I didn’t mind the temp of the water generally - until we had one cold month in Sudan (this was 2 years ago, it was cold all over the Gulf, snowed on the pyramids in Egypt, remember?). It wasn’t that cold in Sudan, but it felt frigid because the air is so dry. And basically I did not wash for that whole month,…

I lived in Sudan for a bit, where they don’t normally use toilet paper - instead, the bathroom has a sprayer hose like you might have attached to your kitchen sink to clean yourself with after you’ve done your business.

But I love beautiful paper, so it all evens out.

Link.

I write quite a few letters (thank-you notes are important!) and I for one swear by Verge de France - the letter sheets and envelopes come in fun mix-and-match colors, the paper is smooth as silk, and most importantly, your longer missives are not confined to the inside of a notecard.

Gall and stomach acid.

I had this same thing backfire on me when I was in a philosophical debate in front of a group and (sarcastically!) said “Well, what about all the good things Hitler did?!?” only to have a girl come up to me afterwards and thank me for making a good point.

Every once in a while something that sounds ridiculous also happens to align with my ingrained prejudices, so I give it a pass.

Yeah, the adjectival form is “prepubescent.” In addition to having his medical license revoked, he should also be sent back to 2nd grade grammar class.

This was my original take, now revised with my current I-hope-it’s-true conspiracy theory, which is that if Trump gets the nomination, the FBI will assassinate him before it gets put to a vote that could actually run the country into the ground.

Unnecessary, as other identifiers already exist. For example, Trump supporters make up 8.5 out of 10 people visibly drooling at the mouth on public transportation.

Always remember that you only get in trouble for killing people if they can find a jury to convict you.

I still fairly consistently take the corners too fast in my house and wind up clipping my arm on the wall. I currently live in the house I grew up in, where I have been in residence for approximately 20 of my 30 years of life. You would think that eventually I would learn where the fucking WALLS are, or where my own…

Then you might want to have a word with the Canadian downthread who described it, I think accurately, as “racial purity, religious war, fancy headwear.”

Apparently not the French version! Someone gave an extensive breakdown somewhere on this thread.

Just like every mediocre ex-feat brother with a trust fund: willing to swear day and night that he bootstrapped his way uphill both ways straight into the same job his daddy had.

Yes, you being older than me definitely means your youth was interesting. That’s pretty much the way senile people seem to think, along with, apparently, having no understanding of the concept of sex clubs and thinking that all sexual activities are confined to hotel rooms (lights off, under the sheets, right dear?)

Yeah, when I actually read God Save the Queen (I only knew the first verse) I was like, c’mon, one mention of bombs bursting in air can’t hold a candle to this. If you didn’t already know that the Star-Spangled Banner was written during a battle, you wouldn’t think it was a violent song at all.

You’re so cute, with your superiority and your boring youth.

I dunno. I've had sex in the same room as friends and I had a good time, so I guess the only remaining question is whether Harry and Zayn are friends or just co-workers, which neither of us can possibly know, although I'd suggest that a mutual willingness to have sex in the same room is a solid point on the side of…