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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.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2009 8:50:50 am PST #4848 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

roshambo is when two guys kick each other in the balls until one of them falls over

Best Game Ever!

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Has No Testicles.


megan walker - Feb 03, 2009 8:52:33 am PST #4849 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Ok, and Urban Dictionary says roshambo is when two guys kick each other in the balls until one of them falls over.

How sad is that? Man fights in the American Revolution and all he gets is a kick in the balls?


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2009 8:54:50 am PST #4850 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

roshambo is when two guys kick each other in the balls until one of them falls over

Is this a turns-based game? Or is it in real-time?


Jessica - Feb 03, 2009 8:56:24 am PST #4851 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Okay, Wikipedia says the paramilitary troops were named after the drink, but the BBC says just the opposite. Unfortunately, h2g2 is just a BBC-hosted wiki and doesn't carry any actual journalistic authority. Perhaps Google can break the tie...

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This Guiness trivia site agrees with Wikipedia that the drink was named after the "black and tan coon-hound," which is an Irish hunting dog. Nobody seems to have a reference for that.


Tom Scola - Feb 03, 2009 9:00:30 am PST #4852 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The bar I go to was serving a Hop Obama Ale for a while. A Hop Obama/Guiness was called an "O'Biden".


flea - Feb 03, 2009 9:03:22 am PST #4853 of 30000
information libertarian

Okay, Oxford English dictionary has dates of first use for:

black and tan used for a kind of little dog: 1850
black and tan used for a drink made of porter and ale: 1889
black and tan used for British troops in Ireland: 1921

OED also says the troops were named after their mixed-color uniforms, not the drink.

I love the OED.

That is all.


meara - Feb 03, 2009 9:04:39 am PST #4854 of 30000

with the British forces sent into Ireland in the (IIRC) 1920s to bust some Irish ass (the forces were nicknamed "Black and Tans")

I always assumed the drink was named after this too!

t edit: go Flea with the OED!!

And to me, an Arnold Palmer is iced tea and lemonade, also.


Jessica - Feb 03, 2009 9:04:52 am PST #4855 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oxford English dictionary has dates of first use

Ah, an actual reference book!


flea - Feb 03, 2009 9:07:04 am PST #4856 of 30000
information libertarian

Well, I did use the online version!


Sophia Brooks - Feb 03, 2009 9:13:06 am PST #4857 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I thought half and half was half grapefruit juice, half seltzer-- it is sold by polar that way.

I have never heard of roshambo until this minute.