The Random Thought Megathread

[Jay2U]

...Where's my gold medal?

In the pawnshop?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

That's called a header. Practiced for hours on end it never hurts and its always straight tens on the scorecards. Where's my gold medal?

 

[catcauphonic]

William the Silent, later William of Orange, was assassinated by Balthasar Gerard. He killed William I in Delft on 10 July 1584, by shooting him twice with a pistol.

At his trial, Gérard was sentenced to be brutally – even by the standards of that time – killed. The magistrates decreed that the right hand of Gérard should be burned off with a red-hot iron, that his flesh should be torn from his bones with pincers in six different places, that he should be quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his bosom and flung in his face, and that, finally, his head should be taken off.

Gérard's torture was also very brutal. On the first night of his imprisonment Gérard was hung on a pole and lashed with a whip. After that his wounds were smeared with honey and a goat was brought to lick the honey off his skin with his rough tongue. The goat however refused to touch the body of the sentenced. After this and other tortures he was left to pass the night with his hands and feet bound together, like a ball, so sleep would be difficult. During the following three days, he was repeatedly mocked and hung on a pole with his hands tied behind his back. Then a weight of 150 kg was attached to each of his big toes for half an hour. After this half hour Gérard was fitted with shoes made of well-oiled, uncured dog skin; the shoes were two fingers shorter than his feet. In this state he was put before a fire. When the shoes warmed up, they contracted, crushing the feet inside them to stumps. When the shoes were removed, his half-broiled skin was torn off. After his feet were damaged, his armpits were branded. After that he was dressed in a shirt soaked in alcohol. Then burning bacon fat was poured over him and sharp nails were stuck between the flesh and the nails of his hands and feet. Gérard is said to have remained calm during his torture. On 14 July 1584, Gérard was executed.

Wait, i thought his hand was burned off first? How did they hogtie him to make sleep difficult after that??

 

[5StringBlues]

rassafrassinnassafirter

 

[Alik]

Honk if you can see this.

 

[IamGroot]

I met an old friend in Walmart I hadn't seen in a long while and he asked me how I was doing and I told him I had lost my wife.

But I was headed over to the electronics are to see if she was there.

 

[Gorn]

Peanut butter is really good.

 

[Pbassmanca]

I met an old friend in Walmart I hadn't seen in a long while and he asked me how I was doing and I told him I had lost my wife.

But I was headed over to the electronics are to see if she was there.

I usually expect my wife to be in the kitchen section or the baby section, but never in the shoe section........









In jest, only in jest......

 

[zontar]

This example has seen better days but it had to be included here just so you can check out that wild grille design. Yes, that's factory!

 

[Jay2U]

Does a brain fart leave through the nose or through the ears?

 

[mrjim123]

Does a brain fart leave through the nose or through the ears?

It usually remains caged until you do something you'll regret, and then it exits through the psyche in a most embarrassing manner.

 

[D M C]

 

[Stumbo]

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

 

[mrjim123]

I'm DAMN sure that I'm full of doubts, and NOBODY can convince me otherwise!

 

[mrjim123]

Listening to Beck or The War On Drugs while at work is heavenly.

 

[D M C]

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

In a world of fools and fanatics, 'tis folly to be uncertain and full of doubts. - Me

 

[Pbassmanca]

You know, it's strange how the random temperature and scent of the midsummer air can bring all kinds of random memories and experiences straight into your mind as if you had stepped into a time machine, and gone backwards 20 or 30 years to something that felt exactly as it does right now. The air reminds me of sitting by the great shimmering lake with a beautiful girl, and drawing close to each other, with the uncertainty of having just met, and yet having a deep but ephemeral connection to each other. The fleeting power of young love........

 

[Stumbo]

In a world of fools and fanatics, 'tis folly to be uncertain and full of doubts. - Me

Nah.

 

[zontar]

I'm DAMN sure that I'm full of doubts, and NOBODY can convince me otherwise!

"We demand clearly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty"

 

[sissy kathy]

William the Silent, later William of Orange, was assassinated by Balthasar Gerard. He killed William I in Delft on 10 July 1584, by shooting him twice with a pistol.

At his trial, Gérard was sentenced to be brutally – even by the standards of that time – killed. The magistrates decreed that the right hand of Gérard should be burned off with a red-hot iron, that his flesh should be torn from his bones with pincers in six different places, that he should be quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his bosom and flung in his face, and that, finally, his head should be taken off.

Gérard's torture was also very brutal. On the first night of his imprisonment Gérard was hung on a pole and lashed with a whip. After that his wounds were smeared with honey and a goat was brought to lick the honey off his skin with his rough tongue. The goat however refused to touch the body of the sentenced. After this and other tortures he was left to pass the night with his hands and feet bound together, like a ball, so sleep would be difficult. During the following three days, he was repeatedly mocked and hung on a pole with his hands tied behind his back. Then a weight of 150 kg was attached to each of his big toes for half an hour. After this half hour Gérard was fitted with shoes made of well-oiled, uncured dog skin; the shoes were two fingers shorter than his feet. In this state he was put before a fire. When the shoes warmed up, they contracted, crushing the feet inside them to stumps. When the shoes were removed, his half-broiled skin was torn off. After his feet were damaged, his armpits were branded. After that he was dressed in a shirt soaked in alcohol. Then burning bacon fat was poured over him and sharp nails were stuck between the flesh and the nails of his hands and feet. Gérard is said to have remained calm during his torture. On 14 July 1584, Gérard was executed.

Huh, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were executed in a similar fashion.