Octopuses are very smart. They are easily bored and require diversion.
Is this because otherwise they'll be plotting their escape (and/or our overthrow - and I for one welcome our cephalopod masters) or so they don't die of enuui?
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 05, 2007 6:47:58 am PDT #8486 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Dana - Sep 05, 2007 6:52:56 am PDT #8487 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just got my first order from Zappo's, and I'll have to test out their return policy.
I've returned stuff to them twice, and it's always fine.
Daisy Jane - Sep 05, 2007 6:57:00 am PDT #8488 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just got my first order from Zappo's, and I'll have to test out their return policy.
I thought that was their "thing." Y'know, that it's free and easy to return shoes.
Kathy A - Sep 05, 2007 7:14:27 am PDT #8489 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was able to print out the pre-paid label, now I just want to see how long it'll take them to credit my account. I tried to order the wider size, but they're all out. Luckily, I was able to find them for $11 less at Amazon; with expedited shipping (I need them by Saturday latest), it'll just about break even.
Toddson - Sep 05, 2007 7:22:36 am PDT #8490 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ita, I have one of the classic juicers - this is one of the high-grade versions of it. Mine's smaller, simpler, but works on the same principle. It's about the best if you're squeezing any amount of citrus fruit. If you go this route, get one with a stand and a lever - they let you put a glass underneath and use the lever to squeeze the fruit easily.
I've bought from Zappos and they were terrific about accepting a return.
And if sacrificing a couple of goats can placate an angry sky god, what - or who - do we have to sacrifice to have planes actually run on schedule?
Liese S. - Sep 05, 2007 7:24:12 am PDT #8491 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I need an everything juicer. But I did research, like, years ago, and I can't be bothered to do it again now.
bon bon - Sep 05, 2007 7:29:27 am PDT #8492 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
ita, I don't know anything about juicers, but I found this for you: [link]
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2007 7:29:40 am PDT #8493 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Octopuses are very smart. They are easily bored and require diversion. So at one aquarium they hit upon a solution - give the octopus a Mr. Potato Head filled with smelt.
The article is worth it just for the picture....
That is SO freaking cool!
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2007 7:31:56 am PDT #8494 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Toddson, how do you clean that juicer?
Toddson - Sep 05, 2007 7:33:05 am PDT #8495 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I know that locally - the zoo? - they had an octopus that they'd feed by dropping a jar with a screwtop lid filled with the food. The octopus would unscrew the jar to get the food. Obviously, Mr. Potatohead is more fun!