Well, I learned that "mingent" means "discharging urine. Searching the interwebs for any examples of its use, I discovered Ming River Enterprises have, on the face of things, made an unfortunate choice for a domain name.
From islander's link: But hyping the Sakshat has resulted in a lot of confusion, a global interest that will possibly turn to scorn, and it's also done nothing to help the very children the scheme aims to assist.
Yeah, but apart from that...
Usually seen in "leccy meter" which in the good old days you could fiddle by sticking something less conductive between the contacts so massively reducing your bill without arousing too much suspicion.
People commenting at the forum where I pinched the link from are saying a town in Germany runs all its municipal vehicles using a similar system, so the "world's first" claim might be rubbish (ho, ho) but good stuff either way.
I buy mine by the bushel or peck.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 14 years ago
In "PARO - "
Must work - made me feel better just looking at the picture.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 14 years ago
In "Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild"
MonkeyFilter: being compressed rostrally but mound-like caudally.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 14 years ago
In "Hopefully, nobody we know..."
He'll get off on a peel.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 14 years ago
In "Unemployment got you down?"
Fallen on hard times.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 14 years ago
In "Chen Guangcheng was beat yesterday."
A Visit To Chen Guangcheng's Family
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "This Republican chick in a tobacco state wants to castrate restaurant smokers"
Arf.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "M.O.N.K.E.Y.#. E.I.G.H.T."
Several are clearly Kapampangan but understand Tagalog.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Tolerance for all can be found in Islam."
My current fave Islamic peace movement:
This naturally involved massacring thousands of pilgrims and at one point pinching the Black Stone from Mecca for ransom.posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "M.O.N.K.E.Y.#. E.I.G.H.T."
See your mate's big oven-glove? Looks stupid.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "In July 2008, these two Jack Russell terriers"
:)
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Save The Words!"
Well, I learned that "mingent" means "discharging urine. Searching the interwebs for any examples of its use, I discovered Ming River Enterprises have, on the face of things, made an unfortunate choice for a domain name.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Heaven."
Stopped by the temple instead; they said the destination they offer not so fully featured but I won't have to worry about heating bills:
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Titanoboa - thirteen metres, one tonne, largest snake ever."
You'd not get that on a plane.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Indian project one-ups OLPC with ten dollar laptop"
From islander's link: But hyping the Sakshat has resulted in a lot of confusion, a global interest that will possibly turn to scorn, and it's also done nothing to help the very children the scheme aims to assist. Yeah, but apart from that...
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Cornify!"
The Obama web-team just don't stop delivering.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "Finding Esther"
This post is far too interesting to comment on.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "What are the Benefits of Mind Uploading?"
Good cash for it second hand - barely used and comes accessorised with a papal tiara.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
In "World's First Garbage Truck Powered by Garbage"
Usually seen in "leccy meter" which in the good old days you could fiddle by sticking something less conductive between the contacts so massively reducing your bill without arousing too much suspicion.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
People commenting at the forum where I pinched the link from are saying a town in Germany runs all its municipal vehicles using a similar system, so the "world's first" claim might be rubbish (ho, ho) but good stuff either way.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
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