The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

[bhamv3]

I realized recently that one of my wife's classmates bears a strong resemblance to Naomi Scott, star of Aladdin and Power Rangers.

So far the only person I've told is my wife. And now you guys.

 

[jwhouk]

Happy birthday @Celt Z !!!


Oh, and you too, @blotsfan.

 

[Celt Z]

Suuuuure it was.

Hey, I'll have you know I screw the simplest things up all the time!

 

[Gruebeard]

Yeah. These days, if you send your kid to play over at someone else's house, there's the real possibility communication will be completely cut off until your kid comes home again.

--Patrick

Of course, I'm pretty sure we all spent full days cut off from communication from our parents just by going out to play in the Barrens.

Or the college sports fields, or the BMX track out by the mall - that was awesome fun, I kinda marvel that we had unfettered access to the thing.

 

[Tinwhistler]

https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/06/10/justin-bieber-vs-tom-cruise/

Justin Bieber challenges Tom cruise to an MMA fight out of the blue? Was he especially high that day?

 

[PatrThom]

Of course, I'm pretty sure we all spent full days cut off from communication from our parents

I more meant that at that friend’s house, there was (mostly) guaranteed to be a phone on a desk/wall, one which did not require a passcode to use, one which was guaranteed to always be in the same place, one which had a consistent interface across all manufacturers, etc.

—Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/06/10/justin-bieber-vs-tom-cruise/

Justin Bieber challenges Tom cruise to an MMA fight out of the blue? Was he especially high that day?

No matter who loses, we win.

But yeah, Cruise will bend Beebs into a pretzel.

 

[Tinwhistler]

No matter who loses, we win.

But yeah, Cruise will bend Beebs into a pretzel.

If only they could both lose

 

[Emrys]

If only they could both lose

That can be arranged.

 

[sixpackshaker]

I think I'd challenge Cruise to a foot race. He has such a bad running form, that I think my fat ass could beat him.

I do have good form...

 

[Dave]

A guy with bad form who is in shape could beat someone with good form who is out of shape.

 

[Null]

I think I'd challenge Cruise to a foot race. He has such a bad running form, that I think my fat ass could beat him.

I do have good form...

Are you kidding? Running on film is one of the things Cruise is known for.

 

[Dave]

Hackers broke into a computer owned by Radiohead and stole a bunch of unreleased songs and things like that. Told them that they'd have to pay $150,000 or the hackers would release everything.

So of course Radiohead has released everything themselves and all proceeds will go to helping climate change causes.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Are you kidding? Running on film is one of the things Cruise is known for.

And he looks terrible doing it every time. And yes of course I am kidding. But that old fucker could never run right.

 

[@Li3n]

But that old fucker could never run right.

What are you talking about, that's a perfectly normal human running form, and certainly not an attempt at mimicking your simian gait...

 

[drawn_inward]

Wasn't a C-list celebrity boxing thing at one time? I think Cruise is too busy flying helicopters and battling Xenus to bother with Bieber.

 

[Dei]

For all the mocking, isn't Justin Bieber pretty muscular though?

 

[Gruebeard]

Wasn't a C-list celebrity boxing thing at one time? I think Cruise is too busy flying helicopters and battling Xenus to bother with Bieber.

Heck, my PM (when he was just an MP) boxed a senator a few years ago.

Tom Cruise can find the time I'm sure.

 

[sixpackshaker]

For all the mocking, isn't Justin Bieber pretty muscular though?

Yeah he has bulked up recently. But Tom likely knows a bit more about fighting, even if it is play fighting.

 

[sixpackshaker]

I feel like Charlie Zelenoff took over Justin's cell phone.

 

[Celt Z]

For all the mocking, isn't Justin Bieber pretty muscular though?

I think he did? But that doesn't mean he's good at fighting. Or sober enough to try.

 

[Null]

Tom Cruise regularly suffers broken bones and refuses to even end the shot he's in. During Mission Impossible Fallout, he broke his ankle jumping between buildings, pulled himself up onto the next roof, and limped off camera, without cutting the shot. So there's that.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I've seen the old Bieber "imma try to fight and look like a high schooler doing it" videos.

But evidently he's been training recently.

 

[HCGLNS]

WTF? Did you use a flash?

 

[jwhouk]

HEY! What are you doing taking pictures of MY cat???

 

[Yoshimickster]

If you order from an app, DO NOT order from a chain restaurant with a lot of locations in the city. If Philly is any indication, it'll either pick a RANDOM restaurant that could be as far as THIRTY blocks away(such as today)-OR-all their deliveries will be made in one location because someone thought that was a good idea despite it breeding logical chaos.

 

[figmentPez]

Male college student poses as a teenage girl online in order to catch predators; ends up catching a cop

"Ethan, a 20-year-old San Francisco Bay Area college student, used Snapchat's gender-switch filter to become Esther and posed on Tinder as a 19-year-old because Tinder does not allow juveniles to open accounts .... San Mateo Police Officer Robert Davies, 40, began talking with who he thought was Esther on Tinder on May 11, before the two switched to Kik messaging app, where Ethan said Esther was 16, which 'Davies acknowledged,' according to a release from the San Jose Police Department."

The cop got arrested for "suspicion of contacting a minor to commit a felony" and is on administrative leave.

 

[Celt Z]

Male college student poses as a teenage girl online in order to catch predators; ends up catching a cop

"Ethan, a 20-year-old San Francisco Bay Area college student, used Snapchat's gender-switch filter to become Esther and posed on Tinder as a 19-year-old because Tinder does not allow juveniles to open accounts .... San Mateo Police Officer Robert Davies, 40, began talking with who he thought was Esther on Tinder on May 11, before the two switched to Kik messaging app, where Ethan said Esther was 16, which 'Davies acknowledged,' according to a release from the San Jose Police Department."

The cop got arrested for "suspicion of contacting a minor to commit a felony" and is on administrative leave.

At first when I saw your I was thinking, "Oh, they were both looking for child predators and caught each other!" Then I read the rest and ....no. Oh no.

Glad that cop got caught, though. Or when any child predator gets caught, especially without a child being harmed.

 

[HCGLNS]

You put da rum in da coke and you drink it all up.

 

[jwhouk]

So @Celt Z - were you visiting Mesa today?

(I'm not apologizing for the quality of the photo, because the plate was faded to the point of being barely recognizable.)

 

[Ravenpoe]

So @Celt Z - were you visiting Mesa today?

(I'm not apologizing for the quality of the photo, because the plate was faded to the point of being barely recognizable.)

@figmentPez the plate says, roughly, "Jersey Girl"

 

[Celt Z]

So @Celt Z - were you visiting Mesa today?

(I'm not apologizing for the quality of the photo, because the plate was faded to the point of being barely recognizable.)

Shhh...you'll ruin my cover!

 

[figmentPez]

@figmentPez the plate says, roughly, "Jersey Girl"

Thank you, the best I could make out was JOSEGRL.

 

[jwhouk]

That was even after I tried sharpening the plate. Some of the older plates here in AZ lost their paint either to sun damage or - what I perceive might be more likely - people trying to "spray" them to avoid traffic cameras which are prolific here in the Valley.

 

[evilmike]

Huh. If @Celt Z had a personalized license plate, I would have expected it to be something like 'Braaains'.