[lucyrulesok]

how do you remember that??? it was AGES ago!

but now my secret is out i must think of something else to talk about.

uh... i love hula hoops. i'm eating a packet right now. yum!

[sonicl]

Never ask me to remember anything important, unless you can dress it up as useless trivia.

[jon boy]

i just dont know where to put my aids wolf sticker.

[Hip Priest]

^ That's a stinker of a situation, indeed. Have a drink of coffee and mull it over.

I wish I had a sticker of the Hjulstrom Curve. The Hjulstrom Curve still does it for me, after all this time. The perfect unification of simplicity, beauty and function. Good God it's a lovely thing:

 

[Hip Priest]

"An old Egyptian famine was caused by a volcano in Iceland", claim a team of scientists from New Jersey.

[king_buzzo]

 

[lithium]

ñami ñami ñami u h u h u h, the dolar is going down.

[Hip Priest]

^ Disconcerting news indeed. What is to be done about the situation? Is there a plan in place?

[pokkeherrie]

Interesting (well, only if you're into politics I suppose) election results yesterday in my part of the world... I've never seen anything like it. There's not a single 2-party government coalition possible and the only coalitions possible with 3 parties or more aren't very likely on ideological grounds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6176060.stm

RESULTS

Christian Democrats - 41
Labour - 32
Socialists - 26
Liberals - 22
Party for Freedom - 9
Green Left - 7
Christian Union - 6
D66 (left liberals)- 3
Party for Animals - 2
National Reformed Party - 2

[stenson]

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

Christian Democrats - 41
Labour - 32
Socialists - 26
Liberals - 22
Party for Freedom - 9
Green Left - 7
Christian Union - 6
D66 (left liberals)- 3
Party for Animals - 2
National Reformed Party - 2
Stephen Colbert - 99

Anyone see the episode when he actually does a presentation with Bush? Fucking hilarious, I saw it 2 days ago and he disses bush to his face

[king_buzzo]

we had a dutch election here as well

[Hip Priest]

Maps of Ancient Earth Need Revising
By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 17 November 2006
12:42 pm ET


A section of the Appalachian Mountains discovered in Mexico is forcing scientists to redraw their maps of ancient Earth.

The Appalachians are a series of mountain ranges in eastern North America that extend from Southern Quebec in Canada to northern Alabama. A piece of the chain was recently uncovered in a large Mexican outcropping of rock, known as the Acatlan Complex.

Analyses of the rocks revealed they were formed on the ocean floor, and dating showed they were much younger than previously thought.
Pangea

Pangea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago. This animation shows how it unfolded.

"This will change the way geologists look at Mexico," said study leader Damian Nance of Ohio University.

It also challenges current theories about the creation of the Appalachians, mountain ranges that have revealed valuable clues about the planet's early geography.

Previously, scientists thought that 420 million years ago Earth contained two main land masses that were separated by a large expanse of sea, called the Rheic Ocean. In the south was Gondwana, a supercontinent consisting of South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica. And to the north was Laurussia, made up of North America, Greenland, Europe and parts of Asia.

According to the standard scenario [image], the Acatlan Complex was once part of Gondwana, but it broke off the supercontinent about 500 million years ago. The complex, along with a few other chunks of land, drifted northward, and in the process blocked a stretch of sea known as the Iapetus Ocean. The Acatlan Complex eventually collided with North America, and with the force of a colossal bulldozer sent the once flat land into mountain-size ripples—forming the Appalachian Mountains.

But the recent analysis of the Acatlan Complex rocks revealed they once existed on the Rheic ocean floor, not the Iapetus, suggesting the Appalachian-forming collision occurred about 120 million years later.

According to this scenario, the Acatlan Complex remained a part of Gondwana and the entire supercontinent slammed into North America. The collision closed the Rheic Ocean, created the Appalachian Mountains and formed the goliath land mass known as Pangea.

The study is detailed in the October issue of the journal Geology.

[ondskan]

"post comething completly irrelevant!"

[Hip Priest]

^ It makes the thread very easy via find on the seach function. There's only two responses to 'comething'.

[king_buzzo]

Originally Posted by ondskan

"post comething completly irrelevant!"

i never noticed that

[king_buzzo]

 

[atari 2600]

John Fogerty plays on CBS during the halftime show of the Miami at Detroit game in mere minutes.

---
He did a medley:
Born on the Bayou/Green River/Proud Mary/Fortunate Son

The sound and performance quality were lacking somewhat, but hey, it was still cool.

[Hip Priest]

"Permian eco-disaster resulted in the proliferation of complex life" suggests Peter Wagner.

Interesting theory, this one: The Permian extinction occurred 251 million years ago and wiped out 95% of marine species. Before this “great dying”, simple and complex marine ecosystems were equally abundant. But afterwards, complex ecosystems became three times as common - a ratio that has persisted ever since, Wagner says.

[king_buzzo]

Man Eats 4.8 Pounds of Turkey in 12 Min.



NEW YORK (AP) - There won't be any turkey for Patrick Bertoletti on Thanksgiving - he got his fill the day before. Bertoletti, a 21-year-old culinary student from Chicago, won the annual turkey-eating contest at Artie's Deli on Wednesday, eating 4.8 pounds of the holiday bird - a full pound more than the second-place finisher.
The eight contestants in the competition had 12 minutes to eat as much of a 12-pound turkey as they could manage. And their handling of the birds wouldn't have won them any etiquette medals.
The defending turkey-eating champion, Sonya Thomas, known as the "Black Widow," got her mouth too full of turkey to swallow as the contest moved into the homestretch. She was disqualified.
Bertoletti's winning strategy had him starting his attack on the turkey breast. "It's white meat and harder to eat. You want to get it out of the way first," he said.
Bertoletti, who weighs 190 pounds, has won eating contests ranging from pizza to ice cream. But he said turkey was much harder, with all that chewing.
"My jaws are pretty tired," he said after winning the contest. But his appetite hadn't been sated. He and his friends were looking around for a spot to get some pizza before flying home. By the way, he was planning to serve venison for Thanksgiving.

[king_buzzo]

A german sues easter bunny


A German man has taken legal action against the Easter Bunny for grievous
bodily harm.

Karl-Friedrich Lentze, from Berlin, has filed a complaint with
prosecutors, accusing it of causing addiction to chocolate which leads to
heart attacks, obesity and strokes.

Lentze said: "The Easter Bunny is a sadistic and unscrupulous offender who
preys on people's sweet tooth.

"Find this evil bunny, handcuff his paws and remove him from shops in time
for Easter."

Public prosecutor spokesman Christian Avenarius said: "We will act upon
the complaint with speed and diligence."