i think i thought you were the other british person who types in all lowercase, but you're the one who makes cryptic jokes and he's the one who would actually know about some random etymology
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 02:15 (ten months ago) link
the only not annoying way to use this website is never to post on it
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 02:20 (ten months ago) link
oooh british— u r having me on? etc
― rick james, critical moralist (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 02:53 (ten months ago) link
did someone call dmac british dialing 9-1 right now and holding my finger over the 1
― mh, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 03:05 (ten months ago) link
mark s is the uk knower about things but also the one who makes cryptic jokes
― Grandall Flange (wins), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 06:21 (ten months ago) link
Also knows about cryptids, it’s a whole mess
Hibernia? That's where I'm a Briton!
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 06:35 (ten months ago) link
British Isles, innit?
― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 06:38 (ten months ago) link
Didn't know that Bing Crosby recorded a special 'NATO Song' to mark NATO's 10th anniversary on 4 April 1959 (article about it here).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJIB8hbiYM
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 22 June 2023 09:11 (ten months ago) link
kingo coleo
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Thursday, 22 June 2023 12:50 (ten months ago) link
Bobby Fischer, a name I knew only because it was in a movie title but the person was famous for chess.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 25 June 2023 03:29 (ten months ago) link
Among other things, yes. Or maybe "infamous" for other things.
But he could play the hell out of chess, that's for sure.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 25 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
well, also amy's dad
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
When Bobby played Boris Spassky for the world championship it got in depth coverage from Sports Illustrated. Ofc, due to the Vietnam War/Cold War the whole 'showdown between American & Russian masterminds' was a big angle to gin up interest, plus Fischer was the personification of the unpredictable and unstable genius. It was a great drama, I gotta say.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 25 June 2023 04:02 (ten months ago) link
and then we got an actor who loved to joke about genocide and has since become a saint
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 June 2023 04:03 (ten months ago) link
Fischer was the personification of the unpredictable and unstable genius. It was a great drama
Yeah but Nabokov had already written The Luzhin Defense 40 years earlier.
― pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 June 2023 04:23 (ten months ago) link
A podcast on Medeival Sexuality talking about pligrimages being opportunities for collecting sins that one is likely to get allowances for once one arrives at teh pilgrimage site .& how medeival women on pilgrimages may be wearing badges that might now seem NSFWhttps://i.redd.it/gcsxkl5jr9u51.jpghttps://www.ecosia.org/images?q=medieval%20badges%20of%20vulvas%20with%20hats#id=8A6C4C10EDA9BBED333A8E2DE8486BE60218E83C
Looks like some of these are being made again
― Stevo, Monday, 26 June 2023 11:19 (ten months ago) link
sorry should have done thishttps://cdn.historycollection.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/penis-tree-marginalia-to-roman-de-la-rose-14th-century.jpg
which was another image described in the episodehttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0VeOZyyeuxJQsIE3LQ8qzI?si=226b9628f02d47dd
― Stevo, Monday, 26 June 2023 11:24 (ten months ago) link
That blini (the little pancakes) are of Russian origin.Maybe 2 years ago? Previously I thought they were Indian. A combination of only ever buying them to eat at home, rather than ordering them in a restaurant, plus wrong association with other foods ending in 'i' - bhaji, biriyani etc - being the reason.
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 26 June 2023 13:26 (ten months ago) link
somehow I only just learned the story behind Macron's marriage o_O
― rob, Saturday, 1 July 2023 19:26 (ten months ago) link
That there was a University gig network in ireland in the mid 70s until the late 80s.I'd wondered what the story was on arriving fro. Hitching around gigs in the UK and colleges being a significant network. Just got told today that there had been one set up and ended when continual assessment and other academic focus became a significant factor. So I'd missed one by a couple of years rather than it never existing.
There was a talk on gigs from late 70s and early 80s in Galway this afternoon.So that came out in that. I had wondered though.Plus with setting up stadium gigs like the venue that had been the Point and has been a few other things since. Meant that instead of having to work out logistics for a series of smaller gigs around the country they could get audience to all go to one point.Interesting talk tied in with an exhibition of posters from the time.
― Stevo, Sunday, 2 July 2023 00:05 (ten months ago) link
there was a film on bbc1 last night (actually right now!) that might've covered this called Good Vibrations. seems to be the story of Terri Hooley, so more Belfast-based. it's from 2012 but i don't think I've seen it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05569p9
― koogs, Sunday, 2 July 2023 00:45 (ten months ago) link
I don't know if Belfat would be part of same network since education system different in Northern Ireland. It would make sense to coordinate since a band would be in vague geographical proximity.But border may create problems up to a certain point. Goods were smuggled across that border to escape duty up until some legislation change, not sure what Brexut has meant since not been up since 2009.
I think Good Vibrations was a good documentary. I could never remember if I had been in the shop concerned. Which is an oversight. But I was broke and didn't have a real base when I was up in Belfast in the early 90s so wouldn't be looking for records.
