The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down116
arrow-up1672arrow-down1imageYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up66·1 month 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-up69·1 month 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-up23·1 month agoIs that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoYeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoWhen a fetus starts to move: “quickening”
minus-squaremokus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWhich historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNo, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
minus-squaremeleethecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 month agoShe should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoA moose once bit my sister
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOr reached for a maple tree’s branch.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoOr held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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”
Which historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul
No, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
This is a fun fact!
She should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
A moose once bit my sister
Or reached for a maple tree’s branch.
Or held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
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.