Things I Learned on RF Today

[Wu Wei]

I learned that I can only take so much of the "Speak Only In Movie/TV Script" and "Speak Only in Random Song Lyrics" before they get tiresome and I need to stop posting there for awhile,

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Mansplaining is actually a good thing because otherwise feminine people won't understand what's being talked about...or something like that...

 

[Tomef]

Masculinity is the thing that you don't really see behind you in the mirror, because it's invisible, but it's, like, there too (man).

 

[Kathryn]

It's only there if you are a man. Definitely not there if you are a woman. No mansplaining can help if you are a woman.

 

[Tomef]

Bears are moving in on the spelling bee.

 

[Wu Wei]

Just because you ask for a bottle of Scotch it does not mean you're a drunk

 

[Secret Chief]

Nothing. Again.

 

[Tomef]

Women are doomed to be forever lost in darkness and confusion, for they reject the illumination of invisible masculinity.

 

[Tomef]

Pizza, digging the garden, and the pleasure of high quality socks are all substitutes for bonking.

 

[Secret Chief]

Women are doomed to be forever lost in darkness and confusion, for they reject the illumination of invisible masculinity.

Now I'm worried you understood that post.

 

[Tomef]

Now I'm worried you understood that post.

Invisible masculinity explains all

 

[GoodAttention]

Not all men are capable of looking at themselves in the mirror

 

[John53]

Not all men are capable of looking at themselves in the mirror

I try to avoid it

 

[Martin]

I learned from the "30,000 feet of water" thread that God doesn't like the metric system. Is that why Americans don't like it either?

 

[Secret Chief]

I learned from the "30,000 feet of water" thread that God doesn't like the metric system. Is that why Americans don't like it either?

Yes because the metric system is used by socialists.

 

[Martin]

Yes because the metric system is used by socialists.

Probably by witches too.

 

[mangalavara]

I learned from the "30,000 feet of water" thread that God doesn't like the metric system. Is that why Americans don't like it either?

We don’t like the metric system because it was invented in France. France is an Unamerican country that we want nothing to do with.

You might ask, ‘What about that colossal gift from France, the Statue of Liberty?’ My answer is that we received it out of the kindness of our hearts, being good recipients and all. Of course, we placed it on an island off the coast of the precious mainland, and we haven’t really taken care of the statue’s exterior.

 

[Martin]

We don’t like the metric system because it was invented in France. France is an Unamerican country that we want nothing to do with.

You might ask, ‘What about that colossal gift from France, the Statue of Liberty?’ My answer is that we received it out of the kindness of our hearts, being good recipients and all. Of course, we placed it on an island off the coast of the precious mainland, and we haven’t really taken care of the statue’s exterior.

France is also UnBritish, though I do like the way they dealt with royalty.

 

[ChristineM]

We don’t like the metric system because it was invented in France. France is an Unamerican country that we want nothing to do with.

You might ask, ‘What about that colossal gift from France, the Statue of Liberty?’ My answer is that we received it out of the kindness of our hearts, being good recipients and all. Of course, we placed it on an island off the coast of the precious mainland, and we haven’t really taken care of the statue’s exterior.

What would America do without French fries?

 

[mangalavara]

What would America do without French fries?

Thankfully, ‘French’ fries didn’t originate in France. Further, the adjective French is mistakenly assumed to mean ‘of or pertaining to France.’ It is actually related to the Old English word franca, meaning ‘javelin’ or ‘spear.’ It is cognate with the Old Norse frakka, also meaning ‘spear.’

So, it’s not as if Americans eat potato strips cooked by some metric unit-counting Frenchman, rather, we eat ‘fried spears’ cooked by somebody who counts US customary units.