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Nate the Great 02-08-2008 09:25 PM

I could look this up, but I might as well hassle you guys: Is it

Blue, blue-green, green-blue, green
Or
Blue, green-blue, blue-green, green?

How do you know if you're in love? Honestly, this one has been both Persisting and Niggling me for quite some time.

What does fruitcake really taste like? I've never had any, never intend to, but still...

PointyHairedJedi 02-09-2008 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by catalina_marina (Post 75976)
Only in English, dear. :P

You do all speak it anyway. :p

mudshark 02-09-2008 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 75979)

What does fruitcake really taste like? I've never had any, never intend to, but still...

Like brandy, if done properly.

Nate the Great 02-09-2008 09:53 PM

And what if it's NOT done properly? ;)
Actually, I have no idea what brandy tastes like.

Don't most people just say "the Web" these days?

PointyHairedJedi 02-10-2008 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 75989)
And what if it's NOT done properly? ;)

Hobo feet.



(Ha ha, I made you imagine what hobo feet taste like.)

Nate the Great 02-10-2008 09:23 PM

No, you made me question anew how you managed to get out of that straightjacket. :)

mudshark 02-11-2008 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by PointyHairedJedi (Post 75991)
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Originally Posted by Nate
And what if it's NOT done properly?

Hobo feet.



(Ha ha, I made you imagine what hobo feet taste like.)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...milies/mad.gif

Nate the Great 02-12-2008 02:28 AM

I hereby declare today to be Junk Food Day here in the PNQ thread!

I can understand how "pop" was applied to carbonated beverages, but what about "soda?"

Do they say "ketchup" or "catsup" in Canada?

Aren't there umpteen more efficient ways to get flavored sugar to your mouth than Pixie Stix?

What's the more common pronounciation: "car-mell" or "care-a-mel?"

Why do peanut butter and chocolate make such a great combination? WHY?

mudshark 02-12-2008 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 75994)
I can understand how "pop" was applied to carbonated beverages, but what about "soda?"

Soda water is the part which gives it the carbonation (contains sodium bicarbonate, or did in Britain.)

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Do they say "ketchup" or "catsup" in Canada?
Both.

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Aren't there umpteen more efficient ways to get flavored sugar to your mouth than Pixie Stix?
Define "umpteen".

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What's the more common pronounciation: "car-mell" or "care-a-mel?"
Neither.

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Why do peanut butter and chocolate make such a great combination? WHY?
They just do. Ask again, and we'll take yours away.

Nate the Great 02-12-2008 04:39 AM

Um, how can baking soda add fizz to water? Or are we assuming here that water back then was slightly acidic?

Umpteen is an unknown, theoretically large number. Eighteen, nineteen, ... umpteen.

So how do you say carmel?

AKAArzosah 02-12-2008 09:53 AM

Caramel? ... ... ... ... Nope, I give up. The Australian pronounciation just doesn't work in text. Seriously, I spent about 10 minutes trying to figure it out.

But the ketsup? Here in Australia we pronounce that 'tuh-ma-toe sorce'.

Pixie sticks - that's those foot long tubes of fizzy-ish powder right?

Peanut Butter and chocolate, god I wish they had Reeses Peanut Butter cups here... as it is I have to buy them online.

Whoops, I would ask some questions of my own but I gotta get off the net (stupid not-broadband, *mutter mutter*).

Nate the Great 02-12-2008 10:19 AM

But ketchup isn't just tomato sauce.

AKAArzosah 02-12-2008 10:36 AM

Is there really as many HotDog stands in the USA as the movies make out (seems like practically every street corner)?

What's your favourite chocolate/candy bar? (open to everyone, US or otherwise)

Are there really TV dinners in little trays with each food item separated?

Random question: How much do you get trading in bottles and cans in the US?

AKAArzosah 02-12-2008 10:40 AM

I always thought they were the same thing. It's 'the red sauce you put on Hot Dogs' often accompanied by mustard. Hey Wikipedia agrees with me!

Is ketchup chunky or smooth or what? I guess it just depends on your own definition.

Tate 02-13-2008 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AKAArzosah (Post 76000)
I always thought they were the same thing. It's 'the red sauce you put on Hot Dogs' often accompanied by mustard. Hey Wikipedia agrees with me!

