Parsad Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 minute ago, Parsad said: Very nice John! Lucky guy! New Zealand ice creams are also terrific...high fat content. Cheers! Haha! John, I thought that was ice cream...it's nicotine pouches. Bad boy! Cheers!
LC Posted March 14 Posted March 14 On 3/13/2026 at 3:07 PM, whatstheofficerproblem said: Might have to switch to GOAT 20mg+, these 10mg aren't cutting it anymore. I heard the suppository delivery method increases absorption, give it a shot and report back! (it's a joke - this is the joke thread!)
Parsad Posted March 17 Posted March 17 13 minutes ago, UK said: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DV_mhEFjW5Q/ Pointless propaganda. One group of religious zealots versus another! Maybe the world would be better without both of them and their faith-based, God is on our side, nutjob actions! Better yet, put Bibi into a prison cell with whoever is the leader of Iran, and let them live together for the next 25 years. Cheers!
cubsfan Posted March 17 Posted March 17 2 hours ago, UK said: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DV_mhEFjW5Q/ That's excellent
nodnub Posted March 19 Posted March 19 A man gets audited by the IRS and the auditor is not surprised when he arrives with his lawyer. As the men sit down the lawyer says, "Look, the reason my client is in this situation is because he is a terrible gambler." "I am not a terrible gambler," the man replies. "I will make a bet right now. I bet you $1,000 that I can bite my own eye." he says to the auditor. "You can't bite your own eye," the auditor replies. "I'll take your bet." The man reaches up, removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor is in shock, he just bet this man $1,000 in front of a lawyer. The man however is generous. "Ok, that wasn't really fair. You didn't know that I had a glass eye. So, for double or nothing I bet you I can bite my other eye." The auditor is skeptical, but after careful examination determines that there is no way he has two glass eyes. "Fine, double or nothing, you cannot bite your other eye." The man reaches into his mouth and pulls out his false teeth and carefully makes them bite down on his other eye. The auditor is completely taken aback. How could he possibly be so dumb as to take that bet. "Ok," the man says again. "You didn't know I had dentures, so I will give you one last chance. Double or nothing, I bet you I can stand on this side of your desk and piss over your desk and into that wastebasket without getting a single drop on your desk." The auditor backs up and looks at the distance. There is no way the man could physically maintain a stream that could reach that distance. It had to be impossible. "I have no choice," the auditor says. "I'll take the bet." The man stands up, walks to the side of the desk and proceeds to piss all over the auditors desk, not a single drop reaching the wastebasket. The auditor leaps from his seat and cheers his victory. The lawyer however, has his face in his hands, audibly groaning. "Wait," the auditor says. "Why are you so upset?" "Before we came in, he bet me $20,000 he could walk in here, piss all over your desk and you would be happy about it."
cubsfan Posted March 20 Posted March 20 1 hour ago, nodnub said: A man gets audited by the IRS and the auditor is not surprised when he arrives with his lawyer. As the men sit down the lawyer says, "Look, the reason my client is in this situation is because he is a terrible gambler." "I am not a terrible gambler," the man replies. "I will make a bet right now. I bet you $1,000 that I can bite my own eye." he says to the auditor. "You can't bite your own eye," the auditor replies. "I'll take your bet." The man reaches up, removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor is in shock, he just bet this man $1,000 in front of a lawyer. The man however is generous. "Ok, that wasn't really fair. You didn't know that I had a glass eye. So, for double or nothing I bet you I can bite my other eye." The auditor is skeptical, but after careful examination determines that there is no way he has two glass eyes. "Fine, double or nothing, you cannot bite your other eye." The man reaches into his mouth and pulls out his false teeth and carefully makes them bite down on his other eye. The auditor is completely taken aback. How could he possibly be so dumb as to take that bet. "Ok," the man says again. "You didn't know I had dentures, so I will give you one last chance. Double or nothing, I bet you I can stand on this side of your desk and piss over your desk and into that wastebasket without getting a single drop on your desk." The auditor backs up and looks at the distance. There is no way the man could physically maintain a stream that could reach that distance. It had to be impossible. "I have no choice," the auditor says. "I'll take the bet." The man stands up, walks to the side of the desk and proceeds to piss all over the auditors desk, not a single drop reaching the wastebasket. The auditor leaps from his seat and cheers his victory. The lawyer however, has his face in his hands, audibly groaning. "Wait," the auditor says. "Why are you so upset?" "Before we came in, he bet me $20,000 he could walk in here, piss all over your desk and you would be happy about it." that's hilarious
