650 Idioms and Proverbial Phrases in Modern Standard Arabic : For Intermediate to Advanced Students
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Is there a phrase in English that would explain like redundant labour, or work that is done twice but only one results achieved? Not as monkey business, not as futile work or useless work, but specifically as work done twice without neccessity, whilst it only might be done once with the same results? Thank you, everybody
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*Obligatory: I am not a financial advisor, and this is not financial advice. I have suffered at least 3 significant head injuries in my lifetime. Some of the information I am going to provide is speculative in nature but backed by data.
I have done my best to break this information down to a snot bubble blowing education level, but I needed to learn a lot of information to put this all together. Most items you may be unfamiliar with will have an ELI5 within the post to the best of my ability. *Long Post Warning
TL;DR
The Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) market exploded with activity this year, as has Citadel's (Shitadel) exposure as an obligor (debtor/borrower) in the CLO market. CLOs are a form of Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO). You know, the bad things from 2008. The banks are divvying up Shitadel’s leveraged loans (among many other corporate loans) and selling them to CLO Managers whose investors (other banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, ETFs, private funds, pension funds, etc.) invest in the loans through securitization. Securitization regarding a CLO is the pooling of 150-200 leveraged corporate loans into a single Asset Backed Security (ABS). This process reduces exposure to the banks who initiated the loan and allows them to remove most of the loan from their balance sheet… Good for them. Better yet, Banks aren’t even required to report their CLO information. Mutual funds, pension funds, and ETFs also are directly investing in portions of the loans themselves through syndication as well. Syndication is a loan being arranged by a group of lenders instead of one single lender.
In the event When Shitadel defaults on these loans, the mutual funds, pension funds, ETFs, and other entities will be the ones left holding the bag… But, aren’t mutual funds and ETFs common investment strategies for individual investors and retirement funds? Yes, they certainly are. Anyone invested in those mutual funds and ETFs will share a proportional risk of the default.
So, the money that you, your mom, wife’s boyfriend, or retirement plan put into the effected mutual fund or ETF will be at risk to Shitadel’s loan defaults. “In 2020, an estimated 102.5 million individual investors owned mutual funds—and at year-end 2020, these investors held 89 percent of total mutual fund assets, directly or through retirement accounts.” [[SOURCE]](https://www.icifactbook.or
... keep reading on reddit ➡Another chapter from u/eruwenn, and myself.
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Passing by the shiny new sign at the front of the building he was now to work in, Senior Deputy Skrilen — a reluctant new member of the Grole Sheriff's Office — spared a glance at his reflection. The short black jacket and tie, tan shirt, and matching tan stripe on the outer leg seam of the black pants he wore looked a fair sight better than his old G.C.D.F. uniform. He was still unaware of the symbology of the star embroidered prominently on his jacket, and repeated in smaller form in other places, but the real deal hung heavy on his belt. A heavy metal star badge, polished lovingly to a shine, sat in its holder on his hip, opposite to where his new sidearm would rest... once he was issued one.
He turned and watched as Junior Deputy Draq ran down the street, jacket and tie flapping wildly around him. “Slow down," he called out to the younger Grole, "you are on time."
"Wrangler said," Draq blurted, but was panting too heavily after his exertion in the cold air to say more right away. Bent over double, his next words came muffled. "He said he'd snap one of my spines off for every minute I was late." He shivered, drawing deep breaths and slowly regaining his composure.
Skrilen gave a solemn nod. Working in the G.C.D.F. had always held the possibility of danger. It seemed likely that working alongside species 368 would mean that, if there wasn't enough natural danger around, they would simply create their own. “We should do our utmost to become good deputies. Whatever that entails.”
Draq, at this point, was finally breathing normally. “Being on time, and keeping your damn spines.” He immediately walked past Skrilen and entered the building.
The Senior Deputy was about to chide his junior for leaving so abruptly, then considered his own spines and hastily followed. They halted immediately once inside, as they found themselves face to face with a large cage, and bizarrely they were already inside it. Thoroughly taken aback, Skrilen took initiative and peered through the small window at their side.
