Like the above post about tongue it never occurred to me that the name was literal. Oxtail soup was just a kind of soup.
― koogs, Sunday, 11 February 2018 10:37 (six years ago) link
boy will u be surprised when you read up on spotted dick
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Sunday, 11 February 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
The red and green lines on a standard eye chart aren't just dividers, they're for testing color blindness. That one only occurred to me a few years ago.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Sunday, 11 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
That SOS isn’t an acronym for Save Our Ship.
― Jeff, Sunday, 11 February 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
I keep forgetting and being reminded that a "401k" is actually a "401(k)" referring to the section of the tax code that defines it
for some reason I thought it was named for the recommended amount you'd want in it by retirement -- $401,000 -- which is wrong in multiple ways
― mh, Sunday, 11 February 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
lmao
"sos" stands for "Sink Or Swim" iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 February 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
NopeIt’s just real easy to tap out in Morse code
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Sunday, 11 February 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
lol i didn't really think it meant sink or swim, i just made that up. but i like it enough i'm considering making it an official Dad Lie
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
Wait, it's not "save our souls"?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 11 February 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Huh
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 11 February 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
That "SOS" is just easy to tap out in Morse, it doesn't stand for "Save Our Souls".
― albvivertine, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
looks ,like Save our souls or whatever is more of a mnemonic though you probably don't need one for a signal that simple 3x3 signal sounds. Or 2x3 of one interspersed by a different set of 3.
― Stevolende, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
It stands for SmayOdayS.
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link
Shit Oh Shit
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 February 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
SmOreS
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 12 February 2018 02:41 (six years ago) link
I don't I knew until I was maybe in my last year of college - and despite spending a very small part of my childhood in New Orleans - that there was a religious component to Mardi Gras.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 February 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
Well given all the titties and whatnot, one could be somewhat excused there :)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 12 February 2018 04:13 (six years ago) link
Election Day and Mardi Gras, two Tuesday hiolidays that really should be moved to the weekend,
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 04:54 (six years ago) link
(Funny enough, Louisiana does hold its state elections on Saturdays.)
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 04:55 (six years ago) link
Weekend? Do it the australian way mate, holiday on a friday or monday so you can have a 3 day weekend.
Or heck having it on a tues is fine, everyone'd just take monday off anyway.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 12 February 2018 09:14 (six years ago) link
Samedi Gras
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
Americans don't get a day off to vote, btw. That would make it much harder to disenfranchise voters.
― Nonsense Ape Debones His Foot (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
I guess they only get a day off in Australia cause voting is compulsory there. Would be a bit much to fine people for not voting if they were at work all day.
― Alba, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
There you go. Make voting mandatory like in Australia, and then you can fine all the people who have to work/don't have proper ID/convicted of a felony, etc.
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
I was probably well into high school before I learned that the phrase was "reckless driving" and not "wreckless driving." I couldn't understand how driving that resulted in accidents was "wreckless."
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
I don't think I knew that Ringo Starr is left-handed. Maybe I heard a long time ago and forgot, or didn't recognize the implications.
― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
Can we just have one thread called “Voting: Down Under Vs. Everywhere Else, Especially USA” and not do this on every thread on ILE
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
we've moved on Tom
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
I was shockingly old when I learned how irritated Tombot was by digressive discussions of national voting customs.
― Nonsense Ape Debones His Foot (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
don't remember where i wasi realized life was a gamethe more seriously i took thingsthe harder the rules became
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Learned this in Lewisohn's (most recent) awesome book. I guess like a lot of lefties it was sort of beat out of him by teachers, which yeah definitely affects his playing style.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
Well this throws off one of my big points about Paul being dead.
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
Unless Ringo is dead too... Hang on, this changes everything...
― pplains, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Suicide pact.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
Or 'cack-handed" as Quincy Jones puts it.
― Alba, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
I think that in India, election days are holidays even though voting is not compulsory.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Well into adulthood, I thought 'post-nasal drip' simply referred to stuffiness, i.e. the point in time after your nose had stopped dripping.
― You dishonor your ancestors with your emoji abstention (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
after the nasal drip, sounds right
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
ah, the subtleties of hyphen placement! post-nasal drip vs post nasal-drip
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
pee... is stored in the balls
― ian, Monday, 12 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/308/928/7ea.jpg
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 12 February 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
OR... does it mean that girls have balls???
― ian, Monday, 12 February 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
Until a couple years ago I thought No Woman No Cry meant that if you don't have a woman then you don't have any problems and won't be sad/cry. One day I it came on the radio and I actually listened to the words and realized that it was BM telling a lady not to cry.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
~BM~
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 12 February 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
Commas save lives. It should be called "No, Woman, No Cry."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 February 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
Prithee m'lady, cry not
― Moodles, Monday, 12 February 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
I mean it's also clear from the rest of the lyrics but I guess I just never paid attention.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 12 February 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
You have only just disabused me of this notion, ENBB.
― Alba, Monday, 12 February 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
Same. Thankfully, I've never lectured on it without realizing this.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 12 February 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
I guess they only get a day off in Australia cause voting is compulsory there
Sorry, this isnt correct. We dont get the day off, they just do voting on Saturdays.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 00:14 (six years ago) link