This was required summer reading at my high school back in the 80's. I ended up writing my college app essay about him. Really has stuck with me.
>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^hpqp:
Thanks, I did not know this! Respect +100

goes off to look up his bio in local library
>> ^RadHazG:
Feynman was in fact, an expert safe cracker. He managed to crack almost every safe part of the Manhattan proj. and made a point of trying to bring to the heads attention how vulnerable the safes in fact were to being cracked. Their response? To instead have everyone change the codes and warn everyone about Feynman! Typical. Check out is autobiography. It's one hell of a read.


There are many books out there, this is my favorite one by far:
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

>> ^hpqp:

Thanks, I did not know this! Respect +100

goes off to look up his bio in local library
>> ^RadHazG:
Feynman was in fact, an expert safe cracker. He managed to crack almost every safe part of the Manhattan proj. and made a point of trying to bring to the heads attention how vulnerable the safes in fact were to being cracked. Their response? To instead have everyone change the codes and warn everyone about Feynman! Typical. Check out is autobiography. It's one hell of a read.



There are many books out there, this is my favorite one by far:

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Thanks, I did not know this! Respect +100


*goes off to look up his bio in local library*

>> ^RadHazG:

Feynman was in fact, an expert safe cracker. He managed to crack almost every safe part of the Manhattan proj. and made a point of trying to bring to the heads attention how vulnerable the safes in fact were to being cracked. Their response? To instead have everyone change the codes and warn everyone about Feynman! Typical. Check out is autobiography. It's one hell of a read.

Feynman was in fact, an expert safe cracker. He managed to crack almost every safe part of the Manhattan proj. and made a point of trying to bring to the heads attention how vulnerable the safes in fact were to being cracked. Their response? To instead have everyone change the codes and warn everyone about Feynman! Typical. Check out is autobiography. It's one hell of a read.

You need some *crackers with that whine?

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* BAN!


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On a sadder note, kitty the Kat was found dead earlier today on the floor of his house next to a candle. Evidently, the notorious gangster became curious and decided to see what Chinese food tasted like and unfortunately ate himself to death.

So just seeing lots of crackers has put her off eating them, even in combination with cheese? I wouldn't want to be involved in the testing of food expiration dates. Interesting stuff overall.

Its the same way all over, it's even worse in America.

That story on CNN where the old man was jumped on by a gang of black guys near an area of town known for gangs, the man was a white elderly man in his 60's coming out of a gas station and everyone watched, black women laughed calling him "old cracker" and noone came to help, and Andersoon Cooper said the gas station clerk didn't even call 911.

The man laid there for 30 minutes until a passerby called 911 as they drove past.


it's crap like that, that makes me wish we had more vigilantes in the world to beat people like that.

I totally understand making up some food that tastes awesome but is terrible for you... But this? How the fuck can someone enjoy the taste of raw butter enough to think deep frying a whole stick is a good idea? I like butter myself... with my bread, or some crackers, etc. By itself? yuck.

Psh, I bet all that started with him just wanting a cracker.

cracker oppression!!!

>> ^MaxWilder:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^MaxWilder:
>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^MaxWilder:
The word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.
I think you're really stretching for this one. The slur "coon" is thought to come from the Portuguese "barracão" ("shed") which is what they called slave quarters. It's got nothing to do with raccoons.

Yes, there is some debate about the etymology of the racial slur. But that does not change the FACT that the word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.

"Coon" is a racial slur when it refers to black people, not when it refers to raccoons. Just like "cracker" is a racial slur when it refers to white people but not when it refers to saltines.
You seem desperate to call this guy a racist.

If I was to show a video of a bunch of white southern law enforcement officers, then make a dumb joke about them eating crackers, one might legitimately infer that I was referencing the insult "cracker".
This man made a reference to a raccoon (who eats raccoons??) while talking about a black person. And you think it's a stretch? I'm really giving him the benefit of the doubt when I say he just might be oblivious.


Yeah, a huge stretch. Also, "who eats raccoons??" Funny enough, crackers do.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^MaxWilder:
>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^MaxWilder:
The word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.
I think you're really stretching for this one. The slur "coon" is thought to come from the Portuguese "barracão" ("shed") which is what they called slave quarters. It's got nothing to do with raccoons.

Yes, there is some debate about the etymology of the racial slur. But that does not change the FACT that the word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.

"Coon" is a racial slur when it refers to black people, not when it refers to raccoons. Just like "cracker" is a racial slur when it refers to white people but not when it refers to saltines.
You seem desperate to call this guy a racist.


If I was to show a video of a bunch of white southern law enforcement officers, then make a dumb joke about them eating crackers, one might legitimately infer that I was referencing the insult "cracker".

This man made a reference to a raccoon (who eats raccoons??) while talking about a black person. And you think it's a stretch? I'm really giving him the benefit of the doubt when I say he just might be oblivious.

>> ^MaxWilder:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^MaxWilder:
The word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.
I think you're really stretching for this one. The slur "coon" is thought to come from the Portuguese "barracão" ("shed") which is what they called slave quarters. It's got nothing to do with raccoons.

Yes, there is some debate about the etymology of the racial slur. But that does not change the FACT that the word Raccoon is sometimes shortened to Coon, which is a fairly nasty racial slur.


"Coon" is a racial slur when it refers to black people, not when it refers to raccoons. Just like "cracker" is a racial slur when it refers to white people but not when it refers to saltines.

You seem desperate to call this guy a racist.

What a Fire-Cracker!!

I say, in the 4th of July spirit.