- 20,627
- 27,769
BillTre said:At least they are all keeping their eyes on the ball.
Guy 1: Did you know that helicopter blades are there to keep the pilot cool?WWGD said:
phinds said:
They live on the Sandwich Islands, of course! At least the ones that are ready to eat. The ones that I have to pull out of the freezer and pop into the microwave are from the South Sandwich Islands.phinds said:
Maybe we could use more food-like names for islands: " Cheesecake Islands", " Cheeseburger Islands, etc."jtbell said:They live on the Sandwich Islands, of course! At least the ones that are ready to eat. The ones that I have to pull out of the freezer and pop into the microwave are from the South Sandwich Islands.
whose capital is Margaritaville...WWGD said:Cheeseburger Islands
Kind of looks like Andre the Giant. Though I heard Shrek is based on a real person.Ivan Seeking said:Right after this photo was taken, she dropped her knee and threw him using an Ō goshi. After that embarrassing incident Shrek left the world of wrestling and went into acting.
View attachment 290067
The most fascinating fact about that sculpture (the original one in Florence, Italy) is this one:jtbell said:The official name of this sculpture in Greenville SC is "Il Porcellino." I think of it as "Shut up and dribble!"
View attachment 290076
(with no intent to compare it to the person(s) towards whom the remark was originally directed.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcellino said:Visitors to Il Porcellino put a coin into the boar's gaping jaws, with the intent to let it fall through the underlying grating for good luck, and they rub the boar's snout to ensure a return to Florence [...] which has kept the snout in a state of polished sheen while the rest of the boar's body has patinated to a dull brownish-green.
That joke has another layer for Germans because Gift=poison.WWGD said:Do they have a gift shop?
Even better in Swedish, where gift means both poison and marriedmfb said:That joke has another layer for Germans because Gift=poison.
Well that's the Germans for you.mfb said:That joke has another layer for Germans because Gift=poison.
This now hangs on the wall of our company president - Thor.jack action said:
The place is in the middle of London, which is full of little well-manicured public and private squares with gardens. The scary is deliberate and probably cuts down on the dead bodies found on Saturday mornings.artis said:Those gates seem like they were taken from a concentration camp.
If I was a former political prisoner seeing those gates alone would give me PTSD
It's a nice normal looking garden inside (that's part of the danger...). I've been on a tour - no protective kit required, although I bet the staff wear heavy gloves and long sleeves when caring for the plants.artis said:wonder how the gardeners fight off weeds in that garden - in full hazmat and using "agent orange"