ChaosEngine + BSR - you guys crack me up, this one's going in the archives. Funny lads - Cheers*


*with honey mead of course, none of that hops and barley stuff. I mean, only if the bees can hold it together for few more months, 'cause it's either them or the frogs going first.

I tried to track down a Wings game summary video last night after getting home from a different hockey game; too many barley pops to seal the deal so thanks Milkman Dan for posting this and thanks for detailing the significance; I'd just heard young Russian scores shootout gamewinner and had visions of Datsyuk v2.0 even though that it will likely not work out as well for Evgeny; a boy can dream though...

An American watching this psa there kiwi, one that actually drives his car and pays fucking attention to the road and the creatures on it who could give a fuck about the moment, is that both of these dimwits had they been in the U.S., would have been on their motherfucking cellphones with masturbatory thumbs ushering them into the next world.

Nearly involved in a 4-car-collison today, mid-afternoon here in Texas (Houston has some of the most distracted and retarded drivers on any road) because some dumbshit was on a phone, along with 2 other drivers who barley escaped jacking-off similarly behind the wheel.

This rural situation is a cake-walk here, but dumbasses still manage on unpolluted roads to fly unconscious in a helicopter to hospital.

Legalize GTA-style citizen watches and watch the shit change overnight....

SO the set-up for this one take was

1 Col. George Taylor POA Heston doll (Snapped on E-Bay when Heston died, new -in-box)
1-paper cut-out Statue of Liberty lower, left frame)
2-Estes D rockets, duct-taped to back
1-scavenged fuse from leftover Chinese sky-candy
1-Micro-cassette recording of National Anthem (Foley)
1 FUJI Finepix F1000

The tree-bounce-around is off-camera....only one recording of that so here it is: As soon as he leaves frame he's in the tree and barley freed himself of the tangled bounce in the top before ditching in the pond at full throttle-Had he made air he had about 40 feet up inna swirl before thrust would have pooped-out.

...done this before so any way it could have gone might have-

Bill Moyers,

Justice for all ??? What bullshit. More like robbing Peter to pay Paul who would rather sit on his ass and collect free money.. Where is the "justice" for the earnest worker that works hard and barley makes ends meet just to have the government tax them more?

Where is the Justice for the welfare recipient who becomes trapped from excelling into the workforce only to have the welfare taken away at a disproportionate rate? welfare is a trap by democrats to keep the poor in their pockets.

Bitching about Executing people? Really? Do the crime and pay the fine.


Quit bitching about companies not paying taxes.

If you could get "special" treatment you would take full advantage every time. Who wouldn't.

The Government, sets the rules. Quit voting long-timers who keep miking the public.

Upvote for the Nathan Barley reference. I can see the movie Idiocracy was "before its time" documentary rather than a parody. Fucking sad.

From your wiki link:

Barleycorn may mean:

a grain of barley
English unit of length equal to 1/3 inch

Which is what Mr Frye said -- about a 1/3 of an inch.

Funny. I never thought it meant anything other than "barleycorn." Those Brits. I just accepted such an odd unit of measure.

>> ^Nebosuke:

Found the Brannock Device, but can't find the barney cord (spelling? barnicord?). Perhaps it's barleycorn? Which seems to be an easy conversion.

>> ^critical_d:

Interesting! But now, let this American remind you that Guinness is not black, it's a deep shade of red.
From the FAQ on http://www.guinness.com "Look closely. GUINNESS® beer is not actually black but rather dark ruby red because of the way the ingredients are prepared. Some malted barley is roasted, in a similar way to coffee beans, which is what gives GUINNESS® its distinctive color."
Cheers!
>> ^robbersdog49:
>> ^critical_d:
...and served by a leprechaun on St Pattys Day!
>> ^ChaosEngine:
>> ^jcf79:
Or, you could try drinking a stout that actually has some flavor...

Have you ever actually tried a real pint of Guinness? And I don't mean whatever watered down piss they serve in the rest of the world, I mean a real pint, as in, in Ireland?


