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Dr_Amazing
Apr 15, 2006

It's a long story

Crasscrab posted:

Gotta get certified somehow!

Well he should do it somewhere that allows diving.

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Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
Rules be damned! There's SCUBAing to do!

DrinkMoreBeer
Jan 23, 2006

by toby
Shave the babby!

dijon du jour
Mar 27, 2013

I'm shy

DrinkMoreBeer posted:

Shave the babby!



The alternative to a bikini wax: not getting a bikini wax and just using your wild, untamed pubic hair as a thong.
(It looks like it rides up something fierce, though)

Terminal Entropy
Dec 26, 2012

dijon du jour posted:

The alternative to a bikini wax: not getting a bikini wax and just using your wild, untamed pubic hair as a thong.
(It looks like it rides up something fierce, though)

I believe it is called a Demi.

Pope Hilarius II
Nov 10, 2008

Someone on the last page was talking about speculoos in Northern France, but let me tell you that this attempt by the French to steal yet another cultural aspect from Belgium (and the Netherlands) will not stand. It's lovely enough already to have to explain to people that French fries are not French :(. Incidentally, and I'm not joking, if you want to get into a fist fight with a Belgian real quickly, keep insisting that French fries are French.

Spooky Bear Ghost
Sep 17, 2010

lets get spooky

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

This is the "funny" picture thread, you know.

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



the jizz taxi posted:

Someone on the last page was talking about speculoos in Northern France, but let me tell you that this attempt by the French to steal yet another cultural aspect from Belgium (and the Netherlands) will not stand. It's lovely enough already to have to explain to people that French fries are not French :(. Incidentally, and I'm not joking, if you want to get into a fist fight with a Belgian real quickly, keep insisting that French fries are French.

Seriously? If by 'get into a fight' you mean 'elicit a half-hearted shrug', then yes. It's certainly not enough for me to start bashing clueless foreigners' heads in.

As for the speculoos spread, it's on the list of 'typically Belgian' things that I don't particularly care for. Now if we're talking about actual speculoos, as in the biscuits, they are indeed delicious:

HighClassSwankyTime
Jan 16, 2004

Thats a speculaas biscuit and is a typically Dutch cookie, not Belgian or French :eng101:

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside?

Otcho
May 4, 2012

Phlegmish posted:

Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside?

Is your avatar who I think it is?

(Belgian takeover)

Flipperwaldt
Nov 11, 2011

Won't somebody think of the starving hamsters in China?



Eponine posted:

Just got back from Northern France. Having some serious Speculoos withdrawal. The best is the speculoos tiramisu.
Lotus brand Speculoos (that's probably going to be the most widespread brand in Northern France, as well as Belgium and the Netherlands) is sold in the USA under the name Biscoff. They even have a store locator for those poor American addicts.

Otcho posted:

Is your avatar who I think it is?
Looks like Tobback.

SpaceGoatFarts
Jan 5, 2010

sic transit gloria mundi


Nap Ghost

Otcho posted:

Is your avatar who I think it is?

(Belgian takeover)

If you think it's Louis Tobback

efb

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right



the jizz taxi posted:

I realise it's more normal when playing against another country, but something that struck me while I was in the US three years ago was that there are motherfucking flags everywhere. Like, you can't turn a corner someplace and see the Stars & Stripes hanging from a building, planted in a corner or used as part of a logo design. I even saw buildings with multiple flags. I understand that Americans are pretty chauvinist, but I never saw that amount of national flags in the United Kingdom or France - also both chauvinist nations. Or is it a reminder to very dim people that they are in America? It can't be that either, can it?

Pope Hilarius II
Nov 10, 2008

Phlegmish posted:

Seriously? If by 'get into a fight' you mean 'elicit a half-hearted shrug', then yes. It's certainly not enough for me to start bashing clueless foreigners' heads in.


Of course, I wouldn't expect a Flemish nationalist to get upset about such matters :smug:.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.









(bridesmaids in strapless dresses)

Inpossible
Oct 9, 2012

the jizz taxi posted:

Someone on the last page was talking about speculoos in Northern France, but let me tell you that this attempt by the French to steal yet another cultural aspect from Belgium (and the Netherlands) will not stand. It's lovely enough already to have to explain to people that French fries are not French :(. Incidentally, and I'm not joking, if you want to get into a fist fight with a Belgian real quickly, keep insisting that French fries are French.

Isn't it an American thing to call them French fries?

Keetron
Sep 26, 2008

Check out my enormous testicles in my TFLC log!


The elephant tastes best.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
We call them "Pommes Frites" in Sweden which sounds ominously French

Pope Hilarius II
Nov 10, 2008

Pity, I'd thought it would've been something like 'frittor'.

Inpossible posted:

Isn't it an American thing to call them French fries?

Yes, but most L2 English speakers learn American English, even in Europe.

SpaceGoatFarts
Jan 5, 2010

sic transit gloria mundi


Nap Ghost

Inpossible posted:

Isn't it an American thing to call them French fries?

It's an American thing to call them Freedom fries because the French are cowards.

Crowley
Mar 13, 2003

Zzulu posted:

We call them "Pommes Frites" in Sweden which sounds ominously French

Same here in Denmark. Aren't they actually from Belgium?

