Bob is reading the book "Do Animals Think?" right now and apparently the answer is: no.
Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.
Xander/Buffy ,'Help'
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.
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.
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.
Hayden - Jun 20, 2006 1:03:12 pm PDT #3001 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think I should start a religion....
Where do monkeys on rollerskates fall on the soul/no-soul axis? This is of paramount importance.
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.
I was just pointing out to a colleague, also a recent father, the other day that having a preschooler in the house is an important lesson to anyone who thinks that humans are intrinsically different from primates.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2006 1:03:17 pm PDT #3002 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He couldn't possibly understand the curse! Poor zombie monkey.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse!
Also, maybe he did. Why should he get a free pass?
Was it here (generally speaking) that the hierarchy of intimacy of modes of communication was discussed? Something like text messaging being most intimate...but I can't remember the other modes that were on the list. I seem to recall it totalling three...but were the other two e-mail and instant messaging, or e-mail and phone?