Topic: Re: POINTLESS THREAD IIb: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN (Read 274533 times)

Jace · « **Reply #1250 on:** 24 May 2010, 20:09 »

Quote from: an email I got from my grandma

A little girl went
to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet..

She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three
times, even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.

Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she
slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall's Drug Store with
the big red Indian Chief sign above the door.

She waited patiently for
the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was too busy at this moment.
Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat
with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No
good. Finally she took a
quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!

'And what do you want?' the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of
voice. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages,' he
said without waiting for a reply to his question.

'Well, I want to talk
to you about my brother,' Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. 'He's
really, really sick....and I want to buy a miracle.'

'I beg your pardon?'
said the pharmacist.

'His name is Andrew and he has something bad
growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how
much does a miracle cost?'

'We don't sell miracles here, little girl.
I'm sorry but I can't help you,' the pharmacist said, softening a little.

'Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will get
the rest. Just tell me how much it costs.'

The pharmacist's brother was
a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, 'What kind of a
miracle does your brother need?'

' I don't know,' Tess replied with her
eyes welling up. I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an
operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money.'

'How much do you have?' asked the man from Chicago .

'One dollar
and eleven cents,' Tess answered barely audible.

'And it's all the money
I have, but I can get some more if I need to.'

'Well, what a
coincidence,' smiled the man. 'A dollar and eleven cents---the exact price of a
miracle for little brothers.'

He took her money in one hand and with
the other hand he grasped her mitten and said 'Take me to where you live. I want
to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you need.'

That well-dressed man
was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon,
specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of charge and it
wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well.

Mom and Dad were
happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place..

'That surgery,' her Mom whispered. 'was a real miracle.. I wonder how
much it would have cost?'

Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a
miracle cost...one dollar and eleven cents...plus the faith of a little child.
[stuff about god cut out]

And what does that little girl look like now?

MIRACLES

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1251 on:** 24 May 2010, 20:19 »

JD · « **Reply #1252 on:** 24 May 2010, 20:48 »

are you ready for some basketbaaaalllll

SirJuggles · « **Reply #1253 on:** 24 May 2010, 21:41 »

USB Power Outlet

This may be one of the most genius things I have ever seen. I can imagine this becoming standard and people all wondering how we lived without it.

KvP · « **Reply #1254 on:** 24 May 2010, 21:48 »

They've had those at modern airports for awhile. They're nice.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1255 on:** 24 May 2010, 22:02 »

I love American outlets! I always think they look like a shocked little face.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #1256 on:** 24 May 2010, 22:21 »

I think the fact that they're so cute made me significantly more likely to stick my finger in them as a little kid. Not that I ever did, but... come on, don't you just want to stroke its angry little eyebrows?

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1257 on:** 24 May 2010, 22:45 »

Danish power outlets are even cuter.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #1258 on:** 24 May 2010, 22:59 »

Stryc9Fuego · « **Reply #1259 on:** 25 May 2010, 02:13 »

Man, now after looking at the Danish outets, the American outlets just look hella stern. It's like the Danish outlets are like "Father, I drawed you a art on the 'fridgidater!" and the American outlet is like "Son, I am disappoint."

Caleb · « **Reply #1260 on:** 25 May 2010, 06:57 »

Ok, I gotta stop I could do these all day.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #1261 on:** 25 May 2010, 10:38 »

BAM! Oil spill solved.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1262 on:** 25 May 2010, 10:59 »

That is such a good idea, why did no one else think of it?!

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #1263 on:** 25 May 2010, 11:11 »

Six Degrees of Black Sabbath

Like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except it makes connections between bands

It went from Von to Lil Wayne in 18 steps, holy shit

And from Miles Davis to Deicide in 12, whoa dang

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #1264 on:** 25 May 2010, 11:36 »

Kyuss to Shpongle in 4 steps????

Whoa.

(It's because John Garcia did vocals on a Crystal Method track. Weird.)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor needs 12 steps to get to Electric Wizard (by way of Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre, Music AM, Mogwai, and Crippled Black Phoenix).

This is cool!

JD · « **Reply #1265 on:** 25 May 2010, 11:39 »

Black Eyed Peas to Miles Davis in 3 steps.

hmm

"can't find path from bach to lil wayne"

awww

Emaline · « **Reply #1266 on:** 25 May 2010, 13:08 »

Whats really sad is I used to play this game without the aid of the internet. I'm pretty pathetic.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #1267 on:** 25 May 2010, 13:15 »

Louis Armstrong to Wesley Willis in 5 steps.

Awesome.

mberan42 · « **Reply #1268 on:** 25 May 2010, 13:39 »

Low to OutKast in 13 steps.
Mogwai to the Pogues in 10 steps.
Sigur Rós to Something Corporate in 21 steps

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #1269 on:** 25 May 2010, 13:47 »

Cannibal Corpse to Coldplay in 10 steps. Yeah.

Metope · « **Reply #1270 on:** 25 May 2010, 14:09 »

Buddy Holly to Lil Wayne in 5 steps. Crazy!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #1271 on:** 25 May 2010, 14:11 »

The path from Mozart to Slayer is pretty interesting. 14 steps.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #1272 on:** 25 May 2010, 14:16 »

Yayniall · « **Reply #1273 on:** 25 May 2010, 14:26 »

Path from Antonio Vivaldi to Miley Cyrus in 4 steps

Metope · « **Reply #1274 on:** 25 May 2010, 15:35 »

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1275 on:** 25 May 2010, 19:21 »

Insane Clown Posse to Magnetic Fields in 14 steps (and to the Beatles in 6!)

