Useless Facts

I just feel the need to post this:


and also this:

 

and
The Simpsons
Guns N' Roses
Gibson
Fender
(UK gave the world Marshall Amps though).

Can't we have both?
UK and US cultural imports here?

 

Of course! My mother is British so I grew up watching Wallace & Gromit, Mr. Bean, etc. What a boring world it would be without the meshing of cultures. Embrace it!

 

What the hell did I just do?

 

I'm British and I grew up watching Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.

In the UK, Nickelodeon showed;
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Sister, Sister
Kenan & Kel
Moesha

and Disney Channel used to show;
Smart Guy
Boy Meets World
Teen Angel


I look down on kids who grew up watching Chuckle Brothers and Grange Hill who look down on me for not watching these as I grew up (and many UK shows) I used to avoid because they bored me.

IMO, Chuckle Brothers couldn't hold a candle to Sabrina The Teenage Witch; 3 blondes and a talking cat and a bitchy brunette cheerleader Vs. to me, to you, to me, to you...

I'm glad I'm me.

 

I'm American and I grew up watching Monty Python, Dave Allen, and Doctor Who every Sunday night.

 

I can't honestly recall any good children's television either British or American.

 

Have few holes in a pair of jeans to fix.

 

Growing up in England, I got all the best Indian food money could buy.
True story, in Ocean County, New Jersey once, I asked if there was any Indian food take outs in 2001; I got told
"We don't have any ethnic food places around."

 

In 1998 or so we heard there was an Indian restaurant only 40 minutes drive away in suburban Chicagoland. Went there, ordered a family set because we literally didn't know what anything meant.

"All sets come with unlimited naan."

Staring at the meal that arrived. "Sooo, which part do you think is naan?"

 

I think Sesame Street and the Muppet Show were probably the best, that I can think of anyway. I think from an adult perspective the term good children's television is an oxymoron.

 

Simple enough solution—ask for more and see what they bring.

 

Phineas and Ferb I think is an exception.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

Friendly tip that rich people are literally preparing for an apocalypse where they may use slave collars or seizing control of resources in order to maintain their life of luxury. That's their focus for climate change, pandemics and stuff; them.

 

Something to look forward to, then.

Great article by the way.

 

I presume the something to look forward to is sarcastic?

 

Do his pants fit like a glove?

I've had more echidnae stones than I can countses!

 

OK, that's enough internet for me, today.​

 

In 1989, Pepsi Cola had a Navy consisting of 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser, and a destroyer.

Suck on that, British East India Trading Company!

 

And the French could have armed them...

 

DeLuca and a team of scientists strapped dime-size backpacks called geolocators onto some of the birds to track their flight path. The birds, they learned, had flown from the U.S. East Coast all the way to Venezuela or Colombia. They had traveled as far as 2,100 miles without stopping — more than 13,000 miles round trip. It was one of the most incredible migrations on the planet.

 

Something that is even more incredible is that there are birds who only ever land during breeding season. The remaining 10 months of the year they stay airborne. 10 months in the air. Without landing once.

 

How do you go from sniper to sex therapist?
Interesting transition.