Raithe Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicMage117 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Interesting.... Saw this floting around the Obsidian forums. Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother? What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest. Begone! Lest I draw my nail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Farewell Kepler Space Telescope. Thanks for a job well done: https://www.space.com/42461-kepler-exoplanet-hunting-telescope-shuts-down.html "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) Neat to see how much work was needed to print a newspaper. Edited November 19, 2018 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6IjJkjkiI& 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Baseball for geeks I guess... Relativistic Baseball Poor disintegrating pitcher and unsuspecting batter. "A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch", and would be eligible to advance to first base." 2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic, please come to the gate i...mmediately. Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there. An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress, just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly. Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she did this. I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly. Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick, sho bit se-wee? The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—she stopped crying. She thought our flight had been canceled entirely. She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late, Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him. We called her son and I spoke with him in English. I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and would ride next to her—Southwest. She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it. Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and found out of course they had ten shared friends. Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours. She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering Questions. She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—and was offering them to all the women at the gate. To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California, the lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies. And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice and lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too. And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands— had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing, With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere. And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought, this is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped—has seemed apprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too. This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost. - Naomi Shihab Nye Edited November 20, 2018 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Serious question; can any federal judge block anything they want in the entire country, without limit or repercussions? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I think there has to be a lawsuit with (potentially) some merit but I could just be pulling that out of thin air and/or the area where my upper legs meet my lower back 1 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 God Don Butta my Bread! "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 That was weird But highly enjoyable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Well, That Was Fast: Young German Speeder Earns, Loses License In 49 Minutes D'oh! "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 If a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses showed up at my house uninvited and I ran them off with archery equipment do you think people will be as understanding as they are when some other folks do it? Just a random thought. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Is that in relation to this? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/world/asia/andaman-missionary-john-chau.html Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 ...and God Himself was shielding us... Well there's your problem. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) If a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses showed up at my house uninvited and I ran them off with archery equipment do you think people will be as understanding as they are when some other folks do it? Just a random thought. Castle Doctrine? Edited November 24, 2018 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 As long as you got a good jury, GD, you'd be fine. People hate those door to door missionaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Yes that was a entirely not subtle reference to Mr. Chau's ill advised visit to the Andaman islands. That guy was a fool in more ways than he knew. Suppose for a second it all went as he hoped. He befriended the Sentinelese and brought them to the light of God. And in the process passed on a mild strain of influenza he was immune to but they were not and killed every last one of them. Somehow i doubt God will call that a win. No high fives for him at the pearly gates. 3 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) It's very sad that he lost his life but he also sounds like the worst combination of crazy and stupid sprinkled with a dash of arrogance and maybe a hint of nutmeg Edited November 24, 2018 by ShadySands 1 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneCommander Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Yes that was a entirely not subtle reference to Mr. Chau's ill advised visit to the Andaman islands. That guy was a fool in more ways than he knew. Suppose for a second it all went as he hoped. He befriended the Sentinelese and brought them to the light of God. And in the process passed on a mild strain of influenza he was immune to but they were not and killed every last one of them. Somehow i doubt God will call that a win. No high fives for him at the pearly gates. Meanwhile in one of their villages someone is claiming to have seen an Unidentified Floating Object and visitors from other islands. But nobody will believe them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 This made me smile for some reason* so I wanted to share it *probably alcohol 4 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) I like testing this, it feels like my mouth is playing a xylophone. Edited November 25, 2018 by LittleAmadillo0 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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