View Full Version : Dear TJL IV - The Quest For Peace


TJL
10-17-2008, 02:44 PM
Hi Kids. TJL here.

It's no secret that I know lots of stuff.
Stuff most people don't know, or want to know.
I have so much stuff in my head, I have to wear earplugs at night so the stuff doesn't leak out all over the bed linens, and believe you me, no amount of febreze is going to clean that up.

Anyhoo, it's that time again for me to share my ginormous knowledge of stuff with you, the Sitcoms Online community, and since I have some time to kill before the premiere of Crusoe on NBC tonight, I guess now is a pretty good time.

Got a question or query? Ask TJL and he will help!*

* Help not guaranteed in Alaska or Hawaii. See store for details.

;)

Chocoholic
10-17-2008, 03:16 PM
Is the hospital on ER built over a haunted burial ground or something? How can so many employees from one place die in so many different horrible ways? Even the 4077th didn't have as many deaths and they were in a war zone.

Speaking of MASH, if Radar was psychic then why wasn't he able to predict that Henry Blake's plane would be shot down?

Also, what is the appeal of Jennifer Aniston, Tom Cruise, Brangelina, Miley Cyrus, and all the Britney clones? I reallly need to know!

I guess that's enough for now :) Oh yeah, how could Carla not get fired from Cheers? Of course, she did do more work than Diane or Rebecca :lol:

And was Lowell on Wings stupid or a genius? Speaking of Wings, whatever happened to Kenny?

Hey, you said you have a lot of knowledge :D

Chocoholic
10-17-2008, 03:19 PM
I'm back with one more question: when the heck is the US Government going to bail me out?

TripperFan
10-17-2008, 05:29 PM
I noticed this offer is only good in the continental U.S..

Guess it's not offered to Canadians? Or if it is, do we have to pay the exchange rate?

Zoneboy
10-17-2008, 06:00 PM
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TJL
10-17-2008, 06:03 PM
So many questions from the Lady Of Chesney:

Is the hospital on ER built over a haunted burial ground or something? How can so many employees from one place die in so many different horrible ways? Even the 4077th didn't have as many deaths and they were in a war zone.

A haunted burial ground didn't kill the thousands of cast members who bought it on E.R. Maura Tierney did! When Abby joined the cast, it was like the opening of Saving Private Ryan! You think Ramano's helicopter mishap was an accident? Abby set the whole thing up. And I'm pretty sure she gave Anthony Edwards brain cancer. Haven't proved that one yet.

Speaking of MASH, if Radar was psychic then why wasn't he able to predict that Henry Blake's plane would be shot down?

Radar's amazing powers had only a limited range. Like cheap walkie talkies or Mark Wahlberg.

Also, what is the appeal of Jennifer Aniston, Tom Cruise, Brangelina, Miley Cyrus, and all the Britney clones? I reallly need to know!

Jennifer Aniston - her hair, her inability to keep a man
Tom Cruis - see above
Brangelina - They've adopted everybody. So don't talk about your Mother.
Miley Cyrus - Totally computer generated. Those Pixar guys are good.

And was Lowell on Wings stupid or a genius? Speaking of Wings, whatever happened to Kenny?

Lowell was stupid. He always screwed things up. That's why the castaways never got off Nantucket Island.

Thanks for playing!

;)

TJL
10-17-2008, 06:12 PM
when the heck is the US Government going to bail me out?

You didn't get your check yet?

I got mine yesterday. 4 billion dollars.

I asked for ten billion. But you take what you can get I guess.

;)

TJL
10-17-2008, 06:18 PM
I noticed this offer is only good in the continental U.S..
Guess it's not offered to Canadians? Or if it is, do we have to pay the exchange rate?

Of course questions are welcome from Canada.

As for the exchange rate, I'll take two Rush albums and some Blue Jays tickets.

Nah, skip the tickets.

;)

LuLu Rogers
10-17-2008, 07:05 PM
Dear TJL,

When is Wayne Rogers going to propose to me?
And when he does, will you be the best man? :)

TJL
10-17-2008, 07:25 PM
Dear TJL,

When is Wayne Rogers going to propose to me?
And when he does, will you be the best man? :)

That's odd...

Wayne was supposed to come to your house today with flowers and a ring to pop the question. I wonder what happened.

Oh darn, looks like I gave him the wrong address. My bad.

Sorry. Well at least someone a block over from your place is going to have a nice wedding.

