…Seen it happen when a favoured teacher at a school I worked at got his car keyed. The students worked out who keyed it, and all hell broke loose…

Over(head) for (the duration of) dinner (well, part of it anyhow).

“Everyone everywhere should federate.”

“Not like that!”

The yanks insist it is short for gasolene, but it is actually short for the name of the guy who marketed it in their country. Like saying “hoover” for vacuum cleaner or “wettex” for sponge.

It always sounds wrong to me as we have both gas (natural gas) and liquid petrol (refined oil) powered cars, as well as deisel cars. What they call gas is a liquid. But no one said language has to make sense I guess. Diesel, btw, is also a name based on a persons name…

Reddit was at the extreme end of emoji rejection as far as I ever saw. Odd that you experienced differently. I often saw well-upvoted comments such as “downvote due to emoji use” next to heavily downvoted emojis on Reddit.

Not an emoji fan myself, but each to their own.

Often it is not socketed to be able to do that (hardware is also an issue).

Sadly the other commenters are more interested in spreading depressing facts. Sometimes it is pleasant to read something uplifting.

It’s not because you’re 50. It’s because it is celebrity news.

Brave lads. Good for them!