19 Nov 19
@sonhouse
I always had immense admiration for wood. Its strength, durability, lightness and zero toxicity is simply wonderful.
19 Nov 19
@bunnyknight saidSplinters can cause scepticaemia.
@sonhouse
I always had immense admiration for wood. Its strength, durability, lightness and zero toxicity is simply wonderful.
20 Nov 19
@DeepThought
In that case, playing chess could be devastating: A pawn could slip off the table and land on a cat; the startled cat then jumps onto the dog; the dog then sprints away and bumps into your mother who is carrying a pot of boiling water, and the boiling water spills all over the dog.
20 Nov 19
@bunnyknight saidI admit that possibility had never occurred to me.
@DeepThought
In that case, playing chess could be devastating: A pawn could slip off the table and land on a cat; the startled cat then jumps onto the dog; the dog then sprints away and bumps into your mother who is carrying a pot of boiling water, and the boiling water spills all over the dog.
How stupid and inconsiderate of me.
I will for now on take great care to not carelessly let a pawn slip off the table when playing chess.
20 Nov 19
@sonhouse said.... And also explains the origin of the word "hot dog".
@bunnyknight
And that makes up their mind what kind of meat they have for dinner!
21 Nov 19
@bunnyknight saidNah, that was because of the results of an early Food Standards Agency investigation.
.... And also explains the origin of the word "hot dog".