Topic: That will learn you! (Read 30536 times)

jodizzle · « **Reply #150 on:** 06 Feb 2009, 21:50 »

QI has taught me that Koalas have fingerprints that are almost impossible to distinguish from human prints! And platypus(es) don't have nipples, they SWEAT MILK for their young. Go team Australian animals!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #151 on:** 06 Feb 2009, 21:58 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 06 Feb 2009, 21:24

Today I learned that there will be a live action Powers series on FX

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Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #152 on:** 07 Feb 2009, 03:36 »

Quote from: jodizzle on 06 Feb 2009, 21:50

QI has taught me that Koalas have fingerprints that are almost impossible to distinguish from human prints! And platypus(es) don't have nipples, they SWEAT MILK for their young. Go team Australian animals!

It's amazing how much awesome and highly uselss shit QI teaches you. British TV ftw

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #153 on:** 07 Feb 2009, 11:30 »

Frankly, I didn't think platypuses could get any stranger.

Also, link for the Powers series

David_Dovey · « **Reply #154 on:** 09 Feb 2009, 02:07 »

So... so... not Powers Boothe?

Josefbugman · « **Reply #155 on:** 09 Feb 2009, 03:38 »

Afraid not, also I learned today that the last emperor of constantinople, after the city fell, became suitably enraged and charged the invading turks with a group of 50 men, without his cloak or crown and died like an ordinary soldier. Also that John the blind of Bavaria actually charged the english at the battle of crecy whilst tied to two other knights, so that he could still fight, he managed to kill 4 enemy knights before he was finally brought down.

Say what you want for medieval people, they knew how to go out in style.

McTaggart · « **Reply #156 on:** 09 Feb 2009, 04:12 »

This is what I thought of first when I saw the word Powers.

Masterbainter · « **Reply #157 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 00:34 »

Today I learned that there is no right way to try to talk to females. No matter what kind of tact, straightforwardness, and honestly I use with them they are given some devine right to take it the wrong way. This of course leads me having to apologizie for my miscommunication.

So learning from this experience I'm just gonna go ahead and interpret things stated to me however I want. Because it's never my fault for selective hearing it is theirs for not making it clear enough.

Eris · « **Reply #158 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 00:47 »

Today I learned this wasn't the blog thread, so people should stop using it as one

I also learned that the RIAA sued an 83 year old woman for downloading music illegally, even though a copy of her death certificate was sent to the RIAA a week before it filed the suit.

Masterbainter · « **Reply #159 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 01:02 »

Quote from: Eris on 12 Feb 2009, 00:47

Today I learned this wasn't the blog thread, so people should stop using it as one

you learned that just today?

Tom · « **Reply #160 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 01:05 »

I learned that my deceased maternal Grandfather was a an avid fan of MAD magazine.

Spluff · « **Reply #161 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 02:26 »

Man, does he have any really, really, old copies of MAD? Those would probably be hilarious.

Tom · « **Reply #162 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 18:27 »

I have a fair number of them now but I don't think we burried any with him anyway.

Mnementh · « **Reply #163 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 18:51 »

NPR's Scott Simon (of weekend edition) is a Buffy fan. I learned this after NPR's Madeleine Brand derisively dismissed staying home and watching Buffy on Valentine's Day on Day to Day. I tweeted about it in a tongue-in-cheek, faux, outrage. Pretty soon Weekend Edition's twitter account weighed in on it, and Scott Simon set up a twitter account today, where he confirmed it.

The power of social media I guess!

Christophe · « **Reply #164 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 19:39 »

Today, I learned that William Shatner is seventy-seven years old.

He really took "Live Long and Prosper" to heart, that's for sure.

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #165 on:** 13 Feb 2009, 03:21 »

Today I learnt that Colin Mochrie and Drew Carey are both left handed

Power to the southpaws

Josefbugman · « **Reply #166 on:** 13 Feb 2009, 09:40 »

Today I learned that between the years 1923 and 1967 there were very few famines in Africa... apparently colonial rule was good for something.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #167 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 14:13 »

Today i learned that people like to have sex while suspended from hooks.

snalin · « **Reply #168 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 14:24 »

Damn! You beat me to it!

Darkbluerabbit · « **Reply #169 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 15:15 »

I learned that it is difficult to spread peanut butter onto a sheet of nori.

I also learned that a peanut butter nori roll is difficult to chew and does not taste very good. I fail at snacking today.

Slick · « **Reply #170 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 15:58 »

Hey, you tried. Experimental research is essential to all of our knowledge.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #171 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 16:10 »

Though, honestly, I think we could've all predicted that outcome.

I mean, if you do the scientific method like in 8th grade science it is like:

Ask Question: What would happen if you ate nori and peanut butter together?
Gather the facts: Nori is a bunch of smushed and dried algae. Peanut butter is a bunch of smushy peanuts.
Construct hypothesis: This cannot turn out well at all. Oh geez.
Experiment: Oh lord, it was not a good idea.
Draw Conclusion: Seriously, why don't you have rice or bread? One or the other would've been a good start to a better snack.
Examine Hypothesis: Fuck, was that ever true. It is not like peanut butter and chocolate at all.
Results and Future Work: Do not try that again.

