Most doors open outwards toward the street or lobby. At least in places advanced enough to have fire codes. American hotels where hotel room doors often open inwards (to prevent other guests from walking into an opening door?) are an exception to the rule.

My stock words are: tea, coffee, beer, thank you, toilet, please which I have learnt in about twenty languages, although I am a bit rusty on some.

I pride myself on being able to order beer in 17 languages. Everything becomes much easier after a beer or two with the natives.

Best single phrase I think you can learn in a language when you are traveling abroad, outside of things like “Hi,” “please,” and “thank you,” is “how do you say [point to noun].”

Insert the usual tale about male tourists innocently wandering into the ladies’ room in Ireland because in the Irish language, “Men” is Fir and “Women” is Mná.

“My name is”

Oh yeah, ANY attempt to speak a foreign language in good faith should be lauded. It’s definitely, as you say, karmically on the person you are speaking with.

That just begs an answer to a bigger question...

That just begs an answer to a bigger question...

Can you start a heart with them?

Can you start a heart with them?

“Very strong Bourbon” is an oxymoron. There’s a legal limit of 62.5% ABV, or 125 proof.

You know it’s not about making you more secure, but at making you feel more secure. Humans want to see that something is done, whether that something is helpful or not.
If it stops some people from going hysterical at an airport, or fearfully accusing their fellow travellers, then it’s a plus. If they can’t have…

My obituary will read “no one’s wife and mother of none is dead; therefore, no one cares.”

The illustration picture is a bad (or good) example.
1.3 + 1.4 = 2.7. Rounded due to potential measurement errors gives 1 + 1 = 3.

What if someone shows you that you’re wrong in that?

You’re wrong. It’s “flak jacket”, not flack. Flak is short for “Fliegerabwehrkanone”.

What kind of crappy voice recognition did you use to write this?

(I know I’m replying to a necrothread, but anyhow)

I found my dream home as a small house on a much larger piece of land. I like that it’s small - it’s less to clean and maintain, and I can spend more time outdoors than penned up inside.

Oh, thank you. Now I got that jingle stuck in my head, and I’ll be in perfect harmony for days. Evil Chelsea!

Oh, thank you. Now I got that jingle stuck in my head, and I’ll be in perfect harmony for days. Evil Chelsea!

These aren’t hot dogs, but bratwurst. You don’t put them in tiny buns.

These aren’t hot dogs, but bratwurst. You don’t put them in tiny buns.