1. Scarface
2. Princess Bride
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Raising Arizona
5. Clerks
My Turn:
"I'm going to hit you so hard, I'll kill your whole family."
CaptainSchmideo
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Name that movie!
by Mecurious? inokay, its simple.
it works like this.
i will give you a few lines from a particular movie.
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Name that movie!
by Mecurious? inokay, its simple.
it works like this.
i will give you a few lines from a particular movie.
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CaptainSchmideo
"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. "
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I feel pretty....... oh so pretty........ :D :D :D
by pr_capone inwow, i just had an amazing night fiscaly.
nothing is set in stone yet but i have a meeting set up with the owner of an accounting firm on thursday to revamp his entire computer network.
i dont want to speak in specifics when it comes to the amount of cash involved but its easy to say that i will be set nicely for some time because of this job.
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CaptainSchmideo
Or the ENIAC? (This looks like some patch rooms I've been in...)
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I feel pretty....... oh so pretty........ :D :D :D
by pr_capone inwow, i just had an amazing night fiscaly.
nothing is set in stone yet but i have a meeting set up with the owner of an accounting firm on thursday to revamp his entire computer network.
i dont want to speak in specifics when it comes to the amount of cash involved but its easy to say that i will be set nicely for some time because of this job.
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CaptainSchmideo
And just what is wrong with the Univac, I ask?
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Name that movie!
by Mecurious? inokay, its simple.
it works like this.
i will give you a few lines from a particular movie.
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CaptainSchmideo
The Wicker Man
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Ouija Boards-The Mundanity Factor
by CaptainSchmideo infound a couple of comments submitted to james randi's web-site (www.randi.org/jr).
a reader named scott nickell first tells me that he's related to professional skeptic joe nickell, and "fiercely proud" of it.
he says that he may be a third cousin of joe's, once removed, or so.
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CaptainSchmideo
Oops, they didn't create it, they just picked up the rights! http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20020715.html
In 1891, Elijah J. Bond, Charles W. Kennard, and William H. A. Maupin were granted the first patent for a Ouija board. No one knows if they designed the board or simply copied an existing fad. Regardless, in 1890, Kennard founded the Kennard Novelty Company and produced the first commercial talking boards. He was also the first to call it a Ouija board, claiming that "ouija" (pronounced "wE-ja") was Egyptian for "good luck." While the word doesn't mean "good luck," the name Ouija stuck, and the boards were sometimes called Egyptian luck boards.
Kennard didn't reap much good luck from the Ouija board, however. In 1892, a hostile takeover forced him out of his own company, and a former employee, William Fuld, became the new owner. Fuld changed the name of the business to the Ouija Novelty Company and invented a new history for the talking board to add to its mystery. Fuld's name has been connected to the Ouija board ever since and was often used to market the game, even after his death in 1927.
In 1966, Fuld's heirs sold Ouija to the game and toy company Parker Brothers, which still owns the trademark and continues to make Ouija boards. Since the late 1800s, many others have manufactured and sold some form of talking board as well. But we think Parker Brothers had the best advertising slogan: "It's just a game -- isn't it?"
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Ouija Boards-The Mundanity Factor
by CaptainSchmideo infound a couple of comments submitted to james randi's web-site (www.randi.org/jr).
a reader named scott nickell first tells me that he's related to professional skeptic joe nickell, and "fiercely proud" of it.
he says that he may be a third cousin of joe's, once removed, or so.
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CaptainSchmideo
Found a couple of comments submitted to James Randi's web-site (www.randi.org/jr)
A reader named Scott Nickell first tells me that he's related to professional skeptic Joe Nickell, and "fiercely proud" of it. He says that he may be a third cousin of Joe's, once removed, or so. Noted. Then he informs us:
I was going back through the [Swift] commentaries I missed while away for the holidays, and noticed some discussion of Ouija boards. A few years ago, I worked at a store that specializes in board games. We once had someone return a Ouija board they had purchased. It was defective, you see, because (and I quote), "it doesn't work."
We cheerfully refunded her money.
Well, Scott, that was the right thing to do, and I think that it should apply to any number of other items that we simply can't list here, as I'm sure you'll agree. It reminds us of the old guarantee offered by a parachute company: "If this chute doesn't open, we will cheerfully refund your money."
and this one....