;)

LuLu Rogers
10-17-2008, 07:27 PM
Dear TJL,

When is Wayne Rogers going to propose to me?
And when he does, will you be the best man? :)

That's odd...

Wayne was supposed to come to your house today with flowers and a ring to pop the question. I wonder what happened.

Oh darn, looks like I gave him the wrong address. My bad.

Sorry. Well at least someone a block over from your place is going to have a nice wedding.

;)

:crying:

Courtnee
10-17-2008, 08:44 PM
a. An airplane is flying at 300 miles per hour, heading 30 degrees North of East. What are the magnitudes of the North and East components of the velocity?
b. A wind from due North starts blowing at 40 miles per hour. What is the new velocity of the plane? (magnitude and direction)



A horizontal force F=150N is applied to the pulley (m=5kg) which has a massless rope going over it connected to the wall on one end and to the block (m=10kg) on the other. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the ground and the block is (0.40). Assume that there exists a constant vertical force on the pulley which supports its weight.

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~probs/mech/newt/Friction8/Friction8.a.gif

a.
What are the accelerations of the block and the pulley?
b.
What is the tension in the rope?

Hollow
10-17-2008, 09:18 PM
why is it so hard to hit the subdominant note of a scale while sight-singing without pausing to think about the interval of the pitch from the tonic? i try to momentarily imagine that i'm singing a song that uses a IV chord in the circle progression like i do with some other scale degrees, but it's never right. i know that it clashes with the mediant because they're only a minor second apart, but i can sing the leading tone, supertonic and submediant well enough and the notes of the tonic triad perfectly, so why is it just the subdominant that's so stubborn?

TJL
10-17-2008, 09:36 PM
Almost finished with them Courtnee...

Let's see...carry the 4...

The answer to A is The 1963 Yankees

And B is green!

What did I win?

;)

TJL
10-17-2008, 09:59 PM
why is it so hard to hit the subdominant note of a scale while sight-singing without pausing to think about the interval of the pitch from the tonic? i try to momentarily imagine that i'm singing a song that uses a IV chord in the circle progression like i do with some other scale degrees, but it's never right. i know that it clashes with the mediant because they're only a minor second apart, but i can sing the leading tone, supertonic and submediant well enough and the notes of the tonic triad perfectly, so why is it just the subdominant that's so stubborn?

I difer this answer to my vocal coach, a man who knows a thing or two about tones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RAhHcNIikg

Hollow
10-18-2008, 04:27 AM
why is it so hard to hit the subdominant note of a scale while sight-singing without pausing to think about the interval of the pitch from the tonic? i try to momentarily imagine that i'm singing a song that uses a IV chord in the circle progression like i do with some other scale degrees, but it's never right. i know that it clashes with the mediant because they're only a minor second apart, but i can sing the leading tone, supertonic and submediant well enough and the notes of the tonic triad perfectly, so why is it just the subdominant that's so stubborn?

I difer this answer to my vocal coach, a man who knows a thing or two about tones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RAhHcNIikg
:notworthy i must acquire lessons from this musical savant.

OH Nuts!
10-18-2008, 10:31 AM
Dear TJL

(1) Why do we have global warming?


(2) When do you predict we'll have a 2nd Ave. subway here in NYC?

TJL
10-18-2008, 11:57 AM
Dear TJL

(1) Why do we have global warming?

(2) When do you predict we'll have a 2nd Ave. subway here in NYC?

Okay, I'm going to admit something here I've been keeping a secret for years.

Global warming is my fault. Sorry.

When I was a kid I always left the back door open when I was out playing in the yard, letting all the precious air conditoning escape into the atmosphere. My Mom would tell me over and over that my wasteful attitude would someday have a horrible impact on the temperature of the near surface air, causing the seas to rise and threatening the planet with extreme weather events, glacial retreats and decreased agricultural yields, but did I listen?

No. Just sat there and played with my Star Wars guys.

So again, I'm sorry.

As for the second avenue subway problem, that project won't be finished until we find away to defeat the mole people who have repeatedly thwarted Mayor Mike Bloomberg's attempts to take control of the underworld.

And that's why Bloomberg needs a third term in office!

Thanks for the questions!

;)

LoveMrsG
10-18-2008, 04:17 PM
Why are the jerks on Wall Street, many of whom helped get us in this mess, having parties still? Don't they have a whole bunch of taxpayers to worry about paying back after this bailout bill got passed??? And, oh yeah, why is the sky blue?

