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What Are The Strangest Restaurants In The World?
3 months ago - 2 answers
A lot of restaurants try to get you in their seats by dressing the place up with some road signs or sports memorabilia or maybe a random assortment of trinkets that defiantly refuses to conform to any one cohesive theme.
There are other restaurants, though, that take this theme restaurant idea well beyond some festive wall decoration. Instead, they convert their restaurant in to the edible version of a Disney attraction. Eating at these places is no longer something you do for sustenance. You do it for the experience. The food is practically an after-thought.
Granted, some of them are kind of crazy…
Modern Toilet
Go ahead, just admit it. It’s okay. It’s natural. A lot of us want to eat poop out of a toilet. But we can’t. First of all, it’s just gross. That’s a give in. Secondly, read more...
There are other restaurants, though, that take this theme restaurant idea well beyond some festive wall decoration. Instead, they convert their restaurant in to the edible version of a Disney attraction. Eating at these places is no longer something you do for sustenance. You do it for the experience. The food is practically an after-thought.
Granted, some of them are kind of crazy…
Modern Toilet
Go ahead, just admit it. It’s okay. It’s natural. A lot of us want to eat poop out of a toilet. But we can’t. First of all, it’s just gross. That’s a give in. Secondly, read more...
answer by Limpl0uie 3 months ago
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What Is The Origin Of The Spilling Salt Superstition?
4 months ago - 1 answer
Many people consider it bad luck to spill salt. This superstition does not have one clear origin, but there are a number of good theories that may explain how it developed into one.
Unlike today, salt was once very expensive and quite scarce. Imagine your meal without any salt and you will start to appreciate why this simple spice was once a hot commodity! So, spilling salt used to be extremely wasteful and a faux pas whilst at the dinner table and was certainly considered to be bad form. Wasting salt being termed ‘bad luck’ might have developed as a way to stop people from being careless at the dinner table.
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper shows that Judas – an Apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities in return for thirty pieces of silver – is shown read more...
Unlike today, salt was once very expensive and quite scarce. Imagine your meal without any salt and you will start to appreciate why this simple spice was once a hot commodity! So, spilling salt used to be extremely wasteful and a faux pas whilst at the dinner table and was certainly considered to be bad form. Wasting salt being termed ‘bad luck’ might have developed as a way to stop people from being careless at the dinner table.
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper shows that Judas – an Apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities in return for thirty pieces of silver – is shown read more...
answer by Guinevere 4 months ago
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What Were The Most Popular Films That Were Released Twenty Years Ago?
6 months ago - 1 answer
There were many top films that were released in 1989. One of the most notable films of that year was “Batman”. This film was the very first instalment in the “Batman” film series and was the second most successful film of that year. The most successful was “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. The Disney comedy film “Honey I shrunk the Kids” was also released in 1989.
Other popular films released twenty years ago include teenage black comedy “Heathers”, “Look Who's Talking”, “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation”, “Dead Poets Society” and Disney's 28th animated feature film “The Little Mermaid”.
The year 1989 was also a popular year for sequels. The second instalment of the “Back to the Future” series was released and was the third most successful read more...
Other popular films released twenty years ago include teenage black comedy “Heathers”, “Look Who's Talking”, “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation”, “Dead Poets Society” and Disney's 28th animated feature film “The Little Mermaid”.
The year 1989 was also a popular year for sequels. The second instalment of the “Back to the Future” series was released and was the third most successful read more...
answer by Louise_gorman 6 months ago
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How Do You Get The Smell Of Garlic And Onions Off Your Hands?
3 months ago - 8 answers
Garlic and onions add fantastic flavour to dishes, but you don't want to smell them on your hands for the next day after cooking!
The best way to quickly and easily get rid of the smell of garlic on your hands and fingers is to rub your fingers on stainless steel. A spoon or tap or sink basin is fine. Just rub the skin that touched the garlic on steel for a few seconds and the smell will be completely gone. Wash with soap and water after, if you like.
To get rid of the smell of onions, stainless steel helps but doesn't seem to entirely remove the smell. Instead, try rubbing your hands with coarse salt and then rinse with cool or cold water.
If you want to prevent onion-related tears and also minimize the amount of smell that gets on read more...
The best way to quickly and easily get rid of the smell of garlic on your hands and fingers is to rub your fingers on stainless steel. A spoon or tap or sink basin is fine. Just rub the skin that touched the garlic on steel for a few seconds and the smell will be completely gone. Wash with soap and water after, if you like.
To get rid of the smell of onions, stainless steel helps but doesn't seem to entirely remove the smell. Instead, try rubbing your hands with coarse salt and then rinse with cool or cold water.
If you want to prevent onion-related tears and also minimize the amount of smell that gets on read more...
answer by Guinevere 3 months ago
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3 months ago - 2 answers
A moral panic occurs when an event or group emerges that rocks society’s boat the way that iceberg rocked the Titanic, threatening to capsize the values of the day and causing a panic that is utterly bewildering to those not caught up in the insanity.
It is a strange and new idea, thus it must be destroyed!
On some level everyone fears change. From the moment we are dragged screaming from our mother’s safe, warm womb and out into the cold reality of life, we treat every new experience with doubt and suspicion. After all, we tried creamed spinach didn’t we, and look how that turned out! Sometimes this resentment grows into a beast of fear and hostility that takes on a life of its own and runs rampant through the minds of normally sane men and women, turning them into a panicky mob looking read more...
It is a strange and new idea, thus it must be destroyed!
On some level everyone fears change. From the moment we are dragged screaming from our mother’s safe, warm womb and out into the cold reality of life, we treat every new experience with doubt and suspicion. After all, we tried creamed spinach didn’t we, and look how that turned out! Sometimes this resentment grows into a beast of fear and hostility that takes on a life of its own and runs rampant through the minds of normally sane men and women, turning them into a panicky mob looking read more...
answer by Susan_h 3 months ago
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