Beyond it was a desk, and a small red Folix sat behind it. His tail pricked up, ears swivelling towards his target of interest as he looked over the two deputies. "Skrilen, and Draq?" he asked, and the pair nodded. "I
... keep reading on reddit ➡I AM NOT THE OP. My personal cheese problems are entirely emotional, not logistical. The OP is Wordshore on MetaFilter.
August 4, 2016 4:32 PM
For complicated / irrelevant reasons a friend has suddenly acquired 18 pounds of Red Leicester cheese. It is good quality. However (again, complicated reasons) the cheese must be moved, used or transformed into something else within the next 72 hours or so.
My friend lives mostly on his own, so can't have a cheese party, and does not want the neighbors finding out about this cheese anyway so cannot invite them. He can't eat it all in this time for health reasons (18 pounds). There are no food banks nearby he can donate to, and moving the cheese is problematic anyway (though not impossible). He can cook, though not to a great extent. It would be a shame for this cheese to just be disposed of; what else could he do with it? Are there recipes that can use up 18 pounds of cheese and transform it into (preferably) foodstuff that are not cheese-centric?
[Aside from clamoring for more information, the comments suggest donating the cheese, requesting to have the cheese donated, freezing it, dumping it outside of someone’s door, portioning it up and taking 6lbs with them every time they leave the apartment, abusing flat rate mailing envelopes, fancy cheese sculptures, arranging for it to be found on the Appalachian Trail, and more. Check out the thread for many excellent cooking suggestions.]
UPDATE
August 6, 2016 3:04 AM
I've sent the mods a much longer explanation, as a confirmation that this isn't some made-up hokey but is real. I have seen 18 pounds of quality Red Leicester cheese and I've even run my finger all along one edge of it and believe me, it is real. Oh, yes. I have seen the promised land, Mefites.
One other point - it really is a friend, and is not me talking in the third person or some odd writing thing like that.
Will do a full explanation at some point on here later in the month, unless there's any legal or ethical impediment. Currently I don't know how this (frankly ridiculous and avoidable) situation will play itself out, especially as there are several people involved who are perhaps not the most pleasant, or the most sensible, of people. (probably including me for getting involved in this)
*[More suggestions in the comments, including staging a fake plumbing accident and di
... keep reading on reddit ➡That is probably the question that is on the minds of many uranium investors after we have seen the uranium sector endure a rough correction over the past few months. Uranium equities are down 30-50%+ across the board and after a healthy bounce off of the 200Dma for the URNM etf and Cameco last month, the upward trajectory was cut short by a decline across the broad equities market and a general ‘risk-off’ environment. This decline has only further exacerbated the correction and many are wondering where the uranium sector is heading next.
At the risk of kicking in an open door, nobody knows where the market is going in the very near term, as it is dependent upon a variety of prevailing circumstances. This ensures that timing the absolute bottom of any correction has more to do with sheer luck than wisdom. With that being said, there are several indicators that can help determine if we are close to the end of this correction. The three main factors that I am currently looking at are:
- A turnaround in the broad equities market. This will relieve selling pressure and allow for more capital to find its way into the uranium sector as well. The FOMC meeting this week will be pivotal and given current market action, there is reason to believe one of two scenarios. Either we see an immediate turnaround to save the market, or hawkish actions take a final toll on the market and a turnaround happens shortly after. Either way, I think that the weakness in the broad equities market is close to stopping, with a strong rally to all-time highs following thereafter.
- Technical analysis can be a great addition to one’s investment toolbox and in combination with other ‘tools’, can help with determining entry and exit strategies. Right now, the chart is not looking good for URNM and Cameco and after closing the week below their respective 200Dma’s, it opens the door for a final correction towards last year’s August lows. This will be a painful, but likely quick, endeavor to establish a new base before the next move higher. This scenario is not pleasant to discuss, but given that it is a distinct possibility if strong buying doesn’t come in soon, it is important to recognize it.
