Fact Of The Day

[Rev. Powell]

When Edward McMillan put a $500 "dead or alive" bounty on the head of his old acquaintance "Railroad Bill" in 1895, Bill sent him a note that said  "I wish you hadn't made that statement because I love you, Mr. Ed, and I don't want to kill you." Bill shot McMillan dead in a gunfight a few months later.

[Svengoolie 3]

When Edward McMillan put a $500 "dead or alive" bounty on the head of his old acquaintance "Railroad Bill" in 1895, Bill sent him a note that said  "I wish you hadn't made that statement because I love you, Mr. Ed, and I don't want to kill you." Bill shot McMillan dead in a gunfight a few months later.

Man,  I feel sad just reading that...  not a bust on you,  RP. Just an observation.

[Rev. Powell]

When Edward McMillan put a $500 "dead or alive" bounty on the head of his old acquaintance "Railroad Bill" in 1895, Bill sent him a note that said  "I wish you hadn't made that statement because I love you, Mr. Ed, and I don't want to kill you." Bill shot McMillan dead in a gunfight a few months later.

Man,  I feel sad just reading that...  not a bust on you,  RP. Just an observation.

Railroad Bill was a fascinating character. He was a former circus performer who escaped certain capture multiple times. The authorities kept raising his reward. I'm surprised no one has ever made a movie about him.  They made a folk song, though (you can hear the reference to the real-life McMillan killing).

http://youtu.be/GWVa7gIMS68

[Svengoolie 3]

 No thanks, I'm  depressed enough already.

Sounds like a movie story tho .

[Trevor]

Little known fact.

In 1973 film maker Larry Cohen was working on a new movie idea but was unable to come up with a title. Deciding a break might help he decided to take a vacation in south Africa.

As he was driving past a laundromat a woman came across a pair of underwear a young man had left behind accidentally. Seeing her run out of the landromat screaming in abject terror  "IT'S ALIVE!!! " Cohen decided that  would make a great title for his new movie about a mutant killer baby.

The movie went on to become a legendary bad movie and the young man who accidentally left a pair of his underwear in the  landromat went on to become a legendary bad movie fan.

Sh*t, I never got any royalties for this. 

Seriously, Larry Cohen wrote one of my favourite thrillers: Best Seller with Brian Dennehy and James Woods. 

[Trevor]

Gosh, you should meet this person sometime, Trevor.

I think I know this person. 

[Svengoolie 3]

This is kinda true. Vader was born a slave, taken in by the jedi and raised to be a monk without love or family, found love he had to hide, corrupted by palpatine and finally turned into something literally more machine than man.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Will it grill on a grill? One of these will not grill? Do you know which one?

avocados
caesar salads
cucumbers
doughnuts
lemons
pb and j sandwiches
starburst candies
tomatoes
watermelon

Answer next time

[ER]

Will it grill on a grill? One of these will not grill? Do you know which one?

avocados
caesar salads
cucumbers
doughnuts
lemons
pb and j sandwiches
starburst candies
tomatoes
watermelon

Answer next time

I'll go with starburst candies.

[pacman000]

Cucumbers; that list was in the last issue of Popular Mechanics.

[ER]

True parchment is not paper, it is a form of leather.

[ER]

Cucumbers; that list was in the last issue of Popular Mechanics.

But wouldn't Starbursts just kind of melt into a bubbling glob?

[chainsaw midget]

The earliest known American pornographic film is the 1915 movie A Free Ride, a.k.a. A Grass Sandwich. The film was directed by A. Wise Guy and was written by Will She.  Those might not actually be their real names. 

[pacman000]

Cucumbers; that list was in the last issue of Popular Mechanics.

But wouldn't Starbursts just kind of melt into a bubbling glob?

According to the magazine you skewer them then roast them like marshmallows. When they start to drip they're ready.

[chainsaw midget]

Final Destination is based on an idea for an episode of The X-Files that was never made.