US politics (3 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

valet is a french word

Yeah, but ..Knights always call them valets (rhymes with pallets)...in the movies anyway

Valet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I go to AMC Theatres to see a movie in one of their theaters

 

[therealjohnny]

I once asked a man in Philadelphia for directions to the city centre. Between gasps of helpless mirth he corrected me and pointed me to " Senner Siddy".
America deserves everything it gets.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I thought it was called Downtown over there. New Zealanders seem to call it the CBD, which is a technically functional term I suppose but not very poetic.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I thought it was called Downtown over there. New Zealanders seem to call it the CBD, which is a technically functional term I suppose but not very poetic.

Same way in New Orleans - weirdos



Iowa Causcuses tonight

Who's staying up???

 

[therealjohnny]

What does CBD stand for in this context? Central/Center ..something ..something?

 

[Unicron]

What does CBD stand for in this context? Central/Center ..something ..something?

Central business district

 

[ann post]

background reading - all languages have loaned words. 'Alphabet' is my favorite. Usually you'd hear it in terms of Irish and 'they just stuck a fada on that' being the common description of loan words. you could probably map all historic cultural connections pre internet this way.

Words in English: Loanwords

www.ruf.rice.edu

 

[Lili Marlene]

First caucus, all the toxic white Bernie Bros have turned up

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[Lili Marlene]

In other news I just tried to understand how a caucus works and eventually gave up.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

What does CBD stand for in this context? Central/Center ..something ..something?

If a city doesn't have Central Business District, then searching for CBD will get you their weed suppliers

 

[Lili Marlene]

Lol holy shit Iowa has gone insane

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[David Kronenbourg]

What the heckity heck is going on over there?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Bernie won and they're trying to either rob him of it or make his win seem illegitimate, whichever works.

 

[Lili Marlene]

edit: ah nevermind

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Clearly it's the Russians!

Seriously, fuck Iowa. And fuck caucuses.


Nice one from Yang though.

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NH is where it's at.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Good old Yang. He shouldn't be president of the United States but he should go to the Thumped christmas party

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Good old Yang. He shouldn't be president of the United States but he should go to the Thumped christmas party

You know it

He'd pick up the drinks tab!

 

[Unicron]

You know it

He'd pick up the drinks tab!

Yang has the "would like to have a beer with" contest sewn up, so long at there's little or no politics chat. Not the guy I want to be President one though.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Yang has the "would like to have a beer with" contest sewn up, so long at there's little or no politics chat. Not the guy I want to be President one though.

I say we take all this free money he's been offering, and talk shit about him in the jacks