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[FearfulJesuit]

Oh, expensive books.

This is a book vent, not a WTF, but in any case, I really wish someone would man up and put out a tome that was a nice decent synchronic and diachronic survey of Tocharian (A & B, and what little of C we have) that's in English, that I can put on my bookshelf, and that doesn't cost through the nose.

That's a pretty specific request. Also, an awesome one.

I should probably note that I'm one of those amateur linguists who just graduated high school and knows the subject at grad level (this has been confirmed by numerous profs). My personal linguistics library is 10 feet end to end, contains academic grammars and dictionaries on such oddities as Aleut, Middle Egyptian, Yup'ik, and Old Irish (FUCK YEAH OLD IRISH), and... well, take a look at this actual quote I had in Skyping with a friend:

I'll disclaim that I know the most about Old Irish, Latin and Greek.
...
I know some about Sanskrit, Hittite, and the dead Germanic languages
(except old high german)
...
but my knowledge of Old Church Slavonic, the minor Anatolian languages, the dead Italic languages besides Latin (ie Oscan, Umbrian and Faliscan), Tocharian, Old Persian/Avestan/Dardic, Armenian, Albanian and the Baltic languages is woefully shoddy

Note that by "knowledge" I meant knowing about those languages; I can read some Latin and Greek, but that's it (and even those are rustier than they have been). I can't read a word of Old Irish, but I can sit down with a piece of paper and pencil and give a quick run-through of the Eldritch abomination that is its verbal system.

[RedKing]

Youse and I'se should conlang sometime. (Which reminds me, I should get off my duff and finish that DF writing system I was working on in Creative Projects...)

[Vorthon]

My sister's friend threw the family cat at me. I caught it by the neck. It happened completely out of the blue. Why are people throwing animals at me?

[kaijyuu]

Poor kitty.

And poor you if that cat has claws.

[Aklyon]

My sister's friend threw the family cat at me. I caught it by the neck. It happened completely out of the blue. Why are people throwing animals at me?

Because you are a vibrating penguin.

[Vorthon]

Poor kitty.

And poor you if that cat has claws.

It did. My hand still stings a bit.

My sister's friend threw the family cat at me. I caught it by the neck. It happened completely out of the blue. Why are people throwing animals at me?

Because you are a vibrating penguin.

* Vorthon facepalms

[FearfulJesuit]

Who wants to hear about the Old Irish verbal system? It's a pretty big WTF.

[kisame12794]

The flying cat strikes Vorthon in the palm, bruising the skin!

[Vorthon]

Try more like tearing the skin. Ouch. At least it's gone from a stinging pain to more of a dull burning sensation now.

[Nadaka]

Try more like tearing the skin. Ouch. At least it's gone from a stinging pain to more of a dull burning sensation now.

People heal, that cats pride is damaged forever.

[Lord Inquisitor]

Who wants to hear about the Old Irish verbal system? It's a pretty big WTF.

`
Speak weird linguist.

insert comma to suit

[kaijyuu]

http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sagawa-issei.htm

WTF 1: The guy listed.
WTF 2: There's a wiki for murders.

[RedKing]

My cousin threw a cat at me once when we were young. In her defense, she was like 5 and it was more of a "Here'smyfavoritekittyilovehimsomuchwannaholdhim?" *FLING*

Said cat was like 13 damn pounds. And just as shocked as I was. Latched a paw into each shoulder and two more into my ribs. I'm sure if there had been video, it would be a meme by now.

[Darvi]

http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sagawa-issei.htm

WTF 1: The guy listed.
WTF 2: There's a wiki for murders.

One that's not even listed on TvTropes.

[Sirus]

http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sagawa-issei.htm

WTF 1: The guy listed.
WTF 2: There's a wiki for murders.

And now Japan has hit a whole new level of WTF?! for me. Not only is this dude walking around free after checking himself out of a mental institution (having been found "sane but evil"), he's a celebrity with books, TV appearances, and even appeared in a movie!