Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
I don’t.
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At 9:32 eastern, or 13:32 UTC, it will be 50 years since the liftoff of Apollo 11.
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Is that the NASA thing when they sent a film crew to the moon to shoot the fake moon landing?
Pretty well, put a few camera men on a rocket, landed on the moon so they could build the set.
Oor Wullie is definitely not a character from the Broons.
He's a stand alone character with his own cartoon strip which happened to alternate with the Broons in the Sunday Post every week. Shame on you!
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I'd better hand in my Scottish card then.
It helps that squillions of families in North East England used to buy the Sunday Post, not sure why. Not sure why anyone buys it, actually, except for The Broons and Oor Wullie.
Sudden thought: could Cried be Oor Wullie? He has a thing about a guy with a bucket.
Sudden thought: could Cried be Oor Wullie? He has a thing about a guy with a bucket.
Magnus
Pica Serdica
Beat me to it.
Magnus
Pica Serdica
Prepare to meet Blue Billy Bigchin.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Weetabix o'clock. 
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Beer o'clock.
I was supposed to be packing more stuff in boxes, preparing to move. I spent the first half of the dayprocrastinating flying instead.
I was supposed to be packing more stuff in boxes, preparing to move. I spent the first half of the day
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
A representative of a teetotalist organization suggests tha all alcoholic beverages sold in Norway should have neutral packaging (i.e. no logos or fancy colours on bottles and cans). This so that Norwegians will drink less. Her response to some of the questions made me wonder if she was actually sober herself, because she was not making any sense.
Magnus
Pica Serdica
Pff, just ask Russians if "no logos or fancy colours" ever stopped them.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
I guess we're talking somethng not too different from this 
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
You mean that when they no longer need to pay for the fancy packaging they can make a bigger product for the same price?
Win-Win!
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Well, that, or ...the fact that many young Norwegians have their first drinking experience either with stuff in white plastic cans, or cheap beer bought by older siblings, I doubt neutral bottles will change a thing.
I guess, however, that the teetotalers wouldn't have to feel tempted every time they visit a grocery store
Maybe that's the real motivation?
I guess, however, that the teetotalers wouldn't have to feel tempted every time they visit a grocery store
Maybe that's the real motivation?
I was just surprised to learn that there are teetotalers in Norway.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
An unholy union of a subset of Christian conservatives ... and Labour/union people actually managed to get Norway to try out prohibition for a few years (1916-1927). Only light beer was allowed.
The prohibition was ended by referendum, one of quite few that have been held since the first one in 1905 (on dissolution of the union with Sweden).
PS: During prohibition, doctors still had the right to prescribe spirits for medical purposes. They did become quite creative ...
The prohibition was ended by referendum, one of quite few that have been held since the first one in 1905 (on dissolution of the union with Sweden).
PS: During prohibition, doctors still had the right to prescribe spirits for medical purposes. They did become quite creative ...
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Iron Maiden beer wouldn't work with plain labels.