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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Brian May, rock star and astrophysicist, has been appointed chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.
May will be installed as the university's figurehead leader early next year, it was announced Monday. The 60-year-old Queen guitarist said the appointment was "a great honor and a great new challenge."
Boy, they really need to do a better job of getting their facts straight. I know for a fact that it was only a few years ago when I was in high school that I first heard Queen. There AIN'T NO WAY IN HELL that Brian May is 60 years old!!! If he's 60 years old, that would mean I'm, , , oh shit, never mind
Boy, they really need to do a better job of getting their facts straight. I know for a fact that it was only a few years ago when I was in high school that I first heard Queen. There AIN'T NO WAY IN HELL that Brian May is 60 years old!!! If he's 60 years old, that would mean I'm, , , oh shit, never mind
LOL.
Do you want me to delete that post to disavow your age?
By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer
Tue Dec 11, 5:55 PM ET
Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."
"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.
Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.
"It shows a really interesting thing that's going on in language. It's a term that's arrived only because we're now communicating electronically with each other," Morse said.
Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" �\ that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.
For technophobes, the word also is familiar from the 1990 movie "Pretty Woman," in which Julia Roberts startles her date's upper-crust friends with a hearty "Woot, woot, woot!" at a polo match.
Purists of "l33t speak" often substitute a "7" for the final "t," expressing a "w007" of victory �\ an "in your face" of sorts �\ when they defeat an online gaming opponent.
"W00t" was among 20 nominees in a list of the most-searched words in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and most frequently submitted terms from users of its "open dictionary."
The choice did not make Allan Metcalf, executive secretary of the American Dialect Society, say "w00t."
"It's amusing, but it's limited to a small community and unlikely to spread and unlikely to last," said Metcalf, an English professor at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill.
The 2006 pick, "truthiness," also has its roots in pop culture. It was popularized by Comedy Central satirical political commentator Stephen Colbert.
Some also-rans in the 2007 list: the use of "facebook" as a verb to signify using the Web site by that name; nuanced terms such as "quixotic," "hypocrite" and "conundrum"; and "blamestorm," a meeting in which mistakes are aired, fingers are pointed and much discomfort is had by all.
A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation in Egypt.
New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked.
Instead, he chugged the vodka �\ and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.
A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment. The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to go home in a few days.
A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation in Egypt.
New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked.
Instead, he chugged the vodka �\ and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.
A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment. The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to go home in a few days.
O jeez. Some people just don't think. I mean, who much would the fee hav been to get the bandbag checked in? _________________
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:
Muslim saves Jews in subway attack
Published: 12/12/2007
A Muslim saved a group of Jews being attacked on a New York subway in an apparent hate crime.
Hassan Askari, a student at Berkeley College in Manhattan, came to the aid of Walter Adler when he and three friends were attacked on the Q train running between Manhattan and Brooklyn on the night of Dec. 7, according to The Associated Press.
Ten men and women, aged 19 and 20, verbally and physically assaulted Adler and his friends after they wished the assailants "Happy Chanukah" in response to their "Merry Christmas" wish.
Askari, 20, tried to fight off the attackers, which gave Adler time to pull an emergency brake on the Brooklyn-bound train. The assailants were arrested at the next stop.
The attack is being investigated as a hate crime. One of the attackers reportedly had been arrested previously for a hate crime.
"That a random Muslim kid helped some Jewish kids, that's what's positive about New York," Adler, 23, told AP. Adler suffered a broken nose _________________
Great story! But I get really annoyed when they start classifying people by their religion. I mean, so what, any other Muslim guy wouldn't help? Is it so important that they point out that a muslim CAN be good?
@B-san: Than again, I like people like that because they make me look cmrt. _________________
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:59 am Post subject:
Wynter wrote:
Great story! But I get really annoyed when they start classifying people by their religion. I mean, so what, any other Muslim guy wouldn't help? Is it so important that they point out that a muslim CAN be good?
@B-san: Than again, I like people like that because they make me look cmrt.
I think it is because alot of people think that everywhere in the world Muslims hate Jews. I also think the aim was to prove that in a world of hate there is some good. I dont think they ment to point out two groups. I believe if we were in the 70s when Blacks and Whites didnt get along there might be a story like White male saves Black male from beating or something like that _________________
I think it is because alot of people think that everywhere in the world Muslims hate Jews. I also think the aim was to prove that in a world of hate there is some good. I dont think they ment to point out two groups. I believe if we were in the 70s when Blacks and Whites didnt get along there might be a story like White male saves Black male from beating or something like that
Yea, that's true. I understand. But still. It's sad that such ignorance exists, making such a heading important. _________________
You have said in the past about liking older guys.....
I do, but I wouldn't ask this particular guy. I mean, he's got alcohol poisoning because he's a dumb ass. I have SOME standards, you know. :beaten; _________________
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