Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "Today I Found Out" channel.

  1. So MI6 proved the penis mightier than the sword. We'll have to rename some Bond novels: "On Her Majesty's Secret Semen", "Thunderballs", "You Only Cum Twice", "The Man With the Golden Penis", "For Your Fly Only".
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  2. A couple of other re-titled covers should include "From Rushing Her with Love" and "GoldenEye Cream".
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  3. Attlee, the man who propelled Groat Britain to dizzying new heights - or not.
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  4. Using BPI's logic, consumers should have been paying royalties every time they hummed or sang a tune. I suspect the next wave of technology will allow the average consumer to do much more than just copy a song or video. Given enough memory storage and software capability, I expect the average Joe or Josie will be able to produce major studio quality films starring their favorite deceased actors, without ever leaving the comfort of their computer work station. More enterprising film buffs may even join forces with pirate producers in other countries to make films starring entertainers who are still alive and active, but not associated with their project. In this brave new world don't believe anything you see or hear unless you are physically present when it occurs (egad, in the world of news making we are already there).
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  5.  @stevek8829  Yes, it created a fireball. A friend of mine had a HK51 that was even worse (7.62 NATO). I called it the Fleming Flamethrower, after the designer and builder of this conversion, Bill Fleming.
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  6. His name is pronounced Mitch-uh-lek
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  7. My takeaway is gravity freezes and stops working in ultra cold climates, much like me in the middle of a Montana winter.
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  8. The Flying Tigers or AVG (American Volunteer Group) were formed into a Group, not a brigade. Brigades are army ground formations. It is interesting to note that in the bulk of the USAAF (later the USAF) the Group normally is a subset of a Wing, which is a subset of an Air Division (now largely disbanded), which is a subset of a Numbered Air Force. The Group itself is composed of squadrons, which are made up of flights, which contain sections or elements. In the RAF the Group and Wing are reversed in order, leading to some confusion regarding relative rank. For example, in the USAF a typical Group Commander would be a Lt Colonel or full Colonel, while the Wing Commander would be a full Colonel or Brigadier General. In the RAF the Group Captain would outrank the Wing Commander, and their ranks don't directly correspond to the USAF ranks. In general, the USAF treats a Group Captain as a full Colonel and a Wing Commander as a Lt Colonel. Confused yet?
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  9. That was a pretty vague statement by the Congressional committee at the end. Did they release the names, dates, places, and events to back up their claim? It seems that little has changed since the 1930s as far as our elected government officials are concerned.
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  10.  @kennyhagan5781  It's a rare four-seat version that my Dad and some friends found rotting in a farmer's field in 1959. They bought it and then spent two years fully restoring. I enjoyed riding in it as a kid.
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  11. Simon gave up, thus proving the brilliance of the government's conspiracy! :)
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  12. So the only difference between Ranters and De Beers was unintentional candidness.
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  13. Up next, the etymology of "dick".
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  14. I once had dealings with one of Bull's business partners, but this was several years before his assassination. In retrospect I'm glad I did not take up his offer to come work for the company.
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  15.  @EnigmaticLucas  I agree. I've edited it.
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  16. Thank God I grew up when Bugs Bunny and Jonny Quest were the top kid shows.
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  17. I agree about psychopaths, ice cream, and raisins. I hope Big Brother is monitoring the folks who buy such abominations.
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  18.  Florian Held  A really bad thing.
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  19.  @Morgan_Sandoval  Really? I read your manifesto three times and still haven't a clue what your political, ethical, or social beliefs are, and you haven't a clue as to mine. I have learned two things about you, though. You are incredibly arrogant and demeaning in your discourse with people you don't even bother to get to know first. That's one of the great failings of social media. It provides a mask to everyone, be they lions or asses.
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  20.  @scottsorenson1859  All this bickering and nobody has bothered to define the term. What do you consider to be progressive equality? Perhaps we have different interpretations of the term.
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  21.  @Morgan_Sandoval  No, you spoke in obtuse ways, but never really stated anything clearly other than your disdain for me.
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  22.  @scottsorenson1859  Why, because you can't define the expression? Okay, define no-liberalism and explain to me how it is different from progressive equality. Frankly, I am not sure what either term means. What do they mean to you?
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  23.  Florian Held  That's the best insult you can come up with?
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  24. Segway . . . meme . . .
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  25. MORE!!!
