Today I Learned (TIL)

Peabody said:

And hot water freezes faster than cold!

My high school science teacher was a woman,  past her prime, but in very good physical condition. She had a great body, but an old lady hairdo, and we were convinced that she was berkeleying the hunky young gym teacher. But above all, she never missed the opportunity to make something a joke, often inappropriate, which we all thought was pretty cool. I didn't learn E36 M3 in her class, and in retrospect, she was an idiot.

Might want to rethink your opinion of her:

https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html

now, I have never repeated the experiment myself. Maybe with the kids getting old enough it could be a fun "question your basis" type experiment. 

In reply to dculberson :

This would be a good topic for Project Farm. 

TIL my oldest niece has a boyfriend. And I also learned that said boyfriend has a modded Focus ST that he's trying to get to pass inspection.

In reply to NickD :

My daughter started dating a guy last year that has a '18 Civic Si, brother has a '19 Si and his mom drove a '17 Civic Type R AND he went to her school so he can shuttle her back and forth on breaks.

Then she broke up with him.........

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

This appeared to be lowered, aftermarket wheels, aftermarket exhaust, catless downpipe. She brought him to my work to wrack my brains for of there was a way to get it to pass state inspection without putting the stock downpipe back in. I couldn't think of one.

In reply to NickD :

Were you all geeked out but acting cool when looking at the car?

X BF used the CTR over Christmas break and I was trying to act cool when he stopped by....

NickD said:

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

This appeared to be lowered, aftermarket wheels, aftermarket exhaust, catless downpipe. She brought him to my work to wrack my brains for of there was a way to get it to pass state inspection without putting the stock downpipe back in. I couldn't think of one.

There is a "Liar Liar" based meme for this situation.

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

I actually didn't even go out and look at the car. They came in and he was just telling me about how the CEL was on because it had a catless downpipe and he was trying to avoid putting the original downpipe in it. I didn't even ask the car, but was just assuming it was a Chevy Sonic or some other mundane E36 M3box. Never even asked the vehicle. I said "Nope, can't think of anything." They left, the service writers goes "What's he even drive?" And then we saw the Focus ST pull out. The second question from the service writers was "How old's your niece? Because that dude looked like he's your age." She's 19. I'm 31.

In reply to dculberson :

No. In hindsight, she was an idiot.

I wasn't saying she told me that, just bringing it up like Streetwiseguy did.

TIL rats don't sweat - or pant to modulate body temp.

In reply to 914Driver :

Part of the joy of quantity reproduction over quality is that there is little evolutionary incentive for long life as long as they can live long enough to make more, I guess

TIL that using enemas and digital extraction to empty the colon of an 83 year old man is not a father-son activity I would recommend.

TIL they make Sabotage action figures. Nathan Wind as Cochese, Vic Colfari as Bobby, "The Rookie," and Alasondro Alegré as "The Chief."

Karacticus said:

TIL that using enemas and digital extraction to empty the colon of an 83 year old man is not a father-son activity I would recommend.

I wouldn't recommend similar activities with the wife either.  

Don't ask me how I know......

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

I will have to admit that even though he was shouting during the process, I told him it wasn't causing me any physical discomfort at all. 
 

And then later this evening, he asked if he should take his colace (laxative) thus evening. I very firmly (less fond of that word now) replied YES. 

In reply to Karacticus :

Nurse sister-in-law who lives 100 miles away told my wife what activities "I" was responsible for to help wife. 

Love ya Sis.

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Hate to say it but that gets really close to what I've done for foreplay in the the past.

In reply to Stampie :

Oh believe me, it's not the same.  LOL

In reply to Stampie :

Like anything... its only kinky the first time

TIL why we sing the National Anthem at sporting events.

TIL what the heck a Foo Fighter is.

Rumors that Nazis in WWII found a crashed UFO and reverse engineered it.  American pilots report seeing 1200 mph craft that lit up in a ball of fire (Foo is French for fire) and could stop, hover and move in any direction.  

TI also L about the Blue People of Kentucky.   

TIL if  you own a private rail car, you can hitch it to an Amtrak conga.

TIL Don Knotts was a ventriloquist before an actor.

In reply to 914Driver :

That is the least surprising thing I have read in this thread. Strong ventriloquist vibes from that guy.