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Osweo
05-14-2009, 03:19 AM
OR "Everything you always wanted to know, but were too lazy to google."
I couldn't find such a thread if it's already been started.
SO:
Which eye did Woden give up?
Thorum
05-14-2009, 03:53 AM
Who is Woden?
:D
Gooding
05-14-2009, 04:00 AM
Chief character of the Anglo-Saxon Ese, or primary tribe of gods and goddesses with the Wen secondary to them. God of magick and wisdom.D'Oh!!My next post will have my profile!!
Rainraven
05-14-2009, 05:08 AM
How do you cook rice without it getting gluggy or burning to the bottom of the pot?
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
Oh and what should I do about the mold on my ceiling? :(
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 06:59 AM
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
Heard it was bad and could cause you even cancer, but actually it depends on the size of your breasts and type of bra, imo. If your breasts are huge better wear bra to avoid their future "drooping" in some degree:D
How many "pure" proteins should contain the daily intake for females my age and my life style (no sport)?
And what is considered to be pure protein? Egg white or?
Lulletje Rozewater
05-14-2009, 07:19 AM
How do you cook rice without it getting gluggy or burning to the bottom of the pot?
Have enough water and add some salt/vinegar,test regularly.Nowadays you get rice which does not get gluggy
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
Yes,especially Playtex,breasts need rest
Oh and what should I do about the mold on my ceiling? :(
Now that is a tricky one,do not know,mold is a curse.
Mold in the walls,paint over it and sell the house"voetstoots"
Mold in the wall has to do with the foundations
Psychonaut
05-14-2009, 07:38 AM
Which eye did Woden give up?
As far as I know, the only period account of this is in stanza 28 of the Völuspá. It reads:
Alone she sat out when the lord of gods,
Ōðinn the old, her eye did seek:
"What seekest to know, why summon me?
Well know I, Ygg, where thy eye is hidden:
in the wondrous well of Mímir;
each morn Mímir his mead doth drink
our of Fjölnir's pledge: know ye further, or how?
It's not explicitly mentioned here which eye it is, and I don't know of any other sources with give that information.
Beorn
05-14-2009, 09:20 AM
Which eye did Woden give up?
Just looked on all the pictures of Odin (well, not all, but most) and found that he seems to be largely represented as having lost his left eye.
How do you cook rice without it getting gluggy or burning to the bottom of the pot?
Get a wok.
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
Apparently so. It's best to sleep naked anyway.
Oh and what should I do about the mold on my ceiling?
Buy some good mould killer from your nearest store or hardware store. Apply the the fluid to the effected areas. Wait the designated time for the solution to work. Rub off, or wipe off, the mould and solution.
You may have to reapply the solution more than once, but to prevent mould it is best not to dry clothes in the house, open windows throughout the day, etc, etc...
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 09:23 AM
Are most products refered as BIO really BIO or just the same quallity ones but with greater prices due to the trade mark? Is it worth at all?
Absinthe
05-14-2009, 10:49 AM
Are most products refered as BIO really BIO or just the same quallity ones but with greater prices due to the trade mark? Is it worth at all?
I don't know how it works abroad, but in Greece, the problem with BIO products is that:
a) BIO refers simply to the non usage of chemical fertilizers. The land, air and water can still be contaminated, however, and the seeds mutated.
b) Greek "BIO" farmers gave found ways (of course :rolleyes:) to cheat inspectors by introducing non-traceable amounts of chemical amounts into their crops.
This works as follows: they know in advance when the inspector is going to come and take measurements, so they calculate the exact amount of chemical that will have dissipated by that day.
If all else fails, they simply bribe their way into the BIO market. ;)
OR "Everything you always wanted to know, but were too lazy to google."
I couldn't find such a thread if it's already been started.
SO:
Which eye did Woden give up?
In the seventh-century weapon dancer/Odin helmet-plate die from Torslunda, Sweden (look for a photo of this one, it is fantastic), the right eye is gone. The strange thing is that the eye was originally there on the die but was removed with a sharp instrument. This being a helmet-plate die means that it should be pictured mirror wise. Therefore the missing eye is the left one.
Other weapon dancers images are the Migration Period pressed mounts from Gutenstein and Obrigheim, Germany, the silver pendant from a Birka grave and the bronze figurine from a Ekhammar grave, Sweden. Some think that the late tenth-century Rune stone at Aarhus, Denmark picturing a leather face-mask are an image of Odin.
Lady L
05-14-2009, 01:03 PM
How do you cook rice without it getting gluggy or burning to the bottom of the pot?
Constant stirring, you must stir :D And, we use butter :)
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
I don't like wearing them while awake :D I could never sleep with one! Yes Boerseun is right, they need rest, and they need to breathe! :D
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 06:52 PM
Are soya products so dangerous/ healthy? Or the truth about soya quallities is somewhere between?
Personally, I think I don't have good tolerance - get something like quickened pulse after drinking soya milk, for example...
Barreldriver
05-14-2009, 07:01 PM
How do you not get annoyed by people at work? Seriously, each moment I'm thinking how I'd like to combat my coworkers to show them who's who lol.
Combating your co-workers is a bad Idea. Most of us are working for pay-check, no reason to get emotional about the few co-workers we don’t like. There is no profit in that.
How difficult is it to learn how to milk a cow by hand?
Barreldriver
05-14-2009, 07:18 PM
How difficult is it to learn how to milk a cow by hand?
You'll find out after the first dozen times of getting kicked lol.
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 07:20 PM
How do you not get annoyed by people at work? Seriously, each moment I'm thinking how I'd like to combat my coworkers to show them who's who lol.
Well, it happens to anyone. Just try to ignore that, no need of unnecessary waste of nerves, you can't change the people in the way you like!
Barreldriver
05-14-2009, 07:25 PM
Well, it happens to anyone. Just try to ignore that, no need of unnecessary waste of nerves, you can't change the people in the way you like!
lol I'm just looking for an excuse to fight, I'm in a frenzy mood lol.
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 07:39 PM
lol I'm just looking for an excuse to fight, I'm in a frenzy mood lol.
If you weren't male I would be sure this is just PMS :D
Barreldriver
05-14-2009, 07:42 PM
If you weren't male I would be sure this is just PMS :D
It's just been forever since I've had a match up, and I lost one fight I should not have, I threw in the towel because I had to be somewhere and I could not afford to lose another contact lens lol.
Had a match up right before it, K.o. in a few seconds, felt good to win that lol. Then up against the best I ever fought, and went on for a few rounds, got jacked in my final round in the eye busted my nose, and lost a contact, couldn't see, had to drive home lol, so I threw in the towel until I was in a situation where I didn't need good vision.
Sol Invictus
05-14-2009, 07:51 PM
I can't find my prostate, how far in do I have to reach?
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 07:53 PM
I can't find my prostate, how far in do I have to reach?
Neither do I:(
:D
Osweo
05-14-2009, 08:21 PM
Who is Woden?
:D
Thorum, drug moi, there's a difference between 'getting into the spirit of a thread' and going TOO far! :P Open a 'Really Stupid Question Thread' if you must... :wink
Chief character of the Anglo-Saxon Ese, or primary tribe of gods and goddesses with the Wen secondary to them.
Os, as in my name and the Englisc rune, descended from COmmon Germanic Ansuz, is indeed morphologically identical with the word 'goose', and is pluralised in correspondence with 'geese'.
I'm wondering though, is 'Ese' actually attested, or merely reconstructed by analogy? And why isn't it 'Eese'?
God of magick and wisdom.D'Oh!!My next post will have my profile!!
Your next post should begin with an apology for that superfluous K... :tsk::p
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
It's bad, and not just for females, either...
Nice frilly ones are okay, but only for presleep teasing fun.
Oh and what should I do about the mold on my ceiling? :(
Ask VA, I hear he'd like the chance to at least block out the view of it....
How many "pure" proteins should contain the daily intake
ARE there potentially bad side effects of consuming too many? :confused:
sell the house"voetstoots"
Come on, what the devil does that mean en Engels? The mind boggles!
As far as I know, the only period account of this is in stanza 28 of the Völuspá.
It's not explicitly mentioned here which eye it is, and I don't know of any other sources with give that information.
I was just going to suggest that we might have to look at rather later pictures, from mediaeval woodcuts and manuscript decoration, but Beorn preempted me:
Just looked on all the pictures of Odin (well, not all, but most) and found that he seems to be largely represented as having lost his left eye.
And Jamt took it a step further:
In the seventh- century weapon dancer/Odin helmet-plate die from Torslunda, Sweden (look for a photo of this one, it is fantastic), the right eye is gone. The strange thing is that the eye was originally there on the die but was removed with a sharp instrument. This being a helmet-plate die means that it should be pictured mirror wise. Therefore the missing eye is the left one.
:thumb001: Thanks for the help, Gents!
Here's Jamt's die:
http://www.network54.com/Realm/thiudareiks/fenris.gif
:thumb001:
Here's why I asked, in the 'artwork' thread - I was worried I'd got it wrong!
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=46647#post46647
Are soya products so dangerous/ healthy? Or the truth about soya quallities is somewhere between?
Personally, I think I don't have good tolerance - get something like quickened pulse after drinking soya milk, for example...
I've never knowingly ate any such product, would you believe?
I can't find my prostate, how far in do I have to reach?
Er, it rather depends; which way are you going? :eek:
Baron Samedi
05-14-2009, 08:26 PM
What's the best liquor for getting bitches to take their clothes off?
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 08:34 PM
ARE there potentially bad side effects of consuming too many? :confused:
Yes, ketosis (but in some cases that condition is even healthy), kidney problems, allergies, gout...But only if you eat only proteins for long period.
I've never knowingly ate any such product, would you believe?
