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What did you learn today?

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00:18 / 16.12.03

I heard years back that some bigwig (I dont know if it was Churchill or maybe Mark Twain) made a point of learning one new thing each day.
Today, while watching Jeopardy, I learned that Dumbledore is another word for a bumblebee. I shall not be able to finish HP & The Order of the Phoenix in quite the same way.

What did you learn today?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

00:35 / 16.12.03

I've learned that the hole in doughnuts was originally introduced to help them cook evenly.

00:53 / 16.12.03

The Freemasons have a gift shop.

07:05 / 16.12.03

When you see a sign that says, "do not feed the bears" hoo, boy, you better not feed the bears.

Scrambled Password Bogus Email

07:49 / 16.12.03

Diegetic means music included in a scene of a film which is part of the virtual world of the film itself, an element of the audio mise en scene, and not incidental, ie composed to add emotion or atmosphere.

12:08 / 16.12.03

I learnt about cement companies in the UK from my driving instructor.

12:09 / 16.12.03

...that deadlines are horrid things.

trouser the trouserian

12:14 / 16.12.03

..I learned how to combine shapes in various ways in Adobe Illustrator which actually made an otherwise dull morning seem quite exciting.

Scrubb is on a downward spiral

12:32 / 16.12.03

A buck rarebit is a welsh rarebit with a poached egg on top.

Tryphena Absent

12:35 / 16.12.03

I learnt that I may become a serial killer.

12:47 / 16.12.03

I was going to say I learned where to get really cool Russo-German surf/sci-f-rock for cheap, but looking at Tryphena's post I can only marvel at the implications. So, Tryphena, have you already killed someone, gotten a taste for it and are making plans to kill another someone? Or do you plan to hit the ground running and take out at least a couple of people, and then maybe go on from there?

Tryphena Absent

13:11 / 16.12.03

Hit the ground running. I hear there's someone on the South coast that can get me a gun.

13:16 / 16.12.03

That sounds a bit more like spree killing than serial killing to me.

Cheap. Easy. Cruel.

13:16 / 16.12.03

How to repair termite damage in hardwood floors.

14:03 / 16.12.03

I learned that Tryphena Sparks and I have something in common.

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17:37 / 16.12.03

I discovered that Krautrock is still called Krautrock in Germany.

Red Cross Iodized Salt

18:27 / 16.12.03

I learned two things. I learned that, sometime, cookies that look like they have green icing can in fact be green all the way though. Then, when one of my colleagues informed me that this result can be achieved using food dye, I learned that it is possible to refrain from being sarcastic even on a Tuesday.

Tryphena Absent

18:52 / 16.12.03

Oh, it's Tuesday, that explains everything! Hello Fake Barbelith! It's a shame that I actually did some work earlier, if I'd realised I was in another universe sooner I wouldn't have bothered. Hmm, I wonder what's on fake TV.

23:49 / 16.12.03

STOATIE!!!!! Thank you. I did not know that. Now I have learned something.

"Bizunth" Well ofcourse they do. Its hard to control the world if your only source of funds from Girl Guide cookies.

Czernobog Why not? I belive bears need all the food they can get. Otherwise they start stealing picnic baskets from park rangers.

Money $hot Thank you. I did not know that. You have added to my musical knowledge.

Squirmelia What did you learn about them. Or did you just know know they existed?

Jub Im sorry that's just your opinion. There is no factual basis for that. Please try again.

absence of gravitas How? (and congratulations! I hate Adobe Illustrator. bad collge experience...photoshop is my prefered weapon of choice)

King ScrubbThank you. I did not know that. Now I have learned something.

Tryphena Sparks Everyone may become a serial killer. You are not special in that regard.

bjacques You should have quit at the first portion of your post. All else is nothing learned. You should also have learned not to ask alot of questions towards serial killers and their plans.

Tryphena Sparks Off topic!!! And mere conjecture.

Steelwelder How?

May Tricks: Evolutions Assumption!!!!

.Thank you. I did not know that. Now I have learned something.

Red Cross Iodized SaltThank you. I did not know that. Now I have learned 2 somethings.

Tryphena Sparks Off topic!!! And mere conjecture.

06:43 / 17.12.03

Really, Kegboy! Didn't you ever read that book when you were a kid?

If You Give a Bear a Cookie . . .

07:35 / 17.12.03

In the last 24 hours I have learnt that when UK armed forces are in control of overseas territory they must apply the European Convention of Human Rights (including its prohibition on capital punishment.) I have also learnt some other stuff that if I were to tell you then I would have to infringe your Art. 2 ECHR right to life.

Cheap. Easy. Cruel.

15:07 / 17.12.03

Kegboy

Steelwelder: How?

I assisted someone who knew what they were doing. An artful combination of watching and doing.

Today I learned that I have a day of vacation that I was not aware of.

15:23 / 17.12.03

Today I learned that my wife has an early, mild form of coronary artery disease.

16:59 / 17.12.03

sorry to hear that jack fear.
today i learned that i don't have enough money in my checking account to cover my rent check, which may or may not go through today, which may or may not bounce, cos i may or may not have gotten to the bank in time to deposit money that i cash advanced through my credit card, which i've never done before.

17:12 / 17.12.03

Today I learned that Kegboy has me on "ignore."

17:39 / 17.12.03

Today I have learned that it's really hard to cheer my mum up when she's ill, and that if you cough when upside down it makes your head hurt.

17:40 / 17.12.03

I also meant to say I learnt that some theatres have sign language interpretted performances, which sounds pretty cool.

17:53 / 17.12.03

Hey, you're not allowed to learn two things! You have to give one to somebody else.
Today I learned everything on this thread that I didn't already know or read yesterday.

17:55 / 17.12.03

Just realised I contradicted myself. I should point out that I already knew or read everything on this thread except one fact. So nyah.

21:36 / 17.12.03

I learnt that unexpected things can bring infinite pleasure, and I can highly recommend learning it.

23:22 / 17.12.03

Also I learnt that *those stone 'toadstools' that you come across in that thar west-cuntry (they look a bit like a stone pillar with a half-egg shape on top, flat side down, and you often find them marking out driveways etc.) have a purpose.

What they are for is in them thar olden days when people wanted to store food, they used to place the food on top of the 'hump' of the toadstool, which meant that rats couldn't climb up and eat the food.

*If you live anywhere other than South West England, this will probably mean nothing to you, and I can't find a picture to help you envisage it, so, sorry.

23:43 / 17.12.03

Oh, but after a little research it appears that apparently this isn't true and I have lied to you all. Allegedly, what these toadstools were for was for this:

23:45 / 17.12.03

But I have to say I liked my first story better.

23:50 / 17.12.03

Well, I was a little dubious, to be honest, because I know for a fact that rats can jump higher than those piddly little toadstools. But I’m betting even the worlds biggest rat couldn’t open the door on that house, so I think those two explanations dovetail quite nicely into one lovely west country tale in which nasty mister rat gets screwed. Hurrah!

02:15 / 18.12.03

Don't know if I've learned anything special today, but yesterday I found a car mechanic I can trust. Surely that's important enough to count for two?

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