Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 22, 2014 I've been pondering starting this thread for a little while because I got sick of the "Things To Do While Waiting For Death" thread, and how everything has to be parsed into a supposedly cute/funny sentence that fits in with the concept of the thread.Like, if I was posting this news story which I just saw, in that thread, I would have to say..."Pretend it's the 1950s".And that's getting kind of lame so I decided to make this all-purpose thread for every time you want to share something you saw on the internet/in a newspaper.Saw this in the Daily Mail (where else?).http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2543580/The-people-STILL-living-like-1951-Captivating-portraits-look-inside-Americas-Rockabilly-community.htmlWhat does everyone think? I have to admit I wouldn't mind tasting a bit of the American 1950s life (especially the girls) but it must get weird after a while. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonecold 51 Posted January 23, 2014 There really are some knobs out there. However having some strange calling to the 50s is nothing to the loon who celebrates Christmas everyday (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088872/Man-celebrates-Christmas-day-scaling-celebrations-credit-crunch.html). Perhaps we should just have a looney thread 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 23, 2014 There really are some knobs out there. However having some strange calling to the 50s is nothing to the loon who celebrates Christmas everyday (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088872/Man-celebrates-Christmas-day-scaling-celebrations-credit-crunch.html). Perhaps we should just have a looney thread Sad to see Dom Joly reduced to such lame gimmicks just to get himself in the papers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 23, 2014 There really are some knobs out there. However having some strange calling to the 50s is nothing to the loon who celebrates Christmas everyday (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088872/Man-celebrates-Christmas-day-scaling-celebrations-credit-crunch.html). Perhaps we should just have a looney thread Sad to see Dom Joly reduced to such lame gimmicks just to get himself in the papers. This so called Mr Christmas lives in the town next to me, and not only is he a cock, but, according to many of his neighbours and local townsfolk, he's an absolute fucking bullshitter as well, and has been trading off the back of this farce for many years. Mr Christmas, my arse - Mr Fucking Twat more like. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 23, 2014 There really are some knobs out there. However having some strange calling to the 50s is nothing to the loon who celebrates Christmas everyday (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088872/Man-celebrates-Christmas-day-scaling-celebrations-credit-crunch.html). Perhaps we should just have a looney thread Sad to see Dom Joly reduced to such lame gimmicks just to get himself in the papers. This so called Mr Christmas lives in the town next to me, and not only is he a cock, but, according to many of his neighbours and local townsfolk, he's an absolute fucking bullshitter as well, and has been trading off the back of this farce for many years. Mr Christmas, my arse - Mr Fucking Twat more like. Bad things happen when you take the lyrics from 1970s hits too seriously. That's how my uncle ended up in jail for buggering a swan. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 23, 2014 On my main footie forum there is a 'random shite' thread much like this and yesterday someone posted a 10 sec gif of a girl kneeling in a wooden box (I thought it was a magicians trick at this point), then gets covered in concrete and when set in a block, starts the porn shoot. The next post was a map of the World, coloured in by a countries principle sport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 23, 2014 Would have been funnier if he'd shot the burning computer a couple of times first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 23, 2014 Would have been funnier if he'd shot the burning computer a couple of times first. That would be more like Mr McAfee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 24, 2014 The latest bullshit "apocalypse"/horror movie-type scare story is a drifting, abandoned Russian ship full of "diseased cannibal rats", that "may" be heading towards the UK.http://uk.news.yahoo...-132016334.htmlUnless these rats know how to lower a lifeboat and row it to shore, I don't think we've got too much to worry about..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 24, 2014 The latest bullshit "apocalypse"/horror movie-type scare story, which I'm sure many of you will have seen already, is a drifting, abandoned Russian ship full of "diseased cannibal rats", that "may" be heading towards the UK. http://uk.news.yahoo...-132016334.html Unless these rats know how to lower a lifeboat and row it to shore, I don't think we've got too much to worry about..... If ''cannibal'' there would be none left after a while or am I missing something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 24, 2014 The latest bullshit "apocalypse"/horror movie-type scare story, which I'm sure many of you will have seen already, is a drifting, abandoned Russian ship full of "diseased cannibal rats", that "may" be heading towards the UK. http://uk.news.yahoo...