The Unofficial Badmovies.org Random Thought Thread!

[Jack]

So we've got severe thunderstorm warnings, but it never even rains.  Then the sun comes out, and finally now it starts to rain.

[Jack]

So I'm reading a "professional" review of the PS3.  This guy is saying that he'd never, EVER play a DVD on the PS3, because the thing is such a huge energy hog, it just sucks down electricity like there's no tomorrow.  So I pull out the old calculator and figure out how much electricity it would use for a 90 minute movie.  Less than two cents worth.  This guy buys a $400 video game system, sticks a $20 DVD in it, and then b***hes about the two cents of electricity it uses.  See, people like this just baffle me.

[Joe the Destroyer]

Having a pilonidal cyst = teh suck

Having a pilonidal cyst ten years after having one removed = mega suck

[Joe the Destroyer]

So I'm reading a "professional" review of the PS3.  This guy is saying that he'd never, EVER play a DVD on the PS3, because the thing is such a huge energy hog, it just sucks down electricity like there's no tomorrow.  So I pull out the old calculator and figure out how much electricity it would use for a 90 minute movie.  Less than two cents worth.  This guy buys a $400 video game system, sticks a $20 DVD in it, and then b***hes about the two cents of electricity it uses.  See, people like this just baffle me.

And I'm sure he turned his light off for one hour during Earth Hour, or whatever it was called. 

[MilkManPictures]

Sushi and the Hawthorne Strip... It's been a good night. 

[Psycho Circus]

My liver hates me.

Hello. I hope all is well in everyone's dimension. 

[RCMerchant]

My liver hates me.

Hello. I hope all is well in everyone's dimension. 

I think there's a liver revolt going on....I have that happen to me too....quite often. Dam rebelious livers. I'll have to punish it....

[BTM]

Having a pilonidal cyst = teh suck

Having a pilonidal cyst ten years after having one removed = mega suck

Ahhh, dude, are you going through that?  Sorry to hear that... :(

[BTM]

So I had an idea for a TV show:a series about four wild single men living in New York City.  As a neat bonus, most of the episodes will be written by lesbians.  We'll call it, "Guys about town" or something. 

[Rev. Powell]

I was at the grocery store tonight and noticed that they had added a British food section.  I mean, c'mon, even the Brits aren't desparate enough to eat that stuff! 

What was in it ?
We have Polish, Chinese and Indian food shops here.
They sell all kinds of weird stuff.
I can't blame the Poles that are coming here, I've seen their food !
I'd get to Britain pretty darn quick if I had to eat what they eat !

Eastern Europe, man...

I think they had cookies labeled as biscuits, and biscuits labeled as cookies.  And instant blood pudding (just add the blood!)

Next time I go I'll take a closer look and see what's really there.  I was just surprised they had a separate section for Brit food because it's not like we're drowning in English immigrants here in Kentucky, and British cuisine isn't something people usually go out of their way to seek out like Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, Thai, Mexican, etc., many of which did not get their own section.

Well, I've actually been known to buy that stuff online. There are a few British brands of things that aren't often carried here.
- Walkers Stem Ginger Biscuits. Cookies with pieces of ginger in them. You can get Walkers Shortbread in a lot of places, but the Stem Ginger cookies are hard to find.
- Fancy-schmancy teas.
- Interesting marmalades
- Mincemeat, at Christmas. I may be the only person in the US who likes it, but dammit I do like it and a Christmas time, I want my mince pies. So I make myself a couple.
There are other things that I've seen at Christmas team, like "plum pudding" and "hard sauce" but I haven't tried buying them yet.

There was also a brand of granola-type cereal called Dorset Cereals that turned out to be a specialty English item when I tried to track it down after my local grocery stopped carrying it. I like granola but did you ever check out the calorie counts on that stuff? Dorset has half the calories of any other brand. It's very mysterious why there are so many calories in granola, or why Dorset's is leaner.

We also have an English electric tea-kettle. I can't figure out why this invention hasn't crossed the Atlantic. It has an electrical base, and a top part that holds the water. Flip the switch, it shuts itself off when the water boils and you lift the pitcher of hot water off the base and take it to the table. Our appliance makers haven't figured out the "shuts itself off" or "detachable pitcher" part.

I checked out the section a little closer.  They did have some teas, but mostly "tins" of "biscuits," something called "Wine Gum," which sounds delicious but I gather there is no wine in them , and of course...

...spotted dick.

I used to think I had to go to a certain bargain-rate cathouse in Tijuana to get spotted dick; now I can get it at the corner grocery.   

[Doggett]

Spotted dick is quite nice...y'see I know what it is and even I feel embarrassed typing that.
I think it's called something elese these days...for obvious reasons...

Wine gums are nice.

And, yes, what you call cookies we call biscuits.

What are biscuits in the states ?

[Rev. Powell]

What are biscuits in the states ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits#Biscuits_in_North_American_usage



I'm not crazy about American biscuits myself, to be honest.  Every now and then they're OK.

[ghouck]

So I'm reading a "professional" review of the PS3.  This guy is saying that he'd never, EVER play a DVD on the PS3, because the thing is such a huge energy hog, it just sucks down electricity like there's no tomorrow.  So I pull out the old calculator and figure out how much electricity it would use for a 90 minute movie.  Less than two cents worth.  This guy buys a $400 video game system, sticks a $20 DVD in it, and then b***hes about the two cents of electricity it uses.  See, people like this just baffle me.

Not to mention that a stand-alone DVD player still takes electricity, and the power rating of the PS3 is likely when it is operating at full capacity, which is surely isn't while playing a DVD. Playing a DVD will BARELY tax the CPUs and VPUs, which are where the majority of the power is used. I would bet if you compare actual power consumption between a SA player and a PS3 doing nothing more than playing a DVD, they're similar.

How about this: How many DVDs would he have to play in a stand alone DVD player in order to save the energy involved in just making that same DVD player from raw materials and getting it to the consumer?

[Jack]

How about this: How many DVDs would he have to play in a stand alone DVD player in order to save the energy involved in just making that same DVD player from raw materials and getting it to the consumer?

That's what I was thinking too.  Seeing as this guy is writing reviews of electronics equipment, it wouldn't surprise me if Mr. eco-friendly is watching his energy saving DVD player on a 54" plasma TV hooked up to a 1700 watt surround sound system. 

[Sister Grace]

i hate seizures...