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Just thought id tell you a few useful facts you can amaze your friends with at dinner parties

God isn't real

Jesus was a succesful raconteur that the romans got pissed off at and executed him...end of story

If you smoke banana skins you dont get high...ive tried it

George Bush is an idiot...and everyone in the UK laughs at him

If god was real he would be Bill Hicks

I have size 11uk 12us feet

flicking the vs at people as an insult was from the english longbowmen that showed their fingers to french invaders to show they could still fire a bow...as when they were taken prisoner the french used to cut them off

tell me some interesting facts...

Gentoo is named after the Gentoo penguin, which is the fastest-swimming penguin.

This is probably the most pointless thread ever. Congratulations! :)

flicking the vs at people as an insult was from the english longbowmen that showed their fingers to french invaders to show they could still fire a bow...as when they were taken prisoner the french used to cut them off

Nope (http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm)

Nope (http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm)

thats one persons opinion...and whoever pulled back a bow with one finger??

its the v sign I was referring to...and I dont believe a word your sourse says :p

Congratulations; you've started a thread called 'useful facts' and the only thing in your list that is a fact isn't particularly useful.

This is probably the most pointless thread ever. Congratulations! :)

Why!?

I like finding out nonsense facts...knowledge is power :cool:

Congratulations; you've started a thread called 'useful facts' and the only thing in your list that is a fact isn't particularly useful.

perhaps I should have renamed it 'idiots post here' then you would feel more at home...:rolleyes:

perhaps I should have renamed it 'idiots post here' then you would feel more at home...:rolleyes:

It would have been a much more fitting title considering the OP, that's for sure.

It would have been a much more fitting title considering the OP, that's for sure.

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thats one persons opinion...and whoever pulled back a bow with one finger??

its the v sign I was referring to...and I dont believe a word your sourse says :p

*lol
Well, believe it or not, but snopes is a good deal more reliable than many other sources, including wikipedia. ;)

thats one persons opinion...and whoever pulled back a bow with one finger??

its the v sign I was referring to...and I dont believe a word your sourse says :p

I posted a source, therefore I win. Don't you know how debating works?

*lol
Well, believe it or not, but snopes is a good deal more reliable than many other sources, including wikipedia. ;)


I have my own version of the world...and fact doesn't necessarily fit into Beekers criteria...I like to make it up as I go along ;)

Swallows carry coconuts. It's true! I got this from a VERY reliable source. ;)

I already knew all that

At least one species of penguin has been observed to partake in a form of prostitution. Sex for stones needed to build penguin nests.

I posted a source, therefore I win. Don't you know how debating works?

yeah...I say something...you agree with it :p

Just thought id tell you a few useful facts you can amaze your friends with at dinner parties

My friends would laugh me out of any dinner party if I mentioned any of this drivel.


God isn't real


That's nice. It's also only and strictly your opinion. As has been shown countless times by countless public figures, reality is relative.


Jesus was a succesful raconteur that the romans got pissed off at and executed him...end of story

Another opinion. So far, you're 0-for-2 on facts, sonny.


If you smoke banana skins you dont get high...ive tried it

The only thing "useful" about this fact is that it lets us all know that your priorities are...interestingly aligned...and that your grasp of the word "useful" needs re-thinking.


George Bush is an idiot...and everyone in the UK laughs at him

An opinion followed by a completely subjective sweeping generalization. Surely you've not met everyone in the UK.


If god was real he would be Bill Hicks

Again, not a fact, but a conditional supposition with a side order or wishful thinking. However, the personage you've chosen as God would be perfectly acceptable to me. Hicks rules.


I have size 11uk 12us feet

So far from "useful" as to defy explanation.


flicking the vs at people as an insult was from the english longbowmen that showed their fingers to french invaders to show they could still fire a bow...as when they were taken prisoner the french used to cut them off


Good grief. You're from the UK and you don't know that this is complete bullshit? I though you people were proud of your history, having so much of it recorded and all.

tell me some interesting facts...

Look, I understand from personal experience that Bill Hicks can inflame the passions of atheists with nascent intelligence. But if you listen closely, you'll hear that Bill is intensely spiritual. The best thing you can do (in my opinion -- and notice how I say that it's my opinion and not a fact) with Hicks is use him as a counterweight to all the religious propaganda we're inundated with and come to your own opinion about the whole area of religion and spirituality without falling completely for anyone's whole package. A personal relationship with the divine is better than anything pre-packaged and cooked up for you by someone whose true motives are unknown. Again, my opinion, and worth less than the electrons it takes to send and receive.

One more thing -- spam threads are not the way to gain anything remotely resembling positive attention here.

Cheers!

At least one species of penguin has been observed to partake in a form of prostitution. Sex for stones needed to build penguin nests.

when you feel a little p-peckish

pick up a - pick up a panguin ;)

Why!?

I like finding out nonsense facts...knowledge is power :cool:

And shit knowledge is shit power.

Who the hell is Bill Hicks, anyway?

I have my own version of the world...and fact doesn't necessarily fit into Beekers criteria...I like to make it up as I go along ;)

Uh...have you checked your thread's title, junior?

Who the hell is Bill Hicks, anyway?

You're ON the Internet, and you can't be bothered to search the name?

Oy gevalt. :rolleyes:

My friends would laugh me out of any dinner party if I mentioned any of this drivel.



That's nice. It's also only and strictly your opinion. As has been shown countless times by countless public figures, reality is relative.


Another opinion. So far, you're 0-for-2 on facts, sonny.


The only thing "useful" about this fact is that it lets us all know that your priorities are...interestingly aligned...and that your grasp of the word "useful" needs re-thinking.


An opinion followed by a completely subjective sweeping generalization. Surely you've not met everyone in the UK.


Again, not a fact, but a conditional supposition with a side order or wishful thinking. However, the personage you've chosen as God would be perfectly acceptable to me. Hicks rules.


So far from "useful" as to defy explanation.



Good grief. You're from the UK and you don't know that this is complete bullshit? I though you people were proud of your history, having so much of it recorded and all.


