HexMachina Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 5 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: The alarm at the community centre near me kept going off during the night, so I would call either the community centre manager or the person who ran the company responsible for servicing on their mobile in the middle of the night to complain. Didnt take long for them to fix it. Believe me I would if I knew where it was coming from. We are now approaching hour 14 of this alarm going off, I'm starting to question if it is in my mind because its the middle of the day, surely someone would have shut it off now? What. Is. Happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 So...coffee enemas are a thing? ( They most certainly are not, please do not do this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, Raja said: So...coffee enemas are a thing? ( They most certainly are not, please do not do this) What is this nonsense? Who thinks of these things? Yes the alarm is still going off, if anyone cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The coffee enemas were super popular with the La Jolla health crowd when I lived in San Diego. My bosses wife was a vocal proponent of them, I remember some of the places that did these offered group discounts and it was like a Tupperware party, but for washing out buttholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I have eaten two and a half cherry pies in the last ten or so days. The remaining half will not survive the next 48 hours. Too late...pie's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 6/6/2021 at 6:45 PM, larrytheimp said: The coffee enemas were super popular with the La Jolla health crowd when I lived in San Diego. My bosses wife was a vocal proponent of them, I remember some of the places that did these offered group discounts and it was like a Tupperware party, but for washing out buttholes. Up here in Canada the coffee enema of choice is a Tim's double double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoodedCrow Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 The Tim’s double, double is the full breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 There’s a well-written but sad story about the infamous sinking of the USS Indianapolis during WW II, in the Washington Post. It’s a tale of how the US Navy badly bungled the rescue of the survivors, many of whom were picked off by sharks as they tried to survive in the water for four days. (Captain Quint in Jaws was a survivor of the sinking, the first time I ever read about the story) One of the (real) survivors was the captain, and when he was returned to the US he was court-martialed for negligence, for allowing the ship to sink. The prosecution was based on two claims, the captain failed to evacuate the ship quickly enough, which they had to abandon because the ship sank so quickly, and because he failed to zig-zag the ship (due to weather, he said). The prosecutors even brought in the captain of the Japanese submarine, Captain Mochitsura Hashimoto, to testify for the prosecution, and he did, saying zig-zagging wouldn’t have stopped him from sinking the ship. Looking back it seems the US Navy was trying to cover up all it’s errors, like refusing the captain’s request for an escort, for ignoring their distress call, claiming it was never received, for the base not reporting the ship was overdue, and so on. The captain was convicted, the only captain in US history to suffer such a fate out of 400 ships sunk during war. After his conviction he was actually restored to service (is that weird or what?) and eventually retired as a Rear Admiral. But after years of getting hate mail and being called a traitor, Charles McVay III committed suicide on his front lawn, clutching a toy sailor his father had given him as a child. The survivors of the sinking never blamed their captain and tried to get him exonerated after he died, but the Defense Department refused to consider it. Eventually Congressman Joe Scarborough was convinced to sponsor a bill to do so. The major sticking point to passage was apparently Senator John Warner, who chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee, until he received a letter from the very same submariner, Captain Hashimoto, who said after “our peoples have forgiven each other and perhaps it was time your peoples forgave Captain McVay for the humiliation of his unjust conviction”. Warner was moved by the letter and agreed. Hashimoto died 5 days before the resolution passed. If you can get past the paywall it’s a great story to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 6/6/2021 at 11:01 PM, HelenaExMachina said: What is this nonsense? Who thinks of these things? I have no idea! But based on larry's comments, clearly this is not isolated Hope the alarm has stopped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Raja said: I have no idea! But based on larry's comments, clearly this is not isolated Hope the alarm has stopped! When I see these fads, I always think to myself - was this Gwyneth again? Thanks, it stopped sometime around 7 or 8 a.m. Monday morning, having started midnight on Saturday. Presumably it was an office or somewhere that operates weekdays only but it was driving me to distraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 A small puppy dog somehow found its way into my mother’s garden. Our dogs did it in in the span of minutes. Is this normal dog behavior? Did they aim to kill or did they just present standard aggression against an intruder and the puppy was too fragile and tiny? Such a weird and sad occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 22 hours ago, RhaenysBee said: A small puppy dog somehow found its way into my mother’s garden. Our dogs did it in in the span of minutes. Is this normal dog behavior? Did they aim to kill or did they just present standard aggression against an intruder and the puppy was too fragile and tiny? Such a weird and sad occurrence. What kind of dogs do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, DireWolfSpirit said: What kind of dogs do you have? Mutts and a Weimaraner. They all do catch everything - birds, frogs, the occasional mole or hedgehog, even a chicken/duck if it wanders over from one of the houses in the street. Still, this was a teeny weeny puppy dog :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 My boyhood dog was a beautiful amazingly intelligent German Shepard, you couldnt have asked for a better family companion. For a short time my dad brought home a troubled Doberman whose primary function was to act as a guard dog for a small business of my dad's. For the short time the Doberman was around the family we witnessed a terrible viciousness where the dog would turn on people or attack any animal in its territory. It was very sad to see that dog go right for the jugular of anything it met. Needless to say, mother made sure dad sent the Doberman packing pretty quickly. It was strange how that dog would appear friendly and then just turn on a dime and go for the throat of another dog or start growling at someone (often me) just trying to feed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Man gets swallowed by a whale and lives to tell about it. https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/11/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod/7653838002/?fbclid=IwAR1WAeKTI-lPi2IRXWqQ8QoPA2_Lq81LTE3J8oaWh4nlxA1AiqAG-YtR6FI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: Man gets swallowed by a whale and lives to tell about it. https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/11/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod/7653838002/?fbclid=IwAR1WAeKTI-lPi2IRXWqQ8QoPA2_Lq81LTE3J8oaWh4nlxA1AiqAG-YtR6FI goddamn you I was just coming here to post this. not happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, larrytheimp said: goddamn you I was just coming here to post this. not happy Clearly this means it's not a small thing underserving of it's own thread. Start a new one based on what animal would you least like to be eaten by, but live to tell the tale, or some shit like that. Also, I'm a motherfucking ninja and don't you ever forget that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 That’s a whale of a story, almost impossible to swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said: That’s a whale of a story, almost impossible to swallow. I hope you're proud of yourself..... Also, @Fez, maybe this is why some people think they could "defeat" an elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Man gets swallowed by a whale and lives to tell about it. https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/11/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod/7653838002/?fbclid=IwAR1WAeKTI-lPi2IRXWqQ8QoPA2_Lq81LTE3J8oaWh4nlxA1AiqAG-YtR6FI Whale I never, that’s quite the tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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