- Extreme bullish or bearish sentiment is often a good contrarian indicator for where a stock or sector may be heading in the near future. In the case of uranium, sentiment is scraping across the bottom of the proverbial barrel and that indicates a turn is close, final correction notwithstanding
Hi, everyone!
Wow, my RPEA post yesterday (https://www.reddit.com/r/LETFs/comments/rtxuv8/a_leveraged_allweathertype_portfolio_with/) sparked a lot of excellent debate and Q&A. I really appreciate everyone's commentary; especially those that clarified my writing. I wanted to chime in with a few points.
A few of you are pretty unsettled by the whole concept of using moving averages as a market timing mechanism. I think in general there's been quite a bit of confusion about this topic on this forum, especially after that "Leverage for the Long Run" piece got circulated around. That article is, as you lot assert, pretty terrible.
But, I wanted to throw some numbers your way to assert that my SMA strategy isn't (A) overfitting the data, or (B) completely bogus in general. Thereafter, I'll give you my theory as to why I think SMAs are sensible, and where I think the debate comes from.
First, to recap, RPEA is built on a handful of leveraged funds (US Large Caps, US Midcaps, Tech, European Stocks, Emerging Markets, Utilities, and Gold) , and it uses fund-specific Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) to decide when to buy- and sell- those funds. Trades are made on the first day of each month: if a fund has previously closed below its SMA, it's sold and replaced in equal portion with TMF. If it's above its SMA, it's held. If it was previously "out of market" (e.g. in TMF) and comes back over its SMA, TMF is sold and the fund is repurchased. That's it.
In my post, I noted that you get the best returns when you match each fund to its own specific SMA timer—more volatile assets use shorter timers (~4 months); less volatile assets use longer timers (~8 months). A lot of you were worried that this was overfitting. A valid concern!
SO, what if we took the same asset mix as in my RPEA base portfolio, and just gave every asset the same SMA? We'll use the same signal assets (eg $SPY for $UPRO, $IJH for $MIDU, etc..) for each, but we'll just ignore my "optimized" timings. How well would those portfolios perform?
Recall that in my backtest, from April '94–September '21, the "optimized" RPEA had a CAGR of ~36.46; HFEA had a CAGR of ~21.77.
Now, if we give every asset in RPEA a 9 mo SMA (nearly a 200 Day SMA), RPEA's CAGR is 30.4.
With a 8 mo SMA, the resulting CAGR is 30.79.
With a 7 mo SMA, the resulting CAGR is **30.17
... keep reading on reddit ➡Jason couldn't help but feel a little wounded by the fact that she didn't hesitate. Not even a little. He wasn't even entirely sure he'd actually finished speaking.
"Was this because you trusted me or because you wanted to shoot me?" he asked as he gingerly touched the spot on his chest where the beam of invisible energy had assumedly hit him.
"As your Commanding Officer, it would hurt my ability to command if I confirmed which." Cleff dumped her weapon on the table. “So, aside from providing me with a much needed opportunity for stress relief, what was this little exercise in aid of?”
Jason paused for a moment before he remembered exactly why he’d asked his commanding officer to shoot him. He reached over, picking up his helmet and pulling it partially over his head so that he could see the HUD within.
“Right, uh, K’lik Kla Herk.” He read, before paling as he read yet more gibberish.
That was bad, given that he’d been planning on his latest innovation working correctly as a means of avoiding Cleff’s wrath for refusing to follow his orders.
“Ah, shit,” he muttered as he plopped the device off his head. “I, uh, might need a few moments to debug-”
“No, you don’t.” Cleff interrupted, eying him strangely. “You just said what I typed into your little device here. A little phrase from back home that effectively translates to… well… given your recent success, no longer feel the need to elaborate on my threat.”
Jason felt a small bead of sweat run down his neck at the casual promise of discipline averted, as Cleff looked down at the gun on his desk. “So, you’ve made a tool that lets you speak in text via our weapon system?”
Jason nodded quickly. “Yeah, it uses our suit’s ability to register laser impacts to receive data. Specifically, the weapon you’re holding translates whatever you type into it into morse code. Then that code is conveyed by a series of pulsing shots through the gun barrel.”
