A high school friend had a cat he was very fond of. This cat was his baby. First day back after Christmas break, I surprised him with a “fancy” (for a 14 year old) collar studded with fake gems and new name tag, and a fleecy cat pillow.

We’ve been opening presents afterwards, but not all of my family think that’s proper. We’ll try your second idea next time.

Get something cheaper that’s the same weight. When you get to self-check out, scan the cheaper item but put the nappies in the weight-sensing bagging area.

I would love some suggestions, because not only is the goober blunt as hell he’s also incredibly shy. And the more people seem excited and trying to engage with him, the more he retreats.

I wonder if Richard Beale there ever visited Hensbroek in the Netherlands...

There’s one scene that really hit me in the later half of the show, when Steven escapes the sterile Gem Homeworld and, back in the safety of his own kitchen weeps in relief while eating a peanut-butter sandwich. There’s no dialog in this scene or any music; Steven is completely alone. It was kind of hammy but I felt…

Your reply got me thinking. I don’t remember any sodas specifically in SU but you’re right in that there was a lot of boardwalk food specific to a tourist town - fries, pizza, donuts etc. When fresh fruit or veg comes into the show it’s always in the same plot showcasing of one of Steven’s powers. If he gets saliva on…

I wish I was that young haha. This was over 20 years ago.

He was a very personable rat, and super chill about being handled even by strangers.

I dated a girl who owned a tame rat and used to bring him everywhere, including to the movies, hidden up her sleeve. We usually paid for food for ourselves like good patrons, but she always snuck in a ton of snacks for the rat. Peanuts, popcorn, banana chips, cheetos, baby carrots. I don’t know how we never got…

Now the question is... are they just hiring the same pipers and dancers and drummers for the next day, or sending new additional troops for a total of... (36 +30 + 22 + 12...) 100 individual perfomers?

When calculated, it’s usually the cost of hiring for the performers and dancers, and wages for the dairy maids.

Eat the birds in a lovely cream sauce, since you’re going to have a lot of milk pretty soon.

You read a satirical article that reinterprets “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as a call for bloody revolution against the aristocracy ever year?

It’s a lot more complicated than people think. The Queen, as an individual, is one of the largest landowners in the world in her own right. But all the income the royal family recieves from that land - such as rents and agricultural products - as well as income from investments, goes into the National Treasury. She…

Unless it’s Psmith.

Do you know why you should keep this to yourself until you have decided, for sure, on the name? Because someone will not like it.

“I had to acknowledge that Black people exist and now I’m upset”

We haven’t actually had a talk about Santa, I’m not sure the goober is really that aware or interested yet. However, I have been very blunt that we are not having an Elf on the Shelf. Our cat, Best Kitten, is a wee angel baby who’s heart is nonetheless full of murder and she would surely devour or at least maim the…

I live in a remote part of the costal UK, and this is the exact problem we’re having. Rich people, mostly Londoners, have been buying up cheap houses and cottages in my village to have a place to retreat first from the city and now from COVID. This has pushed prices up a staggering amount - a no-frills bungalow cost…