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Post by Scruff on Mar 9, 2023 10:14:24 GMT -5
The original Latin word for the Morning Star was Lucifer. (Meaning "bearer of light".) This was pre-Christianity, obviously. The linguist I was reading did not know how this name went from being the Morning Star to being used as the original name of Satan. And Morning Star is the name of the company that makes vegetarian meat replacement foods. It's owned by Kellogg's, so maybe that's where the Satan part comes in. |
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Post by ganews on Mar 9, 2023 15:39:03 GMT -5
The original Latin word for the Morning Star was Lucifer. (Meaning "bearer of light".) This was pre-Christianity, obviously. The linguist I was reading did not know how this name went from being the Morning Star to being used as the original name of Satan. And Morning Star is the name of the company that makes vegetarian meat replacement foods. It's owned by Kellogg's, so maybe that's where the Satan Seitan part comes in. |
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Post by Celebith on Mar 22, 2023 11:54:05 GMT -5
Coolio's Fantastic Voyage was a cover
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Post by pantsgoblin on Mar 29, 2023 9:54:27 GMT -5
In the '86 Little Shop of Horrors, the Audrey puppet was so complex that they had to shoot it in 12-16 frames per second. Moranis and the other actors had to act in slow motion which was then sped up in post-production.
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Post by Nudeviking on Mar 30, 2023 1:04:28 GMT -5
In the time period between Danzig leaving the Misfits and Jerry Only and Doyle beating him in court for rights to the Misfits name so they could replace Danzig with a future Proud Boy, Jerry Only and Doyle had a Christian metal band called Kryst (Christ) the Conqueror.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Apr 5, 2023 18:06:25 GMT -5
Dick van Patten and Tim van Patten are not father and son. They're half-brothers, 31 years apart in age.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Apr 6, 2023 8:31:25 GMT -5
Dick van Patten and Tim van Patten are not father and son. They're half-brothers, 31 years apart in age. The same sibling age gap is arguably also true of two popular Simpsons characters. In the episode of The Simpsons where Mr. Burns adopts Bart, Homer kidnaps a person he believes to be Bart and convinces him that he is Homer's son, but it turns out that rather than Bart, he's convinced Hans Moleman that he is Homer's son. Hans Moleman starts living with the Simpsons family for the rest of the episode, suggesting that he has in fact become the adult adopted son of Homer and Marge. And in the episode of The Simpsons where Homer has to attend AA meetings after getting busted for drunk driving, we learn the surprising fact that Hans Moleman is only 31 years old. Maggie Simpson is an infant. Therefore the age gap between implied siblings Hans Moleman and Maggie Simpson is presumably 31 years. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Apr 11, 2023 12:32:51 GMT -5
Just bought a used pickup with a steel frame on the bed that I don't want. It's the type with the flared mesh over the rear window and it took me forever to figure out what the name is so that I could see what people are selling them for: a "headache rack". So called because they ostensibly protect from shit flying through the window and whacking you on the head.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Apr 22, 2023 14:57:18 GMT -5
Donald Glover wrote “Muffin top.”
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Apr 25, 2023 15:13:49 GMT -5
Norristown, Pa.'s finest, actress Maria Bello, is married to celebrity chef Dominique Crenn.
*Peter Boyle, Tommy Lasorda and author Jerry Spinelli are also from Norristown, if they wanna duke it out.
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Apr 26, 2023 13:38:20 GMT -5
You know that awful art style that your workplace's useless Communications Division uses for the organization's intranet and posters where people have tree trunk arms and legs but shrunken non-descript heads? It has a name, Corporate Memphis. In fact it has several names, of which (surprisingly) only one or two are meant derisively. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on May 3, 2023 7:46:37 GMT -5
I saw a passing comment on NextDoor and learned we were maybe supposed to get PERMITS for replacing our water heater (6 years ago) and HVAC (10 years ago)??
The way the village website/code is written is kind of vague; it only mentions structural changes and I feel like merely swapping one water heater or furnace out for another isn't truly a structural change. But. I'm sure the village wants their $50 or whatever.
I dunno man I can see it for replacing a roof or new windows or something but a water heater???
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Post by Prole Hole on May 3, 2023 8:31:47 GMT -5
You have to audition and get a license to be allowed to busk on the London Underground.
