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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in answer, pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad ip for hostname in answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer, +1 more (174): Is there a word like "inherit" for when a widow(er) takes full ownership of the shared estate?‭ by alieenmeyer‭ on english.SE
 
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
13:52
@CowperKettle makes sense to me but I don't know the second thing about French.
c.f. Torsades de pointes
"Torr-sod de powant"
Cerberus
Cerberus
14:29
@CowperKettle You have two names here, one with an i, the other without.
In French, -es is usually pronounced as a schwa or not at all.
And Ciè is usually pronounced /jɛː/.
Cf. Molière.
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: , US: , French: [mɔljɛʁ]), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language...
Aww.
Quite a coincidence.
@Mitch Ah, I never knew that. In Dutch, we only have the word aap, used for everything.
@CowperKettle Smaller, so less noticeable, and cheaper, and easier to transport/place/fit?
@Mitch What?? Why not?
I have never not seen them in European cities.
The reason is that you don't want people peeing against buildings, which is a problem.
They have been here for I don't know how many centuries.
@MattE.Эллен Fun!
> 54.31 996/1000
I'm getting close...
Maybe this is a different word from the one you tried: a new word each day?
Cerberus
Cerberus
15:03
> You found it in 139! The secret word is
But my closest guess was actually my guess no. 23.
Has the story been preserved?
Good.
Is it at all of literary interest?
One problem is that there probably was nothing comparable to real literature then...?
I mean, there is a reason why we read Greek literature but not Egyptian, isn't there?
Possibly.
I think there have been stories for as long as man can talk!
Cerberus
Cerberus
15:47
@CowperKettle So it seems as though various stories in the Bible were taken from Sinhue?
Cerberus
Cerberus
16:11
@CowperKettle I haven't read either, but the Wiki article suggests it.
Mitch
Mitch
16:42
@Cerberus 1) there's definitely a need for public restrooms in the US just as in Europe.
2) I suppose in some big US cities there must be some sidewalk peeing kiosks, but those are entirely closed to view.
3) some public but secluded places like concrete walkways or underpasses will have a problem with urine smell, but those places are considered undesirable areas
4) There's always a trend in denser areas for low end establishments to put signs in the window saying something like "Restrooms for clients/diners/customers only"
5) I'm trying to think of where do people in the US actually go pee. Usually a store. with the proliferation of big box or chain stores in the US, they usually have bathrooms that are usable by guests.
user4539917
user4539917
that's also to stop junkies from shooting up in the washrooms, no?
Mitch
Mitch
6) What do I do? I pee right before I go out, the I don't have to worry about it.
@user4539917 which 'that'?
user4539917
user4539917
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Mitch
Mitch
Yeah I suppose.
Mitch
Mitch
17:15
@Cerberus What do women do?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
17:53
@Mitch okay now that sounds like a nightmare
Being at the mercy of both your bladder and a random shopkeeper.
You're peeing your pants and he's going on about "you can't pee unless you buy something"
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@M.A.R. that is impressive!
Mitch
Mitch
18:14
@M.A.R. The idea is that you aren't just walking down the street shooting up heroin and decide 'Dang I need to pee but I want to do it in a responsible manner, not just there in the street' but you're walking down the street to go to a store. So... pee while you're there.
Also, then, why aren't there pissoirs for women?
Also, how does it work where you are?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Mitch We have public bathrooms, walls and everything, for men and for women, but nothing so mini as a pissoir. Inside cities you can for the most part only find these in parks. Downtown, your best bet is to find a park.
Although shopkeepers are also much less concerned about heroin, except I guess in the poorest areas of the city (which tend to have a few extra parks because they've not turned into 'concrete jungles' yet)
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
18:47
@MattE.Эллен okay but today I gave up after 60 tries. And the word is nearly impossible to guess, based on synonyms
It's a very, very common word
 
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RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
20:53
Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown
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@Robusto the way, way important question is: Is "gay" gender-neutral anymore?
But somehow nobody ever asks that.
PC gone mad.
@Mitch yeah well, that's the thing. I wouldn't have to care about the meter, and first thing in the morning as well, if only I didn't have to care about the meter, which I do.
@Mitch also I do have fat legs. From all the participating in all the cycling races, I quite still do. Despite not having moved an inch in years.
@Cerberus yeah well personally I absolutely hate that word with a passion. The first time ever that I heard that word was in the title of a movie that Whoopie Goldberg was in. So I've hated it ever since, and with a passion.
That said, Mandelstam just doesn't care about Whoopie. Frankly, he doesn't care about quite a lot of things. What a guy.
Anyway, the person that had the original objection has since reconsidered. So it's all fine and I'm leaving it as-is for now.
On an unrelated note, there's a wood pigeon in my garden doing his usual moo-moo-moo. As he does all day, every day.
But now there's also some techno music from the neighours'. Or house music, I should say.
And it's a match made in heaven. A perfect match of frequency, volume, and timbre. The pigeon and the techno.
Just not the rhythm. The bird is too stupid to match the 152 BPM.
But it does match everything else.
And sometimes by a weird accident it pauses just when there's a pause in the music before the bass drops.
And then the bass drops, and the bird hits the downbeat to a millisecond.
Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo.
Porn Kings - Up To No Good (Original Mix)
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I actually have that very CD, holy fuck. I have it on the IKEA shelf right behind me. BRB dancing.
Mitch
Mitch
21:50
@RegDwigнt I have pumped up legs too in my head from all the vicarious bike riding i do.
Robusto
Robusto
22:10
@RegDwigнt Fat is fat. Muscle is muscle. My quads are like leather-covered oak. YMMV, especially if you haven't cycled in a long time.
@Mitch Who is your cycling vicar/rabbi?
Xanne
Xanne
Over The Rainbow // Dave Brubeck
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I have the vinyl record of this.

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