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1. 14 days ago on Thatababy

   It’s actuallyrarely exactly 1000, or exactly 500, or whatever.

2. 16 days ago on Off the Mark

   Here is a rather typical sentence construction in German: The train arrived this morning at the train station not.

3. 16 days ago on Off the Mark

   mm = millimeters; 1/1000 of a meter.

4. 10 months ago on Off the Mark

   See also: Streisand effect.

5. 10 months ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

   The human received a message on the phone, didn’t like it, and “barked” at the phone. The dog considers this funny, considering what the human had just said about “barking at nothing”.

6. about 1 year ago on Broom Hilda

   Because they use their considerable ingenuity to avoid doing homework…

7. about 1 year ago on Off the Mark

   The idea is that he isn’t dead, but only sleeping.

8. about 1 year ago on Off the Mark

   This, I understand, is the original: Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne / Und die trägt er im Gesicht / Und Macheath, der hat ein Messer / Doch das Messer sieht man nicht.The English translation is pretty well-done. But I’ll try a more literal translation, anyway: And the shark, it has teeth / and it wears them in its face / And Macheath, he has a knife / But the knife can’t be seen.

9. over 1 year ago on Off the Mark

   Indeed, someone is.

10. over 1 year ago on Off the Mark

    Let’s just hope that it doesn’t reveal our sexual fantasies in front of the students…