Re the faeces stuff, most people don’t realise that the large intestine is basically a bioreactor which actively maintains a bacterial mix tailored to the kinds of things our own digestive systems are unable to handle. In some ways the stomach and small intestine are pre-processors - they extract the easy stuff from our food, and render the rest into forms that the bacteria can tackle. Without the colon crew we would get significantly less nutrition from our food. It’s even thought that the appendix exists because it’s a seed colony reservoir for the most essential bacteria, in case of e.g. a dysentery sweeping the bowel empty.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
TC stands for "Traverse County", a county about as close to being between North and South Dakota as you can get. It also has the fewest people.
The "Minnesota" Twins just didn't want their smallest member to feel left out! That's how they are up there!
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Thursday, 4 April 2019 00:14 (five years ago) link
When they were the Washington Nationals, they also went by the moniker "The Congressionals".
― pplains, Thursday, 4 April 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
'granary' isn't a generic type of bread, it's a Hovis trademark.like 'cashpoint' I guess.worst thing is I learned this from the bread packet. I've been buying that bread for years.
― kinder, Thursday, 4 April 2019 12:57 (five years ago) link
it appeared in the mid-70s, iirc
― fetter, Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:44 (five years ago) link
I haven't moved all that much. I once drew a latitude line from where I live now up to Canada, and all four cities I've lived in were within 20 miles of it.
But I keep seeing these flat, bumpy stink bugs lately, and I don't ever remember seeing them before. Keep in mind, I grew up in the fucking woods about an hour's north of here. So whenever these dudes get in the house, I wonder "are these city bugs?"
Turns out, they weren't "introduced" to the United States until 1998! And apparently, they didn't cross the Mississippi River until 2009. I'm not crazy, that's what I've learned!
https://i.imgur.com/9C8RP6P.jpg
Fuckers!
― pplains, Thursday, 4 April 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
those fucking things keep showing up in my house and I hate them
― mh, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
There must be a related species that's been around longer than that -- I remember them as far back as the late 70s.
― ILX Loophole Converts Your IRA/401(k) to Physical Gold (WmC), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Yeah we had stink bugs that looked v similar in Tennessee when I was a kid
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
There was a big article in the New Yorker last year about the shockingly quick rise & dominance of the stinkbug in North America. I only recommend it if you can handle descriptions of peoples homes being overrun with untold thousands of stinkbugs.
― One Eye Open, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
I tried reading that one but I don’t think I could finish it, but I don’t recall if it was from disgust or sadness
― moose; squirrel (silby), Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
yeah these are some new variety that came over in a shipment of tires, iirc
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
(xps)
'granary' isn't a generic type of bread, it's a Hovis trademark.
Whaaa? This is news to me!
― emil.y, Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
The Benedictine Monks of Burton Abbey discovered that slowly toasting the malted wheat flakes used in their brewing process offered a distinctive taste when baked into their bread. It’s the malting process that gives our loaf its unique nutty flavour and scrumptious texture today.The original malted bread apparently also formed the major part of the very first ploughman’s lunch and was the bread that was taken by farmers into the fields along with their cheese and ale! Why not try your own tasty ploughman’s lunch by pairing with your favourite choice of chunky cheeses (a mature Cheddar is our favourite go to!), pickled onions, chutney, pickles and two slices of delicious Hovis Granary® bread. Add tomatoes, spring onions, crunchy celery, or even a slice of apple too, if you fancy a bit more bite.If it’s not Hovis® it’s not Granary®Did you know that Granary® is not a type of bread? It is in fact a brand and a registered trademark of Hovis®.
The original malted bread apparently also formed the major part of the very first ploughman’s lunch and was the bread that was taken by farmers into the fields along with their cheese and ale! Why not try your own tasty ploughman’s lunch by pairing with your favourite choice of chunky cheeses (a mature Cheddar is our favourite go to!), pickled onions, chutney, pickles and two slices of delicious Hovis Granary® bread. Add tomatoes, spring onions, crunchy celery, or even a slice of apple too, if you fancy a bit more bite.
