Zounds! Of Zilence?
“Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him.”
— Shakespeare
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Your challenge: to create a new word or phrase that begins with Z.
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Tomorrow, we start in with ordinal numbers, 1 through infinity.
Science Thought
Straight Line of the Day: What Would You Do With 5,000 Ants?
Belgian Teenagers Found With 5,000 Ants to Be Sentenced by Kenyan Court in Two Weeks
Euronews | 23/04/2025 | Gavin BlackburnThe two men had entered Kenya on a tourist visa and were staying in a guest house in the western town of Naivasha. Their lawyer said that her clients did not know what they were doing was illegal.
Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at more than €8,000 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks, a Kenyan magistrate has said. Njeri Thuku, sitting at the court in Kenya’s main airport, said she would not rush the case but would take time to review environmental impact and psychological reports filed in court before passing sentence on 7 May.
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Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results from 4/23/2025 : New Matches for 4/30/2025
We hit the end of April. Hope those May flowers will begin to bloom.
Results
| Tina Hudson | No Preference | Gloria Hendry |
|---|---|---|
| 229 | 2 | 13 |
| Tanya Roberts | No Preference | Madeline Smith |
|---|---|---|
| 135 | 1 | 115 |
Week of 4/30/2025
Match 1
Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight) vs Grace Jones (May Day)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Britt Ekland | 2 – 1 – 0 | 536 – 4 – 198 |
Actress: Britt Ekland Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Mary Goodnight was Bond’s assistant in Hong Kong, and previously his secretary in London. She helps Bond to locate Miss Anders, the girlfriend of hitman Scaramanga. The two almost spend the night together on multiple occasions, and at one point Goodnight is embarrassingly shoved into a cupboard when Miss Anders pays Bond a surprise visit. Goodnight is eventually kidnapped by Scaramanga, but after Bond kills him, Goodnight helps Bond escape his Island.
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Jones | 0 – 3 – -0 | 58 – 18 – 561 |
Actress: Grace Jones Nationality: Jamaican Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
May Day was the girlfriend of Max Zorin, and also worked for him as an assassin.May Day killed Bond’s chauffeur, and tried to kill Bond on several occasions. Much later in the film, May Day realized that she had been double crossed by Zorin, who had left her to die in an explosion that would cause a flood in silicon valley. May Day joined teams with Bond to remove the bomb, and in doing so, met her death.
Match 2
Maud Adams (Andrea Anders, Octopussy) vs Mary Stovin (Kimberly Jones)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Maud Adams | 2 – 1 – 0 | 423 – 2 – 300 |
Actress: Maud Adams Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Miss Anders was the girlfriend of Francisco Scaramanga, the $1 million a shot assassin, the man with the golden gun. She sent a golden bullet to MI6 with 007 engraved on the side, so that it would be thought that Scaramanga had Bond on his hit list. Miss Anders was hoping that Bond would respond to the threat and kill Scaramanga, freeing her from his possession. However, Scaramanga learnt of her betrayal and shot her through the heart.
Actress: Maud Adams Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983) Synopsis:
Octopussy ran an all-women floating island, the girls of which were acrobats for a circus that was a front for a jewellery smuggling operation. She was a partner in crime with Kamal Khan, who stole the jewellery for himself and tried to kill Octopussy. Octopussy saved Bond’s life, and Bond repaid the debt by saving hers. After killing Khan, Bond and Octopussy sail into the sunset, with the acrobat girls rowing for them.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Stovin | 1 – 2 – 0 | 416 – 6 – 285 |
Actress: Mary Stövin Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
Kimberley Jones was an MI6 agent who assisted Bond in Siberia, on a mission to recover a lost microchip from assassinated agent 003. Bond snowboarded down a mountain to avoid a helicopter and a gang of hitmen skiers. When he got to the bottom, Kimberley was waiting in a boat disguised as an iceberg. Bond pulled out some beluga caviar, a bottle of Vodka and the microchip, mentioning that it would be five days until they reached Alaska.
Is This Something Kirk Can Use in His Fight Against The Gorn?
The orange-brown smoke seen in the exhaust of some missiles, particularly those using hydrazine-based fuels, is primarily due to the presence of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This reddish-brown gas is a byproduct of the breakdown of dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), which is often used as an oxidizer in these rocket engines. When N2O4 decomposes, it forms NO2, which is responsible for the distinctive color of the exhaust plume.
— Seen on the internet. Now my head hurts.
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Any Way the Wind Blows, Doesn’t Really Matter To Me
Straight Line of the Day: What Excuse Will You Use To Avoid Appearing Before the Court of Inquiry?
Caption This!
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