IndigoMichigan

IndigoMichigan t1_j8oni62 wrote

Reply to comment by AgentElman in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

If he cut out the middle and put:

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, checked by violent gusts of wind which swept up the streets of London".....etc.

I feel that keeps the sentence more lean.

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IndigoMichigan t1_j8omfav wrote

Reply to comment by Logondo in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

The variation I heard of that one says Jim instead of first mate. I like knowing that Jim was a first mate. Jim's good at his job.

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IndigoMichigan t1_j77rc6u wrote

Reply to comment by rickisgreat123 in TIL that when Jack Grimm tried to find the Titanic in 1980, he planned to take a monkey called Titan that was trained to point to the wreck on a map. The monkey was left behind when scientists objected. Grimm never found the wreck, despite his sonar traveling right over it. by Bortron86

Might be in the same vein as that octopus who knew who was going to win matches at the FIFA World Cup several years back...

Maybe the monkey just liked pointing at a certain part of the map and the guy - with some hellishly impressive mental gymnastics - assumed "Titan... TitanIC!! He's pointing at the Titanic!"

There are many examples of more ridiculous shit spouted in human history, just look at youtube's documentation of how low some people's IQs have been just in the past 17 years!

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