The Off Topic Topic

[DGuller]

At the risk of confirming the message, whatever it is, I don't get it either. 

[mongers]

I don't get it.

"You can take the girl out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the girl."

Does that help ?

[Admiral Yi]

"You can take the girl out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the girl."

Does that help ?

So for example, DGuller carries a little bit of Poland and Montenegro wherever he goes? 

[HVC]

They're all dirty dirty Slavs. Basically DGuller is no better than a Serb.

[The Brain]

"You can take the girl out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the girl."

Does that help ?

So for example, DGuller carries a little bit of Poland and Montenegro wherever he goes? 

He has to sleep in soil from his native land.

[Jacob]

Why wouldn't it count as an import?

I assumed it was made under license in the US.

[DGuller]

Just watched a show on History Channel about a hurricane hitting NYC.  The innumeracy displayed there is just infuriating.  They had one "expert" find evidence of 1893 hurricane, and from that conclude that major hurricanes should strike NYC every 75 years.  The last one was in 1938, so we're almost "due".  The fact that "once in 75 year" hurricanes happened in 1893 and 1938 didn't seem to raise any doubts in his mind as to the validity of the "due" thinking.

[Ed Anger]

[DGuller]

Yes, I know, ragging on History channel for fallacies and inaccuracies is like ragging on Martinus for bad analogies, or ragging on Tamas for his preoccupation with beets.

[Admiral Yi]

In the same FT article from which I learned Corona is the #1 imported beer, I also learned that Sara Lee was bought by the audaciously named Mexican baker Grupo Bimbo.

[FunkMonk]

I know there are some current and former navy folks here, as well as navy fanboys, so they might get a chuckle out of this.

Like a Chief (rap song)

[mongers]

More internet weirdness, google "nice looking woman" with the safe search option off,  go on I dare you:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22nice+looking+woman%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=ySS&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5T44UN3hDqq20QX4-IDIDA&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=629

[garbon]

More internet weirdness, google "nice looking woman" with the safe search option off,  go on I dare you:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22nice+looking+woman%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=ySS&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5T44UN3hDqq20QX4-IDIDA&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=629

Did I miss something? Mainly pictures of the same woman show up on all filters although more of them on off and moderate vs. strict.

[garbon]

Just watched a show on History Channel about a hurricane hitting NYC.  The innumeracy displayed there is just infuriating.  They had one "expert" find evidence of 1893 hurricane, and from that conclude that major hurricanes should strike NYC every 75 years.  The last one was in 1938, so we're almost "due".  The fact that "once in 75 year" hurricanes happened in 1893 and 1938 didn't seem to raise any doubts in his mind as to the validity of the "due" thinking.

Didn't the metro area just have a hurricane last fall?

[DGuller]

More internet weirdness, google "nice looking woman" with the safe search option off,  go on I dare you:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22nice+looking+woman%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=ySS&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5T44UN3hDqq20QX4-IDIDA&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=629

Whoa, whoa, there are depictions of nude women on the Internet?  A little warning would be nice.