January 21Jan 21 how the expression of "blow smoke up one's ass" came from. Turns out early "doctors" thought it a way to resuscitate drowning victims. What did you learn today? The literal origins of the phrase ‘don’t blow smoke up my ass’ | Dangerous Minds Edited January 21Jan 21 by Bevo&Pevo
January 21Jan 21 20 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said: how the expression of "blow smoke up one's ass" came from. Turns out early "doctors" thought it a way to resuscitate drowning victims. What did you learn today? The literal origins of the phrase ‘don’t blow smoke up my ass’ | Dangerous Minds Asswind's Law?
January 27Jan 27 That Elon launched a convertible car with a mannequin wearing an astronaut suit into an orbit between Earth and mars. WTF!? Edited January 27Jan 27 by Longhornstampede
January 28Jan 28 20 hours ago, Tex Long said: TIL Maybe. But also probably not. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/brass-monkey.html Quote It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship. Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification. In actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. These shot racks or garlands are discussed in: Longridge, C. Nepean. The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981): 64. A top view of shot garlands on the upper deck of a ship-of-the-line is depicted in The Visual Dictionary of Ships and Sailing. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991): 17.
January 28Jan 28 5 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said: Maybe. But also probably not. Now do "... colder than a witch's tit."
January 28Jan 28 34 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said: Maybe. But also probably not. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/brass-monkey.html As someone that has sailed a traditional sailing warship, for a time, has stood at the spot (on the deck of the Victory) where Lord Nelson fell, and fired cannons in Greenwich, Portsmouth, Newport and Lisbon (almost Cadiz), I offer these observations: 1. Those mf’ers are heavy. If they started rolling around once, I bet changes were made such that it didn’t happen again. Victory had 32 pounders (cannons that fired 32 pound cannon balls). 2. They were at sea. Oftentimes the Atlantic, which can be nasty. The ships rolled around a lot. The notion that these cannon balls we’re sitting around watching the thermometer drop and then, “voila!” sorta defies common sense. Imagine the ship bouncing and rolling around a bunch. 3. Most of these sailors were uneducated. The saying about the British Navy was it was run by rum, sodomy and the lash. I doubt they spent much time thinking about metal thermodynamics. I think people like the story because it blends a little history with a little salty talk. There is more interesting and better history about naval warfare. Some of it salty too.
January 29Jan 29 20 hours ago, Tex Long said: Now do "... colder than a witch's tit." My ex-wife? Please no.
January 29Jan 29 On 1/27/2025 at 3:39 PM, Tex Long said: TIL are you a member of the John Prine page? Saw this on their
January 29Jan 29 6 minutes ago, Litig8r said: are you a member of the John Prine page? Saw this on their Nope, but I'ma take a look at it. Damn, I miss the "Random" button.
January 29Jan 29 26 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: TIL that the words Arctic and Antarctica mean "bears" and "no bears". You mean to tell me that Coke has been lying to us all these years?!
January 29Jan 29 On 1/28/2025 at 12:41 PM, Tex Long said: Now do "... colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra." FIFY. Even more appropriate considering the brass monkey comparison.
January 29Jan 29 5 minutes ago, SurlyGator said: colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra." FIFY. Even more appropriate considering the brass monkey comparison. Someone got it!
January 29Jan 29 When the temperature drops to a certain level the brass bra shrinks, and the witch's tits fall out
January 29Jan 29 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1915412/bio/TIL the Capitol One Guy, who's all over their commercials during college football, is an LAX based first officer for United. I wonder which he considers his side gig.
February 10Feb 10 didnt know the sports score overlay on tv was called a Scorebug. Thought they were Chyrons, which is equally unintuitive, but atleast is a much cooler word.
March 6Mar 6 On 1/29/2025 at 4:46 PM, DaysOff said: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1915412/bio/ TIL the Capitol One Guy, who's all over their commercials during college football, is an LAX based first officer for United. I wonder which he considers his side gig. Dude is also 6'5
March 6Mar 6 Today I learned.... The guys who created p2p file share piracy software some of you may remember called Kazaa (post-Napster, pre-Limewire) shut Kazaa down and their next product was a little something called Skype which Microsoft would later acquire for $8.5bn (and is being shut down now as of last week).
March 20Mar 20 On 1/28/2025 at 12:33 PM, gofuckyourself said: Maybe. But also probably not. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/brass-monkey.html That was is probably not right. But there are a ton of common phrases that have nautical origins that don't immediately seem to be nautical. For example, "the 'bitter end' is the final part of an anchor chain or rope that secures the anchor to the ship. To reach the bitter end was to have the chain or rope extended as far as it can go. Similarly, if you say you've reached the 'bitter end' today, it means you've gone as far as you can, often in a difficult situation." One that's not on that website is "scuttlebutt." The "scuttlebutt" aboard a ship is the water barrel--kind of equivalent to saying "standing around the water cooler." The "butt" was a cask or barrel that was "scuttled"--i.e., had a hole drilled in it--to take water out for drinking.
