Fesshole 🧻
My wife has been binge watching Babylon 5 over the last few days, 3 episodes each evening. It's a great show but I feel constantly hungry. I've eaten 4 packets of Garibaldi biscuits this week.
Apr 9 at 10:20amWeb
Show threadFloreana22h ago
@fesshole
You're going hungry because she's too enthralled with the show to cook?
Time to grow up, big boy!
Show threadAzure is tired of lying in bed22h ago
@floreana @fesshole Garibaldi is one of the main characters in that show.
Show threadFloreana22h ago

@AzureKingfisher @fesshole
Hah! Serves me well for not having watched it yet. Should be on YouTube now, though.

An easily impressionable Fesser still.

Show threadWartezimmer22h ago
@floreana @fesshole
Nah, it's a pun on Garibaldi.
Show threadjello ツ22h ago
@floreana I was gonna ask how being hungry correlates to the series/the wife watching TV… but it really is because the guy doesn’t prepare the meals in this relationship, isn’t it? JFC. m(
Show threadFloreana22h ago
@andersgeek
Other commenters have pointed out it being related to Garibaldi being a main character, which I didn't know. 😉
Show threadjello ツ21h ago
@floreana Ah! Okay. That makes some amount of sense. :D
Show threadSimon EI3JDB22h ago

@fesshole

For those who don't know:-

https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Garibaldi

(He's in almost every episode)

Michael Garibaldi

Michael Garibaldi, was Chief of Security for Babylon 5 from 2257 to 2261 as a member of Earthforce security (attaining clearance ultraviolet alpha), Head of Covert Intelligence for the Interstellar Alliance for most of 2262 and from September 2262 onwards, was CEO of Edgars Industries. Michael Alfredo Garibaldi[2] was born on February 2, 2221, the son of Earthforce Marine Alfredo Garibaldi. The Garibaldi family had long been involved with law enforcement, as Garibaldi's grandmother had been...

The Babylon Project
Show threadFiXato22h ago
@EI3JDB the missing link for me was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_biscuit — I know them better as fruit biscuits, or the most popular brand name in the Netherlands growing up: "Sultanas" (which is confusing in itself since that's probably just the variety if raisins in them).
@fesshole #FessholeExplained
Garibaldi biscuit - Wikipedia

Show threadMalcolm Herbert21h ago
@FiXato @EI3JDB @fesshole still love that we call these "squashed fly" biscuits ... Australia and New Zealand, so full of class ...
Show threadFiXato18h ago
@mherbert I love such creative colloquialisms 😂
@EI3JDB @fesshole
Show threadMarcus The Board Gamer19h ago
@fesshole Miiiiister Garibaldi.