I'd love it if the next speaker carried on the list where she left off

It's the parasol that does it for me

Badass

I recently visited Barcelona. My Castellano is decent but I know almost no Catalan, and was getting along fine, but one evening I went to a restaurant that served authentic Catalan cuisine. (The street was plastered in Catalan flags!) I spent a bit of time that day learning a few Catalan phrases ("Good evening", "I have a reservation") etc, and my efforts were definitely appreciated, as we very warmly received by the staff, who were courteous enough to switch to English (with a little good-natured ribbing) when my Catalan well ran dry. Big smiles (and great food) all round. It definitely makes a difference.

I know it's just a joke, but phew, what an ugly joke.

Yeah this isn't normal rodent grooming behaviour. The animal isn't cleaning itself - rather, it has been covered in soap (quite a lot of it) and can't get it off. This looks like cruelty.

We're not talking about the political parties, we're talking about hypocritical evangelicals

So much humour is based on stereotypes, and the stereotypes themselves are funny. Without it we'd just have Jim Gaffigan talking about hot pockets and that would be all comedy ever

Exquisite

He's not a "Beefeater", either

I dunno... this is a great example of a novelty record that doesn't outstay its welcome

I would rather, like Bernard Shaw, that we just got rid of apostrophes altogether.

Upvote for the happy pups

Wonderful place. Best hole in the ground I've ever visited. Breathtaking photography of great *quality

Maltovs?