The Macsween vegetarian haggis consists of kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, carrots, turnip, mushrooms and vegetable margarine, together with the traditional ingredients of oatmeal, onions and our special blend of spices and seasoning.
i what bluh
i dont
why
Because otherwise the sequence of events at the dinner doesn't make any sense.
You need a haggis to pipe in and address.
wait now i am really fucking confused
i mean i was initially confused at the idea of vegetarian haggis, and now i am confused as to what happens at dinner with said haggis
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
edited January 2011
So, I may have a problem.
If my back doesn't get better by tomorrow morning I will not be going to Uni 'cos I can barely fucking move.
Dear lord, my body was just not made to do full-time work, obviously, given how much everything fucks itself when I try to do more than 2-3 days in a row.
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
Is a sample size of ten even a defensible position, statistically speaking?
Depends on the size of the effect and the amount of variance.
Like if you were testing the safety of a drug, and your sample size was 10 in the control and experimental groups
And then everybody in the experimental group got hives and nobody in the placebo group did
Yeah, 10 was probably enough.
But if you're like "hey, we see 5% more activity in an area of the brain the size of a peanut on an fMRI in one group but our variance is 40%" then n=10 is likely going to be way too low.
Feral on
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
One minute was her explaining to me that I had fucked up my GPA forever.
The next four minutes was me repeating "There is nothing I can do?" in increasingly more desperate tones.
Left before I started crying, though.
There is something you can do. I mean, it may require many days and possibly weeks of pleading/phone calls with numerous members of advisory boards, heads of departments, etc, but I assure you, dates like that are pretty arbitrary by and large. Is there a faculty member that likes you particularly well in the department? Perhaps the teacher you didn't fail with? Having a faculty member speak on your behalf is always a good thing. Your advisor has to deal with like 100 people a day, they have no patience or time to remedy your problems.
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
cook the turkey first and too much water?
let it cook longer
whoever told me cooking is like chemistry lied
this is complicated and I am winging it
:P
Is a sample size of ten even a defensible position, statistically speaking?
Depends on the size of the effect and the amount of variance.
Like if you were testing the safety of a drug, and your sample size was 10 in the control and experimental groups
And then everybody in the experimental group got hives and nobody in the placebo group did
Yeah, 10 was probably enough.
But if you're like "hey, we see 5% more activity in an area of the brain the size of a peanut on an fMRI in one group but our variance is 40%" then n=10 is likely going to be way too low.
A peanut is pretty large when we're talking about brain recordings :P.
One minute was her explaining to me that I had fucked up my GPA forever.
The next four minutes was me repeating "There is nothing I can do?" in increasingly more desperate tones.
Left before I started crying, though.
keep going higher up the chain until you find someone who will help you
don't fall into the trap of just accepting what institutions tell you
i mean, it's dumb and part of how low-SES people get screwed
but acting really entitled and making people bend the rules for you is a pretty important thing to do
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
edited January 2011
One of my co-workers wants to get a CC permit. And the idea of her with a gun terrifies me. Mostly because she's extremely flaky. I mean the queen of the flakes.
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
cook the turkey first and too much water?
let it cook longer
whoever told me cooking is like chemistry lied
this is complicated and I am winging it
:P
cooking uses chemistry but you dont have to be as safe and it is usually better to wing it
this is why cooking relaxes me
FUCK YOU RECIPE I AM PUTTING IN AS MUCH CUMIN AS I WANT
The Macsween vegetarian haggis consists of kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, carrots, turnip, mushrooms and vegetable margarine, together with the traditional ingredients of oatmeal, onions and our special blend of spices and seasoning.
i what bluh
i dont
why
Because otherwise the sequence of events at the dinner doesn't make any sense.
You need a haggis to pipe in and address.
wait now i am really fucking confused
i mean i was initially confused at the idea of vegetarian haggis, and now i am confused as to what happens at dinner with said haggis
No, because black people don't have tons of white guilt exploding out of them constantly.
