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10-26-2015, 05:04 PM
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I can hear my ears
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10-26-2015, 05:23 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Septic tank = Yank
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/septic_tank I didn't even do it right, it should have been "We septics just don't have a clue." The advanced form just suggests the rhyme so you really have to know what's going on. Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened. |
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10-26-2015, 06:14 PM
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The future is unwritten
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10-26-2015, 05:28 PM
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I can hear my ears
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ah, I had Yank... i couldnt rhyme anything with septic
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10-26-2015, 05:40 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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I read once that the original cockney rhyming slang terms also created a visual link to the item.
e.g. Apples & Pears: Stairs -the barrow boys used to stack up the oranges and apples (much like they do in produce sections and "fancy" stores today) and they looked like stairs Dog&Bone = phone -the old free-standing dial phones with the recever in a cradle on the top looked like a dog ?????.... ...... There wasn't any TV to watch in those days 
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10-26-2015, 06:27 PM
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Radical Centrist
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If you want to put down the yanks to your countrymen without the yanks knowing,... I'm telling ya, those people are better at their language than we are. Be careful around them.
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10-26-2015, 06:41 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in water - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.
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10-28-2015, 04:44 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in ALCOHOL - AT ALL. This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address. I have been making limoncello from an old recipe for some time now. I am trying to make it clearer (less opague is that correct?) Now what do I do? Methinks I will further decrease the sugar. What do you all think - Does it being cloudy alter your opinion of it at all? I've actually inquired with a local distillery and ... who knows. I'd love to get some feedback
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10-28-2015, 11:00 PM
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The word you're looking for is limpid.
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10-26-2015, 07:36 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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You just have to heat it a tiny bit, it'll dissolve right away.
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10-26-2015, 09:58 PM
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trying hard to be a better person
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Maybe you should boil it classic? That will kill bacteria too.
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10-26-2015, 11:22 PM
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"NOT THE ONE."
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Today I learned I'm an online jackass.
I also learned that the current value of the dollar is even worse than I thought. Last edited by Zathris; 10-26-2015 at 11:28 PM. |
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10-27-2015, 02:43 AM
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trying hard to be a better person
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We're all idiots online, at least some of the time. Haha
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10-27-2015, 03:12 AM
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The future is unwritten
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Nay nay, not me. I'm an asshole, dickhead, bastard, etc, etc, online. I save idiot for real life.
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