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Cerberus

01:00

DID TOO

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Why do we have to be yellow?

Fuckin' yellow.

Cerberus

Moderators, please ban us.

Mahnax

puts room in timeout

tchrist

Feb 1 at 1:36, by RegDwigнt

De colores son los perritos qui vienen d'afuera.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I did.

I also voted for Kodos.

medica

01:01

@Mahnax lol

tchrist

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Lack of forest and mountain.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@tchrist We have small forests. And like, the Flint Hills.

medica

@Terdon - anyway, I taught that song to my kids last night.

terdon

@medica Um, how old are they again?

tchrist

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 “Small forest” is one of those funny things.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

01:02

Flint Hills

The Flint Hills historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, is a region in southeast Kansas named for the abundant residual flint (or chert) eroded from the bedrock that lies near or at the surface. The region includes a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall and Washington counties in the north to Cowley County, Kansas and Kay and Osage counties in Oklahoma in the south, to Geary and Shawnee counties west to east. Oklahomans generally refer to the same geologic formation as the Osage Hills or "The Osage." The Flin...

tchrist

A wood, a grove, a copse.

medica

@terdon All adults.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@tchrist like minor emergency?

Oh.

terdon

@medica :)

medica

@terdon But we don't have many drinking songs in English, so I taught them one I remembered from my childhood.

tchrist

01:03

Thickets maybe.

@medica In taverna quando sumus. . . .

medica

@tchrist and we were in a tavern last night.

terdon

@medica You're kidding right? No drinking songs? In English?

medica

and I was celebrating

terdon

!!youtube whiskey in the jar

Jarvis the Bot

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medica

01:05

@terdon no, I don't know any English (American) drinking songs!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@terdon Does "We Are the Champions" count?

tchrist

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!afk moar

Jarvis the Bot

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Can you pick up some milk on your way back?

terdon

@medica Ah. American is different. I can probably find you several dozen UK/Irish ones.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

01:06

8 mins ago, by Jarvis the Bot

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Turns out I already have milk. Oops.

terdon

Whoah! It gave me the Metallica version!?

!!youtube pogues dubliners whiskey in the jar

Jarvis the Bot

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medica

@terdon lolol

tchrist

The graphics are really cute on that one.

If it doesn’t crack up those of you who read Latin, I’ll eat my hat.

terdon

Actually, about 30% of all blues tunes are about booze in one way or another too.

medica

01:08

@terdon About, yes, but not drinking songs like, well, Prendre un petit coup...

Mitch

@tchrist Santa Claus lung... cough cough which leads me to make up a new joke...

What's black and white and red all over?

tchrist

A jailbird in a blender.

medica

@terdon or, Ma Tante, elle as un beaux jupons

Mitch

@medica Oooh... racy

@tchrist ha ha. but no.

medica

@Mitch lol... it's a drinking song!

Mitch

01:11

please someone say Santa Claus' lungs

terdon

Santa Claus' lungs?

Mitch

Ha ha! Yes! Hilarious!

tchrist

@terdon He’s having orthorectitudinal disorders.

Mitch

@tchrist How dare you talk about my rectitude in public like that!

tchrist

@Mitch Wrecked ’em? It nearly killed ’em!

What hath God wrought?

Mitch

01:13

@tchrist Jamaica? I hardly knew her!

tchrist

@Mitch Get thee to a rectory!

Mitch

@tchrist also, that's good new one for the repetoire.

@tchrist looks up rectory

tchrist

@Mahnax See, this is what you can look forward to in your dotage: preteen humor.

medica

@tchrist - my two boys (well, their chorale) were invited to Philadelphia to sing Carmina Burana...consequently I've heard it about 8 times

Mitch

Augh...this rectory is so boring! just a bunch of hymnals. blood of the lamb this, nearer my god to effing thee that. Augh! pounds face against wall

tchrist

01:16

@medica Does that seem like a lot to you?

medica

@tchrist Not nearly enough. I love it.

Mitch

I liked the movie.

medica

@tchrist It was wonderful, especially with the children singing their part.

@Mitch - what do you think of this answer:

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Q: What is a word for a taking a non-romantic relationship to the "next level"?

