Were 1990s Russians dumbfounded when they first visited capitalist grocery stores?
Yes it is true. There is a rare video of Boris Yeltsin, after visiting the Johnson Flight Center, making an unscheduled visit to a grocery store in Houston,…
Was it really necessary to rename the Gulf of Mexico?
Let me start with the elephant in the room. I am neither American nor Mexican so I have no stake in the naming/renaming game. My opinion about the…
Is Steven Seagal really a martial arts expert?
Let’s start out by saying that Steven Seagal is extremely cocky, extremely overweight and has been proven to tell lies. I won’t go into all of them, but…
When people fire guns into the air to celebrate New Year’s eve, is there a risk or danger from the bullets coming back down? Or not so much anymore because of the speed and gravity as well as velocity compared to when first fired?
Yea pretty stupid idea. People who do this don’t understand physics—Let me tell you why it’ll kill you—just as dead as a direct shot. A bullet fired straight…
Do firemen just sit around at work waiting for a fire to happen? Do they still get paid if there’s no fires one day? What do they do all day long in this instance?
I can give you a full break down of a typical day or just summarize. We start shift promptly at 0730. That means in uniform, gear on the…
What is a slap-in-the-face job offer?
I was a private chef making 100k a year cooking for a wonderful family in NYC. My roommate from culinary school asked me to come out to California…
Can a Boeing 747 do a barrel roll?
Never knew a pilot training on the 747–400 to not roll the airplane while in the simulator. None of us were completely sure of the simulation’s fidelity but the control…
I was sued without my knowledge by a collection company & they falsified the price of service. What can I do?
My wife was sued 1 year after her death . I said show me the original debts. I then said how can a dead woman incurred such debts….
Why do dogs always have to be touching you when they lie next to you?
You sound like you’re annoyed by that behavior. The dog is paying you a compliment. When a dog lies down and intentionally puts part of its body in…
If horsemen could be countered with pikes and spears (among similar use weapons) why is it said that mounted knights were so undefeatable in medieval Europe? Could you not train for an equal amount of time some pikemen to fight in thick formation?
From the 14th Century on, Swiss pikemen were famous as great soldiers and much in demand as mercenaries. But wait, why would King Bob hire expensive Swiss mercenaries…