# Getting a laugh out of life **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958 "2018-06-10T01:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![jedidia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jedidia/32/1237_2.png) [@jedidia](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/jedidia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/243 "2020-07-03T07:36:08Z")
Well, that was a merry bit of confusion right there… The german title of C.S. Lewis’ “out of the silent planet” is “Der Schweigende Stern”, and I was all like “How did they make a movie of that without me knowing??” Bonus confusion: Iron Maidens “out of the silent planet” is not inspired by Lewis’ book, merely its name. THe lyrics were instead inspired by the movie “Forbidden Planet”, which is one of the great underrated classics of the genre that had tons of influence on later, more famous titles: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/8/0/809f1be0e5a0a28ebcd75dd6454c693f96ac9c7c.jpeg) If you never watched that one, you totally should! ---
**Author:** ![AdaRynin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/adarynin/32/30535_2.png) [@AdaRynin](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/AdaRynin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/244 "2020-07-03T07:44:08Z")
Oh cool, an old German-Polish adaptation of a Stanislav Lem book! I have a scifi book collection with a lot of cover art in that style (and a lot of second hand books with lost covers…), I should make an online gallery one day. ---
**Author:** ![DevilinPixy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/devilinpixy/32/74073_2.png) [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/245 "2020-07-03T07:44:42Z")
Gotta love Robby! ---
**Author:** ![jedidia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jedidia/32/1237_2.png) [@jedidia](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/jedidia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/246 "2020-07-03T08:10:45Z")
> [@AdaRynin](#): > > Oh cool, an old German-Polish adaptation of a Stanislav Lem book! Not exactly old, but you can’t beat Ijon Tichy! 🤣 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/5/8/583fecb138a94b8d6e4807cde026f628cbcfd4d9.jpeg "Ijon Tichy Raumpilot Staffel 1 Folge 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9D_PlfpBH4) ---
**Author:** ![AdaRynin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/adarynin/32/30535_2.png) [@AdaRynin](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/AdaRynin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/247 "2020-07-03T08:18:00Z")
The books are only slightly less silly. Now I wonder whether the Poles know that their neighbours made a whole parody series about them being astronauts. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/e/c/ec3611459310b57c9ad8ca1eeaa79da0bac73ae2.png) … I’ll ask Jacek at work and report back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/248 "2020-07-03T13:13:56Z")
Yes. Thank you. I call them men because that is what they look like ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/249 "2020-07-03T13:16:07Z")
I bought that one too. One of my favorites! Will be watching it tonight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/250 "2020-07-03T13:18:08Z")
That’s the craziest thing ever! Love it! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![jedidia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jedidia/32/1237_2.png) [@jedidia](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/jedidia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/251 "2020-07-03T13:20:58Z")
Just don’t try to learn any german from it… 😬 ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/252 "2020-07-03T13:35:48Z")
I learned a little German years ago from a woman I met from Germany. I was supposed to move to Stuttgart Germany but time and unforseen events moved me near Stuttgart Arkansas instead. 🙃 Ce la vie…wait, that’s not German. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/253 "2020-07-10T00:18:08Z")
SM tweets > Reply to tweet > SM replies to reply > > > Ray Reynolds @RayReynoldsNMS ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/254 "2020-07-25T10:23:36Z")
> **[Elderly laundromat owners go viral modeling customers' forgotten clothes](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/taiwan-laundromat-fashion/index.html)** > > The octogenarian husband-and-wife have become Taiwan's latest viral sensation after posing in garments left behind at their laundromat. This is not really funny but then again it is. 