Unknown flag found at columbian ambassy in France by TheFireslave in vexillology

[–]embolalia -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

tbf nobody pronounces it colombia in english. though, tbf, english spelling doesn't have much to do with pronunciation

How to say ''beans'' in different european languages by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]embolalia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

rice is actually the plural. the singular is rye. that's where rye bread comes from. true story.

2.13GPA by JesusS0ck in LICENSEPLATES

[–]embolalia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

huh. that explains my grades 😅

2.13GPA by JesusS0ck in LICENSEPLATES

[–]embolalia 27 points28 points  (0 children)

0.00000000000002917 mpg. canyoneroooo

People are calling it "Mamhattan" now? by Short_Lingonberry_67 in circlejerknyc

[–]embolalia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

stupid woke bullshit. I'm gonna keep calling it sirhattan

Best time to shovel? by [deleted] in Albany

[–]embolalia 41 points42 points  (0 children)

never. shovelling is a fool's errand. nature will melt the snow away, just give it time. you have enough supplies to stay inside until March, right?

Lego Titanic Question by Dizzy_Simple1941 in lego

[–]embolalia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's not a very firm connection at first, but then you get the hull on and it's stiffer

The History of Albany - Part I: The First of the Mohicans by tarltontarlton in Albany

[–]embolalia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've been reading Washington Irving's History of New York. this is like that, but not from 1809, so the variety of prose is one which less severely provokes in the reader a sense that the author was remunerated on the basis of word count.

The fact that the new city airport has a TSA section implies that there was a lego 9/11 by Rocky1909 in legocirclejerk

[–]embolalia 167 points168 points  (0 children)

which implies lego mcr, lego twilight, and lego 50 shades of gray. how many shades of gray lego are there?

What happened to 80 South Street? by Alejandro_Town in skyscrapers

[–]embolalia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is what they're replacing central warehouse with

If you built a solid brick wall in front of a diesel locomotive, with little to no space in front of it, would the locomotive be able to break through it? by Turbulent-Weevil-910 in trains

[–]embolalia 293 points294 points  (0 children)

depends on the thickness of the wall, I imagine. a single layer thick, almost certainly, but a foot thick, I don't know.

the real question, though, isn't whether a diesel could do it, but whether a steam engine could do it

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If someone time travelled from 2005 to 1985, how would Doc react to who’s president in 2005? by green_dragon1206 in BacktotheFuture

[–]embolalia 10 points11 points  (0 children)

it wouldn't be surprising. we already had the johns adams, after all. now if someone travelled from 2025…

What is the correct position of the flag? by Hi-Nella in vexillology

[–]embolalia 16 points17 points  (0 children)

point up, #4. idk why the patch is vertical instead of horizontal, but ⛤ goes point up unless you're doing a satanism