‘… no, really, what we are seeing today has happened many times before. As I mentioned earlier in my 15 minute, yet barely-exhaustive, comparative summary of the societal conditions of 15th-century Germany vis-a-vis 21st-century America, putting an invention like the Printing Press into such a societal milieu… wait, what? What are y’all…, ow! Hey! Hey! Where y’all going? I was just getting to the interesting part! Don’t leave me!’
(Have fun with this one.)
"… I know she’s only 3, but when she was one, she already knew all her colors and shapes. Not only that, she would say, like, red circle or blue square or green hexagon. Seriously, how many toddlers know what a hexagon is. And sea creatures - OMG, she’s fascinated. She can identify skates and rays and whales and sharks and sea horses…
I have to say, tho, the biggest issue is the potty training. Especially the poops. You would not believe some of the epic poopy diapers I’ve had to deal with! And when they overflow and go up her back and all over her clothes…
What do you mean you don’t care? She’s the most amazing child in the world and you don’t care? How can you not…?
What do you mean I should just walk home? I’m a grandmother - I shouldn’t be alone on the streets…"
…and then on June 23rd, 1979, I ran five miles for the first time. I remember vividly the pride I felt and reliving it, I want to share it with you…
This scenario basiclly really took place a few days ago here in SC:
The biggest debate is probably did Balrogs have Wings. After a lot of reading it appears that they …
The most common misunderstanding is about the Eagles. The Eagles could no more fly the Ring to Mount Doom than Glorfindel in his shining glory could have went as one of the 9. Sauron would notice either from fairly far away.
Frodo and Merry were first cousins once removed of course, Pippin was of course first cousins with Merry but only a second cousin once removed from Frodo. Sam wasn’t related to any of them, even by Hobbit reckoning.
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Have you ever heard of something called MLM? It stands for Multi Level Marketing. You’ve heard of Amway right? Have you ever thought about going into business for yourself?
. . .I introduced him to my neighbor, who began telling him his life story as a pharmacist. I’ve considered paying someone to kidnap me when he starts one of his endless meanderings.
Careful, that might cause something worse than being left at the side of the road.
A scene from the Bond film From Russia With Love"
Bond, friend Kerim and bad guy Benz are on the train to Istanbul. Bond has just caught Benz and has called for Kerim to assist.
Bond: “I’ll see you in the restaurant car.”
Bond walks off.
Kerim sits beside Benz and starts to raise his yellow cigarette holder.
Kerim: “I’ve had a particularly fascinating life. Would you like to hear about it?”
Benz grunts.
Kerim: “You would?”
Some pretty insulting stuff happens if you’re not careful with lumping and splitting. Take the scrub jay–sure, you’ve got to account for the new genetic speciation data taxonomically. But really, “California scrub jay”? What’s wrong with “Oregon scrub jay”? When we look to the distribution patterns…
There are so many foods that are vegan that I never ever feel deprived. It takes time, but in a few years you might even forget that you are vegan when ordering food and grocery shopping. This is the free-est way of eating I have ever experienced: I eat anything! As long as it contains no animal products.
Oh, wow, this is sooooo fucking cool…I mean … . like I got my bag and you guys picked me up just like … well I mean …kinda like I expected and we’re headed for the airport so the saucer must there… hey, you guys look just like us …what’s your names…I mean are they weird or what?..oh I get it … you don’t communicate by talkin well that’s cool… I’m tuned in to your vibes … so, you’re from Titan … I figured that …I feel it…Mom’ll take off her tin hat at eight o’clock to get the world news…she’ll receive you loud and clear …she’ll love it … probably tell folks I was kidnapped … good cover story … are you guys biologically correct … I mean down there … or is it all an illusion … I’ve read that’s how it is on Titan … that you don’t have…
Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandw… .
Heh. Nobody who has been on this board for over a year will have any doubts about what I could go on about that would cause the kidnappers to dump me ASAP.
Oh! Let me tell you my recipe for making Irish Soda Bread!
But first, my family history goes way back into County Cork, hard by the River Lee, outside of Inishcarra. Well before the potato famine of the 1840’s and 50’s, my family was peat cutters. You know about the potato famine? Well let me tell you about THAT…
There! - you see that pub we just passed? Next to the railway line. yeah? So it was called The Railway Inn - logical, right? The name kinda grew organically out of the surroundings. Now some jackass has bought it and renamed it The Joshua Tree - The Fecking Joshua Tree - we’re in Surrey, for Chrissakes. There’s no need - it’s just stupid. And that’s not the worst. You know The Hand In Hand up on Box Hill? Same thing, someone bought it, painted it green and gray and called it The Box Tree. Now it’s The Tree. Meaningless.
Oh, we’re turning left here? Just up on the right - pub used to be called The Hedgehog. Know what it’s called now? The Curious Pig In The Parlour - I shit you not. And you know the old Cock Inn in Southwater…?
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The Railway
The Hand In Hand
The Hedgehog
The Cock Inn
Apology: the distance between the Railway Inn and the Hedgehog is such that this conversation could not happen in real time.
‘This fukin bloke knows ev’ry pub in England!’
Lol, these are great. Keep it up!
So, did you know that the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi were the anti-Wookiees? Because, George Lucas, when he was writing the original Star Wars film, had pictured that, during the space battle at the end of the movie, there would be a ground battle in the jungle on Yavin 4, between the high-tech Empire, and the low-tech Wookiees, who lived there. But, Lucas had blown most of the production budget that Fox had given him to set up ILM, and he didn’t even have a budget for a backup suit for Chewbacca, much less for a hundred tall extras in Wookiee suits, so he scrapped the idea. But!! When it came time to make Return of the Jedi, which also had a space battle against a Death Star, he had a huge budget, and so he came back to the idea. But, by then, he had established that Chewbacca was a technical genius (he had put Threepio back together, after all), and so, he went to the other extreme with the Ewoks: they were short, because Wookiees were tall. And, they were fuzzy, because Wookiees had long hair. They had cute little blunt teeth, because Wookiees had fangs. And, they talked in cute little voices, because Wookiees growled and roared. And, if you look at the names, Ewok is a bunch of the letters from “Wookiee,” in a different order…
Thanks to my narcolepsy, I fell asleep just seconds after being snatched. I snored so loud and long, I was ejected from the vehicle and awoke in the police station just in time to ID my assailan…
Zzzzzzzzzz…
The first bump on my butt showed up when I was about 16. After a few weeks it really started to hurt so my Mom took me to see a doctor. The doctor said it was a boil and he would have to lance it. He sprayed some stuff on it that was really cold to numb it. I felt some poking then heard the nurse say “Oh my God”. The doctor then showed me what came out of the boil, a mixture of white and yellow gunk with some blood. The next one popped up a few years later on my inner thigh. A few weeks later it was the size of a quarter and was bright red with a white top. I took one of my mom’s sewing needles and poked it. It hurt quite a bit, then some white stuff started squirting out. What, you don’t want to hear about my boils? But I have had at least a dozen of them over the years.