The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

GHW Bush:
"In WW2 the USO sent us great stars, like Marlene Dietrich, Lauren Bacall and the Rockettes. I'm just saying; this Stephen Colbert better has great legs!"

[Malthus]

Hey Canadians:

Is it true that in your strange and wondrous land people call the act of farting "cracking the cheese?"

I've heard "cut the cheese" before, when I was a kid.

[Admiral Yi]

The first US pizzera was opened in NYC in 1905 by Gennaro Lombardi.

[Syt]

This Japanese 1914 map of the world is one of the coolest things I've seen.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/japan_world_map_1914.jpg
(warning: huge)

[Tamas]

This Japanese 1914 map of the world is one of the coolest things I've seen.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/japan_world_map_1914.jpg
(warning: huge)

[jimmy olsen]

Fucking awesome, but what's that submap on the right?

[Monoriu]

Fucking awesome, but what's that submap on the right?

It is a detailed map of Tsing Dao.  I think it was a German naval base back then, and the Japanese intended to capture it.

[Syt]

Fucking awesome, but what's that submap on the right?

It is a detailed map of Tsing Dao.  I think it was a German naval base back then, and the Japanese intended to capture it.

The longest lasting legacy of Germans in Tsing Dao is of course ...

[Monoriu]

You forgot to state the stock code on the HK stock exchange: 00168

http://www.hkex.com.hk/invest/index.asp?id=company/quote_page_e.asp?WidCoID=168&WidCoAbbName=&Month=&langcode=e

[Barrister]

There's some kind of protest going on right outside my office window.  Something about respecting treaty rights.  I'd be indignant, except there's only like 30 of them.

[Savonarola]

There's some kind of protest going on right outside my office window.  Something about respecting treaty rights.  I'd be indignant, except there's only like 30 of them.

Thirty isn't very many; have you put all the other natives in jail? 

[Barrister]

There's some kind of protest going on right outside my office window.  Something about respecting treaty rights.  I'd be indignant, except there's only like 30 of them.

Thirty isn't very many; have you put all the other natives in jail? 

Yes, but they were released again.

And now the drumming has started. 

[lustindarkness]

There's some kind of protest going on right outside my office window.  Something about respecting treaty rights.  I'd be indignant, except there's only like 30 of them.

Thirty isn't very many; have you put all the other natives in jail? 

Yes, but they were released again.

And now the drumming has started. 

Are you in the Mines of Moria?

[Tonitrus]

There's some kind of protest going on right outside my office window.  Something about respecting treaty rights.  I'd be indignant, except there's only like 30 of them.

That'd be nearly 10,000 people relative to New York City.   

[Savonarola]

Yes, but they were released again.

And now the drumming has started. 

What treaty rights aren't being respected?