Random thoughts that don’t warrant a thread.

BDI

Vampires, why don’t they harvest people instead of killing them straight off. They could have a farm of 20 or so people and keep them alive and dine like kings.
They’d only have to make about 20 people go missing every 80 years. The angry villagers would never notice.
These guys are about 800 years old some of them. Why have they never copped on to this?

Mr. CooL ICE

Billy Joel wrote We Didn't Start The Fire when he turned 40 in 1989. The lyrics contain a brief description of various aspects of history from when he was born up until (then) present day. Interesting idea and it's a good tune.

Now, if you were to take a cohort of people who turned 40 this year and get them to write their own version of the song with their own lyrics, but describing events from 1979 onwards, and get them to write the song so the vocals have the same tune and rhyming scheme as the original, how similar would all the different versions be?

Feisar

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

Billy Joel wrote We Didn't Start The Fire when he turned 40 in 1989. The lyrics contain a brief description of various aspects of history from when he was born up until (then) present day. Interesting idea and it's a good tune.

Now, if you were to take a cohort of people who turned 40 this year and get them to write their own version of the song with their own lyrics, but describing events from 1979 onwards, and get them to write the song so the vocals have the same tune and rhyming scheme as the original, how similar would all the different versions be?

Cee-Jay-Cee

In 500 years will our generation get a mention in history books, that’s if mankind hasnt destroyed itself through war, famine, climatic catastrophe or sheer stupidity? I suppose our generation invented the internet but other than that there is nothing noteworthy that might be included in the history books.

Tammy!

Some of the older kids where i grew up made their own lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fire slagging off all the people in the estate. Was funny.

Random musing - has athletic sport reached its peak?

How is it possible that I only know my dog a couple of weeks, but I love him with all my heart already? That doesn't happen with people. And if cats don't care about people, how come mine is so jealous?

TheValeyard

BDI wrote: »

Vampires, why don’t they harvest people instead of killing them straight off. They could have a farm of 20 or so people and keep them alive and dine like kings.
They’d only have to make about 20 people go missing every 80 years. The angry villagers would never notice.
These guys are about 800 years old some of them. Why have they never copped on to this?

Vampires really enjoy the taste of garlic in blood. They spread that rumour, so humans could make themselves more tasty.

Junkyard Tom

If humans all died out now in some sort of mass extinction event the trace we'd leave would be about a millimeter thick in rock in a hundred millions years time and would probably never be discovered.

kneemos

BDI wrote: »

Vampires, why don’t they harvest people instead of killing them straight off. They could have a farm of 20 or so people and keep them alive and dine like kings.
They’d only have to make about 20 people go missing every 80 years. The angry villagers would never notice.
These guys are about 800 years old some of them. Why have they never copped on to this?

Once bitten you become a vampire I thought?

Never seen vampires feeding on vampires.

Paddy Cow

If a fellow met a fellow, in a field of beans. Could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means? How many f's in that?

Paddy Cow

kneemos wrote: »

Once bitten you become a vampire I thought?

Never seen vampires feeding on vampires.

No. It's only if you drink enough blood to kill them that they turn. You can take a sip and let them go on their way.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

In 500 years will our generation get a mention in history books, that’s if mankind hasnt destroyed itself through war, famine, climatic catastrophe or sheer stupidity? I suppose our generation invented the internet but other than that there is nothing noteworthy that might be included in the history books.

History will show the internet began in the 60s and 70s. Not sure what generation will get the credit. Even Tim Berners-Lee was born in 1955, so not the current generation either.

kneemos

Paddy Cow wrote: »

No. It's only if you drink enough blood to kill them that they turn. You can take a sip and let them go on their way.

Begging to differ. The modern PC vampires maybe,but there are rules.

https://clickamericana.com/eras/1900s/8-rules-of-the-vampire-per-dracula-1901

Ten of Swords

April 1st is the only day of the year people critically evaluate news articles before accepting them as true

Lil Sally Anne Jnr.

Why is flora still available in shops? What type of absolute degenerate doesn't buy butter these days.?

stonecipher

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

Billy Joel wrote We Didn't Start The Fire when he turned 40 in 1989. The lyrics contain a brief description of various aspects of history from when he was born up until (then) present day. Interesting idea and it's a good tune.

Now, if you were to take a cohort of people who turned 40 this year and get them to write their own version of the song with their own lyrics, but describing events from 1979 onwards, and get them to write the song so the vocals have the same tune and rhyming scheme as the original, how similar would all the different versions be?

This is the 2019 Lyrics

Carol Channing, TSA, Red Finch, PM May
North Atlantic Treaty Org. and Michelangelo.
Mitch McConnell, Richard Nixon, Huckabee on Television
North Korea, Syria, Nairobi and Beto.

