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[McGarnicle]

How do you get killed by a vending machine?

Tipping it over trying steal.

They have warning labels on them.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vending+machine+warning+label&client=firefox-a&hs=lho&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0cDzUv-aOcjcyQHFn4AY&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=716

I've never been to a funeral where the cause of death was hilarious. That's got to lighten the mood right?

 

[Parrothead]

How do you get killed by a vending machine?

buy the shark

 

[Leroy Hoard]

How do you get killed by a vending machine?

Tipping it over trying steal.

They have warning labels on them.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vending+machine+warning+label&client=firefox-a&hs=lho&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0cDzUv-aOcjcyQHFn4AY&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=716

I've never been to a funeral where the cause of death was hilarious. That's got to lighten the mood right?

Make the casket in the shape of the vending machine and put the man of honor inside it.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The Human Head Weighs 8 LBS

That's why I never bought the premise of "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag", no way they were swinging around 64 pounds.

 

[joffer]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

 

[17seconds]

• Also, six US Capitals are west of L.A.
  

That's astonishing to me. Good one.

It also seems strange that Denver is north of San Francisco

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Godzilla’s roar was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.

 

[Scoresman]

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

The vegetarian part is backed up by the documentary linked below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVIoGUc2Df8

 

[Smack Tripper]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

 

[cstu]

• Also, six US Capitals are west of L.A.
  

That's astonishing to me. Good one.

It also seems strange that Denver is north of San Francisco

9 state capitals are south of Los Angeles.

 

[Parrothead]

How do you get killed by a vending machine?

Tipping it over trying steal.

They have warning labels on them.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vending+machine+warning+label&client=firefox-a&hs=lho&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0cDzUv-aOcjcyQHFn4AY&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=716

I've never been to a funeral where the cause of death was hilarious. That's got to lighten the mood right?

Make the casket in the shape of the vending machine and put the man of honor inside it.

and fill it with snacks for .25 cents each

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

Yeah, he was half nuts.

 

[NCCommish]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

 

[Honus]

There is a town in Virginia that is west of Detroit.

Yep. Cumberland Gap is closer to Chicago than it is to Virginia Beach.

Similarly, Johnson City, TN (in the upper-east part of the state, and my hometown) is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

Also, john Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the very same day, 4 July 1826. This is exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

And if you don't know about Wilmer McLean, look him up. He could claim that the Civil War started in his frond yard and ended in his front parlor.

Grover Cleveland had a son that died in 1995.

 

[E Street Brat]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

Would it fall to Earth or would Earth run into it?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

If Wayne Gretzky never scored a goal in his entire career, he'd still be the all time points leader in NHL history, just from assists.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

 

[Parrothead]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

the grocery stores would be mobbed

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

the grocery stores would be mobbed

But the sunblock lotion area would be untouched.

 

[T Bell]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

I wouldn't say that - seems like the ski resorts would do ok.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

This is the one that got me:

If every star in our galaxy had a trillion planets, each with a trillion people living on them, and each of these people has a trillion packs of cards and somehow they manage to make unique shuffles 1,000 times per second, and they'd been doing that since the Big Bang, they'd only just now be starting to repeat shuffles.

That was copied from this QI article.

The number of ways to shuffle a deck of cards is 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766, 975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000.

Damn.

Fantastic list. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DSP]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

The sun wont just dissapear. It would explode and we would all be dead before the planet shot out in to space

 

[Sarnoff]

There's a part of Fulton, Kentucky, from where, no matter which direction you travel, it's impossible to get to the rest of the state of Kentucky without passing through another state first... it's completely surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee.

 

[NCCommish]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

Would it fall to Earth or would Earth run into it?

A bit of both would be my guess. You would have to model it out to be sure.

 

[shadyridr]

There is a town in Virginia that is west of Detroit.

Yep. Cumberland Gap is closer to Chicago than it is to Virginia Beach.

Similarly, Johnson City, TN (in the upper-east part of the state, and my hometown) is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

Im looking at a map and this isnt possible

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

If you have any questions about anything PM Shuke and he will answer them for you.

 

[NCCommish]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

The sun wont just dissapear. It would explode and we would all be dead before the planet shot out in to space

Well first of course no one thinks the sun will just disappear. But that was the thought exercise we were engaging in. Your reply wasn't really all that helpful or applicable but thanks for playing.

 

[17seconds]

• Also, six US Capitals are west of L.A.
  

That's astonishing to me. Good one.

