Romania / Bulgaria while we're confessing geographical blindspots
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:33 (four years ago) link
I was going to say they don't have very much in common at all - language, culture, religion (Hungary is largely Catholic but nowhere to same extent as Poland) - but hush my mouth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_and_Hungarian_brothers_be
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
what i found amazing was how massive the Polish/Lithuanian commonwealth was at the peak of it's power. it was a huge territory.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:44 (four years ago) link
And famously religious tolerant.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
Religiously tolerant, thiat is. No worries though, the Catholic Church put a stop to that eventually.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
cant be having people experimenting with soft power/secular tolerance when going on genocidal rampages is obv what jesus would have done.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:53 (four years ago) link
Kid went to a birthday party a few weeks ago, and I wound up hanging out with the dad of the house for a couple of hours.
It wasn't until a half hour into the conversation that he told me No, he wasn't from Turkey, he was from Turkmenistan. I thought he gave me a funny look when I asked how far away his village was from Istanbul.
A little while later, he was telling me how the government is corrupt and is basically ruled like a dictatorship. I said, Ha yeah, reminds me of Uzbekistan where no one's allowed to drive a black car.
And he kinda goes Heh, no, um, that's in my country, Turkmenistan.
So I guess in my mind, Turkey and Uzbekistan are the same country, home to the Portal to Hell.
― pplains, Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
Heh, I was only familiar with the classic Budapest/Bucharest conflation, but I suppose this one should be expected as well. We both joined the EU in 2007, so that might be why.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
I was going to post a ho-ho comment about confusing Moldova and Romania but, actually, I sometimes have to think twice about Moldova and Belarus.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
That's kind of fair, though, since Moldova is also the name of a region in Romania. Not to mention the Republic of Moldova is basically a Russian colony.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
In Romania you'll commonly see graffitis that say 'Bessarabia is Romania', Bessarabia being the name of the Republic of Moldova (minus Transnistria) prior to its indirect annexation by the USSR.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
I'm aware that Moldova basically is Romanian and is nowhere near Belarus but, yes, ex-Soviet republics which are still bit too Soviet for comfort.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
It's not an unfair comparison! All that's missing in the Republic of Moldova is a Lukashenko-style dictatorial figure.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
Call of DutyLine of Duty
― Jeff W, Monday, 6 May 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
Game of ThronesHouse of CardsHouse of Games
― fetter, Monday, 6 May 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:39 PM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^
― mark s, Friday, 24 May 2019 09:10 (four years ago) link
Oh yes.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 24 May 2019 09:24 (four years ago) link
yep
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 24 May 2019 09:28 (four years ago) link
Yeah :/
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 24 May 2019 10:06 (four years ago) link
Thus one's ridiculous but still...
Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez
I know which is which but I keep forgetting @AOC's family name and calling her Oxlade-Chamberlain
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
Alexandria in NYC
― pplains, Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:52 (four years ago) link
Betsy Woodruff and Natasha Bertrand
Young reporters and recurring panelists on CNN or MSNBC RussiaGate shows. One writes for the Daily Beast, the other for the New Yorker, I think? Both are brunette and pretty cute, but I think it's Betsy who has kind of a crooked Brian Williams jaw I can't stop staring at.
― punning display, Thursday, 30 May 2019 12:39 (four years ago) link
(I'm sure I've done this before but) Patrick Hamilton / Patrick White
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 May 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link
^good one
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 May 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
Peter O'ToolePeter Steele
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 3 June 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
yahoo seriousyakov smirnoff
― mark s, Monday, 3 June 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
granulated sugarconfectioners sugar
I'll read a recipe that calls for granulated, and I'll think "not regular sugar" and reach for confectioners. Fuckers should stick to calling them either "sugar" or "powdered sugar".
― punning display, Monday, 3 June 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
Peter Barkworth / Tony Britton (appearance)Peter Barkworth / Peter Butterworth (name)
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Monday, 10 June 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link
Kevin CoyneKevin Ayers
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 10 June 2019 09:34 (four years ago) link
Kevin Coyne even ended up inheriting Kevin Ayers' backing band, at one point.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Monday, 10 June 2019 09:46 (four years ago) link
Edmund WilsonEdmund White
also
Angus WilsonA. N. Wilson
― fetter, Monday, 10 June 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
last week's commemorations reminded me that for a long time the following was true:
DunkirkNormandy
(BBC2 unhelpfully showed Dunkirk on 6th June this year as well)
― koogs, Monday, 10 June 2019 12:25 (four years ago) link
^So fortunate the Allies didn't have that same confusion. "Now remind me again. We're supposed to take as many as we can back to England, or establish a beachhead? Dunno why I can't keep that bit straight."
― punning display, Monday, 10 June 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
See, I've always been the guy who goes "Omaha Beach? I thought they landed at Normandy?"
― pplains, Monday, 10 June 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
4HeroFour Tet
i mean lol ok i am old
― mark s, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
4Hero2 Bad Mice
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
Sylvia MilesSara MilesVera Miles
― punning display, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
(Sarah)
― punning display, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
Arthur RansomeArthur Rackham
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Arthur RackhamAlan Rickman
― punning display, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
Wylie Watson/Wiley Wiggins
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 July 2019 09:59 (four years ago) link
1970s Swedish psych-proggers Älgarnas Trädgård (aka Garden of the Elks)1970s Swedish psych-proggers Trettioåriga Kriget (aka Thirty Years War)
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 1 July 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Paul TherouxPaul Auster
― emil.y, Monday, 1 July 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
I always think "Golden Years" is a Frank Zappa song for the first few bars
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 July 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
Jessica PrattNatalie Prass
― punning display, Thursday, 4 July 2019 12:57 (four years ago) link
John Adams
John Luther Adams
― calzino, Friday, 5 July 2019 12:40 (four years ago) link
^this one is classic
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 July 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
General JacksonGeneral Jackson
Harry Truman apparently used to exclaim, "Jesus Christ and General Jackson!" I don't know if he's referring to Andrew or Stonewall.
I also get Stonewall Jackson and General Sherman mixed up, which is completely mixed up in itself. (It's one of those that I can figure out after two seconds, but damn, why does it always take me two seconds?)
― pplains, Friday, 5 July 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
What about this guy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWWCdadcM3c
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 July 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
Hang on SloopySloop John B
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 6 July 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link