The Frying Pan

Jolenealaska

05:56

Holy Crap! They killed Archie! Archie is dead. Unbelievable.

@Gigili That looks awesome!

ElendilTheTall

07:13

@jolenealaska so where's this knockout Google earth shot of you ogling the neighbours?

ElendilTheTall

07:58

also, who's Archie?

Jolenealaska

08:57

sourd'oh

whaaaat

Jolenealaska

Yep. He was shot defending his friend, an openly gay senator fighting for gun-control.

He's dead.

sourd'oh

09:15

They really laid that on thick, didn't they?

@Jolenealaska Do you find it mildly annoying when you post an answer and then someone else edits their answer to include yours, when their answer previously didn't cover the same info?

Jolenealaska

Well, it is a comic book.

sourd'oh

For some reason that kind of bugs me, though I know it actually just leads to better answers overall...

Jolenealaska

Yeah, it kind of bugs me. I like it better when the answer says "In addition to what sourd'oh said..."

sourd'oh

Yeah, I generally only write an answer if it's totally different info.

Even if it's important info, if I think it just builds on an existing answer, I'll usually just comment.

Jolenealaska

Usually that's what I'll do too unless my info seems to stand on its own as an answer. I'll include "in addition to what sourd'oh said" if the best answer includes info from both answers.

sourd'oh

09:26

yeah, that would be fine.

Jolenealaska

If it's a bit of info, I think commenting is the best thing to do so that that the answer can be edited to include it. Like here:

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A: How long can I keep bread dough in the refrigerator?

You can refrigerate all kinds of yeast-bread dough. Right after kneading, before the dough has had a chance to rise, oil the dough lightly, cover with plastic wrap or use a ziplock, and place in the refrigerator. As the dough cools in the refrigerator the action of the yeast will slow down until ...

sourd'oh

I just find it odd in the answer in question that it previously didn't mention an ingredient at all, and then after my answer got upvoted it suddenly doubled in length to include the info from my answer (and expound on it, though not really add any more useable info)

Exactly! It wouldn't make sense (to me) to write another answer covering the same info just to add one little caveat.

Still not as annoying as when you post an answer and someone else posts exactly the same answer an hour later.

Jolenealaska

Salt and bitterness?

sourd'oh

That's the edit one. I've answered others where someone has then literally posted the same answer a few hours or minutes after me.

Jolenealaska

Often that happens without the poster even realizing it. For the longest time my most highly upvoted answer was one that I wrote almost simultaneously with SAJ. Since mine posted seconds later I asked here if I should delete mine. SAJ said "Nah, leave it." It cracked me up.

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Q: Are Pyrex casserole dishes safe for use on electric stovetops?

Would it be okay if a Pyrex baking dish is used on an electric stove top to reheat food?

I think that one is also the shortest answer I've ever written.

sourd'oh

09:45

Oh, yeah, that's fine. I mean like when you post something like "Use bay leaves" and then like 2 hours later someone else posts "Try using bay leaves."

on the bitterness question, I did a ctrl-f to be sure no one else had mentioned salt before I posted (perhaps I'm a little obsessive about such things though)

Jolenealaska

Yeah. Those even show up years later.

sourd'oh

anyway, I didn't come here to kvetch.

... I came here to dance

Jolenealaska

Go for it!

ElendilTheTall

10:57

@sourd'oh that escalated quickly

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall Hi stranger!

ElendilTheTall

hi strangest!

how goes it?

Jolenealaska

Not bad. I'm procrastinating.

ElendilTheTall

about what?

just flash the neighbour and be done with it

it's a free country

Jolenealaska

I need to thoroughly clean my apartment. It's been too long. Plus I have overdue correspondence.

I don't want to deal with either.

I'd rather flash the neighbor.

ElendilTheTall

11:06

hey, if he likes what he sees, have him come over and clean the apartment for you!

Jolenealaska

There's an idea! :)

ElendilTheTall

write 'Help Wanted' across your chest ;)

then when he knocks on your door, just say, "Great, mop's there, duster's there, see you in a coupla hours" and go for a coffee

Jolenealaska

If I did it that way, I'd have to pay him!

