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[Gorth]

I know it isn’t really funny, but I found it hard not to chuckle when you get a form in the airplane to fill out  (when transiting through a US airport) declaring if you intend to perform acts of terrorism in the US. I never had the guts to answer yes just to see what happens

[Gfted1]

[Sarex]

38 minutes ago, Gfted1 said:

You should see the visa application form for the US...

[Malcador]

35 minutes ago, Sarex said:

You should see the visa application form for the US...

"Are you White? Y/N" ?  

[Sarex]

12 minutes ago, Malcador said:

"Are you White? Y/N" ?  

Ah, that's for the in person interview.  

There is a section of like 25-30 questions that ask if you are a terrorist or if you plan to become one. I can only imagine that a lot of people get weeded out this way. I guess if you are a big enough idiot to answer some of those questions positively they don't need to waste further resources on you.

Germany's permanent residency one is funny too. They ask you how you feel about Israel and the Israel/Palestine conflict.

Edited May 2 by Sarex

[Gromnir]

4 hours ago, Gorth said:

 I never had the guts to answer yes just to see what happens

am suspecting it were less about guts and more a matter o' common sense.

until our freshman year in college, our knee-jerk reaction when dealing with law enforcement were to respond with snark... and if am being complete self-honest, barely disguised disdain. poor judgement on our part.

were not US, but we once did need undergo a strip search and a rather unpleasant interrogation in an asian country, and were not even our scintillating personality which provoked the unpleasantness. simple misunderstanding. am s'posing the most shocking part o' the incident is that we received an apology, which we were informed almost never happened.

regardless, in spite o' the wisdom which comes with age and experience, we nevertheless need tamp down an extreme strong desire to respond to any predictable stoopid law enforcement query with snark. am in our freaking fifties and even so am finding that we need take a deep breath and count to at least five before responding to any kinda cop question 'cause am knowing our reflex and unfiltered response will not benefit us in anyway.

anyways, our point is that while it shouldn't be difficult to distinguish bravery from abject stoopid...

HA! Good Fun!

Edited May 2 by Gromnir

[rjshae]

I've got a globe made of inlaid stone that's 3 times the Schwarzschild radius. I'm sure it's perfectly safe.

[Serrano]

[Gromnir]

over-under on an snl weekend update pope joke about pizza or ketchup on hot dogs official being made a sin?

edit: added vid for those unaware o' the local unwritten ordinance

HA! Good Fun!

 

Edited May 10 by Gromnir

[rjshae]

We attack at dawn!

[Malcador]

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For fun, think up possible song names.

[Gfted1]

[Gromnir]

@Gorth

go to 1:39

it's a chicago thing. is more than a few other behaviors verboten in chicago, like walking too slow on sidewalks, saying you are from chicago when you are really from buffalo grove, or calling the sears tower anything but sears tower.

we were told the ketchup thing got started 'cause chicago were the meatpacking capital o' the US for a considerable period o' time and the locals took meat extreme serious. is also the reason why sausage is the default meat topping on chicago pizza as 'posed to pepperoni. according to the innumerable meat experts o' chicago, it were a common belief that ketchup were used to coverup the taste o' lesser quality meat and such a practice were considered an affront to the meat gods, or somesuch.

*shrug*

am certain there is dozens o' explanations, but the meat fraud reason were the one we heard back in the late 70s.

regardless, everybody from chicago knows that only kids put ketchup on hot dogs.

confession:

the chicago dog is probable our second favorite hot dog style. sonoran might edge out chicago six outta ten but only 'cause am a big fan o' the bolillo bun. am kinda agreeing with alton brown about the bacon being unnecessary if the hot dog is o' decent quality, but the bolillo makes up for the bacon in our estimation. in point o' fact the difficulty in eating a chicago dog w/o wearing half the condiments is one reason am so ambivalent. the sonoran dog's bun is not only delicious, but it makes the eating experience more enjoyable than the chicago dog. however, ask us tomorrow and we might says chicago is our favorite. 

...

that said, our favorite hot dog place in the US is in lakewood, ny. the "city" o' jamestown has expanded, so what were a lakewood, ny joint twenty years ago is now in jamestown. whatever.

johnny's lunch is a place in western ny which makes the texas variation o' detroit coney dogs. serious. 

anyways, is kinda funny am able to have such strong opinions about hot dogs, and food in general, but that is likely 'cause o' the time we spent in chicago.

HA! Good Fun!

 

[majestic]

'S always interesting to see hot dogs in other places, because what is sold as hot dog here in Austria is similar, yet different. If you buy a hot dog at a traditional Würstelstand, you'll get a french baguette style bread with one of the ends cut off, then a hole is punched down the middle, which is then filled with condiments (various mustards, hot sauce, ketchup) and a sausage of your choice - frankfurter for kids, adults usually get grilled käsekrainer or bratwurst.

No pickles or any other ingredient added. Wouldn't fit in the hole in the baguette anyway. There are dishes more similar to traditional American hot dogs, but they're not called hot dogs. One of them is the Bosna, which is made with bratwurst, onions and a curry powder & mustard mixture.

Still, everything's inferior to deep fried debrecener sausages in lángos dough, painted with garlic oil. Might as well go for something that burns your mouth and clog your arteries while eating.  

[Gromnir]

8 hours ago, majestic said:

 

keep in mind the three we shared is only a small sample o' US hot dogs

https://www.hot-dog.org/culture/regional-hot-dogs

doesn't even include the hawaiian puka dog.

 US corn dogs and bagel dogs each have their own multitude o' variations. 

also, personal we don't consider polish sausage or brats to be hot dogs. if we were adding polish sausage sandwiches, then am preferring the maxwell street polish to any hot dog the cleveland polish boy is pretty fantastic too, but the addition o' the fries bothers us s smidge.

am also feeling the need to opine, unsolicited, that the sugar added to korean corn dogs is a vulgar affront to our culinary sensibilities. why in the holy hell would you roll the damn thing in sugar?

to keep on-topic/funny as 'posed to all 'bout food...

 

*shrug*

is the only quasi-humorous and not sexual hot dog vid we could think o' at the moment, so sue us.

HA! Good Fun!

ps am now genuine hungry for a maxwell street polish. 

 

 

Edited May 13 by Gromnir

[LadyCrimson]

 

[Raithe]

"Krennic is a great villain because he's relatable.
He's not a space wizard or a mystic knight. He's not a brilliant scientist or genius engineer. He's not a super soldier or a tactical commander. He's not a political leader, wealthy, or well connected.
He's an evil project manager.
He runs around, telling everyone how upper management is upset and how much trouble they will be in if they don't get on schedule.
He pontificates during long, boring meetings.
He makes people do work they hate.
He gets angry about your data security.
He tells you all about the meetings he has with the CEO, and complains to his supervisors that he's not gotten enough credit.
No one likes him. He annoys everyone.
He completely buys into the company mindset, even when its clearly evil.
He's the worst manager you ever had. And you're so happy when he finally gets what he deserves."