-132016334.html Unless these rats know how to lower a lifeboat and row it to shore, I don't think we've got too much to worry about..... If ''cannibal'' there would be none left after a while or am I missing something? Yeah, you'd think so, although the phrase "breeding like rats" might have some relevance here, I'm not sure. Maybe the little blighters have set aside some separate rooms on the ship which are designated "shagging only, no eating". Just to keep the numbers up and keep the party going! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 24, 2014 I had the misfortune to be @ 12 when The Rats, Lair etc came out, and cut about on a few relatives farms a lot. I hate the fuckers. Big time. Might be my only ''real'' phobia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 24, 2014 I like rats. Used to keep them as pets. They're more intelligent than some people I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 24, 2014 The latest bullshit "apocalypse"/horror movie-type scare story, which I'm sure many of you will have seen already, is a drifting, abandoned Russian ship full of "diseased cannibal rats", that "may" be heading towards the UK. http://uk.news.yahoo...-132016334.html Unless these rats know how to lower a lifeboat and row it to shore, I don't think we've got too much to worry about..... If ''cannibal'' there would be one left after a while or am I missing something? FTFY. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 24, 2014 The latest bullshit "apocalypse"/horror movie-type scare story, which I'm sure many of you will have seen already, is a drifting, abandoned Russian ship full of "diseased cannibal rats", that "may" be heading towards the UK. http://uk.news.yahoo...-132016334.html Unless these rats know how to lower a lifeboat and row it to shore, I don't think we've got too much to worry about..... If ''cannibal'' there would be one left after a while or am I missing something? FTFY. regards, Hein And after one left ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 24, 2014 Rats I don't really mind... animals tend not to bother me, bar some insects. Granted I live with cats so I never have had to deal with rats as vermin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted January 26, 2014 Probably one of the funniest comedy sketches I have ever saw and i don't usually like American comedy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 3J Posted January 27, 2014 Anyone been to theonion.com It's funny because it looks like a newspaper article but it's not one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2554113/The-glow-dark-TOILET-new-hi-tech-seat-built-nightlight-target-men-aim-at.html A "glow in the dark toilet" to help you pee at night... because, apparently, simply turning the bathroom light on at night is just impossible and out of the question........ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.dailymail...men-aim-at.html A "glow in the dark toilet" to help you pee at night... because, apparently, simply turning the bathroom light on at night is just impossible and out of the question........ They might have a point. In the first flat I lived in, my bathroom had no windows, hence my extractor fan came on automatically every time you switched the light on. That in turn woke up the baby, therefore I used to pee in the dark. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.dailymail...men-aim-at.html A "glow in the dark toilet" to help you pee at night... because, apparently, simply turning the bathroom light on at night is just impossible and out of the question........ They might have a point. In the first flat I lived in, my bathroom had no windows, hence my extractor fan came on automatically every time you switched the light on. That in turn woke up the baby, therefore I used to pee in the dark. Turning the light on wakes me up more, so I prefer to leave it off in order to maintain my level of sleepiness so that I can sink comfortably back into slumber on my return. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted February 20, 2014 Another "very impressive" complete waste of time that seems like something that would have been a huge hit in like 1983/4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2563133/Now-thats-telling-time-RoboCLOCK-continuously-writes-rubs-hour-real-time.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 20, 2014 After his sacking Avram Grant decided - after a chance comment from a Russian interviewer - to search for his grandparents graves. They had been victims of WW2 in a tragic way: Living near Warsaw they fled the Germans due to being Jewish but the Russians then branded them 'fascists' and exiled them to Komi - an area governed by GULAG system. They died when his Dad was 13 and he somehow survived without them for 4 years before getting away from their tiny village. Anyway the nearest town to the now vanished village is Syktyvkar and when there preparing to find the graves a local historian told him that buried in the local cemetery were the grandparents and parents of Roman Abramovich...in a strange twist of fate his grandparents had been exiled there from Lithuania in 1940 in exact same circumstances as Grant's: escaped Nazis, sent to camp by Soviets. Grant laid flowers at their grave...and it seems neither man knew when he was appointed Chelsea manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted February 20, 2014 There's a football thread. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites