The Off Topic Topic

[Eddie Teach]

Florida Man threatens to destroy everyone with an army of turtles.

[The Brain]

How many people have an army of turtles?

[HVC]

Splinter? So at least one person.

[Razgovory]

I bought a waffle iron last week.  tasty, tasty waffles.

Here we come a-waffling
Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-waffling
So fair to be seen.

A fellow California Raisin fan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xENMDMFjnA

Damn, there is no reference too obscure for Languish.

[Eddie Teach]

Splinter fought turtles. Now, Bowser otoh...

Doh, mixed up with Shredder. Still, 4 ain't an army.

[crazy canuck]

Waffles are nice and fried chicken is nice enough but I will never understand how they go together.

I agree with you on that, with the exception that chicken and waffles topped with peas and gravy is pretty good.  But topped with typical waffle toppings (syrup, butter), it's weird and I don't like it.

Never heard of putting butter on waffles and chicken. Actually never heard of putting butter on waffles period.

[Admiral Yi]

Read in an Economist article about Dominic Raab that he is "by training a human rights lawyer."  I've heard this job title mentioned other times, most notably in Bridget Jones' Diary.

What exactly do they do?

More importantly, who pays their bills?

[Sheilbh]

Read in an Economist article about Dominic Raab that he is "by training a human rights lawyer."  I've heard this job title mentioned other times, most notably in Bridget Jones' Diary.

What exactly do they do?

More importantly, who pays their bills?

They are litigators - in the US they'd probably be constitutional lawyers, but we don't have constitutional rights. So it's normally linked to public law which is about the conduct/behaviour of the state but using human rights legislation domestically and internationally, rather than, say, more narrow public law concepts like acting beyond their powers or unreasonably. I imagine paying their bills is similar as in the US for constitutional lawyers.

So domestically human rights law would cover challenging unlawful retention of DNA and fingerprints on police databases, acting for protesters, challenging MI6 for blocking publication of a former employee's memoir, suing on behalf of victims of police violence etc.

There's also international human rights law - which is what Raab did - but that's a little bit more rarefied.

I also think it's wrong to say he is "by training a human rights lawyers" because from my understanding he trained at Linklaters He did secondments with Liberty (a bit like the British ACLU). I think by training he was a trade and competition lawyer (largely EU and WTO) but then became a Foreign Office lawyer and they like you to move around so I think he ended working in the Hague and doing more international human rights law (from the perspective of the UK Foreign Office).

[Admiral Yi]

dankes

[Eddie Teach]

Waffles are nice and fried chicken is nice enough but I will never understand how they go together.

I agree with you on that, with the exception that chicken and waffles topped with peas and gravy is pretty good.  But topped with typical waffle toppings (syrup, butter), it's weird and I don't like it.

Never heard of putting butter on waffles and chicken. Actually never heard of putting butter on waffles period.

Pancakes too. You just enjoy dry things, like your tomato-less burgers.

[crazy canuck]

Waffles are nice and fried chicken is nice enough but I will never understand how they go together.

I agree with you on that, with the exception that chicken and waffles topped with peas and gravy is pretty good.  But topped with typical waffle toppings (syrup, butter), it's weird and I don't like it.

Never heard of putting butter on waffles and chicken. Actually never heard of putting butter on waffles period.

Pancakes too. You just enjoy dry things, like your tomato-less burgers.

Pancakes makes more sense.  Maple syrup on waffles is all you need.  But the addition chicken is a good bonus.

[Grey Fox]

My challenge results.

Florida Man Arrested For Running Naked Through Walmart Parking Lot

[Syt]

A new game sweeping the Internet. Quite fun.

Google search your birthday (no year required) and Florida man.
Greatness shall always appear.

Mine...

Deputy cleared for shooting naked man armed with crossbow who claimed aliens were after him

There seem to be no results for my 1976 birthday.

[Agelastus]

Florida man tries to pay for fast food with bag of weed.

[Syt]

A German police woman has been put on administrative leave. She wrote romantic letters to the right-wing extremist who tried to attack the synagogue in Halle two years ago and shot several bystanders. She apparently expressed understanding for his actions and that she believed in a Jewish cabal ruling the world.