Thread: Points to ponder

Originally Posted by jabir

Ah yes, the repubtards 'go to' when they've got nothing.

Originally Posted by jabir

Are you suggesting that mainstream America is comprised solely of Trump supporters?
I think the contrary may be true.

Was it a dream, a vision, fantasy or coincidence that The Wreck of the Titan, about a ship of that name which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg, is so similar to the Titanic's maiden voyage 16 years later?

Could be that nobody read Morgan Robertson's wrote book, and if they did then it's understandable that there was no publicity about it when the Titanic was being built, or before it set out on the fateful voyage, though one should expect the media to go into meltdown publicising the eerie similarities after it sank.

Had it been published twenty years later, readers would expect it was based at least in part on true events. The ship's name and technical specifications are similar to those of the RMS Titanic, while too close for comfort is the number of survivors and those lost.


According to reviews the book itself is no masterpiece, a generous term for crap, the shipwreck happens very early in and exhausts what little suspense there is in the plot that sets on some soppy tale of personal redemption.

Factcheck: It was written in 1896 or 1898, publication date is 1912 and 1915.

How many olives are served above the clouds?

In the 1980s, American Airlines decided to remove one olive from every in-flight salad, which resulted in savings of $40,000 pa.

Originally Posted by jabir

How many olives are served above the clouds?

In the 1980s, American Airlines decided to remove one olive from every in-flight salad, which resulted in savings of $40,000 pa.

Over 50% of facts on the internet are made up.

^ read this and ponder

skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/5935/did-removing-one-olive-lead-to-an-airline-saving-thousands-of-dollars

Originally Posted by Cujo

Over 50% of facts on the internet are made up.

I heard 63%, but something like that.

practice your dance moves for when you next see the doctor - parkinsons and marijuana

Originally Posted by Cujo

Over 50% of facts on the internet are made up.

Is this one of the made up internet facts?

Yes. The latest fact is 73.7%

Dogs don't understand the concept of work and school and sports and other stuff people do.

When we leave home do they think we've gone for a walk because that's all they know about the outside world, and left them behind so we can have fun without them? Any dog psychos here? Is that why they're so happy when we get back?

...dogs are needy; cats aren't...that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know...

Originally Posted by jabir

Dogs don't understand the concept of work and school and sports and other stuff people do.

This is the sort of piercing insight you normally reserve for your dozen mid-morning BREXIT posts.

Originally Posted by jabir

Dogs don't understand the concept of work and school and sports and other stuff people do.

I bet you if you had 3 distinct leashes, one for going to the park, one for taking to the treadmill to grind the grain, and one leash for taking him to obedience school, I'm sure the dog would soon learn which leash he runs away from, which one he'd reluctantly be attached to, and which one he'd rush to have clicked onto his collar.

Originally Posted by tomcat

dogs are needy; cats aren't

Originally Posted by squirrel

This is the sort of piercing insight you normally reserve for your dozen mid-morning BREXIT posts.

Oh hi squirrel, thought it was your hour off.

Originally Posted by Luigi

63% of facts and statistics found on the internet are false.

^ They are real. Very fascinating. Once they have reproduced, they revert back to their juvenile state and start growing again. I think in the polyp state they can sort of hibernate until conditions are right. But they are recognised as immortal.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Very fascinating.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

But they are recognised as immortal.

Why aren't the oceans full to the brim with them?

Originally Posted by OhOh

Why aren't the oceans full to the brim with them?

Disease and predators. According to the piece I read.

some one will be along shortly and via waffle try and convince you that they know what they are talking about