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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Syt

Sir, this is an Arby's. :P

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The Larch

Btw, the absolute worst flags around are, I think there's an internet consensus on this, the flags of the different counties of Liberia, which seem to have been made with Paint.








Hamilcar

Does anyone here keep chickens?

The Larch

Quote from: Hamilcar on April 13, 2023, 02:17:01 PMDoes anyone here keep chickens?

My grandmas used to, and some of my friends' parents do. What do you want to know?

The Brain

Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Barrister

Quote from: Hamilcar on April 13, 2023, 02:17:01 PMDoes anyone here keep chickens?

My sister-in-law used to, but they live on an actual farm.  Scale was much more hobbyist than commercial operation though.

A colleague of mine from Yukon kept "urban" chickens in Whitehorse.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Josquius

Quote from: The Larch on April 13, 2023, 02:05:20 PMBtw, the absolute worst flags around are, I think there's an internet consensus on this, the flags of the different counties of Liberia, which seem to have been made with Paint.

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Wow. That bottom one in particular. Its a thing of beauty.
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The Larch

Quote from: Josquius on April 13, 2023, 02:25:53 PM
Quote from: The Larch on April 13, 2023, 02:05:20 PMBtw, the absolute worst flags around are, I think there's an internet consensus on this, the flags of the different counties of Liberia, which seem to have been made with Paint.

Wow. That bottom one in particular. Its a thing of beauty.

They are truly special.





That last one you mention appears regularly on almost all lists of worst flags in the world.

Barrister

Those flags are indeed something special.

Shame because Liberia itself has a solid, if derivative, flag.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Hamilcar


Hamilcar

Quote from: The Larch on April 13, 2023, 02:19:16 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on April 13, 2023, 02:17:01 PMDoes anyone here keep chickens?

My grandmas used to, and some of my friends' parents do. What do you want to know?

Nothing, just wondering if people keep them.

Josquius

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I was curious so googled the Liberian flags.

Apparently from the 60s, long predating ms paint, and look that way as they're trying to copy traditional Liberian quilting styles.
Also we're racist

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/knowltonliberianflags.pdf

His point that all flags are simplistic and Swedens cross lacks nail holes et al is rather dumb though. What's bad about these isn't that they're not life like trees, it's like they've tried to be realistic with the varied colouring and failed. They didn't try for an abstraction.

Finding it hard to believe symmetary isn't a common human, or even animal, desire.
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The Larch

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Quote from: Hamilcar on April 13, 2023, 03:31:06 PM
Quote from: The Larch on April 13, 2023, 02:19:16 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on April 13, 2023, 02:17:01 PMDoes anyone here keep chickens?

My grandmas used to, and some of my friends' parents do. What do you want to know?

Nothing, just wondering if people keep them.

They're pretty good animals to keep if you can have them. Fairly low maintenance, don't take up too much room if you have a suitable outdoors space, will eat almost anything, so can be fed with kitchen scraps, and having eggs produced at home is a great thing to have.

Josquius

Today I learned in French a everyone brings a dish meal is called a Canadian brunch.

This mildly amuses me for the weirdness.
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