Rosenstein, Steve King, hamberder from Burger King
Kondo, FBI, "Raiser in the Toilet" Guy.
Deripaska, viral egg, kittens with bubonic plague
Mar-A-Lago, Puerto Rico, Tom Marino goodbye!

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it.

Michael Flynn and Trump Hotel, little boy in Spanish well
Eight-hundred-thousand furloughed (many working off the clock).
Kremlin calling on the phone, Guiliani, Michael Cohen
Jar-ed Kush-ner, Chris Christie's gonna talk.

Feinstein, John Dean, Clemson has the winning team
Mick Mulvaney, Lindsey Graham, Chuck and Nancy, Gillibrand
Bill Barr! Bird Box! Sherrod Brown and Jayme Closs!
Mueller's fate, Watergate, trouble in the Caliphate!

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it.

Boxing glove! Chechnya! Lin-Manuel Miranda!
Coast Guard, A.O.C., Bridge explodes in Tappan Zee!
Kamala, Karen Pence, maybe the wall’s just a fence?
Brexit, L.A. Unified, children at the border died.

Lizzie Warren, Biden; straw polls are excitin’
Iowa, Castro, Bernie is a no-go.
Manbij, Cardi B., Klobuchar and R. Kelly
Bryan Cranston, Iran, Belgium to Afghanistan.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it

Manafort, Adam Schiff, perfect circle ice drift
CODEL, Katie Hill, Walmart-bag campaigning grift.
No State of the Union, sanctions & Mnuchin
ISIS, Oscars host, Chief Advisor: Nixon’s Ghost.

Space Force, perjury, missile-defense strategy!
Michael Pence is anti-gay; what else do I have to say?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.

Alpha Bank! Van Der Zwaan! Steve Scalise and Kellyanne!
7 Rings, “Godman” Singh, Steny Hoyer, ICE Marine!

Miley Cyrus, moon eclipse, obstruction of justice
Russian oligarchs on yacht, Belarusian model caught.
Tulsi Gabbard, online trolls, shutdown clock and doctored polls
Foreign foes, Bernie bros, fentanyl, what Mueller knows.

Lack of shutdown compromise, Michael Cohen’s mounting lies
Louis C.K, border wall, I can't take it anymore.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.

Mister Vain

If you take two power banks of the same capacity and plug them into each other, would they both charge?

Paddy Cow

This thread should've been called "shower thoughts".

Paddy Cow

kneemos wrote: »

Begging to differ. The modern PC vampires maybe,but there are rules.

https://clickamericana.com/eras/1900s/8-rules-of-the-vampire-per-dracula-1901

Fifth: Every person bitten by a vampire becomes a vampire. (This rule strikes at the root of morality.)

Well they should've told that to the producers of The Vampire Diaries!

deise08

If water is a good conductor, what happens when lightening strikes the sea/body of water?
Would lightning hit that?

Gregor Samsa

If Kangaroos developed human intelligence and personalities, and were integrated into human society as equal members, would their trousers have a hole for their tail, or would there be a third “leg” to cover it?

Paddy Cow

deise08 wrote: »

If water is a good conductor, what happens when lightening strikes the sea/body of water?
Would lightning hit that?

That's an interesting question and I just googled it so her you go:

Basically lightning stays more on the surface of the water rather than penetrating it. That's because water is a reasonably good conductor, and a good conductor keeps most of the current on the surface. So, when lightning hits the water, the current zips across the surface in all directions.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

deise08 wrote: »

If water is a good conductor, what happens when lightening strikes the sea/body of water?
Would lightning hit that?

Most of the electrical discharge spreads horizontally rather than vertically and radiates across the surface.

looksee

Identical triplets jailed for the same crime
Republicans move to nix primaries in show of support for Trump
Woman gives birth to twins at age of 73
A detailed timeline of Trump's Alabama map meltdown
How to watch the Indian moon landing
Man charged $67,689 for a beer
Woman pecked to death by a rooster
Mechanic accused of sabotaging flight
New York plans to drown its rats in booze

The current list of news items on CNN. I was so engrossed with Brexit I wasn't aware that India was having a moon landing. Its a bit of an odd assortment of topics though.

pinkyeye

What is this "do you wash your legs in the shower?" about. Of course you wash your wash your legs. Water and shower gel run down them. I don't understand the question??

This is just following on from someone saying these are shower thoughts.

kneemos

looksee wrote: »

The current list of news items on CNN. I was so engrossed with Brexit I wasn't aware that India was having a moon landing. Its a bit of an odd assortment of topics though.

