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If you want a modern take on Snow White et al, here’s the book for you.
The author takes all the Disney princesses and makes them evil. Snow White was so pale because she’s a vampire. Cinderella is a witch who drives the poor Prince insane.
How about a cartoon where his liar character is a politician?
Oops, that would be an animated news show…
In theory, theory is the same as practice. In practice, it isn’t.
The earliest strong match located by QI appeared in “The Yale Literary Magazine” of February 1882 which was written and edited by students. Benjamin Brewster who was a member of the class of 1882 wrote about an argument he had engaged in with a philosophical friend about theory versus practice.
Just saw the tiny thumbnail. Clicked on the article.
Yup, that’s a kid who’d be in the Emergency Department.
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If you want another great 1980’s sci-fi classic, watch “Repo Man.”
“I hate normal people. Normal people spned their whole lives trying to get out of tense situations. Repo man spends his whole life jumping into tense situations.”
Cheeky trull! Away!
Varlet! I bite my thumb at thee!
Dos’t thou thinks’t that the wiley mechanicist can not create an operator that can plumb the depths of language with ease? Our language is as unchanging as the mountains, and shall ever be so.
Think of it this way.
There’s an actual medical condition known as Chauffeur’s fracture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauffeur's_fracture
Back in the day, before the invention of the self starting engine, drivers would have to hand crank the cars, and sometimes a backfire would cause a particular type of injury.
Also, there’s a great line in the movie “The Interpreter” with Nicole Kidman.
Two UN interpreters are chatting about work. "I had a good one today. The American said it was “pie in the sky.” "
“Oh, that’s a tough one. What did you use?”
“Castles in Spain.”
“Nice.”
My personal opinion is that it’s 2025 and translation is free.
Get a well fitting back pack.
Put in enough weight that you feel it. A textbook is usually enough.
Wear it all the time.
It will remind you to stand up straight and it works your abs too.
Life is a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace Walpole, which a pretty funny name.
Sorcerer is a remake of the original. There are a lot of changes. Both films stand the test of time.
There was an incredibly awful remake using the title ‘Wages Of Fear.’ 2024 on Netflix.
So, you get to call me a bigot with no information?
And since you can’t come up with another explanation I’ll stick with the theory that covers the facts.
I’ll take your opinion for what it’s worth.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21675035/
Do you have any proof that the article is flawed? If not, do you have another theory for why this is true?
Funny story.
Nancy Reagan was Hollywood bimbo before she snagged married man Ronald Reagan and got him to divorce the mother of his children. She adopted the persona of hard core Christian while engaging in pagan superstitions like astrology. Because the GOP base was strongly ‘pro-life’ Nancy, who’d never cared one way or the other, painted herself as pro-life and was adamantly anti-abortion. She was against it until she found out that that stem cells might help Ronnie’s dementia. Then she was okay with stem cell research.
Another name for the ‘nothing box’ is ‘be still for hours and wait for that deer to come by so I can kill him.’
What women have is the ‘is this mushroom poison? How about that one? That berry, is that okay?’
It’s been proven women see a greater range of colors, because women were more likely to gather food.
The author’s bio is remarkable…
She was named after an anceint Goddess. Then it gets weird…