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biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Aug-23-2006 22:01

I have created a sleuth miracle!

IT IS THE UNHIJACKABLE THREAD!

Go ahead and try, but this thread is about anything and nothing, all at the the same time!

This is the place where Al can talk about world domination, Crunch can worship David Hasselhoff, SS can try and find even more complicated questions for his pub quizzes, Nikkie can advertise for Tim Tams, cfm can troll for more Sharpie victims, JR can beg for the chance to win Bobo back, and bedazzling can be a way of life!

So go off, rant and rave, talk about anything, i don't care, I just wanted to see my avatar on the page (when its actually me anyways)

So go ahead, I dare you all to try and hijack me :)

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jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 00:18

<evil mad scientists laugh coming from underground lair> Muuhahahahaha <which is funny because my headquarters is an above ground courthouse, but anyways>

Oh biggie and al. You have no idea what you've just done. For a second I thought about hijacking the unhijackable. Its rather easy... All I have to do is start revealing secret details about the expansion coming up that I've managed to wrangle, steal, and torture out of those in the know. Details about Shangri-la and about another city... Be it Cairo? It is! Oh the details I could post in here and the long list of replies on message in response would be a satisfying hijacking of your thread. But this task is far too easy and wouldn't even impress you mere mortals. Instead, I will abuse your unhijackable thread to the fullest extent possible. Muuuhahahahaha!

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 00:20

Good Eats Fried Chicken by Alton Brown
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1 broiler/fryer chicken, cut into 8 pieces
2 cups low fat buttermilk
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons Hungarian paprika
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Flour, for dredging
Vegetable shortening, for frying

Place chicken pieces into a plastic container and cover with buttermilk. Cover and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours.

Melt enough shortening (over low heat) to come just 1/8-inch up the side of a 12-inch cast iron skillet or heavy fry pan. Once shortening liquefies raise heat to 325 degrees F. Do not allow oil to go over 325 degrees F.

Drain chicken in a colander. Combine salt, paprika, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Liberally season chicken with this mixture. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess.

Place chicken skin side down into the pan. Put thighs in the center, and breast and legs around the edge of the pan. The oil should come half way up the pan. Cook chicken until golden brown on each side, approximately 10 to 12 minutes per side. More importantly, the internal temperature should be right around 180 degrees. (Be careful to monitor shortening temperature every few minutes.)

Drain chicken on a rack over a sheet pan. Don't drain by setting chicken directly on paper towels or brown paper bags. If you need to hold the chicken before serving, cover loosely with foil but avoid holding in a warm oven, especially if it?s a gas oven.

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 00:27

Did you know?
# A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
# Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
# The Declaration of Independence (the very official copy in the Rotunda of the National Archives) is written on parchment, not paper.
# The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
# A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
# A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
# A 2x4 is actually 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" .
# 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
# Every person has a unique tongue print. (Say "aaah")
# The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
# 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
# During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
# On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
# John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
# Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
# Chocolate kills dogs! Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. (Debated)
# Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
# Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If they were captured, the cards could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
# Most lipstick contains fish scales. Yum.
# Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
# Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 00:44

She was a tall glass of bourban standing there in the doorway. I said, "What can I do for you sweetheart?" She sighed and stepped into my office. "It's my husband. He's been murdered but the police won't help me. Please tell me you'll take the case." She broke down sobbing as she sank into a chair in front of my desk. As long as I'd been a detective I'd been having pretty dames like this walking into my office. Sometimes thier tears were sincere, othertimes not. I wondered which way this was going to break as I handed her a handkerchief. "There there. Why don't you start by telling me what happened." Between sobs the story spilled out, "My husband Earl was a real estate developer. I found him with a knife in his back on the steps outside out door when I got home from shopping today." I leaned back and looked her over. The water works had stopped and she had calmed down a little too fast for my liking, but that was something to remember for later. "Did your husband have any enemies?" I asked as I watched her face closely for signs of deception. "Well, his friend Michael Brown and him have been fueding for years. You see, Earl forgot Michaels birthday two years in a row." I fought back the urge to laugh, barely maintaining my composure. Two birthdays in a row? Now that's one hell of a motive for murder. "Uh-huh," I answered trying to figure out what game she was trying to play. "Two birthdays in a row? You know, I don't often here that as a motive for murder. Can you think of any other reason or anybody else that would want to hurt your husband?" The waterworks started again as she replied, "no. He's the only one I can think of." "Ok, ok. I'll take the case." I said as I escorted her to the door of my office. Her story stunk up to high heaven, and I intended to find out what really happened to Earl.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-24-2006 00:50

Just to harp back onto Justin's funny facts...

* If the population of China walked passed you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
but
* There are more chickens than people in the world.

Now if you think about that for too long it'll do your head in.

(there you go ferret err I mean biggie ;) )

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 00:58

nonsensical [non-sen-si-kuhl]

adj 1: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous] 2: having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a)]

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Aug-24-2006 01:13

21 things not to forget on a day hike:
(Apparently compiled by Captain Obvious)
1. Backpack and rain cover
2. Food
3. Boots
4. Gaiters
5. Socks (2 pair)
6. Liquids
7. Foot repair
8. Extra pack straps
9. Rain jacket
10. Fleece jacket
11. Watch
12. Maps and compass
13. Knife
14. Pen and paper
15. String
17. Rubber bands
18. Reading material
19. Aspirin
20. Flashlight
21. Clothes to wear back home

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Aug-24-2006 03:23

I am a selling a used 1987 Dodge Dakota Hub Cap, any takers? :)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Aug-24-2006 03:30

Must be picked up at my house, won't be delivered. No service. No return policy.

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Aug-24-2006 04:15

LMFAO you guys are great!

*wonders how many of Justin's fun facts came from the pub quizzes*

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