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  26. I've never understood the enormous popularity of fantasy. I think even Tolkien was bemused by his celebrity for such work. A few years back I read "The Hobbit" aloud to my wife every evening before bed. It was a nice way to settle in for the night. A year later I read her "The Silmarillion", which did not make for good bedtime companionship. Indeed, we found it confusing, highly repetitive, and lacking direction, yet others have claimed it to be Tolkien's crowning achievement. As with other forms of art, tastes tend to vary.
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  27. Did he say 650,000 tons?
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  28. The machine gun pictured at 18:14 appears to be an Austrian-Hungarian Schwarzlose M.7, which differs internally from the Maxim by using a much simpler delayed blowback mechanism. The Lewis Gun was an American invention that was adopted by the British. I'm not sure what gun is pictured at 19:00, but I do not think it is a BAR prototype.
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  29. The image at 3:36 appears to be a .50 caliber machine gun fitted with a blank firing device and recoil booster (to help it cycle blank rounds).
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  30. Actually, the US counterintelligence community was well aware of Soviet penetration of the Manhattan Project, but they were repeatably stymied by senior government leaders and scientists when they tried to plug these leaks and purge the people involved.
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  31. I once served on a medical ethics advisory board at the largest hospital in the Department of Defense, Wilford Hall Medical Center (ironically nicknamed Big Willie). One of the experiments we approved involved male erectile implants. The doctor presenting the various experimental devices under consideration managed to maintain a restrained and clinically professional attitude throughout his presentation. These included a demonstration of a two-position ball and socket implant (up and down). He noted the problem with this device was that it kept the male organ stiff at all times. I don't recall how one was supposed to urinate, but presumably it was done by disconnecting the device and managing it like a fire hose. Another device was composed of a thick metal wire which was protected and sealed in a heavy synthetic outer coating. It could be bent into almost any shape , presenting some rather tantalizing options for the user. Standard practice was to insert two of these rods into the genitalia, thus allowing for adequate firmness and size. The doctor informed us the device had been tested successfully in India, however, for reasons of economy, only one of the rods was implanted in each patient. He further stated this had no apparent detrimental effect on the population growth of the country.
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  32. Brings a new meaning to the expression voting with your feet.
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  33. I remember when the Corona rumors ran rampant and I recall a news article which countered the false claim by describing the stringent standards at the brewery. I was not aware that Heineken was responsible for starting the rumor. Talk about a beer that tastes like piss.
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  34. While I was stationed at the Pentagon I saw a plaque on the wall of our DiLoreno Health Clinic. It was dedicated to Captain Saloman and describes the fighting, but makes no mention of his former training. This video explains how a noncombatant was able to take over a machine gun nest and effectively silence the enemy. I was unaware of the over half century struggle to right a wrong and award him the medal he so earnestly deserved.
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  35. This video did not put me to sleep. I want my 50 minutes back.
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  36.  @monsieurcommissaire1628  And look at what it's done for Wiley Coyote, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck.
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  37. Nobel's ex-lover got a Peace prize? Are you sure it wasn't a Piece prize?
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  38. Lord, the UK isn't just a nanny state, it's becoming a ninny state. Regarding John Wick and his deadly Number 2 pencil, I think it would snap the first time he shoved it into a victim. However, when I went through investigator training, we were shown a good number of very ghastly and disturbing death photos in order to weed out those who literally could not stomach it. One of the pictures showed an airman who used his pen to kill himself by ramming it through his eyeball into his brain. As I recall, it took him several tries before he succeeded.
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  39. So you're saying Inspector Jacques Clouseau isn't that farfetched?
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  40. I'm not surprised. I much preferred Siskel.
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  41. All this nonsense went on for decades because the government wanted to control the name of a food item. And now they realize all they needed to do was list the percentage of ingredients on the label and leave the purchasing decision to the consumer.
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  42. Be careful what you ask for. Having the government regulate the dictionary is a bit too Orwellian for me.
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  43. David, I agree. That was the point I was trying to make in my first comment.
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  44. Simon, when I viewed this video it dawned on me that a relative of mine has been doing major research in this area for the past decade , so I passed the link to him. He was ecstatic to see you presentation, for it came about as a result of an eye test program he created called DYOP.
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  45. Check out the even more insane Soviet Antonov A40 flying tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40)
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  46. No mention of Jello shots.
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  47.  @tsugumorihoney2288  Yes, thanks. I corrected my typo.
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  48.  @karlknechtel8119  Both. The reports of supersonic flight by propeller driven aircraft has never been verified. Some German sources claim it happened when a Me163 Komet dove steeply. Since such claims cannot be verified, they should not be accepted as factual.
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  49. Or were trousers truncated to create swimming trunks?
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  50. I can see why you waited a decade to make this story. It was your doody as you saw it.
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