The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

A new festive dinner idea for Ide:

[Liep]

I'd rather eat locust than that.

[Brazen]

c'mon Daily Mail. Don't disappoint me.

Will the Mirror suffice?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/locust-found-in-waitrose-salad-3363492

Or the Daily Star?

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/372823/Office-worker-moments-away-from-chomping-on-massive-locust-in-her-Waitrose-salad

BT.com and Buzzfeed got to it first via the over enthusiastic use of social media by colleagues, then AP interviewed me, which is where pretty much everyone else got it from. And reporting age, relevant or not,  is standard for most news outlets

I'm British, we don't sue, we tut. 

[Ed Anger]

c'mon Daily Mail. Don't disappoint me.

Will the Mirror suffice?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/locust-found-in-waitrose-salad-3363492

Or the Daily Star?

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/372823/Office-worker-moments-away-from-chomping-on-massive-locust-in-her-Waitrose-salad

BT.com and Buzzfeed got to it first via the over enthusiastic use of social media by colleagues, then AP interviewed me, which is where pretty much everyone else got it from. And reporting age, relevant or not,  is standard for most news outlets

I'm British, we don't sue, we tut. 

I need the comments from a Daily Mail story. They are so entertaining.

[Sheilbh]

BT.com and Buzzfeed got to it first via the over enthusiastic use of social media by colleagues, then AP interviewed me, which is where pretty much everyone else got it from. And reporting age, relevant or not,  is standard for most news outlets

The Daily Mail are probably thoroughly fact-checking right now. They'll be in touch shortly to confirm how much your house costs.

I imagine the Express are trying to find out precisely where the immigrant locust came from and if it cures Alzheimer's.

[mongers]

....

Saw this letter from Alec Guinness to a friend:
.....

I think that's a fake?

[Valmy]

Why would somebody bother making fake Alec Guinness letters?

[Malthus]

Why would somebody bother making fake Alec Guinness letters?

It's the Internet. There are probably people out there right now making up porn about Alec Guinness, that dwarf, and that bidet.

[Ed Anger]

[Syt]

....

Saw this letter from Alec Guinness to a friend:
.....

I think that's a fake?

On Snopes message boards someone claims that the letters are quoted verbatim in Alec Guinness' official biography.

[mongers]

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Saw this letter from Alec Guinness to a friend:
.....

I think that's a fake?

On Snopes message boards someone claims that the letters are quoted verbatim in Alec Guinness' official biography.

Oh, maybe it's genuine.

Interesting that the interwebs makes others and myself routinely suspicious of stuff posted.   

[alfred russel]

It is odd to write out your struggles to remember someone's name before coming to the correct answer.

FWIW, that Brown's letter should get Art Modell into the hall of fame.

[Liep]

Sorry Brazen, but the teenager stuck in drain pipe because of lost phone beat you to the Danish papers.

[Josquius]

Casually talking with a co-worker I mentioned I had plans tonight to go drinking with some friends in a nearby city, one where I'm thinking of moving long term if this job works out.
My co-worker looked deathly serious as he said "That city is famous for having the most yakuza per capita in Japan you know".
When I got to the city I met one of my friends at the station. Walking down the street to meet the others I mentioned this to her "Shh!!" she said and looked around paranoid "Don't say that here!". Apparently it is verbotten to even mention it in a neutral light.
Well shit....
The city wasn't so funky either...
There goes that plan I think.

[Valmy]

That reminds me of my friend who worked in Japan in the 80s.  One day at an office party he got drunk and called out his boss publicly.  Normally that would just get you fired but it seems his boss was so mad about it he hired the Yakuza to take revenge and he had to flee to Hong Kong.  I thought it was nice the Yakuza warned him that if he didn't leave Japan they would kill him.  Not every criminal organization is so polite.