I was thinking one day, and was trying to describe some of the latest events in my life. To my dismay, I could not think of any word to describe becoming better friends with someone (in a platonic way, not a romantic one). Is there such a word?

single-word-requests

tchrist

I’ve heard it a hundred times or more. I’ve performed it like 8 times, which means the practices add up.

medica

@tchrist Really? You're in a chorale?

tchrist

01:20

Had been.

medica

Wow... that's great.

@tchrist have you ever heard of the Susquehanna Chorale?

tchrist

nope

Hm, I say 8 times, but that’s wrong. I mean at like 8 different concerts, usually with 2 or 3 performances each.

medica

That's a lotta Carmina Burana

tchrist

It is.

medica

@Mitch, sorry, that was supposed to be an answer.

tchrist

01:24

@medica More ELU personals ads.

medica

I like the swan

@tchrist ?

ah!

sorry. yes. Personals and invectives and other.

I meant this:

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A: What is a word for a taking a non-romantic relationship to the "next level"?

I think 'becoming/getting closer' [to each other] could describe it sufficiently, without any implications about whether it's platonic or not. In fact, especially if a guy said this, it may not need to be said that the relationship is platonic, 'cos fellas don't generally talk about their ol' bi...

Mitch

@medica OK which answer?

medica

@Mitch sorry, the one above.

tchrist

size

medica

@tchrist size?

sighs?

tchrist

01:29

You always ask me questions whose answer you know yourself 5 seconds after you ask and before I need say anything.

medica

@tchrist well, it takes me a few seconds. I'm not as sharp as most folks here.

Mitch

The first sentence is probably the most accurate, though I think OldCat's comment the most...something. Intriguing? Poignant? Salient? capturing the spirit for most dudes thinking about what the answer would be, but not necessarily the actual truth. I think more of it is actually the semantics of 'the next level' (because that's 'all' the guys want)

medica

@tchrist So, I'll put myself on a 5 second pause.

tchrist

The guys thing is just weird.

medica

OK, yeah, right?

Mitch

01:31

In what way?

medica

well, here's a question about friendship, and he only mentions women as ball-and-chain gossips, or sexual objects.

It's weird to me.

tchrist

Yes.

Biddy.

Conquest.

medica

really. Was that necessary?

tchrist

Fellas.

medica

is that necessary?

I thought it was just me.

tchrist

01:34

His second paragraph is . . . slightly troubling.

medica

thanks. As no one commented, I wondered if I was the only one who noticed.

tchrist

I hadn’t seen it.

medica

and if I did comment, it would likely be flagged as unproductive.

anyway, that answers my question. Thanks, @tchrist

tchrist

I’ve left him a comment. I’m not afraid of unproductive flags.

medica

Thanks. That's kind.

tchrist

01:37

I have over 1300 helpful flags. I’m not going to worry at this point.

medica

just read it. You're braver than I am.

speaking of flags (kinda), I have 20 delete votes/day. All of which I used today. How does one get more delete flags.

tchrist

I’d like to give him the option to remove it himself. If he doesn’t, we can always downvote him.

medica

already did, but he had an up vote.

tchrist

@medica Wait for the next UTC day.

medica

I meant, is there a way to increase the number of delete votes/day?

or is 20 the limit?

tchrist

01:39

30 is the limit.

You start with 5 @ 10k.

And gain 1 per 2k until you reach 30 votes.

medica

ah, ok, I see now.

well, I am not trying for more rep. I'm a bit discouraged when I read the questions these days...

tchrist

Then you haven’t read enough of them.

Or you’d be a lot more discouraged.

medica

sometimes I don't want to read them at all

yes, I do believe.

tchrist

@Cerberus At 95% humidity, it is hot no matter what the temperature is.

medica

I don't know what to do about that.

tchrist

01:43

You’ll figure something out.

Cerberus

@tchrist Uhuh, uhuh.

medica

I thought about editing them to make them more interesting, but there's not a lot of material to work with.

tchrist

Blood from stones.

medica

nods

I also thought of maybe asking interesting questions

but I would probably know the answer to them already, like that Judge's testicles one.

and that feels ... um, disingenuous.

