The unimportant news thread

[eyeresist]

Gentlemen of the stool.

Mike

Ah, thanks for that. I have discovered that the more common term was "Groom of the Stool". Which unfortunately makes me think of someone taking a curry brush to a turd.

[knight66]

Well, they did that too; most of the Kings would come under that description.

Mike

[Wendell_E]

"Lucifer", "Full Stop" baby names rejected

I wonder if "Kiwi" is acceptable?

[eyeresist]

"Lucifer", "Full Stop" baby names rejected

I wonder if "Kiwi" is acceptable?

That's a funny story! This is the kind of thing that makes me think the "nanny state" can't be all bad.

Shouldn't call a boy Lucifer, if only because it'll inevitably get shortened to "Lucy".

[Lethevich]

Man Wanted For Punching, Dragging Woman After I-83 Crash

When you see it.

[AllegroVivace]

Mr. Bean in hospital, after crashing a million dollar car.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Rowan+Bean+Atkinson+hurt+after+crashing+million+McLaren/5212219/story.html

He was probably putting his clothes on from the back seat, while controlling the wheal with a broomstick. :DDD

Heal up and don't do it again, Mr. Bean!

[Andante]

"Lucifer", "Full Stop" baby names rejected

I wonder if "Kiwi" is acceptable?

Hey, no more taking the Kiwi down eh 

[Lethevich]

Mr. Bean in hospital, after crashing a million dollar car.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Rowan+Bean+Atkinson+hurt+after+crashing+million+McLaren/5212219/story.html

He was probably putting his clothes on from the back seat, while controlling the wheal with a broomstick. :DDD

Heal up and don't do it again, Mr. Bean!

He's already done it several times before - he must be a terrible driver.

[eyeresist]

He's already done it several times before - he must be a terrible driver.

From my understanding (based largely on watching Top Gear), these "super cars" are dangerous monsters that only a professional racing car driver can really control.

Welcome to the internet's largest collection of exotic car crashes. We have over 6,000 exotic cars involved in accidents to show you the real consequences of reckless driving.

These car crash pictures involve some of the most expensive automobiles ever produced including Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mclaren F1, Porsche, Bugatti and more. All in all, you'll find almost a quarter of a Billion Dollars worth of damage within this crash collection.

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/

[DavidW]

Brain eating amoebas attack!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/17/amoeba.kids.deaths/index.html

But in all seriousness, it's too bad for those kids.

[Lethevich]

Herman Cain Admits He Quoted Pokemon

[Karl Henning]

Pokemon said, You want a job, don't you? . . .

[ibanezmonster]

Mr. Bean in hospital, after crashing a million dollar car.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Rowan+Bean+Atkinson+hurt+after+crashing+million+McLaren/5212219/story.html

He was probably putting his clothes on from the back seat, while controlling the wheal with a broomstick. :DDD

Heal up and don't do it again, Mr. Bean!

LOL and it was a McLaren F1! 

[Karl Henning]

The British Isles are littered with towns with seemingly offensive names that do not appear on Facebook.

Proud Effin Woman

[Lethevich]

Now school shootings are being caused by videogames that haven't been released yet, it seems.

[Sergeant Rock]

My alma mater, Ohio University, Athens Ohio



won it's first ever post-season bowl game, beating Utah State in the final seconds 24-23 

I'm both extremely proud...and extremely amused. It was The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Fun, Sarge!

[Sergeant Rock]

Fun, Sarge!

Thanks for the reply, Karl. And yet, I'm still depressed. No other forum member replied. Makes us realize how alone we are in the universe, does it not? Not even Sara, that goddess of the unimportant, goddess of the culturally irrelevant, the one true originator of this thread, chipped in with a witty if pointless comment. Sigh. Was the bowl game, then, really for nought? It appears so...appears so...

Go, Bobcats...

Sarge

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[Lethevich]

Thanks for the reply, Karl. And yet, I'm still depressed. No other forum member replied. Makes us realize how alone we are in the universe, does it not? Not even Sara, that goddess of the unimportant, goddess of the culturally irrelevant, the one true originator of this thread, chipped in with a witty if pointless comment. Sigh. Was the bowl game, then, really for nought? It appears so...appears so...

Curiously, I had actually quoted your post and written a reply to it a few days ago, but it didn't seem worth posting (and given what I DO post, it must've been truly crap). Essentially I was going to ask you to decode all the terminology - as I don't understand enough about American sport to see any fun in it

For example, what does "post-season" mean here?

[knight66]

I don't know if it is exactly unimportant: but recently in the UK there was a story about a girl who gave her mother a very long and exacting Christmas gift list. When there were signs that not all of the designer items might actually appear; she threatened to murder Father Christmas and to cut up his reindeer to cook and serve up to the homeless.

When asked to comment, the mother said that her daughter was lovely, but inclined to be quite demanding.

So, it might be curtains for Father Christmas.

In politics right now one MP is trying to get the Government to determine who would be in charge of the country should the prime minister be killed in a terrorist attack. I think David Cameron should stay away from white beards and red clothes this time of year.

Mike