Top 5s

[bernie14]

Worst human characteristics

Envy
Petulance
Self loathing
Narrow mindedness
Unreliability

 

[Synobun]

Worst human characteristics

Envy
Petulance
Self loathing
Narrow mindedness
Unreliability

I meet two of those.

 

[bernie14]

I meet two of those.

No, vincor, no....better to learn to lie to yourself....

Also, bridge to far and the dirty dozen are great war flicks

 

[Arakhor]

2)Teresa May

4) is Amber Rudd. I'm also faintly amused that you managed to misspell a Greek name.

 

[Kyriakos]

4) is Amber Rudd. I'm also faintly amused that you managed to misspell a Greek name.

Is it spelled with an "h" in greek?

I suppose it comes from Theresias (as in the blind, multi-gendered prophet), then? I actually didn't make the connection, and in greek it returned from the latin and is now "Tereza", which doesn't sound greek as it is

 

[Sommerswerd]

top 5 things America should do politically

1. Massive redistribution effort where we spend into existence billions of dollars on the bottom ~80% or so and institute a bevy of new taxes on the top ~20% or so, with particularly care to distribute spending to the extreme poor and minorities
2. Universal health care
3. Decriminalize all drugs
4. Free national job training program and free secondary education
5. Kidnap Jeremy Corbyn and make him president

You can't begin our brave new world by criminally violating a man's rights, on the grounds that its "for the greater good"... that's how you end up living on Animal Farm wondering where it all went wrong

 

[Arakhor]

Is it spelled with an "h" in greek?

Mrs May certainly spells it with an H.

According to Wikipedia, it derives from the verb θερίζω (therízō), meaning to harvest, or perhaps from θηρεσία (thiresia), meaning "huntress" and a personal name of the goddess Artemis.

According to Behind the Name, it was first recorded as Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of St. Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θερος (theros) "summer", from Greek θεριζω (therizo) "to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).

 

[Kyriakos]

Mrs May certainly spells it with an H.

According to Wikipedia, it derives from the verb θερίζω (therízō), meaning to harvest, or perhaps from θηρεσία (thiresia), meaning "huntress" and a personal name of the goddess Artemis.

According to Behind the Name, it was first recorded as Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of St. Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θερος (theros) "summer", from Greek θεριζω (therizo) "to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).

Fits with walking with merry abandon in wheat fields

 

[Arakhor]

So it does.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Top five fives:

5) Jackson Five
4) Take Five
3) Slaughterhouse Five
2) Civ V
1) Five Guys

The top five reasons I object to this list:

1. It doesn't include Star Wars V - How dare you sir. Have you no decency? Have you no shame?!?
2. Civ V should not be included in a "top" anything.
3. I am not at Five Guys Burgers and Fries Right now with a juicy, delicious double burger in my hands right now. Why you ask? Because its 6:30 AM, that's why... which I would also object to, except it would mess up the list... Why am I up at 6:30 AM on a Saturday? Why I'm glad you asked... Its because when you have young children its like going to battle, you have to get the drop on them before they get the drop on you.
4. The number Five (5) should certainly be included in a list of fives purporting to be the top dawgs in their genre.
5. Given the OP, King Arthur always saying "Five" when he should say "Three" should definitely be on the list.

 

[Lexicus]

Car alarms are NOT "music"! They're just noise.

Listen to this song Valka. Please, you don't have to listen to the whole thing, just listen to like 25 seconds of it.

Does it sound like a car alarm to you?

 

[Arakhor]

Gibson's "accent" does for Scotland what Dick Van Dyke did for Cockneys (and DVD has apologised many times since).

Funnily enough, the BBC just released an article about bad film accents!

 

[Catharsis]

Incidentally if car alarms are your jam you could probably rap over this:


Link to video.

 

[Kyriakos]

Funnily enough, the BBC just released an article about bad film accents!

Isn't Braveheart a cultural highpoint in the ongoing struggle for a FREE Scotland?

It also features by far the coolest english king ever in a movie. And - naturally - the actor was a native scot.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, of course. English kings have a long habit of being played by anyone who isn't English.

 

[Ferocitus]

Interesting. I would guess that they are hidey holes for putting valuables when marauding armies or bandits appeared.

That's one hypothesis out of many others.
BTW, similar holes have been found as far away as Ireland.
None have any debris, or other signs they were used for long periods of time.
Hiding valuables would have, you'd think, left some dropped items, or drag marks, or other signs.

 

[Ferocitus]

Top 5 versions of the song "Pablo Picasso".

1. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.
2. Burning Sensations.
3. John Cale.
4. The Babies.
5. David Bowie.
9999. Talking Heads (despite having some original members of The Modern Lovers).

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Isn't Braveheart a cultural highpoint in the ongoing struggle for a FREE Scotland?

A documentary that came with the Braveheart Blu-ray implied that Braveheart led to the creation of the Scottish parliament.

 

[Arakhor]

Given that there were independent Scottish kings before William Wallace, that seems unlikely.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

top 5 ways to fill your weekend with existential dread

5. watch a sad movie
4. watch a sunset
3. look at old pictures from your social media sites that you don't use anymore
2. listen to sad music
1. exist