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

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: this article (you dont have to click unles you want to) makes a reference to "cheshire grins." Whats this mean?

 

[Disgustipated]

http://www.stauffers.net/company/faqs
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-11/942722976.Ot.r.html

docking holes apparently. good question

 

[bernie14]

Well then 2, at 0834 and 2034.

And I don't mean to be a pain, but 'U R' sounds to me like somebody reading the alphabet backwards. I might be the only one here who reads it as 'uniform Romeo', but I'm not the only one who gets annoyed when people use text language.

uniform Romeo sure this is the best answer to the question?

it is a fine answer, just dont know if it is the best one to this particular question...anyone else?

assuming this picture is in fact, that of a broken clock....how many times in a day would it be correct?

assuming this picture is in fact, that of a broken clock....how many times in a day would it be correct?

"cheshire grins." refers to the cheshire cat

 

[Scratch]

Has anyone here ever been to this museum?

 

[Cutlass]

Has anyone here ever been to this museum?

You realize that's a parody?

 

[Scratch]

You realize that's a parody?

It can't be parody. I reads it on the internet and the internet hasn't discovered parody yet.

 

[Cutlass]

But the Onion has

 

[Scratch]

No way! Damn, I was just getting excited reading up on how scientists have traced our ancestry back to one large goat!

I was liking that. How awesome would it be to be descended from goats? I wish we still had horns though.

 

[Mad Man]

X-Post. Speaking of bread holes, why do they put holes in crackers?

Because white people are evil, it's also against forum rules to use racial slurs so you might want to edit that.

 

[bernie14]

assuming this picture is in fact, that of a broken clock....how many times in a day would it be correct?

no one esle wants to play?

 

[W|M]

Because white people are evil, it's also against forum rules to use racial slurs so you might want to edit that.

What do you mean? I've never seen a racial slur have anything to do with my sentence.

 

[bernie14]

What do you mean? I've never seen a racial slur have anything to do with my sentence.

Cracker (pejorative), an abusive or slang term for a [united states] Southern white person

 

[W|M]

Oh, right. I was referring to this.

 

[Arakhor]

Ain't American English slang wonderful, people?

 

[SuperJay]

What do you mean? I've never seen a racial slur have anything to do with my sentence.

It was a joke. "Crackers" is clearly referring to the food in your context.

And to answer your question, the holes in crackers and other flatbreads (like pizza dough) are inserted in the dough to prevent large air bubbles from forming in it while the dough is baking.

 

[Abaddon]

I've seen this cosplay outfit several times.. problem is. I don't know who they are trying to be?! I don't recognise the character..

A little help please?

 

[SuperJay]

I'm about the worst source for anime / cosplay stuff, can't help there sorry.

Any Italian (?) speakers out there? I'm wondering what "Volto sciolto, pensieri stretti" means. (Apologies if I'm butchering the spelling; typing it out from memory.)

 

[phoenix_sprite]

What's the difference between a monarchy and a dictatorship? My mother has been insisting that she's right that Gaddafi's rule has been a monarchy and I tell her she's wrong because Gaddafi has never taken the title of king, but she's too pigheaded to see that.

From dictionary.com:

dic·ta·tor·ship
   /dɪkˈteɪtərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪkteɪ-/ Show Spelled[dik-tey-ter-ship, dik-tey-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
2.
absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.

mon·ar·chy
   /ˈmɒnərki/ Show Spelled[mon-er-kee] Show IPA
–noun, plural -chies.
1.
a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
2.
supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.

 

[carmen510]

Monarchs generally gain and pass on their power through hereditary lines, while dictators generally don't.

Monarchs can also utilize the doctrine of divine right.

 

[PeteAtoms]

I've seen this cosplay outfit several times.. problem is. I don't know who they are trying to be?! I don't recognise the character..

A little help please?

That's Brock Samson's lover/enemy from The Venture Brothers I think...