Yes, but only knowingly :D
Rainraven
05-14-2009, 08:46 PM
What's the best liquor for getting bitches to take their clothes off?
Vodka! :thumb001:
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 08:49 PM
What's the best liquor for getting bitches to take their clothes off?
Depends on the bitch - some are hardcore and need vodka, whiskey or other concentrate, others would pass with a beer, glass of wine/martini. And there are some that don't need alchochol to undress at all :D
Osweo
05-14-2009, 09:39 PM
Here's Jamt's die:
http://www.network54.com/Realm/thiudareiks/fenris.gif
:thumb001:
Seems the image doesn't show. :shrug: Here's another:
http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/publicatii/carti/sssmitsb/pinter-spa/1.jpg
http://www.runewebvitki.com/Torslunda%20Plate.JPG
Does 'Torslunda' mean Thor's Wood?
We have some Norse Lunds in my county. The village of Lunt north of Liverpool comes to mind. Some withs as well - Skelwith, Blawith etc... :thumb001:
Tabiti
05-14-2009, 09:47 PM
Which is the best method of measuring your Head Length Head Breadth without special tools?
Which is the best method of measuring your Head Length Head Breadth without special tools?
Try on hats in a hat shop.
Frigga
05-15-2009, 12:17 AM
Are soya products so dangerous/ healthy? Or the truth about soya quallities is somewhere between?
Personally, I think I don't have good tolerance - get something like quickened pulse after drinking soya milk, for example...
Yes!
Modern soy processing practices process soy in a very dangerous way, which causes them to be incredibly harmful for the body! Traditionally, soy is supposed to be fermented for long periods of time in order for it to be even marginally safe to consume. And the Asian cultures that ate soy at all in their traditional forms only used them as condiments, not as meat replacements! Even when soy is traditionally fermented, for as long as 18 months, it still has isoflavones in it. Isoflavones mimic estrogen, and can cause a lot of hormonal problems for men and women. The modern processing practices leave in all of the harmful properties of soy. These include the previously mentioned isoflavones, along with: Allergens, Goitrogens, Lectins, Oligosaccharides, Oxalates, Phytates, Protease Inhibitors, and Saponins.
This is from the Whole Soy Story by Kaayla Daniel:
Allergens: cause allergic reactions. Soy is one of the top 8 allergens.
Goitrogens: damage the thyroid
Lectins: cause red blood cells to clump together and may cause immune system reactions
Oligosaccharides: are the pesky sugars that cause bloating and flatulence
Oxalates: prevent proper absorption of calcium and have been linked to kidney stones and a painful diease know as vulvodynia
Phytates: impair absorption of minerals such as zinc, iron, and calcium.
Isoflavones: are phytoestrogens that act like hormones and affect the reproductive and nervous systems. Some of the best known isoflavones are genistein and daidzein.
Protease Inhibitors: most notably Trypsin Inhibitors interfere with the digestive enzymes protease and trypsin. This can lead to gastric distress, poor digestion, and an overworked pancreas.
Saponins: bind with bile. They may lower cholesterol (this is a bad thing actually!!) and may damage the intestinal lining.
Here is the website:
http://thewholesoystory.com
:)
Lulletje Rozewater
05-15-2009, 06:34 AM
How do you not get annoyed by people at work? Seriously, each moment I'm thinking how I'd like to combat my coworkers to show them who's who lol.
Annoy them more and ask about their personal life.
If a woman, ask about her fertility problems and menstrual cycles.
If a man ask about the dog he has got and its urinating habits
Do also Palm reading and scare the crap out of them:D
This one always works.:cool:
lei.talk
05-15-2009, 04:27 PM
I can't find my prostate, how far in do I have to reach?after consulting a few of my gay friends,
they suggested: involuntary ejaculation http://i43.tinypic.com/11ret1h.jpg
would be the proof you have found it.
apparently, size does matter. http://i43.tinypic.com/11ret1h.jpg
Tabiti
05-15-2009, 04:38 PM
How much time daily spend in front of the monitor damages your eyes?
Manifest Destiny
05-15-2009, 04:41 PM
And is it actually bad for females to wear bras when they sleep?
It is for the men who peek through their bedroom windows. :eek:
Oh and what should I do about the mold on my ceiling? :(
Kill it with fire.
HawkR
05-15-2009, 04:43 PM
What's the best way of getting up in the morning without enough sleep?
Manifest Destiny
05-15-2009, 04:45 PM
What's the best way of getting up in the morning without enough sleep?
Meth.
Tabiti
05-15-2009, 04:48 PM
What's the best way of getting up in the morning without enough sleep?
Not to go to bed :D
anonymaus
05-15-2009, 05:09 PM
How much time daily spend in front of the monitor damages your eyes?
From what I understand, you should be looking away and focusing on distant objects for a couple of minutes every 15 minutes. The damage is mostly in eroding your need to see distance clearly, and I do not believe that change is reversible (aside from normal correction).
What's the best way of getting up in the morning without enough sleep?
A little nip of the "hell yes gogo juice (http://www.screamingenergy.com/energy_drink_108.php)"
Atlas
05-15-2009, 06:12 PM
Pulp Fiction : What's there in the briefcase ?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/PulpFictionCase.jpg/800px-PulpFictionCase.jpg
Loddfafner
05-16-2009, 02:13 AM
What is the deal with Skadhi?
Lady L
05-16-2009, 03:14 AM
Did Æmeric go on vacation without telling us..? :fponder: I know he said something but that's a record for him ;) :D
Aemma
05-16-2009, 03:26 AM
Did Æmeric go on vacation without telling us..? :fponder: I know he said something but that's a record for him ;) :D
LOL Funny, but I was thinking about him too today and wondering where my favourite curmudgeon was at. :D
Manifest Destiny
05-16-2009, 06:13 PM
Pulp Fiction : What's there in the briefcase ?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/PulpFictionCase.jpg/800px-PulpFictionCase.jpg
Marcellus Wallace's soul.
SwordoftheVistula
05-17-2009, 09:37 AM
Did Æmeric go on vacation without telling us..? :fponder: I know he said something but that's a record for him ;) :D
LOL Funny, but I was thinking about him too today and wondering where my favourite curmudgeon was at. :D
He did tell us :thumb001:
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45870#post45870
lei.talk
05-20-2009, 01:03 PM
...for an image-hosting service
that does not censor images (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=47087#post47087)?
now that youtube has sold-out:
http://i40.tinypic.com/qz4wia.jpg (http://youtu.be/iUiTQvT0W_0)
where can one find uncensored music-videos?
Vulpix
05-20-2009, 01:36 PM
...for an image-hosting service
that does not censor images (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=47087#post47087)?
I use this:
Image Hosting - ImageHosting.com - Image Sharing (http://www.imagehosting.com/)
Ok this is not a question, but a statement: Skadi may have Verðandi, but we have revision! :D
Manifest Destiny
05-20-2009, 06:30 PM
What is the deal with Skadhi?
They're on the verge of a civil war between "white" Palestinians and Nerdicist homos.
Beorn
05-20-2009, 06:34 PM
Ok this is not a question, but a statement: Skadi may have Verðandi, but we have revision! :D
LOL! At least Revision is human!
Vulpix
05-20-2009, 07:48 PM
Who's Verðandi :D?
Beorn
05-20-2009, 07:52 PM
Who's Verðandi :D?
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/wp-content/uploads//2007/07/spambot.jpg
Vulpix
05-20-2009, 07:55 PM
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/wp-content/uploads//2007/07/spambot.jpg
LOL a Russian spambot :tongue :D?
lei.talk
05-21-2009, 08:23 AM
Verðandi
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/wp-content/uploads//2007/07/spambot.jpg
LOL a Russian spambot :tongue :D?this story will not be complete
untill we discover
who signed them up for all these visitors (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3969&highlight=spam).
there are so many banned members potentials.
Lulletje Rozewater
05-21-2009, 11:23 AM
I can't find my prostate, how far in do I have to reach?
Until the Captain of the Sperm Armada shouts:"Chirpy Chirpy Bang Bang".:confused:
Brynhild
05-21-2009, 12:00 PM
Why aren't you allowed to smile on passport photos, yet you're encouraged to smile for your driver's license photo? :confused:
What's the best way of getting up in the morning without enough sleep?
Attempting to masturbate in a cold shower.
Pulp Fiction : What's there in the briefcase ?
Irradiated chicken wings and hot sauce.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/PulpFictionCase.jpg/800px-PulpFictionCase.jpg[/QUOTE]
Why can't I just be naked all the time? - I mean, no one else has to: just leave me alone - me and my nakedness; I won't bother you, if you don't bother me, you know?
Why is it than when ingredients are removed from a product, it's ALWAYS more expensive?
WHy is my cloak so off putting to people at the grocery?
:confused2:
Manifest Destiny
05-21-2009, 02:05 PM
Who's Verðandi :D?
Who is John Galt?
Skandi
05-21-2009, 02:10 PM
WHy is my cloak so off putting to people at the grocery?
Look we've told you before, Wash it, remove that interesting green fur from up near the collar, take the dog crap off the hem and try to remove last nights dinner from the front, then you won't have a problem.
Treffie
05-21-2009, 02:14 PM
Look we've told you before, Wash it, remove that interesting green fur from up near the collar, take the dog crap off the hem and try to remove last nights dinner from the front, then you won't have a problem.
Thrym, I don't think it's that. I think it's the fact that he's not wearing anything underneath it. :D
Tabiti
05-22-2009, 08:29 AM
One of my wise teeth causes me constant gum infections in the surrounding area for around two years. A dentist told me nothing could be done, only good cleaning of the tooth surrounding tissues.
Do you know something more about that or I should have it pulled out?
