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Far into the 1990s, and even into the 2000s, Norwegian people were essentially laughing at people buying bottled water. What for?? Buying water?
A few (national) brands of natural mineral waters, some even naturally carbonated, had had a position for up to a hundred years as high class "party" water, accompanying finer wines, but most certainly not for everyday consumption.
When bottled water made the market here, about 25 years ago, it was essentially as a sugar-free replacement for soda pop (or whatever is the term in the various English languages  ). Even the traditional mineral water brands had to come up with variants with fruit flavor added.
So Perrier has arrived in the food stores as the high priced imported brand, for those having problems getting rid of their money. Did I ever see it before year 2000? Not that I remember. Must have been in super-high-price speciality shops (where I do not go). If you serve imported water, it is nothing but a show off.
I read Bill Bryson: A Walk in the Woods[^], which is most certainly recommendable - the book is really funny. But I hesitated when Bryson told about how he walked ahead of his mate, so that he could early start the filtering of water where they camped. Filtering water out in the wilderness? What's that? Oh well, I guess I am just wasted with Norwegian water quality...
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Turns out it was staged - the guy who hit him is a professional actor.
My coat is just over there - if you could just pass it to me? Ta.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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He's a professional something; not entirely sure its an actor, but its something.
modified 30-Mar-22 12:35pm.
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That was some good slapsick comedy!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm still waiting for the punch line! Also, I can't believe they are making a GI Jane 2. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Here's the #1, knock-down, slap-happy best meme[^] that I've seen so far -- I probably like it because it comes from Spider-man comics in the golden age.
That's the original text in the speech balloon of the Kingpin.
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Of course it was staged. Oscars viewership has been on the decline for years and they're desperate to get people to watch. I called it as such even before seeing the clip on YouTube.
The giveaway is probably Chris Rock's own reaction, being "greatest night in the history of television". Obviously that's exactly what they were aiming for. No spontaneity here.
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I have a Windows Insider installation in a VM and I wander into it from time to time because, well because. It has refused to update to 22H2 for a few weeks, downloads to 100% and then fails. Yes, I have DDG'd it and tried all the canned fixes. Pretty easy to just download the latest and create another VM.
But
My question has to do with the GUI. The settings page has 11 items on the left and the System page has 10 items plus an ad for Office 365 on the right. Just like its predecessor, W10, none of those items are listed in alphabetic order. Maybe the order is supposed to be in their idea of most used? Is this considered better GUI? After you have accustomed yourself to it, it doesn't matter, but seems like they should visit QA and ask for some codez to alphabetize their lists. 
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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The item order could be based on telemetry and actual most-used statistics. That's probably a lot more uniform than alphabetical order when you factor in things like localization, business vs. consumer vs. embedded, and so on.
Software Zen: delete this;
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It's a Finnish hymn.
I'll grab my coat and leave before you finish me...
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Sounds like's based on a true story then! 
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Perhaps we need a Rule 8: "No atrocious puns in the Lounge."
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Can we add "no Wordle brags"?
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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You want to kill off 80% of responses?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Heck no.
We should strive to be as bold as Callahan's on a Punday night.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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So absolutely wretched puns are still acceptable?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Yeah, you Polish the floor with your opponent.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Unless he Czechs your punch.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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As long a Iraq up a lot of points.
Kenya see what I am doing here?
I could keep this up all day, but I have Togo.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Matthew Dennis wrote: As long a Iraq up a lot of points.
Reminds me of an old classic: The iRack[^]
Young people won't get more than half of it. They might even think that this is Apple mockery.
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Small detail: People living in Scandinavia do not consider Finland part of Scandinavia. It is one of the Nordic countries, but not one of the Scandinavian countries.
I have been arguing this with lots of English speaking people, but most of them insist "If I want to use the name 'Scandinavia' to cover Finland as well, I am in my full right to do so!'. That is similar to me saying that 'If I want to use the name 'England' to cover Scotland and Ireland as well, I am in my full right to do so!'. Or, if I want to limit my understanding of The US of A to the thirteen original states. Or to include Mexico and Canada as well.
(Another side: I am not sure if your post is a pure pun, or if there is a core of reality in it. I tried to listen to the music in the trailer to possibly recognize a hymn in the melodic line, but failed. So I concluded that the reference to 'Finish hymn' was just for the pun element.)
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trønderen wrote: Small detail: People living in Scandinavia do not consider Finland part of Scandinavia. It is one of the Nordic countries, but not one of the Scandinavian countries.
Geologically it makes perfect sense, but Sweden, Norway and Denmark are a Germanic culture while Finland is Ugric, related to the Baltic states.
So I agree with you from a etymological point of view, but they still live on the Scandinavian peninsula.
trønderen wrote: I am not sure if your post is a pure pun
You must never have played a Mortal Kombat game
When you win a fight, a voice-over says "Finish him!" after which you can finish with a brutal attack to literally tear your opponent apart (FATALITY!).
So the Finnish hymn is a pun on "Finish him!" 
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Sander Rossel wrote: You must never have played a Mortal Kombat game
Most certainly true. My last computer game playing (for the sake of game playing - learning/testing out programming techniques is a different thing) was with the original "Adventure" on a 25 by 80 char monochrome terminal
I suspected the pun, so I watched the trailer, and had half of it confirmed. For the other half: Composers (and performers as well) of music for movie effects and atmosphere frequently add their own little musical puns. The great majority of the audience won't get it, but for those who do, it really adds something. You can hear a lot of classical themes in movies, sometimes in an explicit, original form (such as the opening of 2001), sometimes only as quotes mixed into a new tune. Personally, I love such elements, even when I discover the source or quote after many years.
So this time, I really hoped for the composer to have baked some "Finish" hymn into the accompanying music. That would have completed the pun perfectly.
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