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Ha! @Unseen

On QI once, Stephen Fry brought up the subject of ‘tmesis’ – a peculiar word that describes the insertion of a word into an existing word for descriptive emphasis.

Stephen Fry:- like abso-bloody-lutely, or un-fucking-believable.

Jo Brand:- or Scunthorpe

_Robert_ wrote:
If a seagull flies over the sea, what flies over the bay?

If gents are found in the gentry, …country.

GOP bill deletes EV incentives. Trump screwed Musk without the lube. Let’s see that Nazi salute and little air jump again Elonka, LOL.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64864095/republican-tax-bill-removes-ev-sales-incentives/

Meanwhile the beautiful big GOP bill is projected to add roughly $3.3 trillion to the U.S. federal debt. Less benefits,…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Assuming religious people are more moral than atheists without evidence is a conjunction fallacy driven by representativeness, not actual probability. Further reading here.

The “further reading” article is interesting.  Apparently, religious people don’t trust atheists because they think we’re rebellious and…[Read more]

First bagel joke.

That hiking area looks dope. The rime of the ancient bagel bread bakery dope.

Any tea is good by me. I remember being in a tea house and the constant din of chai, chai chai. 50 pages of tea menu. Tea is a whole thing some people devote their lives.

If a seagull flies over the sea, what flies over the bay?

….traditional Jewish bagel, lox, onion, and cream cheese…..

Lox arrived today so I will get some fresh bagels on the way home…..You might consider trying it with Masala Chai?

I will make them for my walk tomorrow. It might not sound the most appealing but when you sit down after a few hours walking (hiking) and taste it, it will be the…[Read more]

Enco,

I remember the first time i saw a bear in the woods. Was hiking and there he was on a switchback and we noticed each other bout same time. Picked up his pace a tiny bit. My pulse picked up a great deal. Have run into moose, bobcat, porcupine and other critters in the woods also. Thing is i would see bears every year in the woods. It has…[Read more]

Jake,

I imagine that city bears are too preoccupied with avoiding road-kill status so they don’t end up in RFKJR’s trunk.

I gotta lox in the next race so it’ll be overseas slammin salmon cuisine for me. Have Irish lox. It will set you free.

I knew Scandinavians were into lox. Not Irish. I bet it is quite different from the lox i know. Sodium content on Murican lox is around one third. Next opportunity gonna get the traditional jewish bagel, lox, onion, and cream…[Read more]

that lox looks outstandingly outstanding...

Yes, absolutely. It is the “real deal“. To the point of making you miss it any time you have lox from any other source. With lemon, freshly milled black pepper….and maybe a few drops of Tabasco (yes, the one at the back of the shelf). I have a friend who gets it shipped to his house in Alameda, CA on…[Read more]

Reg, that lox looks outstandingly outstanding.

Am surprised that top tier irish whiskey is inexpensive. Now i know what to get my Irish whiskey drinking bro in law for next birthday. Thanks.

A lot of lox for sale…..and maybe some tariff free whiskey’s on sale in the USA? Go on, make the horses pay for it 🙂

Keats, Thompson, Thai stick and you can keep the guinness. A few good shots of irish whiskey with beer chasers. Sounds like a great time. And lox sandwiches, yes!

Poll taxes have been an issue in USA as well.

It is kind of amazing that there is not more resentment of Brits as it relates to the Irish. The shit during the famine was so damn cold.

I don’t recall ever hearing an Irish person bearing any ill will toward “the Brits” over the famine. There have been incidents involving “soccer hooliganism” but no reason is ever needed by the perpetrators to…[Read more]

That’s one thing I love about the Irish, they love reciting poetry and singing songs.

jakelafort wrote:
Which identity English or Jewish is more likely to cause a problem?

English.

If you’re English and you go to Ireland, it’s well to mind your manners.

An English friend of mine came to visit me in Ireland one summer (circa July 1991). We had shared a squat house together in London. He was looking forward to drinking a “skinful of real Irish Guinness”. I brought him to a traditional Irish bar (not a tourist one 😊) which w…[Read more]

Simon,

I’m quarter Irish, actually more genetically, and half Jewish. Which identity English or Jewish is more likely to cause a problem?

jakelafort wrote:
It is kind of amazing that there is not more resentment of Brits as it relates to the Irish. The shit during the famine was so damn cold.

If you’re English and you go to Ireland, it’s well to mind your manners.

It is kind of amazing that there is not more resentment of Brits as it relates to the Irish. The shit during the famine was so damn cold.

Then again it seems like new generations sometimes just go on without the enmity carrying forward. I see Japanese/Chinese restaurants quite often. Having spoken to Filipinos and Chinese did not discover…[Read more]