Today I learned +

[Ryujin]

"I see you wrote on your planning application that the purpose of your house extension is 'Dice tower.' Can you elaborate?"

The extended campaign is over now, so I think I'll be clear to post this pic of several of those involved, with the D20. I wasn't kidding about it being 2 feet across. IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN BRIAN LEWIS'S CHIN!

 

[overgeeked]

The extended campaign is over now, so I think I'll be clear to post this pic of several of those involved, with the D20. I wasn't kidding about it being 2 feet across. IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN BRIAN LEWIS'S CHIN!

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That reminds me of this song...


NSFW warning for the faint of heart.

 

[MarkB]

From the latest episode of No Such Thing as a Fish:

In 16th century Wales there was a crisis as households could no longer afford their own bard.

@Snarf Zagyg the story also includes a royal-decreed massacre of 500 bards.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

From the latest episode of No Such Thing as a Fish:

In 16th century Wales there was a crisis as households could no longer afford their own bard.

@Snarf Zagyg the story also includes a royal-decreed massacre of 500 bards.

So, a comedy with a good moral!

 

[Thomas Shey]

Some of us are fond of our old dice. I have several that I've had longer than I've known anyone in my life besides my parents and sister.

I'm not averse to people doing that, but like I said, after a time those D20's weren't icosahedrons any more; they were uneven spheres and roll forever and ever.

 

[Ryujin]

From the latest episode of No Such Thing as a Fish:

In 16th century Wales there was a crisis as households could no longer afford their own bard.

@Snarf Zagyg the story also includes a royal-decreed massacre of 500 bards.

Well those of Scottish roots love our Bards. They make the best thieves and cattle, and horse theft are the measure of a man.

 

[trappedslider]

Today I learned about conplan 8888

https://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/05/16/dod.zombie.apocalypse.plan.pdf

https://www.stratcom.mil/portals/8/Documents/FOIA/CONPLAN_8888-11.pdf

 

[trappedslider]

Today I learned that in 1936 Germany had videophones.

Did you know that Germany had video telephone service... in 1936?

Video calls – a service that we take for granted today – have been imagined ever since the telephone took off. Visionaries from the late 1800s were confident that in the future, people would be able to both hear and see the person on the other side of the line. Technology, however, still had...

www.phonearena.com

 

[trappedslider]

TIL that a hand crank on vehicles nearly survived into 21st century: the last vehicle to be produced with a hand crank was 1998 Lada Niva.

These 10 car features took absolutely forever to die

Some features were simply too good for some automakers to give up—we run down the list of who had what last

driving.ca

 

[Rabulias]

TIL that a hand crank on vehicles nearly survived into 21st century: the last vehicle to be produced with a hand crank was 1998 Lada Niva.

I heard that many people suffered serious or fatal head injuries from crank starters.