Every once in a while, as I'm reading, I come across something and wonder, would this be a good question for ELU?

but I know the answer, so it feels fake to ask.

tchrist

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A: What exactly does "sweep me off my feet" mean? (And why?)

It's an english expression reffering to the feeling that one gets when completely taken by someone, carried away, swept away (all emotionally). It's basically like making someone fall in love with you in a short amount of time. so "are you trying to sweep me off my feet?" basically translates t...

Look at how it ends. Weird.

medica

01:47

strange.

sighs

Mitch

@medica Oh I forgot to finish my assessment of the answer. The first sentence was correct, but the second sentence is antediluvian. I think you've said this already.

@medica it should be edited out.

medica

haha, "antediluvian"

tchrist

Who was she married to?

medica

@Mitch I am soooo glad to hear that.

i dunno...

tchrist

Your uncologist, of course.

medica

01:49

hahaha

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@medica carmina.ytmnd.com

Jarvis the Bot

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Where's the milk?

medica

every time I laugh out loud, my dog thinks I'm laughing at her

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JarvistheBot up your butt, robot.

BBS

tchrist

Lorin has brought me a mouse again.

medica

01:50

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 LOL

tchrist

I simply cannot get him to understand that I am not murivorous.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@medica :D

medica

I have to send that to my sons!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

:D

!!afk fo reals, BBS

tchrist

But I pet him and say good kitty anyway.

Jarvis the Bot

01:51

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Can you pick up some milk on your way back?

medica

That is so funny!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I'm glad you like it!

medica

@tchrist lol

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 thanks for that!

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 it's especially funny because my son (who sang it) has 5 cats. :D

Mitch

@medica done

medica

@Mitch many thanks.

tchrist

01:52

@medica My goodness, how does that happen?

Mitch

@medica Your dog is the protagonist in his own movie.

medica

He and his wife keep rescuing kittens.

Mitch

@tchrist Think of it as tribute, rather than a practical payment.

medica

@Mitch haha... yes, that's for sure!

Mitch

Usually for dogs with so much ... admiration for others, someone else is really the center of their movie. I think that's why people think dogs are dumber than cats, just because they are followers.

medica

01:55

@Mitch every time I get on the phone, she thinks I'm talking to her and that, well, of course, I want to play! Yay! So she keeps bringing me toys while I'm talking.

tchrist

Cats don’t like you on the phone either.

medica

@Mitch I have Border collies.

tchrist

They get jealous.

medica

They are nobody's fools.

Mitch

@medica like a kid

medica

01:56

yeah.

Mitch

@medica Oh wow. they're super smart. but needy.

medica

I don't think it's jealousy; i think they just notice I'm animated, so it must mean I want to play! Yay!

@Mitch they are incredibly smart.

They watch me in their sleep practically. The moment, say, the titles of a movie come on, they know it's the end, and from a seeming sleep, both will jump up, thinking, She's going to get up! Let's go!

Mitch

have you seen the youtube videos of the dogs that are too afraid to walk past a cat? Hilarious.

medica

I have. I love those.

Mitch

@medica Uh oh...they can read.

Thankfully they're on your side. and also don't mean any harm.

unless you're a squirrel.

then you're meat

medica

02:00

It's almost like that. I mean, I haven't moved, but they know when a movie's titles start. How???

@Mitch haha... or a ground hog...

:(

tchrist

@Mitch That’s why they call them that: they pay for their own board.

medica

This link @cornbreadninja麵包忍者 posted is pretty damn funny.

It's Carmina Burana in English words, and it's really clever.

tchrist

@medica Um, he already said that.

Marmot

Marmots are large squirrels in the genus Marmota, of which there are 15 species. Marmots mostly live in mountainous areas, such as the Alps, northern Apennines, Eurasian steppes, Carpathians, Tatras, and Pyrenees in Europe and northwestern Asia; the Rocky Mountains, Black Hills, Cascades, Pacific Ranges, and Sierra Nevada in North America; and the Deosai Plateau in Pakistan and Ladakh in India. The groundhog of North America is a lowland marmot. The similarly sized, but more social, prairie dog is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys. Marmots typically ...

