Free Association Thread 3

[NaokoSmith]

When he performed this one life, he described it was "my old-age pension".

Scottish widows Or better yet: Scottish ex-rugby playing MILFs <snerk>

Ooops! I finished my glass of Prosecco! better pour another one and stir the rabbit.

 

[SamScribble]

Scottish widows Or better yet: Scottish ex-rugby playing MILFs <snerk>

Ooops! I finished my glass of Prosecco! better pour another one and stir the rabbit.

Hello, Honey

Hmm. Is 'stir the rabbit' a euphemism for something?

 

[JKendallDane]

Hello, Honey

Hmm. Is 'stir the rabbit' a euphemism for something?

I made the mistake of Googling it. The Easter Bunny will never quite look the same to me now.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719LoKS9c4L._SY355_.jpg


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[SamScribble]

I made the mistake of Googling it. The Easter Bunny will never quite look the same to me now.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719LoKS9c4L._SY355_.jpg


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Hello, JKD

I've heard of 'cooking it until it is pink'. But not that pink.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Hello, JKD

I've heard of 'cooking it until it is pink'. But not that pink.

'Lo Sugar

No no, I really was cooking a rabbit.

It's a bit early for the Easter Bunny! All the shops are filling up with pumpkins.

(This is the Shot Toys Diamond Pumpkin Vibrator. )

http://condoomfabriek.nl/spree/products/1422/large/Shots-Toys-Diamond-Pumpkin.jpg?1407312014

 

[Handley_Page]

Is it bi-directional ?

 

[MichaelinChina]

Is it bi-directional ?

You asking if it doesn't know whether it is coming or going?

speaking of sex toys:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...to-protest-against-guns-at-university/6853574

 

[JKendallDane]

You asking if it doesn't know whether it is coming or going?

speaking of sex toys:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...to-protest-against-guns-at-university/6853574

Kinda creates a whole new visual for the idea of a duel, doesn't it?

 

[MichaelinChina]

Kinda creates a whole new visual for the idea of a duel, doesn't it?

Thinking of the movie 'Duel'.
if I had YouTube I'd post a link.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Kinda creates a whole new visual for the idea of a duel, doesn't it?

Lore has it that Otto von Bismarck challenged Rudolph Virchow to a duel in the 1860s. Virchow, as the story goes, chose pork sausages as the weapon. One was infected with trichinella, and the opponents were to select one and eat it, the loser to die later from trichinosis.

This duel seems much more fun.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Lore has it that Otto von Bismarck challenged Rudolph Virchow to a duel in the 1860s. Virchow, as the story goes, chose pork sausages as the weapon. One was infected with trichinella, and the opponents were to select one and eat it, the loser to die later from trichinosis.

This duel seems much more fun.

So...was it Bismarck or Virchow who died of extreme food poisoning?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

So...was it Bismarck or Virchow who died of extreme food poisoning?

According to the story, Bismarck changed his mind when he learned of Virchow's choice of weapons.

 

[MichaelinChina]

According to the story, Bismarck changed his mind when he learned of Virchow's choice of weapons.

He smelled a rat perhaps? I bet he laughed himself silly as well at the thought of duelling with pork sausages. Virchow must have thought Bismarck was a bit of a Wilhelm huh?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

He smelled a rat perhaps? I bet he laughed himself silly as well at the thought of duelling with pork sausages. Virchow must have thought Bismarck was a bit of a Wilhelm huh?

Right, and it goes to show how dangerous it can be to leave a choice up to an Academic. We enjoy not playing to expectations.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Right, and it goes to show how dangerous it can be to leave a choice up to an Academic. We enjoy not playing to expectations.

Great Expectations.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Great Expectations.

The Unexpected Tiger

"You're the king, father. Can I marry Michael?" "My dear, you may if Mike kills the tiger behind one of these five doors. Mike must open the doors in order, starting at one. He won't know what room the tiger's in until he opens the right door. It will be a unexpected tiger."

When Mike saw the doors he said to himself: "If I open four empty rooms I'll know the tiger's in room 5. But the king said I wouldn't know in advance. So the tiger can't be in room 5. Five is out, so the tiger must in one of the other four rooms. What happens after I open three empty rooms? The tiger will have to be in room 4. But then it won't be unexpected. So 4's out too."

By the same reasoning, Mike proved the tiger couldn't be in room 3, or 2, or 1. Mike was overjoyed. "There's no tiger behind any door. If there were, it wouldn't be unexpected, like the king promised. And the king always keeps kis word.

Having proved there was no tiger, Mike boldly started to open the doors. To his surprise, the tiger leaped from room 2. It was completely unexpected. The king kept his word after all. So far logicians have been unable to agree on what is wrong with Mike's reasoning.

 

[MichaelinChina]

The Unexpected Tiger

"You're the king, father. Can I marry Michael?" "My dear, you may if Mike kills the tiger behind one of these five doors. Mike must open the doors in order, starting at one. He won't know what room the tiger's in until he opens the right door. It will be a unexpected tiger."

When Mike saw the doors he said to himself: "If I open four empty rooms I'll know the tiger's in room 5. But the king said I wouldn't know in advance. So the tiger can't be in room 5. Five is out, so the tiger must in one of the other four rooms. What happens after I open three empty rooms? The tiger will have to be in room 4. But then it won't be unexpected. So 4's out too."

