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Movie where apeman eats mushroom or ethogen plant?

Movie where apeman eats mushroom or ethogen plant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.99.110 (talk) 12:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

You description is a bit vague. Perhaps Altered States? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. "Altered States" and "2001" kept coming up in searches. I still haven't been able to find the scene in either one of those. I was just waking up when I saw the scene, so yes it is quite vague. I remember an apeman or cave man bending down and taking something from the ground, he then eats it and appears to be enlightened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.99.110 (talk) 14:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Was he in the jungle or the desert? Was he alone? How did he appear to be enlightened? Did he start smashing bones together?Popcorn II (talk) 18:16, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

was he nude? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.158.14.138 (talk) 19:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I remember this film as well. I remember him as being rather hair with light colored hair and at one point urinates while just standing there. My memory places him in a desert setting. I've been searching for this film for years. I also remember him eating mushrooms and tripping while leaning back in the crook of a fallen tree.

song in Zamboni Man

I saw a short film about 5 years ago called Zamboni Man. There was a song in it by either Wilco or a solo Jeff Tweedy (I think. Maybe I'm misremembering and it's Jay Farrar), and I am trying to find out the name of the song. I haven't had much luck. Any help out there? MookieZ (talk) 13:20, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Lullaby for Rafters and Beams. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 13:34, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

That's it. Thanks. MookieZ (talk) 13:58, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Can anyone help me identify this book?

I read a book a while back, maybe a year ago, and I can't remember the title or the author. It was pretty new back then. It had a red cover and an overall "devilish" theme. The book was about forbidden foods that the author had gone and tried (i.e. absinthe, raw cheeses). Help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!--199.253.0.131 (talk) 15:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Is it The Devil's Picnic: Travels Through the Underworld of Food and Drink? TheLeftorium 15:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Or this one? --Richardrj ^{talk email} 16:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think so... the cover was modern and it was just red with black lettering. But thanks anyways!--199.253.0.131 (talk) 16:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

There are two editions of that book called The Devil's Picnic, perhaps you mean The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit which has a cover similar to your description and mentions cheese and absinthe. meltBanana 21:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know about the alternate book cover, but thank you so much! That's the book!--199.253.0.131 (talk) 19:59, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Yacht racing

This is a question that I posted both in the article's talk namespace and the watersports wikiproject, and now also here, hoping to get an answer the most early:

Does the article about yacht racing includes races of boats without sails? Or is this race only about types of sailed ships? I ask this because I want to know which could be the best translation into spanish: Carrera de vela - Would be like "sail racing" or "race of sail boats" Carrera de botes - More general, inapropiate due this Carrera de yates - Yachts does not always use sails to thrust (could be motored) The problem is that this article about yacht racing does not mention clearly if a yacht race is necesarily held only with sail boats or can be held with any other kind of yacht (with or without a sail). Yes, a yacht can have or not a sail, but the article only talks about sailed ships, so if it´s only about sailed boats, maybe the name in the article in english is not the adequate one. So what would be the correct addressment? - Damërung ...ÏìíÏ..._Ξ_ . --  18:21, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I´m going to create the article in other language, but I need to set this clear first. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{_Ξ_} . --  19:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

The introduction clearly states it follows the Racing Rules of Sailing, and the last sentence in the intro ends with "powered by the wind." Clarityfiend (talk) 20:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I did notice that, and I may wrote it wrong when I posted: "...this article about yacht racing does not mention clearly if a yacht race is necesarily held only with sail boats or can be held with any other kind of yacht...". But the ambiguity is still that the name of the article is "Yacht racing", and not all the yachts are powered by the wind, so if this race is only about the wind-powered vehicles, I just wanted to be sure before creating the spanish version. If this article is really about sailed vehicles only, then shouldn´t it be renamed to something like: "Sail racing" or "Sailing race" or sowhat similar? - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{_Ξ_} . --  06:25, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

No, we do not make up new names for things, we use the ones that already exist. Yacht racing is a term so we have an article to explain it. Rmhermen (talk) 00:21, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, it´s ambiguous. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{_Ξ_} . --  07:02, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Jean-Claude Van Damme's most sucessful film

What is Jean-Claude Van Damme's most sucessful film? David Pro (talk) 22:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, Timecop is his most "gross", according to the article. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw that one and wasn't grossed out in the least... Oh, you mean it was his highest grossing film as far as ticket sales... Got it.  ;-) Dismas|^(talk) 23:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)