English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Robusto

14:01

We have a word for that. Actually several: monomaniac, obsessive-compulsive, and the catch-all term nerd.

But the beauty of the Voynich Manuscript is that the dude has had scholars hung up trying to figure his shit out for hundreds of years.

RegDwighт

@Robusto This is borderline dork.

Robusto

Mayhap.

RegDwighт

tchrist

I don’t like the colors.

Robusto

All nerds are dorks.
All nerds are geeks.
Some geeks are dorks. QED

tchrist

14:03

They’re like backwards.

Cerberus

Nerd.

RegDwighт

Word.

Robusto

that's a pastel Mickey Mouse.

Cerberus

Although, admittedly, the centre should be white.

RegDwighт

Pastel is Russian for "bed".

@Cerberus nonsense.

Robusto

14:04

@Cerberus There you go with your Dutch racism again.

Cerberus

Haha.

Well, it's true.

tchrist

RegDwighт

Subtraction is as valid as addition. In fact it is a type of addition.

tchrist

That’s the right way.

Cerberus

See?

RegDwighт

14:05

No I do not see.

tchrist

Because this way, the nerd is the white knight.

Robusto

Chromatic racism rears its ugly head.

Cerberus

Actually, those colours are bs.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Yeah no shit.

Cerberus

Red and blue result in brown.

As do red and green.

tchrist

14:06

Your what hurts?

RegDwighт

@Cerberus You result in brown. You racist.

tchrist

Red and blue result in magenta, just like red and green result in yellow.

Cerberus

Look. Racism is fun.

@tchrist In what world?

tchrist

In our world, child.

Cerberus

Not in a painter's world.

RegDwighт

14:07

@Cerberus I didn't accuse you of not having fun, did I.

Cerberus

Good.

tchrist

You’re subtracting, not adding.

RegDwighт

1 min ago, by RegDwighт

Subtraction is as valid as addition. In fact it is a type of addition.

tchrist

Don’t say “and”.

Robusto

Which city has the most racism fun?

Cerberus

14:07

Have you ever tried mixing those colours on a palette?

tchrist

I use light.

KitFox

@Cerberus Those are wavelengths, not pigments.

RegDwighт

Kiryas Joel, New York

Kiryas Joel (also known as Kiryas Yoy'l, "Kiryas Yo'el" or KJ) (Yiddish: קרית יואל (Kiryas Yoyel), Hebrew: קרית יואל (Kiryat Yoel), "Town of Joel") is a village within the town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The great majority of its residents are Hasidic Jews who strictly observe the Torah and its commandments, and belong to the worldwide Satmar Hasidic dynasty. Most of the village's residents speak Yiddish as their first language. The village has the youngest median age (13.2) of any population center of over 5,000 residents in the United States. Residents of Kir...

Robusto

@RegDwighт Subtraction + addition = sedition

tchrist

I have a snaky multi-bulb stand, and I put different colored lights in each.

Cerberus

14:08

@KitFox Pigments!? And you call me racist?

KitFox

Well, you are.

tchrist

Then I add them together in pretty sets on the white wall.

KitFox

I don't see what that has do to with pigments.

Cerberus

And so are you!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

If you have pigments, can you get baconments from them?

RegDwighт

14:08

reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1i4nbq/…

Robusto

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 One can only hope.

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Bacos.

RegDwighт

Seriously, that's the world's most interesting settlement.

Robusto

Figments are what vegetarians eat instead of pigments.

tchrist

Bacos Hawaii?

RegDwighт

14:09

@Robusto piguratively speaking.

Robusto

What if Adam and Eve had used pig leaves to hide their nakedness? Wouldn't that have been more interesting?

RegDwighт

Not to Christians, no.

Robusto

Christians are no fun. Racist, perhaps, but no fun.

Cerberus

Bestiality in Paradise?

tchrist

Leave off.

Robusto

14:11

Cheeseburgers in Paradise!

RegDwighт

Why don't Adam and Eve make like a pig and leave?

Cerberus

Microwave cheeseburgers?

KitFox

Two tickets to Paradise.

RegDwighт

Floston Paradise.

Cerberus

Look at us, we've all become random-sentence machines.

RegDwighт

14:12

Become?

KitFox

Phlogiston.

Robusto

@Cerberus Those are called sliders.