Treffie
05-22-2009, 09:41 AM
One of my wise teeth causes me constant gum infections in the surrounding area for around two years. A dentist told me nothing could be done, only good cleaning of the tooth surrounding tissues.
Do you know something more about that or I should have it pulled out?
Definitely. Wisdom teeth just sit there and don't do much.
anonymaus
05-22-2009, 05:12 PM
One of my wise teeth causes me constant gum infections in the surrounding area for around two years. A dentist told me nothing could be done, only good cleaning of the tooth surrounding tissues.
Do you know something more about that or I should have it pulled out?
You really should seek to have it removed as soon as possible. Do you actually have room for it in your mouth? Or is it impacted and cracked and causing infection?
I can't believe any certified dentist would leave it in there while it's causing infection. Gum disease and infections of the mouth can lead to serious health problems elsewhere in the body!
Beorn
05-22-2009, 05:53 PM
I can't believe any certified dentist would leave it in there while it's causing infection.
Mine was doing that for a few years and I was ready to have it pulled a few years back, when the dentist suddenly decided it wasn't necessary.
A few more occasions of infections and it was deemed necessary to pull.
Paleo
05-22-2009, 06:01 PM
how do marine mammals sleep, without drowning?
Tabiti
05-22-2009, 07:06 PM
You really should seek to have it removed as soon as possible. Do you actually have room for it in your mouth? Or is it impacted and cracked and causing infection?
I can't believe any certified dentist would leave it in there while it's causing infection. Gum disease and infections of the mouth can lead to serious health problems elsewhere in the body!
Asked my "mother-in-law" who is dental nurse. She told me that I have enough "room", just the gum doesn't want to move, so it must be cut, nothing so serious :D
It is not infected now, just the gum pains from stretching.
Barreldriver
05-22-2009, 07:08 PM
Does the military let you bring your own gear if you join up? I'd hate to leave my web gear, vests, and helmets sit in a garage for the rest of my life.
Tabiti
05-22-2009, 07:37 PM
My Biology teacher in high school once told us that the green eyes gene in Southern Europe and Balkans almost always goes with convex nose type and "matted" skin. Sounds odd and not true in many cases, although it "worked" with me, but still haven't found a prove for her conclusions. She surely had read it somewhere.
Psychonaut
05-22-2009, 07:57 PM
Does the military let you bring your own gear if you join up? I'd hate to leave my web gear, vests, and helmets sit in a garage for the rest of my life.
The only way you can use your own gear is if it's identical with the issued gear. A lot of guys will buy their own gear, but the stuff you've got in the pictures is way out of date. Anyone in the military who deploys will be wearing stuff that looks like this:
http://www.captainsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/army_iba.jpg
Osweo
09-06-2010, 03:46 AM
Why does Ead, while changing every other part of his online identity, from name, to sex, to ethnicity to age and everything, leave only his Roman Catholicism as constant??!1!!!!111? :strokebeard:
Bloodeagle
09-06-2010, 06:04 AM
Now that I know Danes are Germanic it got me wondering, are Germans Germanic? :D
W. R.
09-23-2010, 09:43 AM
I guess I would be regarded as white in the USA, right? If so, could I join the Ku Klux Klan, for example (theoretically)?
Bloodeagle
09-24-2010, 04:26 AM
I guess I would be regarded as white in the USA, right? If so, could I join the Ku Klux Klan, for example (theoretically)?
I do believe that you could. ;)
Would you want to?
Grumpy Cat
09-24-2010, 04:41 AM
I guess I would be regarded as white in the USA, right? If so, could I join the Ku Klux Klan, for example (theoretically)?
Are you Protestant?
If no, then no.
Osweo
09-24-2010, 04:47 AM
If no, then no.
Tabarnac, AD; speak White! :mad:
Grumpy Cat
09-24-2010, 04:48 AM
Tabarnac, AD; speak White! :mad:
Maudit anglais :coffee:
Osweo
09-24-2010, 04:52 AM
[/in-joke]
Move along Apricitoyens; nothing to see here. :....
Grumpy Cat
09-24-2010, 04:54 AM
Anyways, stupid question:
We all know what Preparation H is... but what happened to Preparations A through G?
jerney
09-24-2010, 06:02 AM
Are you Protestant?
If no, then no.
I'm pretty sure they got desperate enough to start including Catholics and Orthodox
W. R.
09-24-2010, 06:02 AM
I do believe that you could. ;)
Would you want to?Yes, I like the idea. ;)
Are you Protestant?
If no, then no.Isn't it enough that I am not Catholic? :D
I have googled and found (http://www.johnnyleeclary.com/questions_on_the_ku_klux_klan.htm) that in 1974 Grand Wizard David Duke opened Klan membership to White Catholics too. So maybe the Ku Klux Klan is no more "for Protestants only".
Aemma
09-25-2010, 01:40 AM
A very pressing matter that needs the utmost attention. So please answer toot sweet! :P
Grumpy Cat
09-25-2010, 01:44 AM
^^^ Because of the stereotype that they eat frogs legs.
Beorn
09-25-2010, 01:47 AM
A very pressing matter that needs the utmost attention. So please answer toot sweet! :P
Because according to Celtic mythology, the French were turned into Frogs and we stopped playing the game and just ate them.
Fuck the French!
Aemma
09-25-2010, 01:49 AM
Because according to Celtic mythology, the French were turned into Frogs and we stopped playing the game and just ate them.
Fuck the French!
LOL Is that why we make such great lovers, because everybody says "Fuck the French!"? :P :D
RoyBatty
09-25-2010, 01:52 AM
That self-ascribed "great lover" tag must be a myth. :D
Grumpy Cat
09-25-2010, 01:52 AM
That self-ascribed "great lover" tag must be a myth. :D
Want to find that out? :wink
RoyBatty
09-25-2010, 01:54 AM
Want to find that out? :wink
ok I'm game :)
Radojica
09-25-2010, 01:59 AM
Since this is a stupid question thread, I have stupid question (ha, I hope you did not expect anything else from me :eusa_shifty: )
How many times do you fart during the day, do you do it in front of the others (or have your private place for it), how hard and how smelly it is. There it is :coffee:
:suomut:
:gossip:
:stricken:
Who is Woden?
:D
The northern Jove?! :eek:
Beorn
09-25-2010, 02:10 AM
Want to find that out? :wink
Can I join in? :)
I'm there today.
Aemma
09-25-2010, 02:12 AM
Can I join in? :)
I'm there today.
ROFL, yes somehow Beornie turned into a Canuck lumberjack...and that's ok...he sleeps all night and he works all day. Oh and he loves to wear women's clothing too! :P :D
RoyBatty
09-25-2010, 02:57 AM
Since this is a stupid question thread, I have stupid question (ha, I hope you did not expect anything else from me :eusa_shifty: )
How many times do you fart during the day, do you do it in front of the others (or have your private place for it), how hard and how smelly it is. There it is :coffee:
:suomut:
:gossip:
:stricken:
Rhetorical question. One could compare this to how many times the average male thinks about sex per day. It's probably a dead heat between the two. (scuse the pun)
Beorn
09-25-2010, 03:32 AM
ROFL, yes somehow Beornie turned into a Canuck lumberjack...and that's ok...he sleeps all night and he works all day. Oh and he loves to wear women's clothing too! :P :D
Shhh! FFS Aemma! I tell you a secret and you go and spurt it out for all to see.
I won't be able to show my face around here till at least... I sober up.
mmmm! women's underwear feels so soft and sexy next to ...
GOD DANMIT, AEMMA! :mad: see whattya started?
LOL Is that why we make such great lovers, because everybody says "Fuck the French!"? :P :D
I think we all remember that you openly admitted to being English and renounced all ties to France (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=270291#post270291).
Upside: You're not French anymore.
Downside: Your skills in the sack have probably taken a severe knocking.
It has its good and bads.
Aemma
09-25-2010, 04:13 AM
I think we all remember that you openly admitted to being English and renounced all ties to France (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=270291#post270291).
Upside: You're not French anymore.
Downside: Your skills in the sack have probably taken a severe knocking.
It has its good and bads.
I'm so disappointed Caedmon. I'd had thought for sure you would have said they'd gotten better now that I am English! You know, afterall, to shag well is the English way! :D
Aemma
09-25-2010, 04:14 AM
Shhh! FFS Aemma! I tell you a secret and you go and spurt it out for all to see.
I won't be able to show my face around here till at least... I sober up.
mmmm! women's underwear feels so soft and sexy next to ...
GOD DANMIT, AEMMA! :mad: see whattya started?
So shall we ask you Beornie, what are you wearing? :P :D
I'm so disappointed Caedmon. I'd had thought for sure you would have said they'd gotten better now that I am English!
Gah! I should've played the hand differently.
You know, afterall, to shag well is the English way! :D
I haven't had sex with too many Englishmen - I bow to your superior knowledge and experience in that area. :p
Grumpy Cat
09-25-2010, 05:01 AM
Since this is a stupid question thread, I have stupid question (ha, I hope you did not expect anything else from me :eusa_shifty: )
How many times do you fart during the day, do you do it in front of the others (or have your private place for it), how hard and how smelly it is. There it is :coffee:
:suomut:
:gossip:
:stricken:
Girls don't fart!
No actually, the average person farts 14 times a day and most gas is passed during sleep. Vegetarians though fart more than omnivores.
Brynhild
09-25-2010, 06:54 AM
I give you fair warning that this question is stupid, as only a dolt like myself wouldn't understand it :P. Anyway, could somebody please explain what it actually means to be a nordicist, because I'm somewhat confused?!?! :confused:
Radojica
09-25-2010, 11:21 AM
Girls don't fart!
