Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 11, 2024 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

This is the Wednesday night ONT. Anchors aweigh!

One of the most famous Star Wars bits dialogue involved a jedi mind trick:

Sandtrooper: Let me see your identification.

Ben Obi Wan Kenobi: [with a small wave of his hand] You dont need to see his identification.

Sandtrooper: We dont need to see his identification.

Ben Obi Wan Kenobi: These arent the droids youre looking for.

Sandtrooper: These arent the droids were looking for.

Ben Obi Wan Kenobi: He can go about his business.

Sandtrooper: You can go about your business.

Ben Obi Wan Kenobi: Move along.

Sandtrooper: Move along... move along.

The helmet of the Imperial Sandtrooper who lets Ben, Luke and the droids through was sold at auction recently for GBP327,600 which translates to about USD$417,688. Only six were made and only three survive.

Since we are talking Star Wars, how about Hardware Wars?

Dorothys Ruby Slippers From The Wizard of Oz Sell for $32.5 Million at Heritage Auctions to Become Worlds Most Valuable Movie Memorabilia

The hat of the Wicked Witch sold for $2.93 million.

Zoo discovers 10 year old king penguin Maggie is actually Magnus

Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire, said the penguin formerly known as Maggie had a feather sent for DNA testing after keepers noticed the penguin attempting to initiate mating with a male penguin named Frank.

Alistair Keen, the head keeper at Birdland:

Discovering that Magnus is actually a male and his gender differs from what we initially believed presents another unique hurdle in our efforts to establish a successful breeding program here in the U.K. It is fascinating, however, to have confirmed what we have long suspected, and we remain committed to supporting these incredible birds in every way possible.

Hey Alistair. Quite an operation you have there. Maybe you need to go back and watch the Penguin 101 video again.

Any Hordelings been to The Thirsty Beaver Saloon in Charlotte? Reporter Larry Sprinkle has the story:

TRex has heard of "Black Friday," but only recently learned about "Brown Friday."

Brown Friday: Yelp reveals the 20 most clogged cities in the U.S.

From clogged sinks to overflowing toilets, Brown Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, is consistently among the plumbing industrys busiest times of the year. Yelp data revealed that searches for emergency plumbing surged 65 percent during the 2023 Brown Friday time period, when comparing searches from the two weeks before Thanksgiving Day to those on Thanksgiving Day and the two weeks after in 2023. Searches for 24 hour plumbers were higher on Thanksgiving Day than any other day in November 2023.

Tops on the list? Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Sacramento, and Baltimore.

The jokes write themselves.

TRex may not tell anyone when he makes his first billion, but there would be signs:

1969 Porsche 917K, January 18, 2025 - Mecum auction at Kissimmee 2025 (Steve McQueens Hero Car from the movie Le Mans). Some guy named Seinfeld is selling it.

1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster, January 18, 2025 - Mecum auction at Kissimmee (the Shaguar from Austin Powers)

1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen, February 1, 2025 - RM Sothebys single car auction at the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart (from the Indianapolis Speedway Museum collection, auction estimate in excess of 52 million dollars)

1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Scaglietti, Paris 4-5, 2025, RM Sothebys auction in Paris (from the Indianapolis Speedway Museum collection, the only privateer Ferrari ever to win the 24 Hours of LeMans, auction estimate in excess of 26 million dollars)

Lufthansa Cargo showing off the capacity of a Boeing 747 by filling it with 72 Volkswagen Beetles (1972)

This is not the Art Thread, but the ONT would not be the same without periodic siege equipment.

Hallelujah was written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions forty years ago (in 1984). The song achieving little initial success but become more popular through new versions recorded by John Cale in 1991 and Jeff Buckley in 2004. The song was also featured in the 2001 film Shrek.

Cohen is said to have claimed writing 150 draft verses, a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. Since 1991, the song has been covered by more than 300 singers in many languages. In an April 2009 CBC Radio interview, Cohen said he found the number of covers of his song ironic and amusing, given that his record label refused to release it when he first wrote it. Wikipedia sourcing

This is over 50 years old? Yikes.

Dinosaur humor from the Far Side:

Hat tip: AlmostYuman

Eric Clapton provides our big ONT finish:

Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. The ONT disclaims all penguin misgendering. The ONT is no longer a candidate to coach football at UNC.

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