From Strange Maps.
3 hours ago
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Blogs
-
'This is a mandatory meeting': Boss Tells Employee Not To Take Her Cat To The Vet For An Emergency Because Of A Work Pajama Party - Taking our cats to the vet is always a hard thing to do. Our cats are stressed, we are stressed, which only makes our cats more stressed. Our cats hide a...
-
Dr. John Ioannidis: “The Biggest Mistakes I am Sure Are Mine.” - Part 3: Dr. John Ioannidis said his biggest mistake was the he "underestimated how much power politics and media and powers outside of science, could hav...3 hours ago
-
Wokehammer? - I’ve never played Warmhammer, never owned any of the books or models, and I only just today learned something surprising. The surprise is that they never h...11 hours ago
-
High vowel lenition/devoicing in French - On a trip to Québec in the 1970s, I asked a passerby for directions (in French), and he gave me an answer that at first I thought was in Polish or some oth...17 hours ago
-
Evolution and Copy-Paste Errors - Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and logicians. The obvious reason is because they are comm...2 days ago
-
Maybe they figured they'd keep the profits a 'Secret' too? - So now comes word that Drew Heriot, the director behind The Secret DVD, has filed suit against Rhonda Byrne et al, alleging that he was denied his fair shar...
4 months ago -
Mi-am Indreptat Jantele de Aliaj la Best Tires - Ghinionul m-a gasit in sfarsit zilele trecute. Tocmai ce imi achizitionasem un set nou de jante, visam la ele de ceva vreme, O.Z. Superleggera, usoare, fr...
6 years ago -
-
Guy in cheesy old Scientology promo looks kinda like Josh Timonen - Fast forward to about 3:00. I never met Josh so I can't say if it's him or not. Would be a few years younger in the promo.
12 years ago -
-
I live in a "soda" state, although I lived in a "pop" state for a few years of my youth. It was during those years that I recall accompanying the family to the local The Pop Shoppe to return empty glass bottles, and replenish the family stores.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if The Pop Shoppe influenced the use of that term, or if they were more successful in their southern spread from Canada due to a predisposition among the denizens for that particular moniker?
We call it ginger - no idea why - maybe because Irn Bru is ginger coloured
ReplyDeleteLiving in a "Coke" state would be an adjustment. I hear things go like this:
ReplyDelete"Wanna Coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
Freaky!