Things that make you go "Hmmmm…" - Page 160

chalsall · 2013-07-11, 00:19

So, there is a train with many cars with a lot of oil on board, and only a single human is responsible...

Breaks are the responsibility of the employees (oh, sorry, only one human) and then the train catches on fire....

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07...ne-death-toll/

kladner · 2013-07-11, 01:22

(Post moved to a more appropriate thread. Chris, why did you post that here?)

jasong · 2013-07-11, 21:30

They've discovered the actual color of an exo-planet, and that color is navy blue. Now, the question on my mind is what the heck does navy blue look like, and is the planet bluer than planet Earth. Also, I wonder if it's from water or something else making it blue.

Going to read the article now, but if anyone knows the average color of planet Earth, I'd love to know.

Edit: Okay, apparently, the blue color is either from molten glass(silicon) or actual water. But according to one of the scientists, the color is consistent with water.

http://science.slashdot.org/story/13...tm_medium=feed

firejuggler · 2013-07-13, 18:38

hmmm
another gem
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...h-8705954.html
Zimbabwe hospital charges women $5 for each scream during childbirth

kladner · 2013-07-13, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Now if we could only do similarly in the developed world for car alarms and gratuitous shouting of all sorts ... "If your car is not being vandalized or stolen and your person is not under assault or in the act of preventing harm to another, that'll be $5 per noise, please."

When it comes to gratuitous car alarms, I suggest that the fee should be $5 paid to every person disturbed by the damned thing.

kladner · 2013-07-16, 14:14

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05...rican-decline/

Hmmmmmmmmm.....

kladner · 2013-07-18, 13:19

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/15/1223852/-Man-arrested-for-having-a-stroke-while-Black-left-to-die-on-jail-floor

Words fail, except to say that I can imagine the same sort of thing happening just about anywhere in the States.

Flatlander · 2013-07-22, 18:36

kladner · 2013-07-22, 19:19

Would you happen to have a spare seat in whatever conveyance you are using? Can I come, too?

firejuggler · 2013-07-22, 20:11

It seems that the minion has spawn, it's a boy... Now can we change the subject?

xilman · 2013-07-22, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by firejuggler

It seems that the minion has spawn, it's a boy... Now can we change the subject?

Yup, she's dropped her sprog. Ho hum.

2013-07-11, 00:19	#1750
chalsall If I May "Chris Halsall" Sep 2002 Barbados 2×67×73 Posts	Always trust Fox News... So, there is a train with many cars with a lot of oil on board, and only a single human is responsible... Breaks are the responsibility of the employees (oh, sorry, only one human) and then the train catches on fire.... http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07...ne-death-toll/ Last fiddled with by chalsall on 2013-07-11 at 00:25 Reason: s/catches of fire/catches on fire/

2013-07-11, 01:22	#1751
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	"Human error" (Post moved to a more appropriate thread. Chris, why did you post that here?) Last fiddled with by kladner on 2013-07-11 at 01:28

2013-07-11, 21:30	#1752
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3·7·167 Posts	They've discovered the actual color of an exo-planet, and that color is navy blue. Now, the question on my mind is what the heck does navy blue look like, and is the planet bluer than planet Earth. Also, I wonder if it's from water or something else making it blue. Going to read the article now, but if anyone knows the average color of planet Earth, I'd love to know. Edit: Okay, apparently, the blue color is either from molten glass(silicon) or actual water. But according to one of the scientists, the color is consistent with water. http://science.slashdot.org/story/13...tm_medium=feed Last fiddled with by jasong on 2013-07-11 at 21:35

2013-07-16, 14:14	#1755
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 23656₈ Posts	Everything Wrong With America In One Simple Image (INFOGRAPHIC) http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05...rican-decline/ Hmmmmmmmmm.....

2013-07-18, 13:19	#1756
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Man arrested for having a stroke while Black, left to die on jail floor. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/15/1223852/-Man-arrested-for-having-a-stroke-while-Black-left-to-die-on-jail-floor Words fail, except to say that I can imagine the same sort of thing happening just about anywhere in the States.

2013-07-13, 18:38	#1753
firejuggler Apr 2010 Over the rainbow 2·1,303 Posts	hmmm another gem http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...h-8705954.html Zimbabwe hospital charges women $5 for each scream during childbirth

2013-07-22, 18:36	#1757
Flatlander I quite division it "Chris" Feb 2005 England 31×67 Posts	Then I'm going to Mars. Attached Thumbnails

2013-07-22, 19:19	#1758
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 27AE₁₆ Posts	re: Then I'm going to Mars Would you happen to have a spare seat in whatever conveyance you are using? Can I come, too?

2013-07-22, 20:11	#1759
firejuggler Apr 2010 Over the rainbow 101000101110₂ Posts	It seems that the minion has spawn, it's a boy... Now can we change the subject?

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