The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XIV

[Meteor Man]

Yeah.......once again.......

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I mean, why do you need them if you don't want to crawl on your hands?

 

[Meteor Man]

I'm sure they're a delicacy in some places, but as shoes, I'm at a loss...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

No, Im serious:
You need elephant balls if you don't want to crawl on your hands through this world

 

[Meteor Man]

So people harvest elephant balls so they can sell them so they're not impoverished and crawling through the streets begging for money?

I'm sorry, but I'm not contributing anything to this discussion.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well it has to be true or it wouldnt be there.

 

[Babbler]

African warriors need them to give them strength, courage and memory.

 

[holy king]

well, if you work with a very broad definition of "having balls" this statement is true.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: I saw an article in Google News Archive, clicked it, and got a 404 error. So I searched for the paper on that date and got all 404's. Is it just me?

http://news.google.com/archivesearc...&as_ldate=1983/01&as_hdate=1983/01&lnav=hist0

 

[Atticus]

I got them too. Tried random three.

Question: Sometimes in English you see "a" in front of a verb, like: "The times they are a changing" or "just a sitting and a jamming". Is the letter's only purpose to bring some rhythm to the sentence? Or does it have some informativeness too, like for example to tell that utterer is a common, honest and simple (in the good sense) man?

Also, I think I've seen only Americans using that "a". Do British, Australians or Canadians use it too?

 

[Cutlass]

I got them too. Tried random three.

Question: Sometimes in English you see "a" in front of a verb, like: "The times they are a changing" or "just a sitting and a jamming". Is the letter's only purpose to bring some rhythm to the sentence? Or does it have some informativeness too, like for example to tell that utterer is a common, honest and simple (in the good sense) man?

Also, I think I've seen only Americans using that "a". Do British, Australians or Canadians use it too?

English is an irrational language. Trying to make sense of it will give you a brain tumor.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

No wonder... when I look at the newspaper it looks like that date dont even exist. How did it get into the archive then?
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dBzKUGQurMsC&dat=19830211&b_mode=2

EDIT: I cant seem to link... click the arrow on the left and you'll see January 1983

 

[shadowplay]

Question: Sometimes in English you see "a" in front of a verb, like: "The times they are a changing" or "just a sitting and a jamming". Is the letter's only purpose to bring some rhythm to the sentence? Or does it have some informativeness too, like for example to tell that utterer is a common, honest and simple (in the good sense) man?

Also, I think I've seen only Americans using that "a". Do British, Australians or Canadians use it too?

Yes you're correct, it's basically just to bring rhythm to the sentence. It serves no real grammatical purpose in this instance.

Canadians use it aswell, don't know about Aussies and Brits.

 

[W|M]

English is an irrational language. Trying to make sense of it will give you a brain tumor.

If making sense of English gives you a brain tumor, making sense of Portuguese is instant death.

Also, how do you upload BtS save files on CFC?

 

[Ajidica]

Just go through the add attachment option when you click 'go advanced' when making a post.

 

[W|M]

In the late game, it's way too big, especially with mods.

 

[Ajidica]

Jeez, how big of a map is it?
In that case, zip it then upload it. If it is still too big, you will have to go through the DL database.

 

[shadowplay]

From what I've heard CFC doesn't host files larger than 10mb. Try RapidShare or something like that.

 

[Meteor Man]

Atomic Gamer works too.

 

[The Yankee]

Has anyone eaten KFC's Double Downs? If so how are they?

I liked it. I also hated myself for liking it.