I was mostly okay until the Jaegermeister. I mean, I went to krav quite cheerily and everything.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 12:14:25 pm PST #4306 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trudy Booth - Feb 01, 2006 12:15:44 pm PST #4307 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Gar! Thank you for the knowing!
brenda m - Feb 01, 2006 12:16:59 pm PST #4308 of 10002
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
I was mostly okay until the Jaegermeister.
Heh. That's like a "this too shall pass" kind of sentence, expressing some kind of universal truth.
kat perez - Feb 01, 2006 12:18:43 pm PST #4309 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Welcome to the world, Olivia!
ABC is a great song. Poor MJ. So much gone wrong.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2006 12:21:44 pm PST #4310 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That said, I'm actually amazed how tough the human skull is.
I do recall having a debate in college, which is when one should debate such things, over what evolutionary advantages there might be in having your nerve-center be in the middle of your body, like under your ribcage, rather than in its own case right up top.
On the upside, it's hard to cut a guy's head off if his head isn't a separate part of his body. On the down side, where would the eyes go?
This all came about because of a line in Othello, where there are supposed to be (among other critters) "anthropophagi" who have their heads in the middle of their bodies, and eat men.
flea - Feb 01, 2006 12:22:52 pm PST #4311 of 10002
information libertarian
Don't we have a lizard-brain-thingy in the guts somewhere?
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 12:24:42 pm PST #4312 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
On the upside, it's hard to cut a guy's head off if his head isn't a separate part of his body. On the down side, where would the eyes go?
The eyes really should be on something that rotates. Stalks are easier to cut off than heads.
And, really, how often are people attacked and decapitated? I'd wager most of the attacks are to centre mass anyway--cops don't shoot to the head because it's harder to hit than the torso. People get stabbed in the torso more than the head too.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 12:28:40 pm PST #4313 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sue - Feb 01, 2006 12:29:11 pm PST #4314 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Congrats Cashmere! Welcome to the world Olivia.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2006 12:30:08 pm PST #4315 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, let's eliminate the likelihood of being attacked at the head. How about all those broken necks in history? It's possible to die of a flailed chest, but I bet broken necks are more common, what with the neck/head basically being a fleshy ball on a chain.
The lizard-brain thing with the spinal cord is just an alarm system, really. The impulse from your fingertip travels to your spine, and under certain circumstances, it cuts through the red tape and says FIRE!!! rather than just passing along the message to the brain and waiting for a response. Thus, you lift your finger off the stove before you're really conscious that it's hot.
Unless you're talking about something else?