Zompist Bboard Again

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:10 am

Residents driven
‘crazy’ by
construction stuff
socks in shaking
toaster

(Without the linebreaks this is a lot more understandable…)

I just don't get it. Why are there socks in toasters?

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:06 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:10 am

Residents driven
‘crazy’ by
construction stuff
socks in shaking
toaster

(Without the linebreaks this is a lot more understandable…)

I just don't get it. Why are there socks in toasters?

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:00 amI've been meaning to post about it in the linguistic pet peeves thread for a really long time now.

We have a linguistic pet peeve thread? Where?

zyxw59 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:31 pm Beijing home price slide fans China property sector alarm

So there's some kind of water slide, that people can slide down on, and there's a mechanism that catches the kinetic energy of the people sliding down the slide, and that mechanism powers a device that sounds an alarm whenever there's trouble in the Chinese property sector?

In the Random Thread, Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:20 pm One of the best headlines of the year (found it via someone on Mastodon):

Frome the Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... onsulting/

Ottawa paid nearly $670,000 for KPMG’s advice on cutting consultant costs

Is it advice on slashing the costs of consultants generally or advice on the cost of consultants who specialize in downsizing?

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:35 am

More: show

Residents [driven crazy by construction] [stuff socks] [in shaking toaster]

Presumably, the socks muffle the toasters when they shake.

I feel like it's necessary to read the whole article to understand the headline. Is it the residents' own toaster that shakes?

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:25 am

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:00 amI've been meaning to post about it in the linguistic pet peeves thread for a really long time now.

We have a linguistic pet peeve thread? Where?

It must've been on the old forum.

Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:

The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:12 am Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:

The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.

Move it on a generation, and you'd think they were trying to maintain discrimination against their freedmen!

Found this on Bluesky - a sign at the University of Aberdeen:
Don't Be Tempted To Cheat
Do you know what academic integrity is, and how to avoid it?

At the post office today, I saw a sign reading

SHIP GREEN WITH
READYPOST PACKAGING

But at first I only glanced at it, and my brain said "Did that say shitpost?"

From the Beeb: Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36

This one from NPR is kind of a crash blossom: New 'Washington Post' CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

(I actually didn’t find this one very confusing, but apparently some other people did.)

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:47 am Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

Raphael wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:18 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:47 am Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

No, that would be stupid.

Raphael wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:18 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:47 am Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

I want to make this a song title now.

Man in Space wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:54 pm

Raphael wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:18 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:47 am Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

I want to make this a song title now.

It would probably be a very high-pitched song…

I just saw a pretty good one, I think: Biden inches away from Netanyahu as Israeli PM fails to heed US on Gaza.

1) Biden is moving away from Netanyahu, slowly and gradually;
2) Biden's position is right next to Netanyahu, nearly touching.