RegDwighт

Random life sentence machines.

Robusto

Cerberus

Sliders?

RegDwighт

14:12

The burger is too damn racist!

Robusto

Google "frozen sliders"

Cerberus

I'd rather not...

RegDwighт

There's a site that'll google it for you.

tchrist

> Notice that the colors in the RGB model are much brighter than the colors in the CMYK model. It is possible to attain a much larger percentage of the visible spectrum with the RGB model. That is because the RGB model uses transmitted light while the CMYK model uses reflected light.

RegDwighт

Not that again.

We know that. That was the starting point of all this.

tchrist

14:14

Brighter! Stronger! Less filling!

RegDwighт

American turkey?

tchrist

There’s some other kind?

Robusto

Turducken.

RegDwighт

@tchrist in the Middle East.

Robusto

To coin a phrase, this is non-topic. — Robusto 1 min ago

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

14:17

@RegDwighт I live very close to a neighborhood called White Haven. :x

KitFox

damn it

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Well, there's a black president in the White House. How much worse could things get for racists in this country?

Cerberus

Ugh, my friends want to BBQ this evening.

If there's anything I hate...

Robusto

@Cerberus Barbecued evenings can be succulent.

tchrist

?

@Robusto Must better than the succuprest ones.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

14:18

We had this, but they tore it down.

Cerberus

It's slow, it is the equivalent of inhaling 100 cigarettes, and it's cold outside (cloudy / 16 °C). And you clothes stink. And you.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket / back from succubus city

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Hey, I've been there!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox O_O

tchrist

It’s July! How can it be cold?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

14:19

@Cerberus I thought you preferred cold. Just wear a jacket.

tchrist

Outdoor cooking is awesomest.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Cerberus Stand near the grill, but out of the way of the smoke.

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I lied. I was lying just then when I said that.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I know smoke follows beauty, but do your best.

@KitFox d'oh.

Cerberus

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Impossible. It always blows everywhere. And I don't want to stand why eating! I'm not a monkey!

KitFox

14:20

I've been near there, though. Over the bridge. On the interstate.

RegDwighт

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 bad usability. "Vacancy" should be in green.

No wonder they tore it down.

tchrist

tosses out some marshmallows

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@RegDwighт agreed.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I prefer it over heat, yes, but it's still uncomfortable and makes my nose runny.

@tchrist I totally don't get it. I hate it.

Robusto

Still, it must gall racists that black magic is more powerful (and fun) than white magic.

RegDwighт

14:21

-1

Q: Email template to Dean for withdrawal of graduation

could someone help me writing up a formal polite email that states I am withdrawing my graduation for this semester due to reasons like; I still have to improvise on the results of my research and I may need another semester to work on it (On these lines). I don't know if the above stated is for...

tchrist

What more can I do?

RegDwighт

You can withdraw your graduation?

Robusto

we-are-not-your-email-monkeys

RegDwighт

we-are-your-email-walruses

Robusto

repent-walpurgis

Cerberus

14:23

OINK

tchrist

Go not gentle.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

guten-tag

RegDwighт

Did a dog just hear "walrus" and go "oink"?

Cerberus

Well.

tchrist

No, he said “Oh I never know”.

Cerberus

14:24

I had to say something.

tchrist

He always uses those trendy abbreviations.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus no you didn't.

tchrist

OINK = One Income, No Kids

Robusto

@RegDwighт That's what a true Schweinehund would say.

RegDwighт

Missing a Fugen-E.

tchrist

14:26

Fugue in E?

RegDwighт

Schweinehund.

tchrist

Like Fleisch.

RegDwighт

If anything, Fugue in E would be E-Fuge, not Fugen-E.

Head noun last. Just like in English.

Robusto

@RegDwighт Danke.

RegDwighт

Titte.

MετάEd

14:27

@Robusto You must mean pink magic.

Robusto

There is no pink magic. It's just noise.

RegDwighт

Oh noes what you do you make him post hello kitty with sparkles again.

tchrist

Pink-collar worker

Pink-collar worker is a term designating a type of worker, contrasted with blue-collar worker and white-collar worker. A pink-collar worker performs what was traditionally women's work, typically in the service industry. Occupations Pink-collar occupations tend to be personal-service-oriented. Waiting on tables, along with nursing and teaching, is part of the service sector, and is among the most common occupations in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, as of May 2008, there were over 2.2 million persons employed as servers in the U.S.Furthermore, looki...

