The Great Thread of Wikipedia Magnificence!

[Rat Patrol]

My vigilante justicees get erections when they're lynched. Is that normal?

In my personal experience, yes.

[Rat Patrol]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_Hoy

And it's got an erection.

[matedog]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_Hoy

And it's got an erection.

Hmm, makes me feel virile.

[matedog]

The Vinnie Vincent wikipedia page has some gems including pretty much this entire paragraph:

The VVI (Vinnie Vincent Invasion) line-up included original lead singer Robert Fleischman. Fleischman and Vincent's chemistry was unmatched. Fleischman was Vincent's preference as vocalist, and despite Vincent's enormous efforts, Chrysalis, failing to know a good thing when they saw it, destroyed the chemistry, letting Fleischman go unrewarded which forced him to resign. Vincent, disheartened and disillusioned, was forced to tour in support of his first explosive release named "Vinnie Vincent Invasion" with a replacement singer Mark Slaughter who Vincent felt was substandard to the quality which Vincent had not only strived for in his music but achieved as evidenced by the first Vinnie Vincent Invasion album. Slaughter andDana Strum (both of whom would later form the band Slaughter) as well as drummer Bobby Rock, who would join the band Nelson after Vincent made the conscious decision in 1988 to disband the "group" after Vincent's disenchantment with Vincent's second album, "All Systems Go" and with Chrysalis's pandering to the "music scene." In late 1988 Vincent, unhappy with Chrysalis's handling of his recordings and career, refused to extend Chrysalis the option for third record when Chrysalis accidentally breached their option deadline to renew Vincent's contract in late September 1989. Chrysalis had a leaving member option on the salaried employees Vincent used as band mates. Left without Vinnie Vincent under contract, and attempting to capitalize on Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Chrysalis picked up the option on two remaining employees who formed the band Slaughter. The rumors that Vincent was kicked out of his own band was internet rumor and hearsay which had no basis in fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent

[Wolter]

The Vinnie Vincent wikipedia page has some gems including pretty much this entire paragraph:

The VVI (Vinnie Vincent Invasion) line-up included original lead singer Robert Fleischman. Fleischman and Vincent's chemistry was unmatched. Fleischman was Vincent's preference as vocalist, and despite Vincent's enormous efforts, Chrysalis, failing to know a good thing when they saw it, destroyed the chemistry, letting Fleischman go unrewarded which forced him to resign. Vincent, disheartened and disillusioned, was forced to tour in support of his first explosive release named "Vinnie Vincent Invasion" with a replacement singer Mark Slaughter who Vincent felt was substandard to the quality which Vincent had not only strived for in his music but achieved as evidenced by the first Vinnie Vincent Invasion album. Slaughter andDana Strum (both of whom would later form the band Slaughter) as well as drummer Bobby Rock, who would join the band Nelson after Vincent made the conscious decision in 1988 to disband the "group" after Vincent's disenchantment with Vincent's second album, "All Systems Go" and with Chrysalis's pandering to the "music scene." In late 1988 Vincent, unhappy with Chrysalis's handling of his recordings and career, refused to extend Chrysalis the option for third record when Chrysalis accidentally breached their option deadline to renew Vincent's contract in late September 1989. Chrysalis had a leaving member option on the salaried employees Vincent used as band mates. Left without Vinnie Vincent under contract, and attempting to capitalize on Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Chrysalis picked up the option on two remaining employees who formed the band Slaughter. The rumors that Vincent was kicked out of his own band was internet rumor and hearsay which had no basis in fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent

Last edited by Wikipedia user JHestonStarship85, I assume.

