BS: Trivia

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 08:30 AM

Ah but Kendall, there is no logic in love.....and ain't that just great?


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 08:17 AM

Don't you just love logic?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 06:47 AM

..........and Francisco Franco was not yet dead.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 20 Feb 12 - 09:09 PM

On this day in 1732 George Washington wasn't born yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 20 Feb 12 - 04:33 PM

Oh dear! I forgot that on yesterday's date in 1813, the 104th Foot Regiment of mostly Irish and Scots New Brunswickers began their march from Fredericton, New Brunswick up the St. John river in dangerously low temperatures and bad weather, traversed the Madawaska Snow Road and arrived in Uppity Canada in time to save Canada from the scourge of Yankee imperialism during the War of 1812.

Yer welcome Canada. And, yer welcome for the railroad... yer welcome for the Seaway... yer welcome for all the "wood, wind and water" and labour and educated people who built this country that came from The Maritimes. Now, could you give us a fuckin break, EH?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 16 Feb 12 - 10:32 AM

What could be more serious than starting a war on the basis of a lie? Sure it was a long time ago, but it's still going on!And the bastards who started it get away with it.
Those who fail to learn from history, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 10:03 PM

Well, yeah, seems my great great grand daddy was on the Maine and he wrote in his journal that there was a card game goin' on in the lower belly of this ship and some fuss and then some fightin' and then an oil lamp got knocked over and...

...so we had our first war started over a f'n poker game...

Well, better than George W's excuses for Iraq... I mean, cheatin' at card is some serious shit!!!

As fir the rest of this thread??? Some un-serious shit... But good un-serious shit...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 09:47 PM

On this date in 1898, the battleship MAINE exploded in Havana harbor. Of course it was blamed on Spain, so we needed a reason to go to war and take away the Spanish possessions around the world, which we did.
Wm. Randolph Hurst cranked up his yellow journalism, and presto! we had bases all over the world as any self respecting imperial power has a right to.
Years later it was learned that Spain was not to blame, that it was an internal explosion. not a mine.
I wonder why we didn't give back Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 09:21 AM

I know nothing about horses. I am, however, an expert on Horses asses.

I did bet on a horse race once, damned crow bait came in so late, they left the light on in the $2 window.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 04:57 PM

I just remembered something about the baloney. He would take it, suck it back, and then do that horse thing blowing air and flapping his lips. But, he wanted more.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 08:55 PM

Beautiful animals. That first horse just takes my breath away. Minds me of one my old man's cousin had. Gentle as a lamb and Tiny could pull as many cord a wood as you could pile on the sleigh. He could twitch long ones in tight quarters by himself in warm weather. Sheer horsepower. He even liked baloney sandwiches until I got caught feeding them to him... I was 9 years old. Just carrots after I got caught.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 08:32 PM

Uh, well Jeri....hmmm...actually they can be. The genetics of coat color on horses is really a fascinating kind of subject and also kind of screwy. And silly as it seems, black bay is a pretty apt descrition for this color of horse. Karen had a Tennessee Walker black bay mare. SHe was a pretty thing.....dumber that a box of rocks but friendly and gorgeous.

Black Bay----Scroll Down

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 08:19 PM

Being as this sorta enourages anality, I'd like to point out that a horse can't be a "black bay" -- they're two different colors.

So there!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 08:15 PM

By golly you're finally right about something Kendall! But tell me, did he also ride a black bay Thoroughbred horse named Khartoum? I would think that would be quite a sight! Now THAT is something worth two or three or maybe even FIVE shits.....and all at once!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 07:33 PM

Spaw, are you forgetting the Headless Horseman? He rode a horse and he was dead.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Bert
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 04:53 PM

...the pain level in using them...

Ah! 'tiz the hairy side outside tonight'

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 02:55 PM

LOL Sins......Didja' know that BF Goodrich also made condoms called Zips? Although they were easy to put on, the pain level in using them was so high they removed them from the market. BFG couldn't absorb the loss so they paid minimum wage people to put pinholes in each one and modify the label to read "Zaps" instead. The real zap came 9 months after they were used............


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 02:17 PM

There are some Canucks, especially out west, who don't trust our own French Canadians. Silly twits. But, then again, Quebec poutine might be an example of their sneaky plan to take over by artery blockage. Beware. And, what about Montreal smoked meat sandwiches? AND the fact that they produce more than four times as much maple slurpup as everyone else combined? Oh dear. TO THE RAMPARTS!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 02:10 PM

A friend of mine, a good Catholic school girl, was complaining bitterly at work about her geeky boyfriend. She wailed, to the amusement of her more worldly co-workers, that he insisted on wearing rubbers. Poor thing was mortified when I explained why the girls at her office were all laughing.
But she wasn't French or Canadian. Irish actually...

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 01:29 PM

Don't be silly gnu. How could they sign some fucked up treaty if they were riding somewhere? Originally they might have been riding but they probably stopped to sign the treaty. Then again, how could a dead guy ride a horse? Much to contemplate here but I am sure that Kendall probably can help us out here although he has had a lot of error ridden posts on this thread..........


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 12:59 PM

So, the sneaky French only got USA to secede from The Empire? >;-)

BTW, I thought it was "Ghost Riders in the Sky."

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 11:54 AM

They could have been dead and signed it gnomad! Unlike Kendall, I'm sure you have heard the song, "Ghost Writers in the Sky."