By the same reasoning, Mike proved the tiger couldn't be in room 3, or 2, or 1. Mike was overjoyed. "There's no tiger behind any door. If there were, it wouldn't be unexpected, like the king promised. And the king always keeps kis word.

Having proved there was no tiger, Mike boldly started to open the doors. To his surprise, the tiger leaped from room 2. It was completely unexpected. The king kept his word after all. So far logicians have been unable to agree on what is wrong with Mike's reasoning.

"Who's on second?" Abbott and Costello

 

[JKendallDane]

"Who's on second?" Abbott and Costello

Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo



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[MichaelinChina]

Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo



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What about Karl?

 

[Handley_Page]

Thinking of the movie 'Duel'.
if I had YouTube I'd post a link.

~You mean this one?

 

[JKendallDane]

~You mean this one?

"Duel" was one freaky movie when it first debuted. That was just as the battle to come out with something to beat Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' at the box office really heated up. Every movie suddenly had to have a giant chase scene in it.

The two that almost pulled it off were Peter Fonda and Susan George in 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry' and Barry Newman in 'Vanishing Point'...both for the final scenes if nothing else.

Then television jumped on the bandwagon and we had an hour of chases and crashes every week like this with 'CHiPs.'


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[MichaelinChina]

"Duel" was one freaky movie when it first debuted. That was just as the battle to come out with something to beat Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' at the box office really heated up. Every movie suddenly had to have a giant chase scene in it.

The two that almost pulled it off were Peter Fonda and Susan George in 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry' and Barry Newman in 'Vanishing Point'...both for the final scenes if nothing else.

Then television jumped on the bandwagon and we had an hour of chases and crashes every week like this with 'CHiPs.'


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Then every cop assumed they could drive like McQueen (or trained to drive like the actors do in the movies) which is often standard but reckless practice in law enforcement nowadays. Those they chased might have been criminals but often the car chases led to the unnecessary deaths of other innocent drivers and pedestrians as well as property damage.

 

[Handley_Page]

"Duel" was one freaky movie when it first debuted. That was just as the battle to come out with something to beat Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' at the box office really heated up. Every movie suddenly had to have a giant chase scene in it.
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Among the othe good things about 'Bullitt' was the music score.
I reckon it was one damned good movie.

Then every cop assumed they could drive like McQueen (or trained to drive like the actors do in the movies) which is often standard but reckless practice in law enforcement nowadays. Those they chased might have been criminals but often the car chases led to the unnecessary deaths of other innocent drivers and pedestrians as well as property damage.

Following the death of innocent parties to a police chase or crash, the UK stamped down on the whole thing and had specially trained drivers.

 

[JKendallDane]

Among the othe good things about 'Bullitt' was the music score.
I reckon it was one damned good movie.

Following the death of innocent parties to a police chase or crash, the UK stamped down on the whole thing and had specially trained drivers.

Even though it's over forty years old and predates high-tech special effects and extravagant mathematical calculations to work out the stunts, it's still considered one of the best chase scenes on film. Today anybody with a big enough budget can come up with a crash-em-up movie. Back then, Bullitt' was almost cutting edge art.


Innocent victims has been a problem in many areas of the USA also. Many cities and a few states even have banned high-speed chases or put very strict limitations on them.

There's another phenomenon tied right to the police chases too: Suicide by cop. Locally last Christmas, we had a seventeen-year-old kid intentionally get himself into a high-speed pursuit situation through two cities. He ended up being boxed up on a downtown street by an entire fleet of local, sheriff, and state cruisers eventually and then started ramming them.

After he nailed the third patrol car, the cops opened fire. The coroner found a suicide note on the front seat detailing his plan to get them in a situation where they would shoot him because he couldn't do it himself. Afterwards, there was a huge outcry and much discussion about the "wisdom" of high-speed pursuits but nothing came from it.


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[MichaelinChina]

Even though it's over forty years old and predates high-tech special effects and extravagant mathematical calculations to work out the stunts, it's still considered one of the best chase scenes on film. Today anybody with a big enough budget can come up with a crash-em-up movie. Back then, Bullitt' was almost cutting edge art.


Innocent victims has been a problem in many areas of the USA also. Many cities and a few states even have banned high-speed chases or put very strict limitations on them.

There's another phenomenon tied right to the police chases too: Suicide by cop. Locally last Christmas, we had a seventeen-year-old kid intentionally get himself into a high-speed pursuit situation through two cities. He ended up being boxed up on a downtown street by an entire fleet of local, sheriff, and state cruisers eventually and then started ramming them.

After he nailed the third patrol car, the cops opened fire. The coroner found a suicide note on the front seat detailing his plan to get them in a situation where they would shoot him because he couldn't do it himself. Afterwards, there was a huge outcry and much discussion about the "wisdom" of high-speed pursuits but nothing came from it.


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Always wondered why, in many movies, there is a line of cop cars all following each other in police pursuits.Do they do that in case the lead cars crash? Is that reflected in real life? I mean, wouldn't it be sensible for other police cars to take other routes to head off the offender's car? Or just have one or two in pursuit?