Don’t Assume My Topic Thread

#6741

I’m so tired.

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#6742

Morning all :wave:

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#6743

Greetings

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#6744

Morning everyone.

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#6745

Morning people of the palace

have a good week
why is it monday

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#6746

@murfle duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude

my maple syrup is almost finished. . . .

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#6747

You’ve done well to make it last this long!

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#6748

There it like a tablespoon left

I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed more

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#6749

I felt extremely honoured to have received a tablespoon of said maple syrup on waffles with bacon last Sunday evening. It is, indeed, quite amazing. Wyvern guards that maple syrup better than Mika guards people in that house, and believe me, Mika takes his job very very seriously.

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#6750

Looks like @murfle s parents visting will have to be dictated by @Wyvern s Maple reserves.

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#6751

Is that how it’s spelled? I always thought it was “koki” like in Kombi. Either way, anyone know the origin of coky/koki? The rest of the world calls them markers or felt tips, don’t they? Anyone else call them cokys/kokis?

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#6752

gonna take a stab in the dark and say its a “Velcro” situation, where it was a brand of marker that was so commonly available, that in the end it just ended up being the thing that we all called them.

…After googling…

Indeed, Koki pens are a brand:
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#6753

It’s definitely spelt “Koki” as in Koki pens. It was the brand name of one of the original locally produced colourful marker pens. The word had Dutch origins, if I recall. I only recently found myself saying “Do you have a Sharpie?” because that’s the US equivalent of a Koki, but they’re all just brand names of national origins. In Australia they have a different term for them as well, I just can’t remember it right now, but my nephews use it.

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#6754

Yeah, exactly! I was going to say, growing up, all plastic shopping bags were “Checkers Bags” regardless of which store they came from :smiley: And yes, we still get original Koki brand markers here in SA. There’s an online store that still sells them.

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#6755

Morning all.

Nice balmy 5°c this morning. Time to get up and shine

:sunflower:

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#6756

That wind chill.

Good morning everyone.

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#6757

Morning all. What kak is this? Frikken wind.

:grinning::wave:t2:

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#6758

I learnt something new :smiley:

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#6759

You don’t know windchill 'til you’ve been outside in -35 degree weather with any form of air movement whatsoever

But ya, would the weather make up its freakin’ mind already?!

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#6760

Finally it’s your turn.

Lots of snow that fell over the weekend, the sun is out but its still fecking cold in the cape.

Bonus of working at Newlands, watching men in tight shorts exercise . . . . .

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