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pedro Posted Sep 10, 2011
In Albania, as the Communist govt crumbled about 20 years ago, Ak-47's were cheaper than a loaf of bread at one point.
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kuzushi Posted Sep 11, 2011
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How strange that they should have problems with very small street gangs. Or do you mean they have very FEW street gang problems?
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kuzushi Posted Sep 12, 2011
New Zealand used to have the record for consecutive Test wins in men's rugby (17 wins in a row), but this was surpassed in 2010 by, er, Lithuania.
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Vestboy Posted Sep 13, 2011
NZ v Lithuania... The All Blacks v What do the Lithuanians call their team?
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 14, 2011
There is no proper clinical term for eye boogers*.
*Or whatever you may call it; "sleepy sand," "eye goop," "sleep," or "sleep dust."
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Sep 14, 2011
Is it not rheum?
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 14, 2011
Rheum may be a component but according to Dr. Sherleen Chen, director of the cataract and comprehensive ophthalmology service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, she has yet to find a technical term for the wee crusties.
*source: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/31/7544456-are-yours-crusty-or-wet-the-truth-behind-eye-boogers-ew
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kuzushi Posted Sep 14, 2011
Finland have the worst national rugby team in the world according to the IRB's rankings
http://www.irb.com/rankings/full.html
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drt Posted Sep 15, 2011
Hang on, thre may not be an official word for it (eye stuff), but what is wrong with 'Mugeary'? (Liff II)
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 15, 2011
I have copies of The Meaning of Liff books, but they just didn't have as much appeal for a kid that grew up in Texas.
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drt Posted Sep 15, 2011
Sorry Count Zero, but I do not understand why not! Genuinely. Does the humour not travel, or is it that most of the place names used are British? or what? I'd really like to know as I think Liff is brilliant and consistently find applications for a lot of the words!
Anyway, if you do not want to derail this thread, answer me on my PS.
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The Welsh word for School is the same as the word for Ladder. (Ysgol)
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 16, 2011
It was still funny, but I think if the town names were even recognizable as town names, I would have enjoyed it better.
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drt Posted Sep 16, 2011
Aha- so basically, it does not travel well?
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The major exports of Lichtenstien are Wigs and False Teeth.
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MonkeyS- all revved up with no place to go Posted Sep 16, 2011
Painting your face in a black and white checkerboard fashion is an effective way of "pixelating" yourself out of cctv footage.
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Sep 16, 2011
Enough! Only ever useful in extremely specific situations that a mere .000001% of the human population will ever find itself in is still effectively useless. You don't need to call them out every time.
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toybox Posted Sep 16, 2011
You are right, of course
A useless fact to apologise:
The Monal Lisa was not painted on canvas, but on a poplar panel.
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