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1276 on:** 25 May 2010, 19:26 »

Dazed · « **Reply #1277 on:** 25 May 2010, 19:52 »

Public Enemy to Nightwish in only 11 steps!

greenMonkey · « **Reply #1278 on:** 25 May 2010, 19:54 »

Fugazi to Lady Gaga in 9 steps. Terrifying.

lprkn · « **Reply #1279 on:** 25 May 2010, 19:57 »

The Beatles to Wings in two steps. Holy Fuckin' Shit.

JD · « **Reply #1280 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:00 »

SirJuggles · « **Reply #1281 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:05 »

Britney Spears to Neutral Milk Hotel in 9 steps. I feel like there has to be some ultimate pairing that I can't figure out...

edit: John Cage to Insane Clown Posse in 9 steps. I feel like I'm getting closer to the largest juxtaposition...

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #1282 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:23 »

12 steps between Paul Simon and the Offspring.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1283 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:26 »

Brad Paisley to Black Flag in only 3 steps? And it involves William Shatner? WTF?

Dazed · « **Reply #1284 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:32 »

Nat King Cole to Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 11 steps. Through Buddy Rich and Journey.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1285 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:32 »

Lines · « **Reply #1286 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:44 »

The Doors to Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 8 steps.
The Ting Tings to the Black Keys in 9 steps.
The Yardbirds to the Postal Service in 10 steps.
No Doubt to Muse in 11 steps.
Jewel to Alkaline Trio in 13 steps.
Jonathan Coulton to Led Zeppelin in 15 steps.

AHA! I broke it!

The answer is one step away from Jonathan Coulton, because he did backing vocals on their song The Captain's Wife's Lament and also they record/tour a lot together.

Emaline · « **Reply #1287 on:** 25 May 2010, 20:44 »

Quote from: A Wet Helmet on 25 May 2010, 20:26

Brad Paisley to Black Flag in only 3 steps? And it involves William Shatner? WTF?

Shit, I can do that. Please tell me you are joking. Henry Rollins did "I can't get behind that" on Shatner's Has Been, which features the closing track "Real"(which is actually right after Rollins' song), that Brady Paisley sings on. So please tell me you are joking, because that one is super easy and obvious.*

*I should probably add that I am madly madly madly in love with both Henry Rollins and William Shatner

ETA:
ICP to Amanda Palmer in 5 steps
The Knife to Amanda Palmer in 13 steps(which makes me lol because it includes A Perfect Circle, and they have an album called 13th Step)
Black Sabbath to Amanda Palmer in 11 steps
Slint to Amanda Palmer in 9 steps.

KvP · « **Reply #1288 on:** 25 May 2010, 21:18 »

Path from Squarepusher to Frank Zappa in 11 steps
Path from Slipknot to Paul Simon in 10 steps
Path from Shitmat to The Stooges in 10 steps

LittleKey · « **Reply #1289 on:** 25 May 2010, 22:17 »

Gym Class Heroes to Nightmare in 16 steps. That's American Hip-Hop to Japanese Rock. That website is awesome.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1290 on:** 25 May 2010, 23:20 »

I've tried a whole bunch of solutions from various bands to Shellac and so far they have all gone via Ministry-Rey Washam-Rapeman-Tha Albiz-Shellac

Actually it must obviously has no records of Albini's engineering work because I just did one (Broken Social Scene->Shellac in 15 steps) that went through Pat Smear to Nirvana then on through some more stuff before finally ending back up on the old familiar Ministry connection.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1291 on:** 25 May 2010, 23:21 »

Path from Cock and Ball Torture to Beat Happening in 13 steps

First we start with Cock and Ball Torture
that created the track King Anus III. which is covered by the track King Anus III by Ahumado Granujo
that created the track Creation's Scourge which is a cover of the track Creation's Scourge by Krisiun

that created the track Refuse Resist which is a cover of the track Refuse/Resist by Sepultura

that created the track The Waste (feat. Mike Patton) that has vocal performed by Mike Patton

that was member of Fantômas

that has member Buzz Osborne
that was member of Melvins

that has member Joe Preston
that was member of Witchypoo
that has member Steve Fisk
that was member of The Halo Benders
that has member Calvin Johnson

that was member of Beat Happening

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1292 on:** 25 May 2010, 23:42 »

It's like 16 steps between David Bowie and Flight of the Conchords. The last one is something like 'who performed backing vocals in the song Bowie'

Emaline · « **Reply #1293 on:** 26 May 2010, 00:09 »

Also, William Shatner to Amanda Palmer: both had albums produced by Ben Folds.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1294 on:** 26 May 2010, 01:37 »

I was going to start

ing at the "sport's nut's" thing again (what is WITH that? From what I can tell, the "soccer mom" is a stereotype that is both a sports nut and a Christian, and ubiquituous!) but then I saw

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sophisticated swine

???

Also maybe I am one of them grammar nazi's but STOP MISUSING THE APOSTROPHE IT IS ALREADY OVER-BURDENED.

Dollface · « **Reply #1295 on:** 26 May 2010, 01:48 »

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Loud mouth women

nufan · « **Reply #1296 on:** 26 May 2010, 05:25 »

Belle and Sebastian to Anal Cunt in 11 steps

Ã¶de · « **Reply #1297 on:** 26 May 2010, 06:24 »

Path from Duran Duran to Duran Duran Duran in 11 steps

glyphic · « **Reply #1298 on:** 26 May 2010, 06:51 »

Just got an email.

Subject: Watch growth in your pants daily
Body: Suppressing power aimed at the venomous bacteria.

That's it.

JD · « **Reply #1299 on:** 26 May 2010, 06:55 »

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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