Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - March 18, 2025 [scampydog]

Good evening, busy brained - ONT people. The seasonal melt and runoff are one of life's little treasures.

Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River gorge is a beauty. Yellowstone and Niagara with some angry waters. Gooseberry Falls in Minnesota. Kauai and Switzerland, too many to list.

Any waterfalls that are etched in your memories?

Some beautiful photography here.

Here are some lesser known falls.

It is NCAA Basketball tournament time. Pretty much an annual donation to the pick 'em pool. The first weekend of games/chaos and crazy finishes is fun. I've got Houston winning it all. For those with brackets, good luck!

Some tournament trivia.

UCLA with the most championships: Eleven.

Michigan St: 27 straight tournament appearances. Gonzaga: 26 in a row. Kansas makes it 35 in a row, but their 2018 appearance was vacated.

Play in games tonight.

St. Francis 68 vs. Alabama State 70. Alabama State moves on to play Auburn.

UNC vs. SDSU tipped off at 9:10 EST.

JFK files. Has anyone run it through AI yet?

JFK 2025 release.

Interesting link that commenter, JackStraw shared in the Cafe this evening.

Have not done an ONT theme for a bit. Let's go with strange battles. Admittedly, my knowledge of all of these is limited to a few articles. Any who knows more, share in the comments.

We have dogs, pigs, potatoes, cheese cannon balls, and a UFO conspiracy. Sounds like a recipe for an ONT.

Maybe we can use the cheese cannon balls and potatoes on the Houthis. Call it a humanitarian effort - food delivery in volume and velocity.

Leading off with the dogs of war. Or, depending upon which version you read, the War of the Stray Dog.

Unsurprisingly, there are differing explanations of how it started. One version claims a Greek soldier ran over the border chasing his dog (hence, it is sometimes referred to as the War of the Stray Dog), and the soldier was shot by Bulgarian sentries. The second version claims that Bulgarian troops crossed the border and killed a Greek officer and sentry. We have no idea what happened to the dog before anyone asks!

This link goes a bit deeper. A couple of reports state that Greece was forced by the League of Nations to pay Bulgaria for the incursion and deaths.

Ah yes, the Pig War. San Juan Island, just off the coast of Washington State. Rosario Strait (channel) granted the Island to the British. Haro Strait - to the United States. I see no potential problems with the survey. Hoo Boy... let the games begin. Real estate and taxes. Never a skirmish over those items.

Cheese Cannonball!

Battle of Los Angeles, 1942. They fought nothing. Bonus, UFO conspiracy theory.

The potato battle. Get the closer up in the bullpen.

As the destroyer careened toward the submarine that was half its size, ready to send it to the bottom, someone aboard the U.S. destroyer surmised the sub could be a minelayer and take the O'Bannon to the bottom of the ocean in the resulting explosion. The ship turned rudder in a hurry, only to find itself now alongside its determined enemy. They were too close to use that buttload of weapons - or even their sidearms.

The Japanese naturally flipped the f*ck out when they realized they were next to an American destroyer. They scrambled, running for the ship's deck guns, which were the perfect weapon to use on the O'Bannon. The fortunes of the battle just changed 180 degrees. They needed to buy time to keep the enemy away from the deck guns while creating distance enough to use their own weapons - they looked around for anything they could chuck at the Japanese sailors.

Luckily, they had been carrying bins of potatoes on the deck, and the Americans began to throw them at the crew of RO-34, who promptly began to flip the f*ck out once more. The half-asleep Japanese sailors thought they were hand grenades.

A proper battle should have a tennis ball cannon. youtube link

Aluminum simply would not do for a tennis ball cannon. Beer can with a steel sidewall or soup cans. Later came the potato cannon of fun.

Tom Homan. Does not tolerate dumbassery. Best quip is at the end of the video.

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— Spill The Memes (@SpillTheMemes) March 9, 2025

Saw this completely forgotten time stealer a few days ago.

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