Vaughn Smith offers us further comments on the "Ouija" board?.
While Christmas shopping the other day, I passed two women in the games aisle who were in a heated discussion over what game to buy their teenage niece. One woman pointed to the Ouija board game and commented, much to my amusement, "Oh. Not that. Why do they even sell that? A device for contacting evil spirits." The other woman nodded her head in agreement and shuddered at the mention of it. It made me realize how different our two realities were. What would life be like, living in a world where toys from Wal-Mart could open the portal to another dimension filled with demons eager to destroy your life and haunt you forever ? for a mere $16.99?
I couldn't resist, and commented, "Isn't it amazing how some $2-an-hour employee at Parker Brothers managed to crack the code of the universe years ago with a piece of wood and some plastic and was able to devise a foolproof contraption to contact the deceased?" They both gave me the strangest look because it was clear they couldn't compute what I had just said.
"On the other hand," I continued, "at least it doesn't need batteries."
Thought you might enjoy that. I know I did.
Comments, anyone? I was not aware that Parker Bros (makers of Monopoly!) were the creators of this game in its present form. Do you think they donate 10 percent of their annual profits to the Satanist's Chuch, along with Proctor and Gamble? (and there I go again spreading rumors!).
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Name that movie!
by Mecurious? inokay, its simple.
it works like this.
i will give you a few lines from a particular movie.
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CaptainSchmideo
The Adventures of Huck Finn.
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Nancy can't watch scary movies.
by Nancy Drake inlast night, i got up for work (third shift) everyone in the house is asleep.
after watching the movie "the ring" earlier that day with my neice and nephews, i started scaring myself with my thoughts.
my son's tv has a weird short and sometimes it comes on by itself...(one time i woke up around 5 am and saved by the bell was blaring in his room)...(now that's scary).
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CaptainSchmideo
Thanks for reviving childhood terrors.
When I was about three or four, I had the scariest psycho-sexual dream of my entire life, and it involved this monster from "Sesame Street"
Imagine this guy coming into your room in the middle of the night, rushing to your bed, and ..... TICKLEING YOU!
I woke up screaming from that one! I remember waking up my parents too! 36 years later, and I still am not comfortable looking at the guy.
Ironically, he is nicknamed "The Beautiful Day Monster".
Anyway, just thought I would share.
Also, the Louis Jordan version of "Dracula" that British TV did back in the late seventies scared the s$%t out of me too!
Hey, that's the ticket, I'll sue PBS for emotional trauma. Should get about a lot of money, about ....$20 a month, but only if you call now, before this year's fund drive is over!
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Penn and Teller-Bull#$%@ and the End of the World
by CaptainSchmideo injust saw this episode on the dvd collection.
the nostradamus section was quite funny, especially when penn takes the song "the wheels of the bus go 'round and 'round", converts it into latin, and then uses it as prophecy of future events, like the great english train robbery, the montgomery bus boycott, and watergate.. they also showcased a nostradamus "scholar", who changed a page in a book from 1st edition to second edition when the ayatollah khomeini died before becoming the anti-christ.
does that sound familiar, changing pages in a book from one edition to the next?.
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CaptainSchmideo
Just saw this episode on the DVD collection.
The Nostradamus section was quite funny, especially when Penn takes the song "The Wheels of the Bus Go 'Round and 'Round", converts it into Latin, and then uses it as prophecy of future events, like the Great English Train Robbery, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Watergate.
They also showcased a Nostradamus "scholar", who changed a page in a book from 1st edition to second edition when the Ayatollah Khomeini died before becoming the Anti-Christ. Does THAT sound familiar, changing pages in a book from one edition to the next?
The stuff showing survivalist training in New Jersey was funny, but sad.
I felt particularly sad for the nut who made a survival compound out of several buried schoolbuses, but was locked out of it by the local Fire Department because it was a fire hazard.
I was disappointed that when they showed the list of failed predictions from history, William Miller made the list, but not CT Russell.
Hal Lindsay was showcased, he's been scaring the feeble minded since the seventies, but again, not the Witnesses! I felt cheated! D'you mean that Lindsay has a higher profile than the WTBS about announcing the end of the world?
Anyway, anybody else seen this P & T series on Showtime (or whatever channel may carry it in your neck of the world)?