The New ZBB Quote Thread

[Man in Space]

Now it is time for beach to be an occupation.

According to the Barbie movie, it is.

(For reference, the moment in question.)

[WeepingElf]

Do you think that Europe could win a war against Russia? While obviously European countries all have their own armies, it has been eighty years since their last major war. They will have to face millions of battle-hardened fanatics with nothing but basic training and their grandfather's fading memories of fighting the previous world war.

Actually, now you put it that way it suddenly sounds like a very tall order indeed. I don't think I'm going to get much sleep tonight; the prospect of endless waves of invincible mini-Putins crashing over Edinburgh with only bagpipe-playing natives to stop them isn't particularly comforting.

Don’t underestimate the deterrent power of a bagpipe at short range.

[bradrn]

Are there any treatments anywhere of the physics and other practical sides of speaking becoming more difficult, and harder to understand if you try it anyway, with food in your mouth? Stuff like, "How much of which types of food in which places will turn which phonemes into which other phonemes"?

Well, there is a whole language based on oral potato insertion: Danish.