True enough, but by my understanding, there are two ingrediants in ketchup that set it apart from other tomato sauces: corn syrup and vinegar. It's vinegar in particular that give ketchup its distinctive flavor.

What I want to know is why ketchup is so often referred to on labels as "tomato ketchup." Is there some sort of non-tomato ketchup I just don't know about?

Oh, and I'm not certain that I've ever seen a hot dog stand (except in movies), despite have lived in America for all my life. That's not to say that I've never had a hot dog before. But when I've had hot dogs, I've usually gotten them at a barberque or restraunt, not a stand-alone hot dog cart or stand. Then again, I've spent practically no time in big cities, like Chicago or New York, where I could more easily imagine such hot dog stands existing.

Nate the Great 02-13-2008 02:06 PM

Unless you're talking about one of our MANY county fairs, festivals, and so forth, no, we don't really have that many hot dog stands. However, at the Minneapolis State Fair we pride ourselves in having many MANY things on sticks, including hot dogs (with and without fried corn batter over it).

Ketchup is smooth. That's what makes it ketchup. If the tomato is unevenly coagulated that's called "you didn't shake the bottle before using it."

My favorite candy bar (if you mean out and out candy bar, not just any old candy that you can get in the grocery store checkout line), it's the Fast Break. I love those things.

If you mean any candy sold in roughly bar-shaped parcels NEXT to the proper candy bars, Starbursts. Yum.

Yes, we have TV dinners with each entree in a separate compartment within the same tray.

Can and bottle reimbursements depend on the state. Some states give nothing, others a nickel, others a dime.

mudshark 02-13-2008 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 75998)
But ketchup isn't just tomato sauce.

The ketchup (ketjap manis) which originally came to the attention of Europeans (brought back by the British and Dutch East India Companies in the 18th century) didn't have any tomatoes in it (tomatoes are native to the New World), and ketchup as we know it here and now most certainly is tomato sauce. (Have you ever made ketchup? It takes a lot of tomatoes to make it.)

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Originally Posted by Tate (Post 76002)
What I want to know is why ketchup is so often referred to on labels as "tomato ketchup." Is there some sort of non-tomato ketchup I just don't know about?

Many of them, in fact. See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup



There aren't as many hot dog stands as there used to be, and even in the old days, I don't think even Brooklyn had one on every corner.

There really are TV dinners in compartmented trays, but there's a lot more variety than there used to be and some of them are really quite good.

How much you get trading in cans and bottles depends upon the size of the container and where you are, to some extent.

Sa'ar Chasm 02-13-2008 06:25 PM

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Here in Australia we pronounce that 'tuh-ma-toe sorce'.
When I was in Grade 3 in Australia, someone told me not to confuse the words "sauce" and "source". Since I wasn't really listening with an Australian accent then (everyone sounded normal, and I couldn't tell that I didn't speak the same way as them), I had no idea what he was talking about because the two words sounded completely different.

Nate the Great 02-13-2008 09:09 PM

Banana ketchup? Actually, that sounds like a good name for a rock band. :)

Yeah, I'm told that with a certain accent "garnish" turns into "gornish." I'm sure a similar phenomenon happens all over the place.

AKAArzosah 02-14-2008 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm (Post 76005)
When I was in Grade 3 in Australia, someone told me not to confuse the words "sauce" and "source". Since I wasn't really listening with an Australian accent then (everyone sounded normal, and I couldn't tell that I didn't speak the same way as them), I had no idea what he was talking about because the two words sounded completely different.

I agree that they sound completely different, I'm just finding it impossible to WRITE how they SOUND.

In my opinion there's a very distinct 'r' sound in both, but MORE distinctive in 'source'. Then again, there are differences across Australia just like there are in the US - not as pronounced, but definitely there.

Nate the Great 02-14-2008 05:15 PM

Considering how some English-print mangas mirror everything to left/right instead of right/left, I wonder: Is there actually some factor that makes one orientation preferable, or is it totally a coin-flip personal preference?

NAHTMMM 02-16-2008 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by AKAArzosah (Post 75999)
Is there really as many HotDog stands in the USA as the movies make out (seems like practically every street corner)?

I will go with Tate's answer on this one.

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What's your favourite chocolate/candy bar? (open to everyone, US or otherwise)
I dunno. Snickers or plain chocolate. Others are good too.

