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Wednesday Open Thread | 131 comments (131 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Amurkans are sooo inventive.

(C,mon, it's as funny as all the cat pictures, no?)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 12:53:54 PM EST

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What is a jiffy pop thingy thing?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:02:10 PM EST
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Looks like some method of making popcorn over a stove in a shovel-ready disposable cooking container. I've never understood how people would not appreciate that most tools have multiple uses. Adaptation. It is very wasteful to make tools disposable.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:13:23 PM EST
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an aluminum frying pan filled with popcorn. from the 50's or 60's. when the pan gets hot enough, the popcorn does its thing.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:15:31 PM EST
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And in the meantime it makes a super wall ornament.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:16:59 PM EST
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Time lapse

The Lehman Bros of popcorn.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:18:25 PM EST
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Tremendously exciting!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:25:58 PM EST
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When I was 7 I thought that was just so cool.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:33:05 PM EST
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And this tells us what about the American consumer? ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:48:41 PM EST
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That s/he has failed to progress beyond the mental age of seven?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 04:05:59 PM EST
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You said it...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 04:37:53 PM EST
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wow, I so want to get one. D'ya reckon they're on sale in London somewhere ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 02:11:09 PM EST
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You can still find them on occasion at markets in small towns. Never liked 'em myself.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:17:32 PM EST
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sure doesn't compare to organic Hopi popcorn popped in sesami garlic oil.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:46:30 PM EST
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yeah, that sounds good.

every try popcorn with a sprinkling of kelp powder, brewers' yeast, and cayenne?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 03:15:07 PM EST
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yes, tho without the kelp and brewer's yeats. ;-)) depends on the movie, i guess.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 03:57:21 PM EST
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Throw in some raw peanuts while yer at it.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 03:48:40 PM EST
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Hi you, happy new year, and yes, that is delish, 'specially spiced.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 03:58:16 PM EST
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Nowadays it's microwaveable packets...

by asdf on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 at 11:01:22 PM EST
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Wednesday Open Thread | 131 comments (131 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)