That Costello is an Irish name, not Italian.
Costell'O
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 25 May 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
stephen connor, yes, cheers
― mark s, Monday, 25 May 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
That not refrigerating beer or wine and just drinking it with a couple of ice cubes thrown in is totally fine
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
I've done that many times with wine but for some reason never considered doing it with beer.
― Alba, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
it is absolutely not fine
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
Lol yes i cry foul
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
When I was in singapore a most places gave you a glass of ice with your bottle of Tiger and after my initial revulsion it turns out to be awesome when its hot as shit and you are eating noodles and curry puffs and chicken rice.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
well sure, Tiger
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Just shuddering thinking of cubing a Trippel or a Quad
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Had it served that way at a Vietnamese restaurant and surprised it worked, but it was a San Miguel lager, I think.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah low grade lagers only. But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
what if the secret to loving ridiculously overhopped ipas and other beardy beer treats was a couple cubes of ice all along
― mh, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
Linus Pauling was a dedicated dancer. Just heard that on a podcast about Genius Dinners that the Kennedys were throwing in the early 60s from a podcast called Feast. Liked to tango and things.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
cubing a quad is the new gleaming the cube
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link
But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat
Scoop of vanilla ice cream or gtfo.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
Manon and Manon Lescaut are different operas.
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
Steve Priest from The Sweet wasn't gay.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
The saxophone was invented by a guy called Sax
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
Kevin Ayers was managed by John Reid for a while.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
... as was Michael Flatley!
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
irl titter
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
ditto
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
Born Warren Wilhelm Jr., he changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm in 1983 and finally to Bill de Blasio in 2001 to honor his maternal family.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
Nothing untoward at all about renaming yourself for your mom's family but self-christening with a more "ayyy New Yoooak" name when you're running for city council is kind afunny
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 03:55 (four years ago) link
Will that, and the German emperor.
― pplains, Friday, 5 June 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
I had no idea that actor (etc.) Wallace Shawn was the son of William Shawn, the famed New Yorker editor. (I also could have sworn he was dead, but maybe I was thinking of William Goldman.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
Limahl (of “The Neverending Story” fame) was the singer in Kajagoogoo.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
Kevin Spacey's real name is Kevin Fowler, which tbf is extraordinarily boring name for an actor and sounds like the reserve team manager at Accrington Stanley or something.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
Ha - at one point my learning process went exactly in reverse: Limahl, the singer for 80s one-hit wonders Kajagoogoo, had a song in the movie The Neverending Story, which I have never seen.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
Yeah, no he is definitely of Kajagoogoo and indeed Limahl fame.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
Did not know that about the Shawns
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 5 June 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Limahl was the other Mark Hamill, which is what the stage name was an anagram of, surname at least.Did taht haircut take off much? Looks like he's wearing an animal head or something on his head.
Nick Beggs the band bassist went onto some renown I heard.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
Max Born is Olivia Newton-John's grandfather.
― jmm, Saturday, 6 June 2020 03:51 (four years ago) link
Suzi Quatro is Sherilyn Fenn's aunt.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 June 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
this guy is juliette lewis's father
https://i.imgur.com/gltiD6k.jpg
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
he's his own grandpa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A4ADzu-v3s
― j., Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:31 (four years ago) link
I'm assuming "this guy" is Elisha Cook, Jr., who appeared in both The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, among many notable films. Imdb lists over 200 acting credits for his career. And a real fun guy, too.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:51 (four years ago) link
elisha cook jr. is a different (and considerably older) this guy. but i hear you cluckin, big chicken
that is geoffrey lewis of many clint eastwood movies and 'murder, she wrote' episodes and also, i've learned, the bodyguard from the jean-claude van damme vehicle 'double impact'
he should have been a townie in 'blazing saddles' but wasn't
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 June 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
Ah, Salem's Lot! That's where I know that guy!(Also starring the aforementioned Elisha Cook, coincidentally.)
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Sunday, 7 June 2020 04:57 (four years ago) link
Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor sang backing vocals on Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
Italy is smaller than Arizona.
― i am not throwing away my snot (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
okay that freaks me out
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Sunday, 7 June 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
Europe is about the size of like New Jersey iirc
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Sunday, 7 June 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
Not quite but it came up in conversation: Italy has like five or six distinct food regions.
How many regional cuisines exist in, say, Nevada (roughly comparable in land area)?
I realize it's not fair to ignore population and population density, but still.
― I was working as a waitress in an oxygen bar (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 7 June 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
I heard somewhere that size doesn't matter.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 7 June 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
that the population of much much larger by landmass than UK country, Pakistan, was still lower than them as late as 1968
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
The US state of Wyoming has more landmass than the UK, yet has less than 1% its population
― Josefa, Sunday, 7 June 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
and yet more US Senators than the UK!
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
I always thought of Pakistan as a very large country, current pop 212m. Just never realised it was still quite sparsely populated as late as '68.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link