It's because of all the nicotine closing the pores so no drop of sweat can come out...

Didn't Apollo 13 occur in April?

Apollo 13 launched April 11, 1970.

But it's still Houston.

On April 11th, 1970, the closest available weather station to Houston, TX (HOUSTON ELLINGTON AFB, TX), reported the following conditions:
High Temp: 76.3F
Low Temp: 59.4F
Average Temp: 66.1F
Dewpoint: 60F
Wind Speed: 4.4 Knots
Precipitation Amount: 0 Inches
Snow Depth: n/a
Observations: n/a

True dat, Abe... :D

That nobody knows the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

African or European?

Don't whip out your pecker...

Cross of Iron


OUCH...Big time.

I learned that a flame throwing ex-con with control issues, a washed up catcher with a bad leg, a voodoo man who can't hit a curveball, and Wesley Snipes can beat the Yankees.

Than, they would come back next year, Wesley Snipes would magically become Omar Epps, Voodoo Man now believes in Buddhism, their new catcher can't throw the ball back to the pitcher, and their new Japanese outfielder likes to knock themselves out. Yet they still beat the White Sox to win the ALCS

Zulu Dawn

The scene where the British army is crossing the Buffalo River is in the historic place but they are crossing in the wrong direction.

But the scene where they watch the first moon landing was in July and despite no air conditioning, none of the actors were sweating.

It is one of the goofs identified with this movie.

Ah. It's been a while, and I'd forgotten that part.

I thought it was movies that taught you something you didn't know, not movies that you can show where they got it wrong. :O:

Or did they actually cross the other way and you didn't know that? :rotfl2:

Actually your right...I read it a couple of years ago then checked out the accuracy/authenticity :oops:

Hmm! I guess I should of stated my intent here better. I should of worded it to say what movies did you learn a historical fact that you were unaware of?

Here's another one for me. The 1987 movie "The Lighthorsemen" has a opening battle scene were the British are attacking Gaza on April 19 1917. They showed some British tanks in the mix which I figured were just added to make things interesting for the movie. I didn't think they actually participated in the battle.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANUKw3IrrUg


Checking into it I soon found that yes indeed, the British had actually sent 8 tanks to beef up the attack. They were suppose to send 12 but looks like there was a mix-up. This link has more details:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...owtopic=149709

No, I think your intent was clear and would/will make for an interesting thread if everybody stays on topic with it.

That said... THIS! IS! SPAR-- er... SUBSIM! and all it takes is for one of the goofy regulars to give a goofy answer and the rest of us idjits just have to get in on the silliness (myself included). :O:

But don't worry, it'll get back on track. :up: Nevertheless there will still be the occasional smartass answer, because that's just the nature of the beast. It's all meant in good fun though.