The Nonsense Thread

nanoboy said:
There was a new Thundercats series last year. I never watched it though.
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That's awoken a memory in my grey matter. I used to run up the road from the school bus years ago to watch Thundercats.

I am not going to google it, but see if my Thundercat memory is any good!

This will be littered with name spelling mistakes
Liono – a young leader
Panthero – big strong one, baldy head
Cheetara – rather fast and a bit if a fitty as female cartoon characters go!
Tygra – Older thundercat
Mum-Ra – something to do with the show
Magic Sword – something Liono had.....or am I getting Thundercats and He-Man mixed up here?
 
Pootle said:
That's awoken a memory in my grey matter. I used to run up the road from the school bus years ago to watch Thundercats.

I am not going to google it, but see if my Thundercat memory is any good!

This will be littered with name spelling mistakes
Liono – a young leader
Panthero – big strong one, baldy head
Cheetara – rather fast and a bit if a fitty as female cartoon characters go!
Tygra – Older thundercat
Mum-Ra – something to do with the show
Magic Sword – something Liono had.....or am I getting Thundercats and He-Man mixed up here?
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I googled it for you!

Lion-O
Panthro
Cheetara
Tygra

Also:
Jaga
Pumyra
Lynx-O
Wilykit
Wilykat
Bengali

Mumm-Ra was one of the villains

The sword was the Sword of Omens




Did anyone else watch "Galtar and the Golden Lance"? Princess Goleeta was pretty hot.
 
I have seen every single episode of South Park, but the manatee episode doesn't ring a bell. I am not a fan of Family Guy, Simpsons, or Cleveland Show, but I have a soft spot for Roger: the alien from American Dad. I have only seen a few episodes though.

The sword from Thundercats is what he used to use to say thunder, thunder, thunder cats hoe!
 
I have never heard of Goltar. I used to watch Bravestar, Galactic Rangers (or something like that), He-Man, She-Ra, Captain Planet, Transformers, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles, and maybe a couple others that I can't remember at the moment.
 
nanoboy said:
I have never heard of Goltar. I used to watch Bravestar, Galactic Rangers (or something like that), He-Man, She-Ra, Captain Planet, Transformers, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles, and maybe a couple others that I can't remember at the moment.
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Anyone remember Cat-Dog?:)
 
Chlidonias said:
I googled it for you!

Lion-O
Panthro
Cheetara
Tygra

Also:
Jaga
Pumyra
Lynx-O
Wilykit
Wilykat
Bengali

Mumm-Ra was one of the villains

The sword was the Sword of Omens




Did anyone else watch "Galtar and the Golden Lance"? Princess Goleeta was pretty hot.
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Not bad from memory then!


He-Man was a favourite too, by the power of grey skull and all that....
when Teenage Ninja turtles came out I think I was about 12 or so and not so bothered, I had progressed onto the Dukes of Hazzard and the A-Team by then. I used to love the way the A-Team always got locked up in a barn or garage with a fully operational welding kit, several spare metal sheets and several machine guns with boxes of live ammo. I used to force my tea down my throat on a Saturday evening so I could leave the table and watch the A-Team!
 
Chlidonias said:
no it was indeed an aquatic sabre-tooth cat. Apparently in the rivers of the Central African countries there are massive aquatic creatures with tusks. :D
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Mokole mbembe?

:p

Hix
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Aww:(. I should of figured that had gotten around more. It's the first time anyone I know has heard it so I though it was pretty clever. Still, my school has a very interesting staff.
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You should watch the movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight". Samuel L. Jackson's character has a great line, a variation on this about making assumptions.

:p

Hix
 
Chlidonias said:
One of my favourite South Park episodes (apart for "Imagination Land") was the two-parter "Cartoon Wars" where they were trying to get Family Guy banned and it turned out that Family Guy was written by a tank full of manatees.

