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As I watch these lion dancers doing their thing, I can't help but wonder: What's the connection with China and Lions in the first place? Were Chinese importing lions from Africa thousands of years ago? Any why are Lions the symbol of England for that matter?
I'd have thought Tigers would have been a lot closer to China, at the very least.
wikipedia said a Han dynasty emperor got gifted a lion
There's a good post on askhistorians about the England bit.
there would have been lions in Central Asia
I got a few scones from the food cupboard recently, so this afternoon I organised some jam and cream to have a fancy little afternoon tea. Heated up a scone, cut it in half and realised it was cheese and chives π€£. It was still yummy, but not what I was planning or a good mix with jam and cream.
I'm pretty sure the other two I have are actual fruit scones so I will put the cream aside to have with them this weekend.
I'm SO sick of this Taylor Swift talk. Nothing against her, I like some of her stuff. But this "will she become president" and "OMG she's landed in Melbourne" is just so tedious. You know who else is here? The Blink 182 boys! But there's no need to bang on about it. Do people really not have anything else to talk about?
I'm more interested in hearing peoples thoughts on a their last coffee than I am their thoughts on a celebrity.
I hear you dude. She's some weird bastion of white feminism, so I have to hear about her all over the place.
Billionaires aren't your friends people.
What's the difference between the hype of U2 OR Madonna touring back in the day, or even the Beatles or the Stones. Just a modern take.
I expect it's because you're in the same city she's in. The level of Taylor Swift noise in Perth is quite manageable. We know she's in Australia, and we know she's not coming to Perth. There's probably more noise about Pink who is coming to town in a couple of weeks.
Monkey's paw granted. Taylor Swift will now talk about Melbourne's coffee.
Taylor Swift will now talk about Melbourneβs coffee.
If she gets some places to lift their game I'm all for it.
Thats gotta be the worst thing about touring. Do you send an advanced scout to check out good coffee places for you? Or do you just take a punt each time you go to a new city.
And nobody has mentioned the humidity in days??
Storm sucked up all the weather talk and deployed it at force between Caulfield and Westall. Or at least that's Metro's story.
Staff meeting the other day got derailed by her. Iβve heard of the woman but honestly couldnβt name a single song. Am old?
I too don't know a single song, not even a song title
Careful now the swifties keep lists of the people who make these sorts of comments.
I'm confident I can remember the lyrics to "You belong with me" so I assume I'm safe from the purge.
I've been watching Babylon Berlin lately. Binging it so I can power through before it leaves Netflix.
The band from the fictional nightclub in the show released music for real (as the Moka Esti Orchestra) and it's...actually legit as hell
Incredible show. The final series wasn't released on netflix. I sailed the high seas to find it.
Ok I had to post this here after seeing it on the other site. For anyone who has wondered how they do the VFX for live sports broadcasts - ads on the field that seem to follow the camera around perfectly, on-screen graphics following players around, calculation of ball trajectories - this is a fantastic 11 minute video. You gotta check it out, I don't even care for sports and was mesmerised!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkWWcjeL_zM
Tech is wild though. I cannot believe they managed to render an entire NHL game into Toy Story settings/characters - including the freaking commentators - LIVE, with only TWENTY seconds delay from the live broadcast.
Went to a gig last night and it seems that young pomms are back in droves (you can tell by the accents and number of fades). Was packed. Normally the place is empty on a thurs.
Extremely popular music in the UK (drum and bass) but the scene here has sort of been struggling after the rona (for the smaller gigs). Hopefully it gives promoters a bit more confidence throwing smaller cheaper gigs and difference is made up with drink sales.
Also $15 a pint is ouch.
Where can I find more info about dnb gigs in Melbourne? I honestly have no idea.
Ugh, so glad itβs day off dayβ¦ Iβve been slightly crook 1.5 days, had a wee bit of work drama one day, caught an Uber that smelt like upchuck the other day (man, the standards are non-existent these days), and what should have been an easy bike service with a few blingy bits has turned into a debacle of issues that makes it sound like Iβve been riding it til the wheels fall off.
Yep, definitely pours.
