Comments on: July ‘09 Socrates Café

By: Russian Paul

Russian Paul — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:47:11 +0000

yes and Tod I did know that who you say Yakov Smirnoffs is really Naumovich Pokhis and from UKRAINE! but I know in US he was very funy. He is not as funy in Russia. thank you Tod!

By: Todd Marrone

Todd Marrone — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:21:19 +0000

While most of the world thought there was one too many Yakov Smirnoffs, “Russian Paul” believed there was one too few.

By: Russian Paul

Russian Paul — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:14:07 +0000

bruce! thank you again for this talking! i did say to frank that these burgers are from beef and he said that he did know it all this time! i think he can lye, but perhaps this is true. i have had this burger at mecky D’s and it is very much not like ham so i do think this is right. i woud like to try a hamboyger! what is this made from? you did say soy and beef by-product and this is tasting?

I HAVE had HOT DOGs! i know that to make these it is to make sevral animals into heavy pasting and push them into tubing with much salt and spicing but it is still taste good you see? best to not eat too many thouh, bruce. and now i will tell you a thing that i know bruce! in Russian we call bacon Бекон or also точно отрезанный живот ветчины and it is made from slicing the stoma of a pig and NOT ham which is pig leg. you see? more talking! thank you brice!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:42:14 +0000

Russian Paul—just to be clear—the food is called and spelled — hamburger — and we are told it is made of beef. It is not made of Ham…at least I have never heard of Hamburgers made from Ham.
So to make it clear — Hamburgers are made from beef, not Ham.
Beef Burgers are called Hamburgers…even if they are made for McDonalds, in which case they are made from Soy beans and “beef by-products.”

What are “Beef by-products” hummm? ? ? (not yummmmm) … little left over pieces of who-knows-what, from who-knows-where. This is rarely discussed.

But not Ham. Ham would be real meat; not red but white meat, also called the “other meat.”

I hope this is now clear enough for you to correct Frank with authority. Then he too can be clear about the name and contents of America’s simple food. Hamburger.
(To be expansive, there was a time in 1970’s America when this was called by one, John Belushi, “…Hamboyger -Hamboyger-Hamboyger…” but thats another story and there was no Ham in the Hamboyger, either.)

Perhaps picking up the theme, we can jointly submit a question at the next Cafe: “What is a Hot Dog?” (you don’t actually want to know what is in a Hot Dog—but no Ham there either)

Bacon is made from Ham…but it is not called Hambac or Hamcon. But I can’t tell you why. (maybe those names were taken for something else…)

Well, I hope I’ve helped make that clear. :—)
Best

By: brad rothman

brad rothman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:08:34 +0000

“Are we facing dramatic changes in human communication?” —well, let’s see. ‘facing dramatic changes’, changes that are drama ladden, heavally affective–‘facing–implying unavoidable–human communication: Does media change the brain/thoughts in their essence is the question to b asked. I think that is what is really being addressed. Walking one step further away from another changes communication dramatically.

By: Russian Paul

Russian Paul — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:07:32 +0000

bruce! thank you for this talking but i am saying about burgers from beef and not ham, but i know there are both kinds in US! this is a perfekt idea of why comunicating in US is hard somtimes! it is like how you have you, your’e and youre and you use a different one for different ways! or like how in China you must have many difrent greetings for men and women if they are old, young, or middle. it is very hard! why donot we all talk the same way, you see? this is a comunicating problem that is older than twitting!

but yes! i do not want hands in my grinders! HA! thank you bruce! i will tell “Frank”!!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:48:02 +0000

correction: “…finding their way…”

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:46:52 +0000

Russian Paul—in a selfless act of communication, allow me to share with you the accepted spelling of the food you cite in your example that “Frank” has misspelled: Hamburger.

Though… there are stories of actual hands finding there way into the grinders of large meat processing plants, which could bring us around full circle—making you correct with what you began with…handburgers.

By: Arlene

Arlene — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:20:45 +0000

Now that’s the Randy I looked forward to hearing from! You are smart beyond your years. And yes, I heard that NPR interview too. It was kind of sad but I understood what he was talking about. Humans…..we are so fragile.

By: Russian Paul

Russian Paul — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:27:59 +0000

randy! Buzz Aldin can drink yes, but not more than YURI GAGARIN! he can drink so many litres of vodka to make you fall in the floor and yelling for him to stop! Yuri is my many heros. You must read more about russian space to learn it here http://www.roscosmos.ru.

i know this word modesty! in russian we say Я несу тяжелое пальто, и Вы не можете видеть, что мое храброе свисает! this is how it means. i have met so many peple in towns and they always say hi! i am sometimes lonliness and obesity too!