Parsad Posted March 20 Posted March 20 2 hours ago, nodnub said: A man gets audited by the IRS and the auditor is not surprised when he arrives with his lawyer. As the men sit down the lawyer says, "Look, the reason my client is in this situation is because he is a terrible gambler." "I am not a terrible gambler," the man replies. "I will make a bet right now. I bet you $1,000 that I can bite my own eye." he says to the auditor. "You can't bite your own eye," the auditor replies. "I'll take your bet." The man reaches up, removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor is in shock, he just bet this man $1,000 in front of a lawyer. The man however is generous. "Ok, that wasn't really fair. You didn't know that I had a glass eye. So, for double or nothing I bet you I can bite my other eye." The auditor is skeptical, but after careful examination determines that there is no way he has two glass eyes. "Fine, double or nothing, you cannot bite your other eye." The man reaches into his mouth and pulls out his false teeth and carefully makes them bite down on his other eye. The auditor is completely taken aback. How could he possibly be so dumb as to take that bet. "Ok," the man says again. "You didn't know I had dentures, so I will give you one last chance. Double or nothing, I bet you I can stand on this side of your desk and piss over your desk and into that wastebasket without getting a single drop on your desk." The auditor backs up and looks at the distance. There is no way the man could physically maintain a stream that could reach that distance. It had to be impossible. "I have no choice," the auditor says. "I'll take the bet." The man stands up, walks to the side of the desk and proceeds to piss all over the auditors desk, not a single drop reaching the wastebasket. The auditor leaps from his seat and cheers his victory. The lawyer however, has his face in his hands, audibly groaning. "Wait," the auditor says. "Why are you so upset?" "Before we came in, he bet me $20,000 he could walk in here, piss all over your desk and you would be happy about it." Classic! LOL! Thanks for that...Cheers!
John Hjorth Posted April 1 Posted April 1 (edited) I've been collecting Japanese Takamura SG-2 kitchen knives for about a couple of years, so far managed only to get two [yes, two!] of them! [buzzing @BG2008 here, who I know has a thing with quality kitchen knives, too!] [I have this thing with copper cookware, too - The Lady of the House is rolling her eyes, I'm sure she is thinking : 'What is wrong with this man?! '] These knives are incredible hard to find and to get! Just before Christmas I had to let a 21 cm Takamura SG-2 chef [gyoto] knife pass my nose in Copenhagen, because I had no money because of Christmas, taxes, stock hoarding, and, aannd, aaannnd ... a lot of other crap! Ugh! : What to do, when they are so scarce? Join mailinglists so you can get them, when there is 'a window open' somewhere on the planet to get them! So I'm mailinglisted at Canadian Knifewear! So today I received this email from Canada [ ] : Always nosy, I started reading, and shortly after I thought : ,'WT*?!' Then got to the last line : Edited April 1 by John Hjorth
gfp Posted April 1 Posted April 1 (edited) 9 minutes ago, John Hjorth said: I've been collecting Japanese Takamura SG-2 kitchen knives for about a couple of years, so far managed only to get two [yes, two!] of them! [buzzing @BG2008 here, who I know has a thing with quality kitchen knives, too!] [I have this thing with copper cookware, too - The Lady of the House is rolling her eyes, I'm sure she is thinking : 'What is wrong with this man?! '] These knives are incredible hard to find and to get! Just before Christmas I had to let a 21 cm Takamura SG-2 chef [gyoto] knife pass my nose in Copenhagen, because I had no money because of Christmas, taxes, stock hoarding, and, aannd, aaannnd ... a lot of other crap! Ugh! : What to do, when they are so scarce? Join mailinglists so you can get them, when there is 'a window open' somewhere on the planet to get them! So I'm mailinglisted at Canadian Knifewear! So today I received this email from Canada [ ] : Always nosy, I started reading, and shortly after I thought : ,'WT*?!' Then got to the last line : I'm curious why they are so hard to find? Is this not one listed for sale online? https://mtckitchen.com/collections/japanese-knives/products/takamura-santoku-170mm or https://www.chefknivestogo.com/takamura6.html What makes them better than other Japanese kitchen knives? We have several different brands but no takamura knives Edited April 1 by gfp
