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

[Kennigit]

Frankly I'm upset people don't include "and Providence Plantations" in America's forgotten state, Rhode Island.

edit- should say jokingly upset. I make fun of rhode islanders

 

[Dachs]

because "plantations" is a dirty word that implies white fops sitting on porches sipping mint juleps while looking out over the fields to see the backs of negro workers toiling in the hot sun

 

[Antilogic]

The broseph from the rapist slaver university is correct. Virginia at least is never referred to as anything but a commonwealth - at least, not by people in the area. A lot of businesses use "commonwealth" in the name, as do a few state-run programs and agencies. The main exception to this that I can think of is that Richmond is referred to as the "state capital" housing the "state government", but other than that, Virginia is almost always called a Commonwealth and not a state.

It's freaking bizarre and stupid, but there it is.

We can also wave our privileged commonwealths in Puerto Rico's collective faceholes. Although in national news broadcasts, people will mistakenly refer to one of the four commonwealths as a state.

Side note: why haven't they joined up yet? They need to drop all the Foraker Act emotional baggage and take the plunge already.

 

[bhsup]

Totally agree. They should be forced to make a decision. Statehood or complete independence.

Different topic. Do mammals in general prefer cooked over raw? I mean, if you had two Kansas City strips, one cooked and one raw, and slapped them both down in front of a Siberian tiger, would the kitty go after the yummy cooked one first, or the raw one?

 

[Lord Baal]

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[Samson]

Different topic. Do mammals in general prefer cooked over raw? I mean, if you had two Kansas City strips, one cooked and one raw, and slapped them both down in front of a Siberian tiger, would the kitty go after the yummy cooked one first, or the raw one?

I believe they would preffer the cooked one. Cooking liberates many chemicals that are appealing to the taste of mamals, as they are more nutritionally benificial. If you did the actual experiment above, you may get the opposite answer as most animals will go with what they are used to and wild animals are used to raw food, but if you took a tiger who was used to both raw and cooked food I would put money on the cooked one going first.

 

[Cutlass]

We can also wave our privileged commonwealths in Puerto Rico's collective faceholes. Although in national news broadcasts, people will mistakenly refer to one of the four commonwealths as a state.

Side note: why haven't they joined up yet? They need to drop all the Foraker Act emotional baggage and take the plunge already.

I think the resistance has been on both sides. Many in the US proper don't want them to be a state. The big money backs the status quo, because of the preferential treatment of businesses. Though a number of those preferences have ended, which changes the calculus.

 

[really]

I have a €500 note in my possession - what should I do with it?

(at current exchange rates that is say $700 or £400)

 

[Arakhor]

If you're in Ireland, I'd suggest banking or spending it.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

The broseph from the rapist slaver university is correct. Virginia at least is never referred to as anything but a commonwealth - at least, not by people in the area. A lot of businesses use "commonwealth" in the name, as do a few state-run programs and agencies. The main exception to this that I can think of is that Richmond is referred to as the "state capital" housing the "state government", but other than that, Virginia is almost always called a Commonwealth and not a state.

It's freaking bizarre and stupid, but there it is.

Point taken.

Guess what the 282 million other Americans call it?

 

[Traitorfish]

Most Americans seem to think that Scotland is contained wholly inside England. They're not a demographic I'd appeal to on this stuff.

 

[Farm Boy]

Everything I needed to know about Scotland I learned from Braveheart and Trainspotting?

 

[Arakhor]

Everything I needed to know about Scotland I learned from Braveheart and Trainspotting?

I know that's a joke and I still want to strangle you (and I'm not even half-Scottish).

 

[Farm Boy]

Would it help if I mentioned I'm hording a last shots-worth of Glenlivet 18 in my cupboard? >.> <.<

Or does it not count now that the French own it, I think?

 

[Arakhor]

Not especially, as I'm functionally teetotal.

 

[Farm Boy]

Not especially, as I'm functionally teetotal.

Oh come on, if you write off booze, claymores, bastardized history, and heroin, what's left about Scotland for me to talk about? Sheep? Coal? I suppose we could talk about sheep. Or naked blue-painted men, but my interest in that one wanes unfortunately quickly.

<thinks about finding something to hide behind>

 

[Arakhor]

There's always the weather and hating on the English.

 

[Radio Noer]

Would people be interested in an "Ask a Telephone Fundraiser" thread?

 

[Lord Baal]

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[cardgame]

Yeah, to be frank that doesn't sound interesting.