That whole style of broadcast comedy depicted in the video never flew in the US. There's often a cultural gulf between various countries' idea of funn...
Some of the argot in the list was standard in 1971 when I started going to bars. basket, the bulge of male genitals through clothes (bigger = better) ...
Beyond a historian's reference, nothing. "Naff" is British slang, never heard that either. Is British English a richer 'slanguage' than American Engli...
From the perspective of this elderly gay guy, it would be a good idea if the whole alt-gender movement cooled off. I grew up in a time and place where...
Well, they do have the stage and all of the props to put on really plush displays of privilege and wealth, I suppose it's hard to resist. And some peo...
This just in... termites have both a king and a queen. A king is needed in termite castles because the queen can't store a lifetime's worth of sperm. ...
My ancestors are from Ulster, but somewhere in their migration from Ulster to Minnesota they lost that particular language feature. 3 things: a) surve...
No one "assigns" a newborn's sex at birth -- they "recognize" sex at birth. The use of the verb "assign" is in support of the contention that sex (lik...
The 'southern' pronunciation of "dance" sounds altogether plausible, but the 'northern' pronunciation doesn't ring true to my ears. However, there are...
You are confusing boobs with boobies. Boobs don't hatch, boobies do. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/03/07/science/07sci-boobies-social/07sci-boo...
The illustrator could have made this clearer. What you are thinking is the unitary horn of the unicorn is actually the horse's right ear. Besides that...
I haven't seen any of the versions referenced. I did just now look up the plot and it seems pretty chaotic. Is the Christ figure with the fish a scene...
It was very rude, cruel, unkind, and thoughtless of you to stir up the matter of where horses evolved in the first place, before the vexing question w...
But so what? Why do you think the BNH Museum scientists identified the Caucasus as the location of horse domestication rather than Kazakhstan? Presuma...
Horses are Caucasian! According to the Natural History Museum (UK) "Scientists found that the ancestors of modern horses were domesticated in the nort...
Did ChatGPT really produce that? If you or I had written that, I'd consider it fairly good--not perfect but... not too shabby. As ChatGPT will tell yo...
A read a survey of philosophy by Walter Kaufmann a long time ago and remember it as unusually clear and enjoyable. Unfortunately, that's about all I r...
I find storms very exciting. Lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and wind are in themselves awe-inspiring, but there is another factor at work -- negative...
The problem with high achievers is that they inevitably impose burdens on others. IF the high achiever is actually saving the world from destruction, ...
Sounds slightly interesting if absolutely nothing else was happening at the time. Spotting a pizza-rat would outscore the "medium-grade YouTube celeb"...
Well, those of us on the scene so long ago were quite busy directing evolution, but in general it was fairly quiet. Large roaring, snorting animals we...
Not at all. Understanding how it all fits together is critical for the future of The Philosophy Forum! You just never know when a deep rift may crack ...
Not at all. The Sierra Nevada mountains are too far west of the gulf to make a big difference in tornadic activity in the midwest. They are significan...
Some people call it "the mistake by the lake". Don't know why. @"Noble Dust": Why? Which lake is it on? Hint: It's not Lake Winnibigoshish, but it cou...
The thread title can be taken three ways: a) the ethics of imposing burdens on others for one's own personal growth b) the ethics of imposing burdens ...
In response, my giant English Shire horse indignantly stamps on your foot. Housewifeization is a latinized bastard word. Why would somebody coin such ...
But Uncle Karl's tomb is in London -- nowhere close to border-straddling places. Yes, you are (surprisingly) correct. The old smallpox hospital is clo...
Seems like chimps would have to know what good and bad are before they can be accused of "really bad behaving". IF they don't have the concept of good...
We don't have an "animalistic side" -- we are all animal--animals descended from animals. True enough, "we have reason and intellect that accords us t...
It IS very blurry. On the one hand, it gives the appearance of intelligence (and appearances can be deceiving) and on the other hand there is a huge a...
GPT continued, "And you (plural) should be aware that we know a lot more about you (plural) than you (plural) imagine you know about us, so fear your ...
For purposes of the OP, it seemed like a better bet to avoid the more equivocal issue of the Republican Party's dive off the deep end. It is too early...
"Now hear this" is a phrase used, particularly in the United States Navy, to instruct personnel to give "attention to an order or command about to fol...
Harry Belafonte dies at 96. Harry Belafonte was an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop ...
Nobody else does either. Sigmund Freud, in a fit of exasperation, ran from his study screaming, "God!!! What does a woman want?” Well, that's not quit...
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