Things you've always wanted to know......

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westham,eggyandchips wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:34 pm What's the best popcorn - salt or sweet?
Chicago style. Half caramel & half cheese.
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Shabu wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:36 am Chicago style. Half caramel & half cheese.
Like the sound of that dude. Not sure my waistline does ......sounds yum though. :newthumb:
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Shabu wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:36 am Chicago style. Half caramel & half cheese.
That sounds disgustingly perverse & lovely..
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It's lovely. We were selling it for a while before the bloke who invented it sued us.

On a separate note.........

Where did the expression "Kick the living s h ! t out of someone" come from?

I can understand just kicking the s h ! t out of someone but why would it be living?
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Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
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Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
I don't know, and to be honest I don't give two hoots.
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Shabu wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 3:02 am
Where did the expression "Kick the living s h ! t out of someone" come from?
Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?

Would "I couldn't give a shlt" work for you guys?
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Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
Famed for not using it, I would say that the septics are indulging in a touch of irony, to say it like that.

In the same way as saying 'that's a coincidence!' in a certain way that suggests its not one at all.
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Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
Think it comes from non English speaking immigrants to the US simply missing out the negative contraction and that becoming the normal utterance. I associate it with Yiddish speakers but I can't remember why.
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-DL- wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:13 pm Just, why?

That's all I want to know really.
Wasn’t that a question in some Oxbridge entrance exam once, and some cleverclogs answered ‘Because.’ They got in whilst other students who wrote reams, failed.
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Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
It's roughly half & half.

The half that say COULDN'T make fun of the half that say COULD & they are too stupid to understand why :lol:
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Samba wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am Why when we say, 'I couldn't care less', Americans say, 'I could care less'?
Ours makes sense, whereas theirs doesn't.
Spend some time working for American corporates and you’ll soon understand why.
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And, before the invention of aeroplanes, did anyone give a flying f*ck??
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Why are there no national flags with pink or purple in them?
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Shabu wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:21 pm Why are there no national flags with pink or purple in them?
Purple dye was prohibitively expensive back in the day. It’s why purple is perceived to be a regal colour as only royalty could afford purple clothing.
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Shabu wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:21 pm Why are there no national flags with pink or purple in them?
its not pink, its salmon. :winker:
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:25 am its not pink, its salmon. :winker:
Bobby O wasn't it? He use to make me laugh at times.
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Re. purple on flags. Dominica's features a parrot with purple feathers and Nicaragua's has a purple stripe in the rainbow. Spain (lion) and Mexico (flowers) have pink.

edited to add: agreed there are no national flags with large purple (or pink) panels, for the reason James P gave.
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Why, when there an accident with one person injured, are there sometimes three or four ambulances at the scene?
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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:49 pm Why, when there an accident with one person injured, are there sometimes three or four ambulances at the scene?
My guess is that a crowd of slightly hysterical people all ring the ambulance service at the same time with different versions of what actually is going on.
The then send multiple ambulances just in case.
Why they hang about at the scene once it's become clear that the only injury is for someone trying to have a claim up Is a different matter.
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