RegDwighт

I never quite got Americans' obsession with collars. What is it with Americans and collars?

KitFox

We're cool.

Robusto

14:29

You wouldn't understand.

RegDwighт

@KitFox Not coolers, collars. Pay attention.

6

Q: Is "such a cooler" proper English?

I'm trying to say something like "that's such a cooler design". Is there more valid expression that expresses the same thing? Or is this okay English? I guess "that design is so much cooler" would work, but it's not as succinct. I'm trying to say that something is cooler than something else, bu...

word-choice grammaticality adjectives comparative

KitFox

What's with Germans and great coats and sunglasses? You think we can't pick you out of a crowd?

Robusto

No, not coolers. You're thinking of those pants that look like skirts.

RegDwighт

You are such a cooler.

KitFox

God, not culottes.

Robusto

14:30

Sans culottes?

KitFox

It's that slightly more modern version.

RegDwighт

@KitFox I don't think anything because that's the first time I hear Germans wear great coats, or any coats for that matter.

Robusto

Crap, meeting time. I'm out for now.

RegDwighт

CU

KitFox

@RegDwighт And watches.

tchrist

14:30

> Most of us are familiar with blue collar and white collar jobs, but we have rarely taken the time to think about pink collar jobs, those underappreciated, underpaying jobs typically held by women or gay men. Generally speaking, these are service oriented jobs that don't require much in the way of professional training, and offer nothing in the way of prestige.

KitFox

Germans are about as easy to spot as Japanese tourists.

RegDwighт

@KitFox But who watchers the watches?

tchrist

> All of these jobs center on meeting the needs of men or making the world prettier. They don't pay much, but they give women something to do, a way to make money, and a way to keep us out of men's hair. In contrast, however men in these jobs have been taught to make excuses if they have these sorts of jobs.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Herr Meiswatcher.

RegDwighт

@KitFox yes, absolutely, but thanks to shorts and sandals and a fat belly, not great coats.

tchrist

14:31

@RegDwighт The Swiss.

MετάEd

Feds weigh Santorum probe

KitFox

hee hee hee

tchrist

> The important thing to realize about these jobs is that it is generally accepted as okay work for women, but when men do it, people feel that the men have somehow demeaned themselves. It's quite screwed up when you think of it.

RegDwighт

Oh and one more thing I don't understand. How the heck do tomatoes even grow in the wild? They can't sustain their own weight. Should I picture them like giant red round peanuts or what? Whose brilliant idea was it?

KitFox

They are nightshades.

RegDwighт

14:32

Thank you for explaining everything.

KitFox

So like that.

MετάEd

Rick Santorum, “Movement of Love”

RegDwighт

You were very helpful.

MετάEd

omfg

RegDwighт

I keep reading him as Rick Scrotum.

No, seriously. Who the fuck gets such a name and keeps it?

KitFox

14:33

@MετάEd roflcopter

tchrist

@RegDwighт They were smaller pre-cultivated.

KitFox

@RegDwighт So you don't know what bittersweet nightshade looks like, is that it?

RegDwighт

@tchrist mine can barely sustain the weight of the leaves. Not to mention flowers. I'm not even talking fruits.

@KitFox are you talking about some Ray-Ban model?

tchrist

Maybe they were creepers, like belladonna.

RegDwighт

I know that tomatoes are nightshades alright. I just don't know what that's supposed to mean.

MετάEd

14:35

Santorum squeaked out an eight-vote victory

KitFox

MετάEd

Today is a great day for Santorum headlines.

tchrist

Wild species

Including Solanum lycopersicum, there are currently 13 species recognized in Solanum section Lycopersicon. Three of these species – S. Cheesmaniae, S. Galapagense, and S. Pimpinellifolium – are fully cross compatible with domestic tomato, four more species – S. chmielewskii, S. habrochaites, S. neorickii, and S. pennelli – can be readily crossed with domestic tomato though with some limitations, and five species – S. arcanum, S. chilense, S. corneliomulleri, S. huaylasense, and S. peruvianum – can be crossed with domestic tomato with significant difficulty usually requiring em…

RegDwighт

Who is embryo rescue?

