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10 May 2025, 3:02 pm

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The Indian family didn't show up until quite recently. They certainly weren't there in the 80s when I read the Beano.

Dammit I made a mistake, the Indians arrived in 2021. Come to think of it, political correctness wasn't mainstream in the 1970s. You could even buy a golliwog without much trouble.



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11 May 2025, 12:09 am

Rabbits were introduced to Britain and Ireland by the Normans.


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11 May 2025, 12:26 am

I thought it was Warner Brothers.



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11 May 2025, 11:24 am

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Rabbits were introduced to Britain and Ireland by the Normans.


Yeah, but no. Rabbits were in Britain half a million years ago. They found bones at a dig in Boxgrove. But then they reckon they died out in the last ice age. They've also found rabbit bones in Roman occupations in Britain, but they seem to be being raised, not living wild. Its possible some escaped and became feral.

But the Normans were absolutely cramming the bunny at every opportunity.


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11 May 2025, 12:30 pm

DuckHairback wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Rabbits were introduced to Britain and Ireland by the Normans.


Yeah, but no. Rabbits were in Britain half a million years ago. They found bones at a dig in Boxgrove. But then they reckon they died out in the last ice age. They've also found rabbit bones in Roman occupations in Britain, but they seem to be being raised, not living wild. Its possible some escaped and became feral.

But the Normans were absolutely cramming the bunny at every opportunity.


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The European rabbit is widespread in Great Britain, Ireland, and most other islands, except for Isles of Scilly, Rùm, Tiree, and some small Scottish islands, such as Gunna, Sanday, and most of the Treshnish Isles. It was likely first brought to Britain by the Normans after the 1066 conquest of England, as no pre-Norman British allusions to the animal have been found. The rabbit was nonetheless scarce or absent throughout most of England a short time afterwards, as warrens are not mentioned in the Domesday Book or any other 11th–century documents. Rabbits became well known, but not necessarily accepted members of British fauna between the 12th and 13th centuries. The first real evidence of their presence is a number of bones from the midden of Rayleigh Castle, which was occupied from the 11th–13th centuries. The first references to rabbits in Ireland occur roughly at the same time as English ones, thus indicating another Norman introduction. They had become plentiful, probably at a local level, by the 13th century, as indicated by an inquisition of Lundy Island made in 1274 describing how 2,000 rabbits were caught annually. Subsequent allusions in official documents became more frequent, with the species later becoming an important food item at feasts.

Truly wild populations increased slowly, primarily in the coastal areas and lowland heaths of Breckland and Norfolk. There were notable population increases after 1750, when changes in agricultural practices created favourable habitats, and increasing interest in game management resulted in intensive predator control campaigns. Although now common in the Scottish lowlands, the species was little known in Scotland before the 19th century. Until then, it was confined to portions of the Edinburgh district at least as far back as the 16th century, certain islands and the coastal sand dunes of the Scottish mainland. Although unknown in Caithness in 1743, the species became well established there by 1793.


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11 May 2025, 2:15 pm

Well, if Wikipedia says so...


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11 May 2025, 2:18 pm

It does rabbit on a bit, doesn't it?


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11 May 2025, 2:26 pm

Nintendo once released a game in Japan called Time Twist, that they decided should never be released in North America because it had very taboo and disturbing subject matter. In the game you play a nameless young boy who gets his soul swapped with that of a demon, and then you travel back in time and your soul enters that of various humans and an animal, and there's pretty heavy stuff such as being given the choice to save Joan of Arc from being burned, killing Hitler in WWII, and then there's a situation involving good ol' Abe Lincoln, slavery, and the KKK. Oh, and you have to exorcise the demon from Baby Jesus. 8O



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14 May 2025, 10:55 pm

In China people believe that cold food and drinks are very bad for your stomach, even when it's boiling hot outside. Apparently it's a traditional Chinese medicine thing. One person said their roommate thought they were insane for putting a watermelon in the refrigerator. Apparently Chinese people aren't worried about germs or bacteria in their food, because someone else said they knew someone who kept a jug of Sunny D unrefrigerated for weeks.

I know dairy products are a novelty in Asia, but I guess ice cream and milk are out of the question in China.

Some older, non Asian people might believe you shouldn't drink cold liquids as well, because it will "chill" your stomach. But hot liquids are totally fine, even during a heat wave. :)

I also heard they don't put ice in the water in restaurants in Europe. Thinking that making your beverages ice cold will make them taste better is an American thing. And by American I mean Canadian. :roll:

Personally I don't like my drinks too hot or cold. I'm like Goldilocks.



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14 May 2025, 11:07 pm

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Ice cold drinks are popular in the UK as well as the USA. I don't drink them myself any more, but I know a lot of UK people do. Britain has picked up a lot of habits from the US. Don't know how it happens. I don't think the US is a particularly popular holiday place. Maybe a lot of it comes from films and television shows.



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14 May 2025, 11:13 pm

I don't bother to refrigerate soft drinks. I like them better at room temperature.

I can see a couple of times when ice in a drink may be good:
1) you are on the move and want ti keep it from sloshing bad
2) it is much too warm and needs to be cooled down



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14 May 2025, 11:17 pm

Prairie dogs were either non-existent or pretty much non-existent in the US in 1800.



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15 May 2025, 9:50 am

The Peter Beale that's in Eastenders now is Peter Beale number 8 but he also played Peter Beale number 5
So there's been a Peter Beale number 6 and 7 in between him both


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15 May 2025, 10:37 am

?? Does he reincarnate like Dr.Who?



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15 May 2025, 10:40 am

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15 May 2025, 10:47 am

lostonearth35 wrote:
In China people believe that cold food and drinks are very bad for your stomach, even when it's boiling hot outside. Apparently it's a traditional Chinese medicine thing. One person said their roommate thought they were insane for putting a watermelon in the refrigerator. Apparently Chinese people aren't worried about germs or bacteria in their food, because someone else said they knew someone who kept a jug of Sunny D unrefrigerated for weeks.

I know dairy products are a novelty in Asia, but I guess ice cream and milk are out of the question in China.

Some older, non Asian people might believe you shouldn't drink cold liquids as well, because it will "chill" your stomach. But hot liquids are totally fine, even during a heat wave. :)

I also heard they don't put ice in the water in restaurants in Europe. Thinking that making your beverages ice cold will make them taste better is an American thing. And by American I mean Canadian. :roll:

Personally I don't like my drinks too hot or cold. I'm like Goldilocks.


Ice with drinks is becoming more popular in the UK, but it isn't as popular as it is in the USA. There are still places that serve drinks you would expect with ice, without ice in the UK. Usually that happens in lesser known places that sell drinks.