:rotfl:
I give you fair warning that this question is stupid, as only a dolt like myself wouldn't understand it :P. Anyway, could somebody please explain what it actually means to be a nordicist, because I'm somewhat confused?!?! :confused:
Inese is the answer on your question, I guess :chin:
Brynhild
09-25-2010, 11:32 AM
:rotfl:
Inese is the answer on your question, I guess :chin:
Somehow, I knew somebody would say this, leaving me back at square one!:(
Psychonaut
09-25-2010, 11:54 AM
Somehow, I knew somebody would say this, leaving me back at square one!:(
Nordicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordicism#Nordicism)
By the early twentieth century the concept of a "masterly" Nordic race had become so familiar that the British psychologist William McDougall, writing in 1920, could say with confidence:
Among all the disputes and uncertainties of the ethnographers about the races of Europe, one fact stands out clearly — namely, that we can distinguish a race of northerly distribution and origin, characterized physically by fair color of hair and skin and eyes, by tall stature and dolichocephaly (i.e. long shape of head), and mentally by great independence of character, individual initiative, and tenacity of will. Many names have been used to denote this type, ... . It is also called the Nordic type.
Sergi argued that Mediterraneans constituted "the greatest race in the world", with a creative edge absent in the Nordic race. According to him, they were the creators of all the major ancient civilizations, from Mesopotamia to Rome.
This argument was later repeated by C. G. Seligman, who wrote that "it must, I think, be recognized that the Mediterranean race has actually more achievement to its credit than any other". Even Carleton Coon insisted that among Greeks "the Nordic element is weak, as it probably has been since the days of Homer...It is my personal reaction to the living Greeks that their continuity with their ancestors of the ancient world is remarkable, rather than the opposite."
Nordicists claimed that Nordics had formed upper tiers of ancient civilizations, even in the Mediterranean civilizations of antiquity, which had declined once this dominant race had been assimilated. Thus they argued that ancient evidence suggested that leading Romans like Nero, Sulla, and Cato were blond or red-haired.
Some Nordicists admitted the Mediterranean race was superior to the Nordic in terms of artistic and intellectual ability. However, the Nordic race was regarded as superior on the basis that, although Mediterranean peoples were culturally sophisticated, it was the Nordics who were alleged to be the innovators and conquerors, having an adventurous spirit that no other race could match.
The Alpine race was usually regarded as inferior to both the Nordic and Mediterranean races, making up the traditional peasant class of Europe while Nordics occupied the aristocracy and led the world in technology, and Mediterraneans were more imaginative.
Opponents of Nordicism rejected these arguments. The anti-Nordicist writer Giuseppe Sergi argued in his influential book The Mediterranean Race (1901) that there was no evidence that the upper tiers of ancient societies were Nordic, insisting that historical and anthropological evidence contradicted such claims...
Nodens
09-25-2010, 05:34 PM
Heh, still vague on Nordish, Nordic, Nordid or Nordoid.
why do some Russians have slanted eyes, also the ones who are blonde with blue eyes?
Osweo
09-29-2010, 08:29 PM
why do some Russians have slanted eyes, also the ones who are blonde with blue eyes?
Most of the time (and especially if we're talking about blonde blue eyes) it's for the same reason that many Finns, and even Irish have these funny squinty eyes. It's from an ancient adaptation to the cold of the Ice Ages, seen in so-called Cro-Magnid types.
Look at these British Isles background people;
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJYO_v77SxI/hqdefault.jpg
http://aslcdn.celebuzz.com/images/josh_hartnett_051807_06.jpg
http://files.myopera.com/Mishel28/albums/26546/Richard%20Gere%203.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xWeD_KR3l4/SoUjVf2M1aI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/qXBtZz7RRxs
(not the best examples, but the first to come to mind.)
North-Eastern Europe is without the benefit of the Gulf Stream warming current from the Atlantic, so these tendencies are more marked there, in Russians and their neighbours. You get flatter wider faces there, because of this, and less 'sticky out' noses.
There IS also some element of mixing with peoples from the East too. I have two friends in Moscow - one with a Kazakh grandfather, one with a Tatar great grandfather - in which you can see these traits. Most Russians I know with squinty eyes cannot tell such a story, though. In them it's a far older trait, from long before the Tatar invasions or Soviet mixing.
Beorn
09-29-2010, 10:03 PM
Can members of TA not living in the UK see this page?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tzmsd/Michael_Woods_Story_of_England_Domesday_to_Magna_C arta/
Can you see the button just below which allows to download the programme? Will it allow you non-UK members to download the programme?
Electronic God-Man
09-29-2010, 10:22 PM
Can members of TA not living in the UK see this page?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tzmsd/Michael_Woods_Story_of_England_Domesday_to_Magna_C arta/
Can you see the button just below which allows to download the programme? Will it allow you non-UK members to download the programme?
I can see it, but "Download" is greyed out.
Beorn
09-29-2010, 10:25 PM
I can see it, but "Download" is greyed out.
Sorry, I gave the wrong link. That was tonight's edition. Try this one (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tw231/Michael_Woods_Story_of_England_Romans_to_Normans/). :)
Electronic God-Man
09-29-2010, 10:29 PM
Sorry, I gave the wrong link. That was tonight's edition. Try this one (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tw231/Michael_Woods_Story_of_England_Romans_to_Normans/). :)
It says on the banner across the screen that it's not available in my area. The Download button can be clicked and then the only option available is for some BBC iPlayer Desktop.
Most of the time (and especially if we're talking about blonde blue eyes) it's for the same reason that many Finns, and even Irish have these funny squinty eyes. It's from an ancient adaptation to the cold of the Ice Ages, seen in so-called Cro-Magnid types.
Look at these British Isles background people;
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJYO_v77SxI/hqdefault.jpg
http://aslcdn.celebuzz.com/images/josh_hartnett_051807_06.jpg
http://files.myopera.com/Mishel28/albums/26546/Richard%20Gere%203.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xWeD_KR3l4/SoUjVf2M1aI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/qXBtZz7RRxs
(not the best examples, but the first to come to mind.)
North-Eastern Europe is without the benefit of the Gulf Stream warming current from the Atlantic, so these tendencies are more marked there, in Russians and their neighbours. You get flatter wider faces there, because of this, and less 'sticky out' noses.
There IS also some element of mixing with peoples from the East too. I have two friends in Moscow - one with a Kazakh grandfather, one with a Tatar great grandfather - in which you can see these traits. Most Russians I know with squinty eyes cannot tell such a story, though. In them it's a far older trait, from long before the Tatar invasions or Soviet mixing.
They exist also in Italy:
http://www.veryinutilpeople.it/images/pic5/600-rosie-huntington.jpg
http://www.spaziogossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/giorgia-surina.jpg
http://www.girlpics4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/giorgia-palmas-2.jpg
http://www.sportlive.it/gallery/foto/calcio/foto-sexy-tifose-calcio/tifosa_italiana_bellissima.jpeg
But not many people have them. I think in Russia percentage is higher. They are very beautiful anyway.
Beorn
09-29-2010, 10:34 PM
It says on the banner across the screen that it's not available in my area. The Download button can be clicked and then the only option available is for some BBC iPlayer Desktop.
Okay. Thanks so far, but one last question then: Can you get more than one option for download on this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tzm01/The_Born_Free_Legacy/)? If so, which ones?
Electronic God-Man
09-29-2010, 10:38 PM
Okay. Thanks so far, but one last question then: Can you get more than one option for download on this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tzm01/The_Born_Free_Legacy/)? If so, which ones?
Yes. iPlayer Desktop, Windows Media Player, and "For Portable Devices". "Download Future Episodes" is still grayed out though.
Beorn
09-29-2010, 10:48 PM
Yes. iPlayer Desktop, Windows Media Player, and "For Portable Devices". "Download Future Episodes" is still grayed out though.
Great! Thanks for running around there, Soten. Just what I wanted to hear. I wasn't too sure how much could be seen and done by non-UK residents, so this is good news.
I expect some on here have already found ways around this all, but for those who haven't, and if members are interested in watching/downloading BBC programmes for future reference and posterity, then firstly download this software. It's safe. :)
Wondershare Media Converter (http://www.wondershare.com/pro/media-converter.html)
You will need to install the BBC IPlayer for this also, but after that it isn't needed. When you want to download a BBC programme, simply download with Windows Media Player and save to your PC.
After this, open up the file using the media converter software and convert the file in order to use with multiple viewing software and keep permanently.
You will need a password for the media converter software, but I can provide that if you PM me.
Together we can screw the BBC. :thumb001:
Osweo
09-30-2010, 11:08 PM
They exist also in Italy:
http://www.spaziogossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/giorgia-surina.jpg
I was just going to ask if this Surina was from Sardegna, but I see on Wiki that she was born in Milano.
Do I have the right mental image for Sardinians? I knew a girl from there with this sort of heavy boned look, if you see what I mean. :confused:
I was just going to ask if this Surina was from Sardegna, but I see on Wiki that she was born in Milano.
Do I have the right mental image for Sardinians? I knew a girl from there with this sort of heavy boned look, if you see what I mean. :confused:
I have been in Sardinia only once and in the southern part and there people were short and very tan (but it was in July) and all with black hair. Light eyes/hair were almost inexistent, but they have beautiful features. But slanted eyes are not particularly diffuse in Sardinia.
They exist in the whole Italy.
The last I found is this girl from Rome:
http://images.virgilio.it/sg/cinema-tv2009/upload/dil/diletta-franceschetti.jpg
http://www.mondoreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Diletta-Franceschetti-GF10-A.jpg
San Galgano
10-14-2010, 02:28 PM
I was just going to ask if this Surina was from Sardegna, but I see on Wiki that she was born in Milano.
Father from Croatia, mother from Apulia in s.Italy.
Father from Croatia, mother from Apulia in s.Italy.
