∂an Posted January 21, 2012 best chocolate ever yeah love that stuff! pity green and blacks was bought out by cadbury... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) hell yes.Load the GVG, pop the kettle on, and snap me off a row or two, I'm on my way. you sound like my kinda guy, wanna fuck? jasmine dragon ball, pu'er, qu hao, da bai hao, which one would you like? Edited January 21, 2012 by chnt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 21, 2012 yeah love that stuff! pity green and blacks was bought out by cadbury... that is disappointing to hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted January 24, 2012 As keen as mustard Meaning Very enthusiastic. Origin There are many similes in English that have the form ' as x as y ' (see this list). ' As keen as mustard ' is typical and, although it is rather archaic, it is worth a closer look - if only to dispel a myth about its origin. The Olde England of folk-memory conjures up pictures of ale-quaffing yeomen tucking into sides of roast beef. That may be fanciful, but the long-standing enthusiasm for the Sunday roast was real, as reflected in the words of Richard Leveridge's 1735 song Roast beef of old England : When mighty Roast Beef Was the Englishman's food, It ennobled our brains And enriched our blood... Mustard was an essential accompaniment to beef. It became associated with vigour and enthusiasm because it added zest and flavour. By the early 20th century, the association was so strong that the word was used like this: 1925 E. Wallace, in King by Night : "That fellow is mustard." People and things weren't just like mustard, they were mustard. The phrase ' hot stuff ' comes from the same notion. Mustard's hot and zesty reputation wasn't limited to food. It was also considered a cure for colds and fevers. Here's part of the instructions for the use of a mustard plaster poultice, which was a 19th century remedy for ' chest congestion ', used then by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "As soon as the chest turns quite pink, remove the poultice." Don't try this at home , or if you do, you might like to remove the poultice a little earlier. The church is now careful to say, "These remedies were used by pioneers and are not recommended for today's use." The phrase is first recorded in William Walker's exhaustively titled Phraseologia Anglo-Latina, or phrases of the English and Latin tongue; together with Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina , 1672: "As keen as mustard." The context there is missing but the meaning is clear in F. Smith's Clod-pate's Ghost , 1679: "You shall see a man as hot as Mustard against Plot and Plotters." These are slightly pre-dated by a similar phrase 'the keenest mustard', from 1658. So, back to the origin. A company called Keen and Sons was one of the earliest manufacturers of the condiment. They were taken over by Colman's in 1903, although the brand name persists and mustard is still available under that name. ' As keen as mustard ' and a well-known company called Keen that made mustard. Surely, we have a winner? Unfortunately not. The phrase ' as keen as mustard ' is known from 1672, the century before the company was formed in 1742. The caption on the accompanying image is probably too small to read online, but says [Keen's Mustard] "First manufactured in the reign of George 2nd AD 1742." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) here's a couple of things i think should go fuck off and die: australia day: time to let the racists and the dumbfucks thrive, the best day of the fucking year! patriatism is a fucking joke! Edited January 24, 2012 by chnt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seldom Posted January 24, 2012 dislike^ i'm patriot i love Australia also this 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted January 24, 2012 @chnt - please check your image links @bulls - is that Winona Ryder ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted January 24, 2012 Happy Australia Day (in advance for Thursday, from a goddamn Ocker-Scotsman) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Distracted Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) golden ratio in snowflake formation determing the structure of a snowflake at varying degrees Here's a website with a bunch of pictures of snowflakes under an electron microscope. http://patrickmylund...ied-snowflakes/ This is my favourite I can't get over the sacred geometry found in these crystals... we're mostly water too surely this has something to do with the patterns we sometimes see. Edited January 28, 2012 by Distracted 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted January 28, 2012 Some real wow factor going on there ^ Distracted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 28, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolalia Coprolalia is involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. Coprolalia comes from the Greek κόπρος (kopros) meaning "feces" and λαλιά (lalia) from lalein, "to talk".[1] The term is often used as a clinomorphism, with 'compulsive profanity' inaccurately referred to as being Tourette syndrome. Related terms are copropraxia, performing obscene or forbidden gestures,[2] and coprographia, making obscene writings or drawings.[3] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted January 30, 2012 I can't get over the sacred geometry found in these crystals... we're mostly water too surely this has something to do with the patterns we sometimes see. I recognise those images, and many more like them Not from my waking life though 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 30, 2012 dont ever forget the mistakes of the media Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted January 30, 2012 Oh no, another dead........... actor. I think this has been reported about four times in the past 10 years. I dont even know if he IS alive any longer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Distracted Posted January 31, 2012 AHAHHAHAHAHAHA omg, when i read your post i was thinking it might be jeff goldblum... poor guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted January 31, 2012 it's clear now, to me, that jeff goldblum is in fact jesus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Posted January 31, 2012 i had never clicked on the random thread, but never realised just how random it truely is haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seldom Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) / Edited February 1, 2012 by bulls on parade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted February 1, 2012 i missed your post bulls. cunt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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whitewind Posted February 1, 2012 Fuck that was funny bulls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites