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[Pyrian]

It is, however, quite poisonous.

[Lyesmith]

Guys, you know who is great? This guy Baba Brackman. I'm listening to him rap Beowulf. It's AMAZING.

[SMEE]

Hallowing is drawing close and my flying broom is out of service and there won't be enough time to fix it!

[CynicalAvocado]

Hallowing is drawing close and my flying broom is out of service and there won't be enough time to fix it!

*pulls out wrench and wood glue*

[Gullara]

Mmm turkey. You've got to love Thanksgiving. Especially when you get in on two turkey suppers. And because I'm the poor university student I get many leftovers.

[Thajocoth]

Mmm turkey. You've got to love Thanksgiving. Especially when you get in on two turkey suppers. And because I'm the poor university student I get many leftovers.

Ah, right. Canadian Thanksgiving is earlier than ours. I don't celebrate it, personally, but I'm generally around when the rest of my family is eating Thanksgiving dinner... And I'd be having meatless lasagna or macaroni & cheese or something instead.

[Gullara]

Ah, right. Canadian Thanksgiving is earlier than ours. I don't celebrate it, personally, but I'm generally around when the rest of my family is eating Thanksgiving dinner.

As far as I'm concerned that is celebrating it

[Haruki-kun]

We don't have Thanksgiving down here... it sounds like fun, though. All we have is the Day of the Dead.

[Phase]

Today was Columbus Day for Americans. Clearly the single most worthless national holiday this side of Arbor Day.

[Thajocoth]

Today was Columbus Day for Americans. Clearly the single most worthless national holiday this side of Arbor Day.

Yes, the celebration of the 3rd time the America's were discovered, by a man who didn't know for the rest of his short life that he had done so...

He REALLY got screwed over on his discovery. At least, if what I've heard is correct... Haven't bothered to look it up.

[Haruki-kun]

Yes, the celebration of the 3rd time the America's were discovered, by a man who didn't know for the rest of his short life that he had done so...

He REALLY got screwed over on his discovery. At least, if what I've heard is correct... Haven't bothered to look it up.

Random Fact, quoted from Wikipedia:

Christopher Columbus's efforts to obtain support for his voyages were not hampered by a European belief in a flat Earth. In fact, sailors and navigators of the time knew that the Earth is spherical, but (correctly) disagreed with Columbus' estimates of the distance to India. If the Americas did not exist, and had Columbus continued to India (even putting aside the threat of mutiny he was under), he would have run out of supplies before reaching it at the rate he was traveling. The problem here was mainly a navigational one, the difficulty of determining longitude without an accurate clock. This problem remained until inventor John Harrison designed his first marine chronometers. The intellectual class had known[1] that the earth was spherical since the works of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle.[2] Eratosthenes made a very good estimate of the Earth's diameter in the third century BC.[3][4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...misconceptions

This article is pretty interesting.

[Thajocoth]

I don't see it in the list... But is Chris's incarceration for not winding up in India a misconception? And his subsequent demise in prison, without ever being told that he discovered the Americas, not another route to India?

[Haruki-kun]

I don't see it in the list... But is Chris's incarceration for not winding up in India a misconception? And his subsequent demise in prison, without ever being told that he discovered the Americas, not another route to India?

No clue. While I find History interesting (now), I was never a particularly big fan of it as a kid.

[Amiel]

It isn't a lie. So long as you buy the horrible Wolverine game and find the secret rooms.

But it contains froghurt.
The froghurt is also cursed.
But it comes with your free choice of toppings.
The toppings contain potassium benzoate.

[Rawhide]

But it contains froghurt.
The froghurt is also cursed.
But it comes with your free choice of toppings.
The toppings contain potassium benzoate.

Sounds yummy.

Spoiler

Show

[Thajocoth]

Spoiler

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Looks like SOMEBODY said "No u can't haz cheezeburger"...

[Amiel]

Sounds yummy.

Spoiler

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Garfield, what happened to Jon? D:

[Phase]

Garlfield Minus Calories.

Or some other witty response.

[Archonic Energy]

But it contains froghurt.
The froghurt is also cursed.
But it comes with your free choice of toppings.
The toppings contain potassium benzoate.

That's good,
that's bad,
that's good,
...

...
i'll go now.
got to love the Simpsons

[Amiel]

What happens when engineers own dogs

[Trobby]

Is that anything like when an engineer owns a cat?

Edit: ...Even better.

[Dogmantra]

So I saw this banner ad:

But the thing is... the fact it's "seen on the BBC" is complete rubbish - the BBC aren't allowed to do product placement or advertising. THERE IS NO WAY THIS WEBSITE WAS SEEN ON THE BBC

[Archonic Energy]

So I saw this banner ad:

But the thing is... the fact it's "seen on the BBC" is complete rubbish - the BBC aren't allowed to do product placement or advertising. THERE IS NO WAY THIS WEBSITE WAS SEEN ON THE BBC

unless it was on watchdog...

[Rawhide]

unless it was on watchdog...

That's been done before in Australia. Product gets a massively negative slamming by a show, then it gets slapped with an "As seen on XYZ" label.

[CurlyKitGirl]

BETRAYAL!
That most sacred of Britlander drinks, our beloved tea, has struck a dastardly attack on yours truly!
I swear, if I hadn't decided at the last minute to have milk with my earl grey (I tend to have my tea black) I would have a badly scalded hand. As it is, it's iust red and a little painful.

Ow. I'll stop typing now.

How could it betray me like this?
I love you tea.

@V:
<.<
You saw nothing.
>.>

[Rawhide]

if I hadn't decided at the last minute to have tea with my earl grey

You had tea with your tea?

[Haruki-kun]

BETRAYAL!
That most sacred of Britlander drinks, our beloved tea, has struck a dastardly attack on yours truly!
I swear, if I hadn't decided at the last minute to have milk with my earl grey (I tend to have my tea black) I would have a badly scalded hand. As it is, it's iust red and a little painful.

That happened to me just last week! With Ramen!

That beautiful, blessed meal that you can make in mere minutes!

[CurlyKitGirl]

That happened to me just last week! With Ramen!

That beautiful, blessed meal that you can make in mere minutes!

Let's make a club.
I'm sure everyone'll want to ioin it.
At least with ice cream the worst you can get are cold hands or a brain freeze.

I'm not bad at left-handed typing. It's easier than I thought. The hand writing speed sucks though.

[Gullara]

Let's make a club.
I'm sure everyone'll want to ioin it.

I'm in. How hard is it to prepare hot chocolate so it is slightly cooler than magma?

[Teddy]

I'm in. How hard is it to prepare hot chocolate so it is slightly cooler than magma?

Impossible. That's the answer.

The reason to why I started to have milk in my tea was to cool it down so that I wouldn't scold my tongue on it. Now, I found that I like tea with milk just as much as, if not even better than tea without milk.