There were just about zero Chinese in this country before the Gold Rush.

Yepper. Photograph of Lincoln from some time in the first three months of his presidency:

It was a little disturbing to find out that the entirety of Clay Aiken's run for Congress was just to make material for some shitty reality show.

"lying about your actual identity in order to obtain sex is not even remotely the same as wearing Spanx"

Big slam on Pump Up the Volume, out of nowhere!

I kinda remember Lush but I mix them up with a couple of other girl-fronted or all-girl bands of mid- to late-90s. There were one or two others I can't remember offhand. (Republica? Garbage was pretty distinct, probably the most successful.)

"Christina, don't be afraid to put back that little bit of extra weight you had when you did 'The Opposite of Sex'. Really, it's OK."

Regarding Shelley Miscavige, the fact that the LAPD closed their missing persons investigation something like 48 hours after Rimini filed the report would tend to indicate that Mrs. Miscavige is in fact alive somewhere, not buried in the desert or anything.

"I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies."

I still say they should jump the show to 1940 and make George a junior officer with the BEF in France.

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

The last time I watched "Rear Window" I realized that the movie makes a huge deal out of Grace Kelly finding the wife's ring, when in fact that doesn't prove a damn thing.

I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. The best part was when Morito literally kicks a dog.

Yeah, one of them replied to my post.

Well, try this for an experiment. Start an argument at work, and then punch the person you're arguing with in the face. See if you get arrested or not. Then, as they're taking you away, tell the cops that jaywalking isn't a crime.

I find this fascinating, the notion that anybody could sit at a keyboard and could, apparently in all seriousness, argue that punching someone in the face is not a crime. The Internet is a strange place.

I've never watched this show and I was only vaguely aware of this dude as the host of some British car show who apparently really hates Americans.

That would be you, I guess. Once you look all that stuff up you'll figure out that yes, punching someone in the face is a criminal act.

" one that, from what I've heard at least, is at least somewhat understandable"

A show that British people really care about.