So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

All the news from the peanut gallery and where all the nasty trash talk fails miserably.
It can get NSFW-ish here: you have been warned!

Moderator: Animal

WestTexasCrude

So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#1

Post by WestTexasCrude »

Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#2

Post by Reservoir Dog »

But what are your thoughts on diamond smuggling out of South Africa?
WestTexasCrude

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#3

Post by WestTexasCrude »

Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:21 pm But what are your thoughts on diamond smuggling out of South Africa?
The "Blood Diamond" campaign makes the Hollywierds feel good. Bottom line / major diamond= market. Been that way for Centuries. If that's what you are referring to. Holy shit, my weather is going ape shit. 40-60 MPH S winds feeding this monster storm. Tornado Watch until Midnight. Looks ugly.
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#4

Post by Reservoir Dog »

What is the average air speed velocity of a unladen swallow?
Last edited by Reservoir Dog on Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#5

Post by CaptQuint »

Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 pm What is the average air speed velocity of a laden swallow?
Irish Batshit Swallow? Or a Belgium Potato Swallow?
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#6

Post by Reservoir Dog »

captquint wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:38 pm
Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 pm What is the average air speed velocity of a laden swallow?
Irish Batshit Swallow? Or a Belgium Potato Swallow?
Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow.
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#7

Post by CaptQuint »

Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:40 pm
captquint wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:38 pm
Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 pm What is the average air speed velocity of a laden swallow?
Irish Batshit Swallow? Or a Belgium Potato Swallow?
Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow.
beautiful plumage
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#8

Post by Reservoir Dog »

captquint wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:42 pm
Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:40 pm
captquint wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:38 pm
Reservoir Dog wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 pm What is the average air speed velocity of a laden swallow?
Irish Batshit Swallow? Or a Belgium Potato Swallow?
Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow.
beautiful plumage
The females can be rather bland but the males are quite striking.
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#9

Post by CaptQuint »

Image
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
AnalHamster
Doctor Chaser
Posts: 6471
Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:46 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#10

Post by AnalHamster »

WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
It started in America and crossed the Atlantic on ships. It spreads pretty far on the wind in the right weather conditions.
spudoc
Most Likely To Have a Neckbeard
Posts: 1363
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:31 am

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#11

Post by spudoc »

analhamster wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:56 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
It started in America and crossed the Atlantic on ships. It spreads pretty far on the wind in the right weather conditions.
And it wasn’t just any ships. It was those technological marvels that Spain had that the rest of the world just caught up to a decade ago
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#12

Post by CaptQuint »

analhamster wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:56 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
It started in America and crossed the Atlantic on ships. It spreads pretty far on the wind in the right weather conditions.
Nonsense, only The Portuguese had that kind of technology
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#13

Post by Reservoir Dog »

It's a little know fact that Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow guano once caused some sort of power outage at a small village called Chernobyl.
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#14

Post by CaptQuint »

Reservoir Dog wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:10 am It's a little know fact that Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow guano once caused some sort of power outage at a small village called Chernobyl.
The power plant went offline and electricity became scarce and in turn caused massive power bills at a certain Tennessean mansion
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
Reservoir Dog
Ricky
Posts: 14428
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:32 pm
Location: Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#15

Post by Reservoir Dog »

captquint wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:15 am
Reservoir Dog wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:10 am It's a little know fact that Norwegian C Cell Battery swallow guano once caused some sort of power outage at a small village called Chernobyl.
The power plant went offline and electricity became scarce and in turn caused massive power bills at a certain Tennessean mansion
The government blamed it on Pennsylvania earthworms chewing through the underground power lines... but we all know the real truth.
WestTexasCrude

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#16

Post by WestTexasCrude »

analhamster wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:56 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
It started in America and crossed the Atlantic on ships. It spreads pretty far on the wind in the right weather conditions.
Nope. Not even close. Do your own damn research. It came from the Chinchas Islands off of Peru. You know. the only place on Earth that potatoes evolved over thousands of years along with their blights. The spores are extremely fragile. Do some research. I think I'll believe some historical exo- biologists over some one who gets bored with UJR every night and logs off around midnight.
User avatar
megman
Nanook of the North
Posts: 5702
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:37 pm
Location: Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#17

Post by megman »

WestTexasCrude wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:26 am
analhamster wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:56 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
It started in America and crossed the Atlantic on ships. It spreads pretty far on the wind in the right weather conditions.
Nope. Not even close. Do your own damn research. It came from the Chinchas Islands off of Peru. You know. the only place on Earth that potatoes evolved over thousands of years along with their blights. The spores are extremely fragile. Do some research. I think I'll believe some historical exo- biologists over some one who gets bored with UJR every night and logs off around midnight.
No shit?







Dude, really?
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK
WestTexasCrude

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#18

Post by WestTexasCrude »

Any way, the whole cause problem is moot. It happened, almost 2 million Irish died of starvation, most of the rest fled to the US and other places. Built our railroads, manned our factories. etc. One last interesting fact to show how traumatic it all was.Of all the nations in Euro-Asia, It's the only country with a lower population today compared to 1800.
User avatar
megman
Nanook of the North
Posts: 5702
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:37 pm
Location: Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#19

Post by megman »

It was called Tuberculosis.
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK
User avatar
HighNDry
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 2711
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 9:25 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#20

Post by HighNDry »

Has “Who gives a shit?” been posted yet?
Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
-Mitch Hedberg
User avatar
megman
Nanook of the North
Posts: 5702
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:37 pm
Location: Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#21

Post by megman »

HighNDry wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:10 am Has “Who gives a shit?” been posted yet?
A mod should mark this AST.
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK
WestTexasCrude

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#22

Post by WestTexasCrude »

HighNDry wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:10 am Has “Who gives a shit?” been posted yet?
We understand. Back to your YouTube videos on your Smartphone while adults talk history. We expected nothing less.
User avatar
Wut
Denmarkian Citizen
Posts: 5867
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:11 pm
Location: On a rock

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#23

Post by Wut »

WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
Migratory potatoes.
wut?
User avatar
CaptQuint
Christ, get a life already!
Posts: 30361
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#24

Post by CaptQuint »

Wut wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:30 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
Migratory potatoes.
Are you suggesting potatoes migrate?

Image
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk
User avatar
megman
Nanook of the North
Posts: 5702
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:37 pm
Location: Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole

Re: So, last word on the Irish Potato Famine

#25

Post by megman »

captquint wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:33 am
Wut wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:30 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:16 pm Actually not generally known, but it actually started a year or 2 before on the European Continent *Belgium, Germany, Denmark" area. Recent tests have shown the spores from this bight are extremely fragile once it enters the environment. Knocked down easily by rain, Killed by direct sunlight, etc. Can just spread a few miles on the winds. The biggest mystery is how it crossed the English Channel and infected England and then Ireland with deadly effect.
Migratory potatoes.
Are you suggesting potatoes migrate?

Image
His relatives did come over on a boat. A gravy boat...
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK
Post Reply