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Good evening crew of the RMS Titanic. My name is Scuttlebutt, Sidney Scuttlebutt. I am the head of the exterior furniture section on this ship. My job is to provide deckchairs for the comfort of all First Class and Second Class passengers. Third Class passengers are not entitled to deckchairs so you will not need to show them how they work.
This may be the Titanic's maiden voyage but I am already a professional at the art of deckchair maintenance as I have worked on the Titanic's sister ship RMS Olympic. I believe a carefully prepared deckchair with the option of a blanket and cushion is essential if travellers want to take in the cold April air of 1912. So I will now demonstrate what we do.
What was that? You want to know more about the lifeboats? We can talk about that tomorrow. Those boats are to rescue people at sea, not the people here as this ship is unsinkable, made of steel that is light enough to float. There is no need to be worried. For those who really want to learn more about lifeboats, I understand Captain Smith will be holding a class tomorrow. ( Full article...)
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 - ... that Thomas Edison was arrested on charges of pornography following the release of his short film, Woman Whose Ankle is Partly Visible?
- ... that the great Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to many opportunities for great photography of homeless people and farmers covered in dust the following years?
- ... that telling someone you masturbated to their Facebook picture is frowned upon in society?
- ... that while laughter is the best medicine, many cancer patients prefer chemotherapy?
- ... that there is a pipe bomb placed in your mailbox?
- ... that 'wax-on, wax-off' doesn't help teach kids karate, but just gets your cars waxed, free of charge?
- ... that Euroipods is a website giving away free ipods in return for completing offers and reffering freinds to do the same?
- ... that Africa's space program has had several successful launches to altitudes over 11 feet?
- ... that if we used a language without homonyms, a certain type of pun would be impossible, and thereby much gaiety would be lost?
- ... that dihydrogen monoxide can kill you, specially if you breathe it?
- ... that you have schizophrenia and we're talking about you right now?
- ... that spambots suffer from constant self-doubt and low self esteem? They have feelings too you know.
- ... that it's probably not the weekend (The chance is 5/7)?
- ... that midget cockpunching terrorists are a threat to the US and her allies?
- ... that Thomas Edison was arrested on charges of pornography following the release of his short film, Woman Whose Ankle is Partly Visible?
- ... that the great Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to many opportunities for great photography of homeless people and farmers covered in dust the following years?
- ... that telling someone you masturbated to their Facebook picture is frowned upon in society?
- ... that while laughter is the best medicine, many cancer patients prefer chemotherapy?
- ... that there is a pipe bomb placed in your mailbox?
- ... that 'wax-on, wax-off' doesn't help teach kids karate, but just gets your cars waxed, free of charge?
- ... that Euroipods is a website giving away free ipods in return for completing offers and reffering freinds to do the same?
- ... that Africa's space program has had several successful launches to altitudes over 11 feet?
- ... that if we used a language without homonyms, a certain type of pun would be impossible, and thereby much gaiety would be lost?
- ... that dihydrogen monoxide can kill you, specially if you breathe it?
- ... that you have schizophrenia and we're talking about you right now?
- ... that spambots suffer from constant self-doubt and low self esteem? They have feelings too you know.
- ... that it's probably not the weekend (The chance is 5/7)?
- ... that midget cockpunching terrorists are a threat to the US and her allies?
- ... that Thomas Edison was arrested on charges of pornography following the release of his short film, Woman Whose Ankle is Partly Visible?
- ... that the great Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to many opportunities for great photography of homeless people and farmers covered in dust the following years?
- ... that telling someone you masturbated to their Facebook picture is frowned upon in society?
- ... that while laughter is the best medicine, many cancer patients prefer chemotherapy?
- ... that there is a pipe bomb placed in your mailbox?
- ... that 'wax-on, wax-off' doesn't help teach kids karate, but just gets your cars waxed, free of charge?
- ... that Euroipods is a website giving away free ipods in return for completing offers and reffering freinds to do the same?
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On this day...
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March 14: American π Day
- 27 AD - Greeks fight valiantly against Russell Crowe in a vast gladiatorial event to define π as the ratio of the circumference of a circle divided by its radius.
- 435 AD - Pope Sixtus III denouces π, claiming it to be the work of Satan, as a number which never ends seems too cruel for a loving God to have made.
- 1603 - "American" Apple pie actually invented by the Aztecs, used as aphrodisiac.
- 1707 - The Physics Act of 1707 defines π to be 22/7, which scientists of the era proclaim as close enough.
- 1891 - The pie chart is first invented, sadly, the original prototype has long since been eaten. Future pie charts are now inedible.
- 2004 - The day Krabs fries
- 2005 - The Kansas Board of Education restores pi to its traditional value of three and a bit, stating, "Certain features of the universe are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as mathematics."
- 2020 - A resident of New York City passes away after contracting the π virus.
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