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The original idea was this:

>I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive.


This is what happens when you make education a business. You end up testing credit score instead of aptitude.

>Prohibition regarding alcohol was not accepted by almost every demographic strata.

It's very difficult to ban something when even the police do it. I'm guessing that the number of cops who like a drink is somewhere around "most".


They've been banned since 1997, though Lithuania has withdrawn and Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Finland plan to.


Funny how all countries are adjacent to Russia...


Ukraine has withdrawn as well.


It may be worth looking into getting him a phone that only allows trusted numbers to call him.

But regarding scammers, asking "is your mother proud that she raised a thief?" really annoys them.

One of them threatened to come over and rape my sister.

I don't have a sister.


An interesting one is .uk, because the UK's country code is actually GB (the ccTLD is delegated, but unused).

And that's before we get into the really weird not-a-proper-country ones like .im or .pn.


Normal travel insurance doesn't cover high-risk activities like mountaineering. You have to buy a specialist policy.


Was the hospital affiliated with a religious order?


no


The coup has already happened.


Maybe it looks like you're trying to trick the meter into running backwards?


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