The Random Thread

[Sonic Glitch]

I play the xylophone pretty well.

Me too.

[Mikey]

I play a rockin' air-glockenspiel.

[Tsukiyumi]

Whit - she's going to get minutes on her phone soon; this case was one where she didn't want to be found, though... She's wicked depressed lately (with good reasons), and she just sort of ran off.

[Grundig]

I'm having a Guinness and a bologna sandwich for lunch.

[kostmayer]

I'm having a Guinness and a bowl of noodles for supper.

Also, my fave late night radio show is 4 hours tonight rather then the usual 3, thanks to the clocks going back an hour.

Anyone here remember The Adventures of Pete and Pete. The brothers Pete had a yearly tradition - when the clocks go back an hour they'd use the time to do something they wouldn't usually do. Not sure eating noodles and drinking Guinness counts, I do it most days.

[Grundig]

I remember Pete & Pete! That sounds like a great tradition!

[stitch626]

I just looked over the original Find the Founders thread... man it was funny. Now that I think back, how on earth did anyone think that Teaos was a Founder? He was so obviously not, and being so loud would have been the stupidest thing for a Founder to do. I really enjoy these games.
Thank you Grundig for getting us interested.

[Grundig]

I'm glad you're all enjoying it! I keep saying, try it in person with friends, it's even better.

[stitch626]

Just started reading this thread from the beginning, boy is it funny.

[stitch626]

Alright everyone, enjoy!

Pickles Will Kill You

AP Stats listserve archives dated: Sun, 26 Aug 2001
Subject: Re: Pickles Will Kill You

Every pickle you eat brings you closer to death. Amazingly, the "thinking man" has failed to grasp the terrifying significance of the term, "in a pickle." Pickles are associated with all the major diseases of the body. Eating them breeds wars and communism. They can be related to most airline tragedies. Auto accidents are caused by pickles. There exists a positive relationship between crime waves and consumption of this fruit of the curcurbit family. For example:

Nearly all sick people have eaten pickles. The effects are obviously cumulative.

99.9% of all people who die from cancer have eaten pickles.

100% of all soldiers have eaten pickles.

96.8% of all communist sympathizers have eaten pickles.

99.7% of the people involved in air and auto accidents ate pickles within 14 days preceding the accident.

93.1% of juvenile delinquents come from homes where pickles are served.

Evidence points to long term effects of eating pickles:

Of the people born in 1839 who later dined on pickles, there has been a mortality rate of 100%.

All pickle eaters born between 1908 and 1918 have wrinkled skin, have lost most of their teeth, have brittle bones, and failing eyesight--if the ills of eating pickles have not already caused their death.

Even more convincing is the report of a noted team of medical specialists:
rats force-fed with 20 pounds of pickles per day for 30 days developed bulging abdomens. Their appetites for wholesome food were destroyed.

In spite of all the evidence, pickles growers and packers continue to spread their evil. More than 120,000 acres of fertile US soil are devoted to growing pickles. Our per capita consumption is 4 pounds.

Eat orchid petal soup. Practically no one has as many problems from eating orchid petal soup as they do from eating pickles.


Hope you enjoyed todays statistic hour.

[Reliant121]

I despise pickles

[Mikey]

anal nitpick alert! -
that said "pickle growers" and "growing pickles." You can't grow a pickle - you grow a cucumber or some other fruit or veggie, then pickle it.

[Mark]

Hey, where'd the devil go Mikey???

[Mikey]

Hey, where'd the devil go Mikey???

Oh, he's waiting on the patio. We're going out for drinks after work.

Oh, you mean the avatar. Happy Halloween - it's Jack, the Pumpkin King!

[Grundig]

Creeeepy pic. Great movie!