What blew your mind today

[Littlemissmetal]

Man United are so going out in the third round.

As for my local team, we were knocked out by some faggy Steel poverty people. They were distracted by Sean Bean flopping his penis about while shrieking "I WAS IN LORD OF THE RINGS YOU KNOW!!!!!11"

I suspect I should be defending the honour of my hometown here, but that was far too funny

These are awesome. Etymology tickles my pickle.

I believe we share a pickle!

Taking the mickey - Mickey Bliss - Taking the piss

[Jobdone]

TIL: Holy fuck the British are good as espionage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Cross_System

TL;DR We caught, or voluntarily hand themselves over, every single german agent during the war.

[Finnvitka]

one of my old lecturers has a wiki page. It basically consists of "Bill Rubinstein is ridiculously Jewish. He writes books about Jews and rich people".

[Big D]

The Uganda Space programme

I so, so want this guy to succeed.

[Forgotten Lore]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16068581

Jurassic Park?

[thehairyone]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16068581

Jurassic Park?

The Uganda Space programme

I so, so want this guy to succeed.

Those are both bloody brilliant.

[Forgotten Lore]

We then need to send the Mammoth into space using the Ugandan rocket! What's the worst that could happen

[Metalchemyst]

Apparently, when the French word 'count', as in the title of a nobleman, came to England, the natives were embarrassed to use it because it sounds like . . . you know what!

[peypea]

http://redux.com/stream/item/2126891/Spray-on-clothing spray on clothes :O

[Littlemissmetal]

Apparently, when the French word 'count', as in the title of a nobleman, came to England, the natives were embarrassed to use it because it sounds like . . . you know what!

Hahaha, that's brilliant!

[Metalchemyst]

An amazing story and an amazing woman:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -hope.html

[TheAgelessStranger]

An amazing story and an amazing woman:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -hope.html

That's quite the story! Although I can't for the life of me work out where her legs even go in that second picture!

[Littlemissmetal]

My dad resolved something about the LOTR films this morning that has been bugging me for as long as I've been watching them.

It's not an error, it's just bizarre pronunciation of the correct name. Phew

(WBMMT is that it took this long for me to sort this out small things bug me!)

[Metalchemyst]

My dad resolved something about the LOTR films this morning that has been bugging me for as long as I've been watching them.

It's not an error, it's just bizarre pronunciation of the correct name. Phew

(WBMMT is that it took this long for me to sort this out small things bug me!)

Well, now it's bugging me what it was, so please tell!

[Littlemissmetal]

My dad resolved something about the LOTR films this morning that has been bugging me for as long as I've been watching them.

It's not an error, it's just bizarre pronunciation of the correct name. Phew

(WBMMT is that it took this long for me to sort this out small things bug me!)

Well, now it's bugging me what it was, so please tell!

Oh lord, you're going to make me prove exactly how much of a nerd I am aren't you?

Well, Galadriel gives them all gifts in Lorien and gives Frodo the vial of starlight, saying "I give you the light of -thing-, our most beloved star"

Because of the bizarre way she pronounced it, I thought she was saying "Elendil", which was nonsense and I couldn't believe they'd realistically have put that in there.

Turns out she's saying "Earendil", the mariner from the Silmarillion, which makes a heck of a lot more sense. How she manages to pronounce it as if the "r" is an "l" I'll never know