It's on the Internet...of Course it's True!! - Page 2

Elanor · 09-19-2005, 11:19 PM

My grandpa was in the Navy in World War II and had a special assignment in the "green paint" division. He and his platoon (or whatever you call it) would spread green paint on top of the ocean where they suspected enemy submarines were. The submarines would rise to the surface and the paint would cover their periscopes, so they thought they were still underwater. They would rise straight up into the air, and then my grandpa and his friends would just shoot them down with anti-aircraft weapons.

My dad always tells people this story with a very straight face (how I envy his ability to keep one!) and very seriously, as if he's about to tell them how my grandpa died or something.

Sometimes they actually believe him...

trolls' bane · 09-19-2005, 11:39 PM

Hmm, if I were to join the navy, I would choose that divison. Better yet, engineer a biodegradeable paint and then join.

***Earniel*** · 09-20-2005, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Elanor

I prefer the theory that Belgium doesn't exist, myself.

Ooooh! I like to hear that one! Link, pretty please?

Andúril · 09-20-2005, 04:12 AM

I've actually seen a tree octopus.

Lotesse · 09-20-2005, 12:54 PM

Well, I read on the internet that they found the remains of a Balrog on some mountain in the Swiss Alps.

Must be true.
Anduril - a tree octopus?

How neat! Show me a pic!!!!

Elanor · 09-20-2005, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Ooooh! I like to hear that one! Link, pretty please?

It's part of the zapatopi site: http://zapatopi.net/belgium/.

I would love to see a tree octopus, but sadly they don't like to come out when people are around. However, I have seen some awesome footage of octopi crawling across small distances on land, in a video I watched in highschool marine biology. Very cool animals.

***Jonathan*** · 09-20-2005, 04:22 PM

I was thinking about getting me one of these bonsai kittens. Ever heard of those? Check this site out - http://www.bonsaikitten.com/

***Earniel*** · 09-20-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Elanor

It's part of the zapatopi site: http://zapatopi.net/belgium/.

Oh thanks, missed that on my first viewing. Hmm, the link you posted goes to a different page than the one I found going to the main page of the site. That's a conspiracy, all right!

At least they have done their homework on Belgium.

Does this mean I have to continue with being a "sad, deluded victim of a vast conspiracy"?

Elanor · 09-20-2005, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

At least they have done their homework on Belgium.

Does this mean I have to continue with being a "sad, deluded victim of a vast conspiracy"?

Yep. I do too... I've been to Belgium.

***Rían*** · 09-20-2005, 04:44 PM

that is funny!!

*wonders where her PMs to Eärniel are really going ...*

Lotesse · 09-20-2005, 06:04 PM

Endangered wild tree octopus - note octopus is enlarged, so we can see it more clearly:

Lotesse · 09-20-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bombadillo

Oh, man. An octopus with shoes. I wish I'd thought of that.

Forgive me; I've been roaming the internet for the past few hours and much of my brain has been melted:

That first link reminds me of my friend's idea for a new bumper sticker. It would be shaped like one of those magnets sold for a cause like cancer research or benifits to POWs, but it would be a neutral beige and say simply "I don't give a sh*t." It made me laugh real hard at first, because I was tired of how trendy those bumper stickers had become, but then I realized that it just might outsell the worthiest magnets, we've got that much lack of respect.

Whenever my dad visit's my aunt's marina, he tells the tourists to "watch out for them water-bears!"

I love that.

Ahh, yes. Apathy and water-bears, what a life...

Elanor · 09-20-2005, 06:42 PM

Earniel, are you from Flanders or Wallonia? Do you speak Flemish or French? I speak Dutch (lived in the Netherlands for a year) but wish I could speak French. Of course, if Belgium doesn't really exist, feel free to disregard my questions as sad and deluded.

trolls' bane · 09-20-2005, 11:43 PM

Here's another, but it is true. Just thought it's funny.
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf129/sf129p16.htm

***Earniel*** · 09-21-2005, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elanor

Earniel, are you from Flanders or Wallonia? Do you speak Flemish or French? I speak Dutch (lived in the Netherlands for a year) but wish I could speak French. Of course, if Belgium doesn't really exist, feel free to disregard my questions as sad and deluded.

Well, you see, after that article I'm not so sure anymore. I used to think I lived in Flanders and spoke Flemish (and was taught French in school) but now I reckon I'm in some secret compound in the Netherlands to fool tourists!

Ik wist niet dat er nog andere mooters Nederlands spraken, leuk!

Andúril · 09-21-2005, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Endangered wild tree octopus - note octopus is enlarged, so we can see it more clearly:

I prefer this freak sighting:

09-19-2005, 11:19 PM	#21
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	My grandpa was in the Navy in World War II and had a special assignment in the "green paint" division. He and his platoon (or whatever you call it) would spread green paint on top of the ocean where they suspected enemy submarines were. The submarines would rise to the surface and the paint would cover their periscopes, so they thought they were still underwater. They would rise straight up into the air, and then my grandpa and his friends would just shoot them down with anti-aircraft weapons. My dad always tells people this story with a very straight face (how I envy his ability to keep one!) and very seriously, as if he's about to tell them how my grandpa died or something. Sometimes they actually believe him... __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-19-2005, 11:39 PM	#22
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Hmm, if I were to join the navy, I would choose that divison. Better yet, engineer a biodegradeable paint and then join. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-20-2005, 12:54 PM	#25
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Well, I read on the internet that they found the remains of a Balrog on some mountain in the Swiss Alps. Must be true. Anduril - a tree octopus? How neat! Show me a pic!!!! __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-20-2005, 04:22 PM	#27
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I was thinking about getting me one of these bonsai kittens. Ever heard of those? Check this site out - http://www.bonsaikitten.com/ __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

09-20-2005, 04:44 PM	#30
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	that is funny!! wonders where her PMs to Eärniel are really* going ...* __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-20-2005, 04:12 AM	#24
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I've actually seen a tree octopus.

09-20-2005, 06:04 PM	#31
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Endangered wild tree octopus - note octopus is enlarged, so we can see it more clearly: __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Last edited by Lotesse : 09-20-2005 at 06:06 PM.

09-20-2005, 06:42 PM	#33
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	Earniel, are you from Flanders or Wallonia? Do you speak Flemish or French? I speak Dutch (lived in the Netherlands for a year) but wish I could speak French. Of course, if Belgium doesn't really exist, feel free to disregard my questions as sad and deluded. __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-20-2005, 11:43 PM	#34
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Here's another, but it is true. Just thought it's funny. http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf129/sf129p16.htm __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

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