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[Loud Whispers]

Not only was William Buckland's home filled with specimens – animal as well as mineral, live as well as dead – but he claimed to have eaten his way through the animal kingdom: zoöphagy. The most distasteful items were mole and bluebottle fly;[29] panther, crocodile and mouse were among the other dishes noted by guests. The raconteur Augustus Hare claimed that "Talk of strange relics led to mention of the heart of a French King preserved at Nuneham in a silver casket. Dr. Buckland, whilst looking at it, exclaimed, 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before', and, before anyone could hinder him, he had gobbled it up, and the precious relic was lost for ever." The heart in question is said to have been that of Louis XIV.[30][31] Buckland was followed in this hobby by his son Frank.

[ChairmanPoo]

Not only was William Buckland's home filled with specimens – animal as well as mineral, live as well as dead – but he claimed to have eaten his way through the animal kingdom: zoöphagy. The most distasteful items were mole and bluebottle fly;[29] panther, crocodile and mouse were among the other dishes noted by guests. The raconteur Augustus Hare claimed that "Talk of strange relics led to mention of the heart of a French King preserved at Nuneham in a silver casket. Dr. Buckland, whilst looking at it, exclaimed, 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before', and, before anyone could hinder him, he had gobbled it up, and the precious relic was lost for ever." The heart in question is said to have been that of Louis XIV.[30][31] Buckland was followed in this hobby by his son Frank.

Wait, which hobby??

[Frumple]

While dining out one evening at Lord Harcourt's residence at Nuneham in 1848 he was shown a silver locket containing an object resembling pumice stone. He popped the object in his mouth, perhaps to try and find out what mineral it was, and swallowed it. It was in fact part of the mummified heart of Louis XIV of France which had been taken from the royal tomb by a member of the Harcourt family.

Who even knows at this point. Question for the chronospheres.

[pisskop]

... of all the things that would concern me about consuming (stolen from tomb?) mummified human heart, how sacred the act would be is... it's not even the last thing. It's just not on the list at all.

I'd be upset that you ate my one of a kind human heart from a famous Frenchie who may or may not have had God's own decree stapled to his asschecks at birth.   Before I did.

Keep your tastebuds out of irreplaceable human artifacts?

[Greiger]

Someone drove into the store's parking lot yesterday and hit a roughly 3 or 4 foot tall, bright yellow painted stationary object fast enough to damage the car.  Today, according to risk management, they apparently want to sue.

Admittedly that object was a shopping cart, in the parking lot and from all appearances it has somehow found itself in the driving lane of the lot.  But everything in that first sentence is the truth as well (though I am suddenly stumped as to the height of the things).   Somebody recently wanted to sue the store for >almost< slipping last month next to a wet floor sign too.   Why is everyone sue happy lately?

[MrRoboto75]

recently?

[Greiger]

Fixed.  My confused brain wanted to overuse the word recently.

[Reelya]

Yep, though it pays to know that big companies that fund politicians want to take your right to sue away, but that's very dangerous, and the "frivilous" cases they used to typify things tend to be very different to how the privately owned mass media (who get advertising dollars from said corporations) portray them.

One example was a guy making a call in a phone box who successfully sued the phone company for being hit by a drunk driver, instead of suing the driver. It was held up by Ronald Reagan as a "silly" case that justified taking away people's right to sue. However, the real story was that the phone box was built on a dangerous corner, it had been hit by cars repeatedly before, and the company had skimped on repairing it. So the guy had seen the drunk driver coming, had tried to get out of the phone box, but the door had jammed due to the faulty repair work. The politicians and mainstream media omitted all of this context. The company had lost the lawsuit not because a drunk driver hit someone, but because they knew the phone box was in a dangerous location and they did sloppy repair work to keep it safe.

If a jury is awarding $2 million in damages for a "silly" claim then you can bet there's another side to that story. Silly claims will get payouts on the smaller end, if they get a payout at all. If the judge or jury is making a company payout on the higher side you can bet that they company dun fucked up, and doesn't deserve a free "out" from being sued.

[hops]

YOUR PASSWORD WITH 25 CHARACTERS IS NOT SECURE oh you added a 1 at the end. High Security. Much great.

ethicalCapitalismdoesNotexist1

[Bumber]

Except the bike is made from the tears of tortured orphans and unspoken shame.

... I think.

How does that even work?

Strange mood, like Gleipnir.

[ChairmanPoo]

... of all the things that would concern me about consuming (stolen from tomb?) mummified human heart, how sacred the act would be is... it's not even the last thing. It's just not on the list at all.

I was just thinking: the current king of Spain is a direct descendant of Louis XIV. Maybe he should eat William Buckland's mummified heart?

Alternatively, William Buckland's descendants could eat the  king.

[LordBaal]

Someone drove into the store's parking lot yesterday and hit a roughly 3 or 4 foot tall, bright yellow painted stationary object fast enough to damage the car.  Today, according to risk management, they apparently want to sue.

Admittedly that object was a shopping cart, in the parking lot and from all appearances it has somehow found itself in the driving lane of the lot.  But everything in that first sentence is the truth as well (though I am suddenly stumped as to the height of the things).   Somebody recently wanted to sue the store for >almost< slipping last month next to a wet floor sign too.   Why is everyone sue happy lately?

Are you from USA? Isn't there the land of the sue-to-get-rich-schemes? I would think that would be fairly normal, from what media oozes from the North American culture, to sue for any excuse you have till you are rich, at least for the lazy assholes.

[Yoink]

Oh my gods I do not normally eat anywhere near this much fiber.

* Yoink heaves and strains!

[LordBaal]

Apparently I'm a very funny guy. I told my sister "Your infant unit has a leakage" referring to my niece pissing her pants (she's only 2), with a monotone, robotic voice, and she just lost it and laughed hysterically several minutes to the point she developed a small leakage too. Who would have know?

[Imic]

Apparently I'm a very funny guy. I told my sister "Your infant unit has a leakage" referring to my niece pissing her pants (she's only 2), with a monotone, robotic voice, and she just lost it and laughed hysterically several minutes to the point she developed a small leakage too. Who would have know?

YOU HAVE A LEAKAGE!!
Such wow, much burn.