Elevator Conversation Tid Bits

10 July 2009

The largest flower in the world, the rafflesia arnoldi, weighs 7 kg (15 pounds) and grows only on the Sumatra island of Indonesia. Its petals grow to metre (1,6 feet) long and 2,5 cm (1 inch) thick.
The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.

Philcox Top 10

My Farewell Gift from the Music Manager.

The Chance to return to you the pleasure of listening to your Top 10 songs

1 Foo Fighters - Everlong (Live)

2 Prodigy - Invaders Must die

3 Puddle of Mudd - Famous

4 Straatligkinders - Gedagte Vir Die Dag

5 Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk

6 Limp Bizkit - Rollin'

7 Papa Roach - I Almost Told You That I Loved You

8 New Academics - 4AM

9 Lost Prophets - Burn Burn

10 Ron Burgandy (Will Ferrel) - Afternoon Delight

Hope you Digged It

:-)

Elevator Conversation Tid Bits

3 July 2009

Rodents Teeth are Self Sharpening and never stop growing

I haven't spoken to my significant other in years. I didn't want to interupt her

The Ultimate Student Car Solution

Me and my Friend were Discussing this the other day:

What is the Ultimate Student Car?
Perfectally Meets the needs of a Student

Now my Friend "Bill" (think he's the next Bill Gates) drives a Mazda 323

He thinks it's the Perfect Solution....

I disagree.


To describe his "Car" Blatantly:

It's like a giant construction of LEGO

It'll fall apart when you least expect it (like on a highway)

It can be taken apart at will

If you lose a piece you can substitute a peice that looks similar (although it won't work similar)


So my Car the 1998 Toyota Tazz 1.4 is Ultimate. It's comfortable for the long drives, it looks reasonable, it's only got 160 000km on the clock

The Boot is perfect for a "boot bar" (Valance makes a lovely counter top)

The Standard Sound (can be altered if necessary but) is rather decent and I can drown out all the annoying noises, like the cop sirens behind me :P (I"m joking mom if you reading this)

Now Braam on the sms line recons that his Bakki is perfect for the backseat naai (sexing, if you don't understand afrikaans slang)

Now he beleives this because he can fit a matress into his "backseat" (ha ha you playing mindgames with me Braam)

Now Originally I considered it rather impossible for Braam to find a girl that would conduct in just mischief

I was wrong

2 girls said they've done it

1 recons she would do it
(Braam good luck finding her, she's a keeper)


So a Happy ending for Braam then (if he finds one of those three)

Now at this Point I'd like to point out that like most cars mine is not immortal. and has broken down. However it was nice about it. My Clutch Plate Broke, However my car allowed me to drive from Hatfield Pretoria to Benoni before giving up the ghost roughly 150m from my house.

Now Ryan on the sms line recons that his Hyundai Atos Gets better mileage than a Tazz

No mention of other Features to be enjoyed by Students, just mileage

Although I probably disagree I'll give him the benefit of the doubt

But I still recon my car is the perfect Student Solution.

Ilze on the other hand wants to point out that her Car a VW golf is the Hardest to Break into
after a few other random sms's pointed out that VW Golfs are popular with students.

Fair enough but I know that Golf's are suseptable to hijacking, tickets for speeding and breakdown in inconvenient locations. So although your car won't be broken into, all that's gonna happen to it

My Solution to being broken into?

-Ugly Car


Yup it's the easy-on-the-student's-wallet solution.

No one breaks into an ugly car.

Some peeling paint on the back of my car and bumper with a thick coating of dirt all round keeps would be criminals at bay.

If your not convinced the ultimate in this field would be Michael Bowers Car. Ugliest thing on four wheels. No one would dare break into it.

No at this point a few other Listener's voiced their distaste at my implying that my car is better than a Hyundai Atos, well it's pretty obvious from the name. the kind of people who drive AToss isn't it?

(I'll let your minds dabble in that one so you can draw your own conclusions and not blame me for drawing mine)

However I must point out Nevelle's true to the cause:


"The Atos will not see a 160 thousand kilos like a TAZZ mine has got 250 and still going strong!!! From Neville"

DIG YOU NEVILLE!!!!



"I will....me & my bf do it constantly in the car's front seat, back seat.....:-) J9 "

Uh Janine my Producer wants to know if he can take you for drinks sometime? He says please (no boyfriend involved)

Weird Weapons of World War II

WWII poison darts secret emerges

Top secret War Office papers have revealed a strange and macabre weapons project tested by the Allies during World War II.
Lethal clouds of tiny poisoned darts were to be tipped with mustard gas to kill enemy troops without damaging nearby buildings or equipment.
The file has been released by the National Archives.
Test results were inconclusive and although the scientists remained enthusiastic, the project was shelved.
The concept was developed between 1941 and 1945 at the Porton Down research base in Wiltshire.
Horrible death
Research scientists thought clouds of poison darts, blasted from canisters high above the battlefield, could be even more lethal against enemy troop concentrations than high-explosive shells.
Mustard gas compounds in the needles would ensure anyone whose skin was broken would die a swift and horrible death, or at least have terrible injuries.
Assessing the effectiveness of the darts one report notes: "If penetrating into the flesh, will cause death if not plucked out within 30 seconds.
"If plucked out within this time, will cause disablement by collapse.
"Collapse occurs within one to five minutes, and death within 30 minutes."
A hand-written comment written next to this observed: "I doubt whether the darts can be plucked out. The paper tail would come off."
The scientists later pooled their knowledge with Canadian and American research teams.
In one experiment, the Canadians had dressed sheep and goats in two layers of battledress material and positioned them across a wide area, some in trenches, to be exposed to the killer darts.
Scientists predicted that symptoms displayed by the animals would be similar to those affecting humans.
"The pulse becomes very slow and the blood pressure falls. The subject collapses and lies on its side with twitching muscles.
"Where the dose is lethal, death occurs on 30 minutes, usually preceded by convulsions."
Confusion
Despite some initial success, the project did not always run completely to plan.
When the scientists came to procure the needles needed for their experiments - it seems they caused not a little confusion.
An exchange of letters between Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd in Bristol and the Biology section at the experimental station in Porton Down illustrates how the need for secrecy stopped scientists explaining exactly what they needed the needles for.
One letter from Singer, dated December 24 1941, begins: "In reply to your letter of the 23rd instant, we are afraid we do not quite understand your requirements.
"From your remarks, it would seem that the needles are required for some other purpose, other than sewing machines."
Historians looking at the files today said they provided a "fantastic insight" into what the Allies were prepared to do to win the war.
Mark Dunton, a contemporary history specialist at the National Archives, said: "I have never heard of poisoned darts being used as a weapon of war in this way before.
"To our modern sensibilities it seems shocking and there's a real sense of viciousness about this weapon.
"But it shows the Allies were prepared to consider anything - no matter how gruesome - to secure a victory."
The file shows the darts were never used because they were a "highly uneconomical weapon" and only a small proportion of people would have been killed.