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MariusLecter posted:It's Carlsbad Caverns. NOT Carl's Bad Caverns. The s in Carls does signify a genitive though, so you were half right.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The s in Carls does signify a genitive though, so you were half right. The caverns are named after Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in a very very indirect roundabout way quote:The town of Carlsbad, which lends its name to the cavern and national park, is in turn named after the Czech town formerly known by the German name Karlsbad (English spelling Carlsbad) and now known by the Czech name Karlovy Vary, both of which mean "Charles' Bath[s]." quote:According to a legend, Charles IV organized an expedition into the forests surrounding modern-day Karlovy Vary during a stay in Loket. It is said that his party once discovered a hot spring by accident, and thanks to the water from the spring, Charles IV healed his injured leg.[8] On the site of a spring, he established a spa mentioned as in dem warmen Bade bey dem Elbogen in German, or Horké Lázně u Lokte (Hot Spas at the Loket).[9] The location was subsequently named "Karlovy Vary" after the emperor. Charles IV granted the town privileges on 14 August 1370. Earlier settlements can also be found on the outskirts of today's city.[6]
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Mar 29, 2022 12:28
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The caverns of Good Carl
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Mar 29, 2022 17:18
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Yeah, I was surprised to learn that Bath in England and Spa in Belgium and towns in Germany begging with "Bad" are "Spa towns" where in bygone days visitors would come to "take the waters".
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Mar 29, 2022 17:53
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Chuck's Tub
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The caverns are named after Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in a very very indirect roundabout way Carl's Bath Caverns.
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Mar 29, 2022 18:04
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"Karlovy Vary" makes me want to say "Cor blimey guv'nor".
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Mar 29, 2022 18:06
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Hot Carl in a cavern
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Mar 29, 2022 18:08
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Runnin' wild and gettin' poo poo on
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Mar 29, 2022 18:14
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The phrase "Lovely Jubbly" which in British parlance means an expression of delight which was popularised by the TV show Only Fools and Horses is an advertising slogan for an actual product. A 1950s soft drink named Jubbly.
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Mar 29, 2022 18:20
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Prurient Squid posted:Yeah, I was surprised to learn that Bath in England and Spa in Belgium and towns in Germany begging with "Bad" are "Spa towns" where in bygone days visitors would come to "take the waters". It says another about old-school medicine that people assumed water that tasted like farts and sadness just HAD to be good for them.
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The sulfur is coincidental. Mineral water has minerals. It might be minerals you really need to stay healthy. It might not. But you figure it out quickly. If you explode: bad minerals.
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Mar 29, 2022 21:12
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I live near Buxton and Matlock baths. One part naturally heated waters, another part because it's now a Victorian business area based on how pure and clean the water is, they stopped people dumping rubbish/poo poo upstream and made farmers move livestock away. So it's infinitely better for you than the cholera ridden regular water.
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Mar 29, 2022 21:16
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All I remember from Matlock is the cable car and how the train to get there was a single carriage.
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The single carriage is the least of Derbyshire's train problems, I post as I prepare to walk my dogs along the old railway line that used to connect the two halves of Derbyshire to each other. You got to do this weird pinball thing where you bounce off Derby/Nottingham/Sheffield/Manchester to go 20 miles down the road.
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Mar 30, 2022 09:00
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All I remember of Matlock is that my grandpa really liked it
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Mar 30, 2022 12:09
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It has the greatest antiques/brick a brack store in the country and the Sainsbury's has a working steam engine line platform next to it. It's not bad for a (single) day out. https://www.matlockantiques.co.uk/
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Mar 30, 2022 12:18
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Did Andy Griffith build that?
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Captain Splendid posted:All I remember from Matlock is the cable car and how the train to get there was a single carriage. The only way I remember the name is from (I want to say) a DFS advert from the 70’s which listed Matlock as one of its locations (along with Darley Dale, Measham, Droitwich, Cannock and Fenton).
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Mar 30, 2022 14:20
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It might have been Allied Carpets though.
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I've sold cable cars to Matlock, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!
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Mar 31, 2022 03:57
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Bo Burnham's face is not Pewdiepie's face.
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Mar 31, 2022 21:48
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In terms of slappability, they're practically identical
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Ellie Trashcakes posted:In terms of slappability, they're practically identical I don't know about Bo Burnham but I'm sure Pewdiepie would have some choice words about Will Smith's wife. (For he is a huge racist, you see.)
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I don't know about Bo Burnham but I'm sure Pewdiepie would have some choice words about Will Smith's wife. Bo Burnham is not a huge racist. Although that one time on Halloween he dressed up as Aladdin
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My 30-odd-year-old friend just discovered that it's not "pinchity punch for the first of the month."
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Lady Disdain posted:My 30-odd-year-old friend just discovered that it's not "pinchity punch for the first of the month." What a dummy. Everyone knows it's "fuckity gently caress left and right past the clock."
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Apr 1, 2022 04:56
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I grew up hearing "up your rear end and on a shelf to the left."
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Apr 1, 2022 05:08
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I don't know what the gently caress any of you are talking about
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What the gently caress are y'all talking about that's gibberishGarrand posted:I don't know what the gently caress any of you are talking about
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Apr 1, 2022 05:16
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The gently caress you just change your name for
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Pinch punch first of the month and no returns Said my dad as he wakes his 5 year old in the morning
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the gently caress is all that
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Stuff You Believe You Just Can't Figure Out
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you have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin' i also have no idea what you all are talking about
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Apr 1, 2022 23:55
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the word "candid" does not mean hidden or secret. i always thought it did because of the show Candid Camera  it's a hidden camera! candid must mean hidden! at least that's what my 6 year old brain decided and I've believed for 20+ years
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Poopelyse posted:the word "candid" does not mean hidden or secret. i always thought it did because of the show Candid Camera The definition of the word in the context of photography/videography is pretty much 'unexpected' which is vaguely in that ballpark quote:candid
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The definition of the word in the context of photography/videography is pretty much 'unexpected' which is vaguely in that ballpark hmmm so it is but that didn't help me make sense of someone saying "thank you for being candid" and interpretating it has "thank you for being secretive" lol
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Alan Funt's last joke
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Poopelyse posted:the word "candid" does not mean hidden or secret. i always thought it did because of the show Candid Camera You've probably figured this out, but the reason they call it "candid" camera is because, as the camera is hidden and no one knows it's there, people act like they normally would.
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