The advance of American lingo proceeds apace. I just heard a British person say 'slow up' instead of 'slow down'.
Someone is telling me that in America, crisps (potato chips) packets bear a warning about anal leakage. Really?
@phoneboy Speaking of tax at work. I read this today:
’The actual, real governmental federal budget as collected from U.S. taxpayer funds in the U.S., as enumerated by the ‘federal revenue’ has been typically in the $3-4 trillion range. And out of that number, we’re now edging towards $1 trillion as just the defense/military budget, alone.’
I don't think Gary Lighbody's voice (Snow Patrol) is very nice, even though some of their songs are decent. He sounds like he's recovering from a cold.
A little known secret about Emmanuel Macron is that he's not of French origin. He's actually of Scottish origin. So Mac-Ron actually means 'son of Ron'. I'm just not sure if he's the son or Ronald Reagan or the son of Ronald McDonald. He often seems like a bit of both.
France is against the deployment of nuclear weapons outside the countries that possess them
'French President Emmanuel Macron, after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, opposed the deployment of nuclear weapons outside the countries that possess them, "especially in Europe."'
'Social media users remind Macron where American nuclear weapons are located in Europe.'
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