What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


sarameg - Jul 14, 2005 6:00:54 am PDT #9770 of 10001

I tried to take a picture up on the cliff of Monserrat in Spain of this sketchy little cliffside trail. There was a weathered sign warning PELIGRO! lying about 10 ft down on a outcropping. Obviously, it had fallen down. And no one cared.

The contrast between that and the near-psychotic level of rails and warnings you see in major national parks here really struck me.


brenda m - Jul 14, 2005 6:01:21 am PDT #9771 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Ooh, so Victor and Thessaly have outlaw ferrets? In retrospect, it all makes so much more sense.

Also, I don't understand why anyone would wear that Greece shirt, because it's just an invitation for trouble.

I think you just answered your own question.


Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2005 6:02:30 am PDT #9772 of 10001
brillig

Deer? Cause all over NZ they have deer farms and I kept thinking, "Are they really domesticated?"

Back when I lived in the wilds of Southwest Pennsylvania, my church group went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and stared in confusion at the white tail deer display. "Deer? In a zoo?" "There was one in my back yard this morning." "Yeah, and I nearly hit one last night."

Country kids in the big city = big fun.


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2005 6:02:47 am PDT #9773 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What would these labels say? "Object is not immune to the laws of physics"?

ACME needs to use this warning on its products - at least to the stuff it sells to coyotes.


brenda m - Jul 14, 2005 6:03:44 am PDT #9774 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

On the bright side, his appetite has become much more healthy. He ate more at dinner last night than he had in quite some time (and kept it down -- a concern when coming off anesthesia). And begged some fish from our dinner.

If he had lesions in his mouth, that probably had a lot to do with the lack of appetite. Glad he's doing better.


Tom Scola - Jul 14, 2005 6:03:46 am PDT #9775 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I guess it depends on what your definition of "domesticated" is.

List of domesticated animals: [link]


Kat - Jul 14, 2005 6:08:05 am PDT #9776 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The contrast between that and the near-psychotic level of rails and warnings you see in major national parks here really struck me.

I love that! It was also really striking to me when we were in Grand Staircase-Escalante, how Disneyfied the parks are. It GSE, you can go anywhere, flood plains, slot canyons whatever. you're on your own. Which I admire.

Go BLM/national monument land.


Sue - Jul 14, 2005 6:08:30 am PDT #9777 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Can't remember what it was, does anyone have a clue?

Birds?


DXMachina - Jul 14, 2005 6:08:48 am PDT #9778 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

IIRC, from conversations with Victor and Thessaly, ferrets are legal in MA.


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2005 6:09:21 am PDT #9779 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

List of domesticated animals: [link]

That list doesn't include humans.