Jamal

When I take a few moments out of my day for wondering, I use them to wonder if this website seems noticeably less American to Americans than was the o...

Looks good.

That would depend on whether I had (a) chopsticks, which is unlikely because I don’t carry them around with me, especially when I’m on ocean voyages, ...

It would be better if Pedro Sánchez confiscated bomba rice and caused a Valencian revolution against the central government than if I had to read Mura...

It will take a lot to persuade me to read Murakami again after 1Q84.

That’s the spirit. @"Noble Dust" An update: I’m more than half way through The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and I’m revising my estimation in an upwa...

Didn't impress me, but it was a long time ago.

I haven’t read any detective novels except for Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Conan Doyle, and Georges Simenon.

These days they’re humanely slaughtered prior to submersion.

You don't have to try ND :wink: I've never had jerk chicken and I don't know what it is. Hanover's looks like he's dropped it in his muddy paddock.

It might seem odd but I can’t remember. It was many years ago and I read several in a short span of time, and in my mind they meld into one. The outsi...

Including an uncredited early performance by Arnold Schwarzenegger. I see the book and the film as two entirely different things, both good, but hard ...

Looks fun.

Maybe a bit like that, but it’s better, and as far as I can tell it isn’t just a philosophical parable like Candide.

Yes, I do that a lot.

It’s 600 pages and I’m 200 pages in. I’m finding it mostly fascinating and enjoyable, but I don’t know if I’d recommend it unreservedly. It’s made up ...

I hope this doesn’t mean you’re abandoning beatnikism. Gazillion.

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Weird fiction from 1805 by a Polish count who thought he was a werewolf and killed himself with a si...

Indubitably.

To me the problem here is that "raw singing ability" is overvalued, such that the unique voices of people who are technically not very good singers be...

Interesting. From what you say, it seems like those films are not as popular in Spain as Soviet films still are in the ex-Soviet sphere, where they ar...

Yep, that was in my list. So, the Spanish film industry is small because of a lack of global demand (perhaps even domestic and Hispanic demand in gene...

Rather than a lack of quality, it's probably because they're less available to watch outside Spain. A long time ago, the films of Almodovar used to be...

Have you seen Blow Out from 1980, which Brian De Palma modelled on Blow Up? Another of my favourites.

One of my favourites too. On another day it might make my top ten.

I've enjoyed these eleven films the most (that I can bring to mind right now): The Wicker Man The Truman Show Pulp Fiction 2001... Mulholland Drive An...

Pleasant enough aye

Looks legit :up:

:halo:

It’s a cruel prank. The owners are intentionally producing a surge of intense fear in their cats, which it’s their job to look after. It’s obvious tha...

Then I think there are two ways to look at ownership. The more general way you seem to want to go is a question about any kind of society, because peo...

Don't encourage him.

Is it only me who can see a cucumber wearing sunglasses?

Sorry, I did that @"T Clark" thing when he says “I was only joking” and you already knew he was only joking. Awkward!

https://cdn5.vectorstock.com/i/1000x1000/43/84/cool-sunglasses-dill-pickle-cartoon-vector-28214384.jpg

And I was making a joke. Anyway sure, tomatoes are mainstream and cucumbers are maybe a bit too niche for you. :wink:

Yes but I struggle with noodles and rice.

You're comparing apples and oranges.

Fair enough. I’ll just say one more thing. Tomatoes probably have around the same water content but they don’t have to face this kind of hate. It’s pr...

Another great way of using cucumber: https://www.joyousapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Greek-Cucumber-Salad-Pin.gif I’ve been making that quite o...

Sounds good, but they would be different dishes. Cucumber is special and irreplaceable. Unlike, say, squash or cashews.

I think it’s important to distinguish between personal possessions and ownership for profit. Everyone should have their own private, spacious shelter,...

Many ways. Something like this is good: https://www.rachelphipps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Side-Salad.jpg With the usual C...

Pretty shocked at your anti-cucumber attitude tbh.

Good point.

I posted this before but Javi continues to insist that Spaniards cannot distinguish between squashes: https://images.hola.com/imagenes/cocina/noticias...

My cucumber-infested adoptive culture holds English cucumbers in contempt.

In British English we use the word courgette, not zucchini. These days I use zucchini because of my international lifestyle.

:lol:

No, that’s me also. I’m always getting Tater and Jasper confused.