If it’s not Hovis® it’s not Granary®
Did you know that Granary® is not a type of bread? It is in fact a brand and a registered trademark of Hovis®.
― Number None, Thursday, 4 April 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
huh, I was reading "granary" and thinking "that's where you keep your grain"
makes sense that someone would make it into a brand for a bread type, though
― mh, Thursday, 4 April 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
I thought it was a type of bread. My mother always bought granary and I don't think it was Hovis. That's not them being proprietary after the fact is it?Trying to lay claim to something that was at one point more general.
― Stevolende, Friday, 5 April 2019 07:27 (five years ago) link
Learned just minutes ago that Shazam! and Captain Marvel are two different 2019 films
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 5 April 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
I am assuming Shazam is a real version of the imagined 90s movie with Sinbad and I absolutely refuse to watch or listen to anything that will disabuse me of this notion
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 April 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
The sight of a stinkbug almost makes me grateful for the house centipedes that stalked my last apartment in Montreal. Almost.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 April 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
Bed bugs overturn the 'almost'.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 April 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
same here, CAL
― kinder, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
Just learned that there were not thirteen but rather fourteen New British colonies in pre-Revolutionary America (pours one out for Nova Scotia).
― Hangover Ape (Old Lunch), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
omg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0MXQZUXcAM3y1v.jpg
― mark s, Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
smashboy
They sound like a gaggle of toughs to me.
― Hangover Ape (Old Lunch), Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
Wish it was true but sadly... pic.twitter.com/xk5vo44dWO— Jeff Ball (@jeffthatnoise) February 24, 2019
― Number None, Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
SMASHBOY
― mark s, Sunday, 7 April 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
I'm gonna take a guess that might be an Obvious Plant joint.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
― Hangover Ape (Old Lunch), Sunday, April 7, 2019 6:39 AM(yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
There were 20 British colonies in north america at the time of the revolutionary war, the ones in present day Canada were much more recent possessions (taken from French in war) and so did not have the same culture of self-government etc. while the 13 colonies did and were more similar and established so were more inclined to rebel and join together
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 04:50 (five years ago) link
I was well into my 20s before I found out why the Montreal Expos were called the Montreal Expos.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
Halloumi cheese chips being deep fried cheese with no potato content. Have these things been around for a while or a re they a recent trend. Quite nice though , but may be prone to rapid overkill. Halloumi can be a little rubbery.Was surprised to find taht Aldi had just launched them as a range, 'new' stickers on the shelf a week after i tried them in a local turkish cafe. Had been eyeing them on the menu for the last few months in there.Have they been around a while or are thy a newish trend.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link
Derivation of Latin from Latium the region of Italy around Rome.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
Hence Lazio.
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
yeah, slight morph in language over the last couple of millenia, like.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
That gas doesn't have a scent but is odorized o_O
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:56 (five years ago) link
yeah cos of incidents like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19IczVwsK0
― Boles to the Wolds (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
Depends on the gas though dunnit.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
Hfs that killed 295+, I’d not seen it before. Cleanup effort looks so shambolic and inefficient there.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
Arthur Balfour and Henry Campbell-Bannerman were Scottish, meaning that of the first 7 British Prime Minsters elected in the 20th century, only two were English.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link
CB was a Kelvinside man
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Gettysburg is named after a Mr. Gettys, not a Mr. Getty.
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 April 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
Julian Assange is only 47! wtf dude.
― Yerac, Thursday, 11 April 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
ppl say by the time u 50 u got the looks you deserve.
some ppl just go for palpatine asap
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 11 April 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
silver mangy coyote
― mh, Thursday, 11 April 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
The (former) existence of Est (Erhard Seminars Training)
― Alba, Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
xpost- i was rethinking my shitpost above while on the move. i gotta add that so many ppl (most?) live or are forced to live lives of _exceptional_ stress or hardship by 50. if the aphorism i repeated is true, let us all be benchmarked appropriately, i guess. i don't have deep knowledge of assange's paths and acts. not optimistic about him tho
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Alba - as in you thought it was just in the Americans?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 12 April 2019 06:09 (five years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/052h540xgb5y.jpg
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 12 April 2019 06:10 (five years ago) link