The Off Topic Topic

[Malthus]

That is a normal Saturday night for me

I though that only happened when you contemplated the war in Iraq. 

[Ed Anger]

The Neurontin for the nerve pain gives me a freaky sex drive. Rare side effect my ass.

[Syt]

Still, what I find funny about U.S. prescription commercials is that it's ten seconds about the product's benefits, and then 20 seconds, in a speed that would do auctioneers proud, about everything that can go wrong with it. 

Germany only has TV ads for non-prescription medicine, and it always comes with the standard disclaimer: "To learn about risks and side effects, please check the accompanying documentation and ask your doctor or pharmacist."

[CountDeMoney]

The Neurontin for the nerve pain gives me a freaky sex drive. Rare side effect my ass.

I had an issue with that with the Chantix.    Like it needed to be freakier.

[crazy canuck]

That is a normal Saturday night for me

I though that only happened when you contemplated the war in Iraq. 

Isnt that Ed's normal?

[ulmont]

Also, enjoyed researching all the different territorial borders over the years and the etymology of state/province names.

Timmy,

If you want an ahistorical border for Georgia, take it all the way to the Mississippi River (claims to that land were only ceded in exchange for the federal government taking responsibility for the Yazoo land scandal), and run it down to the coast (also giving you an ahistorical Louisiana border).

Also, the horizontal border you did between Mississippi and Alabama is a bit absurd, since the whole reason Mississippi and Alabama are split in such an odd way is so both states have coastal access.

[alfred russel]

Why not make all the states names in pig latin, in the alternate history where Animal Farm came sort of true and pigs took over the country, speaking latin as their lingua franca?

Or in a bit more far fetched scenario, put all the states names in Spanish, reflecting the alternate timeline where Mexico prevailed in the Mexican War.

[Maladict]

Don't think we've had this one yet, even though it's from 2012:

[Savonarola]

Don't think we've had this one yet, even though it's from 2012:

All hail the polyglotinous Luxembourgers!

[The Brain]

Don't think we've had this one yet, even though it's from 2012:

Ah, Eurabia.

[Caliga]

I had a weird night last night.  We were having dinner at Chefs de France at Epcot with one of Princesca's co-workers who is here on business, and we happened to be seated next to a guy who is a Disney recruiter and halfway through the meal he started trying to recruit us.  The problem is that he is a custodian recruiter so he really didn't know what to say to us to try to get us interested in working there.

After we left we happened to stumble right into a Wilson Phillips concert.  They still sound really good, surprisingly!  Carnie is back to being fat    but the other two are still hot as hell.

[derspiess]

How was the Craft Beer Pavilion?  And what did you have? 

[MadImmortalMan]

Median number of languages spoken by Americans: 0.7

[Valmy]

Here I thought the Portuguese spoke multiple languages.  Can we have a soda map of Europe for each language in every country?

[Caliga]

How was the Craft Beer Pavilion?  And what did you have? 

HA, nothing.  It was all shit from like Sierra Nevada and Magic Hat.  I was expecting it to be weird crap.  I met up with my cousin and his wife there and then we immediately split.

Because of the festival they have booths and larger 'areas' for more countries than usual, and I had a lamb meatball in a puff pastry from New Zealand.   There's a huge section for Brazil and I'll probably eat lunch there in a day or two.  Given the big Brazil area and the fact that there are always tons of Brazilians here now, methinks it's obvious what the next expansion country at Epcot will be...