Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:40 pm

Zoris wrote:
"A hairpiece that size could cost you as much" as $550, da Silva said.
Either something's wrong with their quote, or....

Why would something be wrong with the quote? I assume the amount wasn't included in the quotation because the real quote was not dollars, and the writer translated it to dollars. Although it's a bit suspect they didn't just keep it and put the equivalent in parentheses.

As for the amount itself, just think of the market for animal pelts. Human hair has to be a pretty rare commodity, at least in any sizeable length.

Edit: I got the country wrong...reales?

- · Post by - » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:25 pm

Next year's Oscar nominees.

Definition of awkward: "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing here?"

The Sinking Palace in Istanbul.

Crazy Californian laws. I'm particularly fond of Chico's ordnance against setting off nuclear devices.

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:55 pm

ils wrote:
Crazy Californian laws. I'm particularly fond of Chico's ordnance against setting off nuclear devices.

Sissies. In Germany you'd get at least a year for that. (Unless it was just negligence.)

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:17 pm

Crazy Californian laws wrote:A server in California can be convicted of selling to a minor if the purchaser uses a false or altered ID to buy the alcohol.

Why on earth is this crazy? Surely that's just standard?

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:18 pm

ils wrote:Crazy Californian laws. I'm particularly fond of Chico's ordnance against setting off nuclear devices.

Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited

What what what? And it doesn't fall under some obscure township - is it really a state-wide law?

LinguistCat · Post by **LinguistCat** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:46 pm

Tarasoriku wrote:
ils wrote:Crazy Californian laws. I'm particularly fond of Chico's ordnance against setting off nuclear devices.

Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited
What what what? And it doesn't fall under some obscure township - is it really a state-wide law?

No, or else an ex of mine would be in jail by now. Or at least fined heavily...

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:26 pm

vampyre_smiles wrote:No, or else an ex of mine would be in jail by now. Or at least fined heavily...

Well, I assume nothing on that list is enforced (or has much opportunity to be), and thought it might be conceivable something like that is still marked in a dusty tome somewhere beneath Sacramento.

Whether it is or not, why is there not more clean-up with ancient laws? You always hear about a (Missouri?) law prohibiting public moose copulation or some such - but just in the context that someone found it, not that someone recently tried to get it repealed, so it's probably still there. Legislation should progress ever so slightly faster than I clean out my electronic cookies and bookmarks.

Edit...Edit
Update: It appears the author tried to beef up the list and make it seem as if they found more laws than they actually did by just repeating some laws listed for specific towns and cities twice (once under the city and once without the city just in general), so I don't think too many of these are state-wide at all.

But the area the oral sex entry is listed for is....San Francisco.

Wycoval · Post by **Wycoval** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:58 pm

(Something I didn't know before today, though many of you probably did.)

1. Go to google
2. type 'find chuck norris'
3. Click the 'I'm feeling lucky' button.

ketske · Post by **ketske** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:14 pm

Or, for those too lazy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ ... Norris.jpg

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:32 pm

ils wrote:Crazy Californian laws. I'm particularly fond of Chico's ordnance against setting off nuclear devices.

Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.

Common in Montreal.

A server in California can be convicted of selling to a minor if the purchaser uses a false or altered ID to buy the alcohol.

This one is weird...

Belvedere City Council order reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.”

Common where I live, not especially strange.

Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.

In California? All of it? Es imposible!!!

In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.

As if one can control that...

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:17 pm

Yiuel wrote:
Belvedere City Council order reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.”
Common where I live, not especially strange.

I believe the humor comes from the awkward wording, which leaves open the interpretation that it's the master should be on the leash.

- · Post by - » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:54 pm

A collection of memorable wedding photos.

Rate My Turban!

Porn for Girls! (SFW)

The impressive astronomical site WikiSky.org provides an interactive star map and a guide to various galactic and intergalactic phenomena.

Graham Fuller muses on a counterfactual world without Islam, debunking the increasingly common perception that such a world would necessarily be more peaceful.

Hokulani · Post by **Hokulani** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:33 pm

In Hawaii Copper is the new Gold

Interesting.The science of the Orgasm

All this from a dead lawn?

Locks of Law: See bits of hair from the first 12 US presidents

Good or Bad idea? Women only buses

LinguistCat · Post by **LinguistCat** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:39 pm

Songs to wear pants to: http://www.songstowearpantsto.com

And it's companion forum: http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/forum/index.php

I especially like "Shoot the Zombies", "Sad, Sad Toaster Made of Glass" and "The First Fifty Digits of Pi", but there are oh so many wonderful songs on this site.

There's even this wonderful You Tube video.

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:37 pm

A nudist webcomic, whence else but Australia?

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:53 pm

Shm Jay wrote:A nudist webcomic, whence else but Australia?

Hrm. That was about the least funny thing I've ever been coaxed into reading.

Seriously, it's absoterrifically shitty.

NakedCelt · Post by **NakedCelt** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:45 am

Shm Jay wrote:A nudist webcomic, whence else but Australia?

This is new to you?

Hokulani · Post by **Hokulani** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:14 am

Weird news

HPV can turn you into a tree

This is why I dont understand Jehovah's Witnesses

Daddy wishes he'd be able to shoot down a satellite

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:00 pm

NakedCelt wrote:This is new to you?

Well, sorry for not having kept up with the cultural trends of Antipodean nudism

@Tarasoriku: I think the reason why you might not find it funny is it's tendentious. But it made me giggle a lot. Each character is actually two: themselves and their bodies.

I prefer the pleasures of lounging about in pyjamas to nudism.

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Hokulani wrote:This is why I dont understand Jehovah's Witnesses

They’re as bad as Scientologists, in my opinion.

It seems to be part of a series. I actually saw this episode.

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:34 pm

Beware of that chocolate cake

Risla · Post by **Risla** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:28 am

The Archive of Misheard Lyrics. Some of the stuff under Funny is hilarious.

Risla · Post by **Risla** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:30 pm

The Indian Condom Song.

- · Post by - » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:45 pm

Laughing With Hitler is a fascinating documentary on the fate of humour under the Third Reich.

(Relatedly, something to remember when you hear anodyne rhetoric about "stress positions.")

Dilbert: life imitates art.

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:38 am

Do you have what it takes to read this? Blogger liveblogs own vasectomy.