Look, I understand from personal experience that Bill Hicks can inflame the passions of atheists with nascent intelligence. But if you listen closely, you'll hear that Bill is intensely spiritual. The best thing you can do (in my opinion -- and notice how I say that it's my opinion and not a fact) with Hicks is use him as a counterweight to all the religious propaganda we're inundated with and come to your own opinion about the whole area of religion and spirituality without falling completely for anyone's whole package. A personal relationship with the divine is better than anything pre-packaged and cooked up for you by someone whose true motives are unknown. Again, my opinion, and worth less than the electrons it takes to send and receive.

One more thing -- spam threads are not the way to gain anything remotely resembling positive attention here.

Cheers!

the very fact that you spent so much time psycho analysing something I threw together in 2 minutes for a giggle says alot about the person you are...now that REALLY IS an interesting fact...:rolleyes:;)

Swallows carry coconuts. It's true! I got this from a VERY reliable source. ;)

African or European?

You're ON the Internet, and you can't be bothered to search the name?

Oy gevalt. :rolleyes:

*shrug* I'm multitasking. Posting here and trying to write some extremely painful IDL code. I'll prolly look it up later if you're not going to just answer the question.

the very fact that you spent so much time pshyco analysing something I threw together in 2 minutes for a giggle says alot about the person you are...now that REALLY IS an interesting fact...:rolleyes:;)

"Physco" analyzing?

First off, it took less than two minutes to type that response.

Secondly, you're one of those lovely netizens who thinks any little thing that comes into your head is instantly hilarious. Well, everyone needs a hobby, but this is NSG, and unless it's truly amusing, it's gonna get smacked down.

I'm just trying to let you know why you're inheriting a load of anti-posts...though I doubt you're really curious. Regardless -- enjoy!

And shit knowledge is shit power.


who is this fuckin clown??

Do you even know who I am?

I'm beeker...general forum god...I eat so called knowledgable piss ants like you for snacks...with enough room for anyone else who wants to verbally fence with me :cool:

*shrug* I'm multitasking. Posting here and trying to write some extremely painful IDL code. I'll prolly look it up later if you're not going to just answer the question.

Sorry -- I just figured Google would do a better and quicker job. Surely you can multitask your way into another window and navigate to a search engine.

who is this fuckin clown??

Do you even know who I am?

I'm beeker...general forum god...I eat so called knowledgable piss ants like you for snacks...with enough room for anyone else who wants to verbally fence with me :cool:

Verbally fencing with you? Sir, you're unarmed! It would be against the code.

Sorry -- I just figured Google would do a better and quicker job. Surely you can multitask your way into another window and navigate to a search engine.

I probably will. As soon as I'm done pulling teeth in what is barely a slightly more sophisticated language than BASIC.

who is this fuckin clown??

Do you even know who I am?

I'm beeker...general forum god...I eat so called knowledgable piss ants like you for snacks...with enough room for anyone else who wants to verbally fence with me :cool:

A General forum god with less than 500 posts? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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There's only one thing that's funnier than a lovely pointless thread like this, and that's somebody coming along taking it seriously and trying to show of debating skills by refuting joke arguments...

I probably will. As soon as I'm done pulling teeth in what is barely a slightly more sophisticated language than BASIC.

Sounds dreadful. What's it for, if I may ask (figuring this thread could USE a hijack).

African or European?

Only African swallows of course. :)

A General forum god with less than 500 posts? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Ever heard of "reincarnation"? ;)

"Physco" analyzing?

First off, it took less than two minutes to type that response.

Secondly, you're one of those lovely netizens who thinks any little thing that comes into your head is instantly hilarious. Well, everyone needs a hobby, but this is NSG, and unless it's truly amusing, it's gonna get smacked down.

I'm just trying to let you know why you're inheriting a load of anti-posts...though I doubt you're really curious. Regardless -- enjoy!

im a jan 2003 nation...patronize me at your peril...you may think you are being mature and funny...you are neither...you are just coming across as a conceited...self absorbed...lonely sad twat...that spends his days picking through innocuous posts on message boards to make himself seem intelligent while mother cooks his tea

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There's only one thing that's funnier than a lovely pointless thread like this, and that's somebody coming along taking it seriously and trying to show of debating skills by refuting joke arguments...

Even with joke responses?

Jeez, people -- it's a joke-eat-joke world in here, and some of you are starving.

im a jan 2003 nation...patronize me at your peril...you may think you are being mature and funny...you are neither...you are just coming across as a conceited...self absorbed...lonely sad twat...that spends his days picking through innocuous posts on message boards to make himself seem intelligent while mother cooks his tea

A Jan 2003 nation with May 2007 on your tag? Please, threaten me again, it's sooooo cool.

Ever heard of "reincarnation"? ;)

he's a twat cabra...but they all have to learn somewhere ;)

*gets the popcorn and the comfy chair to enjoy this absolutely pointless debate*

who is this fuckin clown??

Do you even know who I am?

I'm beeker...general forum god...I eat so called knowledgable piss ants like you for snacks...with enough room for anyone else who wants to verbally fence with me :cool:

You precede your reputation. Most people haven't heard of you. I haven't really heard of you, I've just noticed people remembering you from back in the day.

Ever heard of "reincarnation"? ;)

Yes. I just figured someone who was actually that experienced would have the sense and decency to make a spam thread at least marginally entertaining. Besides, what's to fear? His online longevity? Ooooh *shudders*, hold me back.

Sounds dreadful. What's it for, if I may ask (figuring this thread could USE a hijack).

Basically taking in byte arrays of data collected from an observation platform in upstate New York, pulling out the useful bits, running it through a noise-filtering algorithm, running it through an unwarping algorithm (which is what I'm working on now), then converting it into a series of JPEG files.

That alone is not so bad, though the unwarping requires 3 coordinate transformations that all have to work perfectly, and the conversion requires data pulled from the 600 bye binary headers each data set has.

