My off topic thread

[Qapla]

I heard that August Dvorak had Qwertygo

[kejedo]

I heard that August Dvorak had Qwertygo

If people switch to Dvorak, the world should go metric or use the three types of cubits. Also, why are cubits linear measurements? 

[Tortuga]

If people switch to Dvorak, the world should go metric or use the three types of cubits. Also, why are cubits linear measurements? 

Cube-its, linear. I never thought of that. I'm a square.

[Tortuga]

There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can't.

[kejedo]

There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can't.

Some of us may qualify for all four categories.  

[ChrisC]

Are cricket lovers bail worshippers?

(Here are some hyphens if case that is difficult to read. ———)

[Tortuga]

Do Bail Bondsmen help you get closer to a false god?

[kejedo]

Sidburns were originally  called burnsides, named after a Civil war General AmbroseBurnsides. 

[Tortuga]

I'm not spoiled, I don't need more than 2 or 3 people to cater to my every whim.

[Tortuga]

If you engage in Public Outdoor Witnessing, does that make you a POW?

[Tortuga]

Here is one of my personal philosophies;

 

I like to start each conversation by assuming the other person is right. It might be the only time in the conversation that I am right.

[kejedo]

Who was First President of the US? John Hansen, George Washington, or someone else? ps. Snopes and I do no reach the same conclusion on this one. 

[kejedo]

Sally Hemings is thought to be a blood relative of Thomas Jefferson's first wife (half sister, perhaps.)

[kejedo]

Blue bloods, really? Many believe blood is blue (at least during part of the circulatory system,) but that oxygen turns it red. If so, why is your drawn blood sample (with no oxygen added) red? http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=3964

[Tortuga]

Many believe blood is blue

 

Oh, that explains the nice blue tint in my face when i get embarrassed..

[ChrisC]

If you engage in Public Outdoor Witnessing, does that make you a POW?

What is a suitable abbreviation for the Circuit Overseer's wife?(!)

[Tortuga]

What is a suitable abbreviation for the Circuit Overseer's wife?(!)

Ask the CO 

[ChrisC]

Before I knew better I had a book about graffiti. Here are a couple I remember.

I'm pink therefore I'm spam.

Roald Dahl cheats at scrabble.

[Tortuga]

Alex Haley was adopted

[Sheep]

What is a suitable abbreviation for the Circuit Overseer's wife?(!)

 

I don't know. But I used to know the abbreviation for the Presiding Overseer's wife.

[kejedo]

Alex Haley lost a plagiarism suit that he did not write "Roots," but stole most of the material from another person's research,"The African." The judge who presided over Haley's plagiarism case admitted that "I did not want to destroy him" and so allowed him to settle quietly - even though, he acknowledged, Haley had repeatedly perjured himself in court. 

Edited June 17, 2015 by kejedo

[kejedo]

Check out the Alex Haley story for yourself online and make your own decision. People who are not in the US may have heard more about this. A documentary about the plagiarism and lack of historicity was not aired in the US. ps. couldn't remove the dark box around the above quote.    

[Qapla]

Halley's Comet was around long before Alex was born - not that one has anything to do with the other

[Qapla]

Male mosquitoes survive by feeding on flower nectar and sweet juices.

[Tortuga]

Halley's Comet was around long before Alex was born - not that one has anything to do with the other

Bill Haley and his Comets were formed in 1952.