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Mohammed al-Fayed did something similar by adding the “al”, apparently. (If you’re interested in crooked shopowners)

I’ll bite. Why “von” in quotes? Is he not really a “von”, whatever that would be?

Well Kinja is one thing, but this new theme music SUCKS!! I QUIT!

Heap is hard to beat.

Fun fact! In Jamaican patois, “no woman, no cry” means something like “please don’t cry, babe”. The “no cry” being imperative.

Watched Cleopatra (1963). Long movie is looooong. The highlight was Cleopatra’s entry into Rome - a dance spectacular.

I mean, if we’re not going to clutch these pearls now, why do we even have them?

Here is a bad taste joke, which hinges on knowledge of British serial killers, slang and Indian food.

Come back Teti, all is forgiven.

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Even Richard Feynman equivocates on the subject:

Dame Judi does pretty much yer definitive “Send in The Clowns”, which is not rap, exactly, but, you know, spoken word sorta thing.

Just like the real thing!

All I have is a notification that I’m being “followed” by a porn/entrapment bot called “Milly” with an avatar of a photoshopped ass.

Apparently, in much of former-Soviet Bloc eastern Europe, they just think of it as a quiet phase of World War II, which runs from 1938-1989.

Nothing to C.B. Fry, who captained England’s Test Match Cricket team, Played in the English national football team, Played in the FA Cup Final and co-held the world Long Jump record. He’s the grandfather of Stephen Fry of showbiz fame.

This opinion is incorrect. This best mascot is this one, from Partick Thistle, a Scottish association football team. Created by artist David Shrigley:

Great, I guess I’ll have the cartoon theme song stuck in my brain for the rest of the month.

But, therefore who wheels the wheelmen?

Agreed. Actually, pretty much all of the Stephenson ouvre counts. He (used to?) get a lot of stick for abrupt endings, but I always thought it was better to build up to a massive paradigm shift and then leave it. The message is: no-one can imagine what happens next. Cf. The Diamond Age.