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Nothing Doing
- tolugenius 2mo agoFunny, does anyone know the history of any of the markers? I'm just curious why this is global thing really.
- wccrawford 2mo agoYou don't think this is just a joke that multiple people thought of independently? Some of them might be in reaction to a local event, or even a worldwide event that had no local impact. But I think they're mostly just jokes.
- LahvacCz 2mo agoThe one from Míšov, Czech Republic is tribute to the running joke of nonexistent genius Jara Cimmrman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1ra_Cimrman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1ra_Cimrman
- cryzinger 2mo agoThe bust (if you even can call it that...) pictured in the article is terrifying!
- Photogrammaton 2mo agoThe plaque is identical in two of the photos (one from Ireland, one from Luxembourg), and the wording is identical in those two plus a third (from Western Australia). That makes me curious.
- clickety_clack 2mo agoWas it in a Monty python sketch or something?
- bckr 2mo agoMy great grandmother taught me that “nothing doing” meant something similar to “there’s nothing for it”.
- arjie 2mo agoI’m in my late thirties and it was still in common use in India, and perhaps specifically among Anglo Indians? But it meant more like “no chance”. “Can I go out to the movies with my friends?” “Nothing doing! You have an exam tomorrow” Or failure to do something. “I tried to fix it myself but nothing doing”.
- HappMacDonald 2mo agoLooney Toons / Merry Melodies also bear out this connotation quite well
- TRiG_Ireland 2mo agoThe Futility Closet website (and, formerly, podcast) is an amazing treasure trove of fascinating facts.
- alucardo 2mo agoYes! and thank you for making me remember its existence
- rzzzt 2mo ago1897 seems like an important year.
- swader999 2mo agoI need this for some past companies I've worked at.
- layer8 2mo agoIt’s curious how there seem to be so few combinations of place and time where nothing important happened.
- gumby 2mo agoIt’s just the macro perspective. Down around the Planck limit, there’s something going on all the time, everywhere, all at once!
- ButlerianJihad 2mo ago"I just wanted to mention, for those who have asked... Absolutely nothing whatsoever happened today in Sector 83 by 9 by 12." https://youtu.be/vZt5_27mGcE?si=PaeEaF9Ws0aDvMMt https://youtu.be/vZt5_27mGcE?si=PaeEaF9Ws0aDvMMt I am totally sure I've seen that plaque in O'Hungry's. It's a San Diego classic. It's reassuring to know that there are such places around the world.