The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXII

[Cutlass]

Pope Nope?
Or we could Latinize it and he'd be Popus Nopus.

 

[Borachio]

You know voodoo dolls, right? Where someone puts pins into an effigy of someone, with evil intent.

Is there any tradition of a reverse voodoo doll, where you take great care of an effigy of someone, with benign intent?

So, instead of Baron Samedi, is there a Baron Dimanche?

 

[bhsup]

The only thing even remotely close that I can think of is the painting of Dorian Gray...

 

[Borachio]

Well, what about Barbie Dolls? And Action Men (which are dolls too)?

Aren't they effigies of the owner themselves?

 

[bhsup]

I assume most are actually destroyed over time.

 

[Borachio]

Ah. See? Is that where the human race goes wrong in its quest for immortality?

 

[Glassfan]

Pope Nope?
Or we could Latinize it and he'd be Popus Nopus.

Latin is funny.

 

[shadowplay]

Can anyone identify the cured meat on the bottom of this antipasto plate?

Spoiler :

 

[The_J]

Normal ham, I'd say.

 

[shadowplay]

I think you're right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosciutto_di_Parma

That looks like it.

 

[Antilogic]

Prosciutto, one of the most delicious forms of pig.

 

[Borachio]

Jambon de Bayonne

 

[Chukchi Husky]

You know voodoo dolls, right? Where someone puts pins into an effigy of someone, with evil intent.

Is there any tradition of a reverse voodoo doll, where you take great care of an effigy of someone, with benign intent?

So, instead of Baron Samedi, is there a Baron Dimanche?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet

 

[Borachio]

Oh Wow!

Thanks.


See? I knew it had to be true.

 

[Cutlass]

How many Spinal Tap drummers died?

 

[madviking]

At least four:

one in a bizarre gardening accident
another choked on someone else's vomit
two from spontaneous human combustions

and another one of the deaths as "a mystery better left unsolved." (could be referring to one of the above)

 

[timtofly]

An extremely random question:

Do you guys keep your shoes on when you visit other peoples houses? And what about your own houses? This is about wether you do so in your country or region.

I heard people in Germany keep on their shoes when they visit others, and that seems absurd to me.

My job takes me into other people's homes a lot. Unless there is a mat containing empty shows at the door, I do not even ask. In some homes it is safer to leave them on. Sometimes if the carpets looks in good shape, I may ask if they prefer I take them off. When service people come to my house they put on those disposable hospital booties over their shoes.

I take them off at my own house because I am more comfortable in my own home and my shoes are not that comfortable to "just leave them on". If people want to leave their shoes on when they visit, it is ok with me. We do not request that they take them off. We don't make them leave them on, if they want to take them off either.

 

[Ice_Tyrant]

What's the biggest city in the world by size? Not population but the area it takes up.

 

[ace99]

Tokyo. Possibly NY or LA.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Ok, so the realtors have started showing our apartment now. We had a group of 3 college girls come and look at the place. The only questions they asked us was how much utilities run.

I was hoping that they would ask about the appliances, or how we like the apartment, or anything that all that would give me an opening to really ream the realtor and unmask the apartment for what a craphole it is.

But they didn't and I can't blame them because when I moved in here, I didn't think to ask questions like that either.

So my question is:
Is it wrong to start telling potential apartment renters the pitfalls of your place? Can that get me in trouble with the realtors - can they retaliate against me?

Because if the answer to the above question is, 'say whatever you want', then I will next time, without waiting to be asked first.