The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

Margrethe II of Denmark is probably my favorite monarch. Here she's congratulating a guy who's been parodying her on stage for 40 years:



Also:

[The Brain]

Except that's Gary Oldman in Dracula.

[Syt]

 

[Admiral Yi]

 

[Eddie Teach]

Uncanny.

[Sheilbh]

Love this from a 1955 Communist propaganda book - even the propaganda writers struggled to find anything positive to say about Gheorghiu-Dej

[celedhring]

I made a small survey of dog's names in my parents' neighborhood.

Wanda (ours)
Ewok
Yoda
Duna
Arya
Mel
Lola
Daenerys (Danny)
Thanos
Francisco (after the Pope )
Drogo
Grogu
Jordi (George in Catalan)


All the waves of geek culture can be read in the trends of pet naming. 

[Eddie Teach]

I have a cat named Gizmo after the character from Gremlins.

[The Brain]

Frodo's dad has an important place in geek culture.

[grumbler]

Frodo's dad has an important place in geek culture.

The only Khal to die in a boating accident.

[celedhring]

Question for the brits on the board: if you lived in London (guess Tyr doesn't count), where would you look for a weekend beach escapade? Ideally something that's not a big drive from the city.

(it's for something I'm writing).

[garbon]

Question for the brits on the board: if you lived in London (guess Tyr doesn't count), where would you look for a weekend beach escapade? Ideally something that's not a big drive from the city.

(it's for something I'm writing).

As an American in London I've done:
Brighton & Hove (with Hove being nicer)
Southend (although that was day trip and a bit trash)
Margate (I also did as a day trip and a bit trash)
Frinton/Holland/Clacton-on-Sea

[garbon]

/all of these on the list I've heard people doing:

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/blog/uk-road-trips/8-seaside-towns-south-east/

[Josquius]

Going to Brighton for the weekend is a cultural cliche non?

[Richard Hakluyt]

The obvious one is Brighton and the obvious way to get there is by train. Southend is a possibility if your characters are downmarket; but Brighton would cover people of almost any type. Brighton was also famous for being a "dirty weekend" destination; a place to take another person's wife....that sort of thing, probably anachronistic by now.