The Frying Pan

BASF SE is the largest diversified chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (). Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock Exchange. The company delisted its ADR from the New York Stock Exchange in September 2007. The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries and operates six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, Amer...

Jay

@Aaronut lol selective stereotyping

rumtscho

Heh, their main seat is in Ludwigshafen. I didn't know that.

Aaronut

Sorry, I'm nowhere near interested enough in the topic to follow a wiki link. It was a 10-second disposable joke.

rumtscho

Ludwigshafen is part of my metro area, maybe 40 min from here.

Aaronut

@Jay Stereotyping, yes. Selective, no. This is coming from an engineering graduate.

Jay

8:14 PM

Oh cool so my roommate wasnt too far from you when he was in Germany

rumtscho

OK, where do non-engineers wear their name plate?

Aaronut

@Jay Hahaha. "Oh, you're from Germany? Do you know Klaus?"

Jay

@Aaronut yes maybe some of them wear the lanyard pass around his neck but i think more engineer dont, then do

Aaronut

@rumtscho Generally on their belts, or in their pockets.

rumtscho

I tend to clip mine on my belt, because I am not so happy when the big boys have an excuse to stare down my cleavage.

Jay

8:15 PM

God why do weekend always turn out les productive then a weekday ><

@rumtscho hah who says anyone wants to?

rumtscho

@Jay because they are for relaxation?

Aaronut

@Jay Let me take a wild guess... because you spend them in chat rooms?

Jay

@Aaronut nah only been here like 30 minutes

rumtscho

@Jay Oh, they do. They used the excuse before I changed my strategy.

Jay

@rumtscho lol i was only messing with you

rumtscho

8:17 PM

@Aaronut Your explanation doesn't fit the observations. He spends more time in chatrooms on weekdays.

Aaronut

@Jay Which is, coincidentally, about how long it took to complain about not being productive.

Jay

@Aaronut nah takes way less

Aaronut

@rumtscho Who said his weekdays were productive?

rumtscho

@Aaronut He said they are more productive than his weekends. So absolute productivity is not so relevant.

Aaronut

12 mins ago, by Aaronut

Note to self: Do not tell jokes when vacationing in Germany.

rumtscho

8:21 PM

Note to self Try to find some Canadian humour, to see where the differences are.

I mostly get Elendil's British humour, actually.

ElendilTheTall

It's the way i tell 'em

Jay

@ElendilTheTall its how it comes out of his mouth

ElendilTheTall

Guy goes to his doctor with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants. The doc says 'what's wrong with you?!'. The guy says 'I don't know, but its driving me nuts!'

Mien

:D

Aaronut

Wow, that's... old. I mean, it was originally a nautical joke.

ElendilTheTall

8:27 PM

Mien liked it :P

Mien

I like the accent.

Aaronut

It's supposed to be done in a pirate voice.

ElendilTheTall

William Shakespeare goes into a pub, the landlord catches sight of him and says 'get out, you're bard!'

@aaronut no it's not :P

Aaronut

groan

Puns are the lowest form of humour.

ElendilTheTall

Blah blah blah

I'm on an iPhone, i can't type epic yarns

Rabbi Rosenstein is getting on a bit, and decides he wants to try pork once before he dies. So he finds a restaurant 2 towns over and orders suckling pig

James Wilson

8:34 PM

Those who care, come over to the health-salt channel, want to ask something

ElendilTheTall

The waiter brings it out on a silver platter, glistening beautifully with an apple in its mouth.

Just as he's about to tuck in, a member of his community walks in. ' rabbi!' he cries, 'what are you doing?!'

'this place!' cries the rabbi 'i order a baked apple, look how they serve it!'

Aaronut

Haha. Better. ;)

ElendilTheTall

Guy goes to the doctor, in terrible agony. The doc says 'do you masturbate?'. The guy says 'well, yes'. The doc says 'great isn't it?!'

Aaronut

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention, I've been trying to get my lazy cat to notice a very fast and oddly excitable spider.

That was OK, though.

Mien

Oh, you've got a cat!

Does it have a name?

And do you have a picture of it?

Aaronut

8:48 PM

Nope, I was supposed to give it a name? Hmm.

Mien

No, just asking.

Aaronut

Well, since I seem to have lost track of the spider, I might as well go dig up a picture.

Jay

@Mien im pretty sure he was being sarcastic

Aaronut

@Jay About the name, yes, not about the cat or the spider.

Jay

what kinda cat is she/he?

Mien

8:52 PM

It looks like a soft kitty.

Aaronut

He normally loves to chase bugs, but once he gets in my lap he goes into hibernation mode and it's impossible to rouse him for anything other than treats/food.

And ginger.

@Jay Siamese

oh

@Mien Ginger as in sprightly or ginger as in the creepy red hair and freckles?

Mien

8:54 PM

Red headed.

No soul etc.

Aaronut

@Mien Well, he does like to stare, intently and unyielding.

Mien

I knew it!

Aaronut

But, that's usually only when he wants something. Apparently that's supposed to make it come faster.

Mien

I'm not sure it's ginger-related.

Mine does so too.

Aaronut

The photo sort of exaggerates the red/brown, and the vacant stare. He's just a color-point.

There's a better one, colour-wise.

Mien

9:02 PM

It's almost white here.

Aaronut

Are you referring to the photo, or your own?

Mien

I meant the second photo.

Aaronut

Ah. Well yes, it's supposed to be, he is mainly white except for the face and ears (and tail). The first photo is more highly saturated for some reason.

ElendilTheTall

He appears to like a drop of the black stuff

Mien

I just saw it as well. Do you celebrate St Patricks Day? Or you're just a Guinness fan?

Aaronut

9:14 PM

He does have strange tastes, including pica. As for St. Pat's - sometimes.

Mien

Pica = he eats non-edible stuff?

Aaronut

Carpet fibers, threads, scratching post debris, that sort of thing. Fortunately not large stuff like pennies or paper clips.

rumtscho

Hehe, cats tend to have some weird eating habits.

Jay

@Aaronut hmmm good vacuum cleaner... i should get a cat

Mien

@Jay Are you allowed to have one?

Aaronut

9:37 PM

@Jay It's not all fun and games... every pet that I or my family has ever had has ended up with some kind of medical problem.

I wouldn't really advise getting a pet to a student or anyone else with no disposable income.

Besides, you've got roommates, you don't need company.

rfusca

10:51 PM

@rumtscho waaaaay more patient that I

rumtscho

@rfusca I know.

But somehow I got involved and didn't want to cut him short.

rfusca

shrug i don't think anybody is at risk of cutting short here

rumtscho

I also have the hope that someday he will understand how salt and chicken works, and notice if it is the salt or not.

rfusca

there's just a fundamental misunderstanding of science that's really causing the issue

basic things like osmosis and such

and somehow if the chicken is moist and delicious, he's equated that with more salt penetration

rumtscho

Yes, I had the feeling that he still thinks that somehow salty water is sucked into the chicken sometimes.

rfusca

10:54 PM

nod

@rum btw, did my answer on your japanese vs german knives q make sense?

rumtscho

@rfusca Yes, but I found some more info, want to read it through.

rfusca

k

rumtscho

I am somewhat slow with accepting, I noticed, because I forget older questions. So I went through my record today and accepted 7 of the older ones.

Pushed my rate from 55% to 68%.

rfusca

@rumtscho ya, i'm slow to accept too

nice

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