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[Bohandas]

I'll see your Texas A Strain flu and raise you Scarlet Fever...

I dropped 20 pounds in just over a week.

So that's what the one weird trick is

 

[Retreater]

I just connected "Limu" the Emu from those insurance commercials was short for "Liberty Mutual."
I'm not the brightest, apparently.

 

[Spectral Anomaly]

I just connected "Limu" the Emu from those insurance commercials was short for "Liberty Mutual."
I'm not the brightest, apparently.

Let us know when you've figured out the "and Doug" part of the puzzle.

 

[Retreater]

Let us know when you've figured out the "and Doug" part of the puzzle.

You're messing with me? If there's something about "Doug" it's beyond me.

 

[overgeeked]

I knew this, but I was reminded of it just now. Even people who should know better fall into sloppy research habits and will pass on apocryphal stories and misinformation without meaning to.

Just because you found something that confirms your presumptions does not mean you’re done researching.

A book I’m reading puts the origin of the phrase “never assume because you make an ass out of you and me” as an episode of the Odd Couple…despite it being in wide circulation and predating the episode by at least 15 years.

Quote Origin: Don’t ASS-U-ME Anything – Quote Investigator®

quoteinvestigator.com

 

[trappedslider]

TIL

 

[Mad_Jack]

I originally read that as the temple of Zeus in styrene, and thought to myself, damn that looks good for a model...

 

[Dioltach]

There are some breath-taking classical ruins in Libya. I visited Leptis Magna near Al-Khoms once: the site just goes on and on and on. And when you think you've seen it all, you visit the amphitheatre...

 

[Zardnaar]

There are some breath-taking classical ruins in Libya. I visited Leptis Magna near Al-Khoms once: the site just goes on and on and on. And when you think you've seen it all, you visit the amphitheatre...

Bit jealous.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

TIL there is an “adult” parody of The Wizard of Oz. This is not intrinsically surprising- mainstream intellectual property often spawns adult homages and porn knockoffs- in fact, there’s more than one for TWoO.

But this one from 2013 stands out because the producers actually took the time and effort to make their movie a musical. I repeat- a musical. One of the few clips I’ve seen from it featured a song by the Lion, questioning his sexuaity. There’s vocal parts for the Tin Man, The Scarecrow and Dorothy…and they do at least as good a job singing as a community theater group.

This isn’t some R-rated sex-romp B-movie comedy. I looked- it is definitely X-rated.

Given how the adult film industry usually approaches filmmaking, this is a mind-boggling decision. It costs money. It requires more investment in talent and skill, on-screen and off screen. It takes up time that the vast bulk of adult films would rather devote to other practices.