The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

But I did learn the two of them are both descended from Queen Victoria, making them some level of cousins.

As was the custom at the ti....oh

[Valmy]

And since we are talking about Queen Victoria:

"I am not a German Spy I promise! I am as British as Queen Victoria!"

"Aha! So you admit to being half German and having married a German!"

[Syt]

[The Larch]

Yeah, our gossip mags are obsessed with royalty (Spanish and foreign)

You mean the fancy, "classy", old-school gossip mags, so basically just "Hola", right? 

[celedhring]

Yeah, our gossip mags are obsessed with royalty (Spanish and foreign)

You mean the fancy, "classy", old-school gossip mags, so basically just "Hola", right? 

And Lecturas.

I love how my very republican mother is obsessed with them. Conversation I had with her last week:

Me: "Mom, you want and independent Catalonia and the Borbons exiled"
She: "Yes, but I heard that Queen Sophia went on a shopping spree at Harrod's and I want to see what she bought"

[Eddie Teach]

Exile is an unnecessary sign of weakness.

[Josephus]

It's not gonna end well for Ron Jeremy is it?

ron_jeremy_pleads_not_guilty_to_rape

https://exclaim.ca/film/article/ron_jeremy_pleads_not_guilty_to_rape?

[Josquius]

You'd think he wouldn't feel the need.

[Sheilbh]

I have reached the stage of my 30s that, while shopping for knitwear, I have impulse bought a bomber jacket

[Sheilbh]

Don't think I'll ever recover from reading this story:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/new-york-city-sinkhole-rats-man-falls

Also - never visiting New York again.

[Syt]

Don't think I'll ever recover from reading this story:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/new-york-city-sinkhole-rats-man-falls

Also - never visiting New York again.

Then you will like the concept of a Rat King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king

[Josquius]

Well thats new. Apparently there's a new fast food place opening in town. 'Jollibee', a Filipino fried chicken chain.
So.
Thats a thing.
Anyone encountered it?

[Barrister]

Well thats new. Apparently there's a new fast food place opening in town. 'Jollibee', a Filipino fried chicken chain.
So.
Thats a thing.
Anyone encountered it?

Edmonton has one.  I've never been - my understanding is that it's quite popular in the Filipino community as it's a taste from home.

I didn't think the UK though had a significant Filipino community however.  According to a couple seconds of googling, UK has maybe 200,000 Filipino residents, while Canada has ~800,000 (and of course the UK has a larger overall population).

In addition to fried chicken, they also sell hamburgers and spaghetti.

[Sheilbh]

Interesting - I used to live in a fairly Filipino area in London with a number of Filipino restaurants but didn't see any fried chicken.

There's a tonne of Korean fried chicken places though. But I think that's a food trend rather than for the community.

[Barrister]

Interesting - I used to live in a fairly Filipino area in London with a number of Filipino restaurants but didn't see any fried chicken.

There's a tonne of Korean fried chicken places though. But I think that's a food trend rather than for the community.

Well my understanding (again I've never been) is that it's not exactly Filipino food, but rather quasi-American fast food as seen through Filipino eyes.

Like their spaghetti - Filipino's didn't have easy access to tomatoes, so their sauce is something called banana ketchup, made with bananas, vinegar and red food die.  It's apparently quite sweet and sounds disgusting, but it's a big hit amongst Filipinos.