ElendilTheTall

i'm sure you'd come up with something

Jolenealaska

Take another look at the Bournvita question. Weird.

What's it gunna do, combust?

ElendilTheTall

11:12

quite

Jolenealaska

Isn't it just like malted milk stuff?

ElendilTheTall

yup

Jolenealaska

weird

ElendilTheTall

yuppers

I dare you, I double dare you

to write an answer saying ABSOLUTELY NOT ARE YOU MAD?

edited in case Google indexes and I get in trouble for slander or something

Jolenealaska

hehehe

ElendilTheTall

11:14

* may not be true

Jolenealaska

If you don't beat me to it I might say all that in a comment :)

Or I might not and just tell him it's fine.

This is comment that made me laugh out loud the other day...then I saw that I wrote it.

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Q: Did I poison myself by eating popcorn made in a steel pot with olive oil?

I made popcorn by putting a layer of olive oil at the bottom of a steel pot, putting in the kernels and cooking it on high heat for a minute or so. When it started popping, I noticed that smoke with an acrid smell started coming out of the pot in big quantities. I tried not to breathe it and made...

oil olive-oil popcorn

ElendilTheTall

why would he not just get a bit of coconut milk, add some bournvita and sugar, and give it a taste?

Jolenealaska

He's afeared.

ElendilTheTall

of what?

if he's worried about it curdling, he'll be able to see it

Jolenealaska

Wiping out a city block?

Even curdling is not that big of a deal!

ElendilTheTall

11:27

and why would it curdle?

Jolenealaska

It won't.

Some people are just weird.

ElendilTheTall

Would it kill you to upvote my steak answer?

jeez

;)

Jolenealaska

OOPS :)

I'm usually pretty good about that.

ElendilTheTall

uh huh ಠ_ಠ

Jolenealaska

I've only cast 602 votes. Hmm. It seems like a lot more than that.

I could swear I wrote another comment to the silly malted milk question. But it's not there. Weird.

ElendilTheTall

11:36

that will be the Stack Exchange DASAFSQ filter kicking in, preventing any more attention being given

(Don't Ask Such A Fucking Stupid Question)

Jolenealaska

I was just about to Google :)

ElendilTheTall

it would probably have been fruitless, I made it up on the spot

Though there is probably some organisation with that initialism

Jolenealaska

Did you catch on the steak question that he had used a whole stick of butter the first time?

ElendilTheTall

Danish Actors Social Association For Stacking Quoits

Jolenealaska

DASAFSQ "Contentbox headline. The Following Errors Have Occurred: Character Dasafaq does not exist."- well, there ya go.

ElendilTheTall

11:39

Dirigible Air Ship Airmen Fellowship Society - Quebec

Jolenealaska

???

ElendilTheTall

that's DASAFAQ, not DASAFSQ

good old ELU, picking away

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Q: Capitalising “river” or such geographical entities when preceded by “the”

In British English, it would be River Thames, River Jordan, etc. So: I swam in River Jordan. But, what happens to river’s capitalisation when the is added? I swam in the River Jordan OR I swam in the river Jordan as in I played the game Half-life

capitalization

Jolenealaska

That must be why it 'blows cock"

ElendilTheTall

Who gives a fuck about the whys and wherefores - if you put the bloody river name down, you capitalise the word river.

Jolenealaska

It's The Empire State Builting.

The United States Secret Service

ElendilTheTall

11:48

I don't think it is, actually

if you mean the 'The' should be capitalised...

Jolenealaska

If "the" is a part of the title, then it is capitalized.

ElendilTheTall

well, if it's in a title yes, but not in a regular text

Jolenealaska

agreed

ElendilTheTall

You wouldn't write 'I work at The Empire State Building'

anyway, he's not asking about the, he's asking about river

Jolenealaska

I can't swear to it, but I think the "the" is a part of the name in that case.

ElendilTheTall

11:52

you would never write 'The River Jordan'

unless it was the start of a sentence, or a title, or the name of a band or something where the The was explicitly part of the name

Jolenealaska

No, that would look weird.