Chancellor Valium 02-17-2008 05:48 PM

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What's your favourite chocolate/candy bar? (open to everyone, US or otherwise)
Humm. Tough one, but I'd go for Fry's peppermint creams.

Nate the Great 02-18-2008 04:46 AM

Should we start a second list of "signs you've been around 5M.net too long?" I think I could come up with some fun stuff!

PointyHairedJedi 02-18-2008 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 76008)
Considering how some English-print mangas mirror everything to left/right instead of right/left, I wonder: Is there actually some factor that makes one orientation preferable, or is it totally a coin-flip personal preference?

The only one I've read is Nausicaa, and that wasn't flipped which bothered me not a jot, so I guess I don't care all that much.

Also, corn syrup is why Americans are all fat (hooray for gross overgeneralisations!).

Tate 02-20-2008 06:57 AM

"No wonder everyone in America is so fat. All there is to eat is waffles and French fries." - Masahashi Ando-Kun, "Seven Minutes to Midnight", Heroes

MaverickZer0 02-21-2008 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 76019)
Should we start a second list of "signs you've been around 5M.net too long?" I think I could come up with some fun stuff!

We did that ages ago, but I think it died on page 50 or something ridiculously high like that.

Nate the Great 02-21-2008 12:09 PM

A third list then, or however many lists it takes for me to actually be present to contribute.

AKAArzosah 02-22-2008 03:12 AM

In keeping with the 'junk food' theme a bit back, what are 'grits'?

Tate 02-22-2008 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AKAArzosah (Post 76042)
In keeping with the 'junk food' theme a bit back, what are 'grits'?

It's been a while since I've had any, so my memory is a little rusty, but I think they're basically a hot cereal, like oatmeal or cream-of-wheat. The difference is that grits are thicker than other cereals and are eaten on a plate with a fork instead of in a bowl with a spoon. I usually think of grits being served topped with butter and with sausages on the side, instead of with sugar or fruit like other hot cereals.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I could go to wikipedia to check, but if you had wanted their answer, you probably would have just gone there. :)

Edit: I did check the wikipedia article after all. It specified that grits are made of ground corn. The picture in the article showed grits in a bowl, so I may have been wrong about the "plate instead of a bowl" aspect of my answer. Oh well.

mudshark 02-22-2008 06:26 PM

^ Grits are indeed made from corn (maize). What you may have seen eaten with a fork was whole hominy (corn kernels) but grits may be served either in a bowl or on a plate. In the South, they're often served with breakfast, instead of (or alongside) potatoes. I likes 'em -- butter and sugar, please.

AKAArzosah 02-24-2008 10:59 PM

I asked here instead of using Wikipedia because I knew I'd get variations on the same answer. :)

Strangely, I had pictured some sort of fried meat of something. I don't know why exactly, I think that's just what the word 'grits' sounded like to me.

I'm hungry...

PointyHairedJedi 02-26-2008 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MaverickZer0 (Post 76034)
We did that ages ago, but I think it died on page 50 or something ridiculously high like that.

Holy cow, I can't beleive how much spam we used to generate. I mean, Topic Title alone...

Nate the Great 02-27-2008 10:36 PM

"Used to?" Past tense? There's a PNQ for you...

mudshark 02-28-2008 05:13 PM

No, it's all yours.

Really!

PointyHairedJedi 03-03-2008 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the Great (Post 76060)
"Used to?" Past tense? There's a PNQ for you...

This? This isn't anything, kid. Seventy-odd pages of "Statement of vague agreement, followed by promises of further summary executions until significant improvements in morale have occured", now that's spam.

Nate the Great 03-03-2008 09:51 PM

I suppose so?

How come the forum header has CamelCase for "Minute," but not "Net?" Shouldn't it either be fiveminute.net, Fiveminute.net, or FiveMinute.Net, but not FiveMinute.net?

PointyHairedJedi 03-04-2008 11:27 PM

Confusing, isn't it. :D

Nate the Great 03-14-2008 01:52 PM

Didn't we give a few people the power to delete spam threads? That porn thing is really bothering me...

PointyHairedJedi 03-14-2008 04:54 PM

I do, and I have. First spam bot to get through in a while - Zeke will be so pleased to hear of it.


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