Darkbluerabbit · « **Reply #172 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 16:50 »

Next time I'm bored I'll try nori and chocolate.

Eris · « **Reply #173 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 16:56 »

That might work, actually. I mean, the nori would be kind of salty, which will offset the sweetness of the chocolate. That is the premise behind chocolate and peanut butter, and chocolate and bacon I think. Chocolate covered pretzels... the salty/sweet combination has been done a lot.

That beign said, the seaweedy taste of the nori might be too overpowering. It's been a while since I have had it, so I can't remember the taste of it that well. Maybe little nori bits might work better in that case. Maybe in biscuits!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #174 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 18:32 »

Today I learned that the original voice of Ducky on the Land Before Time, Judith Barsi, was murdered by her father at the age of ten.

I don't know if I can ever watch the Land Before Time ever again.

ummmkay · « **Reply #175 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 21:01 »

why.

why would you post something like that.

mooface · « **Reply #176 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 21:03 »

yeah seriously, you have pretty much ruined my night

squawk · « **Reply #177 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 21:14 »

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #178 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 09:07 »

Wow

Points to whoever can top that

Patrick · « **Reply #179 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 21:15 »

A few days ago, I learned what my girlfriend's wrist looks like in an x-ray. She slipped on some ice, stiff-armed her landing on her hands, and crushed the fuck out of her wrist with the impact. That night was not fun.

I also learned that it is totally possible to keep an arm elevated and iced during sex.

Christophe · « **Reply #180 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 21:18 »

Patrick, you have much to teach us.

MrBlu · « **Reply #181 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 22:05 »

Today, I learned that I can't fall back asleep if I'm woken up in the middle of the night. At 1:30 AM.

snalin · « **Reply #182 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 01:23 »

Today I learned that when you see a shop named "ye olde something something", that's a misspelling. The "y" letter is really the letter "thorn", which represents the "th" sound in "the". So it's really "the olde something something". So suck on that, PCRPG producers!

pwhodges · « **Reply #183 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 03:27 »

There are also English families with names like "ffoulkes" where the double f is just a misrepresentation of a fancy script capital F - which makes it even sillier when they write it as "Ffoulkes". (This is not related to Welsh, in which a single "f" is pronounced as English "v", and "ff" like English "f".)

Genbot2500 · « **Reply #184 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 09:01 »

we have an old record player. And like 100 lp's. On my attic. led zeppelin and Zappa and stuff like that.. I am so god damned happy

MrBlu · « **Reply #185 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 12:41 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 03 Mar 2009, 03:27

There are also English families with names like "ffoulkes" where the double f is just a misrepresentation of a fancy script capital F - which makes it even sillier when they write it as "Ffoulkes". (This is not related to Welsh, in which a single "f" is pronounced as English "v", and "ff" like English "f".)

My friend's last name is Ffrench. It's not that silly. Unless you say "Ffrench Toast". Then it is quite silly.

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #186 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 12:50 »

Depends how hilariously long you overpronounce the double F

Harun · « **Reply #187 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 14:50 »

If you lick a Sonoran Desert Toad, you'll trip out.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #188 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 15:07 »

i'm going to file that away under F.

for "Future Fun Fondling Frogs"

Alex C · « **Reply #189 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 15:12 »

The search for some athletes lost at sea was called off today. Normally, this wouldn't teach me anything. But today as I went about my business, it occurred to me that most Minnesotans have never seen or been on an ocean before. This was made suddenly clear to me by the fact that whenever I went out today people were babbling on about sharks and shit as being likely explanations as to why those poor bastards never made it back. Guys, sharks didn't kill those guys. The ocean killed them because they were 30 miles offshore in a 21 foot boat and because the ocean has no respect for human life whatsoever.

MrBlu · « **Reply #190 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 16:27 »

And right now I'm taking the ocean for granted because it's freezing my ass off with it's cold fronts and sea breezes.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #191 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 23:40 »

Quote from: Alex C on 03 Mar 2009, 15:12

the ocean has no respect for human life whatsoever.

In theory, that should be basic, on-posters-alongside-the-Pledge-of-Allegiance American knowledge. I mean,

[WARNING: MOBY DICK SPOILER]it's the whole point of Moby Dick, basically. Every goddamn person on that boat but Ishmael dies and really there's no other point to the story that is supposedly The Great American Novel.[/end spoiler]

Patrick · « **Reply #192 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 01:52 »

Quote from: Alex C on 03 Mar 2009, 15:12

The ocean killed them because they were 30 miles offshore in a 21 foot boat and because the ocean has no respect for human life whatsoever.

You can see why I don't invite that dude to parties. The ocean is a fucking PRICK, man.

(this is true, I do not have beach parties)

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #193 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 14:48 »

Sorry about the buzzkill last time, but I just found out they may be making a Jonah Hex move with Josh Brolin playing the disfigured cowboy.

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