I never used to like South Park but now I really do. Conversely I used to love The Simpsons but the newer series are just really bad, almost too bad to watch sometimes. Family Guy I quite like now in a sort of offhand way, whereas I never did before. The Cleveland Show is rubbish (although I liked the one where they did Die Hard). American Dad is just pathetic.
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I liked South Park from the beginning as it broke several taboos and was openly crass and vulgar or offensive. But after a couple of years I moved to an area where I couldn't get the station that it was broadcast on so I stopped watching. Been meaning to buy the DVDs but just haven't got around to it yet.

Never really got into the Simpsons, although there are some clever bits to it. Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland Show, do nothing for me. King of the Hill makes me cringe.

nanoboy said:
I have never heard of Goltar. I used to watch Bravestar, Galactic Rangers (or something like that), He-Man, She-Ra, Captain Planet, Transformers, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles, and maybe a couple others that I can't remember at the moment.
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Tom and Jerry, Ruff and Reddy, The Impossibles, The Herculoids, Cool McCool, Gigantor, Atom Ant, Batfink, Stop That Pigeon, Wacky Races, Kimba the White Lion, King Leonardo, Magilla Gorilla, Shazam, Frankenstein Jnr, George of the Jungle, Mighty Mouse etc.

:p

Hix
 
Here is another blast from the past that used to be on TV in the mornings of summer holidays when I was a kid (they where repeats when I was a kid, I am not that old!)

Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, another show I could not miss as a youngster. I recall now he could taste the water for the presence of piranhas. He could wrestle lions and grapple with pythons and crocs. His best mate was a Chimp called Cheeta. I recall the editing too, one minute Tarzan would hear an elephant stampede in the distance and a moment later the scene switched to a completely different film of elephants filmed in the wild and meant to be running next to Tarzan. Also remember his two most special abilities, his swinging from vines and his famous call (I cannot begin to spell the call !!)
 
Hix said:
Tom and Jerry, Ruff and Reddy, The Impossibles, The Herculoids, Cool McCool, Gigantor, Atom Ant, Batfink, Stop That Pigeon, Wacky Races, Kimba the White Lion, King Leonardo, Magilla Gorilla, Shazam, Frankenstein Jnr, George of the Jungle, Mighty Mouse etc.
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Squiddly-Diddly, The Tijuana Toads, Speedy Gonzalez, Winnie The Witch, Rhubarb And Custard, Dastardly And Muttley, Precious Puss, Top Cats.

And best of all, Danger Mouse!!!!!
 
Pootle said:
I had progressed onto the Dukes of Hazzard and the A-Team by then. I used to love the way the A-Team always got locked up in a barn or garage with a fully operational welding kit, several spare metal sheets and several machine guns with boxes of live ammo. I used to force my tea down my throat on a Saturday evening so I could leave the table and watch the A-Team!
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so what did you think of the recent movie versions then? :p

The A Team was a complete travesty! So embarrassing. I didn't mind The Dukes Of Hazzard though, it was quite fun.


Pootle said:
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, another show I could not miss as a youngster. I recall now he could taste the water for the presence of piranhas. He could wrestle lions and grapple with pythons and crocs. His best mate was a Chimp called Cheeta. I recall the editing too, one minute Tarzan would hear an elephant stampede in the distance and a moment later the scene switched to a completely different film of elephants filmed in the wild and meant to be running next to Tarzan. Also remember his two most special abilities, his swinging from vines and his famous call (I cannot begin to spell the call !!)
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the old Tarzan movies were great. There were always kookaburras calling in the jungle, and Asian elephants with giant fake ears stuck on to make them look African (I don't know why they bothered), and always there would be a shot of this really weird dodo-type bird which I'm guessing was a dwarf in a costume. I never got that last bit.
 
Hix said:
Mokole mbembe?
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nope, different to mokele-mbembe. Apparently the locals make the distinction between the two. Mokele-mbembe is just the one that attracts all the attention. No love for aquatic sabre-tooths :(
 
In addition to having a passing interest in cryptozoology, I quite like reading about those weird and wonderful archaeological finds. Is anyone else into that sort of stuff?

Examples include the Baghdad battery, the iron pillar in Delhi, the Mexican dinosaur statues, the saqqara bird, the Piri Reis map, and of course, those crystal skulls.
 
nanoboy said:
In addition to having a passing interest in cryptozoology, I quite like reading about those weird and wonderful archaeological finds. Is anyone else into that sort of stuff?

