The Official Friday Silliness Thread Explores Creepy Brain Stimulations (Did you see that???)

Reuters ^ | September 22, 2006 | Sully777

[sully777]

LONDON (Reuters) - Stimulating a certain area of the brain can produce a creepy feeling that someone is watching you when no one is, scientists said Wednesday. Swiss researchers made the discovery while evaluating a young woman for surgery to treat epilepsy...When they electrically stimulated the left temporoparietal junction in her brain, which is linked to self-other distinction and self-processing, she thought someone was standing behind her. If they repeated the stimulus while she leaned forward and grabbed her knees she had an unpleasant sensation that the shadowy figure was embracing her..."Our findings may be a step toward understanding the mechanisms behind psychiatric manifestations such as paranoia, persecution and alien control," said Olaf Blanke, of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, in the journal Nature...

[r-q-tek86]

I gotta go with you there... time out with :28 left AFTER we stop them on third and long?

It is fun to watch Leach and Stoops melt down, though.

[r-q-tek86]

Hey, Maxie... how you doin'?

[BenLurkin]

I love that performance!

[JRios1968]

Oh, Calcutta!

[sully777]

My computer dispenses coffee!

[JRios1968]

Ditto!

[sully777]

I can't see it! I can't see it! I can't see it!

[BJClinton]

Yup but..the Big 12 is a big pile of stink this year. Even UT is looking pretty craptacular considering the amount of future NFL talent on the team.

[llevrok]

You know you're from Texas when...

I'd add -

You've never seen a cow or horse before but look perfectly normal in cowboy clothes.

[BJClinton]

I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW
DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.

SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME
NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-ODD YEARS AGO.

COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN??


UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT.

THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO
OLD
TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE!

HMMM ...OR COULD HE???

AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK
HIGH SCHOOL .

YES. YES, I DID. I HAD A MUSTANG," HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.

WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.

HE ANSWERED, "IN 1959. WHY DO YOU ASK?"

YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" I EXCLAIMED.

HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.

THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED SON-OF-A-GUN ASKED,









"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"

[r-q-tek86]

I'm just glad we don't have the Frogs on our schedule this year.

As for the 'sips... amazing the difference one Heisman Trophy player can make, huh?

[Married to KoSI]

Can I get added to the ping list?

[sully777]

It's an addictive song...

Original video "Crazy"

[BenLurkin]

I also enjoyed this cover of it . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWK0rWeBYg

[BenLurkin]

In keeping with today's theme (sort of)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO9xUKgTnxc

[sully777]

Married to...

[Michael Goldsberry]

Since Max is here, time for a silly quiz...

You Are Bud Light

You're not fussy when it comes to beer. If someone hands it to you, you'll drink it.
In fact, you don't understand beer snobbery at all. It all tastes the same once you're drunk!
You're an enthusiastic drinker, and you can often be found at your neighborhood bar.
You're pretty good at holding your liquor too - you've had lots of experience.

What's Your Beer Personality?

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[Lucky9teen]

I think I'll pass on taking the kids out this weekend

[Oberon]

...They are often served accompanied with consumption of beer.

Why am I so not surprised?