The Off-Topic Thread, Part V

[RedStar]

Yep, translator tends to make a bad job because they don't take the context of the words or things like that.
But the fact that "let them eat cake" is in history books is shocking, it wasn't in my history books lol.

[Queenie]

Still listening to the CD.
Love it.

[I pwnd U]

Must have been in older history books because I don't remember seeing it in any of mine. But who knows...

Anyone want to go to my 3 hours of class today? You just have to take notes in Chem, listen in Bio, and listen in Ete. It's not hard but I wanna go back to bed.

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Forum Helpful Hint #280: Guru is very slow because of admins that break it

[Tosha]

haha, no way. I had to go through that, and so you have to do it too.

[I pwnd U]

But I do it almost everyday now, and I have to get up at 6:15am tomorrow to go observe and then work that night as well... I'm gonna be tired lol


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Forum Helpful Hint #281: Being on-time is an art, and it appears to be a forgotten one

[quickmonty]

Originally Posted by I pwnd U

Anyone want to go to my 3 hours of class today? You just have to take notes in Chem, listen in Bio, and listen in Ete. It's not hard but I wanna go back to bed.

I'll do your three hours of class today if you go to my shop tomorrow and layout my next job, and start cutting the metal.

[Jumping Is Uselss]

Less time on Guru and get back to class pwnd!

[Shakti]

So Red and Cosy's let them eat cake thing got me curious. I read the "That they eat brioche " translation and wanted to see exactly what French brioche is. I've had and made American brioche, but often the "authentic" version is different. (turns out it's not in this case but meh)

So....reading the Wikipedia thing on brioche I found this:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his 1783 autobiography Confessions, relates that "a great princess" is said to have advised, with regard to starving peasants, "S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche", commonly translated as "If they have no bread, let them eat cake". This saying is commonly mis-attributed to the ill-fated Queen Marie-Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI; it has been speculated that he was actually referring to Maria Theresa of Spain, the wife of Louis XIV, or various other aristocrats.


So it may not even have been her? I'm kinda disturbed lol, I was taught that let them eat cake while studying the French revolution in college just a few years ago....so much for "higher education" eh?

[I pwnd U]

Meh I'm done with class today, minus the game tonight but that isn't a big deal. And monty, believe it or not that sounds like fun, of course I would have no idea how to correctly do it so you would have to show me but meh atleast I would feel like I accomplished something.

Wikipedia is bad. Ktnx

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Forum Helpful Hint #282: Older retired teachers are easily impressed

[cosyfiep]

well I am done with sleeping for now----the roofers are much closer to my window today---sounded more like the finale at the fourth of july fireworks than hammers.....guess its another early evening nap for me.

so it was my COLLEGE history class---Shakti, me thinks we had the same text book writers perhaps---knew it was one of them dang european history classes, just didnt remember when I took it--the memory goes when you get older.

now hand me my cane!!

[Circus Midget]

you guys see the porn in the technician's corner? lol.

yea coming back from spring break = suck

[cosyfiep]

I tend not to look at those---just report them.

did I miss spring break??? when did spring happen (not here yet---).....????

[quickmonty]

Originally Posted by Circus Midget

you guys see the porn in the technician's corner? lol.

Seen and reported

[Jumping Is Uselss]

So any1 take their chars back to the most coveted place in GW............Pre-searing!


edit: NVM it was a big prank they are slow in putting up update notes.

[I pwnd U]

oO Didn't know you could do that and I didn't know there was an update. I guess that is what happens when you go a basketball game for 4 hours. Oo

Btw, CBI championship series is tied, 1 all. My college just beat Tulsa by 9. Game 3, the deciding game, Friday. Go Braves!

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Forum Helpful Hint #283: Winning the CBI still makes you a loser

[RedStar]

Pwnd go do your homework !!!! xD.

I talk to Fenryl about the "that they eat brioche" thing and she explained it to me

Originally Posted by Fenryl

She said "that they eat brioche" because someone told her that the "tiers-etat" (the "low" persons, aka : does who don't have any privileges) had nothing more to eat, so she said "why don't the eat brioche". She didn't said it in a generous way but in a kind of snobby way.

Hope you guys understand my translation xD.

Edit : I never ate a brioche (I think xD, I don't always know the name of what I eat xD) and if I remember correctly, Rousseau is quoting Marie-Therese.

[I pwnd U]

I don't have any homework atm. It's all done and I'm caught up. Am going to bed though since I have to be up in like 7 hours to go observe. oO Oh well, I think tomorrow afternoon my friend is coming over to shoot more chit on R6V2. Can't wait for that.

Makes sense. oO


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Forum Helpful Hint #284: The French don't make any sense

[cosyfiep]

ah observation....hope your school was better than the one I did mine at---I wanted a cage to hide in since the kids were not 'supervised' and threw things, yelled, were just generally rude--to even the teacher! Ah the memories...thanks

[azzer20]

Hello gúys, sorry been away for a while >< but that's real life hehe

(anyone got any cheap elite derv or para tomes ?)


and i'm starting to play GW again

[d4nowar]

Ohaidere. I went and disappeared for a little bit again.