What is St. Patty's day?
It's Paddy. All you Americans who say St. Patty's, you're all wrong. Simple.
And before someone says it's Patty because it's short for Patrick, it's not. It's Paddy because it's short for Padraig, which is the original spelling.
Paddy. P A D D Y
Now let's all have a nice pint o' the black stuff!


Try ordering a pint of the red stuff and see what you get. I'm betting it won't be guinness

Interesting! But now, let this American remind you that Guinness is not black, it's a deep shade of red.

From the FAQ on http://www.guinness.com "Look closely. GUINNESS® beer is not actually black but rather dark ruby red because of the way the ingredients are prepared. Some malted barley is roasted, in a similar way to coffee beans, which is what gives GUINNESS® its distinctive color."

Cheers!

>> ^robbersdog49:

>> ^critical_d:
...and served by a leprechaun on St Pattys Day!
>> ^ChaosEngine:
>> ^jcf79:
Or, you could try drinking a stout that actually has some flavor...

Have you ever actually tried a real pint of Guinness? And I don't mean whatever watered down piss they serve in the rest of the world, I mean a real pint, as in, in Ireland?


What is St. Patty's day?
It's Paddy. All you Americans who say St. Patty's, you're all wrong. Simple.
And before someone says it's Patty because it's short for Patrick, it's not. It's Paddy because it's short for Padraig, which is the original spelling.
Paddy. P A D D Y
Now let's all have a nice pint o' the black stuff!

>> ^Fletch:

I had to watch "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" with subtitles. Great movie, btw, if you can understand them.


Yeah, I saw that one theatrically and was really wishing for some sweet sweet subtitle action.

I had to watch "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" with subtitles. Great movie, btw, if you can understand them.

>> ^Sagemind:

I understand what he is saying, and aside from all the course language, he has a point.
(because youth today is far too "entitled" and he's right as to how they got that way.)
BUT
His argument falls apart because the economy has changed. If the economy was the same as it was even 20 years ago (never-mind 35-40 years ago in the 70s) and this attitude of youth existed, then I'd completely agree - but it isn't. Today's economy says I can't feed my family and own my own house, even with two full-time incomes in the household. I work damn hard, I'm not a slacker.
I may not run my own company but, my job, as it is today, and would have been 20 years ago, would have paid the bills and allowed some extra cash to take my family on a holiday once a year. My wife would have been able to stay home with the kids, at least part-time.
I bought a house. It cost me $400,000. Ten years ago, the same house was valued at $140,000-170,000.
Twenty-one years ago, when my house was built, it cost $100,000 brand new. Wages, on the other hand, haven't changed all that much. As I left high school, people with good jobs were making $19-25 an hour working at the mill. Today, the wages are much the same. No one is making 300% more for the same job they were doing 20 years ago. So why has housing gone up, why has everything gone up(fuel, food etc.)? The truth is I can't afford a $400,000 house, no regular person can, but what choice do I have, the cheapest rental I could find was $200 more than what my mortgage payment is.
It's the economy, it's the banks, It's globalization, It's International Trade, It's Corporations buying up all the little guys and then jacking up the prices, paying employees less and paying all the politicians to stay out of their way.
His analogy about seeing Mr. Rich and respecting him in the old days and slamming him today also doesn't stand. Today, very few people own their own business and are successfully wealthy. Most small businesses are barley hanging on, operating in the shadows of the companies like Wal-Mart. Most small businesses need to barrow money to set up shop. These businesses pay more tax and interest than they ever did.
In the sixty's to late eighties, both of my uncles owned their own businesses. They were very successful and made a decent living and had many employees. Life was good. That bubble popped in the late eighties to nineties not because business was decreasing but because new governments raised business and property taxes to the point that, they both had to close up their shops. Taxes more than doubled over night and the interest on banking skyrocketed.
So Adam's rant is fun. It makes a good point about entitlement and winy brats wanting reward without working for it but that's it. It doesn't explain Occupy of the financial state every one is in now.
Period.