SpaceGoatFarts
Jan 5, 2010

sic transit gloria mundi


Nap Ghost

Crowley posted:

Same here in Denmark. Aren't they actually from Belgium?

They are indeed from someplace around here, before Belgium was even a real thing. We just like to keep thinking we invented them because we still make the best ones. :colbert:

And now for something completely different

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


Zzulu posted:

We call them "Pommes Frites" in Sweden which sounds ominously French

It means "fried apples".

But that's only because potatoes are actually "pommes de terre" in French, which means "earth apples". So the correct name would be "pommes de terre frites".

Fried earth apples, sounds good to me!

Konar
Dec 14, 2006

Placid Marmot posted:

If you travel in Europeland you will see them in cafés and street-food places, because the Euros love their nutella crepes and gaufres and sandwiches and icecreams. I think Costco is supposed to be a business supplier in theory (isn't it?), which would suggest that the super-nutella is intended for food businesses.

I meant the humon comic I quoted sucks for the record, giant Nutella owns bones. Really giant anything is funny to me, post giant stuff

SpaceGoatFarts
Jan 5, 2010

sic transit gloria mundi


Nap Ghost
Here, have some Pommes Porn to end this derail or I swear to God I'll start talking about pommes Duchesse, pommes noisettes, pommes sautées, pommes rissolées, pommes soufflées, pommes chips and pommes forestines.

Ben Murphy
Sep 9, 2001

I like him in spite of the fact that he's not me.

I'm curious what most of you did before videogames. Every single frame of reference you seem to have is through the lens of some kind of game.

For content:

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


grady posted:

I'm curious what most of you did before videogames. Every single frame of reference you seem to have is through the lens of some kind of game.

Not exist, mostly. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it's what you did too, unless you're over 55 years old. Even if you only count commercially available video games available to take home and play, that's still been over forty years.

You also seem to be ignoring all the other references to things like TV shows, movies, books, art, history, etc. When you put them all together we call that "culture".

DONT TOUCH THE PC
Jul 15, 2001

You should try it, it's a real buzz.

Phlegmish posted:

Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside?

Sure, but what good would that do to this little argument?

Bixington
Feb 27, 2011

made me feel all nippley inside my tittychest
Quit crying about vidya gaems and post funny pictures.

couldcareless
Feb 8, 2009

Spheal used Swagger!

Finally, I've found the key to open the way to One Eyed Willy's treasure.

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer
Thanks to all the speculoos talk, I ordered some Biscoff from amazon and picked up some speculoos spread from Trader Joes. This poo poo better be good.

Flaggy
Jul 6, 2007

Grandpa Cthulu needs his napping chair



Grimey Drawer

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

Thanks to all the speculoos talk, I ordered some Biscoff from amazon and picked up some speculoos spread from Trader Joes. This poo poo better be good.

Shits amazing, I stock up when I get near a Trader Joes, you will not be disappointed.

DrBouvenstein
Feb 28, 2007

I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

The Door Frame posted:

My crappy little Chicago suburb has at least 2 that are only a couple miles away from my house. I thought they were everywhere, like Whole Foods

If by "everywhere, like Whole Foods" you mean "Not in lots of places, like Whole Foods" then yes!

There are none of either anywhere in my entire state, or one of the states bordering mine, and none close by in the other state bordering me. I'm not even in "fly-over" country, I'm, in the northeast.

However, there is a Healthy Living in my town, which I think is pretty much exactly like a Whole Foods. Plus, Trader Joe's is trying to build a store here...right next to said Healthy Living store, no less...but that's at least a couple years away, they're still in the "approval" stages.

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer

Flaggy posted:

Shits amazing, I stock up when I get near a Trader Joes, you will not be disappointed.

The only thing that gave me pause is when I was typing speculoos on amazon the first thing it suggested was speculum. I'm a little bothered that more people are apparently ordering those than a delicious treat.

Also, there's a spread joke in there somewhere, but I sure as hell ain't looking for it.

President Ark
May 16, 2010

:iiam:
Trader Joe's is very much a regional thing, except rather than being in one specific part of the US it's in hodgepodge patches all over. Where I grew up in south Jersey there were none whatsoever, presumably because the omnipresent Wawas everywhere strangled all potential convenience store/smaller supermarket competition entirely.

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


There are two Aldi brothers and both own a chain of independent Aldi stores. One is called Aldi Süd (South) and the other is called Aldi Nord (North).

Here are the logos of those stores:

Nord


Süd


They have subdivided Germany and Europe between themselves:


And since Trader Joes is basically Aldi Nord and the stores you know as Aldi in the US is Aldi Süd, I think you won't see both of them in one area. It's either Aldi or Trader Joe's.

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


couldcareless posted:

Finally, I've found the key to open the way to One Eyed Willy's treasure.

:golfclap:

I approve of this reference.

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Kakairo
Dec 5, 2005

In case of emergency, my ass can be used as a flotation device.

Lucy Heartfilia posted:

And since Trader Joes is basically Aldi Nord and the stores you know as Aldi in the US is Aldi Süd, I think you won't see both of them in one area. It's either Aldi or Trader Joe's.

You can find both in the Chicago area. In fact, I know of one area in the city where a Trader Joe's and an Aldi share a building.

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