The Mythic Image -
One of the most beautifully presented books on mythology around.
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Tuesday, 6 February 2018
quote [ Imagine a place where auto engineers can check out parts of competitors’ cars like they’re library books. And where they can participate in deep-dive lectures on how other companies build vehicle systems, how the systems work, and how much they cost to make. That’s what Munro does. ]
It's like the pirate bay or cars
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cb361 said @ 9:29am GMT on 6th February
It may not be immediately obvious to foreign-persons, but the Monty Python Dirty Fork sketch is not just inspired lunacy, but cutting satire on the English personality, based around our desire to not make a fuss, and discomfort when other people do.
Last week in a restaurant they didn't bring a starter we had ordered. I told my girlfriend not to mention it, so long as they don't try to bill us. We had our main course by that stage anyway. But she insisted on getting the waitress over and straight-up telling her that she had forgotten it. Now, I assume that my (probably) non-English reader is thinking "Darn tooting right, amigos!" (or however foreigners think), but I was trying to sink into my seat as the waitress apologised profusely on the part of the Kitchen.
Then the manager came over to apolgise profusely, and told us we would have the starter asap and it would be free. Then they allocated us a different waitress. Then the manager came back to apologise again. And later, again. And the new waitress apologised. I was intensely embarassed by it all. Nobody got killed, but it's the kind of thing Python were satirising in the 70s.
I went and found our original waitress before we left, to say thanks, but I might have made it worse.
cb361 said @ 9:32am GMT on 6th February
It may not be immediately obvious to foreign persons, but the Monty Python Dirty Forrk" sketch is not just inspired lunacy, but cutting satire on the English, based around our desire to not make a fuss and discomfort when other people do.
Last week in a restaurant they didn't bring a starter we had ordered. I told my non-Englsh girlfriend not to mention it, so long as they don't try to bill us. We had our main course by that stage anyway. But she insisted on getting the waitress over and straight-up telling her that she had forgotten it. Now, I assume that my (probably) non-English reader is thinking "Darn tooting right, amigos!" (or however foreigners speak), but I was trying to sink into my seat as the waitress apologised profusely on the part of the Kitchen.
Then the manager came over to apolgise profusely as well, and told us we would have the starter asap and it would be free. Then they allocated us a different waitress. Then the manager came back to apologise again. And later, again. And the new waitress apologised. I was intensely embarassed by it all. Nobody got killed, but it's the kind of thing Python were satirising in the 70s.
I went and found our original waitress before we left, to say thanks, but I might have made it worse.
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cb361 said @ 9:29am GMT on 6th February [Score:5 Funny]
It may not be immediately obvious to foreign persons, but the Monty Python Dirty Forrk" sketch is not just inspired lunacy, but cutting satire on the English, based around our desire to not make a fuss and discomfort when other people do.
Last week in a restaurant they didn't bring a starter we had ordered. I told my non-Englsh girlfriend not to mention it, so long as they don't try to bill us. We had our main course by that stage anyway. But she insisted on getting the waitress over and straight-up telling her that she had forgotten it. Now, I assume that my (probably) non-English reader is thinking "Darn tooting right, amigos!" (or however foreigners speak), but I was trying to sink into my seat as the waitress apologised profusely on the part of the Kitchen.
Then the manager came over to apolgise profusely as well, and told us we would have the starter asap and it would be free. Then they allocated us a different waitress. Then the manager came back to apologise again. And later, again. And the new waitress apologised. I was intensely embarassed by it all. Nobody got killed, but it's the kind of thing Python were satirising in the 70s.
I went and found our original waitress before we left, to say thanks, but I might have made it worse.