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on May 3, 2023 8:34:43 GMT -5
I saw a passing comment on NextDoor and learned we were maybe supposed to get PERMITS for replacing our water heater (6 years ago) and HVAC (10 years ago)  The way the village website/code is written is kind of vague; it only mentions structural changes and I feel like merely swapping one water heater or furnace out for another isn't truly a structural change. But. I'm sure the village wants their $50 or whatever. I dunno man I can see it for replacing a roof or new windows or something but a water heater??? While i don't know the specifics of Illinois law on this kind of thing, I'd imagine they're similar to New York and updating interior utility appliances seems like an absurd thing to require permitting on (and if the work was done 6-10 years ago I'd have to imagine some sort of statute of limitations passed a while ago anyway). So I'd completely ignore it. As far as I can recall I've only needed to get (or more accurately the contractor needed) permits for some electrical projects (a sump pump system) in my previous house which was within a city's limits. In that same house I had had some masonry repairs on the garage and a stoop/walkway replacement done which did not require any permits. And in my current house (in a Township and Village) last year I had my basement furnished and no permits were needed. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on May 3, 2023 8:54:41 GMT -5
I saw a passing comment on NextDoor and learned we were maybe supposed to get PERMITS for replacing our water heater (6 years ago) and HVAC (10 years ago)? ? ? The way the village website/code is written is kind of vague; it only mentions structural changes and I feel like merely swapping one water heater or furnace out for another isn't truly a structural change. But. I'm sure the village wants their $50 or whatever. I dunno man I can see it for replacing a roof or new windows or something but a water heater??? While i don't know the specifics of Illinois law on this kind of thing, I'd imagine they're similar to New York and updating interior utility appliances seems like an absurd thing to require permitting on (and if the work was done 6-10 years ago I'd have to imagine some sort of statute of limitations passed a while ago anyway). So I'd completely ignore it. As far as I can recall I've only needed to get (or more accurately the contractor needed) permits for some electrical projects (a sump pump system) in my previous house which was within a city's limits. In that same house I had had some masonry repairs on the garage and a stoop/walkway replacement done which did not require any permits. And in my current house (in a Township and Village) last year I had my basement furnished and no permits were needed. I mean I checked our HOA documents when we moved in, and they don't require any sort of notice or anything, so I just assumed the village didn't give a crap. And I think you're right, anyway, that nobody would care about something that happened so long ago. It just struck me as "well. that's interesting." The HOA replaced our roof and I ASSUME they got permits for that but if they didn't, well, not my fault. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on May 5, 2023 20:29:07 GMT -5
Illinois law. I'd completely ignore it. Spoken like a true Illini. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on May 19, 2023 13:29:04 GMT -5
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Post by WKRP Jimmy Drop on Jun 18, 2023 14:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by WKRP Jimmy Drop on Jul 5, 2023 12:02:43 GMT -5
I just found out there’s a Red Cross first aid app ( look I’m not an app person ok ) with nicely-categorized sections for specific problems, and a hospital finder as well. Good in general and also great for kids/young people who do dumbass shit or who might drive long distances.
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Post by ganews on Jul 5, 2023 20:01:15 GMT -5
Whereas as Morgan Freeman with his flawless Georgia accent in Driving Miss Daisy got nominated for an Oscar, Dan Akroyd got nominated with what sounds like his Jimmy Carter impression.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jul 7, 2023 7:13:53 GMT -5
Whereas as Morgan Freeman with his flawless Georgia accent in Driving Miss Daisy got nominated for an Oscar, Dan Akroyd got nominated with what sounds like his Jimmy Carter impression. I don't know what triggered this, but I got Framed in 1 yesterday because you put this movie fresh in my mind. |
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Post by ganews on Jul 7, 2023 11:53:32 GMT -5
Whereas as Morgan Freeman with his flawless Georgia accent in Driving Miss Daisy got nominated for an Oscar, Dan Akroyd got nominated with what sounds like his Jimmy Carter impression. I don't know what triggered this, but I got Framed in 1 yesterday because you put this movie fresh in my mind. It was on TCM Wednesday night while I was cooking. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 6, 2023 14:52:12 GMT -5
Annie, are you OK? Are you OK, Annie? in "Smooth Criminal" is based on the wording that first responders are taught in CPR training.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 8, 2023 10:16:18 GMT -5
Naperville Central High School has its own mummy.
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Post by Prole Hole on Aug 11, 2023 11:48:51 GMT -5
Naperville Central High School has its own mummy. Egyptian or mother? |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 11, 2023 12:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by liebkartoffel on Aug 12, 2023 10:49:52 GMT -5
I suppose it's a little braggy to point out how rare an occurrence this is, but today I encountered an entirely new word: enfeoff (v.): (1) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. (2) To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. I honestly thought it was a typo or some weird text-to-digital transcription error when I read it. I think it threw me for such a loop because must of the unfamiliar words I run into are clearly Latin or Greek so I can fit them into the context even if I don't know their meaning, whereas "enfeoff" is such a jarringly bizarre combination of letters that my brain refused to accept it as a word. |
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Post by Celebith on Aug 12, 2023 12:41:32 GMT -5
You know that awful art style that your workplace's useless Communications Division uses for the organization's intranet and posters where people have tree trunk arms and legs but shrunken non-descript heads? It has a name, Corporate Memphis. In fact it has several names, of which (surprisingly) only one or two are meant derisively. This should crossover with unpopular opinions, but I like this style more than Keith Haring inspired stuff. Maybe more than Keith Haring original stuff. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 13, 2023 11:58:18 GMT -5
I hate corporate Memphis because actual Memphis rocked.
There’s a place near me that sells the still-in-production stuff but it’s still a little much (understatement) and my apartment’s a little small, but it would be very cool…
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 16, 2023 22:32:32 GMT -5
Memphis update: that furniture store just went out of business.
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