Englishmen go nuts over a British victory whenever a Scot wins an olympic medal.

If you can get some duck eggs, cook 'em following this exact same procedure, but add an extra 2 minutes. Mega-tasty. (N.B.: duck eggs = bigger and tastier with a higher ratio of yolk-to-white).

Holy crap - do I love me some Chinese tea eggs! Go make some right freaking now!

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In college, in the early 80's, I once drank a bong. Damned glad there wasn't any unhealthy denture tablet residue in there.

That last post would have been ever-so-cool, had the video link attached. I blame technology. Though this might be a more apt explanation:

It's all fun and games until someone loses a consonant.

It's OK - possibly such an outcome would meet with approval in my dilletante vegetarian household. Last week we went to a vegetarian potluck, during which Mrs. Feet (Russian) and two of her Eastern European friends carried on an animated conversation about the best way to cook Shashlik. The sideways looks and tutting…

Holy smokes, that was an entertaining read! I'm normally a vegetarian and I want to go out and slaughter a cow right now.

+1 for the correct use of qua.

Scantily clad young ladies often make me rue lost youth. So, here:

"Shocked". Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

I think that you're right. My main point is that they were done as soon as he was out, independent of seeding.

I agree that quibbling is academic. I can't think of a single recent case where a contender which lost a key player just before the tournament, either through injury or stupidity [stares daggers at Fab Melo], had any realistic chance of winning the title.

If you're interested, ESPN3 is streaming full, 24-hour coverage of Pistorius's trial.

Nice! Same country, one hit:

It's freakin' cold, and I need a hat.

They were emotionally in sync, and so were their twizzles.