Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 862651 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2300 on:** 21 February, 2018, 06:49:53 pm »

Quote from: ian on 21 February, 2018, 06:34:07 pm

I googled so you don't have to. Two gallons of seminal fluid. I'm not sure who got the enviable job of measuring that. I'd have guessed and gone for cocktails

A piña colada wouldn't seem all that appetising.

rafletcher · « **Reply #2301 on:** 22 February, 2018, 09:54:17 am »

That there is something in the Tropicana juice cartons that doesn't like being microwaved

Best guess, a foil laminate. Anyway the flames looked pretty impressive!

Redlight · « **Reply #2302 on:** 22 February, 2018, 12:00:24 pm »

Fruit juice in a microwave?

Defrosting?

rafletcher · « **Reply #2303 on:** 22 February, 2018, 12:10:10 pm »

Yes, defrosting. But on full power. Interesting change in tone from the device was what alerted me.

Andrij · « **Reply #2304 on:** 22 February, 2018, 12:49:02 pm »

Yesterday I learned a new word: froward.

ian · « **Reply #2305 on:** 22 February, 2018, 01:55:19 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 21 February, 2018, 06:49:53 pm

Quote from: ian on 21 February, 2018, 06:34:07 pm
I googled so you don't have to. Two gallons of seminal fluid. I'm not sure who got the enviable job of measuring that. I'd have guessed and gone for cocktails
A piña colada wouldn't seem all that appetising.

Well, I'd leave the whale be and go direct to the bar. I mean, how? Seriously, that's rhetorical, I don't want to know.

I'm now vaguely amused that somewhere, a Google server, will know I typed 'right whale semen volume' into a search field. I'm not sure how that will affect my profile.

I will say, on the subject of piña colada, don't don't don't google 'fear factor donkey juice.' I 'thank' my good friend Rude Alison for sending me that in her periodical smut bulletin.

Legs · « **Reply #2306 on:** 22 February, 2018, 04:28:46 pm »

Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 will be the first time three consecutive Olympiads have been held on the same continent since Oslo/Helsinki/Cortina in '52/'56 (which of course was the end of a long run of European Gameses, punctuated by a bit of a scuffle).

rafletcher · « **Reply #2307 on:** 22 February, 2018, 05:14:33 pm »

Why there are so many recipes that call for grilled or toasted sourdough. Because if it’s more than 4 hours old it’s inedible in any other way. But keeps for a full week, and does make the best toast.

Canardly · « **Reply #2308 on:** 22 February, 2018, 08:23:56 pm »

Try the southern italian bread made from durum wheat. Allegedly lasts for up to 15 days and also makes marvellous toast.

mark · « **Reply #2309 on:** 23 February, 2018, 02:04:41 am »

I learned today the my employer is going to be a Brompton dealer, of which I don't think there are many in the US. Not a bicycle that I really need at the moment, but it will be interesting to see how this experiment works out.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #2310 on:** 26 February, 2018, 11:00:33 am »

That "Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!" only ran for one series before being cancelled. Must have been repeated quite a lot when I was a kid then. Altogether now:

In the Wonderland Zoo, we're the certain bears who,
stay at home every night, never quarrel or fight,
AW, WE DON'T EVEN BITE!!!

SO DON'T YELL HELP! HELP!
Here come the bears,

HELP! HELP! here come the bears,
HELP! HELP! here come the bears,

LET'S SPLIT!!! HELP!
IT'S THE HAIR BEAR BUNCH!!

Paul · « **Reply #2311 on:** 26 February, 2018, 12:17:31 pm »

Another of those programs where the opening titles were the only bit worth watching Thanks for the lyrics, though.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2312 on:** 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm »

A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

T42 · « **Reply #2313 on:** 27 February, 2018, 12:59:27 pm »

Allasame, 3-course dinner vs packet of crisps wasn't bad. (I did have to Google who he was, though.)

Hum. Horses' d'oovers, main course, cheese, dessert: he's left one out. Not a real Tory, then.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2314 on:** 27 February, 2018, 01:18:59 pm »

The word "yesteryear" was coined by Rosetti when he translated "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" into English: "Where are the snows of yesteryear?"

clarion · « **Reply #2315 on:** 27 February, 2018, 01:27:50 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm

A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

I can't believe you took the risk!!!

I hope you were wearing appropriate PPE.

Paul · « **Reply #2316 on:** 27 February, 2018, 02:41:46 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm

A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

I'm not at all sure how google works, but does the fact that you've typed those words together here mean that there would now be at least 1 result?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2317 on:** 27 February, 2018, 05:55:44 pm »

Quote from: rafletcher on 22 February, 2018, 05:14:33 pm

Why there are so many recipes that call for grilled or toasted sourdough. Because if it’s more than 4 hours old it’s inedible in any other way. But keeps for a full week, and does make the best toast.

Doesn't that depend on what sort of flour it's made from?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2318 on:** 27 February, 2018, 05:56:57 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm

A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

What about Liam +"fox porn" ?

PeteB99 · « **Reply #2319 on:** 28 February, 2018, 10:51:20 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm

A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

I'd ask why on earth you googled that but I'm not sure I'd want to hear the answer.

T42 · « **Reply #2320 on:** 28 February, 2018, 10:56:48 am »

Quote from: Paul on 27 February, 2018, 02:41:46 pm

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm
A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

I'm not at all sure how google works, but does the fact that you've typed those words together here mean that there would now be at least 1 result?

Only after they've done their next crawl, assuming they still work that way.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2321 on:** 28 February, 2018, 09:19:52 pm »

Quote from: PeteB99 on 28 February, 2018, 10:51:20 am

Quote from: rogerzilla on 27 February, 2018, 12:35:01 pm
A Google search for "Liam Fox porn" returns no results. There is a God.

(Rule 35 states that this won't last long, so enjoy the last few days of civilisation while you can)

I'd ask why on earth you googled that but I'm not sure I'd want to hear the answer.

It came from a comment that a lady friend of a friend, one Ms Fox, was "more Liam than Megan".

Kim · « **Reply #2322 on:** 28 February, 2018, 10:23:10 pm »

We've been doing SCIENCE, and have discovered that the standby mode on barakta's hearing aids drops the average current consumption from 1.33mA to 1.24mA. This is why the official switching-off procedure is to leave the battery compartment hanging open for ease of pingfuckiting and eventual ingestion of the cell by small children and other animals.

clarion · « **Reply #2323 on:** 28 February, 2018, 10:30:41 pm »

That one can buy 'craft knives' and scalpels on eBay

T42 · « **Reply #2324 on:** 01 March, 2018, 09:10:38 am »

Should that be surprising?