Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

xouper · Post by **xouper** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:19 pm

I'm so old . . . wait, I'm not that old. That game was before my time, obviously. I had to look it up.

https://msfame.com/inductees/willie-mitchell/

Willie Mitchell
Cleveland Indians (1909-1916)
Detroit Tigers (1916-1919)

I also had to look up what a "bingle" was.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:50 pm

https://i.imgur.com/a6Kvv8V.jpg

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:05 pm

Bingle has many meanings

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:06 pm

In the spirit of the topic

The word

“balter”

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:53 am

https://i.imgur.com/obBYzhD.jpg

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:11 pm

The moment the Federal Government no longer has the manpower and money to enforce it’s edicts in regards to land, a huge amount of land and water will be open to live on.

Seriously, if the feds can longer send men with guns to stop people from living on federal land, an entire country is available. For free

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:13 pm

28% of the United States is owned by the federal government

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:00 am

– J. "They're Going to Fire Me and Call Shalhoub!" D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:35 am

Still one of the best Bond films, damn it.

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:33 am

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:18 pm

https://i.imgur.com/EeGHnyX.jpg

ed · Post by ed » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:00 pm

"Keep on hand"

ed · Post by ed » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:09 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:35 am

Still one of the best Bond films, damn it.

– J.D.

They used this rifle in From Russia With Love and in Goldfinger
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com ... f=1&nofb=1
Cute little thing. They identified it as a .25. It is a .22LR

Irritating.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:22 am

https://i.ibb.co/k2pgg4k/2-H9fme-KCT6m-D3-XUXj52-J-w.jpg

Seems early sybian prototypes were short-lived.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:36 am

https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/ ... s-photo-u5

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:40 am

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:36 am https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/ ... s-photo-u5

– J.D.

Looks like a very young Benny Hill...

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:25 pm

You win a Yakkity Sax!

– J.D.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:27 pm

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ratory.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U ... Laboratory

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:20 pm

robinson wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:27 pm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ratory.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U ... Laboratory

The look of a boy who suddenly realizes he will never have children without flippers.

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:29 pm

Ha! Mine had a spinthariscope. Still cooking off lo' these decades later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinthariscope

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:03 am

This stuff

Yeah, you may have to ffw and get cataracts but hey.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:06 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:07 pm

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:18 pm

That looked like a short done on MST3K.

Which is itself a foreign country anymore.

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:41 am

https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/statu ... wsrc%5Etfw

Semi-related:

Yesterday, I talked with some foreign exchange/returnee students.

Granted, they were not American, but one had spent time in America as a kid.

Not one of them knew who either Bill Cosby or OJ Simpson were and had not heard anything about their criminal cases.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 3:59 pm

https://i.imgur.com/YuiwPFk.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:48 pm

Damn. I actually did not know the company was that old.

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:45 am

Viddy well, Little Brothers.

Viddy well.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:14 pm

https://i.imgur.com/DPUmu3u.png

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:29 pm

They've convinced me!

I wasted my time in law school.

Wait, I thought that even before . . . . .

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:49 am

Being an afficionado of OLD comics and the like I remember that advertisement!

I love that he wears a suit when repairing random rich peoples' radios.

Now excuse me, there is some asshole who kicked sand in my face that I have to beat the fuck out of with help from a lot of muscles and The Deadliest Man Alive.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:27 pm

In the modern day, Bill is on welfare because nobody has radios anymore...at least nobody has radios that can be repaired.

Tom is still bringing home a paycheck and has steady employment.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:48 pm

https://i.imgur.com/piy866o.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:37 pm

Where are their masks?

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:17 pm

They are socially distanced.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:38 pm

Now THAT is a sweet ride that gets all the babes.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:56 pm

They look like fun. Until you fall off of one...

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:41 pm

"Six of one, half dozen of another."

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:40 am

https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/wp-con ... 9dfb-1.jpg

– J.D.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:07 pm

https://i.ibb.co/4KFm0Jj/unnamed-1-2.jpg