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13:57 / 27.09.06

The new BBC One idents were inspired by Goatse. Well, if not, they might as well have been.

paranoidwriter waves hello

14:02 / 27.09.06

Did you know one could get hold of an analogue copy of the "Dictionary of Symbols" by Carl. G. Liungman and actually read it like a book? I'm still on 'Part I', but already the Globe is taking on a completely different shape. I heartilly recommend it.

Mistoffelees

14:10 / 27.09.06

Warning: if you don´t know what goatse is, don´t search for images, for example via google.

Maybe they got inspired by HAL?

Or they´ve been watching one too many videotapes?

jamesPD

14:34 / 27.09.06

"The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever."

paranoidwriter waves hello

14:38 / 27.09.06

What about other life-forms?

*ducks*

Princess

15:32 / 27.09.06

Nah, I think there's more humans than ducks.

Mistoffelees

15:53 / 27.09.06

Don´t let the ducks hear that...

Less searchable M0rd4nt

22:33 / 27.09.06

Wow. Turns out that people did actually used to get mercury enemas. On purpose.

I think I liked it better before I knew that.

grant

00:14 / 28.09.06

Model T Fords got 25 miles to the gallon.

That's better than the average car today.

Jawsus-son Starship

13:46 / 28.09.06

I have gone blind looking at goatses. should have just wikied it. damn google image!

pointless & uncalled for

13:52 / 28.09.06

In many functional areas the Model T is considered superior to modern automobiles.

paranoidwriter waves hello

13:58 / 28.09.06

Yeah, but who made it again? And is it fast enough to give a Hamster a hard-on and a trip to the hospital?

A friend told me once that the first light bulb is still working. I've never seen it, so...

Spaniel

19:07 / 28.09.06

Care to expand, ignominious?

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

19:39 / 28.09.06

Sawney Beane, his wife, 8 sons, 6 daughters, and 32 grandchildren were a family of cannibals that lived in the caves near Galloway, Scotland in the early 17th Century. Although the total number is not known, it is believed they claimed over 50 victims per year. The entire family was taken by an army detachment to Edinburgh and executed, apparently without trial.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:21 / 28.09.06

There's a really good Sol Invictus song about Sawney Beane...

A family inbred like serpents entwined
Had no heart and little mind
A clan of madness, a terrible scene
They cursed the earth- the Sawney Beane

Also a horror novel- The Bloody Man, by Mick Lewis (better in idea than execution, unfortunately). It's a fascinating story, really.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

21:29 / 28.09.06

I read up on it in Wikipedia. Horrifying. But in a good way.

topical b

22:10 / 28.09.06

Elephants can't jump

ants have 5 noses

giraffes can't swim

Mistoffelees

22:29 / 28.09.06

But giraffes can clean their ears by licking!

Tsuga

22:30 / 28.09.06

The tallest tree (currently known) in the world is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), at very close to 380 feet, or 115 meters, tall. They won't know exactly for sure until they climb it and tape drop it, but it's at least 378 feet.

JOY NO WRY

23:44 / 28.09.06

"The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever."

According to my (highly trustworthy) maths graduate friend, this is complete nonsense. He said that since it was such a well known peice of trivia the maths dept. at the university of Leeds habitually demonstrated to new students why it was riduclous.

Of course I have no idea how it works, so don't ask me to explain.

sorenson

00:05 / 29.09.06

For more on the living vs dead numbers, check out Snopes, which fairly convincingly debunks the idea that there are more of us living types.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:30 / 29.09.06

Contrary to popular opinion, bears CAN run downhill.

I looked this up the other week, and learned all sorts of stuff about bears. Apparently you're supposed to talk when confronted with a bear, to convince it you're human.

A friend of mine completely misunderstood this, and took it to mean that you had to construct an argument proving your humanity. That would convince a bear.

pointless & uncalled for

10:40 / 29.09.06

That's bloody stupid, bears are noted misanthropists.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:41 / 29.09.06

Oh yeah? What about Paddington? He loved everyone. Even Mr Gruber, who for some inexplicable reason I found sinister as a child.

pointless & uncalled for

10:44 / 29.09.06

Teddy bear mate, completely different genus. Kind of like the way Bombay Duck isn't duck at all.

_Boboss

12:04 / 29.09.06

sawney beane - as far as i remember, there's quite the dearth of primary sources when it comes to this one* - probably just more uncredited defoe i think. yes - he invented the texas chainsaw massacre and serial killer fiction in general as well - what a chap.

plus the 'more people living than ever died' thing - just, no, not true.

you guys need to read the fortean times more.

* sorry - i see it says as much on the wiki entry

All Acting Regiment

12:05 / 29.09.06

Paddington the Bear. Not the Teddy Bear. They don't have Teddy Bears in Peru. They couldn't find a mating couple, for starters.

Axolotl

14:28 / 29.09.06

A friend of mine completely misunderstood this, and took it to mean that you had to construct an argument proving your humanity. That would convince a bear

Like how Captain Kirk always defeats robots or evil computers?
"I put it to you, Bear, that by speaking I have proved I am human, and therefore by attacking me you will have done wrong" *bear's head explodes as it tries to deal with the ramifications of your debate*

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

14:36 / 29.09.06

Imagine the Doctor trying to convince a bear how brilliant it is by simply being a bear.

ONLY NICE THINGS

14:41 / 29.09.06

Remember when the bear ended up in the bath?

Fantastic.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

15:35 / 29.09.06

As in gambling, the Haus always wins.