They do find it hilarious though, according to my friend kevin who likes to attend racially insensitive parties dressed as a mexican.
oh indeed
I've always heard that playing the race card with progressive whites is like the best pastime ever
it's like UK-Office levels of awkwardness
You know what's fucking crazy? Playing the race card as a joke, in an overtly joking way, and having it totally misinterpreted. Some people treat mock offense seriously, like they're covering their bases just in case, and it's the funniest thing.
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
cook the turkey first and too much water?
let it cook longer
whoever told me cooking is like chemistry lied
this is complicated and I am winging it
:P
I've done that in chemistry.
My lab coat is permanently brown with acid stains.
Still better than when my partner dumped the sodium azide on the table, then I went home and looked at the MSDS and was like "holy fuck I'm gonna die"
GUYS GUYS COOKING EMERGENCY
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
cook the turkey first and too much water?
let it cook longer
whoever told me cooking is like chemistry lied
this is complicated and I am winging it
:P
cooking uses chemistry but you dont have to be as safe and it is usually better to wing it
this is why cooking relaxes me
FUCK YOU RECIPE I AM PUTTING IN AS MUCH CUMIN AS I WANT
The Macsween vegetarian haggis consists of kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, carrots, turnip, mushrooms and vegetable margarine, together with the traditional ingredients of oatmeal, onions and our special blend of spices and seasoning.
i what bluh
i dont
why
Because otherwise the sequence of events at the dinner doesn't make any sense.
You need a haggis to pipe in and address.
wait now i am really fucking confused
i mean i was initially confused at the idea of vegetarian haggis, and now i am confused as to what happens at dinner with said haggis
Burns Supper has a rather complicated order of events:
Start of the evening
Guests gather and mix as in any informal party.
Host's welcoming speech
The host says a few words welcoming everyone to the supper and perhaps stating the reason for it. The event is declared open.
All of the guests are seated and grace is said, usually using the Selkirk Grace. The Selkirk Grace is a well-known thanksgiving said before meals, using the Lallans Lowland Scots language. Although attributed to Burns, the Selkirk Grace was already known in the 17th century, as the "Galloway Grace" or the "Covenanters' Grace". It came to be called the Selkirk Grace because Burns was said to have delivered it at a dinner given by the Earl of Selkirk.
The Selkirk Grace
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae let the Lord be thankit.
The supper then starts with the soup course. Normally a Scottish soup such as Scotch Broth, Potato Soup or Cock-a-Leekie is served.
Entrance of the haggis
Addressing the haggis
Everyone stands as the main course is brought in. This is always a haggis on a large dish. It is usually brought in by the cook, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host's table, where the haggis is laid down. He/she might play 'A man's a man for a' that', 'Robbie Burns Medley' or 'The Star O' Robbie Burns'. The host, or perhaps a guest with a talent, then recites the Address To a Haggis
Address To a Haggis
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see rustic Labour dicht,
An' cut you up wi' ready slicht,
Trenching your gushing entrails bricht,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sicht,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmaist! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
"Bethankit" hums.
(auld Guidman = the man of the house, rive = tear, i.e. burst)
Is there that o're his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect scunner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him ower his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his wallie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whistle;
An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thristle.
Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinkin ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a haggis!
At the line His knife see rustic Labour dicht the speaker normally draws and cleans a knife, and at the line An' cut you up wi' ready slicht, plunges it into the haggis and cuts it open from end to end. When done properly this "ceremony" is a highlight of the evening.
Supper
At the end of the poem, a Scotch whisky toast will be proposed to the haggis, then the company will sit and enjoy the meal. The main course is haggis, and is traditionally served with mashed potatoes (tatties) and mashed turnip (neeps). A dessert course, cheese courses, coffee, etc. may also be part of the meal. The courses normally use traditional Scottish recipes. For instance dessert may be cranachan or Tipsy Laird (whisky trifle) followed by oatcakes and cheese, all washed down with the "water of life" (uisge beatha) – Scotch whisky.
When the meal reaches the coffee stage various speeches and toasts are given. In order, the core speeches and toasts are as follows.
Immortal memory
One of the guests gives a short speech, remembering some aspect of Burns' life or poetry. This may be light-hearted or intensely serious. The speaker should always prepare a speech with his audience in mind, since above all, the Burns' supper should be entertaining.