[Dr. Medulla]

The Vinnie Vincent wikipedia page has some gems including pretty much this entire paragraph:

The VVI (Vinnie Vincent Invasion) line-up included original lead singer Robert Fleischman. Fleischman and Vincent's chemistry was unmatched. Fleischman was Vincent's preference as vocalist, and despite Vincent's enormous efforts, Chrysalis, failing to know a good thing when they saw it, destroyed the chemistry, letting Fleischman go unrewarded which forced him to resign. Vincent, disheartened and disillusioned, was forced to tour in support of his first explosive release named "Vinnie Vincent Invasion" with a replacement singer Mark Slaughter who Vincent felt was substandard to the quality which Vincent had not only strived for in his music but achieved as evidenced by the first Vinnie Vincent Invasion album. Slaughter andDana Strum (both of whom would later form the band Slaughter) as well as drummer Bobby Rock, who would join the band Nelson after Vincent made the conscious decision in 1988 to disband the "group" after Vincent's disenchantment with Vincent's second album, "All Systems Go" and with Chrysalis's pandering to the "music scene." In late 1988 Vincent, unhappy with Chrysalis's handling of his recordings and career, refused to extend Chrysalis the option for third record when Chrysalis accidentally breached their option deadline to renew Vincent's contract in late September 1989. Chrysalis had a leaving member option on the salaried employees Vincent used as band mates. Left without Vinnie Vincent under contract, and attempting to capitalize on Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Chrysalis picked up the option on two remaining employees who formed the band Slaughter. The rumors that Vincent was kicked out of his own band was internet rumor and hearsay which had no basis in fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent

I'd recognize Heston's writing anywhere.

[tepista]

That was hilarious. What does that mean "let him go unrewarded"? and there was no internet 1989. If there was, nobody knew about it.

[Bankrobber]

Chrysalis accidentally breached their option deadline to renew Vincent's contract in late September 1989.

I'm sure that's how it happened.

[Heston]

I'd recognize Heston's writing anywhere.

How many times do I have to tell you? Make up years and GGRARTY only.

[Wolter]

I'd recognize Heston's writing anywhere.

How many times do I have to tell you? Make up years and GGRARTY only.

The geordie doth protest too much, methinks.

[Dr. Medulla]

I'd recognize Heston's writing anywhere.

How many times do I have to tell you? Make up years and GGRARTY only.

The geordie doth protest too much, methinks.

You can tell that he's fondling an ankh for comfort.

[Rat Patrol]

Decidedly disfiguring disambigual disembowlment. . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoy_%28disambiguation%29

[Dr. Medulla]

Decidedly disfiguring disambigual disembowlment. . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoy_%28disambiguation%29

Anyone have the desire and creativity to take the next step …?

[Heston]

They've missed a couple of regional disambiguations. Where I live, to "hoy something" is to throw something. It's also commonly used as a term for being sick, to "hoy up."

[Rat Patrol]

Garry Hoy (1955 – 9 July 1993) was a lawyer for the law firm of Holden Day Wilson in Toronto. He is best known for the circumstances of his death; in an attempt to prove to a group of his partners at the firm that the glass in the Toronto-Dominion Centre was unbreakable, he threw himself through a glass wall on the 24th story and fell to his death after the window frame gave way.[1] He had apparently performed this stunt many times in the past, having previously bounced harmlessly off the glass. . .

. . .In the words of Toronto Police Service Detective Mike Stowell:

"At this Friday night party, Mr. Hoy did it again and bounced off the glass the first time. However, he did it a second time and this time crashed right through the middle of the glass."

In another interview, the firm's spokesman mentioned that the glass in fact did not break, but popped out of its frame, leading to Hoy's fatal plunge.

Hoy's death contributed to the closing of Holden Day Wilson in 1996, at the time the largest law firm closure in Canada.[2]

In popular culture

Hoy's experience has been recreated by MythBusters in the episode "Vacuum Toilet, Biscuit Bazooka, Leaping Lawyer".

For his unusual death, Hoy was recognized with a Darwin Award in 1996.[3]

Although the name, date, and location were changed to protect his privacy, this death was featured in the American factual television show 1000 Ways to Die on Spike TV. To make the circumstances of his death seem more salacious, the segment depicted the lawyer as an egotistical womanizer who was demonstrating his trick to impress a female visitor. The video was titled "Way to Die #64 Habeas Corpse".[4]

Cue "That's Our Hoy!" closing credits music. . .