Combing through 600 bytes of binary data for 6 4-byte data chunks is a pain in the ass that has taken me the better part of last week. Now I get to work out the transformation code.

Once that's done, I have to work it into into a batch process that will take the entire collected data set from a given day (anywhere from 4 to 60 of these arrays), convert them into JPEGs and then convert those into a movie that we can look at to pinpoint nice images.

Then I have to go back into IDL, load up the images from a restore file, and analyse them for important information like the wavelengths and periods of the wave phenomena we're researching.

It's fun, but unimaginably painful.

he's a twat cabra...but they all have to learn somewhere ;)

What's that make you, the twat professor? Shit fire and save matches, boy, it isn't my fault if nobody's heard of a nobody.

Yes. I just figured someone who was actually that experienced would have the sense and decency to make a spam thread at least marginally entertaining. Besides, what's to fear? His online longevity? Ooooh *shudders*, hold me back.

Beeker isn't really a veteran. He's just back from being DOS a long(in internet terms) time ago.

A Jan 2003 nation with May 2007 on your tag? Please, threaten me again, it's sooooo cool.

Im not trying to be cool...you were the one who came onto my thread flame baiting...you are the one with no life other than the ability to turn meaningless threads into some sort of crusade...you are the one who grossly underestimated my ability to bite back and you are the one who is going to read this thread back and think who looks the bigger idiot...me with my flippant comments...or you with your high browed nonsense ;)

Basically taking in byte arrays of data collected from an observation platform in upstate New York, pulling out the useful bits, running it through a noise-filtering algorithm, running it through an unwarping algorithm (which is what I'm working on now), then converting it into a series of JPEG files.

That alone is not so bad, though the unwarping requires 3 coordinate transformations that all have to work perfectly, and the conversion requires data pulled from the 600 bye binary headers each data set has.

Combing through 600 bytes of binary data for 6 4-byte data chunks is a pain in the ass that has taken me the better part of last week. Now I get to work out the transformation code.

Once that's done, I have to work it into into a batch process that will take the entire collected data set from a given day (anywhere from 4 to 60 of these arrays), convert them into JPEGs and then convert those into a movie that we can look at to pinpoint nice images.

Then I have to go back into IDL, load up the images from a restore file, and analyse them for important information like the wavelengths and periods of the wave phenomena we're researching.

It's fun, but unimaginably painful.

Yikes. Well -- good luck to you. I won't pretend I understood the vast majority of that, but I'll take your word on it's painfulness.

Im not trying to be cool...you were the one who came onto my thread flame baiting...you are the one with no life other than the ability to turn meaningless threads into some sort of crusade...you are the one who grossly underestimated my ability to bite back and you are the one who is going to read this thread back and think who looks the bigger idiot...me with my flippant comments...or you with your high browed nonsense ;)

Uh...bite back? So far you haven't managed a nibble, junior.

And how is it high-browed to point out that none of your OP was factual when you'bve labeled it as fact?

May I also point out that you, too, are contiuing to reply? Or is that too far above my station, O Mighty General Master...of empty rhetoric.

You precede your reputation. Most people haven't heard of you. I haven't really heard of you, I've just noticed people remembering you from back in the day.

its been 4 years without a single post from me...of course most people have never heard of me now...back then there wasn't a single person who didn't know who I am...not boasting...just fact :cool:

Yikes. Well -- good luck to you. I won't pretend I understood the vast majority of that, but I'll take your word on it's painfulness.

Thanks. The cool thing is that if I can get this to work (only a matter of time) I can start pulling out important information for my prof and the grad student to use in their models for what it is we're researching, which will hopefully lead to more refined models and a better understanding of what we're looking at.
Which means I'm actually contributing something useful, which is always nice :D

Uh.... another useful fact. Take a picture. It'll last longer.

256^2=65536.
Using these (:gundge::mp5::sniper::gundge::mp5::sniper:) makes people mad.
Bob Barker retired.
European Swallows if they have a bit of line tied between them.
Otherwise a African Swallow can, but their nonmigratory.

Uh...bite back? So far you haven't managed a nibble, junior.

And how is it high-browed to point out that none of your OP was factual when you'bve labeled it as fact?

May I also point out that you, too, are contiuing to reply? Or is that too far above my station, O Mighty General Master...of empty rhetoric.


speak english for gods sake...you are not in an english exam now...the very FACT my opening line in useful FACTS was god isn't real...a subject that is at best debatable surely denotes tongue in cheek...obviously missed by your crusade to ridicule something that was intentionally ridiculous in the first place...you beggar belief haha ;)

Bob Barker retired.

Ah, I miss the days when Bob Barker would get the ladies to reach into his pocket to grab the $100 bill. A more civilized age...

Which reminds me;

Going Commando makes it easier to spring into action

Beekermanc has a way of creating threads that draw peoples ire over the silliest of statements

There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.

Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."

and macaroni tastes lousy when combined with maple syrup.

Beekermanc has a way of creating threads that draw peoples ire over the silliest of statements.

fact ;)

Some more accredited facts:

-Mud is an excellent substitute for most medication.

-The larval stage of kittens ends when their tail falls off.

-Penguins are secretly plotting to take over the world.

-Penguins are secretly plotting to take over the world.

It's fine, we're working on a counter-assault: melting Antarctica.

Heh cool, 3 whole pages of slagging orf, over a joke thread!

Fact - Dawkins can't back up his arguments with facts, and so his hatred is irrational.

Fact - father christmas IS real.

Fact - I'm bored now!

It's fine, we're working on a counter-assault: melting Antarctica.

fact - antarctica spelt backwards is allpenguinsmustdie or is that eidtsumsniugneplla...I always get those two mixed up ;)

Please forgive my earlier jackassery.

While I've been here a while, I've obvioulsy missed the entire concept of deliberate silliness as a cover for forum familiarity. There have been a lot of spammy/trolly thread starters lately, and not knowing who Beekermanc was led me to assume he was another in a recent series of morons. I suppose that the absence of gun-smilies should have been a clue.

That said, I'll stand by my penchant toward deflating anyone who thinks they're entitled to automatic respect based on a name I've never heard and a past I couldn't immediately verify (claims of all kinds of superiority used to claim high ground are common here).

In conclusion, I owe Beekermanc an apology, and I apologize most sincerely.

It's fine, we're working on a counter-assault: melting Antarctica.Nooo!!!111!1 That's what they want us to do, it will free their mothership from the ice so they can rain firey death upon us from above.

Fact: penguins are aliens

It is not possible to sneeze without closing your eyes.

Please forgive my earlier jackassery.

While I've been here a while, I've obvioulsy missed the entire concept of deliberate silliness as a cover for forum familiarity. There have been a lot of spammy/trolly thread starters lately, and not knowing who Beekermanc was led me to assume he was another in a recent series of morons. I suppose that the absence of gun-smilies should have been a clue.

That said, I'll stand by my penchant toward deflating anyone who thinks they're entitled to automatic respect based on a name I've never heard and a past I couldn't immediately verify (claims of all kinds of superiority used to claim high ground are common here).

In conclusion, I owe Beekermanc an apology, and I apologize most sincerely.

Yeah and I have been here for 25 years, in differant incarnations of course:rolleyes:

Now, with that out of the way:

Beeth and dogth can thmell fear (the only redeemable line from Jerry Maguire).

Ben Franklin was a member of the Hellfire Club.

Orson Welles peaked at 25 and ballooned before the world's eyes (and he sold bad wine).

Lord Aberdeen would make "ne" sounds when you pushed him.

The St. Louis Arch is actually a fastening site for very large people who rapell down the face of the planet...which is, itself, what causes earthquakes and tsunamis (a two-fer!).

Yeah and I have been here for 25 years, in differant incarnations of course:rolleyes:

Uh...wha?

Please forgive my earlier jackassery.

While I've been here a while, I've obvioulsy missed the entire concept of deliberate silliness as a cover for forum familiarity. There have been a lot of spammy/trolly thread starters lately, and not knowing who Beekermanc was led me to assume he was another in a recent series of morons. I suppose that the absence of gun-smilies should have been a clue.

That said, I'll stand by my penchant toward deflating anyone who thinks they're entitled to automatic respect based on a name I've never heard and a past I couldn't immediately verify (claims of all kinds of superiority used to claim high ground are common here).

In conclusion, I owe Beekermanc an apology, and I apologize most sincerely.

It takes a strong man to apologise...and I appreciate it...and don't worry about it...I used to flame n00bs on a regular basis...its just one of the reasons culminating in my DOS order in the first place...

even though you are a little stuffy around the edges I like intelligence if used in the right way...you just have to direct it at subjects with lower IQs and it works a treat ;)

apology accepted...I have too many enemies and not enough friends these days so if you hang out with me...expect fireworks :p

*supports Intangelon*

... What?
I just thought that Beekermanc was being a bit silly in this thread.

*supports Intangelon*

... What?
I just thought that Beekermanc was being a bit silly in this thread.

Im always silly...now get back to meggies where you belong ;)

who is this fuckin clown??

Do you even know who I am?

I'm beeker...general forum god...I eat so called knowledgable piss ants like you for snacks...with enough room for anyone else who wants to verbally fence with me :cool:


God? I think not.
You're a formerly DOS poster who was banned for good reason. You begged forgiveness, and were given grace. And now you're exhibiting the same sort of behavior that got you banned in the first place.

The human skull cracks under about 12lbs of preassure.

Its more effecient to slice the vein behind the left ear than cutting somebodies throat.

Swallowing drain cleaner is not an effecient way to commit suicide. You'll just burn the hell out of your throat and mouth and live a long and pointless existance in the hospital causing more misery than youre worth to other people. Real men go out and poke a bear with a stick until it eats them.

Anonymous does not forgive.

Milhouse is not a meme.

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God? I think not.
You're a formerly DOS poster who was banned for good reason. You begged forgiveness, and were given grace. And now you're exhibiting the same sort of behavior that got you banned in the first place.

ive never begged anyone in my life...and you are? A nobody...thought so...I was long gone before you arrived so how you can pass judgement on something and someone you have no idea about is beyond me :rolleyes:

Im always silly...now get back to meggies where you belong ;)

Meggies?
As a British gentleman and the President of the New British Imperial Party I hereby demand that you apologise. :)
And explain what it means.

Meggies?
As a British gentleman and the President of the New British Imperial Party I hereby demand that you apologise. :)
And explain what it means.

its the locals nickname for cleethorpes!

My ex was from grimsby...been there a few times ;)

If you take a gyroscope and a sun-dial and spin them together in a superconducting vacuum it violates the conservation of energy laws and rips open a time portal to the future.

If you take a gyroscope and a sun-dial and spin them together in a superconducting vacuum it violates the conservation of energy laws and rips open a time portal to the future.

/0

ive never begged anyone in my life...and you are? A nobody...thought so...I was long gone before you arrived so how you can pass judgement on something and someone you have no idea about is beyond me :rolleyes:

You did so when you asked to come back.

And you may not recall me, but know you. Daisy.

*gets the popcorn and the comfy chair to enjoy this absolutely pointless debate* is this seat taken?
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its the locals nickname for cleethorpes!

My ex was from grimsby...been there a few times ;)
Cleethorpes? :confused:

oh and my fact? a majority of people born and raised in Hawaii are immune to Poison Oak, Poison Sumac, and Poison Ivy. (I AM!!!) :)

is this seat taken?
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Cleethorpes? :confused:

Britspeak I assume. Kinda reminds me of that one episode of Family Guy where they go to a British play...

oh and my fact? a majority of people born and raised in Hawaii are immune to Poison Oak, Poison Sumac, and Poison Ivy. (I AM!!!) :)

Really? Hmm... Oh! Reminds me. What part of Hawaii you from? I was there last Spring Break on Big Island near Kona.

Britspeak I assume. Kinda reminds me of that one episode of Family Guy where they go to a British play... ahh... but what is it?



