Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.

Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.  

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.


Strega - Jun 20, 2006 12:52:21 pm PDT #2991 of 10002

Elephant psychopathology, chimpanzee infanticide and other un-animal-like behaviors are part of a growing body of research that suggests science is building toward a radical paradigm shift.

Infanticide is un-animal-like? Since when?

I dunno. I'm suspicious of mixing up words like "psyche" with descriptions of behavior. But I guess that's why I like Skinner.


Hayden - Jun 20, 2006 12:53:17 pm PDT #2992 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Is that a roundabout way of saying that monkeys don't have souls?


bon bon - Jun 20, 2006 12:56:28 pm PDT #2993 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Bob is reading the book "Do Animals Think?" right now and apparently the answer is: no.


Strega - Jun 20, 2006 12:56:41 pm PDT #2994 of 10002

Erm. Sure! I don't think people do either, if that helps.

The interesting thing to me isn't "Animals act just like people!" but "People act just like animals!" It's all a matter of emphasis.


tommyrot - Jun 20, 2006 12:56:43 pm PDT #2995 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.

Is that a roundabout way of saying that monkeys don't have souls?

Yes. Except for evil monkeys - they have souls so they can be sent to Monkey Hell....

(I think I should start a religion....)


tommyrot - Jun 20, 2006 12:58:04 pm PDT #2996 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.

The interesting thing to me isn't "Animals act just like people!" but "People act just like animals!"

Yeah, ITA. We're not a special as we think....


Strega - Jun 20, 2006 12:59:43 pm PDT #2997 of 10002

I had a lot of questions about the monkey in Pirates of the Caribbean. He couldn't possibly understand the curse! Poor zombie monkey.


-t - Jun 20, 2006 1:01:23 pm PDT #2998 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Is it harder being a zombie pirate monkey than just being a pirate monkey?


Sheryl - Jun 20, 2006 1:01:32 pm PDT #2999 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I've never gotten a cat from the shelter. Most of the cats I've had just showed up. I got Boots when someone advertised that they had kittens free to good homes...


Strega - Jun 20, 2006 1:02:57 pm PDT #3000 of 10002

apparently the answer is: no.

Spoiler!

Now you're gonna ruin The Origin of Species for everyone.