That, Horace, was what I took from the story as well. Especially since it is difficult to live in this country if one cannot fucking read.

@mark thanks for linking that!

What fun, and what a career!

Her demeanor, watching these videos, is so "workmanlike" - that's not to say that her playing is, it's that she is obviously comfortable with what she's doing.

@klaus said in Puzzle time - the ant lottery:

Nice idea!

Thanks Klaus. Another problem with not being able to record the ID of every ant is that the solution assumes a non zero chance of having to record every ant, as the interim lottery winner.

@89th said in Football Fans: Watch #89.:

Always watch number 89...

Indeed! Not quite an A, but, you know, pretty good!

😛

😄 The first rule of development club is, never build on floodplains.

The second rule of development club is, NEVER BUILD ON FLOODPLAINS.

Not at all a new problem.

The golf course here has hosted 3 proms in recent weeks.

I don't know what rules they had about masks. If I had to guess I'd guess masks were optional.

@jolly said in I thought surely this was the Onion or the Bee...:

Nasty? A chicken ain't nothing but a hog with feathers. Only an idiot would be kissing up on chickens.

Certainly, if there's a hog available, it wouldn't make any sense at all.

Just as good a place as any to post this:

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/23/exclusive-photo-gretchen-whitmer-violates-own-coronavirus-orders-at-dive-bar/

Whitmer and a large group of friends, including her appointed chief operations officer, Tricia Foster, visited the Landshark in East Lansing, violating her restaurant orders in the process, according to a photo one of the attendees posted on Facebook.

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The group shot of 13 individuals appeared to violate the governor’s restaurant capacity order issued May 15 on “gathering limitations for entertainment establishments, recreational establishments, and food service establishments”:

b. Gatherings are prohibited at food service establishments, whether indoor or outdoor, unless:

Consumption of food or beverages is permitted only in a designated dining area where patrons are seated, groups of patrons are separated by at least 6 feet, no more than 6 patrons are seated together (at a table, booth, or group of fixed seats), and groups of patrons do not intermingle

The governor responded.

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I count 13 people at the two tables.

"Pushed together," my ass.

@lufins-dad said in Lab Leak?:

@mik said in Lab Leak?:

I’m not sure why I clicked this. I knew what I’d be getting.

Yeah, but it’s been sitting there for a week...

Wow that’s an obedient thread.

That, my friend, is John Cooper Clarke. He has a very strong Salford accent. Salford is Manchester's rather rough step-brother. And it has to be said, Manchester's not exactly hoity-toity.

I'd completely forgotten about it being used as verb. There was a kid at our school who was always threatening to twat people, as in beat them up.

She needs Hillary's lawyer.

I am sure Michelle will rush to set the record straight about this obvious slander against the country she was First Lady of for eight years. They go low, she goes high. Watch it happen. I can't wait.

@copper said in US COVID Stats:

@loki said in US COVID Stats:

I’m sure it is but not 90% unless the event I know is a freak of statistics.

That's good

One event should be representative of the millions of events that take place around the world.

I agree. It’s not something I read or just heard however. I would have dismissed just like you. I don’t expect anyone to take it seriously. But when you see the UFO with your own eyes it’s different.

Once it was determined that most of Asian hate caught on tape was black on Asian, Asians were upgraded in their privilege status.