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Fun ... facts?

Post by Jon-Marcus » 08-27-2006 09:01 AM

My brother sent this to me in an e-mail. Kinda funny. :)

Fun facts.....

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have
produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)


If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)


The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)


A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)


A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves
to death. (Creepy.)
(I'm still not over the pig.)


Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour

(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)


The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached
to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)


The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human
jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)


The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)


Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)


Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm......)


Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(Okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)


An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)


Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.


(What about that pig??)



Now that you've smiled at least once, have a better day than yesterday.

(and God love that pig!)
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Post by spiritme » 08-27-2006 09:05 AM

Jm
thanks for those....i am still LMAO about the pig!
may your day be filled with peace!:D
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Re: Fun ... facts?

Post by Live365 » 08-27-2006 01:24 PM

Jon-Marcus wrote:

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.


(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)


:D
Did you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again?

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Post by SETIsLady » 09-09-2006 09:15 AM

Jon-Marcus, I see you peeking :) I am glad you have started this thread up again :D

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Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-09-2006 09:30 AM

SETIsLady wrote: Jon-Marcus, I see you peeking :) I am glad you have started this thread up again :D


Thanks, Lady of SETI. :) And beautiful morning to you!
Truely, I "peek" in every morning after work, but I don't post much because I'm trying to stay out of the present arguments .. especially in the political area. Geeze it's ugly over there.
Oh, yes. There's more coming here on this thread. I'm getting close to the point where I can't be silent much longer.
Next ramble; Hate.
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Post by SETIsLady » 09-09-2006 09:36 AM

Jon-Marcus wrote: Thanks, Lady of SETI. :) And beautiful morning to you!
Truely, I "peek" in every morning after work, but I don't post much because I'm trying to stay out of the present arguments .. especially in the political area. Geeze it's ugly over there.
Oh, yes. There's more coming here on this thread. I'm getting close to the point where I can't be silent much longer.
Next ramble; Hate.


I have been trying to stay out of politics thread myself. I spend alot more of my time, doing something about the things that are making me angry in this Country. As much as I try I still end up in there...LOL

It is getting ugly but this Country is getting ugly. We need to stand up for what we have left, and we need to stop the dishonesty that has become common place in the US. We need to get our honor and dignity back.

Anywho !!! Glad to see you back and please don't be a stranger :)

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Post by Barbie » 09-09-2006 12:18 PM

Howard says to tell you all:

"Ooooooooooooooooooo-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!"

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Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-09-2006 04:24 PM

Darn it, Barbie, now I gotta clean dr pepper off my monitor. :D :D
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Hate

Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-12-2006 03:37 AM

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the Dark Side. Much fear I sense in you." Paraphrased from Yoda in SW Eps I.

And as Yoda put it quite well, I'll just stick to word association.

Hate
Intolerance
Distrust
Prejudice
Fear
Closed-mindedness
Anger
Accusations
Finger pointing
Middle-finger extention
Mirrors
Reflections


I could write a paragraph with the above words, discribing what I see in the real world, and in the electronic world, but that would be violating what I said in the sixth post in this thread.
Instead, I leave it to the reader to find his or her own meaning(s). After all, those meaning found within one's own heart and mind are normaly far more profound than those found without.
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Another annoyance sent to me from my brother

Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-17-2006 12:14 AM

Signs you are Grown Up!



1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke
any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7 Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook
up" and "break up."

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."

10. You're the one calling the police because
those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex
jokes around you.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car
payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of
McDonald's leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You take naps.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of
the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would
severely upset,rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and
antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good ****."

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces
"I'm never going to drink that much again."

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer
is for real work.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to
a bar.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you
congratulate them instead of asking "Oh **** what the hell happened?"

Bonus:

26: You read this entire list looking desperately for
one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your
sorry old ass.
Then you forward it to a bunch of old friends 'cause you
know they'll enjoy it,too!
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part 2

Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-17-2006 12:29 AM

Life Rules


Don't know if Bill Gates really said this or not, but all teenagers should read it.



Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School
about 11 things they did not and will not learn in
school. He talks about how feel-good, politically
correct teachings created a generation of kids with no
concept of reality and how this concept set them up for
failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of
high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car
phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till
you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger
flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as
boring as they are now. They got that way from paying
your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were. So before
you save the rain forest from the parasites of your
parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your
own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners
and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they
have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as
MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This
doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in
real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't
get summers off and very few employers are interested
in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own
time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life
people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go
to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up
working for one.



If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
If you are reading it in English -Thank a soldier!!
"You have forgotten the face of your father." Roland Deschain

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Post by Linnea » 09-17-2006 01:33 AM

Nice thread, Jon-Marcus. :)
Just discovered it.

Bill Gates has it down.
Fa sure.

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Survival in the coming years

Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-22-2006 04:46 AM

With all the talk about climate change and the economy, I figure it's time for me to toss in my two cent's worth. So ;

First thing is, if you live in a city you should get out while you can. Yes, gas prices are now closer to 2 bucks that to 3, but it's a pipe dream to think it's going to stay that way. I figure when the price for one gallon hits $5 we're screwed. Economic colapse of the dollar won't be far behind. Transport costs of food and fuel to the cities will skyrocket, driving food prices up along with it. When we can't fuel up our cars to get to the market to buy food that's outragiously priced, you know what comes next; Riots. Panic. Anarchy. Martial Law.
Get out of the cities, before $ 5 a gallon.
Move out to the country. Learn how to farm. Learn to garden. You will need to know how to do this, and to depend on yourself.
Or you can stay in the city where you will have to learn to steal if you want to survive. Unfortunatly, there will be other people learning the same thing. This means you will have a lot of compitition for the same dwindling supply of food and what-not. It's a safe bet that your competitors will not be interested in sharing his/her one package of Twinkies with you or anyone else. So, like your competitor, there is another skill you will need to learn ; how to kill. I will not teach you this. You will have to look elsewhere. But you will learn or you will die.
Not me. I won't be with you.
I will be out on my farm, raising chickens, cows, and pigs.
Farming potatoes, corn, beans, and wheat.
And tomatoes.
And watermellons.
I like watermellons.
Hunting rabbits and deer.
Making clothes.
Helping my niebors. Hopefully they too will help me. That's how it used to be.
As for all those people who stayed in the cities when everything went to hell in a handbasket ... I'm sorry. You should have known better.
Yes, I know this sounds rather heartless. Being realistic usually seems heartless.
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Right and Left

Post by Jon-Marcus » 09-26-2006 07:11 PM

Here's a little something I've noticed;
It seems like a lot of folks are under the impression that anyone who's on the right is a conservitive/republican, and therefore by default, must also be a neocon/fascist. I suppose that may be true of the extreme right, but not for those who are moderatly conservative. Yet that seems to get over looked.

So let's take a look at this from the other side;

If the right is conservitive/republican and by default neocon/fascist, then it follows that the left must be liberal/democrat and by default, socialist/communist. Again, that may be true of the extreme left, but not for those who are moderatly liberal.
I have no doubts that'll annoy the hell out of a few people. How dare I equate liberals with socialists.
How dare they equate conservitives with fascists.

The point here is; Not all people fit neatly into these catagories. There are no pre-defined lines, except those in our own individual minds.
Think about that next time,before you call a conservitive a fascist. You might get called a socialist, even though you aren't .
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Post by Jon-Marcus » 11-09-2006 08:28 AM

For those who like to dis our young people in the military ;

It is the VETERAN , not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the VETERAN , not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the VETERAN , not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the VETERAN , not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the! VETERAN , not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the VETERAN , not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

Think about it.
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