FattyMcButterpants

Just saw he celebrates his birthday today!

Best wishes to you and your radio show!
Have a piece of cake accompanied by appropriate music

When I saw the TV spot with him for the first time, I thought "Wow, this is relly well staged". I didn't think it was real because it just seemed so cheesy to have an insecure fat little guy entering a casting show and blowing their collars off.

I just recently found out that this is indeed real. What do you think of Paul Potts? Do you think he really is that great, or does the way he came out on top seem to diminish his talent for you?
Most importantly, will he be able to move the public to a more tasteful area of music?

My favourite is the film version of the Raiders March that plays in the finale of Temple Of Doom. It's a bit different, and has a real zing.

Being a huge fan of football (soccer for those who don't care), here's the official thread to discuss anything about the FIFA EURO 2008 in Austria/Switzerland, starting June 7th with Switzerland - Czech Republic.

My finale prediction: France - Germany.

Oh, and by the way, I wish our English members a relaxed summer  

Everybody knows the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, but few seem to know anything about the crystal skulls, so I thought it may be good to give some info.
Whether proven or not, feel free to post any info you have about them.

Archaeologists are undecided where 13 skulls, completely carved out of crystal, found from Mexico to Peru, have their origins. The skulls, which were apparently already known to Mayas, Aztecs and Incas, are dated anywhere from 5000 to 36 000 years. Even the most perfect glassblowers and crystal carvers have no idea, how these treasures were crafted or how they could endure time. In any case, they look similar to human skulls - some, like the celebrated Mitchell Hedges- skull, even have a movable jaw.
This famous artefact was supposedly found in 1924 by F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who claims his daughter Anna discovered it. No evidence seems to exist for this claim; the British Museum claims to own papers, which document that Mitchell-Hedges purchased the skull by Sotheby's in 1943, which turned out to be correct.
But whether it was found in an old Mayan temple ruin or in Belize - or whether Anna was in the place of discovery at all - doesn't change the fact that the artefact as such is astounding.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull is made from a clear quartz crystal; skull and jaw are carved from the same block. And although the skull has a long row of tests behind it, nobody understands how it was made, yet. It was crafted against the run of the grain, which poses an unsolvable mystery for scientists; they say, the crystal should have bursted in the process. Various skulls were examined for microscopic scratches, but none were found, which points at the fact that it wasn't crafted with metal tools or other technologies we know today.

Restaurateur Frank Dorland supervised the tests that were made in the 70s in the Hewlett-Packard facilities; his best theory for the production of the skull is, that it was roughly sculpted with diamonds, and afterwards smoothed by a mixture of silicone-sand and water - human hands would need up to 300 years for that!

Apart from the Mitchell-Hedges skull, other exemplars were discovered: the Aztec skull; the Amethyst skull; the Parisian crystal skull; the Texas skull called "Max"; the ET skull, who has its name because of the long, curved cranial roof and its strong overbite; the Mayan crystal skull; the rose quartz skull; the rainbow skull; the Jesuit skull; the agate splinter skull; and the Sha-Na-Ra skull.
There are further skulls, but many are fake and new, and aren't counted amongst the thirteen old, original exemplars.

Interstingly, the Aztec skull is no longer displayed in London's Museum Of Man; Museum employees and visitors claim to have seen how the skull moved by itself in its closed vitrine.
It's theorised in paranormal sciences, that the reason for this is the ability of crystal as a strong conductor, which moves towards the highest electric emission. In other words: people with kinetic energy (who are able to move things without touching them) are perfect for making the skull move.
It's said because crystal has always been a high conductor (the first radios had them), a lot of information has been packed into them, for which we don't have the technology to read, yet.

A very old tradition of American indians, preserved over the times, claims, that with the help of crystals, we can see evil and fight it off - if we lay off our negativity and mental narrowsightedness.
It's not very far- fetched that the crystal skulls may have healing powers, since many people reported how soothing and positive their presence and touch is.




That's it for now. More later. Perhaps.