Thisfox

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[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago

It has a lot of meanings.

The oldest one I know of is that of Monkey King, who in the ancient story stole and ate the peaches of immortality. He did this without any plan; in some versions he was hungry and didn't understand that it would make him immortal. This act of spontaneity also inconvenienced the peach owner, who had intended to serve the peaches to those who were worthy of them.

Since then various martial arts moves and stories and so on were named after that one little bit of the story, usually to showcase a combination of spontaneity and strength.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Over(head) for (the duration of) dinner (well, part of it anyhow).

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that "you have the right to remain silent etc" stuff on TV shows meant to protect yanks from testifying against anyone they don't want to testify against?

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Aussie checking in, similar situation. I remember there used to be one at the hungry jacks facing the customers, and it always had puddles of liquid on the ground. Perhaps that's why it was discontinued.

They're not on the American Style Burger places any more, but Ikea in Sydney has customer-controlled fizzy drink fountains.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Titan/Tighten, and Metroman.... Yeah that matches up quite well....

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

If you are doing that by car, then the cloverleaf will add to your spin, not cancel it out.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

New reason for us to have a keep-left policy on our roads while yanks have a keep-right policy on theirs....

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Never stabbed one potato in all that time.

...Perhaps they don't explode in Australia? Or it could be a microwave thing. I don't have a microwave.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Been practicing cooking for pretty much thirty years. Many many baked potatoes, never had one explode.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Ned Kelly is getting very Robin Hood like here in Australia, although his actual story isn't as heroic.

For an arthurian hero, perhaps Whitlam? Or Governor Macquarie, who arrived in Australia and removed the corruption in the system, and also changed our currency from alcohol to coinage (basically he took on the bastard cops and won). He also was able to answer the question of "you and whose army?" with "my army" and not be inaccurate. Naming half of Australia after himself was a bit rum though....

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

We all know a yank asked this one. They always assume we are all from the US.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Similar to Memrise, which was really fun when you could make your own mems using imagesearch and customise everything.... And now is a rubbish duolingo clone.

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