Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2.

by Fangirl Three Sun 29 Oct 2023 - 19:48

Do those events happen in month 7?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun 29 Oct 2023 - 20:09

September 13th, 1999. yes

by Fangirl Three Mon 30 Oct 2023 - 7:06

That would have been month 7 if Nostradamus seen March 1st as New Year's Day, in antique Roman style.

But New Year's Day in France, before 1564, was March 25th, so Sep 13 would have been in month 6. And the Centuries were written in France in the 1550s.

In any case, Nostradamus used Jan 1 as New Year's Day (according to the authors cited in the Wikipaedia entry).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon 30 Oct 2023 - 9:19

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 9 Nov 2023 - 18:02

https://twitter.com/VABVOX/status/1722391020904530315

Doesn't work on my phone. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 10 Nov 2023 - 21:00

Goats grow on trees! gasp

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1716495721992462753

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat 18 Nov 2023 - 16:20

Exquisitely Bored by Peter 'On the register' Townshend was written "in the Tom Waits tradition."

Can't hear it myself.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 18 Nov 2023 - 16:58

It's like if Mark Knopfler and Sting wrote a song together. dontpanic

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed 13 Dec 2023 - 9:44

There was an Australian version of Are You Being Served? gasp

https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1734682785041072133

by Butterfield Fri 15 Dec 2023 - 1:41

Other than the man with the handbag they all still sound British. Sly

by Butterfield Fri 15 Dec 2023 - 1:44

The actress who played "Mrs Crawford" was actually born in New South Wales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Bronhill

No Wikipedia page for "Captain Wagstaff" or "Mr. Mankowitz" to be able to find out.

by Fangirl Three Fri 15 Dec 2023 - 8:05

I've seen the bit where the 'how long were you stationed at Camber' joke is repurposed for Bondai.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 23 Dec 2023 - 9:59

Catherine Wheel fireworks are named after a Middle Ages torture implement. gasp

by Fangirl Three Sat 23 Dec 2023 - 14:14

Itself named after St Catherine who was being tortured on one, but the spikes refused to harm her and flew off the wheel and impaled the torturers. Apparently.

by Butterfield Sat 23 Dec 2023 - 15:43

I think I heard (a version of) this story when I was a child, but I'd forgotten.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 18:22

https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1743501060516311439

by Nightjar Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 18:37

Batman's favourite soup is Mulligatawny.

by Butterfield Sun 7 Jan 2024 - 0:48

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1743501060516311439

Do we have those ones in the UK?

by Fangirl Three Sun 7 Jan 2024 - 7:16

Nightjar wrote:Batman's favourite soup is Mulligatawny.

It's his favourite thing to have for dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun 7 Jan 2024 - 9:08

Butterfield wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1743501060516311439

Do we have those ones in the UK?

We do. We call them bulrushes, over here.

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