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[Edwardoka]

Why did John Lithgow never play more bad guys? He was deliciously nasty in Cliffhanger.

Not sure if this has been answered elsewhere but John Lithgow brilliantly played a horrid piece of work in Season 4 of Dexter.

The problem is you need to watch 3 seasons of Dexter to get there. FAMOUSLY THERE WERE ONLY FOUR SEASONS STOP AT THE END OF SEASON 4

 

[Bazzer]

Why is a toilet called a bathroom when there isn't a bath in there?

 

[Edwardoka]

Why do you lot venerate Christopher Columbus, a noted genocidal worthless piece of shyte who discovered absolutely nothing and claimed credit where none was due
Wait, no, actually that makes a lot of sense

 

[anothersam]

Original was better

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTdCaAWTNA

That deserves its own thread, because I very very very very much disagree (and then some). Respectfully.

 

[cyberknight]

That deserves its own thread, because I very very very very much disagree (and then some). Respectfully.

Im an old fart though who despises remakes

 

[Julia9054]

Why is a toilet called a bathroom when there isn't a bath in there?

Or a rest room if you can't have a nice cup of tea

 

[anothersam]

Why do you lot venerate Christopher Columbus, a noted genocidal worthless piece of shyte who discovered absolutely nothing and claimed credit where none was due

Beats me.

View: https://youtu.be/jBD61skoMk8

View: https://youtu.be/W9qD0M04dMc

View: https://youtu.be/rCuydzt836M

(I filter lots of things through Star Trek, The Sopranos, Deadwood, and Bob Dylan.)

 

[anothersam]

Why is a toilet called a bathroom when there isn't a bath in there?

This is a big one, so it can jump the queue.

I grew up saying “restroom”, blissfully unaware of how ridiculous it sounds once you get used to “toilet” being uttered without women and children fainting. “Bathroom” is considered a halfway point, actual bathing facilities completely optional.

The trick is naming a room with a toilet in it without referring to the porcelain god itself.

That Elvis – The King! – actually died on the thing shamed all Americans equally.

View: https://youtu.be/8QHaQrR9WjU

Anglophiles have been known to call it the W.C.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Provided it’s decent peanut butter.

You've just gone and undone any faith we can have in your answers. THERE IS NO DECENT PEANUT BUTTER.

 

[C R]

You've just gone and undone any faith we can have in your answers. THERE IS NO DECENT PEANUT BUTTER.

Heathen. Villagers, get the pitchforks and torches, we have a burning to do.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Im an old fart though who despises remakes

It was an adaption of a book. The book was good.

 

[12boy]

Do people from different states all call themselves after their states. For instance, if people from Texas are Texans and people from California are Californians, what are people from Wyoming called?
They are called Wyomingites. Inuna -Ino is what the Arapahoe call themselves, and the Shoshone call themselves huattantantsi. But we all think of ourselves as the Chosen Ones because we are blessed to live in the most beautiful and least populated state in the continental US.

 

[Nigeyy]

Ha! I worked at a place that had a lot to do with space exploration. One day I got a ruler from the supply room, and you know what it said on it?

1 inch = 2.71cm

I kid you not. Now, I'm not saying the rulers supplied were the issue, but..... at around the same time: https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/

Jus' sayin'.

How did you put a man on the moon using pounds, feet, nautical miles.

 

[Poacher]

It really is a couple of countries in one. Would take lifetimes to explore properly. I highly recommend William Least Heat Moon’s book, ‘Blue Highways’. I read it as a teenager and was inspired to hit the road.

I wholeheartedly second your book recommendation.
My copy is probably somewhere in the loft - would be the work of just a day or so to find it again.

Edit: and I promise to reconsider my jaundiced opinion of root beer!

 

[Edwardoka]

Beats me.

View: https://youtu.be/jBD61skoMk8

View: https://youtu.be/W9qD0M04dMc

View: https://youtu.be/rCuydzt836M

(I filter lots of things through Star Trek, The Sopranos, Deadwood, and Bob Dylan.)

A man of culture I see. Sopranos is not a show I've ever watched, despite it clearly being the kind of thing I'd enjoy.
There's something about the Italian-American Noo Joizey accent that winds me up, I'd have to overcome that first.

Did laugh at the Napolitano guy dissing Genoa, though. A nice looking city with very interesting architecture, built with money made from truly abominable mercantile practices. (And that's to say nothing about the overpowering stench of cat urine)