Thread: Nuclear Power in Thailand

^ ang on what about Misskits use of the pejorative term Yoshi, women always stick together. I can send you a carton of Losalt if that's any good.

Originally Posted by helge

Solar

Great idea except for rainy season and, er, night.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Great idea except for rainy season and, er, night.

But fits right in with when you need aircon the most.

Yes, great idea

Originally Posted by helge

But fits right in with when you need aircon the most.

Yes, great idea

Yep, no need for storage just run the Airton daytime to cool the house internally and it's fine night time.

Originally Posted by katie23

Present!!! You shouldn't use the word "nips or yoshis" , mike. They're not PC. Because of that, I'll call you a soap dodging Pom and demand reparation in the form of 12 cans of less-sodium SPAM.

My father in law’s name was Yoshi.

I referred to Russians as Boris, and Americans as Fred, (though Homer was probably better in this case) why not Yoshi for Japanese?

I would refer to the British as Nigels.

Originally Posted by misskit

I would refer to the British as Nigels.

And the female dittos ?

Ah I wondered who Fred's were, I'd never have guessed if my life depended on it.

Originally Posted by misskit

Americans as Fred

Americans are Joe, here I regularly hear "Hey Joe!" as in G.I. Joe, the great American hero.

Originally Posted by katie23

What's a typical Irish name?

Paddy and Kathleen ?

Originally Posted by katie23

What's a typical Irish name?

Mick.

Originally Posted by katie23

What's a typical Irish name?

Both Mick and Paddy are used, (not by me!) mainly as derogatory names, especially for Irish Catholics, because Michael and Patrick are Saints' names and both very common in Ireland. Saint Michael has biblical origins. Saint Patrick was a real person, the alleged founder of Christianity in Ireland.
I'm not sure that Patrick was officially sainted, he is still treated as a saint.

Originally Posted by Shutree

I'm not sure that Patrick was officially sainted, he is still treated as a saint.

Well he's got a piss up named after him.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Well he's got a piss up named after him.

He deserves sainthood if only for that one wonderful thing.
Somewhere in the back of my memory, from the days before the Internet, I had a belief that Patrick wasn't a full saint. I hadn't thought about it in decades. Fortunately we now have the Internet to mislead us more convincingly. This is what Wiki says:

Patrick was never formally canonised, having lived before the current laws of the Catholic Church in these matters. Nevertheless, he is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Church of Ireland (part of the Anglican Communion), and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland.

He is also venerated by every Irish bar, globally, at least once a year.

Sorry, mods, I have drifted a little off topic, although it is really only a short hop from Thailand's nuclear ambitions to a fifth century Irish bishop.

Originally Posted by Shutree

Sorry, mods, I have drifted a little off topic, although it is really only a short hop from Thailand's nuclear ambitions to a fifth century Irish bishop.

He did kill a lot of snakes. So there's that.

Originally Posted by Shutree

Saint Patrick was a real person

And like most of the Irish national football team, a fine Englishman.

Originally Posted by Edmond

a fine Englishman.

'Fine' as in 'Roman' ?

Originally Posted by Edmond

And like most of the Irish national football team, a fine Englishman.

That's an interesting factlet. I only found out yesterday when looking into his saintliness.