It also seems strange that Denver is north of San Francisco

9 state capitals are south of Los Angeles.

wow

 

[Billy Bats]

If you type "do a barrel roll" into your Google search the whole page will spin.

google the word askew

 

[Honus]

There is a town in Virginia that is west of Detroit.

Yep. Cumberland Gap is closer to Chicago than it is to Virginia Beach.

Similarly, Johnson City, TN (in the upper-east part of the state, and my hometown) is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

Im looking at a map and this isnt possible

Go to Windsor, Ontario via Detroit.

 

[gianmarco]

There is a town in Virginia that is west of Detroit.

Yep. Cumberland Gap is closer to Chicago than it is to Virginia Beach.

Similarly, Johnson City, TN (in the upper-east part of the state, and my hometown) is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

Im looking at a map and this isnt possible

I was thinking the same but it actually is. It's not using roads, just actual distance.

I put in walking distance (and driving) from Johnson City to Memphis and it's just over 490 miles.

As you can see here, it's about 465 miles to this location in Canada just east of Detroit: Canada

 

[shadyridr]

There is a town in Virginia that is west of Detroit.

Yep. Cumberland Gap is closer to Chicago than it is to Virginia Beach.

Similarly, Johnson City, TN (in the upper-east part of the state, and my hometown) is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

Im looking at a map and this isnt possible

I was thinking the same but it actually is. It's not using roads, just actual distance.

I put in walking distance (and driving) from Johnson City to Memphis and it's just over 490 miles.

As you can see here, it's about 465 miles to this location in Canada just east of Detroit: Canada

mind blown. Even with the line drawn it looks further but maybe its an optical illusion. crazy stuff

 

[Skylord]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoro_people

I apologize for this link. Once you read it, you can never unknow it.

 

[T Bell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoro_people

I apologize for this link. Once you read it, you can never unknow it.

General Jack D. Ripper approves.

 

[rick6668]

There's a part of Fulton, Kentucky, from where, no matter which direction you travel, it's impossible to get to the rest of the state of Kentucky without passing through another state first... it's completely surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee.

Found it. It's West of Fulton. Here's an interesting article:

http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/x1307531447/AROUND-THE-BEND/print

All of 17 people live here. Five are school-aged and attend school in Lake County, Tenn., because it’s cheaper for Kentucky to pay Tennessee to educate them than to send a bus on the 30-minute drive through Tennessee and back to Fulton County twice each day. The Tennessee school bus stops at the state line and parents drive their children to that point to meet it.

Lynn tells about the time she was a patient at a nearby Tennessee hospital.“They got really confused about the address,” she said. Residents of The Bend have Tiptonville, Tenn., mailing addresses. “They’d say, now you tell me you live in Kentucky, but your address is in Tennessee,” Lynn said. “The phone number, the 270 (area code), really shakes ‘em up. They say, ‘Why that’s in Kentucky!’ and I say, ‘Yes.’” Donald Lynn, 41, went to school at Lake County, Tenn., where he played football and was known to teammates as “Donald Lynn from Bessie Bend.” “Sometimes we feel like we’re not really part of Kentucky here – I have to go through Tennessee for everything.”

Wow.

 

[xulf]

There's a part of Fulton, Kentucky, from where, no matter which direction you travel, it's impossible to get to the rest of the state of Kentucky without passing through another state first... it's completely surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee.

Found it. It's West of Fulton. Here's an interesting article:

http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/x1307531447/AROUND-THE-BEND/print

All of 17 people live here. Five are school-aged and attend school in Lake County, Tenn., because it’s cheaper for Kentucky to pay Tennessee to educate them than to send a bus on the 30-minute drive through Tennessee and back to Fulton County twice each day. The Tennessee school bus stops at the state line and parents drive their children to that point to meet it.

Lynn tells about the time she was a patient at a nearby Tennessee hospital.“They got really confused about the address,” she said. Residents of The Bend have Tiptonville, Tenn., mailing addresses. “They’d say, now you tell me you live in Kentucky, but your address is in Tennessee,” Lynn said. “The phone number, the 270 (area code), really shakes ‘em up. They say, ‘Why that’s in Kentucky!’ and I say, ‘Yes.’” Donald Lynn, 41, went to school at Lake County, Tenn., where he played football and was known to teammates as “Donald Lynn from Bessie Bend.” “Sometimes we feel like we’re not really part of Kentucky here – I have to go through Tennessee for everything.”

Wow.

You can see the little blip thats not attached here http://www.kentucky-map.org/road-map.htm

Crazy.

 

[johnnycakes]

I want to pimp out orangutans. is there a law against that?

 

[Sarnoff]

It's possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Mexico. It's also possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Canada.

 

[Keerock]

It's possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Mexico. It's also possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Canada.

It's possible to travel due south from Detroit and hit Canada.

 

[Guest]

There's a part of Fulton, Kentucky, from where, no matter which direction you travel, it's impossible to get to the rest of the state of Kentucky without passing through another state first... it's completely surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee.

Found it. It's West of Fulton. Here's an interesting article:

http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/x1307531447/AROUND-THE-BEND/print

All of 17 people live here. Five are school-aged and attend school in Lake County, Tenn., because it’s cheaper for Kentucky to pay Tennessee to educate them than to send a bus on the 30-minute drive through Tennessee and back to Fulton County twice each day. The Tennessee school bus stops at the state line and parents drive their children to that point to meet it.

Lynn tells about the time she was a patient at a nearby Tennessee hospital.“They got really confused about the address,” she said. Residents of The Bend have Tiptonville, Tenn., mailing addresses. “They’d say, now you tell me you live in Kentucky, but your address is in Tennessee,” Lynn said. “The phone number, the 270 (area code), really shakes ‘em up. They say, ‘Why that’s in Kentucky!’ and I say, ‘Yes.’” Donald Lynn, 41, went to school at Lake County, Tenn., where he played football and was known to teammates as “Donald Lynn from Bessie Bend.” “Sometimes we feel like we’re not really part of Kentucky here – I have to go through Tennessee for everything.”

Wow.

You can see the little blip thats not attached here http://www.kentucky-map.org/road-map.htm

Crazy.

Carter Lake, IA is kind of the same way, but not as extreme. It's on the west side of the Missouri River and they have to drive through Nebraska to get back to Iowa.

 

[E Street Brat]

It's possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Mexico. It's also possible to travel due east from a point in California and hit Canada.

It's possible to travel due south from Detroit and hit Canada.

It's possible to travel due south from a point in Florida and hit Alabama

 

[Sarnoff]

There's a point in the 48 Continental United States from which, if one traveled 90 miles in a straight line any direction, one would have to adjust their clocks by an hour to have the correct time...

 

[Sarnoff]

Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. It was once part of Malaysia but it got kicked out and had to become its own country.

 

[Guest]

There's a point in the 48 Continental United States from which, if one traveled 90 miles in a straight line any direction, one would have to adjust their clocks by an hour to have the correct time...

Interesting. Where is this point?

 

[DSP]

Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. It was once part of Malaysia but it got kicked out and had to become its own country.

Why were they kicked out?

 

[T Bell]

Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. It was once part of Malaysia but it got kicked out and had to become its own country.

Why were they kicked out?

The first rule of Malaysia is that you don't talk about Malaysia.

 

[Scoresman]

Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. It was once part of Malaysia but it got kicked out and had to become its own country.

So it's happened before? If so, why is it taking so long to kick Texas out of the union?

 

[Vrana]

Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for 8 minutes.

I like this one, kind of indirectly confirms that gravity can be described at a quantum level, and hence a unifying theory for the four forces. I wonder why it's been so hard to detect a graviton.

How long would the loss of gravity take to take hold? How long would earth's intertia keep it spinning and rotating a non-existent son. Does earth have enough gravity to hold us in place but lose orbit or would the gravity loss mean we are going flying into space?

Basically the Earth would continue in a straight line out into the Cosmos most likely once the Sun's gravity let go as would all the planets. Of course that is dependent on where it is when the Sun disappeared. Once the Sun let go we might interact with the outer planets as they move more slowly but most likely we head out into space. Then within weeks the atmosphere would get so cold it would actually freeze and fall to Earth. At this point the planet surface temp would be approximately 50 degrees above absolute zero and it would be completely exposed to radiation. Suffice it to say we would prefer this not happen.

The sun wont just dissapear. It would explode and we would all be dead before the planet shot out in to space

Well first of course no one thinks the sun will just disappear. But that was the thought exercise we were engaging in. Your reply wasn't really all that helpful or applicable but thanks for playing.

Fun little video about this scenario here:

http://youtu.be/rltpH6ck2Kc

 

[the moops]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

aegilops

 

[Leroy Hoard]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

aegilops

Well I was almost right.