What did you learn today?

#1106

My house is a serious mess, no matter how much it gets tidied it only lasts for a few days. It was meant to be. Funnily enough, I’ve had a few episodes of Marie Kondo’s kiss-your-old-stuff-goodbye show on and it’s peaceful/engaging to watch, but inspired nothing about my own house whatsoever. If she came to my house she’d need her translator companion to shout in my face first, I think, then throw everything out onto the street (whilst saying, “thank you,” of course).

“NOW TELL ME WHAT SPARKS JOY!”

(Jane) #1107

Yeah. No. As in no [spoiler]fucking[/spoiler] way.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #1108

Will need to look into that, if it has peppers it will be worth the effort. Everything is better with peppers.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #1109

Never heard of Mexican bread cheese.

(John) #1110

Never heard of Marie Kondo before this thread - so I did a quick YouTube search to see what was so bad about her voice. I found her adorable. I like to watch Korean and Japanese entertainment (subtitled) and listen to Korean and Japanese music all of the time, so listening to someone speaking Japanese while I read subtitles is nothing new to me.

(Jane) #1111

Well the lady at the grocery called it that but when I looked it up it is Finnish, not Mexican.

But the one with jalapeños was damn good!

(Jane) #1112

This is the one I bought.

https://www.schultzscheese.com/product/juusto-baked-bread-cheese-with-jalapeno-peppers

(Running from stupidity) #1113

Translation of that lady: “Some other random country that isn’t the USA! USA!”

HTH

#finnishsombrerosFTW

#1114

I sense you’re holding something back. Tell us how you really feel.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #1115

I learned today that just because I learned my lesson this time doesn’t mean I’ll remember it next time.

#WAITTHISSOUNDSFAMILIAR

(Running from stupidity) #1116

The only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history.

#ORSOMETHING

#1117

TIL there is a mushroom so toxic, that essentially stops your DNA from functioning, called the Destroying angel.

The destroying angel (Amanita bisporigera) and the death cap (Amanita phalloides) account for the overwhelming majority of deaths due to mushroom poisoning. The toxin responsible for this is amatoxin, which inhibits RNA polymerase II and III.

AKA: @Gaff’s encounter with Marie Kondo. :slight_smile:

(Susan) #1118

I learned you can fry cheese! :open_mouth: And it can be your ‘bread’!

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #1119

That is a good lesson, good for you.

(Wendy) #1120

Is that who’s doing it? I always blamed the squirrels.

#1121

Well I wouldn’t rule the squirrels out :wink:

(Wendy) #1122

Yeah they are probably guilty!

(Running from stupidity) #1123

Oh boy, when PetaMarie sees this…

#1124

Not Peta Marie’s squirrels obviously - they have a personal chef…

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #1125

Could be the raccoons, too.

Opossums, squirrels, and raccoons, the gardener’s unholy trinity! :scream: