The Off Topic Topic

[Valmy]

A Turkish guy moved to my street, a couple doors down.  At least I think he's Turkish, going by the name.

I wonder how he feels about Fethullah Gülen

[The Larch]

What

WWE trying to dip into the esports demographic? I'd imagine there's a lot of overlap, anyways.

Sign of the times. They even send people to gaming shows nowadays.

[Josephus]

not according to this: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pear%20shaped

What do you believe that links says that disagrees with what i said?

Primarily that it says nothing about tits and says instead;
The origin is unclear, but one theory says that it is RAF slang relating to the difficulty of performing aerobatic loops, which were described as "pear shaped" if executed imperfectly.

[Josephus]

I missed the news about ERC trying to backtrack from unilateral independence but members preventing them from doing so...doesn't bode well.

It happened a couple months ago.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180626/45393003688/erc-via-unilateral-conferencia-nacional-ponencia-estrategica-militancia.html

Celedh. quick question, what are road speed bumps sometimes called in Spanish? Because I briefly saw a sign saying somthing like bandaros sonaros, sleeping bandits perhaps? 

I know in Malta they call them "Sleeping policeman"

[derspiess]

A Turkish guy moved to my street, a couple doors down.  At least I think he's Turkish, going by the name.

I wonder how he feels about Fethullah Gülen

Will he hit me if I ask him? 

[Valmy]

He might 

[celedhring]

You should really ask derspiess. I don't think you can live in doubt for much longer.

[derspiess]

Okay.  How do you pronounce Fethullah Gülen's last name?

[Syt]

You should tell him that you are very happy to meet  your first Kurdish person.

[Josquius]

Okay.  How do you pronounce Fethullah Gülen's last name?

Goo-len?

[derspiess]

You should tell him that you are very happy to meet  your first Kurdish person.

Added to the list of topics to discuss-- thanks.

[Barrister]

You should tell him that you are very happy to meet  your first Kurdish person.

Added to the list of topics to discuss-- thanks.

Be sure to bring up how Constantinople should be given back to the Greeks.

[Valmy]

Ask if he has any lingering guilt over the Armenian Genocide. That usually goes over well.

[Malthus]

You should tell him that you are very happy to meet  your first Kurdish person.

Added to the list of topics to discuss-- thanks.

Be sure to bring up how Constantinople should be given back to the Greeks.

Naw, on the contrary - make him feel welcome, and that you appreciate his culture, with this song and video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg

[derspiess]

All good ideas-- thanks guys