@adam-l The BBC is convinced of it. In order to prove women are funny they found a whole bunch of women no one ever heard of and put them on their comedy shows. Now there are more women comedians on the BBC than men, so women must be funnier than men...right.
Its dire. The BBC only permit left wing jokes and then the women don't even tell them funny.
Why have these tomatoes and onions become a meme.
I'm even more out of touch than I thought, as this is my first time seeing it.
Fresh, home-grown tomatoes are awesome. I think you two guessed correctly, in that a kind, generous woman is so rare these days that when one appears it's news.
Fuck yeah!
This reminds me of Arthur...
They ought to mind home — and be well fed and clothed — but not mixed in society... Music — drawing — dancing — also a little gardening and ploughing now and then... Why not, as well as hay-making and milking?
@Vermillion-Rx I have a terrible suspicion that those tomatoes and onions became a meme because it's a cute gesture symbolizing a generous action from a woman to a man, and it's the only one of its species found in the last century or so... So people get emotional about it.
@Vermillion-Rx yeah, that's what has buffled me. Why have these tomatoes and onions become a meme. What. The. Fuck.
@TheRedPike this information itself is interesting.
Even more interesting is the line of thought behind it. They seem willing to risk pushing to the brink of a neuclear war, because they figure that most of the enemy's 5000 neuclear bombs won't work...
@adam-l I had a lengthy conversation with a retired USAF colonel and USA brigadier general. a few montns back. I pointed out that the US has had two very expensive warhead refurbishment programs since the end of the cold war, necessary to make sure they would even work. I included some details related to expense and shelf life of such weapons. Meanwhile, the russians can barely keep a quarter of their sub fleet working at low tempo, with the damn things catching fire all the time. Their bomber fleet is in abysmal shape, leaving them to rely on the same few dozen bombers in their war and they are starting to lose them too. Finally, there is zero evidence they have had any sort of warhead referb program, instead putting their meager resources on new missile models that blow up all the time in testing.
And then I asked them, "will their bombs even work?" Both answered the same thing without hesitation: probably not.
What little money they have, they are spending it on show, not a viable arsenal. And I'm absolutely certain that's what they are telling Iran to do.
Extra credit: both france and israel are going start running into reliability issues if they don't get cracking on referb in the next 5 to 10 years.
Read MoreWith Trump's ceasefire announced after Iran took heavy hits, it's clear that he scored substantial short-term gains.
On the other hand, it is now clear to Russia that if it wants its allies to remain alive, it must provide them with neuclears.
Trump has upped the ante. Exciting!