DC Tom Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL That a Southwest Airlines Pilot once held a plane for 12 minutes, to allow a man to see his dying 2 year old Grandson for one last time. Whereas United would have just stuffed the kid in baggage and taken off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, DC Tom said: Whereas United would have just stuffed the kid in baggage and taken off. That’s both horrible and hilarious at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 TIL Grand Theft Auto V cost $265 million to make -- the largest budget of any video game at that time -- but turned around and made $1 billion in its first 72 hours TIL Jordan Peele quit acting after he was asked to play the poop emoji in "The Emoji Movie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 26 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Jordan Peele quit acting after he was asked to play the poop emoji in "The Emoji Movie". You know your career has gone down the crapper when you are asked to play poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 On 4/6/2018 at 9:11 AM, DC Tom said: Whereas United would have just stuffed the kid in baggage and taken off. Yes that should be done to cats only. Owners optional if they cannot bear to be without their support cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Limeaid said: Yes that should be done to cats only. Owners optional if they cannot bear to be without their support cat. My cats would ditch me in a second for a potentially better slave to control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 On 4/6/2018 at 10:03 AM, ShadyBillsFan said: You know your career has gone down the crapper when you are asked to play poop. It worked out well for Bill Paxton. Just sayin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 TIL Jonathan Hensleigh, the writer of "Die Hard With a Vengeance," was interrogated by the FBI over his screenplay. The plot Hensleigh devised to rob the bank was so plausible, the FBI wanted to know where he got his information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakin Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 TIL (according my Uber driver in Vegas) the origin of low pants wearing. You see kids these days, mostly black kids, who wear their pants SOOOO LOW. In prison, the lower you wear your pants, the more likely you are to accept a hot beef injection. Show the waist band - you are straight. Show a full cheek and you are down to bone. I havent verified this but thought It made sense so I’m going to roll with it for the rest of my life and not bother to fact check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 TIL that cities with an “erotic services” Craigslist section saw a 17% decrease in the number of women murdered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) On 4/6/2018 at 7:56 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL That a Southwest Airlines Pilot once held a plane for 12 minutes, to allow a man to see his dying 2 year old Grandson for one last time. Reading that story is interesting, because you wonder how the pilot knew to wait. He was tipped off. The wife called the airline ahead of time to say the man was running late (and presumably stuck in security log jam). And can you really blame TSA? Every Tom, Dick, & Harry terrorist would pull the "old my grandson is going to die" act. Just goes to show you. When in doubt, CALL. It isnt like we all don't have a phone on us. They know everybody who crosses into that security zone, the airline knows he is checked in... The call is confirming things. Airline can talk with TSA. This ain't some magic story about a caring pilot (well sort of) story. The burdened traveler CALLED, dotted his I's & crossed his T's. Good fortune starts at home folks. Unfortunately, back in Denver said daughter was making bad boyfriend choices! That's the sad part. Sorry to be the killjoy and wreck a magical narrative. Edited April 11, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Reading that story is interesting, because you wonder how the pilot knew to wait. He was tipped off. The wife called the airline ahead of time to say the man was running late (and presumably stuck in security log jam). And can you really blame TSA? Every Tom, Dick, & Harry terrorist would pull the "old my grandson is going to die" act. Just goes to show you. When in doubt, CALL. It isnt like we all don't have a phone on us. They know everybody who crosses into that security zone, the airline knows he is checked in... The call is confirming things. Airline can talk with TSA. This ain't some magic story about a caring pilot (well sort of) story. The burdened traveler CALLED, dotted his I's & crossed his T's. Good fortune starts at home folks. Unfortunately, back in Denver said daughter was making bad boyfriend choices! That's the sad part. Sorry to be the killjoy and wreck a magical narrative. This kind of thing happens frequently, but doesn't get attention because it isn't publicized. The agents would tell the captain. That's how he gets notified. Departing on time is sometimes a judgement with a lot of variables, and sometimes not. If the captain knows the situation, there are a lot of ways to game the system to get someone on board who has at least checked in at the airport. On the other hand, sometimes its just not possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 "The La Brea Tar Pits" mangles Spanish and English, it translates to "The The Tar Tar Pits" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 To boldly come where no man has come before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 TIL when pimps get arrested, their cash can legally be confiscated but not their jewelry. This is why pimps wear lots of jewelry so that they can "re-pawn" it for bail money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 12 hours ago, /dev/null said: To boldly come where no man has come before There is supposedly a hotel in space fully booked; just combine the experiment with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 TIL on the set of The Princess Bride, André the Giant once "let out a 16 second fart and brought production to a standstill." Nobody said anything except director Rob Reiner, who said "Are you OK, André?" to which André replied, "I am now boss." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 8:24 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL on the set of The Princess Bride, André the Giant once "let out a 16 second fart and brought production to a standstill." Nobody said anything except director Rob Reiner, who said "Are you OK, André?" to which André replied, "I am now boss." This is included in a Princess Bride cast memories video. Great video and it is on YouTube but bookmark is at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 TIL that despite having a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the first wave of landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, becoming the only general to land with his soldiers that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 33 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that despite having a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the first wave of landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, becoming the only general to land with his soldiers that day. cool just read a book on the Canadian efforts at Juno Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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