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

[Synobun]

Back in the Philippine I used to drink the tap water there. It has been more than five years since that has happened. What are the chances I've lost the immunity need to tolerate said water and need to be careful about drinking it on trips to developing countries?

It depends on your body, really. Your best bet is to ween yourself into it to make sure you don't get sick. Might be a bit irritating having to filter it or drink bottled water at first, but it's a much better alternative than getting dreadfully ill for a couple weeks, especially if you're on vacation or in a rough country.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

That guy sounds like a serious crook- I don't know about tenancy laws in Canada, but in the UK that would be quite illegal. Be glad you're shot of him!

Yeah well you guys are a bunch of socialists living in an over-regulated liberal hellhole. Here we have no use for such frivolities, and live firmly by the character-building caveat emptor that helped our Greatest Generation beat the Nazis and make America strong.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What does it mean when poop hits the fan?

 

[W|M]

It means that something has gone badly wrong.

 

[Mad Man]

What does it mean when poop hits the fan?

Turn a fan on and experiment

 

[Yeekim]

I am translating a short movie about vintage aircraft. One Spitfire pilot says the following:

I have always been very lucky
because I actually started learning
on vintage airplanes themselves.

I learned on a stomp.
And also at Harvard.

Could anyone guess, what the hell would "learning on a stomp" mean? Google doesn´t seem to know such an expression, yet he says that entirely clearly. Could that be an acronym of some sort?

I solved the mystery. He actually refers to two plane types: Stampe and Harvard

 

[Dumanios]

What does it mean when poop hits the fan?

Mythbusters did an episode on it. You should watch it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Why, often, does adding "ist" to the end of something (noun-ist) give it a negative connotation? Im trying to think of an example right now....

 

[Cutlass]

Because the English language is what you make of it.

 

[Flying Pig]

-ist is someone who follows an ideology; an -ism. You could just describe the suffix as meaning 'setting store by' - so Thatcherism becomes 'setting store by [the thoughts of] Thatcher', racism 'setting store by race', and so on.

 

[madviking]

Should madviking spend his summer working as a Offshore/Pipeline Engineering Intern in Houston, Texas?

 

[cardgame]

Only if paid. Most engineering interns are, and oil is mega money.

 

[Cutlass]

Should madviking spend his summer working as a Offshore/Pipeline Engineering Intern in Houston, Texas?

Unless you've got something a great deal better lined up, do it.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Why, often, does adding "ist" to the end of something (noun-ist) give it a negative connotation? Im trying to think of an example right now....

Leftist... statist...

It's used when you haven't got a proper argument and a proper ad hominem is above your mental capacity.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Leftist... statist...

It's used when you haven't got a proper argument and a proper ad hominem is above your mental capacity.

Yes thats what I was thinking of.

Question: A streetlight just died outside my window. The town-building is closed. Should I call someone (considering I'm mostly unintelligible anyways), and if so, who? It was flashing and making explosion noises and then it stopped.

 

[Synobun]

Yes thats what I was thinking of.

Question: A streetlight just died outside my window. The town-building is closed. Should I call someone (considering I'm mostly unintelligible anyways), and if so, who? It was flashing and making explosion noises and then it stopped.

Call the local township once they're open again tomorrow. They'll fix it, but don't expect them to do it quickly. The street light outside my house was broken for four years before it was fixed.

 

[Tee Kay]

Should madviking spend his summer working as a Offshore/Pipeline Engineering Intern in Houston, Texas?

Yes, and I should add that I'm so jelly. I'd do everything short of killing to get that kind of vacation work.

 

[Civciv5]

Why is the Dakar Rally not in Dakar?
Why is it in South America?
Why is it called Dakar Rally if it isn't in Dakar,isn't that nonsense?
That is a contradictio in terminis!
It should be renamed South America Rally.

 

[Traitorfish]

Yes, and I should add that I'm so jelly. I'd do everything short of killing to get that kind of vacation work.

The source of our unemployment woes made clear!

 

[Verarde]

I'll try to make a long story short.

I was at choir yesterday, and we wrapped up. There is a 30 minute break in between that and orchestra, and my female friend whom I have mentioned so many times that you guys are probably tired of hearing about her. Anyway, she asked me if I had any free time in between choir and orchestra, and I said, yeah, about 20-25 minutes or so, and she asked if we could just sit down and talk.

We did.

It was very pleasant. We discussed choir, school, and a little bit of theology, but that's besides the point.

I'm pretty naive when it comes to girls, and I've always been a staunch proponent of the adage "If you think a girl likes you, you're wrong" because that's pretty much how it's been so far. But this is the first time that I've had this happen.

So, what does this mean?