we should be happy that all the increases in wage/salary/benefit that we should have been getting over the last 30yrs have been going to a small group of individuals

we should be happy that money is allowing for the degradation of rights and civil liberties

we should be happy that every noble endeavor should be stifled and made irrelevant for the sole reason of monetary gain

we should be happy that our elected officials blatantly lie to our faces, and serve only their greed, and thus the whims of those with money... and not so much individuals as much as corporate interests... corporations who while now given the same "rights" as humans, bear none of the responsibility... either to their local communities or to the nation they are now a "citizen" of

we should be happy that education is becoming something you pay off over your life as opposed to something nutured and pushed by your nation, because it's how we seize the future and progress as a society... better we become ignorant and uneducated so that we are easier to control and are reduced to grunt manual servitude to our feudal lords

we should be happy the rich get bailed out; are allowed to gamble with our money consequence free... then because of it, we lose our home and our children lose their future

better we lose our right to privacy than be subjected to invisible boogeymen
better we lose our freedom of speech than be allowed to exercise it

i honestly hope not... but I can't help feeling the road back to sanity starts with the rolling heads of politicians and bankers... and I don't mean that metaphorically

i honestly hope they have the humanity to overcome their greed... because no amount of money will overcome the fury of the masses... right now the bear is waking up... best not poke it with a stick

I understand what he is saying, and aside from all the course language, he has a point.
(because youth today is far too "entitled" and he's right as to how they got that way.)

BUT

His argument falls apart because the economy has changed. If the economy was the same as it was even 20 years ago (never-mind 35-40 years ago in the 70s) and this attitude of youth existed, then I'd completely agree - but it isn't. Today's economy says I can't feed my family and own my own house, even with two full-time incomes in the household. I work damn hard, I'm not a slacker.

I may not run my own company but, my job, as it is today, and would have been 20 years ago, would have paid the bills and allowed some extra cash to take my family on a holiday once a year. My wife would have been able to stay home with the kids, at least part-time.

I bought a house. It cost me $400,000. Ten years ago, the same house was valued at $140,000-170,000.
Twenty-one years ago, when my house was built, it cost $100,000 brand new. Wages, on the other hand, haven't changed all that much. As I left high school, people with good jobs were making $19-25 an hour working at the mill. Today, the wages are much the same. No one is making 300% more for the same job they were doing 20 years ago. So why has housing gone up, why has everything gone up(fuel, food etc.)? The truth is I can't afford a $400,000 house, no regular person can, but what choice do I have, the cheapest rental I could find was $200 more than what my mortgage payment is.

It's the economy, it's the banks, It's globalization, It's International Trade, It's Corporations buying up all the little guys and then jacking up the prices, paying employees less and paying all the politicians to stay out of their way.

His analogy about seeing Mr. Rich and respecting him in the old days and slamming him today also doesn't stand. Today, very few people own their own business and are successfully wealthy. Most small businesses are barley hanging on, operating in the shadows of the companies like Wal-Mart. Most small businesses need to barrow money to set up shop. These businesses pay more tax and interest than they ever did.

In the sixty's to late eighties, both of my uncles owned their own businesses. They were very successful and made a decent living and had many employees. Life was good. That bubble popped in the late eighties to nineties not because business was decreasing but because new governments raised business and property taxes to the point that, they both had to close up their shops. Taxes more than doubled over night and the interest on banking skyrocketed.

So Adam's rant is fun. It makes a good point about entitlement and winy brats wanting reward without working for it but that's it. It doesn't explain Occupy of the financial state every one is in now.
Period.

Honestly I barley understand French and have no idea what they are actually saying but this joke seems to explain itself.

I think the average life expectancy in the world is around 67 years and for America I think its around 80 could be wrong looked it up on wiki. Lot of people make it past the 80's but its still a good average to expect your last years in that timespan. Hell I'll be lucky to make it even close to to 84.

On a side note.
I had a great grandmother who lived to be 99 and only stopped living her life the way she wanted when she fell off a ladder trying to repair her roof. She use to make dinner for my family and I when we would travel to visit her on Thanksgiving even though she could barley walk and had hard time seeing. I only hope I have half her strength when I reach my golden years.
>> ^EMPIRE:

84 isn't THAT old anymore. Hell, I'm 31 and all my grandparents are still alive. I guess my perspective could be a little distorted by that. (one of my great grandmother died at 102 and simply because she was bedridden after falling down some stairs. none of my great grandparents died younger than 80, and most over 90).