Free association thread 2

[Aynmair]

Galilee Basin - supposed to be the largest deposit of coal in Australia, as yet unmined. Low world coal price has it on hold.

Snowbasin Ski Resort, also in Utah

(on a Utah streak, dontcha know)

 

[MichaelinChina]

Snowbasin Ski Resort, also in Utah

(on a Utah streak, dontcha know)

i noticed...


Mormons!

 

[Aynmair]

i noticed...


Mormons!

Jack Mormons (I'm neither one nor the other)

(unobservant ones)

 

[MichaelinChina]

Jack Mormons (I'm neither one nor the other)

(unobservant ones)

Hydraulic jack (uplifting!)

 

[Aynmair]

Hydraulic jack (uplifting!)

Jack Daniels

may uplift moods in many circumstances

 

[MichaelinChina]

Jack Daniels

may uplift moods in many circumstances

Jack Russell terriers (make some dog lovers happy!)

 

[Aynmair]

Jack Russell terriers (make some dog lovers happy!)

Russell Stover chocolates (make some chocoholics happy)

 

[MichaelinChina]

Russell Stover chocolates (make some chocoholics happy)

I used to be able to get the blocks of Cadbury chocs here...but I like Dove (the black chocolates, individually wrapped)

 

[Aynmair]

I used to be able to get the blocks of Cadbury chocs here...but I like Dove (the black chocolates, individually wrapped)

Yummy, but I really love Swiss chocolate, or the stuff with hot peppers in it!

 

[MichaelinChina]

Yummy, but I really love Swiss chocolate, or the stuff with hot peppers in it!

Amazing how Chinese will love hot chili flavoured food, but turn their nose up at hot mustard. Or even blistering hot curry!

 

[Aynmair]

Amazing how Chinese will love hot chili flavoured food, but turn their nose up at hot mustard. Or even blistering hot curry!

wasabi

 

[MichaelinChina]

wasabi

i add wasabi to my hot mayonnaise...

i have a bottle of Tabasco on my shelf..one or two drops is enough!

 

[Aynmair]

i add wasabi to my hot mayonnaise...

i have a bottle of Tabasco on my shelf..one or two drops is enough!

Habanero peppers are a lot more challenging.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Habanero peppers are a lot more challenging.

Sechuan pepper is...soapy tasting...

 

[Aynmair]

Sechuan pepper is...soapy tasting...

Hmmm.... went to a wine tasting yesterday.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Hmmm.... went to a wine tasting yesterday.

were there cheese platters too?

 

[Handley_Page]

were there cheese platters too?

no, but there were cubic chunks on little sticks

 

[MichaelinChina]

no, but there were cubic chunks on little sticks

toothpicks!

hey, I discovered some toothpicks have a small piece you can break off..and use like a chopstick rest. To keep the business end off the (dirty) table.
Interesting.

 

[Aynmair]

toothpicks!

hey, I discovered some toothpicks have a small piece you can break off..and use like a chopstick rest. To keep the business end off the (dirty) table.
Interesting.

China .... land of an eye for a tooth?

 

[MichaelinChina]

China .... land of an eye for a tooth?

Porcelain.

 

[Handley_Page]

Porcelain.

Etruria

[in the Potteries]

 

[Aynmair]

Porcelain.

ye gods! too much wine!

LOL

 

[oggbashan]

ye gods! too much wine!

LOL

Blame Bacchus

 

[MichaelinChina]

piss pot! (combining both of last 2 posts!) Correction last 3!!!

 

[oggbashan]

piss pot! (combining both of last 2 posts!) Correction last 3!!!

The Romans taxed urine. It was used for bleaching clothes and was a useful source of revenue.

It led to the quote "Does money smell?" by an Emperor holding up a coin gained from the tax on urine.

Of course, now money does smell. A trained sniffer dog can detect drug residue on banknotes even if the notes have been through several hands since they were handled by a drug user. Someone has worked out that at least 30% of current larger-denomination banknotes can produce drug residues when tested in a laboratory.