No, that is perfectly acceptable.

It’s worth remembering that the reason we call them “teddy bears” is because Theodore Roosevelt, an avid hunter, was on a hunting trip for black bears in Mississippi, when one of his guides found a bear and tied it to a tree for the president to “hunt”. Roosevelt refused to shoot the captive bear in disgust. The story…

I’m completely unable to read the lyrics without the responses sounding off in my head.

It could be that ukuleles used to be more associated with Hawaii in the 40s, 50s and 60s, than they are today? The word “ukulele” is Hawaiian (sorry, typo in my post above). They became popular in Hawaii in the 19th century because Portuguese immigrants brought their own versions of small guitar-like instruments, and…

I would assume it looks like a pineapple because ukeleles are associated with Hawaii? But as to what it’s doing in the add, you got me. “Tiny Bubbles”? Seems like a stretch.

But that means they probably weren’t FROM there. Most of the people you encounter in restaurants at the Jersey shore are there to vacation, and are actually from New York or Philly or something.

That is the worst, wrongest selection of Polar beverages I can possibly imagine. I *like* some Polar flavors and I wouldn’t touch any of those.

And gold. Don’t forget gold. Who am I, Cher?

No, I got it and I picked Rubio.

Untrue. I just recently went to the Worcester Art Museum for the first time, and it’s actually a nice little museum. (And it has the remnants of the Higgins Armory Museum in it now, which used to be the other good reason to visit Worcester.)

I don’t know if this is true of the originals in England, but in MA we have several -ham towns that are correctly pronounced with “ham” instead of “um”.

Don’t forget the ever-popular reason: “English adopted this word from another language, but god forbid we pronounce it as its original language would”. In the case of Worcester: blame the Romans.

(Thank you for knowing what a Rob Roy is. It’s my mother’s favorite drink, and man, the number of times we’ve had to explain how to make it… I’m not dinging the waiters/bartenders, I get that it’s a very out of style drink, and explaining it isn’t hard. It’s just so rare to find people who have heard of it these days,…

Wait, back up. How would having the feet skinned help you tell the difference between rabbit feet and cat feet? I would think it would be easier to tell with the skin *on*? (Cannot imagine mistaking cat feet and rabbit feet. They’re so different!)

Where would one obtain such a magical-sounding thing as hazelnut-walnut bread?

(Oh, you’re a Brandesian in the sense of “went to Brandeis”. I was trying to parse your comment as “Brandesian is a strain of Judaic practice? I thought Brandeis was just a justice? Okay...” Anyway! Greetings from Waltham! — not a Brandesian, but a former roommate, also not-a-Jew, got her ph.D. there.)

Who among us didn’t hear it in his voice? Man, I haven’t watched that movie for a good 20 years, yet I can still hear that as clear as day.

I will definitely keep my eye out for them when I’m next in that area.

Okay, true — sausage spices, sort of, but not really the flavor of sausage meat. I felt like none of the entries captured the meat component.

See, I actually get a *hint* of peppery sausage in the B&G ones, which is why they’re my favorite. But I would agree that it’s not *enough* of a hint. Needs more hint.