Note: are large squirrels

medica

ha! I knew they are rodents, but not that they were any more closely related.

tchrist

But don’t believe that crap about similarly sized.

Prairie dogs weigh like a pound or three; marmots can be over ten pounds.

medica

02:07

I will never be able to think of Carmina Burana in the same way again...

have you ever seen the ..."interpretation" @cornbreadninja麵包忍者 posted?

"Oh, for tuna, Bring more tuna..."

tchrist

Yes, not as funny the ones we did ourselves.

medica

I never saw it before.

did you do an alternate lyrics version?

tchrist

Sure.

Long ago.

Don’t remember.

I think we had oh for tuna and for halibut.

medica

Really! lol

tchrist

Nobody cared about the tuna.

We were all in it for the halibut.

medica

02:12

so your chorale had some good humor in it, too.

I think I'll walk the dogs. They're bored silly.

Bonne Nuit. Dors bien.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

02:51

salsa cookies / windmill cookies / they'll give you gonorrhea

Jarvis the Bot

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Turns out I already have milk. Oops.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JarvistheBot good. Have some cookies, then.

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 can you tell me how to avoid confusion in the chat when answering a person's question (For example I wrote "xyz" and you gave the answer to my earlier comment.)

user116848

Even when I ping by clicking on the left brown arrow that says "Reply to this message" it is sometimes still unclear as to which comment I am referring to. So any solutions?

tchrist

@Arrowfar How is it unclear?

user116848

02:57

@tchrist I mean when I and the other person are writing fast

tchrist

You just follow the ↰ to see which message it is replying to.

medica

But you miss all the humor caused by the absence of the oxford comma. Such as this recent headline: "Top Stories: World leaders at Mandela Tribute, Obama-Castro Handshake and Same-Sex Marriage Date Set." — medica 3 mins ago

user116848

@tchrist But for that I will have to ping everytime No?

medica

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 - I wanted to thank you again for that wonderful Carmina Burana link. I laughed a lot. I can't wait to see my sons' reactions. :D

user116848

@medica Did you see my question?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:05

@medica you're welcome! It's around eight years old, so they may have seen it.

Cerberus

@Arrowfar Yes. But it isn't unclear.

user116848

@Cerberus How? Lets say I and you type very fast then how will we avoid confusion here

Cerberus

Do you see the little grey arrow to the left of "@" in my previous line?

user116848

But you are right though. It happens only once a while :)

Cerberus

Press the arrow. What happens?

user116848

03:11

It makes the above comment yellow

Cerberus

Yes.

So then you know to which line of yours I replied.

So it is 100% clear.

user116848

But that only happens when we ping

Cerberus

Yes.

user116848

That is my question :D

Cerberus

I don't understand the question.

user116848

03:12

So when not pinging then?

Cerberus

Tchrist and I said, if you ping, it isn't unclear.

That is what pinging is for: to avoid confusion.

user116848

Yeah only when we ping. Otherwise it is unclear sometimes (even with the 'same' person. If both of them are fast talker )

Cerberus

Then you use the arrow.

meer2kat

hm

user116848

What's hm?

user116848

03:21

So you guys believe in ghosts?

Mitch

@tchrist ha ha. that took me a while. I kept wondering "what kind of pun is there on 'collie'?"

@Arrowfar So I believe that some people truly believe in ghosts. Is that good enough?

user116848

@Mitch Yeah haha good enough. Looks like my question was kinda stupid (By your reply) :D

user116848

03:39

Buy guys, looks like I am boring everybody here :)

Mitch

@meer2kat haven't heard from you in a while. You missed alll the election drama.

@Arrowfar 'hm' means... 'I'm wondering...'

And... gotta go

!!afk

Jarvis the Bot

@Mitch Why are you leaving me!?

Mitch

@Jarvis It's not you it's me.

anyway I'll be back tomorrow I'm sure.

medica

04:30

@Mitch There's nothing punny about a Border Collie!

Jarvis the Bot

@medica Mitch is afk.

user116848

!!Do people hate me?

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar Indeed

user116848

!!Why?

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar I'm sorry. I don't know what you mean. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

user116848

04:32

!!Why people don't like me?

