Kids used to gleek at each other in Jr high. It's usually done by touching the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, but you have to do it right.
Eukonkanto - the wife-carrying competition in Finland Wife carrying (Finnish: eukonkanto or akankanto, Estonian: naisekandmine, Swedish: kärringkånk) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female partner. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi, Finland.
He didn't. A more accurate description, which I doubtless would've given if I had been less exhausted and/or more caffeinated, would've been "translation from the ancient Roman Phaedrus". Better?
Now that is truly bizarre. Where did Finland come in the world happy list? Pretty high, if I remember. Same expression could describe whoever devised this sporting effort.
For the seventh consecutive year, according to the World Happiness Report, Finland was in top spot and named the happiest country in the world. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
I wonder what the result would be if they gathered up all those husbands asked them, confidential-like, with no way of the wives finding out how their husbands answered, asked the husbands if they are really happy carrying their wives around. And maybe the wives only think they themselves are happy because of all that blood running to their heads.
According to the Wiki article, it doesn't have to be your own wife. Here are the rules: The most important rule is to have fun when carrying a wife The length of the official track is 253.5 metres (832 ft). The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle about one metre deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or the neighbour's, or you may have found her further afield; the wife must, however, be over 17 years of age. The wife is a gender free term that is used over the carried person (Gender rule changed in February 2023) The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kilograms (108 lb). If she weighs less than 49 kg, she will be burdened with a rucksack containing additional weight to bring the total load to be carried up to 49 kg. All participants must enjoy themselves. The only equipment allowed is a belt worn by the carrier and a helmet worn by the carried. The contestants run the race two pairs at a time, so each heat is a contest in itself. Each contestant takes care of his/her safety and, if deemed necessary, insurance. The contestants have to pay attention to the instructions given by the organizers of the competition. There is only one category in the World Championships, and the winner is the couple who completes the course in the shortest time. Also, the most entertaining couple, the best costume, and the strongest carrier will be awarded a special prize. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying
A scutoid is a particular type of geometric solid between two parallel surfaces .... They may be more generally described as a mix between a frustum and a prismatoid. In nature, in epithelia, cells can 3D-pack as scutoids, facilitating tissue curvature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutoid
I learned a new word today while reading an article about Trump. contumacious (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
Well, that's a new word for the day. Thanks, Louanne. As for "du Kleenex" ... well, Kleenex is a brand, not a description. And the "Quarter Pounder with cheese", if made by McDonalds, is called edible -- but only barely. If it's made by anyone else, it depends on the ingredients (how fresh they are, etc.) and the way in which they're made. If you really want to, you can get fresh ingredients at the grocery store and make good "quarter-pounders with cheese" at home. I've done it, and I wouldn't call myself a chef (or even close).
Of course there is. Just ask them to lay off the cheese. "Have it your way", you know. (Oh, wait. *facepalm* Or do they do that at Macca's too now?) And speaking of which ...
Very true, but I think in France it would probably be a Royale avec fromage. Sorry to be a grammar nazi (if that's even the right term).
Well see, not only do they use the metric system, but they also use this thing called the French langauge... (Yep—I'm a joke killer)
Frank Whaley was an underrated character actor. He was great as Bobby Krieger in The Doors. The real Bobby Krieger was also an underrated guitar player. Jazz trained, played everything with his fingers like Knopfler did.
Robby Krieger was often overshadowed by the talent and massive ego of Ray Manzarek, but he was a hell of a writer and performer both. Morrison gets all the clout because he was such a personality and, depending on whom you ask, a poet. Plus there was the tragic early death thing. The musicianship of the band is often ignored because of Morrison's olympian presence, but they were a damned talented group.
