How about a new question ? ;)
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How about a new question ? ;)
The answer is Parallel Universe! Your Q Pino ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
I was the one who started this thread 10 years ago :eek: can't find any more questions sorry ;)
OK then I'll pass to my precious little cupcake....... gadjo_dilo :s mokin:
Stop playing this disgusting knight Galahad game to me....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Anyway, due to my work ethics I reject any unfair advantages.
And before calling "cupcake" a woman you've never seen, read the first chapter of the novel "La tía Julia y el escribidor". :laugh:
I don't care much for soap operas. However I will suggest to you that read an American Masterpiece:Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
"Rappaccini's Daughter" (Hawthorne)
and maybe get a sense of humor ;)
I'll pass to janvanvurpa
Thanks . Just printed the text and I'll try to read it tomorrow as the electricity will be cut between 8-15. Hope it worth it. No offence but I'm not a fan of any form of american art. Anyway I'll give it a try. I'm probably stupid but not stupid enough to reject a book from the start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
As for the sense of humour, I'm sorry but my style is still "Aunt Julia..." and M.V. Llosa is one of my fav authors. De gustibus.....
No thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Allow me to jump in with a quickie...
Does anybody here like mangos? :)
I love fresh mangos although they’re not easy to find in my neck of the woods :(
Although the largest cultivator of mangos, at close to 14 million tons annually ( :eek: ), India accounts for only about 5% of the world's exports of the tasty fruit, ranking it 5th in the share of global exports.
What are the other top 4 countries?
I also meant no offence. Women in the US are emancipated to the point that they (the ones I associate with) would consider that a back-handed compliment. I should know that other cultures would see it as an insult. Nothing wrong with Llosa, in fact it shows that you have good taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
:s ailor: Peace
I know that Mexicans introduced into the US a particular tasty version (dried with cayene pepper). Is Mexico one of the top 4?
Yep. Mexico is the top exporter.
Three more to go.
Brazil?
Keep 'em coming Doc. Two more :)
I think you will Hawthorne IMO is the greatest American Author. BTW I saw the opera performed by The Mexico City Opera Company. Schmenke the rest will be my usual wild guesses. Let’s try the Philippines, and the USAQuote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Me? What did I do now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
last I knew I had pissed off several people with a motorsport related geographic question..
Heaven forfend i should pose another.
Why do you think I passed it to you? :s pinhead: :dozey: :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Mexico
Philippines
Mystery Country
Brazil
India
Wow a little surprised with Philippines, I know that they, Hawaii, and Florida Grow a lot of Papaya, and those two (Mango) kind of go hand in hand. Of course we are probably the biggest consumers of Mexican Mangos, (they pronounce them Mawngos) so the US is kind of silly answer (where do we rank?) How about Peru for the Grand Salami?
Indonesia?
Nope, not Indonesia.
Doc, the USA, according to my source, does not even rank in the top 10. Peru is 7th.
How about Honduras?
Ok then Argentina?
Visit us in mid to late April. Best time and best quality alphonso mangoes are waiting for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Yeah, well we need our damn mangoes!Quote:
Although the largest cultivator of mangos, at close to 14 million tons annually ( :eek: ), India accounts for only about 5% of the world's exports of the tasty fruit, ranking it 5th in the share of global exports.
already they are too pricey thanks to exports to the Gulf, we don't want any more exports to you gringos :hmph: :p :
as to the question, I knew only about Mexico. (and those don't have anything on real alphonso from the Konkan coast - about 200 miles from where I live)
Is he?!!!!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Wasn't sure yesterday but when I got home just checked my personal library. And found out I've read in the past another of his short stories: Dr. Heidegger's experiment. The kind of lecture I liked in my twenties. Anyway, lots of doctors in his work......
Well, fair to say I'm not the kind who's "too led to the church" but at least you should have noticed the " :laugh: " at the end of my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Otherwise you should read that passage about Josephina Sanchez's real look.
Back to the mangos.....
Don't think I ever tasted one but I remember some mango juice ( or was it compote? )tins that "decorated" our communist shops. I think the tins were chinese and since China is near India....
