Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 02, 2007 3:09:24 pm PDT #288 of 10001
What is even happening?

Four Weddings and a Funeral?
I saw it, but I don't remember him in it. I just went to his imdb page. I remember a lot of Mr. Bean ads, and they puzzled me at the time, because they seemed to present Mr. Bean as a character I should already know.

JZ, yeah, I just plucked the name out of the atmosphere. I looked, said, "Oh, it's that guy, Mr. Bean. Rowan Atkinson! No. Wait. Rowan Martin. No, that's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Is it Rowan Atkinson? Oh what the hell."

Oh my, we have to do our taxes. I don't know why we wait so long every year. We're likely getting a refund. Sometimes, I hate us.


Zenkitty - Apr 02, 2007 3:10:40 pm PDT #289 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I got 89% on the familiar faces test. I'm scared to take the other one. I missed Condoleeeezzzzza Rice. I think it was because my brain froze in horror at the hideousness of the photo.


tommyrot - Apr 02, 2007 3:12:26 pm PDT #290 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Did anyone take the car test?

Overall, you got 96% correct

The average person with normal object recognition scores about 85% on this test. Men and women score similarly on this test. If you scored less than 70% on this test, this may indicate difficulties with visual memory or object recognition.

I got two wrong. I'm somewhat annoyed I didn't get them all right.

Some of the cars were very easy. Some cars might be tricky for some, for example, the Lincoln Ton Car is very similar in profile to the Mercury Grand Marquis, as they share the same chassis .


flea - Apr 02, 2007 3:16:03 pm PDT #291 of 10001
information libertarian

I can only identify foreign cars, specifically expensive European cars (BMWs, Volvs, etc.). mr. flea mocks me regularly for this, and blames a snooty New England upbringing. But really, most cars look alike. To me.


Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2007 3:18:57 pm PDT #292 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Cindy is me, except instead of Ghandi I missed Maggie Thatcher Apparently I have a blocky place where British PMs should be.


tommyrot - Apr 02, 2007 3:19:34 pm PDT #293 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

A lot of new cars look alike to me. But there was enough variety (eg, some SUVs) that I did well. Now, if it had been American cars from 1957 to 1975, I would have gotten fifty billion percent right....


JZ - Apr 02, 2007 3:22:11 pm PDT #294 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Zenkitty, I so very nearly got that one wrong. I kept looking at it and thinking, "I want to say Condoleeza Rice, but how the hell could a shiny glossy Secretary of State have such crappy skin and such horrible teeth? What terrible things does it say about me that I even think someone with a face like that could be Condoleeza Rice? I'm positive my hatred for the entire Administration is warping my vision of one of its prime movers and shakers, but that's going to have to be my guess if I'm being honest." I was flabbergasted that I got that one right.


Allyson - Apr 02, 2007 3:27:02 pm PDT #295 of 10001
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

Barnes and Noble wants to promote my book on a table. What does that mean?


Aims - Apr 02, 2007 3:29:07 pm PDT #296 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

It's good! It means it gets put on a table with a sign! As well as on the regular shelf!

You get to make money by having your stuff on a table and you don't have to be nekkid!


Topic!Cindy - Apr 02, 2007 3:29:41 pm PDT #297 of 10001
What is even happening?

That it won't just be stuck in the stacks, and that it will actually sell to people who don't know you and you will earn back your advance plus.

Out of 20 target cars (ones you studied in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 20.
Out of 30 nontarget car (ones that didn't study in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 29 of them.

Overall, you got 98% correct
The average person with normal object recognition scores about 85% on this test. Men and women score similarly on this test. If you scored less than 70% on this test, this may indicate difficulties with visual memory or object recognition.

I did the same on the shoe test.