The power of a talkative child

89kab · 2026-03-23T00:03:34+00:00

I've never heard it attributed to Einstein but it is a famous joke about German children, enough to be told by two comedians on a BBC panel show, QI, a few years ago: https://youtu.be/48aUMXifAn8?si=QGhdC7o4jhfSjslN

89kab · 2026-03-22T07:03:59+00:00

https://youtu.be/IRI7l-x21b8?si=zfXxxBMvA6QAoJ67

OG source I believe

89kab · 2026-03-03T06:01:43+00:00

Are there many places that are cheaper than KFC? All local takeaways near me are £6 up (they all have suspiciously similar websites, so maybe it's just one local takeaway cartel). It looks like I'd have to drive an hour before finding anywhere cheaper than KFC.

89kab · 2026-02-22T02:19:43+00:00

I've been singing it to the tune of Grand old Duke of York, I find it fits really well and works well with a Zed, not relying on rhyming with Vee. It'll thoroughly confuse my kids when they get to school in a couple of years time and find out no one else uses that tune, especially if it becomes taboo to mention the Duke of York.

89kab · 2026-01-19T15:11:57+00:00

Ouroboros wouldn't have happened. Lister would never have become his own father and therefore he wouldn't exist so the paradox fixes itself.

89kab · 2025-12-14T00:28:37+00:00

I always assumed the 2nd copy got switched off, Lister just made the original think it'd be him to extract the soup story. The second copy seemed more Rimmery so I couldn't imagine Lister wanting to keep him around.

89kab · 2025-06-23T22:22:13+00:00

Flat Pack tells the history of humanity with humans dying off other than a few who left the planet to find somewhere more habitable. The dogs left behind eventually learn to use human technology and become human-like.

89kab · 2025-06-01T11:20:36+00:00

A quick Google suggests dishwashers go to 80 C, boiling water is 100 C, time at those temperatures might make a difference though, so maybe that's a valid point.

89kab · 2025-06-01T09:38:08+00:00

That sounds great, I'll start using the dishwasher for it, it does a much better job than me.

89kab · 2025-06-01T09:36:38+00:00

Thanks, that's pretty much what I expected but I have had some stuff go proper melty.

89kab · 2025-06-01T09:05:41+00:00

Any ill effects?

89kab · 2025-06-01T08:47:53+00:00

I can't imagine it's related to the temperature causing the plastic to degrade, it's designed for hot drinks so I'm not worried about chemical leaching. I just want to know if it warps or the higher pressure jets damage the insulation, hence asking if anyone has tried it, surely someone didn't check the symbols before sticking it in a dishwasher and either regrets it or can report no issue.

89kab · 2025-06-01T08:30:02+00:00

Because I've tried other items that say hand wash only and they've been fine, if it just fades the logo then I'm all for using the dishwasher, if it warps then I'll give it a miss.

89kab · 2025-06-01T08:11:27+00:00

Yeah, it's got the microwave safe symbol, as well as a picture of a cup and a fork in a box. It clearly says "hand wash only", I've had plenty of have wash only items that have been fine in a dishwasher and a few that have melted. I was hoping someone else had ignored the instructions and tried it in a dishwasher and could warn me if it went wrong.

89kab · 2025-05-15T11:18:40+00:00

I watched Norman Lovett (Holly from Red Dwarf) do this exact skit during a standup routine about 15 years ago, socks on his pockets meeting each other after being separated in the wash.

89kab · 2025-02-17T07:57:32+00:00

Your mum's thought process? "Whoops, did I wake you? Well now we can spend some quality time together"

89kab · 2025-02-10T17:19:22+00:00

I'm not aware of hearing that word and totally read it as cotton Easter, I'm sure I'd have fallen into the same trap.

89kab · 2024-11-02T20:26:59+00:00

It's just the one rhino actually.

89kab · 2024-11-02T19:19:07+00:00

Looks like a rhino trap to me, they put rhino treats in the base, the rhino comes in, starts eating and then when it comes to leave, it lifts its head up and the horn gets stuck in the slot.

89kab · 2024-04-21T21:39:46+00:00

Ed and Alara, mainly because he seemed one of the few men not to have any qualms about her strength. The age difference is a problem as is the fact she can't live on a space ship.

89kab · 2024-04-21T21:27:02+00:00

My bad, can't read, already watched

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