The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

I can't hear about Guildford without Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy popping into my head.

Ford Prefect:
How would you react if I told you that I'm not from Guildford after all, but from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse?

Arthur Dent:
I don't know. Why? Do you think it's the sort of thing you're likely to say?

[Josquius]

He was a notorious fascist so...

[Iormlund]

In my brain Guildford -> In the name of the father.

[HVC]

He was a notorious fascist so...

Douglas Adams?

[grumbler]

He was a notorious fascist so...

Douglas Adams?

No, dummy!  It's Ford Prefect, obviously.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DcfXLWJ-2Fo

Just learned Roman Polanski lived in the Krakow ghetto until he was 8.

[Josquius]

He was a notorious fascist so...

Douglas Adams?

No, dummy!  It's Ford Prefect, obviously.

If I remember hitchhikers... He definitely did have vibes. Populist for sure. Or... The complete opposite. Or something.

[Jacob]

If I remember hitchhikers... He definitely did have vibes. Populist for sure. Or... The complete opposite. Or something.

 

[Sheilbh]

A lovely Christmas miracle Blind Date from the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/23/blind-date-adam-rachel

[Richard Hakluyt]

Yes, that was a very cheery read 

[Jacob]

Drunk Men's Choir - Skyrim Theme Song:

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the youtube thread, the music thread, or the Skyrim thread... so I put it here.

[Josquius]

So the French for wolverine, the animal, is glouton.

AND THEY DO NOT KEEP THIS FOR THE MARVEL CHARACTER

Wtf guys. That would have been fantastic.

[Oexmelin]

Only in France. Wolverine being Canadian, the appropriate translation would have been carcajou, a word borrowed from mi'kmaq.

[Sheilbh]

One for Garbo


Funny thing is - which I'm not sure if Italians know - while Prosecco is DOC protected in the UK, it's also the cheap fizz

Edit: Also I LOVE "common effervescent wine".

[Josquius]

Don't call it prosecco if it's common? Err.....