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WCDT strips 3841-3845 (1-5 October 2018)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Oct 2018, 19:31 ---I don't agree that my esthetic opinion of the most beautiful look for Emily or Hannelore is cause for either shame or pride.
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We agree on that, naturally. I just saw another meaning in what you wrote before and was surprised - I'm sorry if I reacted too strongly too soon...
--- Quote ---The most important part of that sentence was the without-consent part. Emily was too drunk to consent, Hannelore was driven by her mental illness, Momo had not even the appearance of choice. I believe you're agreeing on that aspect?
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Indeed, and I said exactly that; but I just didn't tie the two parts of your post together as you intended, I think.
JimC:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 07 Oct 2018, 08:29 --- as "federal institute for grain-, potato- and fat-research". And that made me laugh.
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Consider though that the science related to those foodstuffs is all that's preventing global starvation. My late uncles life's work was to do with preventing pest infestations of stored grain, especially in the tropics. I doubt it's an exaggeration to suggest he may have saved millions from famine.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: JimC on 07 Oct 2018, 20:45 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 07 Oct 2018, 08:29 --- as "federal institute for grain-, potato- and fat-research". And that made me laugh.
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Consider though that the science related to those foodstuffs is all that's preventing global starvation. My late uncles life's work was to do with preventing pest infestations of stored grain, especially in the tropics. I doubt it's an exaggeration to suggest he may have saved millions from famine.
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Don't get me wrong, please. I'm not laughing at the very existence of the institute, but rather the name of it. Like it's OK to put grain and potato together, but FAT research? Also, it kind of feels like those typically German long names for something. But that might just be government related longness.
Also, I never understood the combination of the ATF in the US.
Case:
--- Quote from: JimC on 07 Oct 2018, 20:45 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 07 Oct 2018, 08:29 --- as "federal institute for grain-, potato- and fat-research". And that made me laugh.
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Consider though that the science related to those foodstuffs is all that's preventing global starvation. My late uncles life's work was to do with preventing pest infestations of stored grain, especially in the tropics. I doubt it's an exaggeration to suggest he may have saved millions from famine.
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It's hard to convey that to non-native speakers of German: German bureaucracy has a unique style - especially regarding names and neologisms - that is practically a language unto itself, and has been parodied countless times. Sometime I wonder whether they're trolling us.
Germans would say "schmerzfrei" - lit. "painfree", meaning that the person in question is unable to cringe or feel embarrassment.
JimC:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 07 Oct 2018, 23:09 --- Like it's OK to put grain and potato together, but FAT research?
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Presumably vegetable oils (which are basically chemically fats) and fats, with the context being food stuffs? It does make sense, honest. - or were you thinking fat=obesity?
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