stumbling for fun

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:44 pm

1563? I think that's what I read when I looked it up. But according to what I read, England actually was more progressive about its attitude towards witches at that time than most of the rest of the world. But hey, in 1563, when you don't have any idea why it hasn't rained all season and your crops are dying, it's easy to blame it on a witch. In 2007, we like to think we're a little more enlightened.

I found the literalness of this little cartoon strangely amusing.

http://www.j-walk.com/ss/jokes/chart.htm

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:44 pm

violetblue wrote:1563? I think that's what I read when I looked it up. But according to what I read, England actually was more progressive about its attitude towards witches at that time than most of the rest of the world.

Well, not quite that early. Even in "progressive" England there were a lot of witch hunts in the 16th and 17th Century. The 1563 Witch Act made being a witch a felony, and took it from ecclesiastical courts to ordinary courts, but still people were tried for being witches. It was as early as 1735, when a new Witch Act made pretending to be a witch a felony on grounds it is necessarily a fraud. Switzerland executed a witch as late as 1782, and Poland in 1793. You might say, it took less than 60 years to spread from progressive England to obscurantist Poland. But I found the date of the last witch actual execution in Poland, not of the time they officially changed the law. And these were crucial 60 years, the Century of Enlightment. England took the change just at its start, while some countries in continental Europe (Switzerland!) waited till he end.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:20 am

VB, that was hilarious

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:49 pm

It is almost too frightening to contemplate, did children ever really ride this... c...c...c...clown train? C'est horrible!

Does this remind anyone else of Stephen King (stefanY)?

(I will warn, there is a curseword in the title of the image, but deservedly so).

http://www.notafront.org/~agit/compilat ... ge153.html

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:47 pm

good god. That really WAS freaky as ... well... *shudder* and I wasn't afraid of clowns before.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:04 am

violetblue wrote:It is almost too frightening to contemplate, did children ever really ride this... c...c...c...clown train? C'est horrible!

coloring was mine
May I ask why you had to describe this train in French?

On a different topic, that had been already discussed in TVR, so I cannot point to it, I found
this amusing.

(I hope this is innocuous enough to stay out of TVR)

No, no, I'm not mysogynic, in fact I love women. It's just, there is this little difference...

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:35 am

The best analysis of human life I've ever seen:
http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/ACreationMyth.htm

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:34 pm

I LOVE it! (And so does Bob.)

Sue

Post by **KiltanneN** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:22 pm

I like them both vor-alfred...

The game is stacked against us in every way.

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:52 pm

I liked both your items, v. Very clever. And I think you know why the train was described in French!

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:41 pm

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:08 pm

*DIES* VB, where on earth did you find that?

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:23 pm

tollbaby wrote:*DIES* VB, where on earth did you find that?

Post by **wolfspirit** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:02 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTd_M_0mbVQ

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:08 pm

A link to the Darwin awards, which celebrates those who have removed themselves from the gene pool in ways which confirm it's best that they are not polluting the pool anymore:

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:53 pm

I really like this person's work. Check out the tattoo t's, also, they're pretty cool. I love my husband, but I'd probably get one with my dog's name on it.

http://www.curiology.com/paintings.php

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:23 am

Scientific reasons a zombie apocalypse could actually happen. I won't say, "told you so, told you so!" I promise.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5- ... appen.html

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:09 pm

A little present for Monday morning:

http://aarongaul.com/

Here's a little something else I found. I find it amusing but sad, for some reason.

KeE · Post by **KeE** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:20 am

But for those of us who do battle windmills and see the whole of the moon, such signposts should surely be ignored?

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:41 pm

KeE wrote:But for those of us who do battle windmills and see the whole of the moon, such signposts should surely be ignored?

No, no, you're right, KeE, the rest of us should just keep battling away regardless.

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:46 pm

A little holiday humor.

Worst cookbook title:

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:08 pm

Another picture -- now wouldn't this be cool (but not for the people in the car, I guess)!

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:34 pm

I think you can really buy this, despite several amusing comments which might make it seem like a joke. I bet there are some people on the forum who can even tell us WHY you would buy it.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000796XXM/

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:18 pm

Yup, you can definitely really buy it ... I mean... I think!

(stupid, don't go telling people you bought uranium... INNER dialogue! INNER!)

Post by **laurie** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:05 pm

One of my nephews (a budding geologist/seismologist) would love to find that in his Christmas stocking. He's got a thing for rocks of any type -- the odder the better.

Ain't gonna happen, dearie.