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[derspiess]

Suit yourself.

I am annoyed she gets so much attention, so I would find it very annoying to be part of the problem

I don't talk about her very often.  But the food disposal thing was just too much.

[derspiess]

What's a food disposal?  Like a trash can?

I think we normally call them garbage disposals (at least, that is the term I've always used).  It's the food grinder thingie many people have built into their sink.

Feels odd to call it a garbage disposal.  I don't put trash in there, just food.  Might be a regional thing.  Maybe there's a map

[derspiess]

I think we normally call them garbage disposals (at least, that is the term I've always used).  It's the food grinder thingie many people have built into their sink.

It's like those Appalachians have a different word for everything.

Two SpiessPoints for the Steve Martin reference.

[derspiess]

Michelle Obama's arms. 

Thanks for bringing that up.  Now I won't be able to get anything done at work today

[Razgovory]

Suit yourself.

I am annoyed she gets so much attention, so I would find it very annoying to be part of the problem

I don't talk about her very often.  But the food disposal thing was just too much.

Question:  Where did you first hear about it?

[dps]

I think we normally call them garbage disposals (at least, that is the term I've always used).  It's the food grinder thingie many people have built into their sink.

It's like those Appalachians have a different word for everything.

Maybe it's just a Huntington thing--we called 'em trash disposals or garbage disposals in the part of WV I come from, if we're actually talking about the grindy thing in the sink.

[Barrister]

I grew up calling them "garburators".

But honestly, I don't think I've seen one in the wild for 20 years.

[Caliga]

I have one.  We call them garbage disposals here.

[Oexmelin]

I don't talk about her very often.  But the food disposal thing was just too much.

Good to see you keeping a sense of perspective.

[DGuller]

Okay, fixed.  Speaking of AOC, did you guys see where she was baffled & mystified by a food disposal?  Yes, yes, I'm sure it was all just a joke on her part that was way over my head

I don't get why she's a subject of manic attention by the usual suspects.  As far as garbage disposal, I've never seen one either, I never had it in any of the apartments I lived in.  I think the usual morons are failing to realize that some appliances are far less common in cities than where they live.

[Barrister]

Now I'm curious - is garburator (which doesn't get red underlined when I typed it) just a Canadian term?  I thought that was pretty standard.

[Eddie Teach]

I think the usual morons are failing to realize that some appliances are far less common in cities than where they live.

It's fair game. Rubes get mocked for their ignorance all the time.

[Admiral Yi]

Now I'm curious - is garburator (which doesn't get red underlined when I typed it) just a Canadian term?  I thought that was pretty standard.

It's right up there with parkade.

[Valmy]

It is a garbage disposal where I live.

[Eddie Teach]

Garbage disposal or Dispose-all