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September 23

Horror movie

I saw a movie on the Syfy channel last month where girl was terrorizing a lady and some other people. In one scene the lady hides in her room from the girl who then breaks down the door but doesn't appear. In another scene a guy was eating in a cafeteria and the girl has possessed an Asian-looking man, so the guy stabs the man in the neck with a fork, but then as he runs away he slips and stabs himself in the eye with his knife. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.90.87.87 (talk) 00:17, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Maybe you can look through the list at Category:Syfy original films and see a familiar title. Or you can visit the network's website and look through their list. I'm not sure if Editors who visit this reference desk will be able to identify an original Syfy film from the details you provided. Are you sure it didn't involve sharks and a tornado? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:16, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I found it. It's Case 39. Old Syfy schedule was listed [here] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.90.87.87 (talk) 03:01, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm glad you were able to find an answer to your question, 153.90.87.87. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 14:38, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

StuRat (talk) 16:09, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Anti-Bullying Video from 1981/1982

This is a tall order, I hope someone can help me. Here goes

Sometime sround 1982 ... waaaaay before the kind of anti-bullying media we see today... there was a video we watched in my 2nd grade class where an elementary school boy was teased and tormented at school by this other kid. The victim of bullying tried everything he could to get away from the bully including talking to teachers and also trying to be friends with older kids who had stood up to the bully in the past. The rumor then started around school that the vitim was going to get beat up after class and he fled the school down the back stairs. The bully chased him out and then caught up to him. At this point, for some reason I cant remember why, the bully was going to take him out into the farmland near the school and beat him up. The two walked for what seemed like miles until the victim tried to make a break for it. The two ran into an old barn, the victim climbed up in a loft, the bully followed, then fell and broke his leg. The film ends with the victim now turned victor saying; "Now I'm gonna LEAVE you here!"...anyone remember this? -OberRanks (talk) 18:23, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

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That seems like a bizarre message - "teachers and older students will let you get away with bullying, but be careful about it because if by random chance you get seriously injured and the only person around is your victim then they probably won't help you." Or for the victims, "teachers and older kids won't help you. Your best chance is to hope your bully breaks his leg." If someone manages to track it down it will be interesting to see if your summary is accurate or if there is a bit more to it that didn't stick around in your memory of watching it as a 2nd grader. Katie R (talk) 11:54, 25 September 2013 (UTC) It's probably the reason why it's from 1982 and anti-bullying tactics have changed so much. — Richard BB 11:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Yes, now the victims don't wait for divine intervention - they take assault rifles to school and deal with the problem directly. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:01, 25 September 2013 (UTC) In my schooldays (1960s) the message, if there was one, was always that "all bullies are cowards", so all you had to do was stand up to them and they would run away snivelling. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 13:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC) That doesn't really work if the bully is bigger than you are. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:01, 25 September 2013 (UTC) And/or has one or more sycophants with him/her. MarnetteD | Talk 21:08, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Barring some sort of authority-figure intervention, the best the victim can probably hope for is to keep reaction to a minimum, and the bully should theoretically lose interest eventually. That's a more civil way of dealing with it than trying to arrange an assassination. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:13, 25 September 2013 (UTC) With the advent of the Internet and social networking services of the 21st century, you now have a new form of online bullying. This is the type where the bully and the victim do not have to know each other personally, and the only way to tear down the anonymity of the Internet is to ask for professional or legal assistance. 164.107.102.193 (talk) 13:46, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

NFL Football - Quarterbacks 1950-1960

Trying to find the name of an NFL quarterback who played between 1950 and 1960. We think his first name is Kyle - not sure. He was a "mean/tough" guy who would go after players who stopped his passes or plays. We thought he played for Detroit or Pittsburgh, but that doesn't seem right.198.232.104.106 (talk) 21:05, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

There are only 12 teams around today that played in the 1950's: Cardinals, Browns, Giants, Redskins, Steelers, Eagles, Colts, Bears, Lions, 49ers, Rams, and Packers. If you start at Category:Lists of National Football League quarterbacks and select each of those teams, you can peruse all of the starting QBs from each of those teams, and see if it jogs your memory. I'll note that Bobby Layne was one of the best QBs of the 1950s, known as a tough guy, and he started for both the Lions and Steelers, so if you remember those teams, maybe it was him. --Jayron32 22:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Kyle Rote came to mind, but he was not known as a quarterback. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:58, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Interestingly, I thought of Tobin Rote as a possibility, though he's no relation to Kyle, he did play QB during the 50s. Though he's most famous for the pre-Lombardi era Packers, he did also follow Layne at the Lions, and was the starting QB in place of the injured Layne on the Lions last NFL championship. Rote's Packers teams were legendarily dreadful, despite the fact that he was actually very good, they had no running game (he frequently led the team in rushing as a QB) and a terrible defense. --Jayron32 01:09, 24 September 2013 (UTC)