Random Thoughts

[kkt]

Even the best job will have SOME things that you don't like about it, and cut into your ability to do whatever you want aside from 6 hours a day of school.

[Scott5114]

Whoever thought that school was a good idea? Was their kid too bad and they wanted to torture them for 13 years?
Why do old people say I wish I was a kid again? I just don't understand.

Answers to both these questions may become apparent once you've had to search for a job and then hold one for a few years.  Although it might take until you have kids too.

What if you like your job? I'm sure Wendy Williams isn't crying and wishing she was a kid right now.

The less school you go to, the more likely it is you end up with a job you don't like.

[dlsterner]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

[Angelo71]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

I like both!!

[dlsterner]

-  Another of our members is likely to be getting a visit from the Secret Service.  Soon.

Who?

If you have to ask ...

(You didn't hear this from me, but you've worked on your alibi, correct?)

[US71]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

I like both!!

I prefer iiced.

[Roadgeekteen]

Even the best job will have SOME things that you don't like about it, and cut into your ability to do whatever you want aside from 6 hours a day of school.

What does school have to do with this? I'm confused.

[zachary_amaryllis]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

igg: "what's that thing that just fell out of that birds butt?"
ogg: "i don't know, but i think i'll eat it."

[US71]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

igg: "what's that thing that just fell out of that birds butt?"
ogg: "i don't know, but i think i'll eat it."

Have a tomato with it

[Big John]

Have a tomato with it

Tomatoes were once though to be poisonous.  Wonder who took the chance to disprove it.

[Angelo71]

Why isn't pasta more popular? Pasta is the best food in the world!

[kkt]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Tea is awesome - both hot and iced.  Never was a real coffee fan though.

Though I do wonder about the discovery of tea ...

Maybe two cavemen, Igg and Ogg, were out hunting mammoth for that night's dinner when they came across a pond.

Igg:  "Look at that water ... it's all brown colored from all of the leaves floating in it!"
Ogg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Igg:  "???"   (puzzled look)
Ogg:  "I have an idea!  Let's drink it!"

Might have started something like that, with Camelia leaves floating in a pool in a relatively clean stream.

Hot drinks of any sort are very helpful if it's cold, and if they're flavored by some sort of plant material (beans, leaves) they're even better.  Tea is an ancient discovery.

[kenarmy]

- Tea is disgusting. No way you just enjoy water, sugar, and leaves mixed together  .

Is coffee (bean water) any better?  Explain that one to me, if so.

No, that's also gross.

[GenExpwy]

Why is the most common way to write the country Ivory Coast's name Cote d'Ivoire? With every other country, we write their names in English, not in a foreign language (after all, we don't call Spain España or the Dominican Republic República Dominicana).

Because the government of Côte d'Ivoire in 1986 asked everyone to use the local (French) name. And, over the years, the English names of other nations have been changed to more local-language forms:

• Cambodia → Kampuchea (during the Khmer Rouge regime)
• Persia → Iran
• Burma → Myanmar (still politically controversial)
• Ceylon → Sri Lanka
• Siam → Thailand
• East Timor → Timor-Leste ("timor"  and "leste"  both mean "east" )
• El Salvador (never had the English name "The Saviour" )

[GaryV]

Nova Scotia (Latin for New Scotland) is the "English" name.  In French it's Nouvelle-Écosse. 

[US71]

Why isn't pasta more popular? Pasta is the best food in the world!

Carbohydrates. If you eat too much, it makes you thick to your stomach.

[GaryV]

If you wrench a muscle while digging for gold, is that a miner injury?

[Big John]

If you wrench a muscle while digging for gold, is that a miner injury?

He did this while stoping.

[webny99]

Why isn't pasta more popular? Pasta is the best food in the world!

Carbohydrates. If you eat too much, it makes you thick to your stomach.

I see what you did there... 

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Because the government of Côte d'Ivoire in 1986 asked everyone to use the local (French) name. And, over the years, the English names of other nations have been changed to more local-language forms:

• Cambodia → Kampuchea (during the Khmer Rouge regime)
• Persia → Iran
• Burma → Myanmar (still politically controversial)
• Ceylon → Sri Lanka
• Siam → Thailand
• East Timor → Timor-Leste ("timor"  and "leste"  both mean "east" )
• El Salvador (never had the English name "The Saviour" )

In Spanish, Ivory Coast is still widely known as Costa de Marfil. I've only seen Côte d'Ivoire once, and confused me.

Also, you forgot Cape Verde → Cabo Verde. This one doesn't affect Spanish .

[Scott5114]

This forum has 0.000245399 Jeopardy! hosts per capita.

[Roadgeekteen]

This forum has 0.000245399 Jeopardy! hosts per capita.

What?

[Scott5114]

This forum has 0.000245399 Jeopardy! hosts per capita.

What?

Does that count as answering in the form of a question?

[US71]

This forum has 0.000245399 Jeopardy! hosts per capita.

[webny99]

This forum has 0.000245399 Jeopardy! hosts per capita.

What?

Does that count as answering in the form of a question?

How about "What is one Jeopardy host?"