Also heard," if'n you ain't wif me , yer agin me"
"Thet dog dunt hunt"
From a new super boss of a multimillion dollar project brought in to hear possible solutions to ongoing scheduling conflicts between pipe fitters, carpenters, welders, and electricians.
The South Carolina gentleman asked me to leave the meeting when I wouldn't say what I thought was so funny on his first ten minutes on the job.
Hear say
It's really all about perspective I guess. On a rugby tour in England, our squad were being called colonials prior to the matches being played. We were all called Canadians afterwards.
But the biggest surprise to me was that no one sounded like they were speaking BBC world news english. And we could barely understand the 2 scots teams
we played.
They all had the same issue with our accents and colloquialisms.
Smoke a fag definitely means different things on different sides of the ocean.
And the gent from South Carolina thought we spoke wrong too.
And I still find humour everywhere I look , but intend no offense.
But when I say the prefabbed handrails are 6" too short to meet work safe requirements, and I won't install them without modifications, as a South Carolina resident, what did his reply mean when he said the dog doesn't hunt?
No one ever told me.
It's really all about perspective I guess. On a rugby tour in England, our squad were being called colonials prior to the matches being played. We were all called Canadians afterwards.
But the biggest surprise to me was that no one sounded like they were speaking BBC world news english. And we could barely understand the 2 scots teams
we played.
They all had the same issue with our accents and colloquialisms.
Smoke a fag definitely means different things on different sides of the ocean.
And the gent from South Carolina thought we spoke wrong too.
And I still find humour everywhere I look , but intend no offense.
But when I say the prefabbed handrails are 6" too short to meet work safe requirements, and I won't install them without modifications, as a South Carolina resident, what did his reply mean when he said the dog doesn't hunt?
No one ever told me.
Okay, I googled it." The dog don't hunt " in America is the same as " the boy don't play hockey" in Canada.
Or, "the cable only transmits well in one direction " in audio.
Yeah, eh?
Or, "the cable only transmits well in one direction " in audio.
Yeah, eh?
Au contraire, I'm actually quite fond of Italy and Italians. Dinner tonight with some friends will be insalata misto, carciofi fritti con limone, and risotto ai funghi. A moscato from Alto Adige and a nice Barbaresco from the Produttori will be on the table.
"Apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
Hercules was Gilgamesh
Actually most of those things were done in Sumer thousands of years prior to Rome's founding. History Begins at Sumer by Samuel Noah Kramer is a pretty good read . Guess they traded with the Assyrians, who traded with the Phoenicians , who traded with the Greeks, who traded with the Etruscans , who were over run and absorbed by the Romans .
So the Romans gave us concrete , a brilliant cuisine, and a tradition of fine women.
Actually most of those things were done in Sumer thousands of years prior to Rome's founding. History Begins at Sumer by Samuel Noah Kramer is a pretty good read . Guess they traded with the Assyrians, who traded with the Phoenicians , who traded with the Greeks, who traded with the Etruscans , who were over run and absorbed by the Romans .
So the Romans gave us concrete , a brilliant cuisine, and a tradition of fine women.
Since you are bringing the Romans into this you'd have to slather everything liberally in Garum (roman fish sauce).
Here is a recipe:Recipe for Garum or liquamen, the Roman fish sauce
I wonder if that would work with fresh caught catfish or brim? I don't see much whole fish here in Beer Heck.
I celebrate 4:20 every day.
Tomorrow we celebrate 20/4 as that is my daughters birthday.
It is somewhat unfortunate that she shares her b'day with Hitler but then again I share mine with Generalissimo Franco.
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From what gather you have to use certain sea fish like anchovies, sardines, mackerel or tuna.
Or you could just use Nam Pla or Worcestershire Sauce as they are both made by fermenting fish.
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