CaravelClerihew
CaravelClerihew t1_jdxi2hi wrote
Reply to I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247
I get what your title is saying, but it does imply that your sandwich press took 32 years to heat up.
CaravelClerihew t1_j90u6iu wrote
Reply to comment by EsNightingale in PsBattle: Bishop blesses solar panels on local cathedral by Wonk_Majik
I mean, technically, yes? Lots of Christians will pray before eating.
CaravelClerihew t1_j8f2ga7 wrote
Reply to I am a 15f with diagnosed aquagenic urticaria - an allergy to water. Ask me anything! by AlternativeSign272
Does increased humidity (like going somewhere tropical or just the micro-environment around your face when your wear a face mask) trigger it?
CaravelClerihew t1_j8am7td wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Proof of mystery settlement of Aboriginal Australians and Indonesians found in an Italian library by Geek-Haven888
It's a cultural practice, where Indigenous Australians are not allowed to refer to a dead person as a mark of respect. This includes sharing electronic images of said people, hence the warning.
CaravelClerihew t1_j8ahqwt wrote
Reply to comment by Idyldo in Proof of mystery settlement of Aboriginal Australians and Indonesians found in an Italian library by Geek-Haven888
The Makassan trade with Indigenous Australians is actually fairly common knowledge here in Australia. And Indigenous Australians going to Makassar has always been assumed and in oral histories but there's never been pictures of it until now.
CaravelClerihew t1_j7f7xb8 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in We are Brave Giant - an indie game development company! by BraveGiantStudio
Says the guy with multiple posts about the Galaxy Z Flip
CaravelClerihew t1_j79wboa wrote
Reply to comment by SaulsAll in Newly-discovered Earth-mass exoplanet — named Wolf 1069 b — may provide durable habitable conditions across a wide area of its dayside by marketrent
Everyone knows that Wolf 359 was an inside job!
CaravelClerihew t1_j79r7y3 wrote
Reply to comment by pbxtech in A student needed medical care and a home. His teachers adopted him. by JeffR47
Treating people like people?! Those weren't the freedoms that the founding fathers fought for!
CaravelClerihew t1_j3xpmth wrote
Reply to comment by yodippiddy in 'A sea of green': Central Australia in full bloom as floodwaters bring the Red Centre to life by is0ph
A similar event was actually why Fury Road moved production to Africa. It was meant to be shot in Australia.
That being said, I'm pretty sure the new movie is done filming.
CaravelClerihew t1_j2f53cl wrote
Reply to TIL a "bum gun" is a type of bidet that resembles a garden hose with a hand-spray nozzle. They're so commonly found in Thailand (both Western-style and squat toilets) that politicians were outraged upon learning their parliamentary building didn't have what some refer to as "ass blasters". by Torley_
Pretty common throughout South East Asia, not just Thailand
CaravelClerihew t1_iv46ctn wrote
Reply to comment by InGenAche in The Unbelievable 7,000-Year-Old Indigenous Australian Story That Scientists Proved Is Accurate - Grunge by truscottwc
The language used to convey these stories is at risk of loss, not the knowledge itself.
CaravelClerihew t1_je2mps4 wrote
Reply to comment by geoger in TIL about the Forty Elephants or Forty Thieves, an all women crime syndicate in London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that specialized in shoplifting and pretending to be maids and robbing the wealthy families who hired them. by Professor_Hillbilly
There's a couple of scenes in Gangs of New York with women who do similar things.