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fulthrottlejazzhands t1_jaecdq3 wrote
Reply to This isn't staged. Hercule saw us take a family picture and decided he (and his ball) should be included. by Berenbos
My dog is named Hércule also! It's a bit of a misnomer as he only weighs 20lbs when wet.
We do like correcting people that he's Belgian when they jokingly ask if he's French.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_j9twiel wrote
Reply to comment by Category3Water in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
My great great grandfather was a Chaplin in the Civil War (got him literally straight off the boat at Ellis Island). His son was a doughboy in WW1. His son, my grandad fought in Italy, Normany, and the Bulge. My dad was a chopper pilot in Vietnam, in the shit, as it were.
I fought bravely and with distinction in the War Against Al-Qatala on PS4.
Edit: on a serious note, I was lucky enough to know my great grandfather whose father, in turn, was in the Civil War - - and I'm not that old.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_j9tucei wrote
Reply to comment by Baltic_Blasphemy in TikTok at Risk: Canada starts investigating platform over data collection from young users by HeroldMcHerold
I would also like to know if bears do, in fact, shit in the woods.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_j8dhspj wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Dear Juliet,
Why you run off with boy from other family? You only 13 and he kill your cousin.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_j683kfq wrote
Reply to TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad
Why on earth would UN reintroduce cholera to stop earthquakes?
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_j5uc2gn wrote
Reply to comment by falconuruguay in TIL Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once during a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore. by No_Visit8945
My uncle Gary once commandeered a blowup raft with his traveling companion and confidant Gabriel (also know as "Sarge") off Fire Island. A joyride it almost certainly was.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iy3dnuy wrote
Reply to comment by WeightFast574 in What's the best feel-good climax to a movie? by acharismaticjeweller
The reason the bugs were flinging rocks at the Earth was because Earth had been invading their territory and worlds though an expansionist doctrine.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iy32jk3 wrote
Reply to comment by Sp00kbee in What's the best feel-good climax to a movie? by acharismaticjeweller
Not sure if being sarcastic, or missed the point.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iy31ll5 wrote
Reply to comment by riegspsych325 in What's the best feel-good climax to a movie? by acharismaticjeweller
My favorite part of the Real Genius ending is the Kent redemption path. They could have had him stay the typical 80s a-hole/bully, but in the end, he realizes its the military-industrial complext that's evil (and the emblematic professor) and decides to join to good guys.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iy2rgsc wrote
Reply to comment by Snuggle__Monster in Unlawful Entry at 30: One of the Best Yuppies-in-Peril Thrillers of the '90s by JannTosh12
And from experience, Madelaine Stowe was a (confusing yet intriguing) force to be reckoned with if you were a 12 year old boy at the time.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iy2raon wrote
Reply to comment by JC-Ice in Unlawful Entry at 30: One of the Best Yuppies-in-Peril Thrillers of the '90s by JannTosh12
Only second to the genre, Dinks-in-Danger.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_ixyxyt6 wrote
He’s cute, ain’t he? Only problem is, he’s got a little bit of Mississippi leg hound in him. If the mood catches him right, he’ll grab your leg, and just go to town. You don’t want him around if you’re wearing short pants if you know what I mean.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iuhu8vc wrote
Reply to comment by ComprehensivePiano81 in Emilia Clarke to Play Oscar Wilde’s Wife and Irish Author, Constance Lloyd, in Sophie Hyde’s ‘The Ideal Wife’ by MarvelsGrantMan136
Funny you say that. Incidentally, I saw Emilia Clarke in a play (Breakfast at Tiffany's) years ago. Apparently, they had gone through three separate cats in the role of Holly Golightly's pet because they would follow instruction. The night I saw the show, the cat was supposed to exit stage right, but wouldn't go. It took a trainer audibily shaking a can of treats off stage and Emilia gently nudging with her foot for it to leave.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iuhiz6t wrote
Reply to comment by ComprehensivePiano81 in Emilia Clarke to Play Oscar Wilde’s Wife and Irish Author, Constance Lloyd, in Sophie Hyde’s ‘The Ideal Wife’ by MarvelsGrantMan136
You should suggest this to your wife or partner. I'm pretty sure they'd understand and the reaction would be both measured and reasonable.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iugm4xc wrote
Reply to comment by LooksAtClouds in When your very pregnant and hormonal wife wants the christmas tree up. You put the christmas tree up by Evox_
You can rest easy that you're likely a nice person who doesn't force irrational and unreasonable demands on your partner.
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_iu683eq wrote
Reply to comment by senatordeathwish in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset
"People who drink like thirsty water buffalo".
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_ir0rixn wrote
Reply to 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
And without Ft. Boyard, we would have never had Crystal Maze (with Richard O'Brian, although Richard Ayoade is reasonable. That Tudor-Pole pillock can piss off).
fulthrottlejazzhands t1_je8vjok wrote
Reply to comment by Diligent-Quarter5920 in The Whirlpool Galaxy as imaged from my personal observatory in Ohio by fyrfytr310
Also, powered flight, astronauts, and Guy Fieri.