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Mar 10th 2011 | 3:02 am

#31

Danny B

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

The stench of my wind after eating Broccoli makes anyone shut their mouth.

Mar 10th 2011 | 3:03 am

#32

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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The stench of my wind after eating Broccoli makes anyone shut their mouth.

Surely breathing through the mouth is preferable to through the nose, under the circumstances?

Mar 10th 2011 | 3:08 am

#33

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Maybe you should have blindsided him over the concession counter while he was doing that

What is with some people?

Or got Chara to do it.

It'll be interesting to see what happens next time the Habs and Bruins meet. If he hasn't already been charged by the QC police, I'm guessing that Hal Gill will take an interest in him.

Mar 10th 2011 | 3:21 am

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

Obviously not.

No, didn't see it, but I can imagine that it would be beautifully humbling.

I'm not good at humble, but this, I stood and stared for a long time. He carved this when he was 23. The photo of course does not give you the full impact. Awesome really.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...MichelAnge.jpg

Mar 10th 2011 | 3:57 am

#35

Jingsamichty

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by fledermaus

That is, to use a word correctly for a change, awesome.

Mar 10th 2011 | 4:28 am

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

That is, to use a word correctly for a change, awesome.

I've seen better

Mar 10th 2011 | 4:32 am

#37

Jingsamichty

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by el_richo

I've seen better

You mean "awesome-er".

Mar 10th 2011 | 4:42 am

#38

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

You mean "awesome-er".

I'll let this speak for itself, but i'm sure you agree "awesome-er" just doesn't do it justice.

Mar 10th 2011 | 4:44 am

#39

el_richo

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Souvy

I got back yesterday from a mining conference in TO. On display was the rescue capsule used to recover miners in Chile a while back. Pretty much everyone that walked by it simply stopped talking and gazed at it in awe.

This video had me stopping talking and gazing in awe.

Bravo!!

Mar 10th 2011 | 10:53 am

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by fledermaus

BBC Four have been running a fantastic series on sculpture recently..

Mar 10th 2011 | 11:10 am

#41

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by el_richo

I'll let this speak for itself, but i'm sure you agree "awesome-er" just doesn't do it justice.

http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/200...animals_03.jpg

WTF????

Mar 10th 2011 | 12:38 pm

#42

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Joe_Sleepy

BBC Four have been running a fantastic series on sculpture recently..

Have they? Hope it comes to Canadian TV soon.

Mar 10th 2011 | 1:21 pm

#43

Clematis

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

The Sistine Chapel was one of the biggest disappointments of my life. Me and MrsDV were in Rome on honeymoon and we trotted along to the Vatican to meet the Pope, and any ideas of some tranquility and quiet introspection were sadly ruined.

A vast sea of boorish humanity, blatantly ignoring the "No Flash Photography" and "No Video Camera" instructions. The noise of mindless chatter was deafening, and the ocean of people meant you were just swept from one side to the other.

I suppose it did leave me speechless, but not in the way I'd hoped.

We were on honeymoon too.... It was not too busy when we were there, it was fairly quiet, but we too were annoyed by the people that ignored the "No Flash Photography".

I was certainly not disappointed either by that or the rest of Rome. I had my first Mohito there as well, that left me tipsy and unfortunately for the new husband not speechless.

Mar 10th 2011 | 1:46 pm

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Re: Things that make people stop talking

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Originally Posted by el_richo

I'll let this speak for itself, but i'm sure you agree "awesome-er" just doesn't do it justice.

http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/200...animals_03.jpg

I have just - literally - choked on a crisp after scrolling down and seeing that thing appear