Things I should have known before now... (2 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

Such a noble sport

 

[magicbastarder]

the very first aviation disaster in history happened in tullamore.
the very first car fatality happened in birr.

steer clear of offaly, kids.

 

[washingcattle]

great - now the streets will be full of bandwagon-jumping kids briskly walking everywhere and getting in the way

Bit more than briskly Pete, the world record for 20K is 1 hour 17 minutes. That's roughly Dun Laoghaire to Finglas along the M50.

 

[pete]

It's pronounced "brujer-E-ah" not "bru-jarea"

Fuck.

 

[rettucs]

that I have a cousin who has a Nobel prize for something or other

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

steer clear of offaly, kids.

This is just good advice in general, right?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

that I have a cousin who has a Nobel prize for something or other

An actual Nobel Prize or an "Everyone in the EU technically is a Nobel Peace Price winner" Nobel Prize?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Has he dined with the King of Norway, Scutter?

 

[rettucs]

Has he dined with the King of Norway, Scutter?

I think he could be the king of Norway. I'll have to check.

@Cornu Ammonis an actual Nobel Prize. Him and a handful of others. No clue what it was for though.

 

[pete]

I think he could be the king of Norway. I'll have to check.

@Cornu Ammonis an actual Nobel Prize. Him and a handful of others. No clue what it was for though.

keeping secrets from family, apparently

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

One dines with the King of Norway when one wins a Nobel.

You should have known that by now.

 

[rettucs]

oh right, he was on this;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change

thats less impressive.

still, it beat the best thing I ever achieved which was 'Thumped Post of the Week' one week last spring.

 

[rettucs]

fucked if I'm reading all that

 

[rettucs]

One dines with the King of Norway when one wins a Nobel.

You should have known that by now.

I thought Thumped Post of the Week would have meant that I'd have chips with @pete

 

[Jill Hives]

The Napoleon Dynamite / Elvis Costello connection/reference.
Stumbled upon it by accident while working today. Odd that.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The Napoleon Dynamite / Elvis Costello connection/reference.

Oh, come on. You?

 

[Jill Hives]

Oh, come on. You?

Completely missed it.

 

[Jim Daniels]

In Italian, confetti refers to almonds with a hard sugar coating. People would never throw it, unless they had it in for the bridal party.

The Italian word for what we call confetti, is coriandoli (cor-e-annn-doli)

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

That love is not possession

 

[Jill Hives]

That love is not possession

Did you just attend a wedding?
Or are you watching some indie romance?