Who wants to do tomorrow's thread? If no one answers within a half an hour I'll do it.
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I'm staying up for my meds so I can do it. :)
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I just did something dumb. Tried to microwave an old popcorn pack.
Stinks in here now and wasn’t really edible as it ended up burning in the microwave.
Lesson learnt, will throw away the rest.
92 years ago groucho marx sang a song about Dutton and the lnp
I don't know what they have to say It makes no difference anyway Whatever it is, I'm against it No matter what it is or who commenced it I'm against it
Your proposition may be good But let's have one thing understood: Whatever it is, I'm against it And even when you've changed it or condensed it I'm against it
I'm opposed to it On general principles, I'm opposed to it
He's opposed to it In fact, indeed, he's opposed to it
I (grew up in the US) always heard "fudge is made". Is "chocolate" more common there in the saying? If so, a rare win for syllables in Australian English (some shortened slang threw me for a loop the first time I heard/read it).
Canadian here...always knew it as fudge
Are you talking about my "milk milk lemonade" headline? Yeah it's always been chocolate but fudge would work too. It comes with actions also.
I think because fudge wasn't really around until 20 years ago for us, someone changed it to chocolate. That's how I remember it in the 80s.
Yep! I'm also a child of the 80s and only remember it with fudge. I guess it's just a regional thing (and may even vary within the US, I guess, but even on television I've only heard the fudge version)
Fudge makes more sense but we just didn't know what it was back then.
That's interesting to me. Is fudge mainly a North American thing? I have a new rabithole into which to venture next time I'm on the train.
Fudge is 19th century British - there are recipies in Mrs Beeton's cookbook - mid 1800s. I suspect it was invented as the result of a failed batch of toffee. Also tablet in Scotland is pretty much fudge. Home made fudge is how I learned, so probably not a commercial product as such for a long time.
I don't know. We definitely know what it is today but back then it was not something that was marketed to us. Nougat was probably as close as it got.
Anyway come join us any time on the Daily Discussion Thread. You seem pretty cool :)
that's how I remember it from the 70s
Sitting here doomscrolling cyclone updates…🤞😕
My mum brought all her favourite pot plants inside and my brother stocked his eskies with “essentials” so they’re as ready as they’ll ever be…
I hope they don't get too much damage, just saw it's a category 3 after all.
Thanks, yeah that caught a few people by surprise. They’ll be right I hope!
Hope you’re feeling better soon!
I love cool summer evenings. Shorts and hoodie are the best combo
Haven't been feeling well the past few hours since making my way home (word vomited a comment that got lost in the ether, probably for the better). Collapsed when I came home and slept for a couple hours, having felt, and still feeling, nauseous + dizzy + lethargic + sad and bleary. I hope to hell it isn't the flu. I really don't need this now!
Dragged myself to the kitchen, made a big pot of arroz verde, took the bins out, about to collapse on couch with dinner and a movie and plenty of water and a couple nurofen. Begone, ill humours. May I wake up tomorrow feeling refreshed and healed. I think the shittiest part of living alone is when you fall sick...
take care , rest up 🤗
I'm sending healthy vibes through cyberspace.. nnnnnnnnnnnow.
Downloading patch overnight...
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