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Crasscrab posted:Gotta get certified somehow! Well he should do it somewhere that allows diving.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 06:26 |
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Rules be damned! There's SCUBAing to do!
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 06:31 |
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Shave the babby!
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 07:12 |
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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)
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 07:23 |
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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. I believe it is called a Demi.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 07:34 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:05 |
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:07 |
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This is the "funny" picture thread, you know.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:10 |
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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:
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:24 |
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Thats a speculaas biscuit and is a typically Dutch cookie, not Belgian or French
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:32 |
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Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:34 |
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Phlegmish posted:Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside? Is your avatar who I think it is? (Belgian takeover)
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 08:56 |
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Eponine posted:Just got back from Northern France. Having some serious Speculoos withdrawal. The best is the speculoos tiramisu. Otcho posted:Is your avatar who I think it is?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 09:05 |
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Otcho posted:Is your avatar who I think it is? If you think it's Louis Tobback efb
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 09:05 |
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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?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 10:15 |
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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 .
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 10:16 |
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(bridesmaids in strapless dresses)
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 10:42 |
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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?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 10:58 |
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The elephant tastes best.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 11:03 |
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We call them "Pommes Frites" in Sweden which sounds ominously French
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 11:31 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 11:56 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 12:19 |
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Zzulu posted:We call them "Pommes Frites" in Sweden which sounds ominously French Same here in Denmark. Aren't they actually from Belgium?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 12:27 |
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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. And now for something completely different
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 12:35 |
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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!
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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
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 14:08 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 14:34 |
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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:
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 15:06 |
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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".
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 15:14 |
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Phlegmish posted:Oh, now you've done it. You want to step outside? Sure, but what good would that do to this little argument?
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 15:28 |
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Quit crying about vidya gaems and post funny pictures.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 16:05 |
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Finally, I've found the key to open the way to One Eyed Willy's treasure.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 16:45 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 16:57 |
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 16:59 |
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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.
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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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 17:08 |
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.
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# ? Jun 13, 2013 17:09 |
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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.
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couldcareless posted:Finally, I've found the key to open the way to One Eyed Willy's treasure. I approve of this reference.
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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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