March 21Mar 21 On 1/29/2025 at 4:15 PM, SurlyGator said: FIFY. Even more appropriate considering the brass monkey comparison. Coal miner’s ass hole.
May 26May 26 TIL that after a 4 year old from Nebraska was declared brain dead in 1983, doctors kept his body "alive" for more than 20 years. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5102206/ That boy is runored to be a 2005 graduate of Texas A&M.
August 11Aug 11 Author Our first mascot was dog named Pig. There is a small blue link for some pictures within the link. OPA News Release, 04/2001 "Pig's Dead … Dog gone": UT Austin students lead effort to pay tribute to first varsity mascotUT Austin students lead effort to pay tribute to first varsity mascot Thank goodness clearer heads had the foresight to make a longhorn the symbol of the university. Bevo (mascot) - Wikipedia
August 11Aug 11 3 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said: Our first mascot was dog named Pig. There is a small blue link for some pictures within the link. OPA News Release, 04/2001 "Pig's Dead … Dog gone": UT Austin students lead effort to pay tribute to first varsity mascotUT Austin students lead effort to pay tribute to first varsity mascot Thank goodness clearer heads had the foresight to make a longhorn the symbol of the university. Bevo (mascot) - Wikipedia I’m at a loss. I’ve typed this reply out multiple times, and deleted it multiple times. Did you attend Texas? This topic was covered during orientation when I went through that around the year 2000. It’s pretty common knowledge to anyone that has even half a mind to the history of the University. I find it hard to believe that this isn’t common knowledge to someone that spent anytime on the 40 acres. (perhaps I’m wrong, I still have an office on campus 20 years after my undergrad days, so perhaps I am the exception, but even my wife knew about Pig, and she is the last person I’d expect to know that factoid).
August 11Aug 11 Author Yes, no I wasn't there long. Believe me there is a lot I don't recall from last week, much less the late 80's. I was recently sent some security questions about where I've previously lived. 2 of which were very similar, I did get it right, but I was sweating the results. I spent a lot of time working with ethylene oxide, so there's that also. Ya'll carry on and have a kick ass day.
August 11Aug 11 That after the battle of the Santa Cruz islands in late October 1942... from then until late January 1943, the USS Enterprise, was the only operational American Fleet Aircraft carrier left in the entire Pacific war- and she was heavily damaged, but repair crews kept her in the South Pacific fight. The only other Pacific carrier, USS Saratoga was in dry dock from Aug 42 until Jan 43 being repaired from torpedo strikes. And from late January1943 until May of 1943- those 2 were the only American carriers left in the Pacific war. America started the war with 8 carriers. Langley, Lexington, Yorktown, Wasp, Hornet, Saratoga, Enterprise, and Ranger, Ranger was based in the Atlantic. the other 5 were all sunk in the first 10 months of the war. I knew we had lost a lot of carriers, but didn’t know that for basically 10 months from Oct 42 until Aug 1943 the US only had 1 occasionally 2 fleet carriers to defend the entire Pacific (we also had the HMS Victorious on loan from Britain from March 43 to July 43). It wasn’t until Essex and new Yorktown entered the fight in Aug 1943 that first Enterprise and then Saratoga got relief from being the only American carrier in the Pacific. Yet- just 2 years from then, we ended the war in Aug of 1945 with more than 25 fleet carriers in the Pacific
August 18Aug 18 TIL: Every species on Earth uses DNA that spirals in the same direction. Electromagnetism and chirality, baby.
August 19Aug 19 6 hours ago, Vegas64 said: TIL: Every species on Earth uses DNA that spirals in the same direction. Electromagnetism and chirality, baby. Even in the southern hemisphere?
August 19Aug 19 12 hours ago, Ten Bears said: Most of the hydrogen in your body came from the big bang. I find that amazing. Wrong! I ate at Machacho’s, not Big Bang last night.
August 24Aug 24 TIL that if you put pecans that are still in their husks into a fire, the will explode and shoot several feet into the air and it kinda hurts when one of them hits you.
August 25Aug 25 On 8/23/2025 at 10:39 PM, Hairy Biped said: TIL that if you put pecans that are still in their husks into a fire, the will explode and shoot several feet into the air and it kinda hurts when one of them hits you.
August 30Aug 30 TIL that the garage attendant from Ferris Bueller (etc.) was the original drummer for Sonic Youth.
September 10Sep 10 That there are three Hruska's Kolache shops in Utah, started and run by three siblings from Texas, using the family recipes.
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