Everyone drinks a toast to Robert Burns.
Appreciation
The host will normally say a few words thanking the previous speaker for his speech and perhaps commenting on some of the points raised.
Toast to the Lassies
This was originally a short speech given by a male guest in thanks to those women who had prepared the meal. However nowadays it is much more wide ranging, and generally covers the male speaker's view on women. It is normally amusing but should never be offensive, particularly bearing in mind that it will be followed by a reply from the "lassies" concerned.
The men drink a toast to the women's health.
Reply to the Toast to the Lassies
This is occasionally (and humorously) called the 'Toast to the Laddies', and like the previous toast it is generally quite wide ranging nowadays. In it a female guest will give her views on men and reply to any specific points raised by the previous speaker. Like the previous speech this should be amusing but not offensive. Quite often the speakers giving this toast and the previous one will collaborate so that the two toasts complement each other.
Other toasts and speeches
These may follow if desired. It is not unusual to toast the locality or nation in which the supper is being held.
Works by Burns
After the speeches, there may be singing of songs by Burns -- Ae Fond Kiss, Parcel O' Rogues, A Man's a Man, etc—and more poetry -- To a Mouse, To a Louse, Tam O' Shanter, The Twa Dugs, Holy Willie's Prayer, etc. This may be done by the individual guests or by invited experts. It goes on for as long as the guests wish and may include other works by poets influenced by Burns, particularly poets writing in Scots.
Closing
Finally the host will wind things up, calling on one of the guests to give the vote of thanks, after which everyone is asked to stand, join hands, and sing Auld Lang Syne which brings the evening to an end.
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DynagripBreak me a million heartsHoustonRegistered User, ClubPAregular
One minute was her explaining to me that I had fucked up my GPA forever.
The next four minutes was me repeating "There is nothing I can do?" in increasingly more desperate tones.
Left before I started crying, though.
There is something you can do. I mean, it may require many days and possibly weeks of pleading/phone calls with numerous members of advisory boards, heads of departments, etc, but I assure you, dates like that are pretty arbitrary by and large. Is there a faculty member that likes you particularly well in the department? Perhaps the teacher you didn't fail with? Having a faculty member speak on your behalf is always a good thing. Your advisor has to deal with like 100 people a day, they have no patience or time to remedy your problems.
I'll try to speak with the really cool Neuroscience professor/adviser I know, and also the post-doc I work with and possibly the professor who runs the lab.
Oh ffs! The boiler was repaired today and worked a solid 3-4 hours before replicating the previous fault. This makes it a week without a boiler that works for more than a couple of hours
Is it a Ferroli
The Lancia of boilers
It is an Evo HE. We are now moving into the debate about replacing it. We must have cost British Gas a thousand pounds both this year and last year at a minimum for call out fees, with no reason to believe this will stop anytime soon, so surely if there is any sort of economic cost analysis going on by them or the landlord, it will be replaced
Kalkino on
Freedom for the Northern Isles!
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HonkHonk is this poster.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
You know what's fucking crazy? Playing the race card as a joke, in an overtly joking way, and having it totally misinterpreted. Some people treat mock offense seriously, like they're covering their bases just in case, and it's the funniest thing.
That's why I always say to any new black person "What up nword? Want to work my cotton farm?" Helps break the ice.
Preacher on
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
White guilt is pretty fucking stupid, honestly. Honkies be tripping.
I dunno
I mean we are pretty terrible a lot of the time
I don't think I'm terrible.
And again, you don't know me.
That's my issue with white guilt right there. Someone who doesn't even fucking know me passing judgement, making assumptions, and speaking for me because of how he feels about himself.
By all means, govern your life how you see fit, speak your mind, challenge the injustices you see.
Posts
4 out of 5 dentists agree...
How do I do this?
I am at "sucking cocks" level of desperation right here.
I dunno
I mean we are pretty terrible a lot of the time
:P
in seriousness, until fMRI can be done quickly, I won't believe that they are taking some sort of psychic snapshot of your brain
wait now i am really fucking confused
i mean i was initially confused at the idea of vegetarian haggis, and now i am confused as to what happens at dinner with said haggis
If my back doesn't get better by tomorrow morning I will not be going to Uni 'cos I can barely fucking move.
