Comments on: That’s a flavor I never would have guessed

By: Johnette

Johnette — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:51:38 +0000

Real brain power on diapsly. Thanks for that answer!

By: Jo Warren

Jo Warren — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:49:45 +0000

Troll said, “I tried playing the Toilet Game, but I soon got pi$$ed off.”

Troll, I find it better to be pi$$ed off than pi$$ed on.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:20:01 +0000

Finally?? I left this comment back in July! Of course, if the Iranian government was being run by three egg noodles, that would be an improvement!

By: Randomchick#7

Randomchick#7 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:02:51 +0000

Finally some one else besides me realizes this!

By: Alias

Alias — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:14:34 +0000

Or Thanksgiving stuffing.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:20:50 +0000

I comment am a thing of comedic beauty. Sounds like a perfectly good Engrish compliment to me!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:16:55 +0000

I just made up “parentheists” as a play on “panentheists,” of course, although etymologically “parenthesists” would actually make more sense. But I am seriously a panentheist. Whenever I get into serious discussions with atheists I find that they don’t believe in a God that I don’t believe in either, even though I strongly believe in God.

By: Aoife

Aoife — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:49:01 +0000

Oysters are halal, all fish is fine as long as it wasn’t dead before you got it out of the water. You don’t use dhabīḥah slaughter techniques on fish, so oysters are totally halal.

They’re not kosher though…

By: Aoife

Aoife — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:45:09 +0000

Oysters are halal, all fish is fine as long as it wasn’t dead before you got it out of the water. You don’t use dhabīḥah slaughter techniques on fish, and even then, if I recall correctly, the animal doesn’t have to be facing Mecca (not east as that is dependent on where you are, obviously) during slaughter if it isn’t possible, but should be during the pre-slaughter rituals involving making sure the animal is fed, drinks, and is calm…. though I think it’s a issue of contention anyhow, as it’s being accepted by some islamic authorities that it is impractical to have for instance thousands of poultry a day slaughtered facing the same way in a factory, and sometimes they just ensure the workers face Mecca, and so forth.

But mostly I just wanted to point out that oysters are totally halal.

They’re not kosher though…

By: Jazman-Flickr

Jazman-Flickr — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:22:15 +0000

The Peru system Buddha jumps the wall? XD

By: Jazman-Flickr

Jazman-Flickr — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:19:59 +0000

While I was looking at this…
an advertisement for Internet for US troops in Iraq o.o

By: Crite

Crite — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:56:07 +0000

That’s even better than the drink I found on the menu at a restaurant in Xi’an, China. It was some sort of tea that was translated as “The Peru system Buddha jumps the wall”. I wish I had a picture of it.

By: jnettie

jnettie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:34:52 +0000

Agreed!

I understand a little bit of Cantonese, but can’t read it, though I understand Chinese language structure. My Dad has been studying Chinese calligraphy and has explained that a lot of the simplified characters also take out certain of the “poetic” factors of traditional characters. Easier for computers, bad for understanding.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:25:02 +0000

Just going to report you to the RSPCTS, brb.

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:38:48 +0000

I still have some semtex scones for clearing the toilet of sharks, snakes and hard water stains.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:23:55 +0000

It starts with thread, then before you know it someone is throwing in metal parts…

By: Mark. Gooley

Mark. Gooley — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:40:51 +0000

I’m always deeply gratified when someone with enough knowledge of Chinese (or whatever other language) figures out how these arose and is kind enough to explain. Thank you. I know English and a fair amount of German, and that’s all, and funny as some of these are, I really do want to know their genesis as well.

By: greedy toilet shark

greedy toilet shark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:36:48 +0000

Please to be casting brioche or nice scones upon your toilet waters, raspberry jam appreciated, kthx.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:35:09 +0000

Sooner or later, Droll has to start with the Dreadful Puns, and there goes the thread down the pan…

By: dr handle

dr handle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:32:10 +0000

We’re also just as happy to have you make stuff up. It works for the rest of us…

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:57:50 +0000

Anne Ilk. That’s my theory.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:55:41 +0000

Cast your bread upon the toilet waters, for after many days you will find a very bloated shark!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:51:49 +0000

I tried playing the Toilet Game, but I soon got pi$$ed off.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:45:59 +0000

Oh, and I googled “panentheists”. That’s a really interesting angle on the God question.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:41:37 +0000

Nicely put, but did you mean parentheSists? (I’m not sure I’ve ever seen either word).

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:34:49 +0000

No, Bandit Keith in America. You’re not fooling anyone!

By: with_Apostrophe

with_Apostrophe — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:21:17 +0000

Your comment.

By: with_Apostrophe

with_Apostrophe — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:20:38 +0000

John B – you comment is a thing of comedic beauty.

The only problem is that I’m not a parentheist, so I don’t know whether to believe your assertion that you’re not one either.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:40:26 +0000

Well, retributive fabulous (as in described in fable) beings, perhaps, which would include the Dreadful Pun Hell fairy, the Dreadful Spelling Sprite, and possibly the First Troll Lecturer. Not the toilet shark, though. Toilet sharks are REAL. Just ask holly. Ask to look at her toilet shark scars.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:45:53 +0000

And BTW, of what ilk is the DPH fairy???

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:43:04 +0000

Our inner circular dish of microwave.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:41:25 +0000

I have been accused of many things in my time, but never once has anyone accused me of being the Toilet Police. Or the Toilet Game Warden.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:36:32 +0000

Then there are the parentheists (I am not one of them, though), who believe only what they read in appended but inserted passages.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:50:20 +0000

MRNot:
I found a Chinese character called Kangxi Radical Drum : ⿎ .
Maybe we could use that, and Chinese people might get some LOLZ because it probably has meanings we don’t know about.

PoodleGroomer: I LOLed!

By: Jenny Taylia

Jenny Taylia — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:50:32 +0000

MEATCAKE!!! (thanks, George)

By: Rivahcat

Rivahcat — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:49:26 +0000

The butter pastes the cake… or it gets the hose again.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:18:08 +0000

Another ghastly anal-ogy from Droll.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:17:20 +0000

I suppose you can just write ++tish-BOOM!++

By: curiousposes

curiousposes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:17:32 +0000

lol, (that’s all)

By: JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:01:47 +0000

I’m pleased if someone has actually read the other posts for an item before posting themselves. Someone who actually goes to the archives to look stuff up, well, I’m sure glad to have you aboard!

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:48:09 +0000

If you don’t hit anything solid, you should be able to safely pass one.

By: MRNot

MRNot — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:38:43 +0000

How do you emoticon a drum rim-shot?

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:45:58 +0000

In that case, we won’t look down on you.

By: K-Eon

K-Eon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:33:24 +0000

geez…

By: K-Eon

K-Eon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:32:43 +0000

don’t worry, i look up on that stuff

By: tehexile

tehexile — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:19:28 +0000

i believe in the Pancreator.

By: hollyr57

hollyr57 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:07:58 +0000

Pax vobiscum, dear Dr. The sports cliques of my day had no problems with seeking out the halt and lame (in basket and volleyball) and gleefully stomping on them. Sharpening our teeth on their inflated egos just made them a bit less puffy. It was a mercy biting!

By: hollyr57

hollyr57 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:59:37 +0000

And sometimes mandated. If not by the DPH and others of her ilk, by our own inner twistings and turnings.

By: hollyr57

hollyr57 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:55:17 +0000

Just like you, John B, to answer your own question!
(You got it right though, so here’s a gold star, no, actually it’s a butter-pasted golden cake as your reward.)

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:29:47 +0000

That’s why you were being as-salt-ed.