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Mappo posted:My great uncle on my dad's side was a famous Scottish football player in the 1860s. He died really young of bone cancer. Apparently every single President of the United States is related to King John (including Obama, his mom was white) except for Martin Van Buren.
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My great grandfather tried to invent a flying bike. My aunt showed me a newspaper clipping about it. I don't think it worked out.
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Sep 5, 2018 12:55
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My cuzzie is Manu Bennett, you may know him as Slade from arrow or the guy from the latest death race film. ran into him at a family reunion. Old mate picked up a guitar and started saying stuff like "I want to play a song for you all that is very important , with deep feelings and emotions" etc etc He get a few bars into his song and promptly forgets the lyrics. "Oh! I've forgotten how it goes, don't worry about it" and ha dedicated the guitar over. Enjoy my weird family story
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Sep 5, 2018 13:15
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Jestery posted:Enjoy my weird family story I honestly didn't, it wasn't very interesting.
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Sep 5, 2018 22:58
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I had a great something or another uncle who sold soap to miners in Alaska. It was supposed to be a lottery, and one of the bars should have had some bills set inside it, but it was found out to be a farce, and my uncle was shot in the street.
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Sep 5, 2018 23:03
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Johny-on-the-Spot posted:I had a great something or another uncle who sold soap to miners in Alaska. It was supposed to be a lottery, and one of the bars should have had some bills set inside it, but it was found out to be a farce, and my uncle was shot in the street. Is it okay that I laughed at this?
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Sep 5, 2018 23:47
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Bored posted:Is it okay that I laughed at this? Yeah, it's actually pretty funny, especially since the rest of my family was run out of town for causing all the miners to swear off soap, lest they be ripped off again
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Sep 6, 2018 00:05
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Johny-on-the-Spot posted:Yeah, it's actually pretty funny, especially since the rest of my family was run out of town for causing all the miners to swear off soap, lest they be ripped off again Mission accomplished.
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Sep 6, 2018 00:44
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The stories I shared were a bit exaggerated, but to any one curious, I believe I found the real guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy_Smith
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Sep 6, 2018 02:54
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Jestery posted:Enjoy my weird family story I did, and furthermore, fakeaccount posted:I honestly didn't, it wasn't very interesting. gently caress You
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Sep 6, 2018 15:49
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SciFiDownBeat posted:I did, and furthermore, Still very dull. Can you come up with anything creative?
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Sep 6, 2018 19:23
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My grandmother died last summer. She was at a table with friends and asked, "Do you hear the children laughing?". She promptly died right after those words. I am guessing a stroke or something, but it sounds pretty.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:18
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Or hell demons beckoning her
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Sep 6, 2018 20:36
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Thats cool too.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:38
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Johny-on-the-Spot posted:I had a great something or another uncle who sold soap to miners in Alaska. It was supposed to be a lottery, and one of the bars should have had some bills set inside it, but it was found out to be a farce, and my uncle was shot in the street. Have you seen Deadwood? There's a minor character who gets caught running that scam in one of the first episodes
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Sep 6, 2018 21:19
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Johny-on-the-Spot posted:Yeah, it's actually pretty funny, especially since the rest of my family was run out of town for causing all the miners to swear off soap, lest they be ripped off again there was a town of goon miners? 
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Sep 6, 2018 22:24
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they were mining bitcoin
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Sep 6, 2018 23:52
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Keith Atherton posted:Have you seen Deadwood? There's a minor character who gets caught running that scam in one of the first episodes Love that show, but whenever I watch it, "cock-sucker" gets added to lexicon, and I end up making an rear end of myself. Must have never made the connection with the soap scam before.
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Sep 7, 2018 00:31
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My dad drank beer and shot the poo poo with Merle Haggard, who by chance happened to be fishing at the same lake.
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Sep 7, 2018 02:32
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You Are A Elf posted:My dad drank beer and shot the poo poo with Merle Haggard, who by chance happened to be fishing at the same lake. Thats sweet. I'm not a country music dude, but A guy who I was "internet buddies" with interviewed him on one of his shows, Darkside of the radio, or Are you ready for the country or something, and I listened because the interviewer was kinda my friend. It was a pretty good interview, and I thought "drat, I hate country music, but this old dude is pretty dope".
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Sep 7, 2018 03:54
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My Dad has been a square his entire life but he's about to turn 86 and he's still trucking along To contribute to the thread my grandfather shot and killed a guy with his .32 revolver who tried to hijack the heating oil truck he was driving during the Great Depression
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Sep 7, 2018 07:34
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My father killed me and my whole family but fortunately we are all ok.
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Sep 7, 2018 07:35
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You Are A Elf posted:My dad drank beer and shot the poo poo with Merle Haggard, who by chance happened to be fishing at the same lake. Was this in Northern Ontario?
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Bonzo posted:Was this in Northern Ontario? Nah, pretty sure it was Tennessee. My dad was on TDY with the Air Guard there at the time. This was mid to late-'70s.
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