Ancaster

All of the Mattress Firm "How do you sleep at night?" ads are loathsome, with loathsome people doing loathsome things. Yuck. And why would their ad agency think people want to associate their mattress with disgusting habits?

I don't see what's sketchy about this,

I mainline Emergen-C before and during flying and smear mentholated chapstick under my nostrils. I haven't flown since before COVID, but it seemed to work on the long-haul (10 hour) flights I used to take.

My pathologically narcissistic ex-husband never apologized once in the 20 years we were married - not to me, not to our kids. He never saw anything wrong in what he did.

I've had a couple of texts recently (one yesterday) from different numbers saying something like, "Hi! How are you? Let's get together and catch up." They get reported as spam and blocked.

I have no problem with any of this.

I think Dolly Parton and her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, a former asphalt paver, who were married for over 60 years, were about as far away from a "celebrity couple" as you could get. Sorry for all the commas.

I assumed someone must, since they keep airing them, but at the same time, have you considered seeing someone about that? 😆

Maybe a cheap and easy source of nutrition when they first made it to the (not always so) goldene medina*? Especially if they couldn't find/afford kosher meat or chicken. Bananas are one of the few things I can't abide, but I can imagine how amazing they must have seemed, and with cream! Oy gevalt! Then again, it may just have been because they had no teeth and it was easy to eat. * Literally, golden land, ie America.

I also love anchovies, but one of the great things about Marmite is that it's vegan. I think the intensity of the salt makes them kissing (or not so much) cousins, but, and I love anchovies, I wouldn't put them much closer than that 😉

Definitely! My American husband adapted surprisingly well to Marmite when introduced to it, and later I was introduced to brewers yeast and got why. His sister didn't like using a lot of salt, but did sprinkle brewer's yeast on bagels, veggies, etc for a salty flavour. I don't understand the science - yeast in the fermenting process of wine doesn't make it salty, eg, - but there you go.

I just know Hunter Fieri will note this on his resume as a career highlight: Silent* Bingo Tumbler Turner (*Because apparently he can't even be trusted to call out the numbers correctly.)

That wasn't missed on me either @Dowel Jones.

This is a general observation. Why has there been a recent rise in female constipation medications? Dulcolax, Miralax, etc? They're constant and frequent.

LOL. Marmite is divisive within the UK. The main thing to remember if anyone is invited to try it, try a tiny, tiny amount. It's basically salt on salt, so if you like salt, try a slice of toast with butter and a very thin schmeer of Marmite, and you will be in heaven. Do not dip a teaspoon in the container and transfer to your mouth - you will be incapacitated for weeks and will never get over the experience. Some people think Vegemite, the Australian "version", is better; personally I think it's for wussies. This is WAY too much: This is about right: