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by Arkasas
Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

Part of it is the gradual intellectual and moral decline of the Tory party. Just look at, say, Tory Foreign Secretaries. Johnson and Hunt are no Hammond and Hague; Hammond and Hague are no Rifkind and Hurd. Rifkind and Hurd were arguably no Major and Howe, and certainly Major and Howe were no Carri...
by Arkasas
Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Confusing headlines
Replies: 708
Views: 560174

Re: Confusing headlines

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by Arkasas
Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:30 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

hwhatting wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:03 pm
MacAnDàil wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:49 pm It might actually have been funnier (for onlookers and in the long run only) with Johnson back.
Yes, I guess the fun part is over now. Looks like the grown-ups have taken the reins again. And here I had hoped that the Tories would self-destuct for good...
Hope springs eternal!
by Arkasas
Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:35 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3813
Views: 491346

Re: Random Thread

I think the U is meant to stand for unidentifying or something like that.
by Arkasas
Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:28 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

Too many Tories, not enough sleep.

Javid dropped out because he couldn't make the 20 nominations threshold. He didn't endorse anyone, presumably because he wants to stay in Cabinet and pissing off the wrong person is a great way to do that when the wrong person becomes PM.
by Arkasas
Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

Raphael wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:03 pm BTW, why, exactly, did Sajid Javid drop out?
He had to - if you didn't get more than 30 votes on the first ballot, you were out. He got 25.
by Arkasas
Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:51 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: United States Politics Thread 46
Replies: 1551
Views: 467472

Re: United States Politics Thread 46

(Actually I care a lot more about French politics. But you don't want me to bring it up: it's horribly depressing!) It can’t possibly be worse than Australian politics. We have a PM who has done quite literally nothing for three years straight… except for a bit of blatant corruption and some vague ...
by Arkasas
Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:39 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3813
Views: 491346

Re: Random Thread

alice wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:21 am I've often wondered what a socialist utopia would actually look like. Maybe it's worth its own thread?
Ask two different socialists and get 5 or 6 different answers, and of course then the two socialists start doing the old People's Front of Judea routine...
by Arkasas
Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:12 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Cadhinor (and Almean) poetry
Replies: 5
Views: 6786

Re: Cadhinor (and Almean) poetry

You probably know about this page , but you may not have seen the following sentence, which appears to be the only known answer to your question. Caďinor poetry was not divided into sulirulî but into liret 'verses' or 'melodies', divided into a fixed number of beats. As poetry was commonly set to mu...
by Arkasas
Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:59 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Obenzayet
Replies: 23
Views: 21028

Re: Obenzayet

Random typo: in the introduction you've got vrazikaiz for ancestor, but everywhere else it's vraskaiz.
by Arkasas
Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The New ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 329
Views: 345930

Re: The New ZBB Quote Thread

Ares Land wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:20 am My time searching in that book wasn't entirely lost, though! I learned that the Egyptian army kept precise records of how many Sea People penises they cut (two piles of respectively 12,868 and 12,535 after their first battle). (Our conworlds aren't weird enough)
by Arkasas
Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:52 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Confusing headlines
Replies: 708
Views: 560174

Re: Confusing headlines

Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:43 am My question was why would you press buttons with your genitalia in the first place?
Look, collegiate men have never been known for their deep intellectual prowess, especially not while under the influence of alcohol.
by Arkasas
Wed Jan 01, 2020 3:27 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3813
Views: 491346

Re: Random Thread

Ser wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:14 pm Creče lebe zon? What does that mean and how does it show that delaying something is sometimes worth it?
It means Happy New Year in Verdurian, which I should hope is fairly self-explanatory.
by Arkasas
Sat Dec 14, 2019 6:09 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

quinterbeck wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:40 pm
alice wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:35 pm Where's Sal when you need him?
If his work is anything to do with politics (which I have a hunch it might) it's probably keeping him busy at the moment!
Alternatively, he's Brexited the ZBB.
by Arkasas
Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:36 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1039400

Re: British Politics Guide

It's impossible, because Boris Is Indestructible. But if it did happen, the Conservative Party would indeed have to elect a new leader. There have been suggestions that, if that happens, the leader just gets someone loyal and stupid to stand aside and trigger a by-election they can win. As far as I...
by Arkasas
Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:30 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 119924

Re: Some Verdurian typos

Yalensky wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:15 pm
Almeopedia wrote:There is no article yet for Lirfilis.
Some typo!
Clear your cache and try again; that usually fixes it.

(Also, zomp, the word Ctesifon in the first sentence under "Among the Iliu" is missing an 'f'.)
by Arkasas
Sun Mar 10, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: On Hanying and Creole Adjustment
Replies: 57
Views: 59716

Re: On Hanying and Creole Adjustment

Today in typos: the translations in the negative section of MH morphology are all positive. Also, there's a broken image at the top, which I'm guessing is meant to be Hanying written in its native alphabet.
by Arkasas
Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:01 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 119924

Re: Some Verdurian typos

More emperors! And empresses! Have you had this material sitting around for a few years/decades, or did the muse strike you? Couple lingering issues: - the Verdurian reflex of Andeoraďa varies by page (Anďorada for the first, Andoraďa for the second - the list of rulers I've found and the Caďinor to...
by Arkasas
Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 119924

Re: Some Verdurian typos

Ah, truly there is no greater joy than inducing zomp to post content. Now I can brag to all my friends! A couple more weird issues: - Nusisponos is listed twice in the ruler box... but what's really interesting is how the article is duplicated within itself! - the earlier emperor articles have the p...
by Arkasas
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:54 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 119924

Re: Some Verdurian typos

These are more Sarnáe/Dhekhnam typos, but I figured this was the best thread to put them in. Perhaps they can start a cold war with the Verdurian typos? - The Atlas says (in 1750) that Ilďaneas died and was succeeded by his nephew; Almeopedia says that he was succeeded by Belgovileas, who is also sa...

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