Random Daily Banter

[secretsqirrel]

You sure it wasn’t this fella…

 

[Mr Celine]

Slightly sad that that's the only toon of his that is famous. (I'll admit I was going to try to carry on the exchange with another song title, but couldn't find one I recognised.)

Perhaps you should reed up on the subject.

 

[matticus]

As well as a 30% bump in membership, Polanski's appearance on Question Time has hugely boosted the Green Party's presence. Not just on MSM, but this thread; 12 pages in just 5 days!

 

[briantrumpet]

Ha, there I was minding my own business (well, I wasn't really, as I was on Bluesky), and RC randomly replies to one of my comments.

 

[briantrumpet]

Dutch elections. Struth.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Ha, there I was minding my own business (well, I wasn't really, as I was on Bluesky), and RC randomly replies to one of my comments.

What did he say? I see on his Bluesky that he seems to have made a successful claim for the damage someone did to his car. The keen forumite may remember the incident.

 

[Stevo 666]

Ha, there I was minding my own business (well, I wasn't really, as I was on Bluesky), and RC randomly replies to one of my comments.

Invite him over here, could be good for a laugh given the number of Boomers on the forum.

 

[briantrumpet]

What did he say? I see on his Bluesky that he seems to have made a successful claim for the damage someone did to his car. The keen forumite may remember the incident.

Yeah, I was pleased to see that, TBH. He did seem to be the unluckiest man in the UK.

This is the extent of our exchange:

He doesn't seem to get much response to his posts, so I guess he can get stuff off his chest out into the ether without people mentioning Nate Silver.

 

[briantrumpet]

Won't be buying them again then. (FYI, they once used to be 'chocolate flavour coating', but (I guess) 30 years ago changed to proper chocolate. So they've reverted back to choco-slime now, to save a few pennies along with the shrinkflation small bars/packets.

 

[First Aspect]

If they do that to HobNobs there will be civil unrest.

 

[briantrumpet]

Top tip: Aldi Bahlsen rip-offs are every bit as good as Bahlsen, and you get one extra biscuit (or rather, they haven't taken the eighth biscuit out, like Bahlsen have), and are half the price. Real chocolate too. The big name brands are just taking the wee-wee now.

 

[briantrumpet]

I must use "hodenkobold" more often.

"https://www.theguardian.com/science...nuity-how-swear-words-differ-around-the-world

When researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing. The length of each list, for example, varied widely.

While native English speakers in the UK and Spanish speakers in Spain rattled off an average of 16 words, Germans more than tripled this with an average of 53 words ranging from intelligenzallergiker, a person allergic to intelligence, to hodenkobold, or “testicle goblin”, someone who is being annoying.

The results, researchers say, hint at how the overlooked field of social faux pas – whether it be swearing, insults or other off-limit language – can help us better understand the values, boundaries and shifting norms that shape different cultures.

“These words can be more offensive, or less, they can be loaded with negativity or with irony,” said Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, a cognitive scientist and professor at Madrid’s Nebrija University. “But taken together, they offer small snapshots of the realities of each culture.”

 

[briantrumpet]

Reading a thread on Steve Coogan/Alan Partridge 'How Are You?', it sounds like I need to find a way to watch it.

https://bsky.app/profile/dirtyfeed.org/post/3m3jxxtdjzk2y

One interesting thing about How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) is not only that it gets the look of the show correct in terms of the parody, but that the show is expertly constructed to do things possible on the right budget. Drone shots, stick cams - it's all very achievable, and still look good.

I have no insider knowledge, but I would be willing to bet that the budget is similar - perhaps even lower - than This Time, but manages in many ways to look more expansive.
It's also a long time since I watched a new comedy where I keep missing jokes because I'm a) still laughing at the previous one, and b) the sheer density of the gags.

How Are You? is the best possible kind of parody, in that it really feels like it's twisted the production methods and methods of making television now to its own ludicrous ends.

Also, it's kinda nice that Steve Coogan is still bothering to make real comedy. At this point he could surely afford to just sit on his arse and not bother. Instead, he's still noodling around on the BBC having fun.

 

[C R]

I must use "hodenkobold" more often.

"https://www.theguardian.com/science...nuity-how-swear-words-differ-around-the-world

I read that, but having first hand knowledge of swearing in Galician/Portuguese/Spanish, I'm surprised by the conclusions regarding the type of swearing compared to Italian. I would say that the top swearing type is the same in all four languages. I shït on god/mary/christ are standard form for everyday swearing.

 

[Ianonabike]

I must use "hodenkobold" more often.

Advice when choosing a urologist: make sure they're not a hodenkobold.