what I have learned today.

[T42]

There are penguins in the Mediterranean.

[Mr Larrington]

There are penguins in the Mediterranean.

These ones?

[Cudzoziemiec]

That's nothing! There are penguins on Barry Island:

[Mrs Pingu]

There are penguins in the Mediterranean.

Citation needed.

[Slave To The Viking]

There are penguins in the Mediterranean.

Citation needed.

If you need a citation, see above post: Barry Island is in Whales.

[Kim]

There are penguins in Middle Earth, too.  But I'm not going into town to take photographs of them, because:

a) Last time I did that I had a run-in with the p*nct*r* fairy

b) Christmas Sodding Market.

[Pingu]

Fifeing Eejit will ken aboot these:


IMG_5559_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Mr Larrington]

Mr Google's Famous Web Search Engine threw up an article about so-called pengs in Spaign-o from an expat-targetted newspaper, but on closer examination it transpired that the birbs in question were actually razorbills.

[Efrogwr]

Razorbills are auks. Auks were called pen gwyn in Welsh. As auks occupy the northern hemisphere's equivalent ecological niche to that of penguins in the south, the name became attache to the southern birds.

[pcolbeck]

That there is a magazine in the USA called "Garden and Gun", its like a mash-up of "Homes and Gardens" and "Sporting Gun".

The USA really is nothing like the UK.

[Kim]

Presumably that's 'garden' in the en_US sense, which is slightly more logical.

[ian]

It honestly seems quite good spanning the gamut of [a] Southern Conundrum: Is It Okay to Hunt Singles After You Flush a Covey of Quail? to Celebrating An Eccentric Artist and His Bourbon-Loving Goat in Lexington, Kentucky

Having lived in Virginia, once I escaped Yankee territory, some of this southern culture may have infused my brain.

[lissotriton]

Bill Gates owns Albert Einstein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branded_Entertainment_Network

[Kim]

That there's a drunk bloke going viral on TikTok teaching people how to safely^[1] bypass electricity meters.  And moreover, this is a response to the many videos teaching people how to do it unsafely.


_{[1] FCVO 'safely'.  I doubt that anyone desperate enough to resort to bypassing a meter is in a state to go out and spend tens of pounds on suitable electrical fittings.}

[Cudzoziemiec]

I've seen people in India "bypassing the meter" (where there was never even a meter) by means of crocodile clips and oversized jump leads on to the overhead cables. I've never seen anyone die doing this or even require medical attention, which definitely doesn't mean I'm recommending it.

[Kim]

I believe the traditional BRITISH approach involves driving self-tapping screws into the meter tails or similarly sketchy shit.  At least a jump lead on an overhead line is rated for the current and relatively unlikely to start a fire.


Anyway, I've also learned that Orange Tuesday is a thing.  Currently only in USAnia, but I'm sure well have it over here before the end of the decade.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Presumably Orange Tuesday is another marvellous occasion to buy things rather a celebration of fruit, Irish Protestantism or even Dutch football, which leads to the question: what colour are Wednesday, Thursday, etc going to be?

[Ham]

I believe the traditional BRITISH approach involves driving self-tapping screws into the meter tails or similarly sketchy shit.  At least a jump lead on an overhead line is rated for the current and relatively unlikely to start a fire.


Anyway, I've also learned that Orange Tuesday is a thing.  Currently only in USAnia, but I'm sure well have it over here before the end of the decade.

does Orange Tuesday trump blue monday?

[Kim]

Presumably Orange Tuesday is another marvellous occasion to buy things rather a celebration of fruit, Irish Protestantism or even Dutch football, which leads to the question: what colour are Wednesday, Thursday, etc going to be?

How did you guess?  Apparently it's the day after Labor Day^[1], and is the traditional^[2] time to stock up on Halloween tat.


_{[1] Not to be confused with Labour day.
[2] Citation needed.}

[Mr Larrington]

Presumably Orange Tuesday is another marvellous occasion to buy things rather a celebration of fruit, Irish Protestantism or even Dutch football, which leads to the question: what colour are Wednesday, Thursday, etc going to be?

Wednesday should be black and white, but that might confuse the Gammonariat, which is already FUMMIN coz tHaReS  nO ,,, wItE   fRiDaY!!!one!

[cygnet]

Presumably Orange Tuesday is another marvellous occasion to buy things rather a celebration of fruit, Irish Protestantism or even Dutch football, which leads to the question: what colour are Wednesday, Thursday, etc going to be?

Wednesday should be black and white, but that might confuse the Gammonariat, which is already FUMMIN coz tHaReS  nO ,,, wItE   fRiDaY!!!one!

Surely Blue and White? Up The Owls!

[Mr Larrington]

It's blue?  Mind you, I don’t think I've seen the Wols on MOTD since the days of black and white TV

[robgul]

I've seen people in India "bypassing the meter" (where there was never even a meter) by means of crocodile clips and oversized jump leads on to the overhead cables. I've never seen anyone die doing this or even require medical attention, which definitely doesn't mean I'm recommending it.

Yep - seen the "travellers" in France drive all the shiny vehicles into a sports ground, smash open the box with the electrics for the floodlights and attach their cables to the power with big crocodile clips . . .  seems to be standard practice, with the LA/Marie just giving the proverbial Gallic shrug.

[TheLurker]

Tony Hatch wrote the theme music for, "The Champions".  This shouldn't surprise me, he was a busy lad, but it does.

[MattH]

In a fairly similar "can't believe I didn't know that" - only just found out that Annie Lennox was the singer for The Tourists back in the 70s.