09-18-2017, 09:18 PM | #1731 |
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Primitive octopus exhibiting unusual complex behavior around a long cylindrical metal artificial object of extreme age...
I'm seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than just Lovecraft.
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09-19-2017, 12:39 PM | #1732 |
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Even more astonishing than the fact that the octopuses engineered this city is that human scientists have learned their language in order to be able to report the name that the octopuses gave their metropolis. And no one even reported on that breakthrough...
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09-19-2017, 12:48 PM | #1733 |
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I just realized Octlantis could be said with a beak and no lips... interesting. All the evidence I need.
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09-21-2017, 02:23 PM | #1734 |
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1978: Random House has to recall a cookbook, Woman's Day Crockery Cuisine, after realizing that one of the recipes "could cause a serious explosion."
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09-21-2017, 05:18 PM | #1735 |
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There have been similar issues with recipes including nutmeg which can be toxic and somewhat horrifically hallucinogenic in high doses.
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09-21-2017, 06:27 PM | #1736 |
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Or in some cases low doses; my husband has a sensitivity to the stuff and those effects kick in at any dosage. Means we have to be extremely careful of labelling and can't buy desserts.
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09-21-2017, 07:03 PM | #1737 |
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We are now entering pumpkin spice season. My condolences.
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09-23-2017, 11:14 AM | #1738 | ||
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First excerpt from the New York Times, second from the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 1990: a tradition of macabre feasts, perfect for subjecting a group of players to a refined evening with their rich, powerful, villainous antagonist.
From the NYT, the "Hell Banquet" of the Roman emperor Diometian: Quote:
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09-25-2017, 07:54 AM | #1740 |
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The post-French-Revolution food critic Grimeaux (I'm probably spelling/remembering that wrong) held a notorious Black Feast in honor of the slain and celebrating the birth of a "new dark age". It was much like the pre-Lent feast, although I think the wait staff were clothed, with the added twist of being served off a coffin and the guest of honor being a live pig.
Being inducted into his "club" of friends required slamming back 17 cups of black coffee. He was a weird duck.
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