Farin Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 I always thought it was because with U.S. currendy there is the head of a dead president on one side, and a picture of the eagle on the other (including its tail). Of course, now the currency they're making has something else on the flip sides... we have an Eagle too (had that with the D-Mark too), but for us this side was "heads"
edna Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 I found some explanation on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_or_Tails. In France we say "pile ou face".
Uncle Joe Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 Like I said...obverse and reverse...tops and bottoms...heads and tails.
edna Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 ...so according wikipedia and common sense, UncleJoe was/is right... ...just like RonJon...
Ken Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 There needn't be a head nor a tail on either side of a coin. If it disturbs you so just call it tops or bottoms. Oops, I know. There's no bottom on the coin. Heads or tails. Always made sense here in the Great White North....
Ken Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 But what do you expect from a Nation where the dollar coin is called the Loonie And the two dollar coin is called the Twoonie And it takes 94 loonies to fill up your gas tank.
Ken Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 And our milk comes in plastic bags. l litre plastic bags. 3 per package. You put it in a milk container. You cut a small corner off the bag with one of these.. I include these because it never ceases to freak the Americans out every time they come over..
MarcM Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 That is pretty weird, Ken. I recon it cuts down on waste. For those of you who are not feeling the "Heads or Tails" thing, may I recommend "Rock, Paper or Scissors?" Or if you are a little more of an intense person, rowshambo..... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rowshambo
TheLizard Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 In middle school I played rochambeau. In middle school I was an idiot.
MarcM Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 Hopefully, you played it before "they" dropped!
TheLizard Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 Well, all three are still in working order, so...
TheLizard Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Does anybody know how to get a video that I downloaded off of youtube using realplayer onto my ipod?
skybluesky Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 This site has all sorts of tools for things such as your query, but I don't know how using real player would come in to play. You might have to download the youtube converter. If this isn't what you want, I'm sure one of the smart troika of Radhi, Fin, and Martin will know.
Levis Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 I'd recommend using zamzar to download and convert the Youtube vids to mp4 which is the format supported by iTunes/iPod.
skybluesky Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 I believe Tim said he downloaded the video from Real Player. Does Zamzar work on Real Player videos?
Levis Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 He downloaded it off YouTube using RealPlayer, so I figure it might be easier to just redownload from YouTube as mp4. However, I think Zamzar is capable of converting RealMedia as well, but I've never tried it.
TheLizard Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Zamzar wasn't working very nice, so I just redownloaded it using the thing Shannon put up, and now I've got some Flight of the Conchords on my iPod.
Uncle Joe Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 I love the Hiphopopotamus and the Rhymenoceros.
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 That's my favorite, Uncs. "Ain't no party like my nana's tea party."
skybluesky Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Zamzar wasn't working very nice, so I just redownloaded it using the thing Shannon put up, and now I've got some Flight of the Conchords on my iPod. Thank Fin for posting the link in another thread, then thank me for having the idea to steal the link from Fin.
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