Thread of the Random

[INLaw]

To be honest it may be better to try and set up an antenna to pick these game up. I haven’t really put much thought into it.

Do you live in International Falls, MN or something?

 

[FDNYIrish1]

 

[GrangerIrish24]

My new birthday shirt came in

 

[T-Boone]

We’ve got a story out here in Australia of a crazy woman killing 3 people including her in laws by feeding them poison mushrooms.

 

[Irish#1]

We’ve got a story out here in Australia of a crazy woman killing 3 people including her in laws by feeding them poison mushrooms.

Crazy women know no boundaries.

 

[Rasputin]

Rasputin's Three Unwritten Rules of Lawn Cutting:

1. Never cut your grass before 9AM on a weekend.
2. When you reach the edge of your lawn don't do your turn around on your neighbor's lawn, leaving them with big unsightly, uneven cuts on their grass.
3. Don't cut your grass when your neighbor is having a backyard party.

Rasputin is breaking in a new neighbor this summer. He will learn.

 

[Irish#1]

Rasputin's Four Unwritten Rules of Lawn Cutting:

1. Never cut your grass before 9AM on a weekend.
2. When you reach the edge of your lawn don't do your turn around on your neighbor's lawn, leaving them with big unsightly, uneven cuts on their grass.
3. Don't cut your grass when your neighbor is having a backyard party.

4. Never cut so you blow your clippings into the neighbors yard or the flower beds.

Rasputin is breaking in a new neighbor this summer. He will learn.

FIFY

 

[ACamp1900]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/28/mississippi-alligator-800-pounds-14-feet/

 

[Irish#1]

This is very cool. Nebraska Ladies Volleyball sent an attendance record for any women's sporting event.

 

[ab2cmiller]

I would like to file a report against Lax for cruel and unusual punishment for posting the BK video tweet in the locked down BK thread without us being able to respond.

 

[Irish#1]

I thought the culprit was Beau?

 

[ulukinatme]

I thought the culprit was Beau?

Beau locked it, rightfully so, and then LAX snuck a post in with BK doing BK things lol

 

[laughingirish90]

didn't know where to put this but i was just on instagram today and came across this advertisement for a site called fanatics football where they hand paint footballs with the stadium of any college team you are a fan of and anyways they look super cool if anybody is interested. thinking hard about buying one for myself but i'll look around first and see if anybody else has a site like and are cheaper.

 

[ACamp1900]

didn't know where to put this but i was just on instagram today and came across this advertisement for a site called fanatics football where they hand paint footballs with the stadium of any college team you are a fan of and anyways they look super cool if anybody is interested. thinking hard about buying one for myself but i'll look around first and see if anybody else has a site like and are cheaper.

Pretty sure I have one,… I’ll post a pic when I get home

 

[ACamp1900]

Pretty sure I have one,… I’ll post a pic when I get home

didn't know where to put this but i was just on instagram today and came across this advertisement for a site called fanatics football where they hand paint footballs with the stadium of any college team you are a fan of and anyways they look super cool if anybody is interested. thinking hard about buying one for myself but i'll look around first and see if anybody else has a site like and are cheaper.

This?? Or something like it??

 

[ab2cmiller]

This?? Or something like it??

View attachment 3054307

That's hand painted?

 

[ACamp1900]

That's hand painted?

Ah,… maybe not. I think I missed that part

 

[Fbolt]

Crazy women know no boundaries.

You didn't have to say "Crazy". It's implied with the word women.

I've played on the crazy-hot scale as a grown man and had my vehicle keyed. Worth it.

 

[ACamp1900]

Crazy women know no boundaries.

Men searching the globe trying to find where they get the audacity

 

[ulukinatme]

This?? Or something like it??

View attachment 3054307

That's pretty cool. I used to have some shots from on the field of players making plays and you can see our family in the stands in the background behind the visitor's bench. Lost those when a hard drive crashed, but it would be cool to put something like that on a football.

 

[notredomer23]

Boss of Failed Crypto Exchange Gets 11,196-Year Sentence

The founder of a collapsed cryptocurrency exchange has been sentenced to more than 11 millennia in jail. The 11,196-year sentence was handed down late Thursday by a panel of judges in Turkey to Faruk Fatih Özer, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency [reported](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/thodexin-k

www.wsj.com

Wonder if he'll get parole after he does a hard 5,000 years.

