Floof! Silly conversations.
amylou321
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Groof: (grumpy floof): Dumb Commercials
Comments (31)I despise commercials of any kind-unless they're truly funny. There's a few for Orkin I believe, that make my DH and I giggle. Gigantic cockroach/ant like creature with hairy arms that drives a car. It kind of acts like a mobster of some kind. There's different scenarios for the ad. There's also a cute one with different versions of a family of Golden Retrievers driving a car and acting like a human family. I cannot stand the drug commercials. Most prevalent between 6 and 7 during the evening news. Aimed at the baby boomers like me. And I've noticed a pattern lately. The newest drugs seemed to be introduced on Mondays. My husband knows to automatically mute the remote during those ads and pretty much all others if I'm in the room....See MoreFood Floof! Are you a picky eater?
Comments (81)Yes, it's true. Some people have a native acuity for flavor perception. Often they have more tastebuds and olfactory receptors (which are very important in flavor perception), but some of it is more in the brain, like perfect pitch. That's different from what is conventionally called "supertaster", which is what the coated paper tests--the ability to taste those three compounds. The theory is that the ability to sense bitterness helped people in certain parts of the world avoid certain local, poisonous plants. For each of the three compounds, there's a simple genetic ...is distribution the right word? Unlike complex traits, such as hair color, these are 0, 1 or 2 alleles. If you have zero, you taste paper. If you have 1 allele you can perceive the bitterness, but it's pretty mild. If you perceive it as revolting, you have 2 alleles. About half the population have 1, a quarter have 0 and a quarter have 2. You might have 2 for one compound and 0, 1 or 2, for another. I only dislike tannic red wines--there are some reds that I like--and hate olives, like Annie. We have one of those compound sensors in common. :)...See MoreFloof! Do you "cart judge?"
Comments (77)years ago i fed my 3 great danes a raw diet which consisted of a LOT of chicken. i always watched for leg quarters to go on sale and when they did, i'd buy a cartful. i also had the grocery store butcher get me 40# boxes of turkey necks every few weeks. i often had people make the comment, "wow, you must really love chicken". i'd smile and say yes and leave it at that. one time, the person behind me was making a big deal about all of the chicken in my cart. it was very annoying and i wasn't about to tell her it was dog food. the cashier, however, saved me the trouble of explaining when she said (loud enough for everyone around me to hear) "oh, she doesn't eat that all herself, she feeds it to her dogs". i was mortified to think there could have been someone within hearing distance that might be struggling to feed their family and there i was, buying 100# of chicken for my DOGS....See MorePodcast floof!
Comments (22)I discovered Criminal during lockdown & agree it's so good I binged it - also sorry I now have to wait for new ones. I really enjoy Atlas Obscura's podcasts. They're not very long, but take you to marvelous places around the world and here at home. I second Serial, and another from members of the team at This American Life - S-Town, which is a long deep dive into sort of southern gothic true story. And of course, This American Life and Radiolab. Jad Abumrad of Radiolab did a really cool podcast series about Dolly Parton awhile back that is just excellent. I'm also enjoying Michael Lewis' Against The Rules very much. And The Shrink Next Door is a fascinating true story as well. It was made into a TV series with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd....See More
caflowerluver
2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago
Lars
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoIt was too silly to remember, but I do remember that we were both laughing a lot. Here's another photo from the same party:
I remember more of my conversation with Bruce Vilanch. I had given my camera to a friend of a friend to take this photo, and he was so in awe of Bruce that he was fumbling with the camera and had a hard time taking this photo. Bruce said, "Look at him! He's Japanese and doesn't even know how to use the camera!" Bruce was a real riot to talk with and difficult to keep up with in conversation.amylou321 thanked Lars
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