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1. 19 minutes ago on C'est la Vie

   BECUASE??? (panel 2)

2. about 1 hour ago on Pearls Before Swine

   The first time I ate octopus it was a sliced, pickled tentacle in a sushi restaurant in the U.S.

3. about 17 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   If the squid tastes like rubber bands, it means they’ve been overcooked, a mistake I made once. But cooked correctly the texture is comparable to (not overcooked) shrimp.

4. about 18 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Are you saying Old English is not English? Silly person!!

5. about 21 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Ah, I had forgotten that the Aggressor language was Esperanto. I think I learned that attending 7th Army NCO Intelligence School in Oberammergau in 1963 or ’64. (Old, so old.)

6. about 21 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Ni iras por vidi la sorĉiston?

7. about 21 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I find it interesting that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (and probably others) have all adopted Western-style punctuation. But the first two have improved it in one way: The all-important period (aka full stop) is too tiny for its critical role, so Chinese and Japanese use a small circle instead. But too late for us to changeₒ

   (A Chinese woman once told me how grateful she was for punctuation and how hard it was to read classical Chinese poetry without it.)

8. about 22 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Squid and octopus are very different to eat. I’d love to write a little essay on the difference but I haven’t had my coffee yet.

9. about 22 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Never heard of Lojban before. I’ll add it to the heap of other artificial languages.

   (Ever see the 1966 William Shatner movie “Incubus”? All in Esperanto! It’s a hoot!)

10. about 22 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Hwæt!