China is already up there,Israel is planning a mission and no doubt the yanks will get in on the action.

Have to wonder what the hell is lurking among the craters?

odyssey06

We seem to have hit peak After Hours with this thread.

Now we have reached the post modern stage it will be all irony and downhill from here.

Attack. Attack. Attack attack attack.

Paddy Cow

looksee wrote: »

The current list of news items on CNN. I was so engrossed with Brexit I wasn't aware that India was having a moon landing. Its a bit of an odd assortment of topics though.

I'm more intrigued and disturbed by the woman who was pecked to death by a rooster :eek:

pavb2

I posted about the song Sylvia's Mother in the lyrics thread I thought the woman's name was Mrs Avria but it's actually Mrs Avery but it also got me thinking why does she say:

And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' and sir won't you call back again

Surely Sylvia would have introduced her boyfriend to her mum, anyway after some more research it turns out that at that moment in the song Sylvia is in earshot hence Mrs Avery's line about her taking her umbrella. (This could also be a hidden reference to tears). Mrs Avery doesn't want Sylvia to know that her ex is on the phone for fear of upsetting her and pretends that it's a call from a salesman or something similar

Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin' she's gonna be leavin' today
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin' a fella down Galveston way
Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' and stay
And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her,
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin' she's catchin' the nine o'clock train
Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain
And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' and sir won't you call back again
And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes

The song is supposed to be based on the true experience of the songwriter but credit goes to the lead singer who's on the verge of tears throughout the whole performance.

riclad

What will happen in 10 years time to kids when they grow up,
Many parents post 100,s of photo,s on facebook or twitter .
Will this effect them in the future .
When the go for a job,
will employers be googling them .
Will they behave differently,
This is the first generation to grow up with smartphones and social media.
Will there be any irish groups like u2 or thin lizzy in the future ,
who are global music stars.
If we have a recession in 5 years will 1000,s of non nationals leave ireland .
At some point the present boom will end .
Most staff in hotels and restaurants were not born in ireland.

mfceiling

My own thoughts...

I was in the barbers today and she told me that her neighbour (female) fell and broke both her arms. Her husband was bemoaning the fact that she could do nothing for 6 weeks til the casts came off.

My initial thought was "after a pony how did she wipe her arse"?

As the barber was female, very nice and friendly I thought it best to keep my musings to myself.

Thoughts?

knockers84

Has anyone’s japs eye ever been full of ****e when doing anal

biko

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mank ind".
Basically, it's made up of two separate words- "mank" and "ind".
What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

cj maxx

stonecipher wrote: »

This is the 2019 Lyrics

Carol Channing, TSA, Red Finch, PM May
North Atlantic Treaty Org. and Michelangelo.
Mitch McConnell, Richard Nixon, Huckabee on Television
North Korea, Syria, Nairobi and Beto.

Rosenstein, Steve King, hamberder from Burger King
Kondo, FBI, "Raiser in the Toilet" Guy.
Deripaska, viral egg, kittens with bubonic plague
Mar-A-Lago, Puerto Rico, Tom Marino goodbye!

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it.

Michael Flynn and Trump Hotel, little boy in Spanish well
Eight-hundred-thousand furloughed (many working off the clock).
Kremlin calling on the phone, Guiliani, Michael Cohen
Jar-ed Kush-ner, Chris Christie's gonna talk.

Feinstein, John Dean, Clemson has the winning team
Mick Mulvaney, Lindsey Graham, Chuck and Nancy, Gillibrand
Bill Barr! Bird Box! Sherrod Brown and Jayme Closs!
Mueller's fate, Watergate, trouble in the Caliphate!

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it.

Boxing glove! Chechnya! Lin-Manuel Miranda!
Coast Guard, A.O.C., Bridge explodes in Tappan Zee!
Kamala, Karen Pence, maybe the wall’s just a fence?
Brexit, L.A. Unified, children at the border died.

Lizzie Warren, Biden; straw polls are excitin’
Iowa, Castro, Bernie is a no-go.
Manbij, Cardi B., Klobuchar and R. Kelly
Bryan Cranston, Iran, Belgium to Afghanistan.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it

Manafort, Adam Schiff, perfect circle ice drift
CODEL, Katie Hill, Walmart-bag campaigning grift.
No State of the Union, sanctions & Mnuchin
ISIS, Oscars host, Chief Advisor: Nixon’s Ghost.

Space Force, perjury, missile-defense strategy!
Michael Pence is anti-gay; what else do I have to say?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.

Alpha Bank! Van Der Zwaan! Steve Scalise and Kellyanne!
7 Rings, “Godman” Singh, Steny Hoyer, ICE Marine!

