The Official TBR Silliness Thread: 2013-2016

[Lando Lincoln]

Did not see SB post. Will look later.

[famousdayandyear]

Did not see SB post. Will look later.

Just scroll up a few clicks.

[Lando Lincoln]

Just scroll up a few clicks.

I saw it. I miss the humor.

[Machiavelli]

I've removed the offending posts.

[Lando Lincoln]

I've removed the offending posts.

Thanks!  You're a good man!

[aligncare]

Yeah. A kid toting a head was too much for me, too. Unexpected.

[alicewonders]

I've seen that picture before.  Gruesome.  But it drives home the point - widows and children?  Are those the children we're talking about?  The woman that blew herself up - is that one of the "widows" we're talking about?

Damn it - you just don't know - and you can't take that chance.  Our leader's FIRST responsibility is to protect the nation.

Period.

[famousdayandyear]

I've removed the offending posts.

I respect you for that.

[Paladin]

Thanks!  You're a good man!

Ditto that. Thank you.

[Paladin]

[Paladin]

[Paladin]

A timely warning for the upcoming holidays.

[jmyrlefuller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-i7PSzAfA

[Paladin]

[jmyrlefuller]

[EdinVA]

Where did the saying "Piss Poor" come from? Interesting history.  In the past, urine was used to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. And then once it was full it was taken and sold to the tannery...
 
If you had to do this to survive, you were "Piss Poor." But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... They "didn't have a pot to piss in".
 
Here are some facts about the 1500's
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
 
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.  However, since they were starting to smell, Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to mask the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
 
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, Then all the other sons and men, then the women, and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"
 
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained, it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall thru the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
 
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor."
 
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.    - - - - Hence: a thresh hold.
 
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme:   Peas porridge hot, Peas porridge cold, Peas porridge in the pot nine days old."
 
On occasion the family acquired pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.
 
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes (highly acidic), so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
 
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
 
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead (dead drunk) and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom: “holding a wake."
 
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.  When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside, and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be “saved by the bell" or was "considered a dead ringer."
Now, whoever said history was boring!!!

I have no idea if any of this is true...

[Paladin]

I have no idea if any of this is true...

No matter. Even if not, it sounds like it is and is very interesting.

[Paladin]

[Formerly Once-Ler]

While strolling round the harbor this morning about 11:00 am, I noticed this character shouting, "Allah be praised" and "Death to all infidels" and suddenly he tripped and fell into the water.

He was struggling to stay afloat because of all the explosives he was carrying. If he didn't get help he would surely drown.

Being a responsible American citizen, and abiding by the law of the land that requires you to help those in distress, I informed the Police, the Coast Guard, the Immigration Office and even the Fire Dept.

It is now 4 p.m., the terrorist has drowned, and none of the authorities have yet to respond.

I'm starting to think I wasted four stamps.

[Paladin]

[Paladin]

[Paladin]

OBAMA RATED 5th BEST PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY- -

Texas A&M Study Calls Obama the 5th Best President in American History
 (Excellent research by a fine institution.)

OBAMA NOW RATED the 5th BEST PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY

From a total of 44 U.S. Presidents, Obama has been rated as the 5th best, according to a study completed at Texas A&M University.

The Public Relations Office at A&M released this statement:
 "After almost 6 years in office, American academics have rated President Obama the 5th Best President in American History".

These are the results according to Texas A&M:

1. Lincoln and Reagan tied for first place
 2. Seventeen Presidents tied for second place
 3. Twenty-three other Presidents tied for third place
 4. Jimmy Carter came in fourth, and...
 5. Obama was fifth.

[aligncare]

...that sure had me going. Spiking blood pressure not the best way to start the day...   

[Machiavelli]

[Paladin]

...that sure had me going. Spiking blood pressure not the best way to start the day...   

*Giggle*

Actually I had much the same reaction as you when I saw it posted by a solidly Conservative friend on FB. But then, like you, I read it.