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10 Dec 20
19 Jan 21
@very-rusty saidwassup?
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/telephone-ahoy
The standard greeting when answering the telephone wasn't always "hello". Any guesses what the first phone-users said?
-VR
19 Jan 21
@very-rusty said"there's nobody home right now, so if you'll leave yer name and number after the tone we'll get back to you as soon as possible"
Any guesses what the first phone-users said?
-VR
20 Jan 21
@ghost-of-a-duke saidi still cain't fly
Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.
(True story).
lord knows i've tried
but i can tell the difference
between a haystack and one goofy eye
20 Jan 21
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYou see a lot of pigeons outside the National Gallery. I suspect they like pointillistic impressionist works based on the pavements there.
Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.
(True story).
20 Jan 21
@relentless-red saidIn a 1995 study published in the Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, researchers reported being able to train pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso when shown slides of their works that they had previously never seen before.
You see a lot of pigeons outside the National Gallery. I suspect they like pointillistic impressionist works based on the pavements there.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidBut did they favour the Monet over the Picasso which would fit with my theory (vaguely)?
In a 1995 study published in the Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, researchers reported being able to train pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso when shown slides of their works that they had previously never seen before.
@relentless-red saidSir, they were pigeons, not John Ruskin.
But did they favour the Monet over the Picasso which would fit with my theory (vaguely)?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIn God we thrust.
The trick to flying is thrust.
Go now into the street and ask a stranger to thrust you.