The Off Topic Topic

[HVC]

Just discovered there's a mini-chain of Uyghur restaurants (one in Leicester, one in London) that is engaged in some incredible historical, international trolling of Italians.

All their dishes have Italian names, which is where they initially came from on the Silk Road. So noodles are "Original linguine" and polo (like plov or pilaf) is "Original risotto"

I can only hope the Italians mad at food discover it at some point.

They're doing God's work 

[Savonarola]

Weird and Gilly have been found:

Eerie 'Spiders' Scattered Through Inca City on Mars Seen in Incredible Images

[Josquius]

I wish the conspiracy corners of the internet were still harmless as I'd love to know what they're saying on this.

[Oexmelin]

Hello, old friend.

[crazy canuck]

The plague is spreading.

[Barrister]

I just ran across this story - it's awesome.  In 1955 an onion farmer / commodity trader Vincent Kosuga managed to corner the US market on onions.  He bought almost every onion available for sale in the US, started selling them at ridiculous prices and made a small fortune.  He then proceeded to short onions (since his vast collection of onions was beginning to spoil), flooded the market with onions, and made a second fortune on his short positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Kosuga

https://www.npr.org/2015/10/22/450769853/the-great-onion-corner-and-the-futures-market

Congress responded by banning the sale of onion futures - a ban which remains to this day.

[Maladict]

Another Boeing falls apart in-flight. Starting to look a bit careless.

[HVC]

Are boeings falling apart more often now, or just in the news more often?

[Syt]

The Austrian vote for the Austrian hamber of Employees and Workers (Arbeiterkammer) are running at the moment.

There's been some chuckling/eye rolling/cringing over the ads run by Harald "The Hammer" Korschelt, age 73. See below the ad vs. what he looks like in real life.







Btw, he's been working as bank employee his whole life.

[Valmy]

Hello, old friend.

MB roars in fury from his grave

[Eddie Teach]

Victory is certain. 

[Josquius]

I do think in the UK you would see pop basically take over the country over the period.

[Eddie Teach]

You clearly grew up saying pop, don't spin it as movement.

[garbon]

You clearly grew up saying pop, don't spin it as movement.

Yes, his northern bias is showing again.

[Josquius]

You clearly grew up saying pop, don't spin it as movement.

Fizzy drink actually.

My mind is fuzzy but I'm sure I remember media from the mid 20th  century using all manner of terms you don't really hear these days with pop or if you're being formal soft drinks seeming more common. Google isn't giving me any answers though it did give me this one



Also...not sure on that US map. This one seems up to date.
https://popvssoda.com/