“Morse code?” Cleff asked.
Jason paused, before remembering that he was talking to an alien. “It’s a simple telecommunication method that utilizes different sequences of signal duration to ‘speak’.”
“A bit like binary?”
Jason nodded. “Effectively.”
“Clever.” The moth-woman grinned, hand running slowly across the weapon in front of her. “Very clever.”
Jason shrugged, feeling more than a little awkward at what he felt was unfounded praise. “It was easy enough to do.”
Really, the hardest part had been creating a new morse code ‘alphabet’, given that he sure as
... keep reading on reddit ➡{Hello Sir/Madam/Dolphin Overlords, I must admit this is the first time I have ever posted anything. So, please keep in mind that I am crawling out from under the proverbial rock and that polite feedback would be appreciated. Also thank you BlueFishcake for your wonderful story world and allowing this subreddit to exist. Now without further ado please enjoy my mad ramblings.}
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I quietly brushed down the top of the bar. While normally my cold-blooded body could pose problems in a non-regulated environment, here on Draxeal that wasn't the case. At least, during the daytime. During the day, temperatures never went below eighty degrees, and close to the equator never below a solid one hundred. At night though, the vast dessert dunes had a tendency to freeze. The sudden swaps between these two extremes, lack of water outside of a few oases, forged most plant matter into the hardiest of shrubs and grasses. Yet they too were few of number much like my customers.
Beside Stinky Leeal, my bar was empty. Unfortunate about Stinky, losing her Husband like she did, but Stinky keeps The Tipsy Ranger open. So, I couldn't say much without looking like a hypocrite. I look at the rag and Stinky's passed out form. I needed some air, so I removed myself from the bar and walked slowly across the carved neosteel floor. Gently I push against the faux wood door. The wind whiped across the street, sand scattering in plumes. Only a handful of people, sand torn, heat blasted, and hardy, meandered about. These are the residence of Daus Marla.
Daus Marla, has a story all too common on Draxeal. Founded on Falar 12th, 1840 of the Consortium Business calendar, the town was at first a mining colony. Platinum and Uranium were what feed the town. It used to be hot, jumping, and full of life. Hundreds of bought workers, dozens of mining companies all trying to stake a claim. Those initial companies and workers brought shops, stiffy joints, bars, utilities, housing and manufacturing. When the mines dried up, the manufacturing jobs kept the town alive, but the loss was felt. Eventually the cost of maintaining the equipment and travel across the sands outweighed the cost of closing the factories down. Now the town is little more but drugs, sand and rust. I would have preferred it to be a little more drugs and a lot less sand and rust but the town was not on any maj
... keep reading on reddit ➡Just had TRUTH Social on my mind today, and I've kinda been brainstorming about how big of a deal it could actually be. Nobody around these parts doubts that it'll be massive, but I think it could perhaps exceed even our expectations...I just wanted to start a thread to talk about it!
This thing is 100% exactly what the mainstream media doesn't want. I think its long term ramifications could reach a lot farther than election fraud & witch hunt hoax information coming to light. Truth Social potentially blows the lid off EVERYTHING. Everything. They are going to fight like hell to keep people away from it, because it cannot actually be stopped.
Are you ready to be called a deplorable for using TRUTH?
Are you ready to be accused of spreading misinformation for using TRUTH?
Are you prepared to fire back in support of TRUTH?
Consider why TRUTH is such a fantastic name for this project.
I'm honest to goodness so damn excited to see what happens. It's gonna change everything. I think, to phrase it affectionately, it'll be "yuge" just to have Trump back on a big social media platform, able to speak his mind. I am so curious to see what he has to say--what his first post on TRUTH will be about. I know very well that the lying & dying mainstream media is going to expend as much ammo as they can to turn people away from TRUTH.
I'd love to hear everybody's thoughts & opinions on what you think we will see in the early days of TRUTH coming out. How many will be woken up from the red pills? How successful will the lamestream media be in demonizing TRUTH? What will the consequences & public reaction be when, not if, they fail?
