Mods, take some time off. This thread’s for hijackin’

Speaking of pickled onions, did you know you can make creamed onions with those instead of regular pearl onions? My sister discovered that when she couldn’t find pearl onions for our pre-thanksgiving dinner last week.

Just the thing when you’re trying to prank your creamed onion loving relatives.

And a Gibson is just a Martini with an onion instead of an olive.

Excuse the Oxford comma? Rather, insist upon the Oxford comma, which is better named the serial comma, imho, but IANALS (Language Snob). Also, you can’t spell IANAL without anal.

And yet my vehicle now offers stopping and re-starting at lights as a feature to the car; guess the computers figure it’s worth it…

You’re giving them a lot of credit they may not deserve. I test drove a car like that without being told about that feature. When I came to my first stop sign, I could feel it “stall”. I say “stall”, because that’s exactly what it felt like. When he explained the feature to me, I immediately asked, “Can that be disabled?!” He said yes, but you have to do it every time you first start it. I drove back to the dealership knowing I wouldn’t buy it.

The Wise Words of an Experienced Engineer

Never ask a Canuck for food & drink recs. Between poutine and Bloody Caesars, they’ve lost whatever credibility they ever possessed in that area.

Don’t give them any ideas. LOL

Wait, I have one, though! Okay, it’s April 1st, and we all know what day that is. If I’m a Mod, I would access your OP and change the wording on it. Then I would post a severe Mod note castigating you for your tasteless and offensive OP and then suspend you for two weeks! You’d go crazy, and that would be a great April Fool’s joke! Of course I’d change it back after I felt entertained enough. :slight_smile:

I welcome the opportunity to enlighten my ill-informed American friend. First of all, poutine is not a Canadian food. Poutine comes from Quebeckistan, a colony inhabited by Frenchmen that Canada has owned since 1759. It is geographically attached to Canada but, aside from the fabrication of poutine, it is only notable for the fact that the inhabitants speak English with a comical accent.

As for Caesars, any nutritionist will tell you that vegetables and fish are vital to good health, and Caesars contain both. Also vital to good health is a cheerful mental disposition and a positive outlook on life. The Caesar does that, too.

I would also note in passing that the life expectancy in Canada is significantly higher than in the US (true!). It might be premature to attribute that to the health-giving qualities of the glorious Caesar, but I wouldn’t rule it out.

Hey, Rocky! watch me pull a rabbit outta m’hat!

Again? That trick never works!

Nuttin’ up m’sleeve. PRESTO!

Did everybody see that Artemis I has finally launched? I mean, I remember way back in the day when they’d come and take all the classes in grade school to the multipurpose room, and wheel in a TV on a stand, and turn it on so we could watch the identification screen and listen to Hugo Winterhalter’s Canadian Sunset until we finally got to go to Cape Canaveral and sit for indefinite times waiting to see if and when the rocket would go up.

When it did, it was exciting.

Rhubarb needs ginger to add zing.

I started a thread a few years ago called something like “Don’t hijack that thread, post here!” Pretty sure it sank like a boulder.

You need to wash your socks.

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To all things there is a season.

I completely disagree. I’m in the city. I always wanted a wood stove. When we re-did a small room, I had a little one put in. Despite paying city prices for wood ($600 for 1.5 cords) I love it. Love it.

I lived for 20 years in the country, and always talked about putting one in. Don’t know why I waited until we moved to the city.

I keep the house at 62 and the room with the wood stove at 75. I tell myself I’m saving money.

Crush and snort, using one of those little straws…

Yeah? YEAH? Well the cats tell me I’m doing it right. And they’re a lot more likely to kill me in my sleep (or coming down the stairs, or going into the kitchen) than you are!

:cat2: + :black_cat: = :fire:

The equation does not lie.

I’ll see your :black_cat: :cat2: and raise you :cat2: :cat2:. I make sure to hit the head before I settle into the recliner in the evening. Because 4 cats means I’m not going anywhere unless they assent.

For some reason, I feel the need to pick up Thai food for dinner tonight.

You know why you put manure or rhubarb?

To mask the taste.

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