What about instant coffee? I think a Canadian ancestor of mine invented instant coffee! Or at least manufactured it....
In other Olympics news, I wish what's-her-name Coughlin would say her name right. Coff-lin! Not cog-lin.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 3:14:17 pm PDT #2928 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cass - Aug 12, 2008 3:14:49 pm PDT #2929 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm just crazy.
No, your dad would just say he felt fine and leave out some important bit. That's not crazy, that's a daughter validly waiting for reassurance and confirmation.
Which reminds me, need to call dad so he can tell me he's fine. Then I'll talk to my stepmom to be sure he actually is.
Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 3:17:02 pm PDT #2930 of 10003
Swouncing
See, Cass, now *you* are being great.
Allyson - Aug 12, 2008 3:18:20 pm PDT #2931 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Insent, Nilly!
meara - Aug 12, 2008 3:18:57 pm PDT #2932 of 10003
We have not won a medal yet. How can we not win in kayaking?
I was just reading that some half-French guy won Togo's first ever Olympic medal. In kayaking. He said he's only ever been to Togo once. As a baby. (His dad is from there)
Sue - Aug 12, 2008 3:20:18 pm PDT #2933 of 10003
hip deep in pie
What about instant coffee? I think a Canadian ancestor of mine invented instant coffee! Or at least manufactured it....
I'll have to check that out.
We also have Standard Time to our credit. Well it was a Scotsman living in Canada. And it wasn't approved until he left Canada, but there's a park named after him in Halifax!
I can see it now...Vancouver Olympic Committee brings you Time Zones! A journey through the world an hour at a time. Half an hour later in Newfoundland.
brenda m - Aug 12, 2008 3:20:48 pm PDT #2934 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I got: the zipper, butter tarts and the snowmobile.
Basketball? Nah, that won't work. Um, blood transfusion? Hopefully that won't even come up.
Broomball? The Canadarm?
Yeah, I got nothin'.
Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 3:22:42 pm PDT #2935 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'll have to check that out.
Googling didn't come up with anything, so it must have just been a plant. I think it was the Lefebvres.
Sue - Aug 12, 2008 3:23:10 pm PDT #2936 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Wikipedia says:
Instant coffee was invented in 1901 by Satori Kato, a Japanese scientist working in Chicago, United States.
flea - Aug 12, 2008 3:30:17 pm PDT #2937 of 10003
information libertarian
Curling???
Nilly, what is your dissertation about? The one-sentence version is fine, and it's okay to use technical terms because mr. flea wants to know. And he has a PhD - in SCIENCE! (Which is an American public-radio-based joke that you will not get, but funny, trust me.)