Its clearly deliberate to upset foreigns. Cholmondely is a perfect example. And Beaulieugh.
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It is a wonderful thing. And if I really canāt understand I just start talking like an upper class twit.
(This thread started weird but got even weirder)
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Like there was any other direction for it to go?
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Okay, ill take it weirder.
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Yup, me too. No matter how eccentric or creepy the outside world saw the Addamses, they were always serenely confident and proud to be who they were. They always faced whatever life threw at them with enthusiasm. And heaven help the person who bothered any one of them-- the rest of the family would immediately rise to their aid, united in community and affection. Iād be happy to be even an honorary Addams when (if) I grow up.
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Pssssstā¦ You didnāt extend your quote quite far enough and have thereby made Wednesday sadā¦
ETA: On the other hand, she does look just like everyone else.
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Thatās what I get for angry-quoting!
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Ugh those loaves look as appetising as genital warts. Vagyest or notā¦no excuse for poor shaping.
She should make Vagimite to spread on top of it.
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ringing, in the ears sense
But then theyād have to focus on their own miserable livesā¦
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My friend Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh Death Colquhoun-Marjoribanks-Mainweathering says he doesnāt know what youāre on about.*
*Chumley Fanshaw de Ath Cāhoon Marchbanks Mannering to the unwashed.
This sort of reminds me of the old Ann Landers debate about the crockpot. Anyone remember that? A guy soaked his infected toe in his wifeās crockpot. Readers were divided between āOMG SO NASTY, now she needs to throw it out!ā and āJust bleach it. Nothing harmful could survive that, itās still perfectly usable.ā
Goes to show that humans recognize actual impurity, but also ritual impurity. Using your body fluids makes something ritually unclean, whether thereās any actual risk of illness or not. And I donāt know for sure, but I wouldnāt be at all surprised if thereās a hierarchy of disgust. Things from the genital region or from illness (e.g., pus, see crockpot example) would be near the top (and yeast infection yeast hits both those) and things near your mouth towards the bottom (why we can stand to kiss each other and share beverages).
I consider myself a staunch feminist, but Iām not sure that the hateful reaction sheās getting vs. beard beer guy is entirely down to sexism.
Easy. Ritually purify the thing with holy bleach.
edit: ā¦or maybe unholy bleach, because chlorine, according to some greenies, is Bad. Now, what to replace it with when the only superior alternative, concentrated hydrogen peroxide, is increasingly difficult to get because bomb precursors?
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Still way inferior to peroxide. Spores, for example, are resistant and there are the toxicological issues. Has its uses but I wouldnāt deploy it as widely. Soak a thing in concentrate peroxide and anything organic will just bubble away, with minimum if any residues. Great for mold removal too. (Great for dye/pigment removal too.)
ā¦and mix it with concentrated sulfuric acid and the resulting devilās concoction can remove anything organic. Useful to get rid of grease traces from inside of glass tubing and burettes. I even saw it completely dissolving pieces of bread.
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Usually, if I want to sanitize something, Iāll use either vodka because itās my go-to for cleaning stuff, or more often Iāll just let the thing sit in boiling water for five minutes if it can handle the heat.
Most glassware just goes in the dishwasher anyway, and I rinse excess detergent off after the drying cycle.
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Does the job for common stuff.
Todo: check out if an ethylene oxide generator can be rigged up cheap. Ozone is possible. Cold plasma (āplasma pencilsā) could also be a good thing in oneās arsenal; I was thinking about combining a hand geometry scanner with cold plasma disinfecting for opening doors in certain facilities; force people to insert hands into the scanner instead of a key, and āwashā them at the same time - voila, 100% hand washing compliance without needing cumbersome supervision.
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This is a real person who has sort of randomly become a celebrity. It is her first time making bread. Do you normally shame makers if their first attempt at something looks slightly wonky? Bro, do you even boingboing?
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