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!
We'll be in our bunk.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.
Jessica - Oct 17, 2013 4:53:30 am PDT #9293 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dana - Oct 17, 2013 4:53:48 am PDT #9294 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I saw that this morning and couldn't quite believe it was real.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2013 4:55:05 am PDT #9295 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Freemasons did write the Constitution though, right?
Jessica - Oct 17, 2013 4:58:04 am PDT #9296 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2013 4:59:05 am PDT #9297 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2013 4:59:29 am PDT #9298 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(Also, what do they yell instead of "George Bush!" in "Only For Now" now? Obama??)
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2013 5:03:28 am PDT #9299 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Jessica - Oct 17, 2013 5:05:01 am PDT #9300 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ignobels, here they come!
Tom Scola - Oct 17, 2013 5:05:33 am PDT #9301 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Here's a six-second video of the woman being dragged off the floor: [link]
Jesse - Oct 17, 2013 5:05:56 am PDT #9302 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Standard deviation of 13 seconds means that nearly everyone takes between 8 and 34 seconds, though, right? That seems not at all like "roughly the same period of time" to me, as far as times less than a minute go.