The Off Topic Topic

[Martinus]

While I'm generally fine with big age differences (many in my family), Fry's fiance does have the look of a serial killer

And he is 27, not 17 as the acne would imply. I do hope it's a meeting of minds.

Well it defies the Swedish Rule, so one has to assume one side is it in for power/money/movie roles/whatever and one side is in it for a young body. 57/2+7 = 35.5.

Would have to see the younger guy's past record to make up my mind (not that I care / judge them, just saying that for the sake of the discussion here) - there are people who are genuinely attracted to much older people. Gerontophilia (or less extreme forms of it) is a "thing".

[Martinus]

Maybe he thought the Dirty Old Man rule applied to his weight, not his age.

... or maybe he's okay being a Dirty Old Man.

Everybody should be OK with being a Dirty Old Man.  It's the only fucking perk.

[Martinus]

On principle, but also observation - gay men and women seem a lot more comfortable with younger/older partners.

I had no idea gays were so shallow and self-centered.  Why, that doesn't fit the stereotype at all.

There is also a bit of a mentor/padavan dynami, based on a number of gay relationships I encounter.

[Martinus]

What's the minimum number of floors over which it's acceptable to take the lift? Everyone at work from the third floor (UK, fourth in other parts of the world who don't have a "Ground") downward gets a good tutting. Sometimes they take it going down too!

I would generally say third (if you have a ground floor/zero floor). Anything else is simply a waste of time, even for the person using the floor to go to the first/second floor (not to mention other users). My firm's offices start on the third floor (I personally work on the fifth), and those lazy assholes who occupy the floors under our offices drive me nuts with taking the lift all the time.

[Brazen]

Any of you folk who live/d in Asia know what this Cambodian snack is? It's some kind of compressed fruit with a salty, hot flavouring.

[Brazen]

Panic over, it's Asian spicy tamarind candy, apparently. Avoid. 

[derspiess]

Trying to figure out what I searched for that triggered all these boxing gloves ads from AdSense.

[mongers]

Trying to figure out what I searched for that triggered all these boxing gloves ads from AdSense.

Maybe all your posts here are just elaborate typos?     

[Eddie Teach]

What's the minimum number of floors over which it's acceptable to take the lift?

0. Hop in, push all the buttons, hop out. 

[Admiral Yi]

What's the minimum number of floors over which it's acceptable to take the lift? Everyone at work from the third floor (UK, fourth in other parts of the world who don't have a "Ground") downward gets a good tutting. Sometimes they take it going down too!

There were signs up in the US Agriculture Department building when I briefly worked there that said to walk up two, down three.

[lustindarkness]

I work on a 2nd floor, there are plenty that use the elevator.

[Ideologue]

I work on a 2nd floor, there are plenty that use the elevator.

Naval fitness requirements: able to breathe in a sitting position.

[Barrister]

I figure it depends on how accessible the stairs are.

In my office the stairs are emergency access stairs.  They're inconvenient to get into and out of.  So I'll usually use the elevator even to go down one floor.

At the courthouse though there are big general-use stairways.  I'll typically walk up three flights of stairs if I'm not carrying/hauling anything really heavy (sometimes my file is big enough to require a big wheeled bag), and down 3-4 flights.  But I'm continually astonished how people will use an elevator to go up one level, even though a really big and obvious set of stairs is 10' away.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm thinking now the signs might have said "up one, down two."

[lustindarkness]

I work on a 2nd floor, there are plenty that use the elevator.

Naval fitness requirements: able to breathe in a sitting position.

I'm talking about my civilian job.