Really? Hmm... Oh! Reminds me. What part of Hawaii you from? I was there last Spring Break on Big Island near Kona. beautiful place. Originally, I was born on Maui. but now I reside in Honolulu.

ahh... but what is it?

Beats the holy hell out of me.

beautiful place. Originally, I was born on Maui. but now I reside in Honolulu.[/QUOTE]

Ah, nifty. We never left the Big Island, but I've still got a couple bags of Kona left to go through. Beautiful place.

We were in PR over Christmas, but it just wasn't the same. Too many people, too rainy/humid.

Ammonium iron (II) sulphate is also known as "Mohr's salt"

its the locals nickname for cleethorpes!

My ex was from grimsby...been there a few times ;)

Oh!
I didn't realise that anyone read location nowadays.

All I can say is that I've lived in Grimsby all my life and I've never heard of Cleethorpes referred to as Meggies.

@Junii and Deus Malum:
Cleethorpes is a small town along the mouth of the River Humber in Lincolnshire, England. It's pretty much surrounded by my hometown, Grimsby.

@Junii and Deus Malum:
Cleethorpes is a small town along the mouth of the River Humber in Lincolnshire, England. It's pretty much surrounded by my hometown, Grimsby.Ahhh!

Thxs! :cool:

Water Is Wet

Fire Is Hot

Water Is Wet

Fire Is Hot

Or are they?
Perhaps fire and water are merely illusions created by the same sick mind that brought humanity into existance in the first place. Perhaps our entire universe is simply the delerious dream of a butterfly which is dreaming its a man dreaming he's a butterfly dreaming that its God.
Or maybe there IS a spoon and we just dont know it.

ive never begged anyone in my life...and you are? A nobody...thought so...I was long gone before you arrived so how you can pass judgement on something and someone you have no idea about is beyond me :rolleyes:

Beeker, for six months you were well known on a lightly populated site. We've since moved on to other players and personalities, and your former status is ancient (and not particularly important) history. Right now, you are an ordinary player here on probation. If you don't get your ego in check pretty damn soon, you're going to find that Delete-on-Sight order reinstated.

Beeker, for six months you were well known on a lightly populated site. We've since moved on to other players and personalities, and your former status is ancient (and not particularly important) history. Right now, you are an ordinary player here on probation. If you don't get your ego in check pretty damn soon, you're going to find that Delete-on-Sight order reinstated.

wow... now that is a Useful fact.

that DOS status can be removed! :eek:




I didn't know that...

Beeker, for six months you were well known on a lightly populated site. We've since moved on to other players and personalities, and your former status is ancient (and not particularly important) history. Right now, you are an ordinary player here on probation. If you don't get your ego in check pretty damn soon, you're going to find that Delete-on-Sight order reinstated.

dont get on your high horse with me...I was flame-baited...the guy apologised and thats the end of it :rolleyes:

as for 'lightly populated' it was one of the biggest forums of its time...still find it hard to find bigger...but ill let you off...you're a newish nation after all *joke*;)

All I can say is that I've lived in Grimsby all my life and I've never heard of Cleethorpes referred to as Meggies.

you are probably too posh ;)

Beeker, for six months you were well known on a lightly populated site. We've since moved on to other players and personalities, and your former status is ancient (and not particularly important) history. Right now, you are an ordinary player here on probation. If you don't get your ego in check pretty damn soon, you're going to find that Delete-on-Sight order reinstated.

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i654154_a4eFullMetalPanic21divx5.1.1021689121224.JPG

Or are they?
Perhaps fire and water are merely illusions created by the same sick mind that brought humanity into existance in the first place. Perhaps our entire universe is simply the delerious dream of a butterfly which is dreaming its a man dreaming he's a butterfly dreaming that its God.
Or maybe there IS a spoon and we just dont know it.

DAMN THAT BUTTERFLY!!!!

I like the idea that this is just a computer program, like the Matrix, better

dont come the high horse with me...I was flame-baited...the guy apologised and thats the end of it :rolleyes:

It's not a good idea to back-chat mods, no matter how unjust the situation seems to you. If you want to make a complaint, do it politely and try not to use the roll-eyes smiley.

DAMN THAT BUTTERFLY!!!!

I like the idea that this is just a computer program, like the Matrix, better

Fufufufufu~ None can counter the butterfly!

It's not a good idea to back-chat mods, no matter how unjust the situation seems to you. If you want to make a complaint, do it politely and try not to use the roll-eyes smiley.

*points to*

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It's not a good idea to back-chat mods, no matter how unjust the situation seems to you. If you want to make a complaint, do it politely and try not to use the roll-eyes smiley.

I wouldn't dream of backchatting mods...its not in my nature ;)

you are probably too posh ;)

Probably.

I wouldn't dream of backchatting mods...its not in my nature ;)

You've convinced me to like you, it would be a shame if your attitude got you banned. It has happened to so many others...

as for 'lightly populated' it was one of the biggest forums of its time...still find it hard to find bigger

really?

You've convinced me to like you, it would be a shame if your attitude got you banned. It has happened to so many others...

thanks Utra...I know...I should keep my mouth shut...its the bane of my life...always running away with itself...I'll behave...and I have to be honest...just if people bait me I find it very hard to bite my tongue...

wow... now that is a Useful fact.

that DOS status can be removed! :eek:




I didn't know that...

Usually it isn't. A special exception was made in this case. I'll post the thread later when I have time.

Popcorn!Popcorn!

Why!?

I like finding out nonsense facts...knowledge is power :cool:

And power is work divided by time. And time equals money.

This formula tells us that what you know equals the work you do divided by the time you invest in it. But the time you invest also equals the work you do divided by how much you know. And since we know that time equals money, as your knowledge approaches zero, your money approaches infinity.

Popcorn!Popcorn!

Does it have butter?

Diamonds are the hardest metal known to man.

Congratulations; you've started a thread called 'useful facts' and the only thing in your list that is a fact isn't particularly useful.

