What?!
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
the Congressional stenographer ran up to the speakers podium and started ranting about god and blasphemy and how the Freemasons wrote the constitution.
Link??? C'mon, you know CSPAN still had their cameras on!
I saw that this morning and couldn't quite believe it was real.
Freemasons did write the Constitution though, right?
Daily News has video, but the audio is barely there:
This is not one nation under God. It never was, she said. Had it been ... the Constitution would not have been written by Freemasons, they go against God."
Of the 39 men who signed the Constitution, 13 were reportedly Freemasons.
You cannot serve two masters! she finished, leaving members and staffers stunned.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said the stenographer is a familiar and liked figure in the House, The Washington Post reported.
The bizarre speech came as Congress passed an eleventh-hour deal to avert a disastrous default by the U.S. government on its debts.
Oh my. Also, those Freemasons have their tentacles everywhere. I think I learned that from the song Rock Me Amadeus.
Lee- do you have a relative named Lila? We have a guest artist with your last name here this month.
(Also, what do they yell instead of "George Bush!" in "Only For Now" now? Obama??)
The great mysteries of life continue to fall before Science:
The Law of Urination: Mammals Urinate for the Same Duration
According to a paper released by Patricia J. Yang, Jonathan C. Pham, Jerome Choo and David L. Hu, mammals pee for roughly the same period of time. Both very large and very small mammals take about 21 seconds to empty their bladders with a standard deviation of 13 seconds.
There you go. I can't wait for the next time I have to pee so I can see how long I take.
Ignobels, here they come!
Here's a six-second video of the woman being dragged off the floor: [link]