― Stevo, Sunday, 2 July 2023 05:47 (ten months ago) link
Burt Lancaster’s career started as a circus acrobat.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 21:53 (ten months ago) link
that's where he learned to chew the scenery
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 22:10 (ten months ago) link
I just learned today that Debbie Harry and Chris Stein have not been a couple since 1987. I don’t keep up with that kind of stuff much at all, but still: 36 years ago.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 5 July 2023 22:47 (ten months ago) link
That the dude behind Dave's Killer Bread (he sold the company in 2015) was a goddamn maniac and multiple felon. (The bread is excellent.)― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 May 2023 04:29 (one month ago) link
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 May 2023 04:29 (one month ago) link
this got me fearful of the Heidelberg bread backstory.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 9 July 2023 05:55 (nine months ago) link
Lego Feet is considered part of the autechre discography?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autechre_discography
― koogs, Monday, 10 July 2023 11:21 (nine months ago) link
Johnny Marr is a stage name
(Born John Maher)
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 10 July 2023 11:34 (nine months ago) link
I always thought it was a pun on j'en ai marre (I've had enough of this), but wiki says he started calling himself Marr to make it easier for people to pronounce and to avoid confusion with John Maher out of the Buzzcocks.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 10 July 2023 12:44 (nine months ago) link
^I went up this exact same learning curve years ago, wonder how many others have.
― The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Elektra) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 July 2023 17:15 (nine months ago) link
― The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Elektra) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 July 2023 18:15 (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
^I went up this exact same learning curve seconds ago
― mark s, Monday, 10 July 2023 17:20 (nine months ago) link
That Billy Wilder had a film director brother who made some lousy science fiction films in the 1950s, including the first Yeti/bigfoot movie.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 11:24 (nine months ago) link
The West Coast of the US doesn't have fireflies?
nope!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, July 18, 2023 4:52 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:51 (nine months ago) link
I have learned that if you automatically clean the toilet and bathroom sink once a week, like on a Sunday morning, they won't get so completely gross that you don't want to bother
(Haven't learned this yet with the bath tub however)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:55 (nine months ago) link
Had a charming experience a while back with a dear friend from Oregon. She had never seen a firefly, and we just went out into the back yard at dusk and there they were.
It's amazing, the stuff you take for granted but would be utterly new for someone else. Treasure those moments.
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:59 (nine months ago) link
Did she not believe her eyes?
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 01:00 (nine months ago) link
I am trying to remember whether we had them in Colorado. I think we did, but memory is a funny thing.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 01:03 (nine months ago) link
Turns out, yes, Colorado has them, including a native species, which is, of course, endangered.
https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/07/17/fireflies-are-returning-colorado/
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 01:04 (nine months ago) link
It's amazing, the stuff you take for granted but would be utterly new for someone else. Treasure those moments
― silverfish, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 01:55 (nine months ago) link
as a 30+ yr front range resident, i do not recall ever having seen them here. but i grew up in CT, and they were common, awesome, and it's one of the few things i miss.
― rick james, critical moralist (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 03:47 (nine months ago) link
Well, the article was from Grand Junction, so maybe they are found more easily there. However, I spent 20 years of my life living in places from Pueblo to Boulder, and like I said I think I remember seeing them then. It's possible they were at least occasionally seen before and are not now (I moved away in 1991).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 03:49 (nine months ago) link
i replaced you pretty exactly (1/91), for the worse i'm betting.
last summer along the platte river in littleton near my house i came upon a very impressive 7"+ long bullfrog. i've ridden along there since 91, never seen the like. i understand them to be invasive. man, it was ginormous.
species move. normally we're pushing them.
― rick james, critical moralist (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 04:00 (nine months ago) link
Doubtful it was for the worse haha
My mom and siblings still live in Boulder County, I try to get there several times a year. I really enjoy being back, but I'm also content to be where I am.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 04:02 (nine months ago) link
reminds me of the time when someone from France was going back home after a year in Montreal and was asked what she liked the most about her stay here and she responded that she liked the squirrels she saw all over the city. I think they have squirrels over there but I guess not in the ridiculous amounts we see here.
wife's relatives from Paris get very excited by London squirrels. we don't have them in Portugal either.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:26 (nine months ago) link
reminds me of the time when someone from France was going back home after a year in Montreal and was asked what she liked the most about her stay here and she responded that she liked the squirrels she saw all over the city.
it was a long time ago so I can't remember exactly where I saw them, as it was an extended trip around NE USA then up to Toronto and Montreal, so it could've been Montreal, but I was all excited about seeing different colour squirrels. in the UK we mostly only have grey squirrels, there are isolated pockets of red squirrels but I've never seen one. but I remember seeing black and brown squirrels which I didn't know existed before that.
I was also very excited to see a skunk in Massachusetts on that trip.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:34 (nine months ago) link
The "j'en ai marre" story was certainly used by the music press in The Smiths' early days.
― fetter, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:24 (nine months ago) link
He had also briefly considered the stage name Fu LeCamp.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:28 (nine months ago) link
Since Paul McCartney had already used San Ferry Ann.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:30 (nine months ago) link
Sam Edigalle
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:52 (nine months ago) link