Ditto.

God IS real; I know that the same way I know I'm breathing.

And Jesus Christ IS God, NOT some "raconteur the Romans got pissed off at and executed him".

Diamonds are the hardest metal known to man.

They're...not...metal...

They're a carbon allotrope. They are, in fact nonmetals.

Ditto.

God IS real; I know that the same way I know I'm breathing.

And Jesus Christ IS God, NOT some "raconteur the Romans got pissed off at and executed him".

Good for you and your opinions.

They're...not...metal...

They're a carbon allotrope. They are, in fact nonmetals.

I know, it's a quote from a website where someone apparently argued a car made of diamonds could destroy a brick wall. ;)

Just thought id tell you a few useful facts you can amaze your friends with at dinner parties

God isn't real

Prove it.

I know, it's a quote from a website where someone apparently argued a car made of diamonds could destroy a brick wall. ;)

What a moron.

Though I heard tell of an alloy being researched that apparently crystalizes over break points in its structure, actually becoming harder as it takes damage.

Prove it.

Prove he is.

Oh dear, not this "God is ____" bullshit! No, please, this is going to inspire people to make religion threads! Stop it. Seriously, I'm liking this forum the way it is!

:(:(:(

Oh dear, not this "God is ____" bullshit! No, please, this is going to inspire people to make religion threads! Stop it. Seriously, I'm liking this forum the way it is!

:(:(:(

Oh calm down. They'll sputter and huff. We may get a new religion thread, and I can do something more interesting/productive than staring at a LED-lit art-deco fountain.

Oh calm down. They'll sputter and huff. We may get a new religion thread, and I can do something more interesting/productive than staring at a LED-lit art-deco fountain.

But it hurts my brains. :(

Who need facts when lies, deciept and innuendo are far more useful in manipulating the masses?

Diamonds are the hardest metal known to man.

Not as hard as Dragonforce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

George Bush is an idiot

Gasp!! http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/smileeek.gif

What a moron.

Though I heard tell of an alloy being researched that apparently crystalizes over break points in its structure, actually becoming harder as it takes damage.

:eek:

I want some.

But it hurts my brains. :(

Then ignore it!:rolleyes:

Ditto.

God IS real; I know that the same way I know I'm breathing.

And Jesus Christ IS God, NOT some "raconteur the Romans got pissed off at and executed him".


prove it

prove it

Your thread has turned serious. For shame.

prove it

*sigh* It says so in tha Bible!

Your thread has turned serious. For shame.

I find the notion of an all powerful being hilarious...surely there is some comedy in that ;)

*sigh* It says so in tha Bible!

It says in Razzle that a bored lonely housewife wants to talk to you if you dial up this premium rate number...apparently she's hot too...

do you believe everything you read? ;)

It says in Razzle that a bored lonely housewife wants to talk to you if you dial up this premium rate number...apparently she's hot too...

do you believe everything you read? ;)

Really? What umm what edition? And whould this board lonley house wife be local to London? Has it not got her home number, I would hate to have my wife pay a premium phone charge just to talk to another board lonley house wife!:p

Really? What umm what edition? And whould this board lonley house wife be local to London? Has it not got her home number, I would hate to have my wife pay a premium phone charge just to talk to another board lonley house wife!:p

Im just saying that the bible has alot of similarities to a porn mag...

Its pleasing to the eye...but seriously lacking in content...and most of the writing involved is elaborate works of fiction ;)

Only African swallows of course. :)

I thought it was coconuts.

Im just saying that the bible has alot of similarities to a porn mag...

Its pleasing to the eye...but seriously lacking in content...and most of the writing involved is elaborate works of fiction ;)

Heh I can't belive that! I can tell you that I have never left a copy of the bible in the bog, with pages stuck togther! Ohhh hold on I recant, there was that one time. But it don't really count, it wasn't my house, nor my bog! Bwhahahahah:D

Heh I can't belive that! I can tell you that I have never left a copy of the bible in the bog, with pages stuck togther! Ohhh hold on I recant, there was that one time. But it don't really count, it wasn't my house, nor my bog! Bwhahahahah:D

Go into any phone box in bethlehem and you will find a card for Mary Magdaline...apparently after jesus died she got heavily into crack and had to start selling her body to fund her habit :p

Oh dear, not this "God is ____" ! No, please, this is going to inspire people to make religion threads! Stop it. Seriously, I'm liking this forum the way it is!

:(:(:(


F'real there are way too many religion threads on NS as it is. In fact, it seems most folks on online forums have nothing better to do but get into infantile ontological debates. Wonder why that is? That would be a useful revelation.

Go into any phone box in bethlehem and you will find a card for Mary Magdaline...apparently after jesus died she got heavily into crack and had to start selling her body to fund her habit :p

Heheh hey hold on a mo! Are you saying that the mother of God is a crack whore? Umm I wonder who her pimp would be?:eek:

F'real there are way too many religion threads on NS as it is. In fact, it seems most folks on online forums have nothing better to do but get into infantile ontological debates. Wonder why that is? That would be a useful revelation.

because most people on the 'net' are infantile and umm ontological?

Heheh hey hold on a mo! Are you saying that the mother of God is a crack whore? Umm I wonder who her pimp would be?:eek:

King Herod had loads of hoes on his books...was a natty dresser too :cool:

it's true, the French used to chop off the first two fingers of the bowmans hand to prevent him firing his bow, so it was a way of saying "up yours Frenchy". And I'm English, so i know about these things. It goes back to Henry V and Agincourt

And yes, we do all laugh at George Bush, but i would have thought that was common knowledge, we don't exactly make a secret of our contempt for him. It's much the same for Blair though, becoming irrelevant now as he is to be out of office within weeks, but he will be the prime minister not so affectionately remembered as Bush's poodle

it's true, the French used to chop off the first tow fingers of the bowmans hand to prevent him firing his bow, so it was a way of saying "up yours Frenchy" and i'm English, i know about these things. It goes back to Henry V and Agincourt

Snopes disagrees with you.

