Image dump thread XXXI

[Bob Schroeck]

There's already a name for that -- it's been called L'esprit de l'escalier since at least 1830.

Love the implicit crossover here -- the ranks of cosplayers look like a collection of characters from the Oz books. Meanwhile, someone is holding the Lance of Longinus on the right...

[Norgarth]

I don't think I've ever heard that phrase, Bob. (learn something new everyday)

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[Bob Schroeck]

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Yeah, I had a bunch of stuff queued up. <grin>

[Norgarth]

Nice set of pics, Bob. 8)

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[robkelk]

"Dryad, a poster illustration for the Geek Faeries Festival." by David Revoy, for the Geekfaeries − CC-BY-SA 4.0 − 28 May 2026

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[Mamorien]

Fun fact: Every piece of Michael Giacchino's score for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has a punny alternate title. More fun fact: For "Krennic's Aspirations" (the track that plays when Ben Mendelsohn's character meets Darth Vader and will be properly embedded in the Video Madness thread soon), that title is "Have a Choke and a Smile".

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[Labster]

Unexpected true history from the Babylon Bee.  Romans loved their pork and it was often a flash point with Jews in the day.  Christians pretty quickly realized that they couldn't be a catholic religion while excluding pig-eaters, and Paul had a dream specifically on this topic.  The theology is pretty credible though -- no human can be fully justified to God by following the Law, so maybe the finer points of the Law no longer apply having been fulfilled in Jesus (and in fact were never intended to apply to gentiles).  Justification comes through faith and redemption, not rule-following, so welcome Romans into our church!

Though Roman inheritance law was also very important in the growth of the church.

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[robkelk]

Only two people... so, the person who wrote this webpage and me? Since neither of us work for Coca-Cola, I wonder how they make the stuff. Or, maybe, that claim isn't true.

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[Bob Schroeck]

Only two people... so, the person who wrote this webpage and me? Since neither of us work for Coca-Cola, I wonder how they make the stuff. Or, maybe, that claim isn't true.

William Poundstone covered this in one of his Big Secrets books all the way back in the 1980s, where he points out that what is called the "cola" flavor is anything but a secret -- every grocery store chain in the world knows a broad-strokes version of the recipe that they use for their house brand soda, after all. It's basically cinnamon, vanilla and citrus at its core -- it's just the exact proportions (and the presence and amounts of extras like sweetener, caffeine and phosphoric acid) that distinguish "authentic Coca-cola" from Pepsi and house brands. And we know thanks to the New Coke debacle that Pepsi (and New Coke) have more citrus in them than original Coke.

But I fear we are getting quite off-topic for an image thread. Someone should alert the board admin. <grin>

[robkelk]

Oh, fine, another image. A book review from a defunct website: