King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike

Re:King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike by px43 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @05:19PM (#31416417)

I know of two colors for olives, shiny black and bright green. I never quite understood which of those two colors are meant by "olive skin", but if I met anyone with skin of either color it would be a first for me. Maybe there's another color of olive that I'm unfamiliar with.

https://i.imgur.com/VZ6Slh6.jpg

Sorry for the total non-sequitur, that phrase has always just tickled my brain in a funny way and I would love to get to the bottom of that particular mystery.

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Re:King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike by joseph on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @06:36PM (#31417089)

I've thought the same, but reading your comment made me realize it's probably the wood.

https://imgur.com/gallery/TpA1e

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Re:King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike by abathur on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @06:58PM (#31417236)

Or the oil?

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Re:King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike by px43 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:57AM (#31434717)

Olive oil is transparent with a slightly green tint right? That seems even weirder.

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Re:King George and Tsar Nicolas Looked a Lot Alike by abathur on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:40AM (#31444083)

Why is that even weirder? The term generally indicates skin with a slight ~green cast.

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