Dr. Zorders

Wow that was pretty sick, what was I thinking when I posted that? Try this instead: They put trick candles on the birthday cake, and then, when he repeatedly tries to blow them out, the stiff exercise suddenly rejuvenates his lungs and voila, he's got three more years on the clock. Just long enough to use his magical powers to finally end all strife between races once and for all.

Or maybe on his birthday! That would be the Ingrid-Bergman-style: Born and died on the same day. Very nice. Maybe they could light the candles on the cake, put the cake in front of his face, and then pull the plug, so the wind from his death-gargle blows out the candles!

Nelson Mandela Unplugged:

Yeah I was gonna post that but I wasn't sure if this thread wasn't gonna be merged into another one or not. Did you know that the US army took him up in an F15 to do another supersonic flight in October last year, at the age of 89, on the 65th anniversary of his record breaking flight? This time he wasn't at the controls himself, of course... but still cool.

Alan Keyes?

Which James Cameron movie is that from?

Shit, I think I scared "Big DM" off with my Norman Bates talk.

Contrarian voters are back this time. Just because we've stopped hearing about Mandela all the time, doesn't mean he got better.

On July 4th 1995, painter Bob Ross, famous for his PBS show "The Joy of Painting" (which I seem to recall also got aired here in the UK) died aged 52 from cancer. Actually, I seem to remember reading at some point that his cancer may have been caused by toxic chemicals in his paints which is tremendously sad if true. On this day 10 years ago, world-famous, silky-smooth soul singer Barry White died aged 60 - I'm gonna guess, he died from just general complications of being absolutely massive. And finally, on July 4th 2008, Jesse Helms, long-time Republican Senator for North Carolina, and all-around general anti-everything guy who I don't know where to start describing, died at the age of 86. It's actually hard to list how many things he was anti-. Being anti-civil rights and anti-feminist/abortion rights wasn't enough for Jesse, he was anti-gay-rights (well, duh), but also anti-disabled rights(!) too. In reponse to Bill Clinton urging that gays should be allowed to serve openly in the US military, he suggested that the then-new president should "have a bodyguard" next time he comes to North Carolina. Apparently Helms had never heard of the Secret Service. He was one of 14 "successes" for our host website on their 2008 list.

Yeah hopefully they will kill the fucker. Fuck the Halibut Brotherhood trying to turn every state in the Middle East into Saudi Arabia. I'm so glad the people (and the military) of Egypt did this I was not expecting Morsi to be unseated at all.

That's a really critical invention. Can't believe we haven't heard his name more often before. Can you imagine how slow porn-surfing would be without that guy?

52 years ago today (2nd July 1961), Ernest Hemingway blew his brains out. On the same day In 1997, actor Jimmy Stewart (probably most famous these days for his lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo) died aged 89. (BTW, the film is good but deeply flawed and way overrated in my opinion, and the long and boring middle of the film really killed it for me) And in the "less well-known" category, Swede Savage died in hospital on this day in 1973, 33 days after surviving a huge and spectacular crash that ended in a massive fireball of his own car's burning fuel, at one of the most deadliest races/contests of its time, the Indy 500. In fact, he came out of the wreck fairly well considering how violent it was (video below) and was not expected to die, but sadly it was one of those nasty deals where you contract something in hospital while recovering from otherwise survivable injuries. It's variously reported as either a "hospital infection", or Hepatitis B from a blood transfusion which shut down some of his organs.

Er, how the hell am I "always" in "Telegraph high-horse riding mode"? You're really throwing a paddy, just because I objected to your generic smirky remarks a small handful of times, that means I'm "constantly going on about right wing things" or something. Wow. You're that un-used to even the mildest form of pushback aren't you? If you can't keep your argument/story confined to the realm of non-fiction, then how can you expect me to listen to you?

Not sure if I'd really call any snooker player "high profile" these days. The odds of two guys having blond hair? Not that long actually. No but fellow World Championship runner-up Jimmy White had it (and beat it) in 1995.

That's a kick in the balls. Geddit?

Okay. My hunch says Morsi won't get strung up or quit without a big fight. Obviously I can only wildly speculate, seeing the reports on TV/reading a few articles. It all depends how serious all the people are, they're already talking labour strikes until he goes. But if he turns the army on them, how many will give in? I hope I'm wrong though and he quits, or maybe the army turn on him. It's all completely unpredictable.

What do you mean "at this rate"? Are you suggesting that the suggestion of Morsi is frivolous, or that we are really in perilous times here in Europe?

Oh, come on. What's wrong with a good run-on-sentence, combined with massive abuse of hyphens? It's my favourite. I think your real complaint there is that I went into a far too technical and specific rant about the baffling and dull/uninspiring nature of F1/BBC F1 coverage, in a thread that was supposed to be about Eurovision. I'm sorry but sometimes I feel passionately about BBC wasting money on shit things. And themaninblack was in snotty Guardian reader mode, so I couldn't help myself.

Why don't you just sign up? It's not like it's conscription or anything...

Ok, so if you don't like the BBC wasting time and money making a huge deal out of a campy contest, it's because you're a seething racist or whatever. What's the crude and transparent emotional blackmail/smear you use to put down someone who complains about BBC wasting literally tens of millions buying the rights to a terrible, faded, horrible little racing series which only became available because not even ITV considered it good enough any more, while their educative/factual output languishes in a sea of repeats, and the few new commissions there are descend further and further into small-scale esoterica and/poor, muddled narration/pacing? An annoying-tinny-engined-robot-cars-go-round-and-round-a-painfully-dull-and-angular-track-that-looks-like-a-twisted-coat-hanger-from-above-while-an-annoying-Scot-who-probably-couldn't-even-get-hired-as-a-presenter-on-QVC-witters-on-about-some-unfathomable-"DRS"-nonsense-or-something-which-absolutely-no-one-who's-ever-even-got-to-1st-base-gives-a-shit-about-ophobe?

What is the worst year then? (Knows almost nothing about Eurovision and can't stand watching it, but just wants to know out of morbid curiosity)

Youtube classic:

Yes. That was in 2010. Cool story though, bro.

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