John Hjorth Posted April 1 Posted April 1 (edited) Thank you, @gfp, The striking thing is that eaxctly these two specific Takamura knives you are linking to are exactly the ones I have been able to get here in Denmark so far! Available by now here : Foodgear, Torvehallerne, Copenhagen : Takamura knives ['udsolgt' in Danish translates to 'sold out'] I've never been able to find a 150 mm or a 135 mm Takamura SG-2 Petty, so far, -ever. I personally don't think they are any better than other Japanese knife brands. I think I was attracted to the European style and design, while the knives as such are based on Japanse traditional knife smith workmanship. Friggin' sharpest knives I've ever had in my hands! Edited April 1 by John Hjorth
gfp Posted April 1 Posted April 1 2 minutes ago, John Hjorth said: Thank you, @gfp, The striking thing is that eaxctly these two specific Takamura knives you are linking to are exactly the ones I have been able to get here in Denmark so far! Available by now here : Foodgear, Torvehallerne, Copenhagen : Takamura knives ['udsolgt' in Danish translates to 'sold out'] I've never been able to find a 150 mm or a 135 mm Takarmura SG-2 Petty, so far, -ever. I personally don't think they are any better than other Japanese knife brands. I think I was attracted to the European style and design, while the knives as such are based on Japanse traditional knife smith workmanship. Friggin' sharpest knives I've ever had in my hands! Thanks for filling me in Jon. I like japanese knives, mostly because they can be so beautiful. That different angle you sharpen them at make them a bit more fragile. But sometimes I just want a big heavy wustoff classic chefs knife to whack cloves of garlic with the side of. Never had a satisfying "garlic whack" with a dainty japanese knife
John Hjorth Posted April 1 Posted April 1 (edited) 17 hours ago, gfp said: Thanks for filling me in Jon. I like japanese knives, mostly because they can be so beautiful. That different angle you sharpen them at make them a bit more fragile. But sometimes I just want a big heavy wustoff classic chefs knife to whack cloves of garlic with the side of. Never had a satisfying "garlic whack" with a dainty japanese knife That's exactly right, @gfp ! They are in their own way simply master pieces! Simply a pleasure to get to know, and to work with, in the kitchen! -And they are quite different to European / German kitchen knives, which are much more sturdy! Japanese knives are indeed, as posted by you, fragile. I had to learn the Lady of the House a bit about how to handle the Takamuras : Never cut into a bone, never scratch anything of the chopping board with the knife edge [it ruins it], turn the knife upside-down, edge-up, while doing so! I'm actually myself buying about every second month a Wüsthoff classic black knife my self, delivered directly from Germany, from the factory web shop! Last delivery was some new steak knives about a couple of weeks ago! - Awesome! The Lady of The House still think I need treatment for my kitchen stuff hoarding gene [ ], but I have observed her, working with these knives in the kitchen, so I know she appreciates much the knives she now has access to, so money well spend. Never earlier in her life buying stuff like that was within what she could afford, before she - much incidentally -' bumped' into me! [<- Not sure at all, the wording 'bumped' is anywhere near correct English language! - But who cares, it's 1st April, right?! ] Edited April 2 by John Hjorth
BG2008 Posted April 2 Posted April 2 18 hours ago, gfp said: Thanks for filling me in Jon. I like japanese knives, mostly because they can be so beautiful. That different angle you sharpen them at make them a bit more fragile. But sometimes I just want a big heavy wustoff classic chefs knife to whack cloves of garlic with the side of. Never had a satisfying "garlic whack" with a dainty japanese knife The solution to these problems are to own more than 15-20 knives so that you have Meat clevers for those tough jobs Japaneses knives for the really thin cuts ginko cutting boards for using the dainty Japanese knives Japanese stones for sharpening Knife bags for traveling Set of Henkels for everything Tweezers for fish bones Ports well over to nail cutters from Japanese or German sources since the skills are metallurgy and cutting stuff I wind up using my Japanese knife and the Ginko board only occassionally. It's not my everyday knife. It's for when I need to slice conch into paper thin slices. But conch can be slimey and tough, hence the cutting them into paper thin slices that provides the perfect balance of brine, crunch, and bite Too thick and it's chewy. With a dull knife, it sleeps everywhere and you can't get the right thinness. I've use it for sushi and Sashimi a few times and it cuts great in one stroke. To the gentlemen of CoBF and collecting good knives