I'm not a botanist.

tchrist

Solanum cheesmaniae

Solanum cheesmaniae ("tomate de Galápagos") es una planta herbácea perteneciente a la familia de las solanáceas y natural de las Islas Galápagos, Ecuador, donde habita en elevaciones costeras salobres. Debido a que ha evolucionado en aislamiento de las demás especies de tomates silvestres del continente, esta especie exhibe una cantidad de características inusuales, tales como el color de los frutos amarillo-anaranjado brillante, el follaje verde amarillento y las semillas pequeñas. A pesar que inicialmente crece erecto, las plantas maduras frecuentemente son decumbentes o rastreras, con l...

Embryo Rescue

Embryo Rescue is one of the earliest and successful forms of in-vitro culture techniques that is used to assist in the development of plant embryos that might not survive to become viable plants. Embryo rescue plays an important role in modern plant breeding, allowing the development of many interspecific and intergeneric food and ornamental plant crop hybrids. This technique nurtures the immature or weak embryo, thus allowing it the chance to survive. Plant embryos are multicellular structures that have the potential to develop into a new plant. The most widely used embryo rescue procedur...

RegDwighт

14:37

> excising plant embryos and placing them onto media culture

Screw that. What is this, rocket science?

KitFox

Rocket surgery.

RegDwighт

Right.

tchrist

That’s a Galápagos tomato, a wild species.

RegDwighт

Awww now that's beautiful.

And look how many of them are there.

Do want.

Okay so I guess I can now narrow down the question to the "whose brilliant idea was it" part.

Whose brilliant idea was it to specifically work on plants that can't survive without support.

tchrist

God.

RegDwighт

14:40

Nothing wrong with giant tomatoes, but I kind of pity them.

Of course we do even worse things to dogs.

tchrist

God made the vines, that they might creep across the ground and up the tree and down your chimney.

All tomatoes grow on vines.

Vines are not erect.

RegDwighт

@tchrist no I mean the current tomato plants. The cultivated.

tchrist

> The large, lumpy tomato, a mutation from a smoother, smaller fruit, originated in Mesoamerica, and may be the direct ancestor of some modern cultivated tomatoes.

RegDwighт

They certainly don't look anything like creepers.

In fact I have some creepers right next to my tomatoes.

tchrist

No, not most ones in one’s garden, no.

But if you have a cherry tomato plant, they can sprawl a great deal, and are happy to climb fences.

> Aztecs and other peoples in Mesoamerica used the fruit in their cooking. The exact date of domestication is unknown: by 500 BC, it was already being cultivated in southern Mexico and probably other areas.

RegDwighт

14:42

Yeah I've been wondering about that. This year's too late but next year I might try some cherry tomatoes.

tchrist

They are extremely productive.

You will harvest more in total weight from the cherries.

I have two plants.

RegDwighт

My dill is frigging giant this year, though.

And it won't stop growing.

tchrist

They are already ripe.

Sounds like my fennel troubles.

RegDwighт

It's like bamboo or something.

tchrist

Aye.

RegDwighт

14:44

@tchrist no trouble here, I don't mind it.

tchrist

My dill is not very successful.

My fennel is ubiquitous.

And mighty.

RegDwighт

My dill has like no leaves at all, really just one giant stem growing at like 10cm a day.

tchrist

-2

A: What does 'condescending' exactly mean?

Wtf, use easier words people, what the fuck

RegDwighт

And it's in a very small, very flap pot. I've no idea how it does it.

It has no room whatsoever for the roots.

But it makes do.

It's a wonder.

tchrist

Flat, right?

Not flap?

RegDwighт

14:45

Flat tiny little thing.

tchrist

Oh, I understand now: if you limit its rootstock, it will produce more above ground. Most plants to that.

RegDwighт

Oh is that so?

tchrist

Yeah. It’s called being root-bound.

RegDwighт

Because it doesn't work for my tomatoes.

They don't have room for their roots, either, right now (I have too many, I was speculating some wouldn't survive, so I don't have enough pots), and they don't produce more above ground.

tchrist

Do you have only potted plants?

RegDwighт

14:47

In fact some of them are blooming already at only like twelve inches high.

@tchrist yes, with the added benefit that I can move them in and out anytime, what with shade and frost and sun and hail and weather in general.

Oh, and wind.

tchrist

You are . . . industrious.

RegDwighт

Wind keeps messing with my tomatoes. Breaking them in half.

tchrist

Yeah, the gales here do a number on my tomatoes.

Rather.

Been a bit blustery lately. Even though I have stakes and cages, they suffer.

Gosh, sounds like a torture scene.

RegDwighт

Haha.

Well it is, if we go back to my original question.

We torture them to life.

They'd be dead without the stakes and the cages.

tchrist

I think not.

I think they would merely be creepers.

We just like them to stand up.

It’s like cucumbers.

RegDwighт

14:53

Well okay, but when there's nowhere to creep, they would be dead.

tchrist

They’re happy to climb, but do not perish for want of it.

They take a lot of space.

RegDwighт

Right. Cucumbers. Perhaps I should try that some time.

tchrist

Wait, you didn’t get indeterminate tomatoes, did you?

RegDwighт

Meaning?

tchrist

Determinate vs indeterminate, in horticulture, refers to whether it just keeps growing and growing and growing.

RegDwighт

14:54

Oh I've no idea.

tchrist

For pots, you have to use determinate versions, not indeterminate ones.

RegDwighт

I didn't even get the seeds from a proper source, just extracted them from a random tomato I purchased in a random store.

tchrist

Like with petunias.

RegDwighт

It's all just wildlife for me. Just for fun. I'm not doing this for industrial purposes.

tchrist

Just a wild and crazy guy.

RegDwighт

14:56

So when my wife comes along with her botany advice (and she really knows everything and when she doesn't, her mom has a degree in botany...), I just go like WTF leave my plants alone who cares. Let them figure out for themselves what they do or do not want.

tchrist

Question: What is the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes?
One of the most common questions about tomato plants is what the difference is between determinate and indeterminate varieties. Once you know the difference, it's easy to make informed decisions about which tomatoes will work best in your garden.

Answer: The most simple explanation of the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes is that determinate tomatoes bear their crop all at once, while indeterminate tomatoes bear fruit over the course of a season. Indeterminate varieties tend to grow longer vines and will require more support in terms of staking or caging over the course of a season. Determinate varieties often (but not always) tend to be more compact and manageable.

RegDwighт

Then I most certainly had two indeterminate plants last year.

Fits to a tee.

This year, I don't know.

tchrist

> If you want tomatoes for the course of the season for snacking and adding to salads and sandwiches, it is best to go with indeterminate varieties. Several types of indeterminate tomatoes are very prolific, and a plant or two will more than suffice to meet your needs.

RegDwighт

I got the seeds from like five different fruits over the course of several months.

tchrist

> If you want to grow in containers, you'll probably want to stick with a few different determinate varieties. They are more well-behaved and better suited to container culture. You can certainly grow indeterminate tomatoes in containers, but be prepared to be vigilant about staking or caging, as well as pruning the suckers to maintain compact growth.

RegDwighт

14:58

And as I mentioned, at least some of them are already happily blooming at a very low height.

tchrist

Sounds indeterminate.

They’re everbearing.

I like them a lot more.

I don’t want my tomatoes all at once.

RegDwighт

Wait but I thought small size was a sign of determinate? They don't even have any support whatsoever yet.

tchrist

Two of my full-sized tomatoes have ripe fruits on them already. This like never happens to me.

RegDwighт

We'll see if they bear all fruit at once.

tchrist

Determinate can mean small size. But not always.

RegDwighт

14:59

I'll report back with more observations.

tchrist

The point is that they stop growing after a while.

RegDwighт

@tchrist so would mine, except I planted them very late this year. Like, June late.

tchrist

Oh gosh.

I’d get frozen out if I did that.

RegDwighт

Not that I had much of a choice, we had zero sun or warmth before June.

tchrist

I put mine in mid-May.

You kinda are supposed to wait till June, but I hate that.

RegDwighт

15:01

We had like 100 degrees in January and then 50 degrees February through May.

tchrist

Some people swear by Mother’s Day here, others by Memorial Day.

How can that happen? So weird.

I did the Mother’s Day thing, but you have to be prepared to pamper them.

I put them in last year earlier, but they did nothing till June.

RegDwighт

And then when the sun finally came out it came down hard. It frigging burned half of my dill in one afternoon.

tchrist

No water, eh? Containers are always drying out.

