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I’m a big fan of -ussy as a suffix, especially when it’s wildly unsuitable for the purpose

It’s utterly ruined ales describing themselves as “citrussy”

Hold the newsreader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.

The Dollop

Particularly the 1908 New York Paris Car Race episode

Though I just realised I’m a walking stereotype

No contest, just look at these guys

Terrible coffee

Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity

I get that, but also, it’s always seemed like the purpose of the ring is to signify the state of being, so engagement ring to show the state of being engaged, wedding ring shows the state of being married, or wed, I guess it works both ways

Not a strongly held view by any means 😆

French as well - le bague de mariage

Gotta be Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia

This wasn’t where the ice buildup was - I guessed maybe they left the door open at some point and an animal had a nibble

They’re really small, just a close up picture - holes about 1mm - I assumed teeth? It’s the bottom drawer so about cat-face-height

His coming was foretold on the ancient tablet

On higher end ones maybe, but this works fine so idk - it’s conceivable they both use the same internals just with a different battery mounting geometry

Laughs in 3-cylinders

If not friend why friend shaped??

Something janky about the wheels, smells like AI…

Road distances are in miles, speed in mph, heights in feet & inches, anything else is a hot mess generally trending towards metric the younger you are (or if you’re in STEM)

ETA: there was a dumb plan a couple years ago to “reintroduce” imperial measurements after Brexit, mainly aimed at food shops, ignoring the fact that the EU never prevented anyone using them, and then the govt quietly dropped it in December lawl