But was her father an Italian-Croat? Becouse "Surina" doesn't seem a Croatian surname
San Galgano
10-14-2010, 03:33 PM
But was her father an Italian-Croat? Becouse "Surina" doesn't seem a Croatian surname
Maybe it's her mother's name cause ZwjjksYjkieyovic would have sounded hard to hear when presenting herself to italian TV.:D
Maybe it's her mother's name cause ZwjjksYjkieyovic would have sounded hard to hear when presenting herself to italian TV.:D
Naah, I don't think so. We already have Nina Moric...
What does the name "Saoirse" means and how is it pronunced?
In Italian it should be something like "Saoeerseh"
What does the name "Saoirse" means and how is it pronunced?
In Italian it should be something like "Saoeerseh"
Freedom.
Seer-sha, is how I've heard it from people in Ulster and Munster.
Treffie
11-08-2010, 01:31 PM
Freedom.
Seer-sha, is how I've heard it from people in Ulster and Munster.
I was in Cork last year and they pronounce it `Sor-sha` down there :)
I was in Cork last year and they pronounce it `Sor-sha` down there :)
Interesting - a friend of mine from Cork pronounces it seer-sha. :shrug: That person isn't a native Irish speaker though, so it could be outside influence.
Osweo
11-09-2010, 01:33 AM
'Ser (rhymes with 'where') - shuh' in the mouths of my Tipperary cousins. :shrug:
Stress the first syllable.
It's a damned awful forename, I reckon. :p
lei.talk
11-09-2010, 03:57 PM
in royal leamington spa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Leamington_Spa) :icon1:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/ElephantWalk.jpg
Radojica
11-12-2010, 11:26 AM
How to cope with the knowledge of something which destroyed whole your world, all your dreams, ideas? How to clean yourself of shameful dirt in which you are drowning? How to beat the feeling that you cannot look anybody in their eyes because you feel shame, yourself in the first place?
Eldritch
11-13-2010, 12:17 AM
How to cope with the knowledge of something which destroyed whole your world, all your dreams, ideas? How to clean yourself of shameful dirt in which you are drowning? How to beat the feeling that you cannot look anybody in their eyes because you feel shame, yourself in the first place?
Acknowledge what happened, make whatever amends you can, and once you've done that start making plans to move on. Refuse to revisit even if someone tries to drag you there. Take confort in that the lowest point in your life in now safely behind you, not ahead.
Eldritch
11-13-2010, 12:18 AM
Why does cold water taste better than warm water when you're very thirsty?
I've wanted a credible and an understandable answer to that question for years!
Osweo
11-13-2010, 12:33 AM
Why does cold water taste better than warm water when you're very thirsty?
I've wanted a credible and an understandable answer to that question for years!
A selective pressure with results even in non-simian mammals? Running water is cooler than stagnant pools, and is less likely to make you ill.
How's that attempt? ;)
(or is it just that you're usualy hot when you're thirsty anyway? I've drank hot water when I was cold and thirsty, indeed.)
Eldritch
11-13-2010, 12:48 AM
A selective pressure with results even in non-simian mammals? Running water is cooler than stagnant pools, and is less likely to make you ill.
How's that attempt? ;)
(or is it just that you're usualy hot when you're thirsty anyway? I've drank hot water when I was cold and thirsty, indeed.)
Hmmm, that seems plausible at least.
But when I've worked indoors sitting down in an air-conditioned office I still preferred cold water. Granted, I wasn't cold, just not particularly hot and sweaty. Perhaps in that case the first option kicks in?
My stupid question is:
What's the sound of one hand fapping?
la bombe
11-13-2010, 07:24 PM
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4585/47867152711938087400107.jpg
PS: #3 is the only correct answer
Murphy
11-13-2010, 07:32 PM
PS: #3 is the only correct answer
I prefer it hardcore.
Eldritch
11-14-2010, 03:30 PM
What.
Is.
This.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/11/garbage_plate.jpg
?
Skandi
11-14-2010, 03:55 PM
What.
Is.
This.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/11/garbage_plate.jpg
?
Looks good after a drink or 10....
Aviane
11-14-2010, 04:01 PM
^^^Looks quite yummy and makes me want to eat it.
ZeDoCaixao
11-16-2010, 10:43 AM
What.
Is.
This.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/11/garbage_plate.jpg
?
Looks like what the human swine in my area call a garbage plate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Tahou_Hots).
Oh wait, it is.
ZeDoCaixao
11-16-2010, 10:51 AM
Incidentally, I had one of those three years ago, and I mark that shameful event as one of my stepping-stones toward the strict all-natural regimen I started shortly thereafter and have enjoyed ever since.
Let me just say that that ugly pile of belly-bloating muck is probably the most interesting thing about this region.
What.
Is.
This.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/11/garbage_plate.jpg
?
:lightbul: I scene from "Saw VIII"
WeissBodhi
11-16-2010, 02:45 PM
What.
Is.
This.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/11/garbage_plate.jpg
?
Mmmm... chili-n-cheese, mac-n-cheese, tater tots, sausage, baked beans.... looks like a delicious Southern cook out delicacy! :D (now I'm hungry!)
askra
12-22-2010, 01:44 PM
I have been in Sardinia only once and in the southern part and there people were short and very tan (but it was in July) and all with black hair. Light eyes/hair were almost inexistent, but they have beautiful features. But slanted eyes are not particularly diffuse in Sardinia.
They exist in the whole Italy.
The last I found is this girl from Rome:
http://images.virgilio.it/sg/cinema-tv2009/upload/dil/diletta-franceschetti.jpg
http://www.mondoreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Diletta-Franceschetti-GF10-A.jpg
It's absolutely wrong saying that all sardinians have black hair and light eyes are almost unexistent
a recent survay realised by the anthropologists Cosseddu, Floris and Vona in 1983, entitled "The pigmentation of eyes and hair of Sardinians" shows that 29,7% of sardinians have got light eyes (hazel, green, grey annd blue), excluding hazel light eyes = 25% of population. brown eyes prevail.
the hair are mainly brown, not black. (mainly dark brown 35%, and light and medium brown 22,6%).
only blondes are rares (2,7%), but 5% in the north of the island (8% in the subregion of Gallura) and readheads only 0,5%
if you have visited the island in summer should know that population doubled due to the presence of turists, so half people that you have seen probably weren't sardinians at all ;)
It's absolutely wrong saying that all sardinians have black hair and light eyes are almost unexistent
a recent survay realised by the anthropologists Cosseddu, Floris and Vona in 1983, entitled "The pigmentation of eyes and hair of Sardinians" shows that 29,7% of sardinians have got light eyes (hazel, green, grey annd blue), excluding hazel light eyes = 25% of population. brown eyes prevail.
the hair are mainly brown, not black. (mainly dark brown 35%, and light and medium brown 22,6%).
only blondes are rares (2,7%), but 5% in the north of the island (8% in the subregion of Gallura) and readheads only 0,5%
if you have visited the island in summer should know that population doubled due to the presence of turists, so half people that you have seen probably weren't sardinians at all ;)
That Sardinians are darker than continental Italians, including Southern Italians, is a given fact. Hazel eyes are very common also in Italy (even more common), but we call them usually brown, becouse, except when exposed to the light and appear green, normally they look brown. I dunno in which percentage they exist in Italy, but many people have it.
My father has this colour:
http://www.wonderquest.com/2007-03-19-gold-green.jpg
extremely common, and my boyfriend this
http://www.utahsnaturalkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ethan20hazel20eyes.jpg
But, I repeat, we count them as "brown", indeed both my father and my bf have "brown eyes" in their identity card.
There is also an other reason of this fact: Italian dictionary doesn't have a word for translate "hazel". We have castano and nocciola that mean brown too, and verde, that means green. That's also why in the official book they are registred as "brown".
More stupid than this...
askra
12-22-2010, 03:46 PM
That Sardinians are darker than continental Italians, including Southern Italians, is a given fact. Hazel eyes are very common also in Italy (even more common), but we call them usually brown, becouse, except when exposed to the light and appear green, normally they look brown. I dunno in which percentage they exist in Italy, but many people have it.
My father has this colour:
http://www.wonderquest.com/2007-03-19-gold-green.jpg
extremely common, and my boyfriend this
http://www.utahsnaturalkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ethan20hazel20eyes.jpg
But, I repeat, we count them as "brown", indeed both my father and my bf have "brown eyes" in their identity card.
There is also an other reason of this fact: Italian dictionary doesn't have a word for translate "hazel". We have castano and nocciola that mean brown too, and verde, that means green. That's also why in the official book they are registred as "brown".
More stupid than this...
excluding hazel eyes, 25% of population have light eyes in Sardinia, so it means a quarter of population, not almost inexistent :)
Vasconcelos
12-22-2010, 03:56 PM
Yeah, it's pretty narrow to list colour as just "blue, green, brown", it's so much more complex than that..it kind of defeats the purpose of actually an "official" eye colour.
In Portugal we use the word "avelã" (literally hazelnut) for light brown/hazel like the ones you just posted (and mine), altho they are still considered a lighter branch of brown. Predominantly green hazel eyes are just labelled "verde".
In Portugal we use the word "avelã" (literally hazelnut) for light brown/hazel like the ones you just posted (and mine), altho they are still considered a lighter branch of brown. Predominantly green hazel eyes are just labelled "verde".
The romance languages indeed are not the top for eye colours.
On the documents in Italy you find only these eye colours:
1)azzurro (blue) o grigio (grey)
2)verde (green)
3)castano, that includes colours from almost black to almost green:
http://www.blurtit.com/var/mypictures/J/Jordan4137/brown-eyes-and-makeup_1290320339.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fSY3KGxcG0E/TQ2be2bgjlI/AAAAAAAAFBc/Jep823im_zw/s1600/ethan20hazel20eyes.jpg
(These two colours are approximately the mine and the one of my bf. We both are registred as having brown eyes - "castano").
excluding hazel eyes, 25% of population have light eyes in Sardinia, so it means a quarter of population, not almost inexistent :)
Yes you are right, sorry. I confused with the percentage of blonde hair.
