Topic: What I learned today! (Read 195113 times)

Büge · « **Reply #2420 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:38:52 AM »

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Bob Ross developed his speed-painting technique while working in the military. He needed to be able to do a lot of paintings quickly so that in his freetime he could build up an inventory for the local art-fairs where he would sell his work.

Also, he would have been 70 today.

Büge · « **Reply #2421 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:02:29 AM »

Sometimes I'll go on /tg/ and learn about weird bits of history.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red

Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan Red, also known as the Atlantic Strategic War Plan[citation needed], was a hypothetical war plan by the United States to fight Great Britain (the "Red" forces)."[1] Although a war plan (theoretical), it nevertheless discussed the potential for fighting a hypothetical war with Britain and its Empire and what steps would become necessary to defend the Atlantic coast. It also discussed fighting a two-front war with both Japan and the British Empire simultaneously (as envisioned in War Plan Red-Orange).

R^2 · « **Reply #2422 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:37:23 AM »

Wonder if France would have been any help this time.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2423 on:** November 05, 2012, 06:05:26 PM »

Nathan Fillion is Canadian. Huh.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2424 on:** November 06, 2012, 02:44:57 PM »

If that's how you apologize for Nickelback, you guys are almost on the road to redemption.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #2425 on:** November 13, 2012, 08:46:39 AM »

WHAT I LEARNED THIS MORNING: boiling mopani wood smells like cookies.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2426 on:** November 13, 2012, 04:57:44 PM »

That sushi beats out a lot of drugs for how fast it bankrupts you after developing a habit.

Classic · « **Reply #2427 on:** November 13, 2012, 05:07:45 PM »

O yah, that shit is steep man.
If I go out for sushi it's at crappy all you can eat places now.

R^2 · « **Reply #2428 on:** November 13, 2012, 05:37:39 PM »

And at that point, why bother? Craving solved.

Classic · « **Reply #2429 on:** November 13, 2012, 06:04:58 PM »

It's like chewing gum to get over smoking. Not that I'd know anything about that.

Büge · « **Reply #2430 on:** November 13, 2012, 06:54:37 PM »

Or smoking to control your appetite!

Not that Classic would know anything about that.

Classic · « **Reply #2431 on:** November 13, 2012, 07:13:35 PM »

Fuck Buge! I put on a little wait thanks to this surgery nonsense!
It's not like I'm going down that rabbit hole again!

Healy · « **Reply #2432 on:** November 17, 2012, 10:46:27 AM »

Apparently there are dudes who literally could not give less of a fuck about what their apples taste like? I mean over on Talking Time there's been a minor kerfuffle over someone daring to say that Red Delicious tastes pretty bad!

R^2 · « **Reply #2433 on:** November 17, 2012, 11:15:34 AM »

If I were to get into a minor kerfluffle with someone for saying Red Delicious apples are "pretty bad", it'd be to point out that there's no need to be gentle and diplomatic to apples.

Kayma · « **Reply #2434 on:** November 17, 2012, 11:25:56 AM »

It's not like Red Delicious apples aren't awful. What is the argument here

Ocksi · « **Reply #2435 on:** November 17, 2012, 12:00:19 PM »

Red Delicious don't cook and have a weak flavor, but what flavor they do have is sweet and wonderful and everything else is made up for by them being the best-feeling apple as far as biting into goes. So crispy.

Healy · « **Reply #2436 on:** November 17, 2012, 12:32:15 PM »

Well I prefer my apples to be a little tart, but at least you can back your preference up! All these other guys, I dunno, they seem to be nonplussed by the fact that different breeds of apple taste different. Like, one guy literally said that all apples taste the same.

Smiler · « **Reply #2437 on:** November 17, 2012, 02:25:40 PM »

I was seeing some serious hipster shit going on over that discussion. Which is the norm at Talking Time.

Some people don't need to nitpick over a specific type of apple.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2438 on:** November 17, 2012, 02:41:56 PM »

Royal Gala 4 lyfe, yo.

*tries to make apple-shapped gang sign, fails miserably*

TA · « **Reply #2439 on:** November 17, 2012, 05:26:21 PM »

Honeycrisp. All else is inferior apple.

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