Dear lord, my body was just not made to do full-time work, obviously, given how much everything fucks itself when I try to do more than 2-3 days in a row.
I'm going to send a rabid husky bear to rip out your testicles.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I am making a bean soup
what do I do if I think I have too much water
also I want to maybe put ground turkey in it
do I cook the turkey first?
dean? records and reg?
Depends on the size of the effect and the amount of variance.
Like if you were testing the safety of a drug, and your sample size was 10 in the control and experimental groups
And then everybody in the experimental group got hives and nobody in the placebo group did
Yeah, 10 was probably enough.
But if you're like "hey, we see 5% more activity in an area of the brain the size of a peanut on an fMRI in one group but our variance is 40%" then n=10 is likely going to be way too low.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Like, no doubt Helen Mirren is forever getting "ollllllld" in response to her career.
So many boring starlets out there.
Friday already?
cook the turkey first and too much water?
let it cook longer
There is something you can do. I mean, it may require many days and possibly weeks of pleading/phone calls with numerous members of advisory boards, heads of departments, etc, but I assure you, dates like that are pretty arbitrary by and large. Is there a faculty member that likes you particularly well in the department? Perhaps the teacher you didn't fail with? Having a faculty member speak on your behalf is always a good thing. Your advisor has to deal with like 100 people a day, they have no patience or time to remedy your problems.
Just that one episode though I guess.
...
Very odd.
Contact your advisor's boss.
See if he/she can help you.
If no, contact that person's boss.
Repeat until problem is solved.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
this is complicated and I am winging it
:P
A peanut is pretty large when we're talking about brain recordings :P.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
keep going higher up the chain until you find someone who will help you
don't fall into the trap of just accepting what institutions tell you
i mean, it's dumb and part of how low-SES people get screwed
but acting really entitled and making people bend the rules for you is a pretty important thing to do
cooking uses chemistry but you dont have to be as safe and it is usually better to wing it
this is why cooking relaxes me
FUCK YOU RECIPE I AM PUTTING IN AS MUCH CUMIN AS I WANT
if you do that in chemistry you die
if you do that in cooking it is delicious
cumin is delicious
same as a regular haggis, they fuck it
verbally, that is
You know what's fucking crazy? Playing the race card as a joke, in an overtly joking way, and having it totally misinterpreted. Some people treat mock offense seriously, like they're covering their bases just in case, and it's the funniest thing.
pleasepaypreacher.net
Arch said cummin. That is so nasty Arch.
I've done that in chemistry.
My lab coat is permanently brown with acid stains.
Still better than when my partner dumped the sodium azide on the table, then I went home and looked at the MSDS and was like "holy fuck I'm gonna die"
Now baking on the other hand.
Baking is like chemistry.
Cause that hasn't happened for like a year, surely.
Burns Supper has a rather complicated order of events:
Start of the evening
Guests gather and mix as in any informal party.
Host's welcoming speech
The host says a few words welcoming everyone to the supper and perhaps stating the reason for it. The event is declared open.
All of the guests are seated and grace is said, usually using the Selkirk Grace. The Selkirk Grace is a well-known thanksgiving said before meals, using the Lallans Lowland Scots language. Although attributed to Burns, the Selkirk Grace was already known in the 17th century, as the "Galloway Grace" or the "Covenanters' Grace". It came to be called the Selkirk Grace because Burns was said to have delivered it at a dinner given by the Earl of Selkirk.
The Selkirk Grace
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae let the Lord be thankit.
The supper then starts with the soup course. Normally a Scottish soup such as Scotch Broth, Potato Soup or Cock-a-Leekie is served.
Entrance of the haggis
Addressing the haggis
Everyone stands as the main course is brought in. This is always a haggis on a large dish. It is usually brought in by the cook, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host's table, where the haggis is laid down. He/she might play 'A man's a man for a' that', 'Robbie Burns Medley' or 'The Star O' Robbie Burns'. The host, or perhaps a guest with a talent, then recites the Address To a Haggis
Address To a Haggis
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see rustic Labour dicht,
An' cut you up wi' ready slicht,
Trenching your gushing entrails bricht,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sicht,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmaist! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
"Bethankit" hums.
