The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Shadow Wolf]

Somalian sports minister apologizes after slow 100-meter runner goes viral at university games

Somalia’s sports minister has publicly apologized after a seemingly untrained female sprinter represented the African country at the World University Games in China and took more than 20 seconds to finish a 100-meter race.

apnews.com

Oh well. I know I would never embarrass my country by even attempting to participate in an international athletic competition like this.

No, you wouldn't and you couldn't because America embarrasses itself far worse.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

A scrapped iron is a happy iron.

Unless it's Happy Gilmore's 9 iron.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Im sitting, bored and about to go to the grocery store (Winco).
Must be because I did a terrible lot of crying last night but I've felt good today.

 

[ChristineM]

The last gasp of a dying star.

2600 light years away from earth. The tiny white dot in the middle is the white dwarf that was once a sun similar to our own.

James Webb telescope captures end stages of dying star's life

 

[Wu Wei]

 

[Stevicus]

No, you wouldn't and you couldn't because America embarrasses itself far worse.

Trying out for the Olympics

 

[Wu Wei]

 

[sun rise]

The fruit at the farmer's market is starting to turn toward late season with apples and grapes appearing. Both of those are on the shopping list.

 

[Wu Wei]

Thanks, now I think I will have an apple for lunch

 

[Stevicus]

 

[ChristineM]

Looks like the hunt for Nessie is back on.

Plan for biggest Nessie search in more than 50 years

 

[Stevicus]

 

[ChristineM]

They don't have a WTF frubal so a useful will suffice

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Wu Wei]

Even Bigfoots knows Nessies doesn't existence

 

[sun rise]

I'm going to have some fresh farmer's market fruit.

 

[ChristineM]

Tomorrow is the medieval fete at Belvès.
The whole goes back 1000 years (except the prices)

 

[sun rise]

Tomorrow is the medieval fete at Belvès.
The whole goes back 1000 years (except the prices)

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Post some video of the festivities especially those involving these

 

[ChristineM]

Post some video of the festivities especially those involving these

Before covid we had lunch with 3 armoured kights and the king and queed

I'll see what i can do about vids

 

[Wu Wei]

Before covid we had lunch with 3 armoured kights and the king and queed

I'll see what i can do about vids

Be carful if you use a drone at a medieval festival for videos