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[Terry Cheesecake]

yeah

[Kyle]

haaaaaa goddamn that is some straight-up arrested development shit right there

[blacktoothgrin]

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[Alicia]

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy.

Ninety percent of deep-sea marine life is estimated to produce bioluminescence in one form or another. Most marine light-emission belongs in the blue and green light spectrum, the wavelengths that can transmit through the seawater most easily. However, certain loose jawed fish emit red and infrared light.

[Kyle]

Lick Me in the Ass (German: Leck mich im Arsch) is a canon in B-flat major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 231 (K382c), with lyrics in German. It was one of a set of at least six canons probably written in Vienna in 1782. Sung by six voices as a three-part round, it is thought to be a party piece for his friends.

The song's title and lyrics are a reference to anal-oral contact, and may be more idiomatically translated as "kiss my ass" or "get stuffed". They have been used as evidence to support the contention that Mozart had Tourette syndrome.

Publication and modern discovery

Mozart died in 1791. His widow, Constanze Mozart, sent the manuscripts of the canons to publishers Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799, saying that they would need to be adapted for publication. The publisher changed the scatological titles and lyrics to the more acceptable—and saleable—"Laßt froh uns sein" ("Let us be glad!"). The original, unbowdlerized manuscript and lyrics were discovered in 1991, with the manuscript for another Mozart work, "Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber" ("Lick my arse nice and clean", K233; K382d in the revised numbering), although later research has indicated that the latter composition is probably the work of Wenzel Trnka (1739-1791).

K231's original, uncensored manuscript was discovered in 1991 at Harvard University's music library. The previous summer, the library had acquired a 17-volume edition of Mozart works. Included in those volumes were nine original Mozart canons, of which six were signed by Mozart, including K231. All were presumed to be authentic.

Lyrics

Lick me in the ass!
Let us be cheerful!
Grumbling is in vain!
Growling, droning is in vain,
is the true bane of life.
Thus let us be cheerful and merry!

[Wes]

My girlfriend is a music major and I was flipping through this biography she has of Mozart and there is one chapter on his more interesting side. It's got some letters to his wife and friends that are pretty raunchy. One line I can remember off the top of my head is about this town he visited called Bozen, which he recalls "I'd rather whack myself in the cunt than be in this sow's hole". I'm amazed I can't find it online.

[Andy]

holy shit that is golden

[James]

mozart.xmission.com

[Kyle]

1884: Allan Pinkerton, detective, died of gangrene resulting from having bitten his tongue after stumbling on the sidewalk.

and really, everything else on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

[TheEvilGingivitis]

2005: 28-year-old South Korean, Lee Seung Seop, collapsed of fatigue and died after playing Starcraft for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.[36]

Some peoples' sense of priority amazes me.

[Captain Hot Stuff]

2003: Brian Wells, a pizza delivery man, was killed by a time bomb which was fastened around his neck. He was apprehended by the police after robbing a bank, and claimed he had been forced to do it by three people who had put the bomb around his neck and would kill him if he refused. The bomb later exploded, killing him.

This strikes me as some kind of real-life version of a Saw-type thriller movie where an everyman is forced to do extreme things by a shadowy psychopath, but eventually turns the tables, tracks him down and kills him.

This guy was obviously the "example" who is killed at the beginning of the movie so the audience understands how the psychopath works.

Yep. Bulletproof theory.

[MessageInABottle]

By the way, it was later revealed he was actually in on the whole thing all along. He just happened to be the idiot that got stuck with the bomb around his neck.

In a July 2007 indictment, Federal prosecutors alleged that Wells was involved in the planning of the botched crime. Two of his co-conspirators, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and Kenneth Barnes, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges. A third co-conspirator, William Stockton, was given immunity in exchange for his testimony.

[Captain Hot Stuff]

Yeah, I saw that bit, but chose to ignore it.

[MessageInABottle]

IF YOU IGNORE THE FACTS THE FACTS WILL EVENTUALLY UNIGNORE YOU

[Captain Hot Stuff]

I AM WHAT I AM

[MessageInABottle]

When the Green Goblin first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #14 (July, 1964), the Green Goblin's glider didn't resemble a bat, but more closely resembled a broom-stick which he sat upon. He even referred to it as his broom stick. It wasn't until Amazing Spider-Man #17 (His second appearance) that he updated it to its more traditional look.

Could you honestly take the Green Goblin seriously if it was William Dafoe riding around on a fucking broom stick?

[blacktoothgrin]

Could you take him serious if he was riding around looking like a power ranger?

which is what happened btw

[MessageInABottle]

yeah but cmon at least he was riding on a freakin sweet bat

[Captain Hot Stuff]

Nepalese royal massacre, which occurred in 2001:

According to the official report, it says that Crown Prince Dipendra had been drinking heavily and had "misbehaved" with a guest which resulted in his father King Birendra telling his son to leave the party with the drunken Dipendra being taken to his room by his brother Prince Nirajan and cousin Prince Paras.[1]

One hour later Dipendra returned to the party armed with an assault rifle and fired a single shot into the ceiling before turning the gun on his father King Birendra.

He then proceeded to kill like ten other members of the royal family (TEN) before turning the gun on himself. What's really amazing is that, because Nepal was an absolute monarchy at the time:

Under the constitution and by tradition Dipendra could not be accused of being a mass murderer if he had survived.

[Bismark]

the roots of the katamari damacy story are far more twisted than one would expect