The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoYou're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down115
arrow-up1610arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·2 years 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-up60·2 years 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-up23·2 years agoIs that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoYeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoWhen a fetus starts to move: “quickening”
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.
minus-squaremeleethecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoShe should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOr reached for a maple tree’s branch.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoOr held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoTangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years 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.
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.
This is a fun fact!
She should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.
Or reached for a maple tree’s branch.
Or held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers
Tangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.
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.