RegDwighт

Oh, water alright.

I keep watering them like a madman.

tchrist

And they still burned out?

RegDwighт

15:02

Especially when the dill is young, can't be too much.

@tchrist yeah go figure.

tchrist

Sometimes you have to give some shade protection during the hot afternoons.

RegDwighт

Well, I did save them.

I mean, like most the leaves literally burned down like dry tobacco, but I put the stems in intense care for the next couple days and now they are growing again.

tchrist

Hm, looks like you get to keep Snowden after all.

RegDwighт

Who is we, now?

tchrist

Heh.

You know I’m teasing.

RegDwighт

15:06

I only read he had a rendez-vous with AI today.

tchrist

Mother Russia.

RegDwighт

@tchrist nah, honest question. The news are quick these days.

tchrist

> Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking temporary asylum in Russia and plans to go to Latin America eventually, an organization endorsed by anti-secrecy group Wikileaks said on Twitter on Friday.

> Separately, a Russian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed Snowden would apply for asylum in Russia.

RegDwighт

Huh. I thought Putin had installed some requirements. Like no more telling things, bad boy.

tchrist

He did, yes.

I kinda think Snowden may be wrung dry.

RegDwighт

15:08

Speculating on the reasons and meaning of which would in itself fill an entire book.

tchrist

Or is deciding to compromise so he has a place to live.

RegDwighт

I mean, did Putin mean it? And if yes, for what reasons? And if no, why not?

There are so many variables worth exploring.

tchrist

Remember how Putin worded it, “strange though it sounds coming from my lips”.

RegDwighт

Ultimately every question is unanswerable even by Putin himself, to himself.

tchrist

It’s his lips.

Ok, gotsta workwork.

RegDwighт

15:10

Well. I guess I'll start wrapping things up for today.

Ha, sort of jinx.

tchrist

yippers

RegDwighт

Lators.

KitFox

15:37

@tchrist I knew he was a commie sympathizer.

KitFox

15:55

watches GTA V gameplay trailer

omgomgomgomgomgomg

EEP!

Cerberus

Snowden just wants temporary Asylum in Russia so that he can fly to South America.

Now I'm off to nowhere for the weekend. Bye!

KitFox

BAI!

Cerberus

BAI!

poof

tchrist

0

A: what is the difference between life-time, lifetime and life time?

combine A with B GIVES A MEANING OF JOING AtoB Combine A and B gives meaning of both A&B WILL BE JOINED TO SOME OTHER THING.

KitFox

zot

tchrist

16:21

0

Q: Please tell the difference between life-time, lifetime and life time.

The question was disappeared between my seeing and answering. A reasonable question for which I have a reasonable answer.

word-usage

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Cerberus hope you get there fast!

Mitch

@tchrist oh. duh, I should read first.

antway, that should be deleted with a vengeance. only because it broke the rules.

@tchrist That's a lot of forms to fill out and visa applications to pay for. Especially since Snowden is not a US citizen anymore.

KitFox

I just reduced my code by 75%.

Mitch

I can do it by 100%

And it'll compile.

quickly.

Still slow over the network.

KitFox

u funneh

KitFox

17:20

I can't think of the word I want. Like prevalent, like ubiquitous, permeating...

Mitch

all encompassing. perfluent (yes, I made that up), perfuse, perambulating, peripatetic,...everywhere? like a fungus?

KitFox

pervasive!

Thanks.

RegDwighт

Balrog balrog Balrog balrog balrog balrog Balrog balrog.

RegDwighт

17:38

KitFox

raises eyebrow

RegDwighт

Allegedly a story written by a Taiwanese student of English.

Via Reddit/WTF

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@RegDwighт buffalo?

RegDwighт

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 balrog!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@RegDwighт maybe she means those pillows you use in bed.

Mahnax

17:41

@DavidWallace Hiya!

MετάEd

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Buffalo buffalo?

KitFox

No, no, the other kind of chicken wing.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Or she meant harpsichord.

Mark Ruffalo?

KitFox

Plants. It's about plants.

Mahnax

I picked 2 kg & change of blueberries today.

KitFox

17:51

That's a lot of bluebs.

tchrist

@Mahnax How many pints is that?

KitFox

I love this accent:

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