Bob Vylan is the band - if they're singling out the frontman, they mean Bobby Vylan (not to be confused with their drummer, Bobbie Vylan). Feels like they might be getting outraged before engaging any reading comprehension...

Well worth checking them out - loads of upcoming dates, all over the UK, EU and US. Get 'em while they're hot!

The sleeper - the beer that you've never heard of, has a shitty label, but tastes like the nectar of the gods. You will never see it again, but will think about it for weeks

Crowdsurfing only works well if it is clearly telegraphed by the surfer, and willingly accepted by the crowd - think like an enthusiastic trust fall. Given that she's 5'6, I can't see how she would have been landed on full force unless there was basically no warning, or the rest of the crowd around her totally bailed (in which case no-one would jump)

Why? A material change was made to the item after the point of import. This would be like taxing a timber importer as though they were importing furniture.

I used to use this as an icebreaker, until I got a very uncomfortable response from a female colleague. Turns out that whilst men's "worst dates" are usually weird or awkward, and tend to make for good light entertainment and a little window into their lives, women's are way more likely to be sexual assault related... Made me wonder how many answers I had heard in the past were glossing over some trauma that didn't need to be brought up in a social setting.

I now usually rely on the way more positive "what's the next thing you're looking forward to?".

I'd argue that a "no crowdsurfing" sign would, for a punk band, be like a red rag to a bull... Given that she'd attended lots of their shows in the past, I think she'd have had a better gauge of how likely crowdsurfing was, sign or no.

Any other good examples? Only one that immediately came to mind was "borken", and even that usually gets used as "borked"

A decent guide to tea grades here. Even with higher end teabags, any tea dust created (e.g. if the teabag gets squashed) gets trapped inside the bag. The tea dust makes for a more bitter cup.

🎶 Who? Is? My little sweet potato? 🎶

/Lift her paw to make her look like she's answering a question in class/

🎶 I yam! 🎶

I'm not blaming her at all - I meant that she'd have a good idea of whether or not the singer is a crowdsurfer, regardless of a venue sign being present or not. It's either the singer's fault for launching into the crowd with absolutely no warning, or the rest of the crowd for seeing the singer coming and scattering from around her.

My only complaint as a user (without considering any of the economics, or environmental impact) is that there has definitely been a bit of an adjustment period for the drivers - I've seen a few standing passengers go flying when the buses accelerate from zero like go-karts.

You mean like Lenny Faces?

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"Critically panned" means to receive a poor critical response. I tried looking for the etymology, but couldn't find anything convincing... It seems to have started as something to do with panning for gold (i.e. using a literal pan to sift through dirt looking for gold flakes), but I can't see where that shifted from "looking for small bits of good in mostly dirt" to "this straight up sucks".

Rockbox, by any chance? I have fond memories of playing doom with that scroll wheel...

Probably rust particles that have spread around in condensation - should be able to wipe that right off (not the actual rust at the break in the paint, of course)

Low. Heard Hey What and absolutely loved it, then found out that Mimi had just died. Saw Alan solo a couple years later at a festival, and you could still really feel his grief in his voice.

No, assuming that they weren't worked on any further and are being returned as-exported. Even if they weren't originally US made, you've got three years from US export to claim duty relief (assuming you paid the duties when they came into the US first time round).

https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/entry-summary/hts-subheading-9801

My partner has hearing loss, so her speaking volume sometimes doesn't match the background. Even when it's just the two of us hand signals are useful, as they can be dropped without breaking the flow of conversation. We use basically the same as a sound tech uses to indicate back to the desk at a show - upturned palm lifting for louder, downturned palm lowering for quieter.

As call and response in the office whenever two "absolute top priority, over all else" tasks arrive in quick succession;

If everything is urgent?

Nothing is urgent!

I doubt that the incinerator was big enough, and that's what the "icky specifics" covers...