The Off Topic Topic

[Ed Anger]

If I'd paid $100 for a VHS...wow. Consider that they go for $2 or so now....

Yeah, but you'd have gotten a good 20-30 years worth of watching already.

Though, you're right, nobody's going to pay that much. That's why people would tape movies off the tv. 

HBO was my friend. 

I've got stacks of old tapes that are never watched anymore. Thinking about tossing them out.

[Josquius]

Yeah, I  remember when I was a kid most of the videos we had were taped....My mam had a little book recording what we had.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I just got back from Jeju island, Korea's semi-tropical paradise. I think I ate some bad seafood on either Wed or Thurs, because I spent all day Friday throwing up or lying in bed. The worst part was when I thought I had thrown up all I could, then suddenly my stomach serves up a fresh batch of bile and stomach acid.   
I still have a headache and feel kinda crummy, but not as bad as yesterday. Still, I'm not touching seafood for at least a week, especially anything raw.

Other than that, it was fun.

Want to hit Seoul next Friday?

Do you not have a cell phone?

Text messages cost money.

[Josquius]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlauIxEGDgA



I love this guy's stuff

(note- name is nsfw)

[jimmy olsen]

I just got back from Jeju island, Korea's semi-tropical paradise. I think I ate some bad seafood on either Wed or Thurs, because I spent all day Friday throwing up or lying in bed. The worst part was when I thought I had thrown up all I could, then suddenly my stomach serves up a fresh batch of bile and stomach acid.   
I still have a headache and feel kinda crummy, but not as bad as yesterday. Still, I'm not touching seafood for at least a week, especially anything raw.

Other than that, it was fun.

Want to hit Seoul next Friday?

My flight leaves at 10:25am on Sat, so if I go out I likely won't be out all night; I'll probably grab a taxi back sometime after midnight i guess.

We can check out Ting Tings - it's run by a former manager at Gogos; it's much nicer than Gogos IMO.

Don't be a wimp, you can sleep on the plane!

[Zanza]

Having a maid is pretty convenient. But somehow I feel uncomfortable surfing the net while she works to clean our appartment.

[Razgovory]

Having a maid is pretty convenient. But somehow I feel uncomfortable surfing the net while she works to clean our appartment.

Maybe you should have sex with her instead then.

[Zanza]

She is over 50 I guess, so no, that's not an option. I'll just hang out at the pool until she's done.

[garbon]

How does that make her not an option?

[Josquius]

Its icky. And usually not desirable

[Josephus]

She is over 50 I guess, so no, that's not an option. I'll just hang out at the pool until she's done.

One day you'll be old enough to wish you could have sex with 50 year olds.

[Ed Anger]

You are supposed to follow the maid around, inspect her work and make sure she hasn't stolen anything.

n00bs.

[Josquius]

I remember not too long ago on this forum in a thread about ancestry I mentioned the thing about parents, grandparents constantly growing - 2,4,8,etc... so that go far enough back and any historical figure in your area who had descendants will be your ancestor.
QI just did that fact on the last episode I watched- a new one post-dating when I said that.
So.
Fess up.
Who is a BBC researcher?

[Neil]

I remember not too long ago on this forum in a thread about ancestry I mentioned the thing about parents, grandparents constantly growing - 2,4,8,etc... so that go far enough back and any historical figure in your area who had descendants will be your ancestor.
QI just did that fact on the last episode I watched- a new one post-dating when I said that.
So.
Fess up.
Who is a BBC researcher?

Doesn't hold up because of the tendency for cousins to marry.  Doubling won't continue.

[Josquius]

Doesn't hold up because of the tendency for cousins to marry.  Doubling won't continue.

Yep, but numbers still continue to grow albeit at a slower pace as you get further back.
The example QI used was that everyone on the panel was descended from Charlemagne.