Real-Life Weirdness

[tshiggins]

https://news.yahoo.com/two-planes-co...200447188.html

Some PC took the advantage, "Luck," that's for dam' sure. :)

It does raise the question, though.
What cargo did that twin-engine puddle-jumper have aboard that made it so imperative to bring it down?

And what do you mean, "nobody knows" who actually owns the small craft that hit it?

[L.J.Steele]

Less weird than just cool -- how Victorian era factories and prevailing wind patterns effected and still effect English cities.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...ar=nl_weekly_8

[capnq]

18-elephants-killed-in-lightning-strikes-in-assams-nagaonSounds like poachers with electrolasers to me.

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by L.J.Steele

Less weird than just cool -- how Victorian era factories and prevailing wind patterns effected and still effect English cities.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...ar=nl_weekly_8

Here's a version that doesn't require a login or relevant pop-up blocker plugin.

Originally Posted by capnq

18-elephants-killed-in-lightning-strikes-in-assams-nagaonSounds like poachers with electrolasers to me.

You'd think they could have found one that died in a little more dignified posture for the cover image of the story.

[Apollonian]

Originally Posted by L.J.Steele

Less weird than just cool -- how Victorian era factories and prevailing wind patterns effected and still effect English cities.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...ar=nl_weekly_8

Half As Interesting did a video on the same topic.

[L.J.Steele]

So I learned today that "zombie" was British slang for a policewoman in the 1950s (and likely earlier). Anyone know why?

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by L.J.Steele

So I learned today that "zombie" was British slang for a policewoman in the 1950s (and likely earlier). Anyone know why?

Best I can find is a contemporaneous usage of "zombie" to mean an extremely dour and joyless prison guard; possibly it derives from a perception of female coppers as likewise dour and joyless

[Anders]

I think this is an unfair stereotype. I know many zombies and they are party people. Who do you think does the Dance of the Dead?

[Dr. Beckenstein]

Originally Posted by L.J.Steele

So I learned today that "zombie" was British slang for a policewoman in the 1950s (and likely earlier).

Man, "British Invasion" becomes a totally new meaning.

[Polydamas]

Originally Posted by L.J.Steele

So I learned today that "zombie" was British slang for a policewoman in the 1950s (and likely earlier). Anyone know why?

I am not sure, but Canada had a Zombie Army during WW II (= conscripts who could not be ordered to overseas service).