Imagine if some distance measuring system decided their zero was at like 10 feet.

"One haircut, please."

This is wild.

In a perfect world, yes, but it's not always easy to change plans at the last minute.

Relevant Map Men episode

My first thought too, but it didn't work in this case - even opening the link on my PC told me to install the app.

Luckily I found that just replying "yes" to the message worked.

The duck test is a frequently cited colloquial example of abductive reasoning.

More like abducktive reasoning.

I played quincunx in scrabble once. My proudest moment.

It's hard to beat Obra Dinn, but The Witness is another of my favorite puzzle games.

Edit: "hard to beat" meaning it's a good game, not that it's difficult (although it is in fact pretty difficult).

Although the car park could be cut off from the main road until 2027, local authorities have contracts to maintain it every week, cutting the grass and topsoiling and seeding when necessary.

I imagine the guy whose job it is to maintain the lawn on an inaccessible parking lot as a character in a satirical book or movie a la Catch 22.

This comment is more effort than the person you're responding to was going to put into the game.

Me: I need some tires.

Michelin: No problem, anything else?

Me: I don't suppose you know where I can get a list of the best restaurants in the world?

Michelin: You're not gonna believe this.