(auld Guidman = the man of the house, rive = tear, i.e. burst)
Is there that o're his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect scunner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him ower his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his wallie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whistle;
An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thristle.
Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinkin ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a haggis!
At the line His knife see rustic Labour dicht the speaker normally draws and cleans a knife, and at the line An' cut you up wi' ready slicht, plunges it into the haggis and cuts it open from end to end. When done properly this "ceremony" is a highlight of the evening.
Supper
At the end of the poem, a Scotch whisky toast will be proposed to the haggis, then the company will sit and enjoy the meal. The main course is haggis, and is traditionally served with mashed potatoes (tatties) and mashed turnip (neeps). A dessert course, cheese courses, coffee, etc. may also be part of the meal. The courses normally use traditional Scottish recipes. For instance dessert may be cranachan or Tipsy Laird (whisky trifle) followed by oatcakes and cheese, all washed down with the "water of life" (uisge beatha) – Scotch whisky.
When the meal reaches the coffee stage various speeches and toasts are given. In order, the core speeches and toasts are as follows.
Immortal memory
One of the guests gives a short speech, remembering some aspect of Burns' life or poetry. This may be light-hearted or intensely serious. The speaker should always prepare a speech with his audience in mind, since above all, the Burns' supper should be entertaining.
Everyone drinks a toast to Robert Burns.
Appreciation
The host will normally say a few words thanking the previous speaker for his speech and perhaps commenting on some of the points raised.
Toast to the Lassies
This was originally a short speech given by a male guest in thanks to those women who had prepared the meal. However nowadays it is much more wide ranging, and generally covers the male speaker's view on women. It is normally amusing but should never be offensive, particularly bearing in mind that it will be followed by a reply from the "lassies" concerned.
The men drink a toast to the women's health.
Reply to the Toast to the Lassies
This is occasionally (and humorously) called the 'Toast to the Laddies', and like the previous toast it is generally quite wide ranging nowadays. In it a female guest will give her views on men and reply to any specific points raised by the previous speaker. Like the previous speech this should be amusing but not offensive. Quite often the speakers giving this toast and the previous one will collaborate so that the two toasts complement each other.
Other toasts and speeches
These may follow if desired. It is not unusual to toast the locality or nation in which the supper is being held.
Works by Burns
After the speeches, there may be singing of songs by Burns -- Ae Fond Kiss, Parcel O' Rogues, A Man's a Man, etc—and more poetry -- To a Mouse, To a Louse, Tam O' Shanter, The Twa Dugs, Holy Willie's Prayer, etc. This may be done by the individual guests or by invited experts. It goes on for as long as the guests wish and may include other works by poets influenced by Burns, particularly poets writing in Scots.
Closing
Finally the host will wind things up, calling on one of the guests to give the vote of thanks, after which everyone is asked to stand, join hands, and sing Auld Lang Syne which brings the evening to an end.
what was it before? or like, is this your original handle?
I'll try to speak with the really cool Neuroscience professor/adviser I know, and also the post-doc I work with and possibly the professor who runs the lab.
I'm awful at these things.
It is an Evo HE. We are now moving into the debate about replacing it. We must have cost British Gas a thousand pounds both this year and last year at a minimum for call out fees, with no reason to believe this will stop anytime soon, so surely if there is any sort of economic cost analysis going on by them or the landlord, it will be replaced
Who you callin snowflake, honky?
That's why I always say to any new black person "What up nword? Want to work my cotton farm?" Helps break the ice.
pleasepaypreacher.net
that is complicated, ridiculous, and kind of awesome
I don't think I'm terrible.
And again, you don't know me.
That's my issue with white guilt right there. Someone who doesn't even fucking know me passing judgement, making assumptions, and speaking for me because of how he feels about himself.
By all means, govern your life how you see fit, speak your mind, challenge the injustices you see.
But speak for yourself.
Who you calling honky casper?
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