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billytea - Apr 25, 2006 8:01:28 am PDT #3468 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Huh. What's the difference between cuttlefish and squid? I had thought they were the same....

Cuttlefish have a more pronounced cuttlebone (giving them a more rigid body, and making them more suitable for your parakeet) and their feeding tentacles retract into pouches. Oh, and the cuttles are the best at colour and texture manipulation of their skin.

English Title Cephalopods of the world : squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses, and allies

I love the idea of being a cephalopod of the world. "I mean, you've been around, haven't you? Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean?"

tommyrot, closely related but not the same. The squid are the tasty ones, unless you're a parakeet.

They're both eaten, though I (and I admit this is weird) have ideological objections to it.

Don't squid also have that weird bone thing ?

Yes, but not as pronounced. Their body retains its shape in a way the octopus doesn't, but your can see the difference: cuttle: [link] squid: [link]

They have a beak. I think that's the only hard part of their bodies....

No, that's octopi. They can squeeze through insanely small gaps as a result.

No one else is alarmed that the cephalopods have ::allies::!?! We're doooooooooomed and not in a cute reptilefan-actuary-returns-home-and-finds-love kind of way.

Hee. I think they should have allies, if anyone's going to be doing the evil overlord of the deep thing it should be cephalopods. Masters of disguise!


Allyson - Apr 25, 2006 8:05:47 am PDT #3469 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Low-tech blog.

I'll accept this as a reasonable answer.


Hayden - Apr 25, 2006 8:06:51 am PDT #3470 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I (and I admit this is weird) have ideological objections to it.

I wasn't going to say anything, but I do, too. After learning more about cephalopods, I gave up eating them.


billytea - Apr 25, 2006 8:08:29 am PDT #3471 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I wasn't going to say anything, but I do, too. After learning more about cephalopods, I gave up eating them.

Smartest damn invertebrates on the planet! They deserve better.


Trudy Booth - Apr 25, 2006 8:09:29 am PDT #3472 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

Are the squid smarties too? Because I've already laid off the octopus.


billytea - Apr 25, 2006 8:13:55 am PDT #3473 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Are the squid smarties too? Because I've already laid off the octopus.

Not as smart as the octopi, but still smart for the spinal-challenged.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2006 8:14:38 am PDT #3474 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Are the squid smarties too? Because I've already laid off the octopus.

Great. Now we'll have all those octupi on unemployment...


tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 8:15:18 am PDT #3475 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.

Bah.

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.

Wanker.

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Jessica - Apr 25, 2006 8:17:06 am PDT #3476 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump.

head--->desk


Dana - Apr 25, 2006 8:19:28 am PDT #3477 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

He urged Congress to take back some of the billions of dollars in tax incentives it gave energy companies, saying that with record profits, they don't need the breaks.

Gee, you think?