The Off Topic Topic

[The Larch]

Who wants these slippers?

[Josquius]

You're going to die alone

He never said what point total he's looking for, so he may be alright.

And "Is willing to speak to me" is a insta +30 points and "Wants to sleep with me" is +100. 

[CountDeMoney]

George Carlin said it best:  the kid that eats too many marbles doesn't get to grow up to have kids of his own.

Cops: Teen going to Sweet 16 party sticks head out of bus, hits underside of NJ overpass, dies
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, September 1, 7:43 AM

FORT LEE, N.J. — A teenager headed to a Sweet 16 party was killed after he stuck his head out of the emergency hatch of a double-decker bus and hit the underside of a highway overpass, police said.
Daniel Fernandez, of Sayreville, N.J., was among 65 teens aboard the bus Friday night as it crossed the George Washington Bridge from New York City, said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police. The 16-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The accident occurred at the Fletcher Avenue overpass of Interstate 95 at about 6:30 p.m.
Alex Franco, a security guard on the bus, told the Daily News that he had warned the teens to leave the hatch alone.
"I told them not to open the hatch, like three or four times, but kids, they don't understand," he said.
Franco said he went downstairs to tell the driver that it was getting too hot.
"It was very hot. Everybody was dancing. Two, five minutes I was downstairs," he said. "Then I heard two guys screaming, 'Oh, my God, oh, my God.'"
Designer Transportation, which operates the bus, expressed its "deepest heartfelt sympathy" for the boy's family. It says it plans to conduct an internal investigation.

No, kids do understand.  They just don't listen.

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[Admiral Yi]

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[Admiral Yi]

According to a dude on NPR the brain takes 25% of the bodies power.

[sbr]

According to a dude on NPR the brain takes 25% of the bodies power.

Is that more or less than you expected?  I had never thought about it before and that does seem like a lot, especially for some people.

[Admiral Yi]

Way more than expected.

[Razgovory]

According to a dude on NPR the brain takes 25% of the bodies power.

Is that more or less than you expected?  I had never thought about it before and that does seem like a lot, especially for some people.

Not surprising.  There's a reason why most animals don't have large brains (or any brains).  A big brain is huge energy sink, not to the other problems associated with it.

[Admiral Yi]

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have returned to (slight) profitability.

[CountDeMoney]

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have returned to (slight) profitability.

Guess they're cushioning capital in anticipation of their eventual liquidation under Mittens.

[Admiral Yi]

Guess they're cushioning capital in anticipation of their eventual liquidation under Mittens.

They are not.  All profits go directly to the Treasury.

[CountDeMoney]

Wonder what they're going to do with all that office furniture then.

[Admiral Yi]

Sit in it?