It's hard to see how a hot civil war would work. America is divided by politics but not be geography. Even the reddest states are 25% blue, and vice versa. (View Post)
Men, in my experience, don't tend to think of pudding as in any way transgressive. But they do often think of it as not-particularly masculine. Back in my 20s, when all day drinking in all male compa… (View Post)
There's no inherent reason why blends should be worse than single malts. What they usually are, of course, is cheaper. And therefore more cheaply produced. And therefore, usually, of a lower quality.… (View Post)
I've just looked them both up on Wikipedia. There is a charming euphemism on Finn Russell's page: at school, Russell "did not feel drawn to academic work". I can imagine his teachers possib… (View Post)
That's what did for Tycho Brahe. He was on a drinking binge with the king(?) and it wasn't the done thing to be the first to go to the toilet. Died of a burst bladder. (View Post)