🙃 maybe I am just strange. However, if you do receive some of these please, DO NOT plant them. Apparently they are showing up around the world. > **[Utah, Virginia residents warned to not plant mysterious seeds from China](https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/utah-virginia-residents-warned-of-invasive-seeds-from-china/)** > > China invading the US with invasive plants? Folks in Utah and Virginia have found packets of seeds printed with Chinese text in their mailboxes – and state officials are telling them not to pull on… ![32093_invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/6/4/6438feede14d2105799759e9894e1733d4b99c77.jpeg) > **[The Legacy of Invasion of The Body Snatchers](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-legacy-of-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/)** > > You're still next! Over 60 years later, the pod population keeps growing as the Invasion of the Body Snatchers continues. Looking for something new to cook or have a rare cookbook to add? [https://archive.org/details/cbk](https://archive.org/details/cbk) Los Angeles Times: Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town in cocoa. > **[It's raining chocolate: Factory glitch dusts Swiss town in cocoa](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-18/chocolate-factory-glitch-dusts-swiss-town-cocoa)** > > Residents of a Swiss town got a bit of a shock when cocoa powder fell from the sky after the ventilation system at a chocolate factory malfunctioned. This is a funny yet sweet story. I am a chalk lover myself. I used chalk and a blackboard to homeschool my kids and I also used whiteboards. Nothing compares to the chalk. 😍 CNN: How a brand of chalk achieved cult status among mathematicians. > **[How a brand of chalk achieved cult status among mathematicians](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/hagoromo-chalk-great-big-story-trnd/index.html)** > > Hagoromo chalk has developed a cult following among mathematicians. When the company went out of business, chaos ensued. CNN: A 150-pound runaway tortoise is back home after 74 days on the lam. > **[A runaway tortoise is back home after 74 days on the lam](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/runaway-tortoise-found-trnd/index.html)** > > Solomon the tortoise went on quite an adventure during an unplanned summer vacation, even though he didn't go far from home. ---
**Author:** ![JubiTheVille](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jubitheville/32/1552_2.png) [@JubiTheVille](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/JubiTheVille)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/255 "2020-08-26T01:37:36Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/1/9/19ab17a8c4544416d1617eb0d281898766f36a88.jpeg "Back to the Future 2 - Alternate Reality") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfmdW3hiu8w) LoL ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/256 "2020-08-26T14:48:34Z")
Wishing hurricanes could blow covid away, 😄 In the direct path. Hoping power stays on. ![Screenshot_20200826-094532](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/5/9/59d258393026dfbe9a1ba32d35635ae91a2f39e0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kliktrak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/kliktrak/32/1231_2.png) [@kliktrak](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/kliktrak)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/257 "2020-08-26T14:57:47Z")
Hold on tight…good luck ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/258 "2020-08-26T21:42:41Z")
…it begins…it is not often when you live in Arkansas that you get placed under a Tropical Storm Warning ![IMG_20200826_163942756](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/5/e/5e767e9755b9ccabc606ee858c160969e5e7fef1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/259 "2020-08-26T22:11:50Z")
Stay safe. ---
**Author:** ![Jupiter.blues](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jupiter.blues/32/8450_2.png) [@Jupiter.blues](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Jupiter.blues)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/260 "2020-08-26T22:58:27Z")
I’ve been in various storms and it is worth noting that Tropical storms are very tolerable in the U.S. due to building standards. Its the flooding that mainly can be an issue and leaky roofs but those are generally more annoying than scary. Nevertheless, always be prepared with extra non-perishable food and water and extra warm clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Jupiter.blues](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jupiter.blues/32/8450_2.png) [@Jupiter.blues](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Jupiter.blues)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/261 "2020-08-26T23:01:08Z")
Also, its a good idea to store those inside a water-tight storage container in the trunk of your car. ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958/262 "2020-08-26T23:09:06Z")
Giant 80+ year old oak trees with shallow roots don’t fare well in long-lasting winds especially when the ground is saturated. Trees down is a big deal here in addition to the flooding…and I have 5 huge oaks around my house. 😱 Also, just heard the weatherman say this is the FIRST Tropical Storm Warning in the state. Woo Hoo! History in the making! 🤪 [Previous page](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/getting-a-laugh-out-of-life/4958.md?page=14)