Examples include the Baghdad battery, the iron pillar in Delhi, the Mexican dinosaur statues, the saqqara bird, the Piri Reis map, and of course, those crystal skulls.
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I am interested in all that sort of thing too. Some are obviously genuine artifacts (e.g. the Baghdad battery) and others, well, not so much. Although judging by your comments on other subjects I'd wager you believe all of them :p

My favourite books (in terms of the amusement factor) are those by Erich von Däniken. Its especially good when authors base an entire book on a basic misunderstanding of science. Really most of those "forbidden archaeology" books are written by cranks and fools, but they are still fun to read.
 
I saw on TV (American TV so...:rolleyes:) that, in some cave in the Southwestern U.S. (Nevada? Southern California?), they found skulls that look just like normal human skulls but when compared to Human skulls they turned out to be like two or three times bigger. They mentioned that there was some sort of Native American legend about these giant, red-haired giants that were chased into a cave in the general areas that the skulls were found, arrowed and then burned to death, and then the cave was closed off with boulders.
Obviously real.:D
What show was it-? Maybe Ancient Aliens (The show makes me cringe but I can't help but make fun of that really enthusiastic guy with the strange hair). I went on Charter to watch a movie the other day and I kept finding things like Two-Headed Shark Attack!! and Piranha-Conda and there were about 10 copies of Ancient Aliens with varying names like Ancient Extratarestrials and that kind of stuff.
 
Chlidonias said:
I am interested in all that sort of thing too. Some are obviously genuine artifacts (e.g. the Baghdad battery) and others, well, not so much. Although judging by your comments on other subjects I'd wager you believe all of them :p

My favourite books (in terms of the amusement factor) are those by Erich von Däniken. Its especially good when authors base an entire book on a basic misunderstanding of science. Really most of those "forbidden archaeology" books are written by cranks and fools, but they are still fun to read.
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Well, I have no formal training in zoology, so cryptozoology is all good fun to me. I have formal engineering/technology training, so I feel more comfortable assessing artifacts. The Delhi Pillar is a great example of nationalists not really understanding metallurgy/chemistry. The Baghdad Battery, I think, is an example of an artifact where you need rose-tinted glasses to believe it was used for electroplating, given that we haven't found electroplated items from that era. The Saqqara bird/plane can't actually fly or glide!

I am a huge fan of a modern version of Daniken though: Graham Hancock. At times I wonder if he should change his name to Hankook, but he raises some interesting points. :D I like the idea of the sphinx being 10,000 years old based on weathering patterns of the limestone.

ThylacineAlive, giants' remains seem to pop up from time to time, and it is often used to validate the Bible. They are all hoaxes - like the fake pic that was sent around a few years ago. Giant Skeleton Hoax

Oh, I am also a fan of researching every nonsensical forwarded email I get, on websites exposing hoaxes. :D
 
nanoboy said:
Well, I have no formal training in zoology, so cryptozoology is all good fun to me. I have formal engineering/technology training, so I feel more comfortable assessing artifacts. The Delhi Pillar is a great example of nationalists not really understanding metallurgy/chemistry. The Baghdad Battery, I think, is an example of an artifact where you need rose-tinted glasses to believe it was used for electroplating, given that we haven't found electroplated items from that era. The Saqqara bird/plane can't actually fly or glide!

I am a huge fan of a modern version of Daniken though: Graham Hancock. At times I wonder if he should change his name to Hankook, but he raises some interesting points. :D I like the idea of the sphinx being 10,000 years old based on weathering patterns of the limestone.

ThylacineAlive, giants' remains seem to pop up from time to time, and it is often used to validate the Bible. They are all hoaxes - like the fake pic that was sent around a few years ago. Giant Skeleton Hoax

Oh, I am also a fan of researching every nonsensical forwarded email I get, on websites exposing hoaxes. :D
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I wasn't saying I believed it!!
That whole giant skeleton buisiness must have been a very expensive hoax. Or was it photo shop?
 
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