What Wikipedia’s really for

You support the heroic Juve Stabia (Castellammare, Campania) but you can’t for the life of you remember which games require flares. With Naples it’s “mutual respect”, which means the wurzels are scared of ’em. Dunno why (wait for the streetview to load): View Larger Map

Cineres: remains vs ashes

Galician Colin has found some remains labelled as ashes, then there’s Raphael in the Pantheon (Ossa et cineres, though by all accounts his penis was the only part singed), and Princess Eadgyth, d. 946 (EDIT REGINE CINERES HIC SARCOPHAGVS HABET), etc.. I thought this was a metonymy brought about by the medieval church banning cremation:…

I’m still convinced my “Yes” bet’s going to come off

But by a few thousand votes, rather than the 5-10% I expected last week. Most people will blame it on tears shed by Tony Blair while watching an Australian anti-Semite on a horse, but I’m also quite impressed by the housing crisis as a factor: when two or even three generations find themselves living over…

First request to this site from a hitherto purchaser of dodgy translation

“Year1a”, by mail: Dear ladies and gentleman, We are Fisheries Ltd. Company in kunming Yunnan China. We need import some fishmeal. If you have this products, please you contact with us.We expect that cooperation with you. Thanks! Telephone ,13759557137 Sincerely, Mr.Xu Oh, George: Why would China need to import fishmeal? Is West African fish waste…

Chatedral

The Venerable Bede said that whoever talks in church talks not with his own voice but with that of the devil within him, says Jerónimo de Alcalá in Alonso, mozo de muchos amos (1624). Judging by David Jackson’s tale (taxes wasted on the signs alone: €37,752), and on past experience, ragamoffyn has a rich furrow…

Cómo recuperar tu saldo de Orbitel (España) tras su adquisición por Lebara

Ponían aquí (copia local): Asimismo, en caso de que, una vez pasadas las 24:00:00 horas del próximo día 09 de Agosto de 2014, quedara saldo en tu Tarjeta SIM perteneciente al servicio ORBITEL MOVIL, ponte en contacto con nosotros para que dicho saldo te sea devuelto o compensado llamando al 901020840 o escribiendo un correo…