F'real there are way too many religion threads on NS as it is. In fact, it seems most folks on online forums have nothing better to do but get into infantile ontological debates. Wonder why that is? That would be a useful revelation.
Perhaps it's because it's such a vast subject, with so many sides to take in the debate and so many people who are convinced that their way, and only their way is the right way.

Perhaps it's because religious beliefs directly affect so many people.

Perhaps it's because people genuinely *believe (*capital 'B' or lower case, you can choose) that they have something new to add to the debate.

On the other hand, perhaps it's because it's one of those subjects that is always guaranteed to get things to kick off :)

it's true, the French used to chop off the first two fingers of the bowmans hand to prevent him firing his bow, so it was a way of saying "up yours Frenchy". And I'm English, so i know about these things. It goes back to Henry V and Agincourt

And yes, we do all laugh at George Bush, but i would have thought that was common knowledge, we don't exactly make a secret of our contempt for him. It's much the same for Blair though, becoming irrelevant now as he is to be out of office within weeks, but he will be the prime minister not so affectionately remembered as Bush's poodle

Hey first post!:D

I'm with you on the Bush monkey thing, we do all laugh at him. Not too sure about the fingers thing though. I would love to belive it, serves them frenchies right for calling us roast beef!

Just thought id tell you a few useful facts you can amaze your friends with at dinner parties

God isn't real: that isn't a fact. that fact is that this is, in any tangably objective sense, an unknown. something pretty darn cool dispite the unimaginable power it seems to have does seem to exist, though not everyone is would neccessarily see it as a god if they could see it at all.

Jesus was a succesful raconteur that the romans got pissed off at and executed him...end of story:
more or less. he, along with every other revealer of just about every organize d belief this planet has ever seen, was choosen by that same, whatchama might be a god, to channel its will, to the rest of us.
he WAS a charismatic leader, or at least successful lecturer, who was wrongfully exicuted, largely out of political paranoia.

If you smoke banana skins you dont get high...ive tried it: no comment.

George Bush is an idiot...and everyone in the UK laughs at him: we don't know that either, though it does seem likely. on the other hand, the forces he represents and which control him, are probably the biggest threat to live on earth and the entire human species both, in all of recorded human history.

If god was real he would be Bill Hicks: unlikely on the face of it. the named individual is presumably a finite and mortal human. "god", should one or more choose to exist, has a very large universe to look after, on the scale of which planet earth, and everything that goes on on it, amounts to something very much smaller then the tineyest grain of sand.

I have size 11uk 12us feet: i'll take your word for it.

flicking the vs at people as an insult was from the english longbowmen that showed their fingers to french invaders to show they could still fire a bow...as when they were taken prisoner the french used to cut them off: now that's interesting. that explains churchill's use of it, but not how it came to be an emblem of pacifists in the late 60s and early 70s

tell me some interesting facts...

ok.

the 'polution' raygun notoriously pointed out that was caused by trees and other forms of vegitation, is the oxygen we breathe and could not live without.

nothing, other then heating and cooking, we get from combustion (principly 'energy' and transportation) could not be gotten as economicly and efficiently, comfortably and gratifyingly, without it, by means that are proven and reliable.

preditor populations are controlled by the availability of their prey.

the universe is big, very very big.

the world we live in is neither more nor less messed up then our collective thoughtlessness makes it, whatever gods, governments, forms of either, or anything else, that sees fit to exist.

as a species, humanity is capable both of destroying itself and the very web of life by careless, shortsighted, backwardheaddedness, and of not only the avoidance of doing so, but the creation of universal abundance and opportunity for gratification.

nature's diversity is an equal oppertunity 'gremlin'. sparing tyrannts no more then anybody else.

preventing neither the attempted and sometimes successful rise of just about anything, nor likewise, its fall.

our greatest parrell isn't the hubris of some powerful being or beings, but are own indifference to how what we do and what is important to us, actually works.

tecnology isn't what cuts us off from nature, the politics of culture is.

some tecnologies ARE more (and less) sustainable then others.

nothing, can ever be finally and absolutely prooven at all.
the closest that can be approached to doing so is to observe that some things happen more often then others, and that some things happen more often when other things happen first.

electricity existed before anybody ever invented a way of observing it, let alone generating or controlling it.

there is more SiO2 in the earths surface then any other component.
likewise more N in its atmosphere.

before there were plants as we know them, during the precambrian, there was NO O2 in the earth's atmosphere.

we need to thank our little green friends, and i don't mean the ones made of green ink and paper, for our very existence, and that of all mobile, land based life forms, of which we are one.

=^^=
.../\...

Internet connections and alcohol never mix.

*snip*

tell me some interesting facts...

I have useful facts. You're not getting them.
Instead, I offer universal advice:

Don't leave dishes in the sink. If there are more than one sinks, leave one empty.

Put your bed against a wall. Then you can't get out the wrong side of it.

If your grandfather left you a war-issue firearm, don't try to insure it.

Be happy. If you can't, fake it so happy people don't run a mile to avoid you.
__________________

I don't know what you did that was so bad. I don't care either. Bring the funny and you're OK by me.

Snopes disagrees with you.


see the previous posts...and dont believe everything you read...just because a theory has been posted on an internet site doesn't make it true...that goes for my warblings too ;)

see the previous posts...and dont believe everything you read...just because a theory has been posted on an internet site doesn't make it true...that goes for my warblings too ;)

Ah, but I never said it was right. I just said it disagreed with him, and it does.

Internet connections and alcohol never mix.

I dunno about this one. I mean, would pure alcohol cause a short in the circuitry of your modem?

I dunno about this one. I mean, would pure alcohol cause a short in the circuitry of your modem?

Internet =/= modem.

Try again.

fact: Jesus was a penguin.
fact: een dag niet gehuppeld is een dag niet geleefd.
fact: on average 76 generalites burst out in spontaneous song while going about their day.
fact: snopes.com doesn't disagree with any of these facts.

Snopes disagrees with you.

