Damn. If you can't depend on a Tyrannosaurus Rex to stand in a consistent manner, what can you depend on?
eta: inconsistent Tyrannosaurus Rex posture angst x-post.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
tommyrot - Jul 29, 2005 8:24:31 am PDT #4057 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jul 29, 2005 8:33:40 am PDT #4058 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
An argument against poor treatment of prisoners of war:
My father-in-law used to tell the story of his capture by Germans in 1944. He was wounded in the leg, and found by a German officer. The officer had a son who was a POW in the U.S., who wrote of his good treatment by his U.S. captors. When the officer saw my father-in-law's dogtags identifying him as a Jew, the German pocketed them and did not reveal them to his authorities, probably saving my father-in-law's life. Our reputation for the humane treatment of POWs does matter - my children are living proof of that.
sarameg - Jul 29, 2005 8:34:11 am PDT #4059 of 10002
Pluto's only a planet because it was found too soon. Today it would probably be classified as a Kupier Belt object.
I don't care. I used to play checkers with Clyde Tombaugh, and he discovered it, damnit.
He also told really bad puns.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2005 8:43:39 am PDT #4060 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our reputation for the humane treatment of POWs does matter
I reel that people may need actual "but what about it happening to us?" examples to understand that. How is it not obvious?
Volans - Jul 29, 2005 8:45:55 am PDT #4061 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I used to play checkers with Clyde Tombaugh
Can I touch you?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 29, 2005 8:46:45 am PDT #4062 of 10002
What is even happening?
I reel that people may need actual "but what about it happening to us?" examples to understand that. How is it not obvious?Yes, but not only that. I want to be humane regardless of whether or not the other guy is. Not a big fan of the become-a-monster so the-monster-doesn't-eat-me strategy.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 29, 2005 8:47:20 am PDT #4063 of 10002
What is even happening?
I mean...look what it did to Cordy.
juliana - Jul 29, 2005 8:49:06 am PDT #4064 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I mean...look what it did to Cordy.
She got into Stevie Nicks' wardrobe?
Volans - Jul 29, 2005 8:53:08 am PDT #4065 of 10002
move out and draw fire
OK, the baby is doing his impression of Ash from Aliens and I just got a nosebleed for some reason, so I'm signing off.
Ginger - Jul 29, 2005 8:56:50 am PDT #4066 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So, no longer a brain the size of a walnut?
Not!Brontosaurus still probably only had thoughts at the level of "Ooh, leaf. Ooh, another leaf. Ooh, shiny," but I think the brain size has been upgraded to "size of an apple."