TheFlopster

They just couldn’t write it on a to-do list, because they were illiterate.

Mon cher!

When did “call in” change to “call out”? And why? You “call in” to work to tell them you will be out.

It feels like it was in the last 5 years or so, but all the new people (younger than me) at work now say “call out,” and I don’t understand the lexicon shift.

That’s the prequel movie. The one where you see the beginnings of, uh, head dictator guy who starts the hunger games. (I didn’t watch it.)

This stinks! This is total B.S.!

Who controls the British pound?

Who keeps the metric system down?

We do! We do!

James May in Japan? He went to a concert, but I can’t remember the time of day.

I’m an American, 40 years old. Not only have I never used a fountain pen, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen one used in person. School was all #2 pencils, mechanical pencils, and then ballpoint pens, as I progressed through the years.

Klingon coffee is called “raktajino”.

The More You Know

I think it might be the word “named” instead of “identified.” That and the two “as” appositive phrases prepositional phrases in a row.

I would have said god is a fascist. There’s a real “do what I’ve decided is best for you, or there will be hell to pay” (pun intended) vibe throughout his interactions with humanity.

But he does always seem to need money, so maybe you have a point.

I did once! Technically it was a participation ribbon. Picture it: Southern California, 1993, school foot race. I was 8 years old. The winners got the blue ribbon and the whatever second place was colored ribbon. And everybody else (me) got a white participation ribbon.

I’m interested in the alternate endings.