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Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:03 am
by wub
nowaysj wrote:garethom wrote:The conker is the brown ting inside get me
Yeah, I don't think we get those, have lived from coast to coast, but not so much in between, but never seen anything quite like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_chestnut
If you'd like to know more...
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:05 am
by Electric_Head
Are they conkers though?
Looks almost like Datura to me.
On a side note, up till now I did not realize that Datura and moonflowers were the same thing.
That is not a fun trip by any means.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:07 am
by nowaysj
Just saw a gif of the original subject matter. Ouch.
Would be jokes in revers though!
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:07 am
by Electric_Head
nowaysj wrote:Just saw a gif of the original subject matter. Ouch.
Would be jokes in revers though!
Like Emanuel but with the ping pong balls.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:08 am
by sigbowls
whats that fruit that looks like that?
i saw it on youtube it was in asia
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:11 am
by Shum
lychee or rambutan maybe?
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:14 am
by Electric_Head
Not lychee.
It's Durian you're thinking of.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:17 am
by garethom
Electric_Head wrote:Are they conkers though?
Looks almost like Datura to me.
On a side note, up till now I did not realize that Datura and moonflowers were the same thing.
That is not a fun trip by any means.
Yeah, they are, not everything is drugs.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:22 am
by Electric_Head
What do you mean?
For centuries, Datura stramonium has been used as a mystical sacrament which brings about powerful visions (lasting for days) and opens the user to communication with spirit world.
The ancient inhabitants of what is today central and southern California used to ingest the small black seeds of datura to "commune with deities through visions". Across the Americas, other indigenous peoples such as the Algonquin, Cherokee, Marie Galente and Luiseño also utilized this plant in sacred ceremonies for its hallucinogenic properties. In Ethiopia, some students and debtrawoch (lay priests), use D. stramonium to "open the mind" to be more receptive to learning, and creative and imaginative thinking.
The common name "datura" has its roots in ancient India, where the plant is considered particularly sacred—believed to be a favorite of the Hindu god Shiva Nataraja.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:24 am
by Molzie
how did a discussion about slingshotting conkers into cornholes turn so boring?
Someone pls send me the link
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:25 am
by nowaysj
Is banbonic looking?
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:25 am
by wub
Molzie wrote:how did a discussion about slingshotting conkers into cornholes turn so boring?
Someone pls send me the link
Just Google "efukt conkers", it'll come up.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:29 am
by Molzie
Oh shit, bullseye
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:32 am
by wub
Molzie wrote:Oh shit, browneye
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:33 am
by nowaysj
Molzie wrote:Oh shit, bullseye
That is what I was thinking, but then I think she was aiming for the puss. Which probably would be worse, wouldn't it.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:34 am
by nowaysj
How heavy are those things, are they light, or do they have penetration mass.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:23 am
by m8son666
i can send you some if you want for experimentation purposes?
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:29 am
by Marcus
Just ripped one of my best shirts on a door handle, fucking fuming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:36 am
by nowaysj
@masson: If that is a food item, please send them before it becomes illegal to privately transfer food.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:01 am
by magma
Apparently conkers are called buckeyes in the States. The tree isn't native to Britain either... I
think it was brought over from Eastern Europe, but I'd be surprised if we didn't take it to America too.
We call them conkers because they replaced conch shells that were used for essentially the same game called "Conquerers".
I haven't had to use any of these facts since my age has been in double digits.
