The Off Topic Topic

[Jacob]

I try to watch Ken Burn's Vietnam ep 1 on youtube while riding the bike.  In case I can't make out the dialogue, which is unsynced, I have helpful Vietnamese closed captioning (it turns off when a Cong is talking).  My Vietnamese is a little rusty, so I click on CC and get spanish closed captioning.

... for a second there, I pictured you riding in traffic while watching videos and I was concerned for you safety. Then I realized you're probably talking about a stationary bike in a gym or some such. Right? 

[Eddie Teach]

He's not a child nor a Mongers.

[The Brain]

Did my taxes. 2 minutes well spent.

[Ed Anger]

I miss Seedy calling me Mittens. 

[Josquius]

I've just realised a logical truth which makes me laugh with the ridiculousness of it.

Somewhere in Moscow there is a classroom where a batch of technically adept Russian millennials are studying the habits and ways of grumpy middle aged little englanders.

[garbon]

I accidentally inhaled tea dust this morning when looking to see how many tea bags I had left. That then lead to an uncontrollable fit of sneezing. From the pile of tea dust that had fallen on the counter, looked like I'd actually been trying to huff tea.

[Josephus]

Bah...Knew the Yoga pants trend won't last forever. Looks like jeans companies are trying to get women out of their yoga pants 

https://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2018/04/02/fashion-labels-count-on-blue-jean-comeback-amid-battle-with-yoga-pants.html

[Josquius]

I accidentally inhaled tea dust this morning when looking to see how many tea bags I had left. That then lead to an uncontrollable fit of sneezing. From the pile of tea dust that had fallen on the counter, looked like I'd actually been trying to huff tea.

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[garbon]

I accidentally inhaled tea dust this morning when looking to see how many tea bags I had left. That then lead to an uncontrollable fit of sneezing. From the pile of tea dust that had fallen on the counter, looked like I'd actually been trying to huff tea.

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My Romanian employee told be that I was out Britishing the Brits.

[Barrister]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

[garbon]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

But Canadians always be snorting that maple syrup so...

[Josquius]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

London is actually the first place that comes to mind for me when I think of coke. Stocks aint gonna broker themselves.

[dps]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

Snorting snuff seems pretty British to me.  Very few Americans snort the stuff;  snuff users here usually dip it.

Of course, this was tea leaves, not tobacco, and it was snorted accidentally instead of intentionally, but the principle is the same.

Incidentally, one of my college roommates did snort snuff;  he even had an old-fashioned snuff box he carried pretty much everywhere with him.  This was considered highly unusual--in fact, until seeing him snort snuff, so of our classmates didn't even realize that it could be taken nasally rather than dipped.

[Jacob]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

Snorting snuff seems pretty British to me.  Very few Americans snort the stuff;  snuff users here usually dip it.

Of course, this was tea leaves, not tobacco, and it was snorted accidentally instead of intentionally, but the principle is the same.

Incidentally, one of my college roommates did snort snuff;  he even had an old-fashioned snuff box he carried pretty much everywhere with him.  This was considered highly unusual--in fact, until seeing him snort snuff, so of our classmates didn't even realize that it could be taken nasally rather than dipped.

Tobacco?

I thought they were referencing cocaine.

[dps]

I dunno, snorting something up one's nose sounds pretty American to me.

Snorting snuff seems pretty British to me.  Very few Americans snort the stuff;  snuff users here usually dip it.

Of course, this was tea leaves, not tobacco, and it was snorted accidentally instead of intentionally, but the principle is the same.

Incidentally, one of my college roommates did snort snuff;  he even had an old-fashioned snuff box he carried pretty much everywhere with him.  This was considered highly unusual--in fact, until seeing him snort snuff, so of our classmates didn't even realize that it could be taken nasally rather than dipped.

Tobacco?

I thought they were referencing cocaine.

That's probably what Barrister meant, but the conversation started with Garbon talking about accidentally snorting tea leaves.