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[Dave]

Chad, on 25 August 2010 - 04:32 PM, said:

McA, When you're alone, do you prefer to drink by yourself?

I like the company of a good, hard, tiled bathroom floor.

Deb, on 26 August 2010 - 10:36 AM, said:

Is leprosy still common in the western world?

Enough for someone to build a website. You ever hear truth is stranger than fiction? Fun facts about leprosy...

Is leprosy very contagious?
No. Approximately 95% of us have a natural immunity to leprosy.
Approximately 150 people are diagnosed with leprosy each year in the U.S.
There are approximately 300,000 new cases of leprosy detected each year.

[Chad]

When will my cat learn english?

[monogodo]

Dave,

In the last month, we've had two deaths at our building caused by people falling out of a window. Actually, I suppose the death was caused by the sudden stop, but I digress. The first death was when a man fell out of his 11th floor window and landed on the 9th floor balcony below. He didn't die right away, but did so days later in the hospital.

The most recent death was two weeks ago when a young man fell from the 27th floor to the ground. From what I understand, he'd been partying all night with friends, and somehow got into a position in the window and slipped & fell. The authorities have determined that no foul play was involved. From what I understand, it probably took 4 or 5 seconds for him to reach the ground.

20 years ago, I fell 20 feet at 15mph on my mountain bike, landing on my head and right wrist. My helmet absorbed much of the impact, as did my wrist. I was unconscious for about 5 minutes (according to the friends I was with), and had crushed the end of the radius, chipped the ulna, and cracked the navicular. There was no apparent damage from hitting my head (although some would argue otherwise). To this day, I'll swear that I never hit the ground, because I don't remember it happening. I was looking at the ground as I fell, but must have blacked out just before impact. I believe it was my brain's way of protecting my psyche, that it decided that I didn't need to experience the impact.

So my question is this: With regards to the guy who fell from the 27th floor, what do you think went through his mind as he fell, and did he in fact die before he hit the ground? A friend of mine thinks the guy may have stroked out before he actually impacted. What are your thoughts?

Edited by monogodo, 06 November 2010 - 07:05 PM.

[Dave]

Chad, on 31 August 2010 - 12:41 PM, said:

When will my cat learn english?

When you become a better instructor.

monogodo, on 06 November 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

20 years ago, I fell 20 feet at 15mph on my mountain bike, landing on my head and right wrist. My helmet absorbed much of the impact, as did my wrist. I was unconscious for about 5 minutes (according to the friends I was with), and had crushed the end of the radius, chipped the ulna, and cracked the navicular. There was no apparent damage from hitting my head (although some would argue otherwise). To this day, I'll swear that I never hit the ground, because I don't remember it happening. I was looking at the ground as I fell, but must have blacked out just before impact. I believe it was my brain's way of protecting my psyche, that it decided that I didn't need to experience the impact.

So my question is this: With regards to the guy who fell from the 27th floor, what do you think went through his mind as he fell, and did he in fact die before he hit the ground? A friend of mine thinks the guy may have stroked out before he actually impacted. What are your thoughts?

one at a time:

monogodo, on 06 November 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

what do you think went through his mind as he fell

"Oops."

monogodo, on 06 November 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

did he in fact die before he hit the ground?

If it takes 5 seconds to impact, is it fair to guess the heart attack was induced about 2 seconds in? Three seconds left. In terms of brain death, we're talking about the amount of time it takes for the brain to be deprived of oxygen. I'm guessing it takes more than 3 seconds.

monogodo, on 06 November 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

my brain's way of protecting my psyche, that it decided that I didn't need to experience the impact.

I think what's happening is this. At t-minus-2 you fall, brain processing normally, firing neurons as you flail about in vain attempt to steady yourself. T-minus-1, same. At t0 you hit. At t1, memory creation shuts down due to trauma and short term memory (containing memory data just before impact) is wiped out. In other words, I wouldn't say that your brain switched off during the fall, but rather erased stuff during the fall afterwards (or, if it didn't erase it, it's the trauma itself that prevented retention of the memories). Or something like that.

[monogodo]

Why is it that we like to sleep in a warm bed with a cold pillow?

[Dave]

monogodo, on 12 February 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

Why is it that we like to sleep in a warm bed with a cold pillow?

It reminds us of a primal time when our ancestors cuddled in Cthulhu's warm tentacle while he drooled cold saliva on our heads.

Edited by Dave, 06 March 2011 - 11:42 PM.

[malfouka]

Dear Mr. Dave,
How does one tell an old friend "happy birthday (although a little late)" and make sure he/she knows the sentiment is legitimate?

PS. By the way, it's spelled "tentacle."

[Dave]

malfouka, on 19 February 2011 - 12:22 PM, said:

Dear Mr. Dave,
How does one tell an old friend "happy birthday (although a little late)" and make sure he/she knows the sentiment is legitimate?

Naturally, I could only answer this late as well. The latest fashion is to do it on Twitter that links to a friend's Facebook wall that links to a Flikr account that has a picture of a url that directs to a Hallmark e-card. Frickin technology.

malfouka, on 19 February 2011 - 12:22 PM, said:

PS. By the way, it's spelled "tentacle."

Damnit.

[Deb]

Whose chastity belt key do I possess, and why was it posted to me?

[Dave]

Deb, on 26 July 2011 - 07:06 AM, said:

Whose chastity belt key do I possess,

Chad's, obviously.

Deb, on 26 July 2011 - 07:06 AM, said:

and why was it posted to me?

for long-distance sexting

[Chad]

Boy is Deb gonna be disappointed

[Deb]

I'm a parent. Disappointment is a given

[Chad]

What exactly is Kim Kardashian famous for? Do any of them do anything?

[Dave]

Chad, on 14 September 2011 - 11:33 PM, said:

What exactly is Kim Kardashian famous for? Do any of them do anything?

It has a hole that opens and makes noise.
They all do.
That is all.

There may be some double entendre in my post, but it doesn't matter.

Hope that helps.

[Chad]

Dave, on 30 September 2011 - 04:34 PM, said:

It has a hole that opens and makes noise.

Hope that helps.

It does. They meet all the qualifications for being famous now a days. I think they even get an award for having all their first and last names start with the same letter. I'm baffled at how these people get put on the pedestal they're on yet Socrates was found worthy of execution. Doesn't make sense.

Dave, is Storage Wars scripted like it says on the internets, or is it as simple and boring as a show about storage bin auctions would be if it were true reality television?

[Dave]

They're rebooting the show. The new format is going to be 42 minutes of people putting stuff into storage. James Franco's career stars on the season premiere.

[Chad]

Dave ...

How did David Spade keep getting work after Chris Farley died?

[Dave]

Spade's standup was okay, and his entertainment reporter character was good for what it was, but even the "being a foil for Farley" thing didn't always work. Have you seen Black Sheep? 87 minutes of garbage. Or 86: I think there was one good joke. Even Tommy Boy, which I like, has excruciatingly boring stretches of exposition. My brother and I once edited it down to the parts that were funny and it was less than a half hour. It's great; you don't miss the rest of the movie at all.

Spade alone is weird. His comedy is based on meanness yet he's usually in roles that drastically water down that attribute, and watered-down meanness doesn't even get you Letterman. I thought Just Shoot Me was terrible. I can't believe how popular (and syndicated) it was. His solo movies? More watered-down gloop. He's been on a bunch of other TV shows that I couldn't bring myself to watch and which are a priori crap whether I've seen them or not.

If I had to guess, the reason he has gotten a lot of gigs and done work so far from his standup act is that he didn't exercise any discretion over his roles and went out to make the most money he could wherever he could.