Snopes is also inaccurate. There's more than one thing they are wrong on.


*Is still pissed about the Cabbage Patch kid*

Snopes is also inaccurate. There's more than one thing they are wrong on.


*Is still pissed about the Cabbage Patch kid*

LIES! LIES!

*covers his ears*
LALALALALALALALALA

Fact: Seven foot tall platypi will replace humanity as the dominant species on earth in the not too distant future.:eek:

I have forseen this to be true.

fact: Jesus was a penguin.


http://hometown.aol.com/almightyobo/images/jesus_zoidberg.jpg

close, he was actually zoidbergian.

tell me some interesting facts...
Here's one for you:

Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry!

http://hometown.aol.com/almightyobo/images/jesus_zoidberg.jpg

close, he was actually zoidbergian.

Decapodian.

One in five thousand lobsters is bright blue.

Galapagos penguins live on the equator.

A normal human body contains about 0.68 g of the element rubidium.

fact: Jesus was a penguin.
fact: een dag niet gehuppeld is een dag niet geleefd.
fact: on average 76 generalites burst out in spontaneous song while going about their day.
fact: snopes.com doesn't disagree with any of these facts.

fact - You are one funny guy ;)

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!

Slugs have 4 noses!

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.

It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.

California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.

Just thought id tell you a few useful facts you can amaze your friends with at dinner parties

God isn't real

Jesus was a succesful raconteur that the romans got pissed off at and executed him...end of story

If you smoke banana skins you dont get high...ive tried it

George Bush is an idiot...and everyone in the UK laughs at him

If god was real he would be Bill Hicks

I have size 11uk 12us feet

flicking the vs at people as an insult was from the english longbowmen that showed their fingers to french invaders to show they could still fire a bow...as when they were taken prisoner the french used to cut them off

tell me some interesting facts...
Many historians have reason to believe that Honore' de Balzac died of coffee poisoning. *warning*

A short pass between two mountain ridges is called a bwlch.

Christopher Walken once worked as an assistant lion tamer in a circus. *think Red Dragon*

Monkeys make a "snuttering" sound when chattering.

On some Caribbean islands, the oysters there climb trees a bit.

St. Paul, Minnesota was once called "Pig's Eye". *yes, the term*

Oligosaccharides are your fart fuel.

One more fun fact .... i tend to have a posting history of the last word on quite a few threads ....

One more fun fact .... i tend to have a posting history of the last word on quite a few threads ....

The Brevious is a thread killer.

Or maybe not.

There was once a multinational computer corporation called "Wang".

True.

What's that make you, the twat professor? Shit fire and save matches, boy, it isn't my fault if nobody's heard of a nobody.

At least now when someone asks him who on this forum has trumped him he can say 'Nobody' :p

Nope (http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm)
I don't trust snopes...
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/snopes.png
¬_¬

That's a bit of an ad hominim attack... ergo, I still trust Snopes.

Some false friends between German and Turkish:

Tabak (tobacco/plate)
Alt (old/down)
dünn/dün (slim/yesterday)
fakir (fakir/poor)

Some false friends between English and Turkish:
insan (human)
on (ten)
in (cave)

On topic...

There are, strangely enough, mathematical conspiracy theorists.
They tend to deny that pi = 3.141592 and so on and so forth.

0.9 recurring equals one precisely. No more, no less.

Fermat's Last Theorem was only proven a decade ago; it's been around since the seventeenth century.

Mathematics is the only subject in which anything can conclusively be proven with no chance of refutation.
Sorry. I just like pointing that last one out.

We mathematicians is better than yous scientists. *rasp*
Although I also like physics...

Mathematics is the only subject in which anything can conclusively be proven with no chance of refutation.
Sorry. I just like pointing that last one out.

Shurely this applies by definition to all axiomatic systems - such as logic, no?


...and don't give me any of that 'logic is part of mathematics' guff. Both logic and mathematics are part of set theory.

Shurely this applies by definition to all axiomatic systems - such as logic, no?


...and don't give me any of that 'logic is part of mathematics' guff. Both logic and mathematics are part of set theory.

Who said that logic is part of mathematics?
And what do you mean, exactly? Give me an example.

I assume you mean that it applies to any system in which the entire thing is based on unprovable axiomatic beliefs such as, for example, 1 + 1 = 2.

Mathematics is the only subject in which anything can conclusively be proven with no chance of refutation.
Sorry. I just like pointing that last one out.I suppose that means you put Logic, computers science, and other subjects in which you can conclusively prove things, under mathematics?
It's certainly one way to look at things, but you have to stretch mathematics way beyond the realm of numbers.

Total has 100% of your daily value of all nutrients, and if you eat five bowls of it a day for a year you will die.

Some false friends between German and Turkish:

Tabak (tobacco/plate)
Alt (old/down)
dünn/dün (slim/yesterday)
fakir (fakir/poor)

Some false friends between English and Turkish:
insan (human)
on (ten)
in (cave)

This reminds me of The Meaning of Tingo.

The Brevious is a thread killer.

Or maybe not.

Tag team, booyah!

:)


Male horse + female donkey = hinny


In old English dens, one employee's designated job was to swallow the dice - in case of raids.

Cisvestitism is the act of wearing weird clothes.

Bertha Van der Merwe holds the record for staying awake: 282 hours, 55 minutes - without sleep *note to Straughn and Whereyouthinkyougoing *

How about Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny for a first name, and George for the middle? Try Florida.

A fruitcake, properly prepared and stored, will last for 25 years.

One more fun fact .... i tend to have a posting history of the last word on quite a few threads ....

That, sir, is bad timing.

Swallows carry coconuts. It's true! I got this from a VERY reliable source. ;)

Is that an african or a european swallow?

NI!

This reminds me of The Meaning of Tingo.
Tell me about that!

Fact: Seven foot tall platypi will replace humanity as the dominant species on earth in the not too distant future.:eek:

I have forseen this to be true.

Not before we bring back the ancient megafauna *looks at the funny kangaroo ancestors*