The tides are turning folks, and they're turning quick. I personally predict that by April or May, everything's gonna be upside-down compared to how it's been lately. I don't know if I see sleepy Joe still being in office by midterms. I don't know if I see the mainstream media completely giving up on the scamdemic without trying (keyword: trying) to pull off another variant-related stunt, which would be their ultimate downfall. Let them try, it will only quicken the gigantic red pilling of America we are all witnessing.
TRUTH social is going to be an absolutely massive push in knocking down these proverbial dominoes. What happens when the public completely loses trust in DNC? What happens when enough are awake? I am hoping that each and every one of my fellow patriots here will scream to the high heavens about TRUTH Social.
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Chapter Nineteen
“Oh, and just how many would a ‘small army’ be, then?” The Colonel asked, now intrigued. Adam decided he would do some posturing of his own, despite his better judgment screaming for himself to appear as wallpaper.
“That depends, ma’am. Are you asking about the first operation, second, or both combined?” He said before the Captain could answer.
“You’ve been on two then?” She waved a hand in a show of mock civility. “Do tell!”
Adam counted on his fingers humorously, taking way too long to answer; a brief flash of anger crossing the officer's face before he decided to tone down the bullshit.
“Well, if I’m being honest, I lost count after a dozen, but it’s not more than fifty. Drop in the bucket, really, once you add my pre and post occupation activities.”
“So you were a soldier before we arrived, then?” She said, clearly allowing a modicum of respect in her voice for the, as she now realized, experienced male soldier.
“Yeah. I left the service before you guys got there, but got involved with the resistance for a while before I saw the Empress's light. Can you blame a guy?”
“No, I suppose not,” she said with a smile. “It’s expected for a male to react emotionally and illogically at something like that.”
Thankfully, before the conversation could devolve any further Grim grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the door.
“I apologize, Colonel, but I have to get my pod to chow, and afternoon exercise after that. It was decidedly lovely running into you again!” Grim exclaimed, clearly trying to get the fuck out before the conversation went anywhere she didn’t like.
“You as well, Captain! Enjoy your… ahem… exercise!” The other team's officer said, her grin turning predatory, “I hope you pass selection, recruit!”
With that, the door closed behind them, leaving Grim and Adam a few meters behind the rest of the pod.
“That was dangerous, Adam.”
“I know, but I wasn’t going to just sit there and let her start shit without a response.” He replied.
“Listen… just, don’t talk to officers without being prompted from now on, okay? A lot of them are nobility, and will certainly not be as understanding as I try to be.”
“Yes ma’am.” Adam replied, abashed.
In short order they all filed into a nearby building and fell into the line leading to a small bar, where Shil’vati male and female workers were dutifully handing out food to the marines and special operators. As the group hurriedly ate, Adam did his best to ignore the stares from the patro
... keep reading on reddit ➡How does one laugh something off “like lemonade”?
Right then. The special that should have taken a week took three and is going to be continuing after chapter 140 of the main story with another 'special chapter' coming out every 10 chapters from then on.
In other news I was finally convinced to set up a patreon for this little project of mine. You wont get anything for pledging except a happy and slightly more drunk Danish student and to the rest of you don't worry. Nothing is getting locked away behind a paywall.
From what I can see and hear people have really enjoyed them but they are not doing that well in comparison to the main story. I do compel you to go check them out if you want. Otherwise Lean back and enjoy the show as we get on with chapter 137. Nicely edited of course by Bushmaster and UnwavoringGrey
ko-fi Patreon for the purpose of getting poor Danish students drunk and getting more awesome stuff made for the story
Sapphire cover art by Uwnycorn
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Chapter 137: Hunger Games
“So then, pipsqueak, ready to get your ass kicked?” Glira chuckled as her crew set about adjusting her nets, Jarix looking down to Tom and Saph pleadingly.
It had been a busy few days of packing supplies and getting the Deriva Keep folk sent home. Saph had kept busy helping plan for winter as well as getting the keep back in order after the festival. It had been a few days, but they had finally gotten around to Glira and Jarix's little hunting competition. Much to her surprise though, Jarix actually seemed to be less than confident, rather unlike his usual self.
