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In 1989, John Cooper appeared on the show. He would later be convicted of multiple burglaries, armed robberies, and in 2011, following advances in forensic science, two double murders, one rape and another sexual assault. Footage of his appearance on the show was later used by the prosecution to match him to witness reports at the time.[2]

emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Haring grew up in Kutztown with his mom, Joan Haring, and his father Allen Haring, a cartoonist. He also had three younger sisters, Kay, Karen and Kristen. Keith's parents wanted to name all their children with names that started with K.

fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link

they did it!

Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link

RIP

raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 4 May 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link

back to Jim Bowen WTF is this all meant to mean?

In 1980 Bowen was included in a "Charlton Athletic" team of entertainers to appear in an ATV variety game show called "Up for the Cup", three winning rounds followed and the team found themselves in the final becoming runners up, no matter game and series over. By this time he had asked the "Charlton captain of the TV show", South London entertainment agent Ray Donn to look after him professionally & to help find him work down South. A few weeks after “Up for the Cup” had been transmitted in 1981, the then head of ATV casting the late Alec Fyne contacted Donn to enquire what Bowen was doing during the following month, he said “Nothing, I can’t get him out of”. Alec Fyne replied “Get him up here as soon as possible as we may have something for him" ……That was how the quiz show “Bullseye” started and of Bowen's renowned association.

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link

reading it again I can almost get it - needs some work

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, bad comma usage, but I just about got, there.

Mark G, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link

In America, shawarma is commonly enjoyed by superheroes such as The Avengers.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link

Kesha made a female version "Boys" using the same beat only it was electronic and her lyrics display boys the same way that the Beastie Boys do about girls in the final part of their song and in 2005 Molotov released a cover version of "Girls" on their album Con Todo Respeto.

┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link

The President responded that, "it is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on the field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the blessing of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an instrument destined by Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civilization, liberty, and law throughout the world."[7]

These messages engendered an outburst of enthusiasm........The Atlantic cable was a theme for innumerable sermons and a prodigious quantity of doggerel.

nakhchivan, Saturday, 12 May 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link

Alternative uses

Toasters can be used to defrost frozen food, like fish sticks and potato waffles.[citation needed]

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link

Potato waffles?

raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link

they are pretty nice

It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link

though why you would wanna defrost potato waffles before grilling them idk

It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link

"toast 'em" noticeably absent from the classic versatility jingle

Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link

Liminality
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the concept of liminality. For the original video animation, see .hack//Liminality.

raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/qpaFm.png

navihchkan (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link

eh, and they say that flattery gets you nowhere

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link

good post btw nakh

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

― emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

He may have been referring to The Golden Shot - a dart-based game show which used a different type of dart - a crossbow.

everything, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link

Most episodes of the series were originally preceded by a short prologue in which Razor would say, "Today on Swat Kats...," with a brief action scene from the episode. After most episodes, there was a small clip called "Secret Files of SWAT Kats" which gave information about the Heroes and Villains from the show and Warner Bros didn't release any information about the 6 unfinished episodes of the show. Another issue with the DVD was the end credits of the show. Warner Bros put the end credits for the episodes in the wrong order, meaning voice actors either aren’t credited for episodes they were in, or are credited for ones they weren’t. Only a few episodes had their proper end credits in tact.

one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 07:09 (eleven years ago) link

The album label lists band members as Carla Bozulich, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the band Geraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member of Eric Avery's side project Polar Bear. Napier was in the band E. Coli which released an album, To Drool on Triple X Records in 1996.[7] Wee Wee received his Masters in Social Work from Humboldt State University and is currently an ASW, Mental Health Clinician Intern in Northern California, in addition to playing three-string cigar box slide guitar for the amusement of those close to him.[when?]

get wolves (get bent), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link

[when?]

Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link

Sutton fronted the short-lived Heavy Lemon (2002–03) with ex-La's Neil Mavers and Peter "Cammy" Camell.[14] Sutton then went on to front the band Mirrorball (2005–08). Sutton claimed that the lyrics of Heavy Lemon songs were written under hypnosis after encounters with tax inspectors from the future.

Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link

Secretariat was mourned by millions and buried at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, given the rare honor of being buried whole; usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated.[16]

chris paul george hill (dayo), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:54 (eleven years ago) link

After moving several times around Brisbane and Sydney, [Andy] Gibb returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967 as his older brothers began to gain international fame with their trio, Bee Gees. He particeped to the group of the begining. (Ron de Grundt reference)

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Monday, 21 May 2012 11:47 (eleven years ago) link

During his live performances he generally gave more of a rock-oriented performance, with [Montel] Jordan even going as far as to wear sunglasses while on stage.

EDB, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:04 (eleven years ago) link

In late 1940, in order to get out of the military, he used a two-month front-leave to prepare for the final exam (Staatsexamen) of his law studies. Legend has it that he was working up to 20 hours a day, while keeping himself awake with large amounts of honey.

how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:24 (eleven years ago) link

On 23 August 1973 Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson, on leave from prison, went into Kreditbanken (now part of Nordea) at Norrmalmstorg, central Stockholm and attempted to hold up the bank.[1] Swedish police were called in immediately, two of them went inside, and Olsson opened fire, injuring one policeman. The other was ordered to sit in a chair and "sing something". He started singing "Lonesome Cowboy". Olsson then took four people as hostages. He demanded his friend Clark Olofsson to be brought there, along with 3 million Swedish Kronor ($730,000 US 1973 value),[1] two guns, bullet-proof vests, helmets and a fast car. Olofsson was a repeat offender who had committed several armed robberies and acts of violence, the first committed at the age of 16.

Olofsson was brought in by permission of the government and established a communication link with the police negotiators. One of the hostages, Kristin Enmark, said she felt safe with Olsson and Olofsson but feared the police might escalate the situation by using violent methods. Olsson and Olofsson barricaded the inner main vault in which they kept the hostages. Negotiators agreed that they could have a car to escape, but would not allow them to take hostages with them if they tried to leave.

Olsson called up the Prime Minister Olof Palme and said he would kill the hostages, backing up his threat by grabbing one in a stranglehold; she was heard screaming as he hung up. The next day Olof Palme received another call. This time it was Kristin Enmark who said she was very displeased with his attitude, asking him to let the robbers and the hostages leave.

Olofsson walked around in the vault singing Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly".

nagl lack (seandalai), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link

In 21 to 23 August 1962, a person using a telescope reportedly saw two of the monsters chasing each other in water. More than a hundred people reported the sightings. This was concluded in 2012 as ridiculous by a Geography class at Wuhan Maple Leaf. Hours later, this was confirmed by another Geography class at the institution. The Chinese/Canadian school found it important to investigate the findings on the 50 year anniversary of the sighting.

the fey monster (ledge), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link

Alan Hale (astronomer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alan Hale (born March 7, 1958)[1] is an American astronomer, known for his co-discovery of the Comet Hale-Bopp.
Biography

Hale was born in Tachikawa, Japan in 1958 to a poor homeless couple who gave him up to a band of roaming Japanese gypsies. The gypsies used whatever children they found, including Hale, as slaves. Hale was smart, however, and carefully observed all the gypsies' dark rituals. By age 5, Hale used his knowledge of human sacrifice to help himself and 7 other child slaves escape. Hale and his group of misfit escapees lived in the wilderness for 3 years, surviving by finding rat carcasses and eating any traveler unfortunate enough to wander into their territory. However, as time wore on, Hale grew tired of the wanton slaughter. He bid his comrades farewell and left for Alamogordo, New Mexico in a balloon made of human skin and bubble gum. He served in the United States Navy from 1976 to 1983, putting his love of killing to good use. Hale graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 and even managed to get black magic integrated into the academy's curriculum. His next job was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he used his knowledge of human sacrifice to improve development time and eliminate lazy coworkers. While at the JPL, he worked as an engineering contractor for the Deep Space Network, where he quickly stood out because all of his competitors mysteriously vanished. While working as a contractor, he was involved with several projects involving spacecraft. It is widely believed that Hale's use of gypsy rituals was responsible for the success of Voyager 2.

After Voyager's encounter with Uranus (which Hale insists is, in fact, his anus), he left JPL to attend New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, earning his Master's in ritualistic killings in 1990 and his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1992. Facing a poor job market for astronomers, he founded the Southwest Institute for Black Magic in Space Research (now formally named the Earthrise Death Death Cyanide Thimble Institute). Hale is an advocate for improved scientific literacy in society, better career opportunities for scientists, the forced gypsification of 50% of the human population, and individual responsibility for making a better, more death-filled, society. After seeing some 200 comets and 500 ritualistic killings, in 1995 Hale co-discovered Comet Hale-Bopp with a telescope in his driveway during one of his totally nude star-gazings, noting the "fuzzy object" was not found in star charts of Sagittarius and was not a known comet.[2] Comet Hale-Bopp was probably the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century and the brightest comet seen since Comet West in 1976.[3] He has two sons, Zachary and Tyler, who are notable in their own right. Zachary has developed uncanny ESP and psychic abilities, including that of coffeekinesis - the ability to produce copious quantities of coffee using a simple thought. Tyler, jealous of Zachary's success, delved into necromancy; his talent for reanimating deceased persons has been utilized in a variety of zombie films including Sean of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and all of the Resident Evil films. Alan Hale currently lives[2] in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, where he is hiding from witch hunters.

Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 10:20 (eleven years ago) link

amazing

the fey monster (ledge), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 10:46 (eleven years ago) link

Anna María Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé[2] (born December 23, 1990)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She also played Miracle Ross on Cake T.V.,[2] and was recently in the 2009 film Fame, whom she starred as Joy Moy. She also went on tour with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.(Jonas Brothers Live in Concert) In November 2011, she began starring on Broadway in the Godspell revival at the Circle in the Square theater in New York City. That is her current role. She enjoys it very much.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link

Wiktionary, but still...

See also
O_o
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s.clover, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link

That Alan Hale one is one of the better wikipedia edits I've seen lately.

mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link

Categories:

Living people
1981 births
21st-century women writers
American actors of Vietnamese descent
American bloggers
American female pornographic film actors
American female singers
American memoirists
American musicians of French descent
American musicians of Singaporean descent
American musicians of Vietnamese descent
American pop singer-songwriters
American pornographic film actors of Asian descent
American television personalities
American women in business
American women writers
American writers of Vietnamese descent
Lesbian actors
Lesbian musicians
Lesbian pornographic film actors
Lesbian writers
LGBT Asian Americans
LGBT broadcasters
LGBT businesspeople
LGBT memoirists
LGBT musicians from the United States
LGBT writers from the United States
Musicians from Houston, Texas
Musicians from Los Angeles, California
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Participants in American reality television series
People from Queens
Pornographic film actors from Texas
Pornographic film actors from Singapore
Pornographic film actors from Vietnam
Singaporean emigrants to the United States
Singaporean female pornographic film actors
Singaporean pornographic film actors
Vietnamese pornographic film actors
Vietnamese female pornographic film actors

Éden Éden Éden / H.A.Z.A.R.D (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link

Looking at that list, I'm starting to think all job resumes should just consist of applicable wikipedia categories.

seven league bootie (James Morrison), Thursday, 24 May 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link

Sexual harassment

Three female former employees have claimed that they were pressured into showing their breasts to Koko. They alleged that Patterson encouraged the behavior, often interpreted Koko's signs as requests for nipple display, and let them know that their job would be in danger if they "did not indulge Koko's nipple fetish."[13] The parties eventually reached a settlement.[14] Patterson claimed that Koko uses the word "nipple" to refer to humans because it sounds like "people".[15]

Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link

All of these versions are based (however loosely) on the O. Henry story, "The Ransom of Red Chief". Actually, this is an edit, and this movie is NOT based on the O.Henry story as the screen writer mentioned.[5]

Sisig Steve (stevie), Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link

It was Balfe, and later label partner Andy Ross, that convinced the band to change their name from Seymour to Blur, on signing in 1989. Blur's enormous, era-defining success requires no description here.

pure, beautiful, inventive (onimo), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link

the woo-hoo decade

how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link

every wiki page should contain "c'mon, you know what happened!" somewhere.

Mark G, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link

Diana then began a relationship with rich playboy Dodi Fayed and we all know how that ended.

pure, beautiful, inventive (onimo), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link

Arsenal played Liverpool in the final match of the season and we all know how that ended.

Mark G, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link

Daniel Brown is a horrific sounding rapper of whom upon listening your ears will bleed and beg for mercy. His song monopoly brings a horrible light to the terrific game, but listening to this is the exact opposite of Tim Duncan's humongous gong cock. Daniel Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known by his stage name Danny Brown is an American independent hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. Brown is known for his individuality, being described by MTV as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory."[1] His 2011 album XXX received much critical acclaim, earning him such accolades as Spin's #1 hip hop album of the year and Metro Times's "Artist of the Year".[2]

Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link

Hatfields and McCoys in the modern era

In 1979, the two families united for a special week's taping of the popular game show Family Feud, in which they played for a cash prize and a pig which was kept on stage during the games.[19] The Hatfield family won the contest 301- 227.[20]

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link

Man I miss the Carter years.

pplains, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link


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