RIP, Dennis Weaver. [link]
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
DXMachina - Feb 27, 2006 8:09:58 am PST #9842 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2006 8:11:28 am PST #9843 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I love that the reason for the panda kindergarten is, essentially, that pandas have crap social skills and need to learn some.
This is actually one of the big questions I have about panda breeding programs in general -- one of the major reasons pandas are endangered is because they have little to no interest in mating. I would be totally sad if they became extinct and all, but shouldn't we be concentrating our efforts onto species that WANT to survive?
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2006 8:13:07 am PST #9844 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shouldn't we be concentrating our efforts onto species that WANT to survive?
No! They're cute!
Why are pandas uninterested in mating? Is this a new thing? If so, is it our fault in any way? If it's not, why are they now in danger? Is that our fault?
And then there's the cute thing.
Nutty - Feb 27, 2006 8:13:14 am PST #9845 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Pandas are cute. They have a cute-mandate to survive. Vultures, despite their general usefulness and smartastica, are not cute. (Luckily, they're not endangered either.)
Nutty, you were namedropped a bit this weekend. Although now I don't remember why.
It was the pants, I know it. My pants-reputation precedes me across the continent.
Consuela - Feb 27, 2006 8:14:56 am PST #9846 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Nah, I think I needed someone more snarky and less invested in OMG Pretty Boys Fucking around me. (Although Dana and Shrift totally brought the snark, but I didn't get to hang with them as much as I'd meant to...)
Also? Slash grandmothers just freak me the fuck out. @@
sarameg - Feb 27, 2006 8:18:53 am PST #9847 of 10002
one of the major reasons pandas are endangered is because they have little to no interest in mating.
The boy cheetah at my zoo can't figure out the mating thing. Which is rather inconvenient. They've even tried instructional sessions in which their geriatric male cheetah and the mate have a go in his presence, but...he can't figure it out. He's also really lazy.
This never fails to crack me up.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2006 8:21:55 am PST #9848 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The boy cheetah at my zoo can't figure out the mating thing. Which is rather inconvenient. They've even tried instructional sessions in which their geriatric male cheetah and the mate have a go in his presence, but...he can't figure it out.
My grandparents had a gay labrador when my mom was growing up -- they kept trying to put him out there as a stud (there's a back problem that this dog didn't have that's common among labs, so his stock was pretty valuable), but he just wasn't interested. He wanted other boy labs.
Theodosia - Feb 27, 2006 8:30:15 am PST #9849 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"
The Love That Dare Not Woof Its Name.
Sean K - Feb 27, 2006 8:33:09 am PST #9850 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
shouldn't we be concentrating our efforts onto species that WANT to survive?
No! They're cute!
Maybe they realize they are too cute for this world, and have decided there's no place for them in it.
Atropa - Feb 27, 2006 8:38:54 am PST #9851 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Am dead from panda-cute overload. Dead, dead, dead. So cute!
Is it time for the how much money are you willing to spend on items of clothing? topic again? I'm not going to give specifics, but let's just say ... lots and lots, for certain custom-made items.