patriots we can make out of those German sonsofbitches.
Jesus Christ
That is a hell of a speech.
George C. Scott didn't want them to start the movie with that famous speech because he was afraid it would overshadow the rest of the movie.
He wasn't wrong.
It definitely is the "wow, cool robot" problem where a lot of people love Patton for that one scene and forget he was a fucking psycho in the rest of the movie.
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
oh yeah, this conversation reminds me about a dream I had the other day. I dreamed I was on stage in a production like Henry V or something was a giving a rousing speech to my troops. I ended up making real-life noises from my speech so my wife poked me because she thought I was having a nightmare. She later said, "it sounded like you were whimpering so I tried to wake you up!"
Too bad; I really wanted to see how the speech ended.
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"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
I didn't learn this today, it was actually Saturday night, but i did learn what was wrong with my car. New water pump, new thermostat, new temperature sensor, 2 new hoses, and a partridge and a pear tree later it was the heater core the whole time. I did a reverse flush and then hit it with CLR to dissolve any gunk and my car is running like a dream now. Well, like a dream from 2008 but still.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
The alt code for a lower-case z is alt-122. I learned this because the Z key on the computer with the cash drawer software stopped working this morning, and both of the people working the desk had a Z in our logins.
So I'm basically a hacker now.
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The alt code for a lower-case z is alt-122. I learned this because the Z key on the computer with the cash drawer software stopped working this morning, and both of the people working the desk had a Z in our logins.
I learned that the new couch cover my wife bought was not prewashed. So now we have a new red couch cover and a new pink blanket.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
This man wants to die for his country
Oblige him
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Matthew Lillard is one of a very select number of people who could wear the outfit in that above picture and somehow actually make it work.
I decided to Google something that happens rarely to me but I wanted to know if it's a real thing, where I'm driving down a tree lined road and the sun flickering through them makes me feel suddenly exhausted
Turns out its called Flicker Vertigo and it has something to do with the frequency of light flickers being similar to the frequency of brainwaves? It's similar to epilepsy
And of course it's been researched for crowd control purposes
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I’ve been awake for…8 hours today and I’ve learned NOTHING
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I got real bad news about literally every other military in ww2
Actually…it’s not!
it's currently 40 on EGS and 50 on GMG
Well it’s not on sale where I might buy it!!!
I was like wait isn't that where Napoleon got exiled to after Waterloo?
Anyway the tortoise is like almost 200 years old so that's neat. He's like the ultimate weird old guy on that island just wandering around and watching tennis games and eating fruit.
Slowly
edit:
alternatively
You get yourself some heavy armor and a slow metabolism and you too can spend a couple of centuries being an extremely diligent and persistent sex maniac.
Yesterday I learned
That Billie Eilish is NOT British.
I have NO CLUE why I thought she was British up until now…
Saint Helena South Carolina I'm willing to bet.
*shudders*
Go Gamecocks!
Jesus Christ
That is a hell of a speech.
I'm slightly weirded out that her brothers girlfriend looks like her.
TONIGHT
WE CELEBRATE
OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY
George C. Scott didn't want them to start the movie with that famous speech because he was afraid it would overshadow the rest of the movie.
He wasn't wrong.
It definitely is the "wow, cool robot" problem where a lot of people love Patton for that one scene and forget he was a fucking psycho in the rest of the movie.
Coran Attack!
Too bad; I really wanted to see how the speech ended.
PSN:Furlion
So I'm basically a hacker now.
PSN:Furlion
Oblige him
Turns out its called Flicker Vertigo and it has something to do with the frequency of light flickers being similar to the frequency of brainwaves? It's similar to epilepsy
And of course it's been researched for crowd control purposes
In fact, I’ve forgotten how to drive.