My island has penguins.
TIL: Today I Learned
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The one that is more topical to current events.
I was just baffled, especially because the ISS/Chris Hadfield version has been around since 2013 and he keeps up on all things NASA.
GasBandit
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I have a hard time judging him about that, as I consider myself at least moderately musically literate, but I had not heard Space Oddity until the early 2000s when I was watching Friends on DVD (I was too cool a kid to watch it during its original run) and was able to turn to the internet to figure out what song Chandler recorded himself singing in "The one where Ross can't flirt."
Still heard it before him, since he didn't hear it until I played the Chris Hadfield version the other day because it was linked on Facebook. But I wasn't judging either, in fact the post you quoted says my feelings exactly. Bafflement! I remember that version going very viral when it first came out.
I'm 30 and I've been listening to Space Oddity since...I dunno, I was old enough to walk? It's one of the most iconic songs ever. I'm genuinely surprised at so many people not knowing it before this or that skit - it's like not knowing Thriller, or Like a Virgin, or Oops I did it again, if you want to go to what passes for a classic these days.
My dad was into western swing and late 50's rock and Doo-Wop. My folks know next to nothing about late 60's, early 70's music. Actually, I think they stopped paying attention around 1964. My folks also played classical music records while we were growing up (well before baby einstein b.s.).
Einstein was born 1879. If they were playing you classical music before that ,hey, your parents were just playing contemporary music!
Also, we just found yet another missing link between "@Dave old" and "@Grytpipe-Thynne old"! Huzzah! We'll prove we're all descended from @Dave yet!
(and yes, I know what you mean, psh
)Wait. Are you calling me the missing link?! 
I grew up listening to all kinds of music. My mom introduced me to Space Oddity though she wasn't a David Bowie fan. She even had the name wrong, calling it Major Tom. The rock stations out of Philadelphia played the songs of his that I really liked.
a missing link, not the missing link. I'm sure there's still hundreds of generations between Dave and you.Wait. Are you calling me the missing link?!
FTFY
Today's installment of "<country>, what is wrong with you?"
An ice cream float or soda (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and East Asia), coke float (United Kingdom), root beer float (Canada) or spider (Australia and New Zealand)
Of course, if the internet has taught me anything, if it's in Australia, it probably poisonous... and also contains a spider... which is also poisonous.
An ice cream float or soda (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and East Asia), coke float (United Kingdom), root beer float (Canada) or spider (Australia and New Zealand)
Of course, if the internet has taught me anything, if it's in Australia, it probably poisonous... and also contains a spider... which is also poisonous.
Because I want a coke dammit.
But Dr Pepper will do in a pinch.[DOUBLEPOST=1452883170,1452883039][/DOUBLEPOST]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/opinion/when-jim-crow-drank-coke.html?_r=0
Or all tissues, or all NSAIDs, or all lip balm, or all flying discs, or all hot tubs, or all hook & loop fasteners...
--Patrick
TYL that I'm now stalking you.TIL that I'm on @Emrys's list
figmentPez
Staff member
Don't forget fluted tube pans!
no one asking for a frisbee follows it up by specifying that they want a boomerang.
But you really have to buy the name brand flying discs. The knockoffs completely suck. The fakes can only go about 10 feet and tip over and drop from the sky. The real ones fly straight and level for at least 70 feet. That makes training a dog to catch a flying disc much more simple.
I have not tried the disc golf discs. They seem too heavy to fly slow enough for a dog to catch up to.
I have not tried the disc golf discs. They seem too heavy to fly slow enough for a dog to catch up to.
Woo I have a stalker! Wait... Does this mean I'll be spared when the doomweasels take over?TYL that I'm now stalking you.