Where I currently work, there’s a culture of insisting you don’t need a break. Of course, I see people’s faces at the end of the day and think, “you need a break”. I’m going insane.

If it was an incoming firework ban, I don’t think the authorities would see this as a good case being made.

I released one just this morning.

Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.

One funny thing about the dictionary is that complex words are explained in simple language and simple words are explained in complex language.

Under the seat, usually?

Presumably a holiday cactus is one that’ll fit in the hand luggage.

I travelled the most when I was poorest, myself.

I can’t imagine discovering my own daughter dead in an oven. I don’t think I’d ever recover.

And of course Nokia.

Every dialect has a word for it. There’s no gap.

Witness reports, for example.

I suppose no one’s thought of “abracatabra” yet?

I bought one of these for half price, so about €90, a year or so ago. It just fucking cuts. I’ve never known anything like it and I still get comments on it all the time. https://www.deksels.amsterdam/en/wusthof-epicure-slate-bread-knife-23cm.html

I’ve got a Victorinox bread knife at home as well but it’s one of the more basic-looking ones with a plastic handle. Still a good knife!

Well I felt the profit motive went without saying but I think you’re right.

One thing I can tell you with confidence about the Netherlands is that people there almost invariably overestimate their proficiency in English, so adverts and public announcements and the like in English often have embarrassing mistakes, so I’d put money down that they’re not going to hire a native speaker or perhaps even a chartered translator to check the translations.

I’ve got a black joker card in my wallet. I was walking to the tram stop with someone once, when I saw this playing card face-down on the floor, so I said “bet you I can guess this card,” I knelt down, and I said “I think it’s a joker.” I was about to turn it over when my friend said “hold on, black or red?” I said black and turned it over, and now it lives in my wallet.

https://jockstrapmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wicked-city

https://youtu.be/MUep-4v_M9k?t=270

You can in fact set any URL you want to autofill. The setting is under search > automatically fill in URLs > manage websites.