FWIW, squids have their brains mid-body. (Technically speaking, cephalopods have no head.) Their esophagi pass through the middle of it. Of course, the requirement that the brain be encased in a bony protective cage doesn't apply either.
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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.
Theodosia - Feb 01, 2006 1:45:24 pm PST #4339 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
DavidS - Feb 01, 2006 1:48:09 pm PST #4340 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I AM IN LOVE.
Now see, I go around all day spreading misery and gloom and generally being a nattering nabob of negativity, but at least I gave Shrift something to love.
aurelia - Feb 01, 2006 1:48:51 pm PST #4341 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I doubt my dialup will let me watch BoD.
You are supposed to sit back and take the trash.
Dude. No one is forced to watch. Just let me watch what I want to.
Apparently you have to hit someone *just right* to knock them out like that.
My nephew managed to do that to himself by running into a tether ball pole. CFS would've been all over my brother and SIL if it hadn't happened at school. He looked terrible. Somehow he managed to avoid a concussion though.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 1:49:28 pm PST #4342 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Note to self: Lemon Fruit Water doesn't taste as good as the other flavours.
Theodosia - Feb 01, 2006 2:01:16 pm PST #4343 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
'Glass jaws' do actually exist, but it's hard to tell who has one without hitting them a number of times in different manners first.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 2:05:02 pm PST #4344 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One of the guys in my instructor group got knocked out during a test (not the stick to the head guy) and his passing out was described like those little plastic toys with elastic inside that you make collapse by pressing the button underneath the base. Do those have a name? I wouldn't say he has a glass jaw, just that he took the right hit at the right time. We see that sort of collapse every now and again.
Hurts less than a liver shot from what I've heard.
Sheryl - Feb 01, 2006 2:10:51 pm PST #4345 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Congrats Cashmere and welcome Olivia Rose!
Jesse - Feb 01, 2006 2:13:41 pm PST #4346 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Congrats, Cashmere! Happy birthday, Olivia Rose!
I have no comment on head injuries, other than the fact that my old boss was previously the manager of a group home for people with brain injuries, which was the source of most of her best stories, as well as (I assume) her most annoying trait: every so often she'd tell you something Really Slowly And Clearly To Make Sure You Understood, as if you had a brain injury.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2006 2:14:14 pm PST #4347 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's kind of weird IMing with someone two cubes over. But I do know his LOLs are literal. That's some comfort.
Chappelle to explain himself to Oprah.
Burrell - Feb 01, 2006 2:16:55 pm PST #4348 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ooh! The babysitting has begun? How cool. Alibelle's a magic fit.
She's great, it's true. They watched a princess video.