Nope, although like India as Storm points out, the exports from the Mystery Country are largely to the gulf nations.
If China is not, then ....Thailand?
More to the point science, like in "The Birthmark" Science was a very romantic notion in the mid 19th century, that is if you understand the meaning of "romantic", (Poe played around with it quite a bit as well see; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar/Edgar Allan Poe) but the vast majority of his work did not. "The Haunted Mind", "The Ambitious Guest", "The Hollow of the Three Hills", The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, nor his most highly acclaimed novel "The Scarlet Letter" has as prominent to the story doctors, or science. Much of his work was affected by the fact that his great great great grandfather was a judge at the Salem witch trials. He is remembered for ordering the whipping of Ann Coleman, Both in "Main Street" and in "The Custom House" Hawthorne refers to this ancestor as a persecutor of Quakers, and he is referred to indirectly in "Young Goodman Brown." and this abomination is a prominent theme in "The House of the Seven Gables". Not that I am an authority, but I did major in English Lit, with my area of specialization being "The American Romantics" Among other things Hawthorne is revered for his unmatched use of allegory in his narrativesQuote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Did you read the story you printed? I'd prefer to wait until you have before we discuss him any further.
Also I stated IMO when referring to him as the greatest American Author. I'm sure many if not most scholars do not :bulb:
Let’s try Viet Nam for the Salami, and all expense paid fly-in Muskie fishing trip in Northeastern Ontario
Nope.
See posts no.s 1056 & 1058 for a hint.
Afghanistan? :dozey:
How about D.R. Congo?
Close!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Pakistan?
Iran :confused:
:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Do I still get the Muskie fishing trip? :mark:
I thought my Q about Parallel Universe was a good one but C'est la vie!
I have one that ought to be fun, and a good vehicle for making broad generalizations about America and Americans, while simultaneously ripping us a new arsehole :laugh:
The Mars Chocolate Company of North America, specifically COMBOS® snacks has come out with its annual list of the 50 manliest cities in the U.S.
# 5 is Birmingham Alabama. Give me the rest of the top 5.
As a bonus what are San Diego, and San Francisco ranked.
http://i.somethingawful.com/u/dannymanic/combos.jpg
Caro Dottore,Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
very funny, really. No! this isn't a complaint , more a puzzled 'observation'.
This question, like many here, is really in no way "geographic".
And the only way a person could answer this is if they had stumbled onto the same really rather hilarious 'study'.
It's really a 'study' of 'various consumer habits' in its own words.
the last was not "geographic" but agricultural and its often that way...
Now I'm all for situation and pondering the geographic distribution of soocial and political and cultural phenomenon, but as i say, nobody could know this even if they were genius of geography like you are a genius of the medical field, caro dottore.
Just an observation, you guys can all pretend that you don't research the answers, and we can have a good laugh at the criteria of the study that this company paid for...
Does this mean I'm off your Christmas list? :confused:
Oh not at all, the "study" which was the basis was hilarious and as I said a worthy subject of discussion...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
(as a curious side note, I use that very phrase ^, or "Christmas Card list" when referring to people who are say raging 2%!&*+ holes "You're ratcheting slowly down the Christmas card list...tsk tsk" Them "Wha? WHA? No way Grrrr Obama grrr grr freedom grrrrr fagotte!
Tsk tsk"
Your previous point is well taken, and I expect Pino to come along to ask for a new one. That is how I ended up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
You can take some satisfaction to know that Seattle is holding fast at #41 ;)
I do find it a little amusing that the city associated with Navy SEAL training, Marine Corp. Air Station Miramar, Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The birthplace of (along wit L.A.) U.S. dirt bike racing, and it's champions including Supercross (Not to take anything away from the UK, Sweeden, Spain, France, Italy, Husky, Penton, Montessa, Cagiva,or Bultaco), and the home of the king of NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson, is ranked 50th, and Oakland a hotbed of Hell’s Angels and a city that Chuck Norris wouldn’t walk the streets alone is #47.
;)
One other thing, you have me at a disadvantage as I don't speak Italian. :uhoh: