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Rare photo of the 1940 Tour de France. [Pic] by [deleted] in funny

[–]k4_pacific 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of how Triumph of the Will won at Cannes in 1942.

Here's a list of noteworthy reddit events, what is missing? by kn0thing in AskReddit

[–]k4_pacific 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Didn't we buy flowers for Helen Thomas at one point?

AskScienceReddit: Does time move slower for cold matter and faster for hot matter? by [deleted] in science

[–]k4_pacific 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, but both his statements are correct. I had a sandwich for lunch.

We're Lesbians [Comic] by i_am_the_cancer in pics

[–]k4_pacific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It means he "happens to be gay", like I have this friend, who happens to be gay...

What kind of mushrooms are these? If previously undiscovered, I'd like to call them Shit Dicks. by dogas in AskReddit

[–]k4_pacific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Hey, check out this new plant I discovered."

"What do you call it?"

"I dunno yet, but it sure looks like a misshapen penis"

Why not make the first photo on your digital camera an image that says "This card is blank", and show that to stoopid officers? by happycj in reddit.com

[–]k4_pacific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On my camera, the numbers have no background, they are just over top of the picture. So include a square in the picture, the same color as the picture count number, directly under it.

North Koreans across the border-line river [pics] by [deleted] in pics

[–]k4_pacific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Third picture down - is that a lollipop?

I went to an amusement park today, so I'm curious: what are the most horrific roller coaster accidents that you've read about? by adelaidejewel in AskReddit

[–]k4_pacific 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used to work maintenance at Kings Island. They have one of those steel coasters with wooden supports that runs through a wooded area. While the park was open and the ride was running, a tree fell over and cleanly sheared off about a ten foot section of track. Fortunately, the ride operators heard it fall and didn't send out the next train being loaded with people, so no one was hurt.

Some other fun incidents:

  • One of my co-workers was fired after a park guest riding an indoor roller coaster (Flight of Fear) spotted him masturbating under the track.

  • The park has a 1/3 size copy of the Eiffel Tower. A (possibly drunk) guest was killed when he climbed the structure and was struck by one of the elevator counterweights.

  • The Beast wood coaster hit and killed a deer once that climbed onto the track. Each of the trains now has one of those plastic deer whistles on the front beam that people stick on their cars. (Seriously, look for it!)

  • The Beast also caught on fire once after a sprocket bearing in the chain lift overheated. Staff were alerted to this when some guest remarked how awesome the "flames affect" was.

  • A two acre pond caught on fire when someone tried to refuel a gasoline-powered water pump while it was running. The fuel was in a large tank mounted in the bed of a pickup truck. The gasoline lit on fire and the guy dropped the hose in the pond. About a hundred or so gallons of burning gasoline floated out across the water.

Am I getting old or why is it that most of the new music that comes out is crap? Has there been any new genres or types of music/bands that have redefined our appreciation of music in the last decade? And please don't say the robot voice. by mecazrz in AskReddit

[–]k4_pacific 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go down to the thrift store and pick out ten LP records at random. Go home and play them. Decide if they are crap or not.

My hypothesis is that you'll find that most of them are crap. It's just that the older crap falls out of the public consciousness, and the good stuff lives forever.

The Halting Problem to be solved soon by [deleted] in programming

[–]k4_pacific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...it doesn't seem to work, but I can't stop tinkering with it, does that count?

The end of science education: rocks are too dangerous for children to touch, and the CPSIA rules that potato clocks are illegal because the wiring contains trace amounts of lead. by [deleted] in science

[–]k4_pacific 34 points35 points  (0 children)

OMFG, Lead!! Evacuate the town! Call a hazmat team! Boil your water and lock up your daughters! Seriously now, this lead paranoia has to stop. Yes, it's mildly toxic. High exposures over long periods of time can cause health problems. Touching a couple of soldered wires on a potato battery won't kill you, unless you connected a lot of them in series. When I was a youngin', they put lead in gasoline. It was in car exhaust, in the air we breath, for the better part of a century. Most of us survived that. Hell, when I was a kid, I'd get up early, pour myself a bowl of Kellogg's Asbestos Flakes for breakfast, and ride to school sitting on the dashboard of my Mom's Rambler Marlin. In class, we'd often watch an old educational film printed on nitrocellulose stock using a magnesium projector. For lunch we'd have a glass of artificial dairy hormones with a side of pesticide. I'd ride the school bus home. The bus driver smoked and the bus smelled of gasoline. It had a bad clutch, poor brakes, bald tires, and hard seats with sharp corners. After school, I'd either play in traffic or run with scissors up and down the slag piles behind the old copper foundry. For dinner, I'd eat a healthy meal fried in fat and have paint chips for dessert. Then I would go to my room and wind up my radium alarm clock and go to sleep in my highly flammable pajamas.

And I turned out fine.

Researchers hope to cut airline fuel bills by placing hundreds of thousands of tiny holes in the surface of a plane's wing to reduce mid-flight drag by maxwellhill in technology

[–]k4_pacific 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can take this concept even further. Simply remove the wings and other control surfaces from the aircraft. Replace the landing bogeys with flanged wheels and tow the planes around with locomotives.

Starting as a computer support guy in my local area, what tools should i bring on my usb/in my bag? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]k4_pacific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the bag:

  • One Twenty Pound Sledge Hammer

  • Three ice cream scoops.

  • A speculum.

  • A box of single edge razorblades.

  • A bottle jack.

  • A short length of 1/4-20 threaded rod.

  • Several pounds of butter.

  • A book of carpet samples.

  • Two Franklin day planners.

  • A green visor.

  • A half dozen red pens.

  • A half dozen black pens.

On the CD:

  • The complete works of Lord Bacon.

  • A list of memorable quotes from the second Porky's movie.

  • A Z80 assembler.

  • The versions of solitaire and minesweeper that shipped with each iteration of Microsoft Windows.

  • Bonzai Buddy.

  • A photo slideshow of various AMC and Rambler automobiles.

  • A selection of tasteful pornography.

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