SilasMarner77
SilasMarner77 t1_j6phw2r wrote
Reply to Your superpower is you can travel forward in time but not backwards. How are you using this to take over the world? by bearded_charmander
I would travel to such a time when human IQ has decreased sufficiently that they would be easily led by someone like me.
SilasMarner77 t1_j6pgsqn wrote
Reply to What will be the minimum required percentage of straight people required to prevent humans from going extinct? by disko123
I'm a gay male but I've donated sperm numerous times to various lesbain couples.
SilasMarner77 t1_j6pgm5z wrote
I'd love to do that but as soon as I clock in the calls begin.
SilasMarner77 t1_j6kobd6 wrote
Reply to I rocked that fanny pack. London, 1991. by graemeknows
Great Britain and the USA are two nations divided by a language and no term illustrates this better than "fanny-pack".
SilasMarner77 t1_j4zyxpb wrote
Reply to comment by kerred in TIL Pinky and the Brain was inspired by the peculiar personalities of two WB producers, Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton with interesting mannerisms that were incorporated into the characters by QueenBee299
Apparently Maurice was so delighted at the opportunity to reenact the infamous "frozen peas" bit that there were tears in his eyes.
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Reply to Makes sense by sr3874
I love the oddly homoerotic tension when they face eachother at the weigh in.
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SilasMarner77 OP t1_iuf6w71 wrote
Reply to comment by MisterFistYourSister in Leonardo DiCaprio's widow has yet to be born. by SilasMarner77
A tale as old as Hollywood itself. I'd believe it.
SilasMarner77 OP t1_iuf4kym wrote
Reply to comment by awsamation in Leonardo DiCaprio's widow has yet to be born. by SilasMarner77
I thought it was a line from a movie lol
SilasMarner77 t1_iu9ph0o wrote
Reply to TIL that Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is a credited songwriter for "Smelly Cat" from the show Friends. by DragonTonguePunch
2000 miles is one of my favourite Christmas songs. I find it quite sentimental and moving. Sadly when I recommend it to people they usually think I'm referring to that song by The Proclaimers.
SilasMarner77 t1_itufrgj wrote
Reply to TIL that France and Spain "went to war" over a few stop signs in the 1970s and 1980s when France built two new roads that crossed a Spanish road and installed new stop signs which Spanish citizens continually removed over and over again for years. This became known as the "War of the Stop Signs". by AxelNotRose
Growing up post-Schengen I sometimes forget that borders within Europe used to be strictly enforced until fairly recently.
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Reply to comment by sweetplantveal in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77
Yes I must agree that the wiki could have been more clearly written although it lists among its sources some well-written scholarly works. I first heard about this particular episode in our history from the masterful BBC Radio documentary "This Sceptered Isle."
SilasMarner77 OP t1_irelun6 wrote
Reply to comment by royiroyi in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77
It didn't end well for him either!
SilasMarner77 OP t1_ireduah wrote
Reply to comment by seemypinky in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77
I imagine it gave the angry mob a lighthearted moment.
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Reply to comment by moodpecker in TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows. by SilasMarner77
Another TIL for me there!
SilasMarner77 OP t1_ir13x4k wrote
Reply to comment by RevolvingCatflap in TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows. by SilasMarner77
Her whole career was in front of her.
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Reply to comment by fulthrottlejazzhands in TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows. by SilasMarner77
I used to love the Crystal Maze as a kid. Richard O'brien is the only host as far as I'm concerned. I tried watching the Ayoade reboot and while he was a reasonably entertaining host it just wasn't the same. I think perhaps the Internet and the intervening years have reduced my capacity for being entertained by game shows.
SilasMarner77 t1_j6piej8 wrote
Reply to If you could go back in time, what would you change? by Poggeta
I'd travel back to September 2001 and warn Mariah Carey not to release the movie Glitter.