I baked the first loaf in that series I've been planning with different flours. That's the first time I've actually baked in my breadmaker. That is one weird looking loaf of bread.

ElendilTheTall

I dislike bread makers

i don't know why, because I'm all for power tools in the kitchen

but bread makers just smack of laziness

there, I've said it

it's like - whipping egg whites is no fun and it's hard work, so a stand mixer is fine and dandy

but half the fun of bread making is kneading and shaping and slipping it into a hot oven

a bread maker seems so sterile

Jolenealaska

Yep. I picked this one up for $5 at a garage sale just for throwing together everyday bread, and I like it for that, but it's definitely a lazy thing. The only reason I'm using it for the experiment is to eliminate human variables.

Letting it do the work then throwing the loaf in the oven works for me because I've done it a gazillion times, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Speaking of that loaf. I'm hungry. I need to snap some pictures so I can eat some. BRB

Jolenealaska

12:42

It's not a lovely loaf, but it's edible. A grilled cheese and cold cut sandwich is in the works.

ElendilTheTall

sweet

i am trying not to laugh hysterically in the office at this

also, sorry for the GIFS, but this is the definition of 0 Fucks Given

Jolenealaska

12:59

The first one is darling. What is happening in the second one?

ElendilTheTall

it's that massive meteor that hit Russia a couple of years back

Jolenealaska

Ahh. Dude!

ElendilTheTall

the driver is just like "Ho hum, another giant meteor, better put the shade down"

Jolenealaska

Another day, another giant meteor...

ElendilTheTall

now let's alternate words to get them off the page

let's make a little story

jolene

Jolenealaska

13:09

I'm unclear. What?

ElendilTheTall

you type a word, I type a word

I will start with

Jolene

Jolenealaska

lost

ElendilTheTall

her

Jolenealaska

sandwich.

ElendilTheTall

Distressingly,

Jolenealaska

13:12

she

ElendilTheTall

smelled

Jolenealaska

something

ElendilTheTall

in

Jolenealaska

the

ElendilTheTall

North

Jolenealaska

13:15

Sea.

ElendilTheTall

What

Jolenealaska

on

ElendilTheTall

Earth

Jolenealaska

is

ElendilTheTall

Jolene

Jolenealaska

13:16

doing

ElendilTheTall

flashing

Jolenealaska

her

ElendilTheTall

unmentionables

Jolenealaska

at

ElendilTheTall

this

Jolenealaska

13:17

hour?

ElendilTheTall

Furthermore

Jolenealaska

her

ElendilTheTall

camera

Jolenealaska

is

ElendilTheTall

inexplicably

Jolenealaska

13:19

warm.

ElendilTheTall

"Wow,

Jolenealaska

how

ElendilTheTall

hot

Jolenealaska

is

ElendilTheTall

my

Jolenealaska

13:24

neighbor

ElendilTheTall

considering

Jolenealaska

that

ElendilTheTall

most

Jolenealaska

photographs

ElendilTheTall

show

Jolenealaska

13:30

(Your steak answer is on the Hot list)

only

ElendilTheTall

(pinch me)

blurred

Jolenealaska

images

ElendilTheTall

of

Jolenealaska

said

ElendilTheTall

unmentionables

Jolenealaska

13:32

Yet

ElendilTheTall

confusingly

Jolenealaska

the

ElendilTheTall

overwhelming

Jolenealaska

evidence

ElendilTheTall

showed

Jolenealaska

13:35

that

ElendilTheTall

Jolene's

Jolenealaska

unmentionables

ElendilTheTall

weren't

Jolenealaska

actually

ElendilTheTall

blurred

Jolenealaska

13:37

. They

ElendilTheTall

were

Jolenealaska

aquiver. (on that note, now that I've eaten, I'm sleepy. I'm going to go back to bed for a bit.)

ElendilTheTall

Ok

I'm going for a cold shower ;)

Jolenealaska

Cya later!

hehe

ElendilTheTall

cya, sleep well

also, aquiver, lol

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