Women's Achievements (sporting or otherwise)

[Blazing Saddles]

Margaret Thatcher for her contribution towards mining.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Margaret Thatcher for her contribution towards mining.

Mr Softee ice cream also wasn't it?

 

[First Aspect]

Mr Softee ice cream also wasn't it?

Urban myth.

 

[First Aspect]

Are there any women actually posting on this thread, or is it just white middle aged men? Come on gals, I'd like to pat one of you on the head personally because some of you are quite good at things.

(In case there are any thought police around tonight, this is irony, okay?)

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Urban myth.

Well yes

J. Lyons's role: When Margaret Thatcher was a food scientist at J. Lyons, her team worked on developing a recipe for soft-serve that could be sold in the UK. Her research was related to emulsifiers, which allowed more air to be whipped into the mix.

So at the cutting edge of UPF development. Just one more thing to add to all those reasons to despise her memory.

 

[briantrumpet]

Well yes

J. Lyons's role: When Margaret Thatcher was a food scientist at J. Lyons, her team worked on developing a recipe for soft-serve that could be sold in the UK. Her research was related to emulsifiers, which allowed more air to be whipped into the mix.

So at the cutting edge of UPF development. Just one more thing to add to all those reasons to despise her memory.

Here's a longer explanation:

https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025043010432765045

Putting more chemicals into the mix, so you could get more air into the mix and use less actual ice cream, seems like an apt example of one of the things the free market does frequently.

 

[BoldonLad]

Are there any women actually posting on this thread, or is it just white middle aged men? Come on gals, I'd like to pat one of you on the head personally because some of you are quite good at things.

(In case there are any thought police around tonight, this is irony, okay?)

I do like to be flattered, keep it up 😂

 

[First Aspect]

I do like to be flattered, keep it up 😂

I keep forgetting you are a grumpy old bastwrd.

 

[BoldonLad]

I keep forgetting you are a grumpy old bastwrd.

It comes quite naturally 😂