In the Noclight: Randy - Part Deux

Kojak

If you had the choice between a day spent in the company of a politican or an OAP, which would you prefer and why?
What type of car do you own (If any)?
Ever post in the Prison forum?

anonymous_joe

randylonghorn wrote: »

Well, lookee who wandered by!

I haven't met many I didn't like, apart from the ultra-strong like stilton.

At the moment there's an applewood smoked cheddar which I tend to pick up when I see it, can't remember the brand name though, and there's none left in the house. Very nice with good brown bread.

I float in every now and then.

Sounds like a good cheese. Got to respect the cheese.

randylonghorn

girl_friday wrote: »

Why do they steralise needles of lethal injections?

To avoid the risk of a zombie murderer infecting the general populace with an additional serious and contagious disease!


Serious answers:

In case a last-minute reprieve is granted (the needle is normally inserted well before the actual time).

To avoid any danger to the medical staff administering the injection should they accidentally prick themselves.

In any case, needles normally come in sterile packs.

girl_friday wrote: »

Why does Donald Duck wear a shirt but no pants?

Why does Spoonie?!

Is he *actually* Donald Duck?

'Twould explain a lot of things!! :pac:



(Oh, and ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePSZcF8yhkE

girl_friday wrote: »

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

They don't, really.

"Fat chance!" is normally said sarcastically, and means that there isn't a snowball's chance in hell, i.e. none at all.

"Slim chance" is normally meant to be taken more literally, meaning that there is indeed a slim chance, but that the chances aren't high.

girl_friday wrote: »

If all the world's a stage, where does the audience sit?

It's participative theatre, the audience double up as actors and they're on stage as well.

girl_friday wrote: »

Why is abbreviate such a long word?

The same reason a delivery by road is a shipment but a delivery by ship is a cargo ... the wonderful vagaries of the English language.

In this case the relatively short Latin word for short (brevis) was doctored to make it an English verb ... but unlike when you get an animal doctored, something wasn't cut off, instead something was added.

randylonghorn

Kojak wrote: »

If you had the choice between a day spent in the company of a politican or an OAP, which would you prefer and why?

An OAP, generally.

I'm allergic to (most) politicians.

And OAPs can have a wealth of memories which in effect are an oral history of the last 7 to 10 decades. And some of them are hilarious. The great-aunt of a friend of mine spent her life doing "the right thing" ... raising her own kids, partly raising her nieces when their mum was ill for years, working part-time to keep things going, babysitting the grandchildren and grandnephews/nieces, etc. etc. Now she's over 80 and is finally rid of responsibilities, and has decided she doesn't give a fook what people think any more. She's a scream. She says exactly what she thinks, usually with razor-sharp wit (and she usually hits the nail uncomfortably on the head!); she has her little tipple (after spending most of her life on the dry); she goes to bingo and dancing and what have you 4-5 nights a week; and when her grandchildren chide her on her "wild" lifestyle, she reassures them perfectly seriously(!) that they need not worry, she's on the pill!!

Kojak wrote: »

What type of car do you own (If any)?

None, as I mentioned above I haven't driven in years, and the road-users of Ireland are a lot safer as a result!

Kojak wrote: »

Ever post in the Prison forum?

Nope, never been sitebanned!

/Adds to "To do" list

(And I don't think I ever posted there when access was more open.)

randylonghorn

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I float in every now and then.

Sounds like a good cheese. Got to respect the cheese.

Ah, I wouldn't dream of calling you a floater though! >_>



Annnnd ... we're done!!