Cheese on a stick.
Part of the conversation on cartoons over dinner the other night:
Q: Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
A: He lives under the sea and wares y-fronts which are square because he is square and he is like a sponge and he looks like the cheese on a stick.
Yup, that´s right here there is cheese on a stick that looks like Spongebob. As in it´s the pale yellow colour with a sponge like consistancy (a bit like that mini-col cheese) and it´s usually cut into cubes/rectangles and threaded onto a skewer. And then you roast it on hot coals like satay or kebabs.
(I just had to share it because I keep forgetting to mention it to people and for some reason I find it amusing. Will return you to more vegan-friendly ramblings shortly.)
Class went well today, there were hummingbirds in the garden who are bright metalic green and rather pretty. Students are pretty good as well. I was not required to sing.
Still haven´t heard about my aunt and uncle for sure, though mum thinks that they are still in Bangkok which hopefully they are. Other family appear to be unaffected. Heard Monge (vegan, online friend) is alive and well but had to be evacuated.
Still wanting to slap anyone who uses "tidal wave" to mean "tsunami". If you get a slapping when I return in three months out of the blue this is probably the reason why.
Q: Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
A: He lives under the sea and wares y-fronts which are square because he is square and he is like a sponge and he looks like the cheese on a stick.
Yup, that´s right here there is cheese on a stick that looks like Spongebob. As in it´s the pale yellow colour with a sponge like consistancy (a bit like that mini-col cheese) and it´s usually cut into cubes/rectangles and threaded onto a skewer. And then you roast it on hot coals like satay or kebabs.
(I just had to share it because I keep forgetting to mention it to people and for some reason I find it amusing. Will return you to more vegan-friendly ramblings shortly.)
Class went well today, there were hummingbirds in the garden who are bright metalic green and rather pretty. Students are pretty good as well. I was not required to sing.
Still haven´t heard about my aunt and uncle for sure, though mum thinks that they are still in Bangkok which hopefully they are. Other family appear to be unaffected. Heard Monge (vegan, online friend) is alive and well but had to be evacuated.
Still wanting to slap anyone who uses "tidal wave" to mean "tsunami". If you get a slapping when I return in three months out of the blue this is probably the reason why.
posted by moonbug @ Sunday, December 26, 2004
2 Comments:
At Friday, December 31, 2004 10:23:00 am,
Grant said…
Y'know, I get the "tidal wave" thing, but then I discovered that "tsunami" technically means "harbour wave" and is therefore equally inaccurate. So it's ultimately all a game of semantics anyway! :-)
(Grant.)
At Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:58:00 pm,
moonbug said…
A tsunami does the most damage on the coast, physically it gains most of it´s power as it comes into shallow water and does little to no damage in the open sea. This is why if you are in a boat and there is a tsunami warning you should head out to the ocean.
Tsunami is a Japanese word.
Japan is a country that is prone to tsunami´s (being on a tectonic plate edge and all). There they do most of the damage to human-made things in harbours and are noticed by humans mostly by the amount of such damage. Harbours are mostly sheltered and normally do not have large waves. Hence a wave of decent size in a harbour is of concern as it can do a decent amount of damage.
Thus a "harbour wave" is fairly accurate in context.
A Tsunami has nothing to do with the tides. Therefore "Tidal Wave" is hideously innacurate and only used by the geographically inept (who deserve a slapping).
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