The random thought thread

[fixthecopier]

[Iowatech]

I have one tree in my back yard. It is a boxelder tree. Boxelder trees are one of the largest weeds on earth, around here they will grow anywhere, they look stupid and mine is now shedding branches all over the back yard. Blegh. I'd rather have a mulberry tree, at least mulberries are tasty.

[fixthecopier]

[Iowatech]

People forward emails to me. This is from one of them:

"HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MIDDLE FINGER GESTURE

Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?

Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified.

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew').

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and they began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.'

And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing."

[Iowatech]

Corgis as police dogs?
Will Corgis Make Good Police Dogs? - Neatorama
I have a border collie, so I suppose anything's possible.

[ZOOTECH]

Corgis as police dogs?
Will Corgis Make Good Police Dogs? - Neatorama
I have a border collie, so I suppose anything's possible.

And I have a house bunny that is pretty fierce, and she can smell anything that is edible or dangerous.

[Lagonda]

And I have a house bunny that is pretty fierce, and she can smell anything that is edible or dangerous.

Death awaits you all with nasty big pointy teeth!


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It's only a rabbit!

[NeoMatrix]

People forward emails to me. This is from one of them:

"HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MIDDLE FINGER GESTURE


{random snip}

consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F',....
"

I've been headgamacated, I've learnt a new word: "Labiodentals"...
Stripping the word into syllables I got as far as "Labio... dentals" and got really excited for the first time in years.

[NeoMatrix]

Originally Posted by mohan View Post

Would it be blasphemous to call a nun who's had a sex change a 'Transister'?

I heard she was biased.

Is that hyphenated or one word.... ............

[BLADE]

I had a border collie, she would stop anyone suspicious in the street and get a pat