The Happiness Thread

So there's Voyager 1 & 2 out there sending signals for another 5 years? New Horizons, is that right? And Pioneer(s) going nowhere as a dustbin until 100 million years hence when it (they) collides with some star. I'm quite up on the subject, still very keen on Venus.

 

Dark side of the moon?

 

The last one is, taken by the Chinese lander. Good job!

 

Is it wrong to enjoy how much my main antagonist (Not to be confused with the main villain), can easily infuriate my MC just by the mere mention of his name, and involvement in (cause of) the events taking place. This whole book is because of him dragging my MC's reluctant ass through it.

 

We don't serve nuts at my bird bar.
And yes, that can be read 2 different ways.

 

But... but ... squirrels are so much more interesting than birds! We have personalities and everything! And we don't shit on your car!

 

I have enough shenanigans going on with the corvids trying to fly off with a full fat ball. Also, I don't have a car.

 

Nooo... And not The Wall or The Final Cut.

 

My amazing man being incredibly sweet makes me very happy.

 

Watching American TV shows is great! Sometimes you just breeze past the linguistic differences, sometimes they confuse you and you have to work it out from context, but sometimes... Sometimes the meaning is totally altered and it is the best thing ever! Today's comes courtesy of a character (a male character) who had a bum bag - or as Americans call them, a fanny pack.

"Thank you, Terry's fanny!"

"The fanny's not deep enough to deal with this!"

 

In the Mad Men era, it was allegedly common for waitresses in the US to have to deal with male customers patting or pinching their fannies. These days, standards have changed:

 

Try a Dad-pack.

 

Oh, @Cave Troll, you simply must get with the times, highwater pants (ask your love about how that sounds) and Chelsea boots are all the rage these days:

 

My point was more that in the UK, "fanny" is an especially rude word for "vagina". I realise I didn't make that clear.

 

I know that, that was my point, how shocking patting a waitress on her British fanny would be

When I wear a vest, I use suspenders to hold my pants up. Run that through a couple dialects.

 

I realise that.

The second sentence, not the first. Unclear again. 'Nother smiley!

 

Yeah, but "twatty-pac" might be a good sell in the US.

 

Yes, I discovered that the hard way, when I first moved here 32 years ago. I thought I was being exceptionally prim, saying 'fanny' instead of arse or ass or butt, and was unprepared for the gasps of horror that followed my remark. That's what I get for being exceptionally prim.

To my ears, the Scottish insult, "Ya FANNY!" just sounds funny and makes me laugh. To them, however, it carries more ...dare I say it ...weight.

 

Really? I'd say it was more of a gentle word for it. Like one of those stupid euphemisms people teach children to use for their genitals?

 

Possibly it's evolved that way, but it certainly was a total SCREAM NO NO when I arrived in Scotland, 32 years ago. It was like cunt, only worse ...apparently. I got my ears well and truly pinned back.

 

Posted on Thursday, it's Monday and only one winner.

The above is the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule.

The only photo ever taken from the surface of a world other than the Earth or Luna, the first picture was taken on Titan. The second picture is the "Pale Blue Dot," a photo of the Earth taken by one of the Voyager spacecraft as it left the solar system. If you look at the rightmost bright band, about a third of the way up, there's a, well, pale blue dot which takes up about 12% of its pixel. That's everyplace any human has ever been.

Finally, the dark side of the Moon, as taken from the surface by the recent Chinese lander (prior to its being destroyed by the subsurface Lunar Regolith Fungus, which was attracted by its lights)

 

Hm. Or it could be regional?

I'll continue to go with vulvasaurus.

 

Yes. Vulvasaurus. You can make a quick exit while they're puzzling it out.

What startled me is that Fanny is/was an accepted name for a woman. Fanny Craddock being one example. (Short for Frances, I presume.) So ...?

 

One of the Enid Blyton series (The Enchanted Wood?) has siblings called Dick and Fanny. I think they've both been renamed in the modern versions.