Name 1 Thing New You Learned Today

lookin · September 18, 2015

MVan, what 2 posters are you referring to who are trolls?

I learned that, just when things are starting to bubble, Oz will swing by and give them a stir.

MsGuy · September 18, 2015

Maraging steel is used in centrifuges and bicycle frames.

Look it up. :lol:

TotallyOz · September 18, 2015

Not everyone in the world has been through a McDonald's Drive In.

Yesterday, I was in Dubai and had to be outside the city for a bit and hired a driver for the day. He was good and spoke perfect English. I was late and needed to get back to my hotel and told him to go to McDonald's and asked him to go through the Drive Thru. He did but he did not stop at the speaker and tried to proceed to the window. I told him to go back and he did and we ordered. He was mesmerized by the talking speaker and kept asking if they could hear him. I bought him dinner as well. When we got our food, he seemed to really enjoy eating inside the car.

AdamSmith · September 18, 2015

Along similar lines, I read the other day that every couple months Queen Elizabeth gets a hankering for a McDonald's burger and fries. So her driver takes her to one near the palace, they go through the drive-through, then like any of us she eats it while they drive around.

BiBottomBoy · September 18, 2015

I learned that the GOP candidates are even dumber than I assumed.

RA1 · September 18, 2015

In a dumb race between the moderators and the candidates, it is difficult to know who won or lost.

The thrust of most questions seemed to be, "When did you quit beating your wife?"

Best regards,

RA1

BiBottomBoy · September 18, 2015

What struck me is that they were arguing about things they all agree on.

JKane · September 18, 2015

I learned that apparently none of the top Republicans can name an historically important woman, all seem to think that wives/mothers/daughters are the only useful role for women in America.

Yeah, I suppose kinda new that already, but to have it blatantly demonstrated...

September 18, 2015

Along similar lines, I read the other day that every couple months Queen Elizabeth gets a hankering for a McDonald's burger and fries. So her driver takes her to one near the palace, they go through the drive-through, then like any of us she eats it while they drive around.

Very interesting. Could you tell us where you learned this? I would love to read more about it.

I've always wished i could see her eating corn-on-the-cob.

AdamSmith · September 18, 2015

Very interesting. Could you tell us where you learned this? I would love to read more about it.

I've always wished i could see her eating corn-on-the-cob.

Corn on the cob! One could fairly easily envision her buck-toothed sister so doing!

I read that about her liking McD's in some UK online paper like the Independent or somewhere but can't find it now. When I Google for it, all that comes up is news that she owns or has part ownership in a McDonald's franchise near one of her properties. But that's a different story.

lookin · September 19, 2015

. . . I read the other day that every couple months Queen Elizabeth gets a hankering for a McDonald's burger and fries.

Very interesting. Could you tell us where you learned this?

I read that about her liking McD's in some UK online paper like the Independent or somewhere . . .

Perhaps the Groom of the Stool let something drop. :rolleyes:

AdamSmith · September 19, 2015

Perhaps the Groom of the Stool let something drop.

:blink: Which thread am I in? :lol:

MsGuy · September 19, 2015

According to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index¹, the three most sensitive areas of the body for honeybee stings (in no particular order):

nostril, upper lip, shaft of penis.

¹ Creator is the recent recipient of the 25th Annual Ig Nobel Prize for Physiology and Entomology. Mike Smith, the experimental subject, shared in the award, which carried a prize of ten trillion Zimbabwean dollars.

AdamSmith · September 19, 2015

¹ Creator is the recent recipient of the 25th Annual Ig Nobel Prize for Physiology and Entomology. Mike Smith, the experimental subject, shared in the award, which carried a prize of ten trillion Zimbabwean dollars.

The Ig Nobel Prizes are a great tradition!

TotallyOz · November 18, 2017

I learned that a democrat who took money from the Clinton's and took Hillary's Senate seat can say stupid shit.

TotallyOz · February 2, 2018

I learned that you should never meet up with a friend after your "date" stood you up as your mind is constantly looking at every boy that walks by.

Lucky · February 2, 2018

On 9/18/2015 at 11:58 AM, zipperzone said:

Very interesting. Could you tell us where you learned this? I would love to read more about it.

I've always wished i could see her eating corn-on-the-cob.

I learned that I miss Zipperzone here. So I looked up his question. In 2017 it was reported that the Queen actually owns a McDonald's franchise.

https://www.today.com/food/queen-elizabeth-owns-mcdonald-s-uk-t117963

As for eating there, well, probably, but the video is comedy:

MsGuy · February 3, 2018

"Often when the visit of a modern monarch is planned, for example during the construction of a new building, a special royal lavatory pavilion is built for the occasion." ^

Can't have the Queen squatting in a Port-A-Potty.

* See lookin's link.

AdamSmith · February 3, 2018

32 minutes ago, MsGuy said:

"Often when the visit of a modern monarch is planned, for example during the construction of a new building, a special royal lavatory pavilion is built for the occasion." ^

Can't have the Queen squatting in a Port-A-Potty.

* See lookin's link.

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Trump Asked For A Van Gogh, And Was Offered A Toilet

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/davidalm/2018/01/30/trump-asked-for-a-van-gogh-and-was-offered-a-toilet/amp/

MsAnn · February 3, 2018

I learned that @AdamSmith was right all along, that the Constitution will stand, the Republic will go on, and we will survive all of this in spite of ourselves.

MsAnn · February 4, 2018

I learned this is worth the read...

Book report forthcoming in a couple of weeks. I'm a slow reader...

MsAnn · February 5, 2018

I learned that watching Brady go down in defeat was more satisfying that I could ever imagine...

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And that Zach almost gave me a heart attack...

MsAnn · February 5, 2018

I learned that Pink's got a set of lungs on her...

MsAnn · February 10, 2018

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/townhouse-where-jfk-jackie-met-044504288.html

The Townhouse Where JFK and Jackie Met Is for Sale

(and it's seems, well...a bit underwhelming) Georgetown is wonderful, don't get me wrong, but perhaps it's because we sometimes wrongly expect more from the Kennedy clan...