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Photos: Mark Gatiss and More in Rehearsal For THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Photos-Mark-Gatissand-More-in-THE-RESISTIBLE-RISE-OF-ARTURO-UI-20260327

It's a rather funny WTF-Moment

Mark at Stratford Literary Festival: https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/mark-gatiss

This was WILD! I've dreamed that I was in the White House and said something about how I would be able to paint a portrait of DJT. Unfortunately, he somehow heard this and wanted me to make one. 😱 I thought about refusing, but for some reason I felt threatened. Then suddenly, there were other painters, and we had a competition: a written test with one question being something like "What is the meaning of life?" The rest of the dream was the usual school test nightmare of trying to write on impossible material instead of paper, having no seat or table, etc. Isn't it enough that my first thought every morning is: "What has he done this time?"

To celebrate my 10th anniversary of meeting him for the first time, I've had my first actual, story-like dream with Sherlock. Sadly, I don't remember the story, but we spent a significant amount of time roaming through some ominous backstreets of Frankfurt, Germany. Sherlock was… tall and slightly annoyed, probably by my presence. It's so funny how I never dream about topics (or persons) I obsess about, no matter how I'd love to, but some slight, hardly noticed detail can trigger a dream the following night. Sometimes I'm even able to remember what a detail it was. This time, zapping through the channels, I caught a few seconds of Sherlock on TV. Didn't stop by, as the German version is still a no-go. Brain, you little rascal!

Today I accidentally clicked into a video of the table re-read of Princess Bride, directly to the Battle of Wits. Watching it, isolated from the rest of the story (or just because I haven't rewatched it for ages), I realised that the reasoning reminds me of the showdown between Sherlock and the cabbie.

Hey, that's great work!

It's not Sherlock-related, sorry. The brushes ARE extra dense.

You probably mean a foam block. Can be any kind of foam actually, it should only be thick enough so the needles don't go through. Normal foam tends to break down after a while, so I bought a brush https://www.google.com/search?q=felting+brush&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=bbe3debe957613b7&ei=8_jjaL3RDIaU9u8P56b9gA0&ved=0ahUKEwj9lrSriZCQAxUGiv0HHWdTH9AQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=felting+brush&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDWZlbHRpbmcgYnJ1c2gyBxAAGIAEGBMyBxAAGIAEGBMyBxAAGIAEGBMyCBAAGBMYFhgeMggQABgTGBYYHjIIEAAYExgWGB4yCBAAGBMYFhgeMggQABgTGBYYHjIIEAAYExgWGB4yCBAAGBMYFhgeSLkWUMkIWOIScAJ4AJABAJgBY6ABmwOqAQE1uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIHoALIA8ICCRAAGLADGAcYHsICBxAuGIAEGA3CAgcQABiABBgNwgIWEC4YgAQYDRiXBRjcBBjeBBjfBNgBAZgDAIgGAZAGCroGBggBEAEYFJIHAzUuMqAHuCyyBwMzLjK4B7wDwgcHMC4xLjUuMcgHIQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp But after a while it got clogged with fibres. So I used a fabric over the brush. Which made felting in "sea otter style" on a sofa too complicated. So I went back to foam, as I have a free supply. This one looks interesting too: https://www.amazon.de/Trockenfilzen-Nadelfilzen-Werkzeugsatz-Filznadeln-Werkzeugset/dp/B0CZDN6LBB/ref=asc_df_B0CZDN6LBB?mcid=584179af2eda36e1bd38b70885edd011&th=1&psc=1&hvocijid=6353910382325777204-B0CZDN6LBB-&hvexpln=75&tag=googshopde-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696184104678&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6353910382325777204&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9042044&hvtargid=pla-2281435176138&psc=1&gad_source=1 It's funny, because I'm working on another figure - after several years' break and thinking I should get rid of the supplies. So instead of getting rid of anything, I bought even more supplies. 😬

Sorry, I didn't know. It's maybe because I copied the text from an outside source. You may be able to read it after you have marked the whole text. ETA: try again. ADDED BY STAFF: ... and please let us know whether that helps or not.