Light eyes in Italy (excluding hazel of course):
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RhR4mCxQ4f3yIM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/5/51/Light_eyes_map.jpg&t=1
lei.talk
01-01-2011, 08:40 AM
In my glorious republic the age of consent is 16,
but a male of any age can have sex with a female providing she is over 16,
to my knowledge (which theoretically means that
a 12 year old boy can have sex with a 45 year old woman...).
The Journeyman
01-02-2011, 01:31 PM
Do members of a haplogroup share common markers for specific physical traits?
Osweo
01-02-2011, 10:10 PM
Do members of a haplogroup share common markers for specific physical traits?
No.
these things are all jumbled up and inherited more or less at random at every fertilisation.
Osweo
01-02-2011, 10:13 PM
which country would this be?
Mine. Shame nobody told me about this loophole at the time. :p
No.
these things are all jumbled up and inherited more or less at random at every fertilisation.
Yes, physical traits depend on the result of the crossing over if I am not wrong. It permits to recombine the genetical material of the two parents creating diversity. During this process it can happen also some genetical mutation.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Crossing-over_scheme_PL.svg/800px-Crossing-over_scheme_PL.svg.png
If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bullshit?
What color would a Smurf turn if you choked it?
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?
Why do they call it taking a dump? Shouldn't it be leaving a dump?
Can blind people see their dreams?
Aramis
01-03-2011, 01:34 PM
What the... a topic named "Stupid Question Thread" filled with posts discussing the pigmentation of Italians?
If anyone has seen my post where I call for Westerns to be shipped on a whole new planet, I officially take it back. Ship all southern Europeans instead.
Any yea, here's my stupid question:
Are Saami's European (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22573)?
Can blind people see their dreams?
The dreams of blinds are made of concepts not of images. They dream sensations/feelings, not images. So, no, they don't see in their dreams.
The dreams of blinds are made of concepts not of images. They dream sensations/feelings, not images. So, no, they don't see in their dreams.
That question didn't require a non-stupid answer my dear. :embarrassed
Megrez
01-05-2011, 11:17 PM
Why does lei.talk call Aemma "Tallulah"?
Eldritch
01-05-2011, 11:20 PM
The dreams of blinds are made of concepts not of images. They dream sensations/feelings, not images. So, no, they don't see in their dreams.
That applies only to people who were born blind. People who were once able to see still do, in dreams.
SaxonCeorl
01-05-2011, 11:22 PM
Who is the girl in Megrez's avatar?
Treffie
01-05-2011, 11:25 PM
Why does lei.talk call Aemma "Tallulah"?
Lei likes to use members past pseudonyms. Aemma once changed her nick to Tallulah (http://www.leninimports.com/tallulah_bankhead_gallery_1.jpg) (Bankhead). ;)
Megrez
01-06-2011, 01:31 AM
Who is the girl in Megrez's avatar?
I don't know too, but this is where I took her face from:
http://www.barnorama.com/wp-content/gallery/5photobombs/31.jpg
The next stupid question is...
How does a guy with no arms wipe his ass after he takes a crap?
The Ripper
01-08-2011, 03:09 PM
The next stupid question is...
How does a guy with no arms wipe his ass after he takes a crap?
With sea shells.
Eldritch
01-09-2011, 03:40 PM
Why doesn't some Swedish brewery produce a beer called LÖL?
SaxonCeorl
01-09-2011, 11:41 PM
Why doesn't some Swedish brewery produce a beer called LÖL?
I dunno, but I'd drink it if they did.
Why is it considered 'embarrassing' for a guy to be seen in his boxers? Most guys' boxers today are longer and baggier than the shorts men wore in public in the 70s.
The Ripper
01-10-2011, 04:40 AM
I dunno, but I'd drink it if they did.
Why is it considered 'embarrassing' for a guy to be seen in his boxers? Most guys' boxers today are longer and baggier than the shorts men wore in public in the 70s.
I guess it depends on context. If you're the only one in your underwear at a formal dress party, it would be a bit awkward. :D
Why is it considered 'embarrassing' for a guy to be seen in his boxers? Most guys' boxers today are longer and baggier than the shorts men wore in public in the 70s.
And European football was a whole other level. The England team essentially played in hot pants during the 1960s:
http://i.imgur.com/CWJKU.jpg
Eldritch
02-26-2011, 11:49 PM
Is this image inappropriate for an avatar?
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dlkAw43cLC0/Sj-AKSwguLI/AAAAAAAAE6M/MxKLiu5lSyM/s800/33-cool-and-creative-ads-part-i-latest.jpg
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24284
Thorum
02-26-2011, 11:56 PM
Gee thanks Eldee...
Osweo
02-27-2011, 12:08 AM
Gee thanks Eldee...
I enjoyed it too. I cun't decide whether to put it in my secret Sexy Folder, or my Funny Stuff one, though... :chin:
Thorum
02-27-2011, 12:17 AM
I enjoyed it too. I cun't decide whether to put it in my secret Sexy Folder, or my Funny Stuff one, though... :chin:
Damn, Oz, you are too deep!! :p
Osweo
02-27-2011, 12:30 AM
Damn, Oz, you are too deep!! :p
I hit the cervix every time. :cool:
Thorum
02-27-2011, 12:31 AM
I almost added, "no pun intended..."
Aemma
02-27-2011, 10:53 PM
I wonder what "wet human" smells like to a dog....:mmmm:
alexandra
03-01-2011, 06:30 PM
does god have feet?
Osweo
03-01-2011, 07:19 PM
No. Look;
http://www.bricktestament.com/genesis/creation/01_gn01_03.jpg
Baron Samedi
03-06-2011, 12:21 AM
Where in Woden's name can you find a one-pound fruit cup?
Please someone answer this.
Norbert
03-06-2011, 12:26 AM
would it be awkward for a guy to take a yoga class?
Osweo
03-06-2011, 12:41 AM
Only for the sort of guy who worries that anything that he might do would be awkward. ;)
Treffie
03-06-2011, 12:42 AM
Why is the word `abbreviation` so long?
Why is the word `abbreviation` so long?
You're supposed to abvt. it.
la bombe
03-06-2011, 02:48 AM
would it be awkward for a guy to take a yoga class?
Why would it be awkward? I would recommend either that or a dance class. They are FULL of girls.
Winged Hussar
03-06-2011, 02:58 AM
I can think of something: is it stupid to ask a stupid question? :)
Norbert
03-06-2011, 05:04 AM
What's the meaning of life? Are we alone in the universe?
Undoubtedly, two of the dumbest questions ever posed.
Lenny
03-06-2011, 05:12 AM
I can think of something: is it stupid to ask a stupid question? :)
Not sure if this joke has been made in this thread yet, but:
There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. :D
If this is one of those "You must ask a stupid question in your post" things, I will ask: What emotion, precisely, is :coffee: supposed to convey?
Question #2: How the heck does :embarrassed symbolize embarrasment?
Eldritch
03-06-2011, 12:58 PM
I can think of something: is it stupid to ask a stupid question? :)
It's less stupid than not asking it.
would it be awkward for a guy to take a yoga class?
Why on Earth would it be awkward? I've taken yoga classes.
Why do you call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, yet call it hemorrhoid when it's in your ass?
The Journeyman
03-07-2011, 03:19 AM
Why does nose breath smell better than mouth breath?
Eldritch
03-07-2011, 04:52 AM
Why does nose breath smell better than mouth breath?
Bad breath is caused by bacteria in the mouth.
Sabinae
03-07-2011, 06:03 AM
And cavities, or infections when cavities arent treated in due time... but yes, the smell is still a "bacteria" mark. They feed on leftovers and dead tissue. The result of oxidation of organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, releases CO2 and other metabolic products that arent a flower-power fragrance :)
The Journeyman
04-12-2011, 06:07 AM
Is the proper phrasing, "an hotel" or "a hotel?" Please, do tell.
Odoacer
04-12-2011, 06:28 AM
Is the proper phrasing, "an hotel" or "a hotel?" Please, do tell.
Both are allowable, but the former is generally regarded as obsolescent. For the most part, "a" should be used before "h" if the "h" is pronounced, e.g., "a hog," "a hat"; "an" should be used if the "h" is silent, e.g., "an herb," "an heir." You can probably get by using "an" before "h" words where stress does not fall on the first syllable, e.g., "an his`torical event" (but not "an `history"), "an hys`terical woman," "an ho`tel." But you would probably sound hopeless archaic if you said, "an `humble man," although this was once acceptable.
SwordoftheVistula
04-12-2011, 11:41 AM
Both are allowable, but the former is generally regarded as obsolescent. For the most part, "a" should be used before "h" if the "h" is pronounced, e.g., "a hog," "a hat"; "an" should be used if the "h" is silent, e.g., "an herb," "an heir." You can probably get by using "an" before "h" words where stress does not fall on the first syllable, e.g., "an his`torical event" (but not "an `history"), "an hys`terical woman," "an ho`tel." But you would probably sound hopeless archaic if you said, "an `humble man," although this was once acceptable.
Most likely it came when the word was incorporated from French. In French, L'Hotel, the 'H' is silent.
Odoacer
04-12-2011, 12:42 PM
Most likely it came when the word was incorporated from French. In French, L'Hotel, the 'H' is silent.
That doesn't explain why "an" would occur before "hotel" where the "h" is in fact pronounced.
W. R.
05-01-2011, 11:50 AM
How would you pronounce the word "Natiocracy (http://sna.in.ua/eng-naciokraty.php)"?
