Post by AltruisticCrono on Jul 21, 2008 1:48:52 GMT -5
This thread is for general, random, or strange news that doesn't need its own thread (like major gaming/media events), but is still noteworthy none-the-less. Basically, interesting stuff you find while browsing the webs... of the random kind. An off-shoot, account, affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, bearing, bond, cognation, connection, consanguinity of the fabled "Random Video Thread: Part Uno Needs a Longer Subtitle Squadron DS Loaded UNLEASHED."
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TL:DR > Similar to the ZOMGWTFBBQ Crazy Thread, but moar civilized. ...and with "less" poofs, chii's, nekos, memes, etc. Please modify/combine posts where necessary [like self topic bumps].
*Note* - Disturbing / You-Know-You-Shouldn't-Post stuff because you can find ANYTHING on the Internet does not apply. Read the official forum readme or ask a moderator if you have any doubts.
Here's a few things that prompted such a thread:
HP shatters excessive packaging world record Link
This Week's Quotes:
Scream as we may at the bad, the good prevails.
– Cyrus Augustus Bartol, minister, author (1813-1900)
Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.
– William Burkitt, British vicar (1650-1703)
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds.
– Siddhārtha Gautama, Indian spiritual teacher, founder of Buddhism (circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE)
One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers.
– James Russell Lowell, poet, diplomat (1819-1891)
The hardest and most important job of parents is not providing food, shelter, and education for their children; it’s providing a moral compass.
– Michael Josephson
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TL:DR > Similar to the ZOMGWTFBBQ Crazy Thread, but moar civilized. ...and with "less" poofs, chii's, nekos, memes, etc. Please modify/combine posts where necessary [like self topic bumps].
*Note* - Disturbing / You-Know-You-Shouldn't-Post stuff because you can find ANYTHING on the Internet does not apply. Read the official forum readme or ask a moderator if you have any doubts.
Here's a few things that prompted such a thread:
HP shatters excessive packaging world record Link
This Week's Quotes:
Scream as we may at the bad, the good prevails.
– Cyrus Augustus Bartol, minister, author (1813-1900)
Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.
– William Burkitt, British vicar (1650-1703)
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds.
– Siddhārtha Gautama, Indian spiritual teacher, founder of Buddhism (circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE)
One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers.
– James Russell Lowell, poet, diplomat (1819-1891)
The hardest and most important job of parents is not providing food, shelter, and education for their children; it’s providing a moral compass.
– Michael Josephson