“You’re sure we can’t convince Tom to let us use the fifty?”
“Yup,” Saph replied as she was looking o
... keep reading on reddit ➡Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Disclaimer: I’m just a guy who grew up in the Drake/Kendrick/J. Cole era of hip hop who enjoyed ‘Certified Lover Boy’ and likes talking about music. Take my opinions here with however much salt you like, and read on if you enjoy music thinkpieces.
With the release and lukewarm reception of Drake’s 6th studio album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’, Drake and his camp have come under fire for what many are calling a string of uninspired releases, backed up by relatively mediocre review scores from popular online music review sites like Pitchfork for the back half of his studio album discography (Views, Scorpion, and CLB all received scores under a 7, along with ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’, though that one’s a mixtape). Contrast this with Drake’s earlier album scores (8.4 for ‘Thank Me Later’, 8.6 for both ‘Take Care’ and ‘Nothing Was The Same’, and an 8.3 for ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’, though again, a mixtape), and it would be easy to call the past half-decade the beginning of a “fall-off” for Drake, and I wouldn’t blame anyone who did. Between the difficulties that come with maintaining a fresh sound through 15 years of 6 studio albums, 7 mixtapes, and 4 EPs, and the recent trend in the music culture to make albums as long as possible to take advantage of streaming platforms and numbers, listening to a Drake project all the way through can admittedly become harder and harder with each subsequent attempt. However, I’m not here to defend Drake’s discography. I’m here today to talk about Drake’s album intros, and hopefully by the end of this, show you why CLB is anything but uninspired (at least for the first 5 minutes and 36 seconds).
With that, let’s dive into the intros off each of the 6 studio albums, starting with ‘Fireworks’ off Drake’s 2010 Studio Debut ‘Thank Me Later’.
Fireworks is aptly named, starting the song and album with a literal bang as fireworks go off in the background of a piano melody so clean, they’re the second most beautiful “Keys” on the record.
“Money just changed everything
I wonder how life without it would go
From the concrete who knew that a flower would grow
Lookin' down from the top and it's crowded below
My fifteen minutes started an hour ago”
Coming off of the recent successes of So Far Gone and a signed deal with arguable GOAT rapper Lil Wayne, Drake immediately comes into this record letting us know how his life has changed as a result of the money and hard work. It’s only been a year since that mixtape’s
... keep reading on reddit ➡How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
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“Thank you, you may return to your posts,” Antoth advised the guardsmen who had, out of an abundance of caution, escorted the curious but obviously intelligent creature into the village. Natori smiled appreciatively at Antoth’s gesture, and indicated that the Jumpers under his command should do the same.
“I believe violence is the least of our concerns this evening, Lance Corporal, but we appreciate the escort,” he said. Qul’Roth nodded in agreement as the soldier saluted before leading Rex and Orlova away to find an open seat within the festival grounds. A long, awkward silence followed as Antoth tried to deduce why exactly the alien who had suggested eliminating his village on account of a regulation was standing at the cusp of the final night of their largest festival. Fortunately for the two leaders, Thantis was more open to conversation.
“I was wondering if we would meet again, Emissary. Selah and welcome to our humble village. What brings you here?” the death priest questioned. Qul’Roth ensured that his translator was operating appropriately before recording a phrase in his native tongue and converting it to Cauthan, presumably via English as an intermediary.
“The Admiral believed that there might be value in my presence here tonight, given the state of negotiations between your peoples. I am not sure that I agree, but the Order demands that I remain in the know when it comes to the evolution of galactic affairs. Even a matter as small as this qualifies,” the Ghaelen explained. After the statement finished playing, Antoth looked at Thantis in confusion.
“Do you understand what order he’s here to negotiate?” the chieftain asked his companion. When Thantis replied that he had not the faintest clue, Natori presented himself as an intermediary. After a secondary attempt to explain the message, transition
... keep reading on reddit ➡Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proverbial_phrases
The doctor says it terminal.
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
And now I’m cannelloni