Odoacer
05-01-2011, 06:36 PM
How would you pronounce the word "Natiocracy (http://sna.in.ua/eng-naciokraty.php)"?
English "spelling": [nā 'shŏk rə see]
IPA: [neɪ 'ʃɒk ɹə si]
IMO, it is a terrible neologism; but I suppose "ethnocracy" was already defined (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocracy).
W. R.
05-01-2011, 06:53 PM
English "spelling": [nā 'shŏk rə see]
IPA: [neɪ 'ʃɒk ɹə si]
IMO, it is a terrible neologism; but I suppose "ethnocracy" was already defined (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocracy)."Natsiorkatiya" is a book by Stsiborskyi.
But I agree with you, "nation" has too many meanings in English.
In this part of Europe we usually stick to Stalin's definition of nation:
A nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and psychological make up manifested in a common culture.
Osweo
05-02-2011, 12:14 AM
Um....... Has anyone got any good advice on how to sort out a back problem? I just moved house and have done my back in somehow. Damned thing makes it hard even to walk and sit! :(
In this part of Europe we usually stick to Stalin's definition of nation:
A nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and psychological make up manifested in a common culture.
Soso had a lot of good sense. I'm reading Deutscher's biography of him now (got it for 25p ;) ). Have you read his early theoretical work on nationality and social democracy? I was just reading about it today. Seems Lenin encouraged him to write it, as a first foray into the more theoretical side of marxism. He was working on it in Vienna, apparently. It just got me curious. :p I should have got hold of his 'collected works' when na Rusi.
Eldritch
05-02-2011, 12:20 AM
Um....... Has anyone got any good advice on how to sort out a back problem? I just moved house and have done my back in somehow. Damned thing makes it hard even to walk and sit! :(
I have back problems now and then, and I've found that laying down on the floor on my back helps. So does being suspended upside down by one's feet, if that's manageable. Once you can, try taking a long but leisurely walk or swim.
And if symptoms persist, etc ...
Peasant
05-02-2011, 12:22 AM
What does an 'eideka' sleigh look like?
I'm reading The Forgotten Soldier, and it says 'There were also some real sleighs - a few eidekas and even two or three troikas covered with decorations.'
I'm going to guess it is a sleigh designed for fewer horses than a troika?
Troll's Puzzle
05-02-2011, 12:29 AM
Um....... Has anyone got any good advice on how to sort out a back problem? I just moved house and have done my back in somehow. Damned thing makes it hard even to walk and sit! :(
the 'alternating hot/cold' shower has always been good anti-muscle ache for me, u just shower and put it on cold for a bit, then hot, repeat x a lot
but it has to be uncomfortably cold, then uncomfortably hot...
unless you've 'done your back in' proper coz then nothing will help but rest ;)
Osweo
05-02-2011, 12:34 AM
I have back problems now and then, and I've found that laying down on the floor on my back helps. So does being suspended upside down by one's feet, if that's manageable. Once you can, try taking a long but leisurely walk or swim.
Aye, I've been on the floor a lot. I went to see my Dad a few days ago, and he sometimes has similar problems, and he lies down and puts his knees pointing upward bent, and then lets them fall to the left or right while his shoulders are still flat on the floor, if you see what I mean. This hasn't had a major effect yet, though. :ohwell:
He also twisted me, making something pop in the small of my back, but I'm wondering if this did more harm than good! :p
I do actually WANT to hang upside down, but can't think of anywhere round here where I could.
I've done long walks, and that just leaves me wincing, feeling that my upper body is all weighing down on a brittle crushed single vertebrae in my lower back. Swimming might be interesting, though. I HAVE just moved within sight of the Irish Sea, after all. :cheers:
And if symptoms persist, etc ...
um... the state has hopefully forgotten I exist by now. It's not the easiest thing, getting into doctor's here.
Osweo
05-02-2011, 12:43 AM
the 'alternating hot/cold' shower has always been good anti-muscle ache for me, u just shower and put it on cold for a bit, then hot, repeat x a lot
but it has to be uncomfortably cold, then uncomfortably hot...
Hmm, and how many times are you betting I'll do it, before realising it was mere sadistic trollery advice? :D
unless you've 'done your back in' proper coz then nothing will help but rest ;)
Grr, who's got time for THAT!? :(
Bloodeagle
05-02-2011, 03:12 AM
Aye, I've been on the floor a lot. I went to see my Dad a few days ago, and he sometimes has similar problems, and he lies down and puts his knees pointing upward bent, and then lets them fall to the left or right while his shoulders are still flat on the floor, if you see what I mean. This hasn't had a major effect yet, though. :ohwell:
He also twisted me, making something pop in the small of my back, but I'm wondering if this did more harm than good! :p
I do actually WANT to hang upside down, but can't think of anywhere round here where I could.
I've done long walks, and that just leaves me wincing, feeling that my upper body is all weighing down on a brittle crushed single vertebrae in my lower back. Swimming might be interesting, though. I HAVE just moved within sight of the Irish Sea, after all. :cheers:
um... the state has hopefully forgotten I exist by now. It's not the easiest thing, getting into doctor's here.
Don't you guys have Chiropractors in Europe? They have done wonders for me in the past. I had a pinched nerve in my neck that had my arm hurting so bad that I wanted to die. After 3 visits I could feel my fingers again and my arm quite throbbing. I am forever sold on their abilities. :)
Eldritch
05-02-2011, 11:44 AM
Don't you guys have Chiropractors in Europe? They have done wonders for me in the past. I had a pinched nerve in my neck that had my arm hurting so bad that I wanted to die. After 3 visits I could feel my fingers again and my arm quite throbbing. I am forever sold on their abilities. :)
Sure, I've been to a chiropractor in the past. I always feel 10 centimeters taller after a session. :p
Also, if the problem is in the muscles rather than in the spine, acupuncture works wonders, too. I actually used to see a guy who had been trained in England in both disciplines, but then he went and betrayed me by moving back there for good. :mad:
However, people should make sure, especially when chiropractors are concerned, that the people twisting their joints back and forth know what they're doing -- there have been cases here in Finland of people being severely injured by charlatans.
You should contact your own country's association of chiropractors, in order to be referred to a reputable professional.
Osweo
05-03-2011, 02:00 AM
"Natsiorkatiya" is a book by Stsiborskyi.
But I agree with you, "nation" has too many meanings in English.
In this part of Europe we usually stick to Stalin's definition of nation:
A nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and psychological make up manifested in a common culture.
Нация есть исторически сложившаяся устойчивая общность людей, возникшая на базе общности языка, территории, экономической жизни и психического склада, проявляющегося в общности культуры
I found his early pre-revolutionary essay that I was talking about;
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=400859#post400859
:)
SaxonCeorl
05-04-2011, 05:37 AM
Ever notice that if you look at a digital clock while eating something crunchy, the numbers seem to tremble? Not a question, but stupid nonetheless.
Do the English really drink warm beer:confused: and if they do is it really because of Lucas Electrics? :D
Do the English really drink warm beer:confused:
The girls do. A true English man boils it and drinks it before it has time to cool.
Bloodeagle
05-04-2011, 06:22 AM
Which is sillier and further from modern: The British referring to Americans as Yanks or Americans still referring to the Brits as Limeys?
Osweo
05-04-2011, 08:14 PM
Which is sillier and further from modern: The British referring to Americans as Yanks or Americans still referring to the Brits as Limeys?
The latter. It's just SO naff. :D
'Yank' has a good sound to it. The consonant cluster at the end allows the speaker to put real spite and derision into the word, which in itself is not too far from 'yuck', 'skank', 'wank' and suchlike. ;)
'Limey', well... Sounds like a petname or summat. When we get called it, it hardly prompts feelings of offence, more usually being greeted with puzzlement or 'er, alright...' sort of reactions. When we actually think about the origins of the term, we are taken to a bunch of sailors who ate citrus fruits to stop their teeth falling out on long voyages.... :suomut: Quite how that is supposed to rile us is beyond me. :cool:
'Yank' has the added benefit of having a far narrower meaning within the US, and thereby allows for the extra insulting power of using it on Southerners and West Coasters. :D
Odoacer
05-04-2011, 09:20 PM
'Yank' has the added benefit of having a far narrower meaning within the US, and thereby allows for the extra insulting power of using it on Southerners and West Coasters. :D
Speaking as a native Californian who has been transplanted to the South, I can't imagine anyone from the West Coast being especially offended by being called a "Yank" by a foreigner. The most likely reaction is something like this: :rolleyes2: Southerners, on the other hand: http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/basic/smileyvault-explode.gif
Bloodeagle
05-04-2011, 09:36 PM
The latter. It's just SO naff. :D
'Yank' has the added benefit of having a far narrower meaning within the US, and thereby allows for the extra insulting power of using it on Southerners and West Coasters. :D
Limey sounds like something a child came up with, or a way to reduce grown men to child like status, kidding. :D I do not believe it is intended as derogatory, it's just time we came up with something a bit more modern. :)
As a West Coaster, I do not find offense with being called a Yank, I have been called worse things over the years. However, the sons and daughters of Dixie may get upset with the term, considering that they tend to call Americans North and West of them Yankees. One thing is for certain the Yankees themselves, would never claim us as kin. :D
SaxonCeorl
05-17-2011, 01:02 AM
Why can't I eat the silica gel? :yumyum:
W. R.
05-17-2011, 12:18 PM
Is it true that the English don't say goodbye when they leave? ("To leave in the English way".)
Peasant
05-17-2011, 08:07 PM
I've never heard that phrase before and it's not really true.