Thing I do for you guys… Now you made me turn to the Dark Side - I asked Grok: BTW: those kinds of "translations" happen when ppl trying to translate have NO IDEA about the other language and use simple dictionaries.

Google says: "Beware of bumping into each other", but the pictogram suggests something a bit different: Crotch might refer to the top part of a door or ceiling, and "mind" reminds me of the famous "mind the gap". So maybe "beware of low ceiling"? A truly Sherlockian case!

Oh, my! Imagine your Sichuan Spicy Chicken becoming rude and unreasonable on your plate.

Sometimes little things influence you for the rest of your life. I still remember a funny story mentioning a written order from China or Japan, where ball bearings turned into round sofas. And if you thought about it, it even made sense, in German more than in English, though. Ball bearing in German is Kugellager Kugel > ball > round Lager > many things, the word derives from "to lie", in this case, the least used meaning: "something to lie on" > sofa It always makes me remember to "think around ten corners" (Um zehn Ecken denken) every time I see a funny translation. In English, it might become "a spherical posture" or so… The problem is that the Venn diagrams of meanings (including colors!) might be very different for different languages; picking the right one isn't always easy.

Google says: Dry Vegetables.

The causes by me: Caffeine/Coffee: yes, but not always. Dairy: yes, but not always. Sugar: yes, but not always. Everything else: yes, but not always. Nothing at all: no, but not always… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And yes, I tried some of the most obvious remedies. Many of those seem to be made to take your money, though.

Maybe in some languages, "pregnancy" and "flatulence" are described by the same word, like "a big belly" or something.🤪

To your information - I'm NOT cooking. You don't want me to cook.

Permanent. I don't count occasional two-day breaks. Cannot find out anything specific causing it either, because there seem to be no rules. As "doing it" in nature - as a kid, I HATED #2 in the woods to the extent that it regularly caused constipation while being outdoors for longer. But now it's the ahem… explosive character of the problem that IS the problem. 😕 I'd literally need to carry a potty with me. I need a toilet in the sight distance - otherwise, I might not make it. And going out (for shopping or doctor appointments, or occasionally for work) hungry (=hangry) is no fun at all. I notice a decline in my fitness very clearly. Gardening isn't that much of a workout, and this year I didn't even tend to the garden that much, expecting the house I live in to be sold. Actually, I thought it would be over already, one way or another, but it's the seventh month of living in limbo right now.

Found on FB: English is what happens when Vikings learn Latin and use it to shout at Germans, and then the French shout back

A month? What about a year - and you can pay me per month. Lockdowns didn't really lock me down. Try living with irritable bowel syndrome.

Both.

I'm talking about adults. And it's not people who are not fluent in their second language. I mean, word salad they leave in discussion forums, syntax and punctuation be damned. Not enough chaos to be a cat running across the keyboard, though. There seems to be some thought behind it, but you cannot crack the code… 😕

Yepp. Actually, there are three series all set in different times, describing the history of a big farm in Montana. https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0CHTMRTN5/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=69ZJFG1IAK5S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Wef9wJvQbrrN14slHHLID8NyNNyM2z7MsmuC4IGYeb2OISOcutvu_6_4EuLhE84A9RM_sN04yPGladmO99Ww95RS-54Eaqf1cR-_gME6yOMU76wSuh9w186FpUsHR1-F2RkpOKCF9WWQjJwtgywsSw6DPuRyocswjhwbBfVOnui2pKO6rDee3EIAeUI6YAAbDKTTE2iydcwL9MUm5cOOsc1B15lr0xkP_TZZAISUk1c.UNBTnI6FFfsLSYVCnnv3Q9NaP0byM-EgTfTWLi83kxk&dib_tag=se&keywords=yellowstone+series&qid=1757763142&sprefix=yellowstone+series%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-4

No, it isn't. There is nothing more deceptive than saying: "You write it the way you speak".