Things that make you :)

[CameronL]

6 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

 

And just try to imagine the size of the playing board....😃

 

It could probably double as a cover for a snooker table!

 

And how many points would you get if you got "Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften" on a Triple Word Score?

 

Somebody's going to work it out.

[newbryford]

14 minutes ago, CameronL said:

And how many points would you get if you got "Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften" on a Triple Word Score?

 

Somebody's going to work it out.

 

Will it fit on a scrabble board?

[KeithMacdonald]

40 minutes ago, CameronL said:

And how many points would you get if you got "Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften" on a Triple Word Score?Somebody's going to work it ot.

 

25 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Will it fit on a scrabble board?

 

Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften?

Amazingly, there's a real medical word in English that's even longer.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosi

It's “a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust”

But you might have to play Scrabble for a very long time to get enough tiles to spell that.

[Steamport Southport]

10 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

 

Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften?

Amazingly, there's a real medical word in English that's even longer.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosi

It's “a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust”

But you might have to play Scrabble for a very long time to get enough tiles to spell that.

 

Latin surely?

 

But I think I must be missing something...

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mattel-Games-Scrabble-Original-Crosswords/dp/B009NFGI5Y/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=54853025178&hvadid=259091604473&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9046498&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=8120172334828989158&hvtargid=kwd-302645094681&hydadcr=28150_1821051&keywords=german%2Bscrabble&qid=1696850099&sr=8-2&th=1

[KeithMacdonald]

2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

Latin surely?

 

That's what I assumed at first, but on checking, it seems like it's a mongrel word.

Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosi

 

Pneumono = Greek πνεῠ́μων (pneumōn)

Ultra = Latin ultrā-

microscopic = Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός ("small") + σκοπέω ("I look at")

silicon = Latin silex ("silica")

volcano = Latin Vulcanus ("Vulcan") - not to be confused with dust in the Vulcan Foundry

coni = Greek (κόνις, kónis) which means dust

 

[J. S. Bach]

On 08/10/2023 at 06:42, Sidecar Racer said:

Floor sanding machine rental place.

[The Pilotman]

9 hours ago, CameronL said:

If they played Scrabble they'd probably call it "Buchstabenaufkachelnumwörterzubilden" (Letters on tiles to make words).

They do, and it’s called, er, Scrabble. 

[SHMD]

1 hour ago, The Pilotman said:

They do, and it’s called, er, Scrabble. 

 

I thought German for Scrabble was "Einoverlonguntvorscriblytechincfahrt"

 

 

Kev.

 

[pH]

9 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Amazingly, there's a real medical word in English that's even longer.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosi

It’s even longer than that - there’s an “s” missing off the end (seriously!) 😐

[CameronL]

15 minutes ago, SHMD said:

 

I thought German for Scrabble was "Einoverlonguntvorscriblytechincfahrt"

 

 

Kev.

 

And the German word for "spanner" is "nutzundboltzeninzundoutzenroundzundroundzen".

[big jim]

54 minutes ago, CameronL said:

And the German word for "spanner" is "nutzundboltzeninzundoutzenroundzundroundzen".

And the German for horse is ‘muchengrassundclipencloppen’

[Dagworth]

48 minutes ago, big jim said:

And the German for horse is ‘muchengrassundclipencloppen’

Whereas a zebra....

 

 

Cover of an album I own from a band I know

 

Andi

[luckymucklebackit]

9 hours ago, big jim said:

And the German for horse is ‘muchengrassundclipencloppen’

 

Try YouTube for Benny Hill German videos, he did a lot of funny stuff on this theme

[Sidecar Racer]

[MartynJPearson]

We visited a National Trust place at the weekend, as we were in one of the rooms a family walked in.

 

"Which room's this?" asked the little lad.

"The lounge" said his Mum

"Oh. Where's the TV?"

 

Shared a smile with the Mum as she went on to explain that in those days, people did alien things like talking to each other, reading or playing games.

[melmerby]

Dog = Der Schniffelundgruntenbarker😃

[Sidecar Racer]

 I wish I hadn't posted that shop sign , you are all being very silly .

[The Johnster]

On 09/10/2023 at 23:14, Dagworth said:

Whereas a zebra....

 

 

Cover of an album I own from a band I know

 

Andi

Ooh, look, a zebra, crossing…

Edited October 11, 2023 by The Johnster

[Sidecar Racer]

[Sidecar Racer]

 

[Steamport Southport]

7 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 

 

It's a fine and noble profession farming melons!

 

 

[Welly]

Whilst watching this interesting video of the physics of the Twin Towers collapses on 9/11, mention is made of the transit tunnels through the foundation - check out the choice of train! https://youtu.be/1NkBfLBov5Q?si=VIkPGVjTspRiLV6G&t=830

[chris p bacon]

1 hour ago, Welly said:

Whilst watching this interesting video of the physics of the Twin Towers collapses on 9/11, mention is made of the transit tunnels through the foundation - check out the choice of train! https://youtu.be/1NkBfLBov5Q?si=VIkPGVjTspRiLV6G&t=830

Badgers do dig tunnels underground...

[RFS]

This picture brought a smile to me as a retired IT pro. It's of a US Federal Data Centre in 1959 where records are being stored on punched cards. It's estimated the total data stored here is about 4.3 Gb - ie equal to a small (by today's standards already!) flash drive. The pallets contain around 27,000 boxes of cards, each box having 2000 cards with 80 bytes of data each. 

 

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by RFS
Date added

[Hroth]

Reminds me of the scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...