Kewl. I told somebody a pumpkin was a fruit the other day, and although he'll never check, I like to think there's some technical sense in which I'm correct. Seed bearing part of the plant. Mature, seed-containing ovary. Check.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 40: The Nice One
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.
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2005 7:39:41 am PST #1046 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Nov 03, 2005 7:41:17 am PST #1047 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
mature ovary containing the seeds of the plant
This is my working definition.
Legally (for import/tariff purposes), it's fuzzier.
Emily - Nov 03, 2005 7:47:02 am PST #1048 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Don't suppose there's a Hil around?
Steph L. - Nov 03, 2005 7:47:55 am PST #1049 of 10006
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hil is alive with the sound of music.
Jesse - Nov 03, 2005 7:50:51 am PST #1050 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Would it be at all common for a company to have multiple 401k plans?
Definitely there are different benefits of all kinds if some people are part of a union and others aren't. Not sure why else they would do it, but it's not beyond the realm of my imagination.
Betsy, good luck with the vision thing, and what they said about getting into the doctor early. I'll also mention that when I had eye issues, the opthalmologist and the optomotrist disagreed about what the issue actually was.
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2005 7:51:35 am PST #1051 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
Mmmk. My optometrist wants to see me first thing tomorrow, and I'm going to push him on whether an opthalmogist is wise.
Emily - Nov 03, 2005 7:52:22 am PST #1052 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
How do you solve a problem like Bombelli?
How do you catch a cubic and pin it down?
How do you prove combination by induction?
An ibn al-Banna! A depressed cubic! A clown!
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2005 7:54:45 am PST #1053 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My ophthalmologist found the blood clot that my optometrist and doctor missed. I think the difference was the ophthalmologist dilated my eye and used a special hand-held magnifying thingie.
Jesse - Nov 03, 2005 7:56:37 am PST #1054 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In my case, they both recommended the same thing, but for different reasons. And slightly talked smack about each other's specialization.
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2005 7:57:55 am PST #1055 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
Oh, HELL. I'm already caught in one specialist-fight (psych vs. neuro), thanks very much.