Something to lighten the mood

[Ixnay]

Yah, the parts with legs is an astounding feat! And if they happen to be spring loaded to begin with, well only the shadow knows for sure.

 

[chrisb]

Found him

 

[chrisb]

so true

 

[rayma]

The most recent entries have lightened my mood.
Any suggestions for my weight?

Get a scale that measures your weight in kg.

 

[Potentiallyincorrect]

In a peculiar twist of nature, after mating, the female dragon fly will eat the male!

I guess after the incredible sex he is tired and willingly complies. I suspect his only request is eggs for breakfast in the morning.

 

[chrisb]

Praying mantis also, I think.

 

[Galu]

Don't lose your head over it!

 

[Cal Weldon]

I believe it's the Mantis rather than the dragon fly.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Trivia:
Spaghetti is plural. What is a single strand of it called?
Again, I did not know.

 

[Galu]

Italian singular nouns that end in o form the plural by changing the ending to i, dontcha know!

eg. bambino - bambini

 

[tonyEE]

Trivia:
Spaghetti is plural. What is a single strand of it called?
Again, I did not know.

Seriously, and you call yourself an educated Western gentleman?

Spaghettus, spaghetti is a masculine pasta. OTOH, Lasagna, lasganae is a feminine pasta.
It would be a stretch for the Romans to put tomato sauce on their pasta, but not unknown in Vatican City post Columbus.

Didn't they teach Latin in school?

singular:

spaghettus
spaghetti
spaghetto
spaghetum
spaghette
spaghetto

plural

spaghetti
spaghettum
spaghettis
spaghetos
spaghetti
spaghettis

Gratus es, o plebe grammatice, nec lycopersiciSus in spaghetti tuo pones

 

[Galu]

Didn't Elvis sing In the Spaghetto?

 

[Cal Weldon]

Get a scale that measures your weight in kg.

I'm in Canada, It's already in kilos.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Tony, glad you have that much time on your hands.
I think the award goes to Galu once again as he answered the question directly and without fluff.

I am going to reconsider asking questions back here for fear you might answer.

 

[tonyEE]

I'm in Canada, It's already in kilos.

You have English genes? How about stones?

 

[tonyEE]

Tony, glad you have that much time on your hands.
I think the award goes to Galu once again as he answered the question directly and without fluff.

I am going to reconsider asking questions back here for fear you might answer.

Is it any wonder I've got too much time on my hands?
It's ticking away with my sanity
I've got too much time on my hands
It's hard to believe such a calamity
I've got too much time on my hands
And it's ticking away, ticking away from me

Ay.... I took two years of Latin before moving to the New Continent.

Fluff? Ay! Not only did I give a putative full description but I also gave you an interesting tidbit. (*) Turns out that Romans didn't have pasta nor tomatoes.

My daughter did look into it... we looked at Roman Cookbooks., searching to see "what did Romans eat?".

I think it would be fun to get some of those historic cookbooks and learn how to cook Athenian, Etruscan, Visigoth meals. Have you ever thought what you ancestors ate? ( Hopefully not the neighbors ).

 

[lcsaszar]

Spaghettus, spaghetti is a masculine pasta.

So it is a countable noun. Next time I will count it. BTW how many spaghettus makes up a portion?

 

[tonyEE]

What do you mean? African or European portion?

Actually, sometime in '65 I recall getting served a plate of spaghetti in Naples. I could have sworn it only had like four of five noodles. The darn things seemed to go and on and on. At some stores, they had like half a meter long spaghetti noodles!

 

[Galu]

This topic is driving me mad! 😊

 

[Cal Weldon]

How about stones?

Nah, I stopped doing that decades ago

Have you ever thought what you ancestors ate?

It must have been something good, the way I turned out.