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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2023 13:52:08 GMT -5
Interesting, but I really don’t believe that those tires looks like the arms and legs of a man:
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Post by Confessor on Mar 30, 2023 19:58:12 GMT -5
Thirty five years ago today, the British £1 note ceased to be legal tender. Here’s what it looked like:   I remember it well and in fact still have one. I can also just about remember the previous £1 note design, which ceased to be legal tender around 1978...  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 30, 2023 19:59:49 GMT -5
Interesting, but I really don’t believe that those tires looks like the arms and legs of a man: That's not what it's saying though. It's saying the tires would look like a man if you added arms and legs. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2023 2:52:28 GMT -5
You’re right, still feels like a leap, but I don’t disagree with you.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 31, 2023 10:48:28 GMT -5
Well, remember, you are looking at a cartoonist's version of the stack, not the actual stack that supposedly inspired the idea.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2023 7:05:47 GMT -5
Thanks to the All About History website, I learnt that the Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the oldest livery companies in London, with a history dating back 800 years.
Curiously, there were separate guilds for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers, until Elizabeth I united them.
I wonder, was there a pragmatic reason for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers having separate guilds, or, cynically, just mankind dividing itself again?
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 20, 2023 13:45:56 GMT -5
Thanks to the All About History website, I learnt that the Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the oldest livery companies in London, with a history dating back 800 years. Curiously, there were separate guilds for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers, until Elizabeth I united them. I wonder, was there a pragmatic reason for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers having separate guilds, or, cynically, just mankind dividing itself again? You're asking an American about separating people by color? Long history of that around these parts... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2023 14:50:56 GMT -5
Thanks to the All About History website, I learnt that the Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the oldest livery companies in London, with a history dating back 800 years. Curiously, there were separate guilds for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers, until Elizabeth I united them. I wonder, was there a pragmatic reason for white bread-bakers and brown bread-bakers having separate guilds, or, cynically, just mankind dividing itself again? You're asking an American about separating people by color? Long history of that around these parts... Going by what I read, I think the colour was about the bread. So white bread and brown bread, not the actual skin colour of the bakers. (I should have worded it better) Some people have said that brown bread is more nutritious, so was that a factor? EDIT: Wikipedia has the answer: Hopefully I have that right, and it wasn’t about skin colour. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 20, 2023 15:01:26 GMT -5
You're asking an American about separating people by color? Long history of that around these parts... Going by what I read, I think the colour was about the bread. So white bread and brown bread, not the actual skin colour of the bakers. (I should have worded it better) Some people have said that brown bread is more nutritious, so was that a factor? EDIT: Wikipedia has the answer: Hopefully I have that right, and it wasn’t about skin colour.No, you were right, of course. I'm just being my usual mordant self. Although had those hyphens not been there...  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2023 15:04:29 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I am absolutely the worst person at interpreting humour, my friend. I’m in a different time zone when it comes to getting humour. And, yes, the hyphens. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 20, 2023 15:06:39 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I am absolutely the worst person at interpreting humour, my friend. I’m in a different time zone when it comes to getting humour. And, yes, the hyphens. My apologies. My posts should come with a user warning. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2023 15:12:36 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I am absolutely the worst person at interpreting humour, my friend. I’m in a different time zone when it comes to getting humour. And, yes, the hyphens. My apologies. My posts should come with a user warning. No apology necessary, but I’m about five hours behind EST when it comes to understanding a joke. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2023 2:39:15 GMT -5
Worth a read:
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2023 7:39:26 GMT -5
Interesting:
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2023 8:05:04 GMT -5
I thought this was interesting:
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