TJL
10-18-2008, 05:19 PM
Why are the jerks on Wall Street, many of whom helped get us in this mess, having parties still? Don't they have a whole bunch of taxpayers to worry about paying back after this bailout bill got passed??? And, oh yeah, why is the sky blue?

The reason these Neros fiddle while pension portfolios burn is because they know deep down in the cold blackened pits they call souls the almight above will see to it that in the next life they come back as a form of scum lower than the scum the cockroaches scrape off thier shoes.
Yes, cockroaches wear shoes.
So eat drink and be merry you jet setting trust abusing butt munches, for the karma police is about to kick down the door and play a little game of hide the nightstick!

And do get me started about the friggin sky!

;)

LoveMrsG
10-18-2008, 05:34 PM
Why are the jerks on Wall Street, many of whom helped get us in this mess, having parties still? Don't they have a whole bunch of taxpayers to worry about paying back after this bailout bill got passed??? And, oh yeah, why is the sky blue?

The reason these Neros fiddle while pension portfolios burn is because they know deep down in the cold blackened pits they call souls the almight above will see to it that in the next life they come back as a form of scum lower than the scum the cockroaches scrape off thier shoes.
Yes, cockroaches wear shoes.
So eat drink and be merry you jet setting trust abusing butt munches, for the karma police is about to kick down the door and play a little game of hide the nightstick!

And do get me started about the friggin sky!

;)

:rotflmao:

Doodyville10019
10-19-2008, 01:58 AM
Dear TJL:

After the complete and total annihilation of Doodyville in late 1960 (by the radical 1960-based group No Body Cares), I heard that just about everyone survived and moved to a new (then secret) location and re-established it in 1976, only to have the same thing happen again in the first part of 1978, this time by so-called 'anti-Boomer terrorists'. If that's the case, who (besides me, Buffalo Bob and Howdy) survived the 1978 annihilation and (most importantly) what became of the Flub-A-Dub??

Also, would you happen to know if Phineas T. Bluster was involved in either the 1960 or 1978 attacks?

Thank you,
ME
One of the Survivors

TJL
10-19-2008, 10:40 AM
Dear TJL:

After the complete and total annihilation of Doodyville in late 1960 (by the radical 1960-based group No Body Cares), I heard that just about everyone survived and moved to a new (then secret) location and re-established it in 1976, only to have the same thing happen again in the first part of 1978, this time by so-called 'anti-Boomer terrorists'. If that's the case, who (besides me, Buffalo Bob and Howdy) survived the 1978 annihilation and (most importantly) what became of the Flub-A-Dub??

Also, would you happen to know if Phineas T. Bluster was involved in either the 1960 or 1978 attacks?

Thank you,
ME
One of the Survivors

Ah yes, those were truly some dark days in Doodyville. So many questions and theories. Was Princess Sumerfall Winterspring in cahoots with Chief Thunderhead to turn Doodyville into a gaming casino?
Did Buffalo Bob know Castro?
How exactly did Howdy get into Harvard?
Those questions and more will be answered next summer:

Doodyville10019
10-20-2008, 06:33 PM
OK...so all the answers to my first questions will be answered by Oliver Stone next summer, provided he does not take poetic license with it. (thinking to herself who on earth is gonna play Howdy??? Kinda hoping for either Christian Bale or Matt Damon, but I digress...)

Bummer...you're the great TJL...I thought you knew EVERYTHING!!

Follow-up question: Can you at least explain the 1960 annihilation??? I was born one month later, so I missed out.

Chocoholic
10-22-2008, 03:15 PM
So many questions from the Lady Of Chesney:

Is the hospital on ER built over a haunted burial ground or something? How can so many employees from one place die in so many different horrible ways? Even the 4077th didn't have as many deaths and they were in a war zone.

A haunted burial ground didn't kill the thousands of cast members who bought it on E.R. Maura Tierney did! When Abby joined the cast, it was like the opening of Saving Private Ryan! You think Ramano's helicopter mishap was an accident? Abby set the whole thing up. And I'm pretty sure she gave Anthony Edwards brain cancer. Haven't proved that one yet.
;)

:lol: That explains it. I loved her on NewsRadio, but she really did kill ER.

And how come Casey and Antonio never hooked up on Wings? And why are people from Canada called Canadians, people from Mexico called Mexicans, but people from the United States aren't United Stateians?