@Sally: 1 in 3 men have transgender issues? That seems overly high to me (like the oft repeated 10% of men are homosexuals). Which study are you referring to?
You're right Geekazoid - thanks! I've corrected the post.
@Jerse: 236 hours more to go! Good luck!
@l'elk! - I've heard about Thai Ngoc. If that were true, that's crazy! Here's what Wikipedia wrote:
He is best known for his claim of being awake for 33 years (or 11,700 nights), according to Vietnamese news organization Thanh Nien.[1] At the time of the report, Ngoc suffered from no apparent ill effect (other than the fact that he cannot sleep). He was mentally sound and was able to carry 100kg of pig feed down a 4km road. It was said that Ngoc acquired the ability to go without sleep after a bout of fever in 1973. In April, 2007, however, Ngoc reported that he was beginning to feel grumpy due to the lack of sleep.[2]
@Kiera - good point. I don't know the answer to that. He probably dozed off for a little bit right before talking to the press and what not.
Re: Bruce Lee's name. His given name is Lee Jun Fan (Cantonese, mandarin is Zhenfan). His childhood nickname is Sai Fon (or Sai Fung in Mandarin) meaning "small phoenix." His screen name is Lee Sui Lung (or Li Xiao Long in Mandarin) meaning Lee the Small Dragon.
Re: Bruce Lee giving advice to his challenger after beating the tar out of the guy. See ref: Vaughn, Jack (1986). The Legendary Bruce Lee. Ohara, 153.
Re: Bruce Lee's loss as a child. If you can come up with a reference of him being beaten up repeatedly in fights, please let me know. From the readings I did, it was a singular street fight that he lost (got beat up pretty bad - Bruce was actually a scrawny kid) that he decided to take up martial arts.
Re: Yip Man being the only martial art teacher Bruce had. Technically not true, Bruce learned boxing - someone had to teach him that. He also learned fencing and various martial arts, such as judo. But yes, Yip Man was Bruce's main teacher. The article didn't make a claim that he was just one of Bruce's teachers.
Re: Cannabis. Yes, the autopsy revealed that Bruce had cannabis in his system, but it's controversial whether that is a source or contributing factor in his death. Understandably, most biographies on Bruce kind of glosses over this fact.
I'll pass on the other savory comments that were made regarding my knowledge of the world wide web, my "little hut village," and my purple monkey dishwasher (ZOMG! HOW DID YOU KNOW !?!?!)
Then I thought "Hm, if he is a criminal, what are the chances he'd have a gun or something?"
@Roger, re: entrapment - don't police do it all the time? They just call it a "sting operation".
@Dangerous_Jade: welcome to Neatorama!
It was only last year that I learned it was Canada and not Canadia ;)
Great article on your website, for those who want to read up, here's the link.
@Jerse: 236 hours more to go! Good luck!
@l'elk! - I've heard about Thai Ngoc. If that were true, that's crazy! Here's what Wikipedia wrote:
He is best known for his claim of being awake for 33 years (or 11,700 nights), according to Vietnamese news organization Thanh Nien.[1] At the time of the report, Ngoc suffered from no apparent ill effect (other than the fact that he cannot sleep). He was mentally sound and was able to carry 100kg of pig feed down a 4km road. It was said that Ngoc acquired the ability to go without sleep after a bout of fever in 1973. In April, 2007, however, Ngoc reported that he was beginning to feel grumpy due to the lack of sleep.[2]
@Kiera - good point. I don't know the answer to that. He probably dozed off for a little bit right before talking to the press and what not.
Re: Bruce Lee giving advice to his challenger after beating the tar out of the guy. See ref: Vaughn, Jack (1986). The Legendary Bruce Lee. Ohara, 153.
Re: Bruce Lee's loss as a child. If you can come up with a reference of him being beaten up repeatedly in fights, please let me know. From the readings I did, it was a singular street fight that he lost (got beat up pretty bad - Bruce was actually a scrawny kid) that he decided to take up martial arts.
Re: Yip Man being the only martial art teacher Bruce had. Technically not true, Bruce learned boxing - someone had to teach him that. He also learned fencing and various martial arts, such as judo. But yes, Yip Man was Bruce's main teacher. The article didn't make a claim that he was just one of Bruce's teachers.
Re: Cannabis. Yes, the autopsy revealed that Bruce had cannabis in his system, but it's controversial whether that is a source or contributing factor in his death. Understandably, most biographies on Bruce kind of glosses over this fact.
I'll pass on the other savory comments that were made regarding my knowledge of the world wide web, my "little hut village," and my purple monkey dishwasher (ZOMG! HOW DID YOU KNOW !?!?!)