Wonders and curiosities

[Bad_azz]

I often forget the different lives lived between my hubby & I.
Yesterday we were looking in the hardware store and a machine caught his interest.
What is it, he asked?
Me, very blase: a dishwasher.
"For what?"
I explained and then watched his face transform from confusion to wonder.
I love little nuggets like this that crop up in our lives from time to time.
Have any of you recently had similar experiences with your friends / family?

 

[Helpful Herbert]

My wife wanted us to buy a dishwasher for our new house, so we did. Two years later, still haven't used it. Since we already have a manual dishwasher (aka the pembantu). Apparently it is there just to impress visitors.

 

[Samoerai]

I - as a man - ask those questions all the time .. standing in front of a make-up table, looking at all that make-up stuff and tools.

 

[Bad_azz]

I - as a man - ask those questions all the time .. standing in front of a make-up table, looking at all that make-up stuff and tools.

I, as a woman, ask the same questions.

 

[Hawk256]

Choice of langue is sometimes funny. Like the time my wife told the mosquitoes that they can't park here.

 

[jstar]

My wife wanted us to buy a dishwasher for our new house, so we did. Two years later, still haven't used it. Since we already have a manual dishwasher (aka the pembantu). Apparently it is there just to impress visitors.

Of course that’s the whole point of the dapur kering; showing off and make the space visually appealing but still like it’s lived in. The wet kitchen is where it happens. (Not only here in RI btw, see Uncle Roger’s remarks.)

I have island hoods with built in filters from this Italian brand installed and nobody knows what it is. Great conversational pieces. And “oh” and “ah” reactions when I demonstrate how to use them with the wireless remote.

SHINING | Elica

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[jstar]

This is the opposite btw; I was a bit stunned when at the time I found out the diapers for doggies is considered rather normal.

And in some malls as MOI and Central Park now it’s mandatory if you want to take a dog.

 

[Bad_azz]

Choice of langue is sometimes funny. Like the time my wife told the mosquitoes that they can't park here.

and the bug spray being called medicine

 

[ChrisTex]

Mouth mints/cough drops are candy.

 

[Banana72]

This is the opposite btw; I was a bit stunned when at the time I found out the diapers for doggies is considered rather normal.

And in some malls as MOI and Central Park now it’s mandatory if you want to take a dog.

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the fact that they even allow dogs is already quite amazing to me! I usually observe people who I think might be muslims as the dogs walking by or approaching them...some wanna take pictures...some show terror on their faces and step aside in a hurry...

 

[Banana72]

Wonders: When you see everybody is jumping on the glutten free bandwagon and food sellers trying to sell it to me as 'diabetic friendly'. or 'low sugar soto' when you try it and tastes like they dumped about 2 tbs in that soup.

 

[Hawk256]

and the bug spray being called medicine

I have had some "medicine" here that tastes like it very well could be bug spray.

 

[Helpful Herbert]

People at traffic lights dressed up as teletubbies is definitely something to classify in the "curiosities" section.

 

[jstar]

the fact that they even allow dogs is already quite amazing to me! I usually observe people who I think might be muslims as the dogs walking by or approaching them...some wanna take pictures...some show terror on their faces and step aside in a hurry...

And sometimes even the dog has a nanny…

 

[Samoerai]

Speaking of dogs at the mall…I wonder… about parents not correcting their kids when they run screaming and are annoying in the restaurants. And there are a lot of them.

 

[Bob]

Speaking of dogs at the mall…I wonder… about parents not correcting their kids when they run screaming and are annoying in the restaurants. And there are a lot of them.

Then they give the kid a video game and of course the volume's cranked up to 11.

 

[pantaiema]

I wonder why Caviar is so expensive.
Albino Caviar is sold for EUR8.500 or Rp 138m per Kg

Ini 10 Makanan Termahal di Dunia Tahun 2022, Tembus Rp2 M!

Makanan mahal seringkali diasosiasikan sebagai penunjuk status sosial.

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All you need to know about caviar and why it is so expensive

CAVIAR is known at the food of uber rich and is renowned for its unique taste and price. Several breeds of fish produce the delicacy but only one is coveted. What is caviar? Put simply, caviar is j…

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IMO The taste does not justify the price.
You could get fresh Flying Fish eggs in Indonesia for around Rp500k-1m perKG and taste better in my personal opinion.

 

[Bob]

I wonder why Caviar is so expensive.
Albino Caviar is sold for EUR8.500 or Rp 138m per Kg

Ini 10 Makanan Termahal di Dunia Tahun 2022, Tembus Rp2 M!

Makanan mahal seringkali diasosiasikan sebagai penunjuk status sosial.

www.cnbcindonesia.com

All you need to know about caviar and why it is so expensive

CAVIAR is known at the food of uber rich and is renowned for its unique taste and price. Several breeds of fish produce the delicacy but only one is coveted. What is caviar? Put simply, caviar is j…

www.thesun.co.uk

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IMO The taste does not justify the price.
You could get fresh Flying Fish eggs in Indonesia for around Rp500k-1m perKG and taste better in my personal opinion.

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Because it's status food and the supply is very limited.

 

[snpark]

Flying fish eggs are not caviar
Its like saying you can drink cava instead of champagne it's cheaper

Its 2 completely different things.

 

[Samoerai]

Because it's status food and the supply is very limited.

Yes, it's a niche market and that's why some farmers (and maybe in the next couple of years all of them) in The Netherlands switching from farming cows to farming sturgeon fish. It's a really easy operation. The only downsize is that when you start now farming, harvesting the caviar is 2 years later.
So, when you guys wanna make some money? let's start up this business!

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