Things you were shockingly old when you learned

I love the idea of only admitting to seeing an artist by accident because hes presumably that dire.

I was shockingly old when I learnt last week that Bhangra music originates from the UK, not Punjab. Although there is a Punjabban folk dance known as bhangra, Bhangra music was developed in Britain

There's a car parked round the corner from us with the numberplate 2 SHAH

Kirsty MacColl song title

xxp lol I had been out shopping in Covent Garden with a friend, this was in about 2000, we went for a drink in a random pub. there was a guy setting up on a stage in the corner, I said to my friend - "that bloke looks like Limahl". some time later he starts singing "Too Shy"

I think given the time of day it was probably his soundcheck. we didn't hang around

"I made my excuses and left"

"but sir, you haven't settled your tab"
"Invoice me - time is of the essence"

The full lyrics to the theme from "Cheers" (1982) features a line supporting trans customers:

And your husband wants to be a girl
Be glad, there's one place in the world

Supporting? The lyrics are a list of bad things, with Cheers being the one good thing.

Discussion here: Best CHEERS character

xpost I guess that's true, I honestly heard just that line played as a bumper in an NPR piece about an alcohol-free bar called "Same's Place."

Sam's Place

You don't wanna go where everybody knows your name. You wanna go where everybody knows your drink.

Many many years ago, I frequented a cafe so often that the server put some creamers on the table then stopped, turned, and said "Oh, yeah, you don't take cream," and I felt so very IN.

Years later I frequented a bar so often that they would see me walking in and start pouring a bourbon & ginger. I felt so very seen.

I doubt anyone in those places knew my name.

Maybe from running your credit card, lol.

Lol, true now, but this would have been pre-credit card for me (late 80s)

On my most recent visit after five years away, i walked into one of my favorite bars in Oakland— I had been going there since it opened, and had missed it so— and my favorite bartender was behind the counter, and he insisted we drink good Mezcal and that I get all my drinks comped for the night. We also talked for 20 minutes while he made the barback do pours for him. I felt like royalty

Years and years ago while I was going through the chemotherapy, I started going to this little deli place.

First time I was there, I asked the waitress for no ice. "You don't want it cold?" she asked. Nah, room temperature's fine. Heck, I'd even take it a little warm.

Second time, she remembered me! And brought over warm water with my sandwich. Third time, fourth time! I never explained why, and she never asked.

Chemotherapy ends. I start feeling normal again. Some time had gone by, but I went to the deli. Same waitress. Same warm glass of water, except, well, now I wouldn't mind a few cubes in there.

Of course, I never said anything. Just drank the warm water. It tasted just as good anyway, knowing what kind of friendly person had poured it.

Coming up next on "All Things Considered"...

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Lol but personally I have always been okay with room temperature. Ice and straws and bubbles are sensorally unpleasant for me. I will totally drink flat room-temp soda or room-temp white wine.

Professional tasters (which is, of course, a thing) actively prefer room temperature (RT).

And in blind taste tests, even some wine experts were unable to distinguish red wine vs. White wine when they were at the same temperature.

pplains was this because you had cold neuropathy? i had that when i was going through chemo and sometimes i couldn’t drink anything but tea and warm water for like a week at a time, it made me feel insane.

My fingers and toes were not only numb, but even touching anything cold gave me a jolting shock.

Same thing with tongue and throat. Cold water tasted like sand in my mouth and then felt like a toothpick lodged in my throat.

It was all very unpleasant. Made me think on many days, Well, just how bad can death really be?

I now hope that I'm shockingly old when I learn the answer to that question!

I didn’t have it as bad in the feet or hands but the throat was just awful, felt like what I imagine swallowing glass to feel like. To many more years for us both!

was listening to the radio while driving earlier today and they happened to be taking about the Grammys and it suddenly occurred to me that "Grammy" comes from "gramophone"

what did you think it came from?!

being as old as yer nan

I thought it was something to do with cocaine

what did you think it came from?!

It was from the Fall’s album Grotesque

Your dear old Grammy decides the winners.

yer grammy on bongos

huge lol calzino

The awards are made of a custom metal alloy called grammium

Fun fact: porn awards are called the Rammys

^ That is a stupid and juvenile joke, by the way. There are Rammy Awards, but unfortunately they are given to restaurants.

https://www.therammys.org/

That said? I hear your mom got one.

Because she is a distinguished restaurateur.

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/rammy

porn awards are the AVN Awards, and the International Male Escort awards are the Hookies, for anyone interested.

i once worked for a porn studio that had won an award for “funniest film title.”

i won "Funniest Attempt at Sex by a Supporting Actor"

Today: that Sue Ryder, who gives her name to the bereavement and palliative care charity, was married to Leonard Cheshire.

George Harrison had a tonsillectomy 55 years ago today, a few days after the rooftop concert.

With all due respect, no one expected you to have known that.

hey once i'm shockingly old i'll update this thread every time i learn something too

i'm sure that joke has been made several times in this thread before

Sorta depends on whether you were the receptionist at Harrison's NHS clinic at the time

that if you whisper instrux to alexa it whispers back, which made me actual laugh

watching "yeast" and there's a particular scene where i'm going "naaaaah, that can't be those directors even at the year that film was made!" but i was wrong!

Ludo isn't called Ludo in the US.

Parcheesi, baby. That's totally one of those things I've only heard of in movies/books. Never actually seen it or played it myself.

in Canton, Ohio, it is referred to as Ludo Shuffle