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Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread No, it's not about that

#321 User is offline   Al_U_Card 

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Posted 2010-January-20, 15:26

gwnn, on Jan 20 2010, 03:44 PM, said:

I observed that the best laughs I get are always to my jokes. Does this make me a narcissist, a schizophrenic or just a moron?

It makes you a comedian.

If they were crying it would make you a banker.

If they were shouting angrily it would make you a politician.
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Posted 2010-January-20, 15:28

My best laughs are never to my jokes.

On an obscurely related topic, it's a good thing my parents named me Josh because that's what everyone calls me.
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Posted 2010-January-20, 15:58

jdonn, on Jan 20 2010, 04:28 PM, said:

My best laughs are never to my jokes.

On an obscurely related topic, it's a good thing my parents named me Josh because that's what everyone calls me.

So, you are "Joshing" then?
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Posted 2010-January-20, 17:18

don't know how many people have seen the previous doc " dancing outlaw" but this should get you pumped

new jesco white documentary
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Posted 2010-January-20, 17:27

luke warm, on Jan 20 2010, 06:18 PM, said:

don't know how many people have seen the previous doc " dancing outlaw" but this should get you pumped

new jesco white documentary

Who dat?
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Posted 2010-January-20, 18:23

I always wondered why my parents named me asshole.
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Posted 2010-January-21, 13:50

Al_U_Card, on Jan 20 2010, 04:58 PM, said:

jdonn, on Jan 20 2010, 04:28 PM, said:

My best laughs are never to my jokes.

On an obscurely related topic, it's a good thing my parents named me Josh because that's what everyone calls me.

So, you are "Joshing" then?
:lol:

As a numismatist (coin collector), I was already aware of this story, but thought I would share it:

From WikiAnswers:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_te...g_you_come_from

"Just joshing you" came from the late 1800's and has a very interesting story behind it!

Josh Tatum was a deaf mute, but a very enterprising young man from the midwest. In 1883 the US Mint came out with a new nickel. It was deemed the Liberty Head Nickel and on the reverse side had a large roman numeral V stamped on it. The new nickel did not have the word "cents" or "nickel" stamped on it. Josh Tatum noticed this and the fact that it was nearly the same size as the US $5.00 gold piece, which at the time was used as common currency. With the help of a friend familiar in gold electroplating base metal, they turned these coins into a literal gold mine. Tatum went from town to town going into shops, stores & mercantiles. He was very careful not to purchase anything that cost more than a nickel, where he would hand over one of these gold plated nickels. The clerk would accept the coin, and in most instances give Josh back $4.95 in change, which he happily would take. By the time law enforcement caught up to him, he had visited hundreds of towns & had amassed a small fortune!.

The Law prosecuted him but ironcially he was found not guilty on the most serious charges, because he only purchased items that totaled 5 cents, and because he was deaf & could not speak he never represented that it was a new $5.00 gold piece.

The same year, the US mint added the word "cents" to the Liberty Head Nickle in an effort to bring this type of fraud to a halt.

Hence the famous saying "your not Joshing me are you"?
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Posted 2010-January-21, 15:25

I'd be interested to hear about coin collecting in either this thread or another thread.

How did you get into it?

How large is the collection?

Any remarkable pieces in your possession?

How long have you been collecting?

Do you collect other things? Did this hobby evolve from collecting one thing into something more serious/substantial?
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Posted 2010-January-21, 17:01

damn supremes are at it again... the best gov't money can buy
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Posted 2010-January-21, 17:20

now i gotta say, this is cool

personal electric vtol

the only trouble is, i already have f-250s 6" off my bumper on the interstates
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Posted 2010-January-22, 04:17

Aberlour10, on Jan 20 2010, 02:40 PM, said:

Waiting for the Super Bowl action.... it means for the halftime show :)

The Who? Mostly dead.

Wonder why they were chosen
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Posted 2010-January-22, 07:17

gwnn, on Jan 20 2010, 09:44 PM, said:

I observed that the best laughs I get are always to my jokes. Does this make me a narcissist, a schizophrenic or just a moron?

LOL!

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Posted 2010-January-22, 08:20

Madmen Season Two Episode 4 "The New Girl"

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Posted 2010-January-22, 09:45

If you set your thermostat to 68 degrees it counteracts Global Warming.
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Posted 2010-January-22, 10:19

shyams, on Jan 22 2010, 05:17 AM, said:

Aberlour10, on Jan 20 2010, 02:40 PM, said:

Waiting for the Super Bowl action.... it means for the halftime show <_<

The Who? Mostly dead.

Wonder why they were chosen

Petty, Paul, Stones, The Boss, Prince in last couple of years...the organizers seem to like the older generation of r'&roller...still better than many of these todays synthetic bands.
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Posted 2010-January-22, 13:16

Aberlour10, on Jan 22 2010, 11:19 AM, said:

shyams, on Jan 22 2010, 05:17 AM, said:

Aberlour10, on Jan 20 2010, 02:40 PM, said:

Waiting for the Super Bowl action.... it means for the halftime show :(

The Who? Mostly dead.

Wonder why they were chosen

Petty, Paul, Stones, The Boss, Prince in last couple of years...the organizers seem to like the older generation of r'&roller...still better than many of these todays synthetic bands.

Reasonable but subjective evaluation.

Green Day, The Offspring for thirty-somethings, Modest Mouse, Jet, Killers etc. for twenty-somethings and Justin Beeber etc for younger BUT who buys what is advertised? Ahhhh, that explains the choice rather more effectively.
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Posted 2010-January-22, 13:18

Question: Is Janet Jackson's Super Bowl constume the reason t.v. is called the "boob tube"?
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Posted 2010-January-22, 17:07

It wasn't the costume, it was the "wardrobe malfunction."
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Posted 2010-January-22, 17:08

the making of avatar is proof that 9/11 was staged

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KUALA LUMPUR: There is strong evidence that the Sept 11 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 could have been “staged” as an excuse to mount attacks on the Muslim world, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“If they can make Avatar, they can make anything,” the former prime minister told a press conference here yesterday after delivering his speech at the General Conference for the Support of Al-Quds to aid the Palestinians.

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that's probably not as far out as hugo chavez blaming the haiti earthquake on the u.s.
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Posted 2010-January-22, 17:37

Jack Bauerrrrrrrrrrr

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