OT: 112th Obsequious Banter Thread: Nearing the Halfway Point of the Year

[swami24]

Thank you for:

Monty Python

Elizabeth Hurley
Music from the 1960s - 1980s
Bill Shakespeare


No thank you for:

Benny Hill

nailed number 1.
Will specifically highlight Elton John.

as for the Benny Hill dis, I will slap you on the head like Jackie.

 

[Magua]

I bought the kids reusable water balloons.

I’ll take “Things I’ll Regret” for $1200, Ken!

 

[Lord Defect]

I’ll take “Things I’ll Regret” for $1200, Ken!

They know if I’m not in the getting wet mode that if I get wet play times over. One oops learned that lesson.

 

[Young Sandwich]

I bought the kids reusable water balloons. These things are f***ing sweet. Take half a second to fill and they self seal water tight via magnets(make sure to get the ones with the rubber sealing the magnets do they don’t rust or come out).
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We got these too. They are legit.

 

[Flybynite]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/us/wisconsin-roller-coaster-riders-stuck/index.html

Festivalgoers got more of an adventure than they bargained for Sunday when a roller coaster ride got stuck at a fair in Wisconsin, leaving them hanging upside down for hours.

The first passenger got back to solid ground at 3:20 p.m. CT, about two hours after emergency crews were dispatched, the news release said. The last passenger reached the ground at 5:01 p.m. – more than three hours after the ride stalled.

Just more fun on roller coasters

 

[BernieParent]

Thank you for:

Monty Python
The Young Ones
The IT Crowd
The Goodies
Prog Rock
Elizabeth Hurley
Fish and Chips
Sherlock (with Benedict Cumberbatch)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Emilia Clarke
Janet Montgomery
Lock, Stock.../Snatch/Rock-n-Rolla
Diana Rigg
Lawrence Brown (Lost in the Pond)
Music from the 1960s - 1980s
Matthew Berry
The Mighty Boosh
The Attenboroughs
Bill Shakespeare


No thank you for:

Benny Hill

And here I thought I was the only person alive who remembered the Goodies.

I would also suggest Blackadder and James Bond.

 

[DancingPanther]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/us/wisconsin-roller-coaster-riders-stuck/index.html

Festivalgoers got more of an adventure than they bargained for Sunday when a roller coaster ride got stuck at a fair in Wisconsin, leaving them hanging upside down for hours.

The first passenger got back to solid ground at 3:20 p.m. CT, about two hours after emergency crews were dispatched, the news release said. The last passenger reached the ground at 5:01 p.m. – more than three hours after the ride stalled.

Just more fun on roller coasters

The Sea Serpent at Wildwood got stuck upside down(ish) enough back in the day that they put steps and net under the corkscrew lol

 

[PDX Flyer]

BMW's are very precisely engineered and can be very finicky for maintenance. My old college roommate designs engines for a living now, and he learned how to do that on his BMW. He bought a used one...then he bought another used one, so he could strip that for parts to keep the main one running.

So I'd advise to make sure that model isn't gonna end up being too much work. Or perhaps that's a feature for you as you learn

My buddy had an X5. At least I think that was it it. An SUV. The maintenance was ridiculous. I’m happy with my 94 four banger ranger. Lady Pdx has the nice ride. I get lost in the woods with Bernie in my whip

 

[swami24]

2 more things to thank Britain for, Keeley Hazell.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

The Sea Serpent at Wildwood got stuck upside down(ish) enough back in the day that they put steps and net under the corkscrew lol

One of the fun parts about going to Six Flags (Jersey) back in the day, was never knowing if you'd get to ride Free Fall. Always hit or miss whether it was broken that day. The urban legends around that ride were something. My favorite was that a girl lost her scalp when her hair got caught on something on the way down lol. Great ride though, lots of fun!

 

[gertbfrobe16]

What would a 4th of July be, without a little coke in the Whitehouse.

 

[trostol]

 

[Lindberg]

EXPLAIN


I'd have to replace the front seats and I'd want to do a paint job. was curious if anyone has insight on how expensive that would be

The front seats.. well you've got options there. From replacing the foam and seat covers, to swapping seats from a newer version of a BMW (you've have to cut and weld new brackets on), installing Cobreaus or ScheelMann seats. I'm a huge fan of ScheelMann seats but they are pricey. $2k a seat.


Paint jobs are going to wildly vary in price depending on the level of effort needed to do whatever it is you want. Stripping the vehicle down to it's unibody and spraying it... I'm thinking bare minimum $6k. Maaco paint job in which they just tape things off and spray... $2k to $3k.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

2 more things to thank Britain for, Keeley Hazell.

2 more things to thank Britain for, Keeley Hazell.

You sound like a loyalist.

 

[Jack Straw]

EXPLAIN


I'd have to replace the front seats and I'd want to do a paint job. was curious if anyone has insight on how expensive that would be

I had a '72 2002 tii, which was a fantastic car. I bought it used and as others already said, maintenance on Bimmers (especially older ones) can get pricey. I also spent some $$$ on BBS wheels and Recaro seats- so what you spend depends in part on how far you want to go.

 

[swami24]

What would a 4th of July be, without a little coke in the Whitehouse.

Get to bust on lil Swami about that. She was.on the white house grounds yesterday. Her friend works there.

 

[Flybynite]

The world just recorded its hottest day ever

The record for highest temperature ever recorded on Earth could be broken again very soon

qz.com

Since tracking global temps via satellites daily become possible with enough coverage in 1979, July 3rd was the hottest average temperature on the planet recorded.

 

[Embiid]

The world just recorded its hottest day ever

The record for highest temperature ever recorded on Earth could be broken again very soon

qz.com

Since tracking global temps via satellites daily become possible with enough coverage in 1979, July 3rd was the hottest average temperature on the planet recorded.

Cool....well not really.

Planet is f***ed like Philadelphia sports teams

 

[Embiid]

Aliens!

EXCL: Harvard scientists share UFO retrieval findings

Harvard's Galileo Project now has more evidence the 'IM1' object came from outside our solar system. Fragments from the oddly strong IM1 suggest it was no common meteor

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[ajgoal]

Cool....well not really.

Planet is f***ed like Philadelphia sports teams

Humans are. The planet and life in general will adjust without us, just as it did before we were around.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Humans are. The planet and life in general will adjust without us, just as it did before we were around.

I like it when people say our planet. Wrong. We are just renting space and I wouldn’t be surprised if the landlords kicked us the f*** out sooner rather than later

 

[Beef Invictus]

I bought the kids reusable water balloons. These things are f***ing sweet. Take half a second to fill and they self seal water tight via magnets(make sure to get the ones with the rubber sealing the magnets do they don’t rust or come out).
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These are 10/10 toys

 

[Flybynite]

I like it when people say our planet. Wrong. We are just renting space and I wouldn’t be surprised if the landlords kicked us the f*** out sooner rather than later

I think squatting is a better term than renting, but yea.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

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