Little Things that Bring a Smile to Your Face 5: Rainbow Edition

[Atticus]

Falafel, humus and salad in pita is one my favourite meals.

My favourite sandwich, right there. Bit of lemon juice on the salad. Lovely.

[fishbowlhead]

You don't like humus? That's crazy talk. I used to eat it almost every day in the middle east. Falafel, humus and salad in pita is one my favourite meals. It's cheap, tasty and nutritious.

Tastes like wallpaper paste, a flavourless gritty mush, you lot crack on

[Zaki]

Tastes like wallpaper paste, a flavourless gritty mush, you lot crack on

Where did you eat it? Sounds like you had an isolated bad experience.

[Zen Monkey]

To paraphrase Dave Chappelle: if you don't like humus, summin' wrong wit you!

Humus in Japan isn't cheap so my wife makes it occasionally. So goooood.

Homemade is best, that way you get the taste and consistency to your liking. I like it very thick and strong, not too tart. Thick enough that crisps snap when dragged through it.

...houmous/ hummus/ humus....

I'm often unsure which way to spell it too.

My favourite sandwich, right there. Bit of lemon juice on the salad. Lovely.

Oh yeah.

Tastes like wallpaper paste, a flavourless gritty mush, you lot crack on

It's not to everyone's liking, certainly, but it ain't flavourless. Has a strong, distinct taste.

[fishbowlhead]

Where did you eat it? Sounds like you had an isolated bad experience.

Tried quite a few, hated it every time, my other half makes her own and it tastes revolting to me. Must just be me on that one.

[QualityChimp]

I used to eat deep-fried balls made from ground chickpeas and fava beans.

It was nice at the time but afterwards, I'd falafel.

[Zaki]

I used to eat deep-fried balls made from ground chickpeas and fava beans.

It was nice at the time but afterwards, I'd falafel.

Humus be jokin!

[Zen Monkey]

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[Anpanman]

Daughter got her first GCSE A* today, chuffed to bits.

Not bad for a thirteen year old.

[Dogg Thang]

Cool, that's early!

[Anpanman]

Thanks DT, yep it is early she got it in Japanese, we thought we'd take advantage of the fact she's been learning either in Japan or here at the 'official' Japanese schools on Saturday's.
All her mates at Japanese school here have done the same and all got A* as well which is a result.

Apparently our GCSE is equivalent to year 3 for Japanese kids, she might go for A level which is year 6 equivalent.

So whilst it's not as important as a science, maths or English qualification it could still come in useful for her so we are all very proud.

[kryss]

Part of my "Welcome" intro slideshow for the students at school is a little about what they can expect from me, notably:
outdated pop culture references (today was Star Wars ep3)
cheesy "Dad" jokes, highlight of the day being:

I love subtraction, but people keep telling me to stop being so negative.

I'm getting t-shirts made up.

[vanpeebles]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-tyne-45425992/ryosuke-kiyasu-at-gateshead-venue-the-old-police-house

I reckon I’d be like that on my bass after a bottle of wild t

[endo]

I saw Charlie Chuck a few years ago and it wasn't much different tbh. More shouting of "Donkey!" though. The mad bastard.

[randombs]

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/forward-box-xbox-adaptive-controllers-packaging-is-a-good-microsoft-move/

Not only have MS made an adaptive controller with USB ports and 3.5mm jacks to hook up whatever you want/need to play, they've even considered the box itself.

The article mentions that setting the device up would require a bit of manual dexterity, meaning a caregiver would be there anyway, but this way the user gets to enjoy the unboxing process instead of having it done for them.