I'm American. Ask me anything.

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Why did John Lithgow never play more bad guys? He was deliciously nasty in Cliffhanger.
Not sure if this has been answered elsewhere but John Lithgow brilliantly played a horrid piece of work in Season 4 of Dexter.

The problem is you need to watch 3 seasons of Dexter to get there. FAMOUSLY THERE WERE ONLY FOUR SEASONS STOP AT THE END OF SEASON 4
 

Bazzer

Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
Why is a toilet called a bathroom when there isn't a bath in there?
 
Why do you lot venerate Christopher Columbus, a noted genocidal worthless piece of shyte who discovered absolutely nothing and claimed credit where none was due
Wait, no, actually that makes a lot of sense
 
OP
OP
anothersam

anothersam

SMIDSMe
Location
Far East Sussex
Last edited:
OP
OP
anothersam

anothersam

SMIDSMe
Location
Far East Sussex
Why is a toilet called a bathroom when there isn't a bath in there?
This is a big one, so it can jump the queue.

I grew up saying “restroom”, blissfully unaware of how ridiculous it sounds once you get used to “toilet” being uttered without women and children fainting. “Bathroom” is considered a halfway point, actual bathing facilities completely optional.

The trick is naming a room with a toilet in it without referring to the porcelain god itself.

That Elvis – The King! – actually died on the thing shamed all Americans equally.

View: https://youtu.be/8QHaQrR9WjU

Anglophiles have been known to call it the W.C.
 
Provided it’s decent peanut butter.

You've just gone and undone any faith we can have in your answers. THERE IS NO DECENT PEANUT BUTTER. xx(
 

12boy

Guru
Location
Casper WY USA
Do people from different states all call themselves after their states. For instance, if people from Texas are Texans and people from California are Californians, what are people from Wyoming called?
They are called Wyomingites. Inuna -Ino is what the Arapahoe call themselves, and the Shoshone call themselves huattantantsi. But we all think of ourselves as the Chosen Ones because we are blessed to live in the most beautiful and least populated state in the continental US.
 

Nigeyy

Legendary Member

Poacher

Gravitationally challenged member
Location
Nottingham
It really is a couple of countries in one. Would take lifetimes to explore properly. I highly recommend William Least Heat Moon’s book, ‘Blue Highways’. I read it as a teenager and was inspired to hit the road.
I wholeheartedly second your book recommendation.
My copy is probably somewhere in the loft - would be the work of just a day or so to find it again.

Edit: and I promise to reconsider my jaundiced opinion of root beer!
 
Last edited:
Beats me.

View: https://youtu.be/jBD61skoMk8


View: https://youtu.be/W9qD0M04dMc


View: https://youtu.be/rCuydzt836M

(I filter lots of things through Star Trek, The Sopranos, Deadwood, and Bob Dylan.)

A man of culture I see. Sopranos is not a show I've ever watched, despite it clearly being the kind of thing I'd enjoy.
There's something about the Italian-American Noo Joizey accent that winds me up, I'd have to overcome that first.

Did laugh at the Napolitano guy dissing Genoa, though. A nice looking city with very interesting architecture, built with money made from truly abominable mercantile practices. (And that's to say nothing about the overpowering stench of cat urine)
 
Top Bottom