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar I don't understand. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

user116848

!!Useless bot. You are the stupidest thing here

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar Not at all

user116848

!!You sure are

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar I can neither confirm nor deny

user116848

04:35

I kan feither cfonfirm nor feny

user116848

!!Stupid bot. I hate you bot. Remember that.

Jarvis the Bot

@Arrowfar That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

user116848

I am outta here.............

medica

@AndrewLeach - amazingly, this is something I never came across before. What does one do when someone close votes something linking to a question as a dupe which is not remotely a dupe? The question is english.stackexchange.com/questions/130512/whats-a-xerox-word and the "dupe" was proposed by user Third News.

@AndrewLeach - Please ping me with an answer so I know what to do. As it is, I custom flagged and commented, but this question might get closed blindly based on a bad dupe. Oh, please let Matt E. know; this is the second time in 24 hours that I've complained about same user not using best judgement. Thanks.

Andrew Leach

05:34

@medica Flagging is the right thing to do in the first place. This is only Day 2 with a diamond, so I (and @MattЭллен) are still learning -- being taught -- the ropes.

However, closed questions can be re-opened.

skullpatrol

have you suspended anybody yet?

medica

06:23

@tchrist - just watched your link (In Taberna). It's really funny! Goes a little fast for me, but so well done. Thanks. :)

skullpatrol

06:55

12 hours ago, by Johan Larsson

@MattЭллен make Rob owner!

Now with Reg & Rob we have the Rolls-Royce of chat rooms @JohanLarsson :-)

!!wiki Rolls Royce

Jarvis the Bot

Rolls-Royce Limited

:For the present day companies see Rolls-Royce plc (Aero-engines etc) and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. For other uses, see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation). Rolls-Royce Limited is a renowned English car-manufacturing company and later, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Sir Frederick Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a partnership formed in 1904. In 1971, Rolls-Royce was crippled by the costs of developing the advanced RB211 jet engine, resulting in the nationalisation of the company as Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited. In 1973, the car division was se...

Johan Larsson

07:14

@skullpatrol += Matt

skullpatrol

:D

Agreed.

Matt Эллен

thanks @cornbreadninja麵包忍者 !

Matt Эллен

07:30

@medica I think they are dupes. what makes you think they are not?

Oh no, my mistake. It's the answers that have thrown me off

yes, OK, those are not dupes

If it does get closed, we should reopen it. I'll try and keep an eye on it

skullpatrol

07:53

Now that you're a mod @MattЭллен, any thoughts on changing your avatar?

Matt Эллен

I think I will keep it, unless I think of something better :D

skullpatrol

Yep, plenty of time to get used to the added responsibility...

medica

@MattЭллен thanks!

Matt Эллен

no probs

medica

@Mari-LouA - bummer! Whose yours?

@Mari-LouA - btw, this is coming from chat... which is calling out to you... don't you miss the election chat? ;)

@MattЭллен - so, how is it?

Matt Эллен

08:04

There's a lot to take on board. So many tools and so many things to consider

So far so good, though

I have to remind myself not to push all the buttons :D

medica

@MattЭллен Congrats. I've seen you working hard already. I hope it's enjoyable, too! :)

Matt Эллен

Yeah, for the moment. :D I haven't had a backlash yet.

medica

Maybe you won't! It must be gratifying, though, to be able to do something about things! :D

Matt Эллен

yeah. making the site a little cleaner is a good feeling

medica

08:45

Too bad. You could hyphenate it. — John Lawler 7 hours ago

gotta love that comment...

Matt Эллен

!!help nudge

Jarvis the Bot

@MattЭллен nudge: Register a nudge after an interval. /nudge intervalInMinutes message, /nudge remove id to remove, or the listener, nudge|remind|poke me? in? intervalInMinutes message

skullpatrol

09:02

@medica your comment is kinda blunt too :-)

medica

@skullpatrol Does it bother anybody else that people come here asking for help, then act entitled? I dunno, I'm happy to help, but his comment to Lawler's suggestion was "A "SINGLE" word." Gosh, that's so impolite. :(

skullpatrol

But you're sinking to their level, no?

medica

@skullpatrol I mean, it would be entirely different if he were a customer.

