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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Mr. Snail, can you tell me why it's Istanbul not Constantinople?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“This topic has already been thoroughly covered by They Might Be Giants, as mentioned in my book… which you can buy… right here.”

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

That's nobody's business but the Turks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Because Constantinople is a mouthful. Source: Me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The sun is a fiery, life-giving snail that is creeps across the pale blue outer shell of the great mother snail we live upon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

That's a lot better than when the sun was a deadly lazer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Isn't this scientology

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago