The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1682
arrow-up1682imageYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·10 months agoMy mother had a personal experience with quicksand. Unlike the movies, its name is correct. She was just suddenly stuck in it up to her knees. So now you all know. Also, it wasn’t in the jungle, it was in Canada, so she had to rely on being pulled out by my uncle since no vines were around.
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up66·10 months agoFun fact, the “Quick” part of it is an old timey synonym of “Living”. So basically, Living Sand. It’s the same thing with Quick Silver (mercury).
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up23·10 months agoIs that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoYeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoWhen a fetus starts to move: “quickening”
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoNo, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
minus-squaremokuslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhich historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul
minus-squaremeleethecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 months agoShe should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoOr reached for a maple tree’s branch.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoOr held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months agoA moose once bit my sister
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAs a teen I was in the woods fucking around with my friend like teens are wont to do and I got stuck in some. I was quickly half calf deep before he helped me out. Overall that was a fun day.
minus-squareMadBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoTangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.
My mother had a personal experience with quicksand. Unlike the movies, its name is correct. She was just suddenly stuck in it up to her knees.
So now you all know.
Also, it wasn’t in the jungle, it was in Canada, so she had to rely on being pulled out by my uncle since no vines were around.
Fun fact, the “Quick” part of it is an old timey synonym of “Living”. So basically, Living Sand. It’s the same thing with Quick Silver (mercury).
Is that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?
Yeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.
That fact really was fun!
When a fetus starts to move: “quickening”
No, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
Which historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul
This is a fun fact!
She should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
Or reached for a maple tree’s branch.
Or held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
A moose once bit my sister
As a teen I was in the woods fucking around with my friend like teens are wont to do and I got stuck in some. I was quickly half calf deep before he helped me out. Overall that was a fun day.
Tangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.