The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1699arrow-down116
arrow-up1683arrow-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 year agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up67·1 year 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 year 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 year agoIs that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoYeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThat fact really was fun!
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoWhen a fetus starts to move: “quickening”
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNo, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
minus-squaremokus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhich historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul
minus-squaremeleethecat@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoShe should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoA moose once bit my sister
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoOr reached for a maple tree’s branch.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoOr held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.
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.