These people seem to think it is because of those bloody frogs spreading rumours. (http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=692463) :shakefist
And it seems it was known as French leave. (http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/04/the-french-leave/)
Bloodeagle
05-17-2011, 09:15 PM
Why can't I eat the silica gel? :yumyum:
You should not eat silica gel, because it is a non food substance and may irritate your digestive tract. :)
Silica gel is non-toxic, non-flammable, and non-reactive and stable with ordinary usage. It will react with hydrogen fluoride, fluorine, oxygen difluoride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_difluoride), chlorine trifluoride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride), strong acids, strong bases, and oxidizers.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_gel#cite_note-6) Silica gel is irritating to the respiratory tract, may cause irritation of the digestive tract, and dust from the beads may cause irritation to the skin and eyes, so precautions should be taken.[8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_gel#cite_note-7)
Black Sun Dimension
05-17-2011, 09:29 PM
Why cant I eat with my ass and shit from my mouth?
W. R.
05-17-2011, 09:32 PM
Why cant I eat with my ass and shit from my mouth?You can. You just haven't tried hard enough.
Bloodeagle
05-17-2011, 09:56 PM
Why cant I eat with my ass and shit from my mouth?
What kind of stupid question is that? That question belongs in the weird question thread. :mad::p:D
Efim45
05-17-2011, 10:03 PM
Why cant I eat with my ass and shit from my mouth?
It's been done before. It is called Intero-Rectogestion. If it works in South Park it can work in real life.
Eldritch
05-23-2011, 11:27 PM
Why cant I eat with my ass and shit from my mouth?
I'm sure in the future more frivolous forms of bespoke surgery, such as removing the digestive tract and putting it back in upside down, will become available. :thumb001:
Or, the universe may reach its maximum size, and instead of expanding, it will begin to contract, at which point the direction of time will be reversed. This is a situation described by Philip K. Dick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick) in his novel Counter-Clock World:
The Hobart Phase
The Hobart Phase is the new order of life where people rise from the dead and are rejuvenated. Time reversal apparently began in 1986.
Other than aging, Hobart Phase resurrection has changed nutritional and excretion processes and associated social taboos. People do not eat, but instead consume "Sogum" (hinted to be reverse Defecation) and later "plop" out food, which is done in private, due to its 'shameful' nature.
As for smoking, cigarettes are no longer smoked, but the smoke instead blown back into them, making them grow back to normal size (this also clears and freshens the air).
"Goodbye" and "hello" have reversed their order within standard greetings. It is stated that Mars colonists do not have the Hobart Phase on their world, and it is limited to Earth, and presumably its lunar colonies as well.
I for one cannot wait. :yippee
Barreldriver
05-23-2011, 11:51 PM
'Yank' has the added benefit of having a far narrower meaning within the US, and thereby allows for the extra insulting power of using it on Southerners and West Coasters. :D
:shakefist
I detest being called Yank, have to literally bite my tongue when I get called Yank by someone not from the States.
W. R.
06-02-2011, 12:09 PM
Are true Slavs Dinarids or Baltids?
Osweo
06-03-2011, 12:08 AM
Are true Slavs Dinarids or Baltids?
As I understand it, both are the product of processes that began to affect Slavonic speakers after their dispersal from their urheimat (perhaps already advanced in populations that formed substrata to pre-Slavonic groups).
That is the prehistoric point of view. Another less diachronic approach would say that both phenotypes along with several others are borne by people of impeccable ethnolinguistic Slavonic credentials, from Ljubljana to Alyaska.
The Journeyman
07-04-2011, 11:07 PM
Why do Mexicans always wear their clothes into the ocean? I see them always going into the water with their clothes on, they roll their pants up and go swimming, often with their shirts on. Is it that they can't afford bathing suites or are a lot of them just fat and embarrassed to bare any skin? :confused:
Odoacer
07-05-2011, 06:46 PM
Why do Mexicans always wear their clothes into the ocean? I see them always going into the water with their clothes on, they roll their pants up and go swimming, often with their shirts on. Is it that they can't afford bathing suites or are a lot of them just fat and embarrassed to bare any skin? :confused:
In 19 years of living in Southern California, I never noticed this as something peculiar to Mexicans. Most of them wear bathing suits like anyone else.
Mordid
07-05-2011, 07:10 PM
Are true Slavs Dinarids or Baltids?
Baltids, duh. :wink
The Journeyman
07-07-2011, 06:44 AM
In 19 years of living in Southern California, I never noticed this as something peculiar to Mexicans. Most of them wear bathing suits like anyone else.
Where in Cali are you from? I live half a mile from the beach and am there all the time so I notice small things here and there. I rarely see white folks boogie boarding with a wife-beater on.
Odoacer
07-07-2011, 03:11 PM
Where in Cali are you from? I live half a mile from the beach and am there all the time so I notice small things here and there. I rarely see white folks boogie boarding with a wife-beater on.
I lived in Orange County, not as close to the beach as you though. I never noticed the phenomenon you're describing, although Mexicans are much more likely to wear wife-beaters in general. :coffee:
poiuytrewq0987
08-03-2011, 03:15 AM
Why do Mexicans always wear their clothes into the ocean? I see them always going into the water with their clothes on, they roll their pants up and go swimming, often with their shirts on. Is it that they can't afford bathing suites or are a lot of them just fat and embarrassed to bare any skin? :confused:
It's something of a trend for fat Mexicans who usually leave clothes on when they go in the pool or the ocean or anywhere that has a body of water. Of course, good-looking thin Mexicans don't do this. ;)
poiuytrewq0987
08-03-2011, 03:16 AM
Are true Slavs Dinarids or Baltids?
North Slavs are pred. Baltid whereas Southwest Slavs are pred. Dinarid (former Yugoslavia) and Southeast Slavs are pred. Pontid (Bulgaria). Question answered. :thumb001:
Gaztelu
08-03-2011, 07:03 AM
Is it possible for me to dolphin dive out of a window without breaking my back like in CoD: BO?
Zankapfel
08-09-2011, 09:00 PM
I've been in this forum for over two years and I've never once been on this thingy here:
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/solwm/48a261dd.jpg
Does that means I'm not one of the cool kids?
Nglund
08-09-2011, 09:07 PM
WHAT are they rioting for in Londonbad? ;)
Mordid
08-13-2011, 09:42 AM
Is Mordy really Pole/Wale ? :icon_ask:
Gaztelu
08-19-2011, 05:20 AM
I am completely serious about this:
Can I fix a hole in a garden hose with a welding torch?
Aces High
08-20-2011, 09:47 AM
Is it true that pigs cant swim because they would cut their own throats with their trotters...?
SaxonCeorl
01-25-2012, 05:25 AM
What's the difference between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings?
Nairi
01-25-2012, 06:44 AM
I am completely serious about this:
Can I fix a hole in a garden hose with a welding torch?
No,not advised. The correct way is to cut out the puncture, buy a joint from your hardware shop,then connect the two loose ends into the joint.
Drawing-slim
01-25-2012, 07:05 AM
Delete.
Found the answear:d
Raskolnikov
01-25-2012, 09:18 AM
Is it true that pigs cant swim because they would cut their own throats with their trotters...?
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What's the difference between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings?
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Kanuni
01-25-2012, 09:47 AM
There was a bus driver who had a dog and usually when he transported a football team he took with him.While driving he saw a signal there that he must turn 120 deegres but the driver turned 90 deegres.
What is the name of the dog?
Heart of Oak
01-25-2012, 10:06 AM
[QUOTE=Rainraven;46663]How do you cook rice without it getting gluggy or burning to the bottom of the pot?
Add a little olive oil, at the beginning.
Heart of Oak
01-25-2012, 10:09 AM
There was a bus driver who had a dog and usually when he transported a football team he took with him.While driving he saw a signal there that he must turn 120 deegres but the driver turned 90 deegres.
What is the name of the dog?
It is obviously Rover.:lightbul:
Heart of Oak
01-25-2012, 10:15 AM
My friends dog is called "Flash" the dog is lets say not a Grayhound, should he rename said dog?
Aces High
01-25-2012, 10:39 AM
My friends dog is called "Flash" the dog is lets say not a Grayhound, should he rename said dog?
Shuffles.
Heart of Oak
01-25-2012, 11:38 AM
Is it right to think Clowns are not funny at all?
Or should a decision like that, come from a mandate from the massess, not some farcical aquatic ceremony held in a public toilet by a moisent bint?
Lady L
01-25-2012, 12:28 PM
Why do Mexicans always wear their clothes into the ocean? I see them always going into the water with their clothes on, they roll their pants up and go swimming, often with their shirts on. Is it that they can't afford bathing suites or are a lot of them just fat and embarrassed to bare any skin? :confused:
They do that here too. I just assume they don't bother with it, because they probably could never afford to at home and that's what they are use to. This past summer there would be a family of them ever so often and even the little children swam in clothes ..but what's it really matter anyway :D
@Rainraven, if it's real rice not already pouched rice where you just add oil ..you want 2 cups of water for every cup of rice ..always cook on a medium low then low. Also, Never Stir ...did you know you can cook regular white rice this way then add a can of Rotel Mild Diced Tomato & Green Chilies for your own Spanish rice :D If you are cooking prepared rice that comes in a pouch ( Spanish Dirty etc ) you just bring to a boil add oil cover and simmer..:thumbs up
Aces High
01-25-2012, 03:33 PM
Is it right to think Clowns are not funny at all?
The good ones no.....they get you to look at things then when you think you are in for another cheap laugh.....they hit you with something unexpected.
Like all good comics.
Aces High
01-25-2012, 03:34 PM
Hers a question.
Why is it whenever you're on the phone and need to write something down....why do you always pick up a pen that doesnt work....?
Heart of Oak
01-25-2012, 06:21 PM
Hers a question.
Why is it whenever you're on the phone and need to write something down....why do you always pick up a pen that doesnt work....?
Sod's Law!
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