gfp Posted April 2 Posted April 2 (edited) 15 hours ago, John Hjorth said: I'm actually myself buying about every second month a Wüsthoff classic black knife my self, delivered directly from Germany, from the factory web shop! Last delivery was some new steak knives about a couple of weeks ago! - Awesome! sorry to further derail the joke thread... I was tired of having to hand wash steak knives and finally got two sets of these wustoff knives I saw in my brother in law's drawer. Now I just stick them in the dishwasher with the rest of the stuff. simple pleasures https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WN6RA98?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1 Edited April 2 by gfp
John Hjorth Posted April 2 Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, gfp said: sorry to further derail the joke thread... I was tired of having to hand wash steak knives and finally got two sets of these wustoff knives I saw in my brother in law's drawer. Now I just stick them in the dishwasher with the rest of the stuff. simple pleasures https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WN6RA98?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1 That's also right, @gfp, Just before noon the Lady of House offered to make us a great lunch for of both of us with beer, snaps, fish filets and boiled eggs with shrimps [Danish 'smørrebrød', English 'open sandwiches']. Asked for the steak knives to deal with the food, and duly noted for eternity, that cleaning of these knives is on me from here.
John Hjorth Posted April 2 Posted April 2 (edited) 40 minutes ago, BG2008 said: The solution to these problems are to own more than 15-20 knives so that you have Meat clevers for those tough jobs Japaneses knives for the really thin cuts ginko cutting boards for using the dainty Japanese knives Japanese stones for sharpening Knife bags for traveling Set of Henkels for everything Tweezers for fish bones Ports well over to nail cutters from Japanese or German sources since the skills are metallurgy and cutting stuff I wind up using my Japanese knife and the Ginko board only occassionally. It's not my everyday knife. It's for when I need to slice conch into paper thin slices. But conch can be slimey and tough, hence the cutting them into paper thin slices that provides the perfect balance of brine, crunch, and bite Too thick and it's chewy. With a dull knife, it sleeps everywhere and you can't get the right thinness. I've use it for sushi and Sashimi a few times and it cuts great in one stroke. To the gentlemen of CoBF and collecting good knives It's clear to me, we have a real connaisseur on this matter among us in @BG2008 . Howewer I can't recall where we earlier have been talking about especially German kitchen knives [, at least I think it was]. Where? Edited April 2 by John Hjorth
BG2008 Posted April 2 Posted April 2 2 minutes ago, John Hjorth said: It's clear to me, we have a real connoisseur on this matter among us in @BG2008 . Howewer I can't recall where we earlier have been talking about especially German kitchen knives [, at least I think it was]. Where? The funny thing is that I couldn't remember the specific metalurgical properties, I know whether it is carbon steele and needs the knife oil so it won't rust I remember some characteristics of trade off between sharpness and brittleness. Apparently, you're not supposed to put them through the dish washer as it destroys the better knives. I have a knive block full of Henkels that I have used for 15 years now. Got them as wedding gifts from my father in law. Sharpen them with Japanese stones and they are about 90% as good as new. Sharpening knives can feel very therapeautic.
UK Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Well I remember that a really sharp knife in villages in my country was called "svinorez"* *Literal Meaning: From the Russian "свинорез", referring to a knife for slaughtering pigs.
nsx5200 Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Was reading the Irrational Analysis substack that gfp recommended, and came across these lines: "1) Israel bombed Iranian natural gas infrastructure, with the permission/blessing of USA. (attempt to force negotiations?) 2) Iran retaliated and blew up Qatar LNG facilities, taking out 17% of their capacity for the next 3-5 years. 3) Trump obviously panicked and told Israel to back off." Makes me think Iran should hold its own NG and oil production hostage and threaten to blow it up if some demands aren't met. Similar to this following scene: "Hold it men. He's not bluffing" "Listen to him, men. He's just crazy enough to do it." The parallel has me balling... in a very sad way.
Parsad Posted April 5 Posted April 5 On 4/4/2026 at 1:02 PM, backtothebeach said: I bet she went to some Ivy league school as well! Cheers!
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