Miley Cyrus, moon eclipse, obstruction of justice
Russian oligarchs on yacht, Belarusian model caught.
Tulsi Gabbard, online trolls, shutdown clock and doctored polls
Foreign foes, Bernie bros, fentanyl, what Mueller knows.

Lack of shutdown compromise, Michael Cohen’s mounting lies
Louis C.K, border wall, I can't take it anymore.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on.

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.

Sorry for quoting in full but that's great

Pac1Man

More water.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

In 500 years will our generation get a mention in history books, that’s if mankind hasnt destroyed itself through war, famine, climatic catastrophe or sheer stupidity? I suppose our generation invented the internet but other than that there is nothing noteworthy that might be included in the history books.

Of course the history books about the era will mention the era. Average guy won’t care.

BDI

Was bin ladans construction company getting all the good work and American business decided to do away with his life to profit

Sardonicat

Paddy Cow wrote: »

No. It's only if you drink enough blood to kill them that they turn. You can take a sip and let them go on their way.

Nah, it's the other way around! They make vampires by biting them and just taking a sip.

castletownman

Do you know when you walk by a restaurant and the smell of gravy or cooked meat wafts out, and you start salivating? Do vegetarians and vegans even pick up the smell? And are they immune to salivating to it?

r3nu4l

Paddy Cow wrote: »

If a fellow met a fellow, in a field of beans. Could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means? How many f's in that?

There are no fs in that

The Princess Bride

If actors/actresses are married in real life, and playing the part of a spouse on stage/screen, do they wear their own wedding rings or a cheap fake piece?

Likewise with smoking.
The character Bill Tench in Mindhunter smokes almost in every scene, are those real cigs or herbal, anyone know?

Paddy Cow

castletownman wrote: »

Do you know when you walk by a restaurant and the smell of gravy or cooked meat wafts out, and you start salivating? Do vegetarians and vegans even pick up the smell? And are they immune to salivating to it?

They start salivating when they walk by someone mowing their lawn.

looksee

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I'm more intrigued and disturbed by the woman who was pecked to death by a rooster :eek:

Yes I was having trouble with that one. Apparently the poor woman had severe varicose veins and the rooster pecked at her and she bled out.

Tammy!

kneemos wrote: »

Once bitten you become a vampire I thought?

Never seen vampires feeding on vampires.

They could extract the blood by other means rather than biting and infecting them but I don't think op's farm idea would work for vampires. They'd get too bored like a lion being fed at the zoo.

kneemos

How do those non bank ATM's make money if they don't charge for withdrawals?

Ted_YNWA

The Princess Bride wrote: »

If actors/actresses are married in real life, and playing the part of a spouse on stage/screen, do they wear their own wedding rings or a cheap fake piece?

Likewise with smoking.
The character Bill Tench in Mindhunter smokes almost in every scene, are those real cigs or herbal, anyone know?

Similarly, do they use their own phones in the relevant scenes.

BDI

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Similarly, do they use their own phones in the relevant scenes.

They have prop phones, a lot of the time apple or Samsung or whatever will pay to have their phones used in the film, you will see cheverolet everywhere in big movies now.

Paddy Cow

BDI wrote: »

They have prop phones, a lot of the time apple or Samsung or whatever will pay to have their phones used in the film, you will see cheverolet everywhere in big movies now.

I remember going to see Jurassic World and one scene cut to a can/glass of coke and it was really jarring because it was obviously an ad.

riclad

Theres some film,s its obvious, every pc is a mac, every laptop is an apple brand model,
the lead character use,s an iphone.
The matrix film still looks good apart from when someone use,s
an old style flip phone .
I think apple gives away loads of free laptops, and phones to film company,s
knowing they will be used in film,s or tv program,s .
It looks odd in old tv program,s , where people smoke anywhere .
Is it fair some people who work in office,s get 5-10 minutes off every hour
to go outside for a smoke.
If you are a non smoker you do not get a break to do nothing for 5 minutes .

Irish Guitarist

When there's a fictional American president in a film or series is he the first president that differs from the real world one? And when the film or series is over do they continue having their own presidents?

What happened to Finder Spyder/Spyder Finder? This was the search engine used in loads of American series up to a few years ago. It doesn't seem to be used as much now and most fictional characters just use Google. I'd like to know the backstory of the founder of Finder Spyder and where he is now. He must be worth a fortune. His search engine seemed to have loads of features that Google doesn't. It was very ahead of its time.

super_furry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVUXLBJg14

For no reason whatsoever this song just popped back into my head.

It's super effective.