 

[Irish#1]

Boss of Failed Crypto Exchange Gets 11,196-Year Sentence

The founder of a collapsed cryptocurrency exchange has been sentenced to more than 11 millennia in jail. The 11,196-year sentence was handed down late Thursday by a panel of judges in Turkey to Faruk Fatih Özer, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency [reported](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/thodexin-k

www.wsj.com

Wonder if he'll get parole after he does a hard 5,000 years.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time! lol

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

 

[ulukinatme]

The culture is very weird there. I've read there's a lack of masculinity and confidence in the men there, many men are very afraid to approach women and there's a growing number of virgins. The birthing rates are down as well. I could see how the prostitution industry could thrive in such an environment. I'm not sure that explains why the women feel it's okay for men to cheat with prostitutes, but perhaps they're willing to bend on that issue given the situation with sexless mates.

A Quarter Of Japanese Adults Under 40 Are Virgins, And The Number Is Increasing

Having sex may have jumped the shark, at least for younger adults in Japan. A new, detailed analysis of national fertility data finds that the proportion of adults in the country who have never had vaginal heterosexual intercourse is on the rise.

www.forbes.com

Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the Health Ministry said Friday, adding to a sense of urgency in a country where the government is seen as too slow to take measures to address its rapidly shrinking and aging population.

apnews.com

 

[Giddyup]

Me so horny

 

[Bishop2b5]

I read something today that reminded me of a funny chess story I heard years ago. In the mid 1930s, Dutch math professor Max Euwe was world chess champion for two years. Rising Soviet star and future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik had probably become the strongest player in the world by this time, but wouldn't get his chance at the title until after the war. Despite their fierce rivalry, the two men had become exceptionally good friends and when playing in the same tournament, would spend much of their free time together. Botvinnik was a die-hard, true believer in communism and Stalinism, while Euwe thought the whole thing was a steaming pile of horse manure. For the sake of their friendship, the two men usually avoided discussing politics.

In the summer of '36, they were playing in a tournament in Nottingham England. One day during the tournament, they went for a walk around town and spotted an odd-looking dog. Botvinnik asked what breed it was and Euwe told him it was an Afghan. Botvinnik told Euwe that he didn't believe they had such dogs in his country, to which Euwe replied, "No, I suppose not. Your people have probably had to eat them all." Oh DAYUM! That's savage!

Needless to say, Botvinnik wasn't amused and stormed off in a huff. Euwe tried to apologize and explain that he was just trying to be funny, but Botvinnik wasn't having it. From that point on, he refused to associate with Euwe or to speak to him any more than absolutely necessary. Thankfully, at some point in the late '40s, the two old friends finally reconciled and remained very close for the rest of their lives, but that was still a savage reply.

 

[Black Irish]

The truth hurts.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

I read something today that reminded me of a funny chess story I heard years ago. In the mid 1930s, Dutch math professor Max Euwe was world chess champion for two years. Rising Soviet star and future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik had probably become the strongest player in the world by this time, but wouldn't get his chance at the title until after the war. Despite their fierce rivalry, the two men had become exceptionally good friends and when playing in the same tournament, would spend much of their free time together. Botvinnik was a die-hard, true believer in communism and Stalinism, while Euwe thought the whole thing was a steaming pile of horse manure. For the sake of their friendship, the two men usually avoided discussing politics.

In the summer of '36, they were playing in a tournament in Nottingham England. One day during the tournament, they went for a walk around town and spotted an odd-looking dog. Botvinnik asked what breed it was and Euwe told him it was an Afghan. Botvinnik told Euwe that he didn't believe they had such dogs in his country, to which Euwe replied, "No, I suppose not. Your people have probably had to eat them all." Oh DAYUM! That's savage!

Needless to say, Botvinnik wasn't amused and stormed off in a huff. Euwe tried to apologize and explain that he was just trying to be funny, but Botvinnik wasn't having it. From that point on, he refused to associate with Euwe or to speak to him any more than absolutely necessary. Thankfully, at some point in the late '40s, the two old friends finally reconciled and remained very close for the rest of their lives, but that was still a savage reply.

We are moderately into chess and I'd never heard this story. I'm not a chess historian but I read histories of the marquee names that we run into while doing exercises, games, tournaments, etc. Thanks for sharing!

 

[dublinirish]

 

[1rishftw]

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