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'Out Of Gas'


What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


bon bon - May 24, 2005 10:23:23 am PDT #6572 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Jesse - WTF - that cannot be something that actually can be done, right?

There are solutions. Not that I've tried it, but I saw it the other day, too. You can answer 20 easily. And the answer to question one is neither 1 (A) or 2 (B)


Rick - May 24, 2005 10:23:39 am PDT #6573 of 10001

On a similar subject, Debet and I were discussing the fact that very few women seem to win Darwin awards, and wondered if this was an indication that they are generally smarter than men when it comes to stuff like this, or just being ignored by the people who give out the awards.

There are evolutionary psychologists who claim that there will always be more Darwin award winners who are male, but that there will also always be more Nobel prize winners who are male. The claim is that the same single-minded indifference to convention is necessary in both cases, but it's a matter of how single-mindedness interacts with competence. Nature can afford the bargain, they say, because the loss of a few idiot males will not reduce the overall reproductive capacity of the species. On the other hand, every idiot woman who blows herself up would have an impact on reproduction, so the system will be set up to keep the number of idiot women to a minimum.

Disclaimer: Not an evolutionary psychologist


vw bug - May 24, 2005 10:23:55 am PDT #6574 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Thanks so much, everyone! I'm really excited about this.


DXMachina - May 24, 2005 10:26:34 am PDT #6575 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

So, now that you have a job, you're buying tonight, right?


vw bug - May 24, 2005 10:29:24 am PDT #6576 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

So, now that you have a job, you're buying tonight, right?

Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha!

Actually, I wish I could...with everything everyone has done for me over the past few years. Unfortunately, they don't pay ahead of time...


msbelle - May 24, 2005 10:48:06 am PDT #6577 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

The most I can get is 15 out of 20 on that damn thing. DAMN YOU JESSE!


Kathy A - May 24, 2005 10:58:14 am PDT #6578 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Congrats, vw!!

Oh, and a word of warning to anyone driving in Illinois this Memorial Day weekend--they're doing a statewide crackdown on seatbelt wearing (especially on rural roads), so make sure you buckle up! Don't know if that involves random stops or just visual drive-by checking by the cops, so in case they do have you pull over, make sure your registration, insurance, et al is up-to-date.


Jesse - May 24, 2005 10:58:39 am PDT #6579 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey, I warned you.


msbelle - May 24, 2005 11:00:21 am PDT #6580 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I got it to 18 out of 20, but to get those last two right would mean I'd have to change a bunch of others. AHHHHHHH!


Hayden - May 24, 2005 11:03:09 am PDT #6581 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I got it to 18 out of 20, but to get those last two right would mean I'd have to change a bunch of others. AHHHHHHH!

I was working on that thing last week or so and that was exactly the problem I kept hitting.