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnomad
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 09:50 AM

Blast; I was sure Kendall's riposte would involve ghost writers.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 09:12 AM

They were alive when they signed it.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 10:48 PM

The Zips were overshoe style boots that every kid used to have. The buckle type were also popular but Zips were much easier to use and didn't freeze your fingers taking them off. You don't see galoshes or overboots anymore.........and BF Goodrich, a fine American car parts supplier, was bought out by Michelin.

This was yet another move by the the French to try and get even for losing Canada to the Brits. They haven't bothered much with good English products as most English products, especially in the automotive field, never were all that good and have for the most part, and to continue in a scatalogical vein, not worth a crap from the gitgo. This all leads back to some Treaty or another signed a long time ago by some dead guys............


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 07:46 PM

John MacKenzie:
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Isn't that:

I'd rather have a free bottle a-front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy?

Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 06:45 PM

Rubber boots with a zipper... tits on a bull?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 05:16 PM

Was they high boots or low boots?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 02:49 PM

Geeziz Kendall.....There you go now trying to get this informative and maturing thread off track!

And gnu........Yes they were rubber boots and their success gave BFG a significant boost forward in their tire business.



Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 01:37 PM

Were they rubber boots?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 01:37 PM

Lets throw in some more vital info, such as who won the Super bowl? Talk about not giving two shits!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Feb 12 - 01:24 PM

Damn you Kendall! Here once again you have gone and started another political thread on the 'Cat for the sake of only one of the 549 Treaties of Paris and you had that one messed up to boot!

Speaking of boots, did you know that BF Goodrich actually made the first zipper boots which became so popular that they were simply known as "Zips?"...........And today the University of Akron's sports team are known as the "Zips."

I wanted to add something of real value to this trashy thread which otherwise deals only in shitty humor.............


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:25 PM

Well, bobad... don't hold your breath. Things are about to get as bad as the Yanks and some Canucks think (think???) it is down south. I ain't gonna get into why, but it's comin. I see it here more and more every day.

Arab spring? Anarchy? Crime? Can't happen here? What just happened with the laws in The States doesn't even have to happen here. You've heard of The War Measures Act right? A 2nd amendment is the only thing between the people being able to take down the government and being taken down by the government.

People are having a hard (harder, every day) time feeding their families and Harper is gonna pet pandas and save us all. We are not more civilized. We are more trusting of our government... and THAT is naive. Harper is not Douglas... not Trudeau... not Caouette... he is a wolf in cheap cloaking.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: bobad
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:55 PM

".....being more civilized than the USA, they probably don't need a 2nd amendment."

We are more civilized because we DON'T have a 2nd amendment.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:50 PM

I'll keep an eye out for ya, Spaw.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:39 PM

I'm sure you'll feel differently on Wednesday gnu.............


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnu
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 04:16 PM

I am a Canuck. But, my opinion of the whole ball of turds is kinda off the wall. Independence? From the Brit corporations that still own all of NA? Nope. And that is not trivial. But, it strays from the present pressing and important questions posed on this thread.

So... I don't give two shits from Tuesday how big Spaw's dick is. There... answered.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 03:45 PM

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 03:37 PM

TIL* there are many different treaties called The Treaty of Paris.

Maybe that's why I was confused.

* "Today I Learned" – an abbreviation commonly used at another website I frequent. I'm sure I'll find it very useful.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 01:48 PM

Sorry, Canadians, he's off his meds again.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 12:53 PM

Could we get some Canadians in here please to see if they give two shits?   Unless you live in Quebec and have one of those hard-ons for being French, I think most Canadians are reasonably happy. I like what parts of the place I've seen and their ratio of fuckwits to ours is similar (Spaw vs. Hawk = toss up......see?).

Now if they had real money that didn't sound, look, and feel, like something from the third world, they'd have it bagged!



Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: gnomad
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 10:55 AM

Like Jim I have my doubts that the Canadians view themselves as being given, but as the treaty was a result of multi-sided negotiations I suppose that some people might see it that way.

What aspect of the treaty has its anniversary on February 10th I am unsure, but the Treaty signature page shows September 3rd.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 09:35 AM

France gave up its claim to Canada. Sorry about that.
At the start of the revolution, many loyalists left the colonies and moved to Canada. I don't know who got the better of that deal.
In my not so humble opinion, if Canada had a 2nd amendment it would be close to being the perfect country.
Of course, being more civilized than the USA, they probably don't need a 2nd amendment.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 09:24 AM

Giving Canada to England? Didn't Canada already belong to England?

I plead ignorance, on the grounds that Canada was always given short shrift in my American history classes.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 09:13 AM

Actually it was a complete success! Before that I was completely screwed up..............and as a bonus my dick grew an additional 14 inches!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: artbrooks
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 09:12 AM

I've always assumed that it was successful...

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 09:06 AM

You must have a very dull life! I'm sorry that your frontal lobotomy failed.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 08:25 AM

Messing with you is probably one of my greatest pleasures.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:03 AM

Spaw, what interests you besides scatalogical humor?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: Wesley S
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 10:13 PM

When did England decide that it was a good idea to give it back?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 08:30 PM

Have you alerted the media to this? Exciting news......gives me a boner just thinking about it!!!

Generally I wouldn't care at all but, here Kendall.....take these two shits for your trouble...........


Spaw

Subject: BS: Trivia
From: kendall
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 07:32 PM

On this day in 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American revolution, and giving Canada to England.