@skullpatrol Maybe. Or maybe I'm telling him to be polite in words he can understand. It's a judgement call.

skullpatrol

So, in your judgement, you think he can only understand impolite words?

medica

@skullpatrol Ah, I just read over my comment, and you're right. I'll delete it.

skullpatrol

09:10

Thank you :-)

medica

@skullpatrol Honestly, does he sound sensitive to you?

skullpatrol

No.

But that doesn't mean I have to be insensitive, does it?

medica

@skullpatrol if you commented, you would be sensitive if you liked.c

skullpatrol

!!youtube Jann Arden insensitive

Jarvis the Bot

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skullpatrol

09:18

I never argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. @medica

Janus Bahs Jacquet

It seems our favourite rape-obsessed friend is back (and reported). Yay!

skullpatrol

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Q: Origin of "do not argue with idiots"

What is the origin of the phrase “do not argue with idiots”? Please cite some credible references. From googling around, I found these three variations. One came from the Bible but I couldn’t find any credible source for the other two. Don’t argue with idiots because they will drag you do...

etymology phrases expressions quotes proverbs

medica

@JarvistheBot this was about love! This guy slept with her then casually dropped her! That hardly compares.

@JanusBahsJacquet so I saw! I flagged it; did you as well?

Janus Bahs Jacquet

@medica I doubt you’ll get much answer from Jarvis. ;-)

Yup, I did. I flagged him as a ban-circumventer (and close-voted the question).

medica

:)

@JanusBahsJacquet We think alike! Or at least we have acted alike in this instance, which is really different! :D

Janus Bahs Jacquet

09:26

I probably wouldn’t even have noticed if we hadn’t been talking about him last night.

medica

I never knew that it would pay off to complain about him! (never the less, I will try to keep my complaining under control. Not an easy task.)

Janus Bahs Jacquet

My mind is so not on this Pindar stuff I’m trying to do a bit of last-minute revising on. :-/

medica

@skullpatrol this was about love! This guy slept with her then casually dropped her. That hardly compares. However, it doesn't mean you weren't correct. I changed my comment, and thanks for calling me out on it. Still, I am quite fond with Lawler's answer.

@JanusBahsJacquet oh, sorry! good luck on your exam.

Janus Bahs Jacquet

Thanks! I reckon I’ll do all right, even though I should probably have spent a bit more than half an hour revising for it …

My uni is such a stronghold of well-organisedness. I can’t find anywhere that says when exactly my exam is (can’t remember if it’s 4 PM or 4:30 PM), so I wrote to ask my examiner/teacher, and he couldn’t remember either. :-D

Andrew Leach

09:44

Just turn up at a time which won't make you late! Hope it goes well.

Janus Bahs Jacquet

Yeah, I’ll just be there at 3:30. A bit disconcerting, though, when your examiner doesn’t remember the time … especially considering I’m the only one doing this exam, so it’s not like he just can’t remember what number I am in the list.

Matt Эллен

at least you know you won't be graded on a bell curve!

Janus Bahs Jacquet

Very true!

Then again, I don’t really think bell curves are possibly where I study—if we’re really lucky, we might occasionally manage to scrape together five people taking the same exam. Occasionally.

Matt Эллен

sounds pretty specialised

Janus Bahs Jacquet

Indo-European historical linguistics—fairly niche, yeah.

Matt Эллен

09:52

:D

Janus Bahs Jacquet

Not going to ask this as an actual question, but is there a word for when it starts thundering while the devil is beating his wife?

’Cause that just happened here.

Matt Эллен

I call it fun

Janus Bahs Jacquet

As long as you’re indoors

Matt Эллен

I guess that means we'll be getting rain tomorrow or saturday

medica

@JanusBahsJacquet lolol!

Janus Bahs Jacquet

09:58

@MattЭллен More likely it means you had rain yesterday—doesn’t it usually go west-to-east, from the Atlantic to the Mainland?

Matt Эллен

We haven't had rain for a week or so. we're expecting it to break. But yes, I suppose it doesn't usually come from the east

Janus Bahs Jacquet

We’ve had rain nearly every day for the past week or so. I guess we must be getting someone else’s second-hand rain for a change, rather than yours.

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