Huh. In'eresting.
Maybe the guy who told that to the coffee lady was a time traveler. Or had just gotten back from some long journey traveling close to the speed of light.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 5:13:12 am PST #2377 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.
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 5:20:05 am PST #2378 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Nov 15, 2007 5:23:09 am PST #2379 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Alf Landon, Roosevelt's Republican challenger in the 1936 election, called the declaration "another illustration of the confusion which [Roosevelt's] impulsiveness has caused so frequently during his administration. If the change has any merit at all, more time should have been taken working it out... instead of springing it upon an unprepared country with the omnipotence of a Hitler."
Wow. He actually Godwin'd FDR.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 15, 2007 5:30:30 am PST #2380 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Franksgiving
Does double take.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 5:35:53 am PST #2381 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.
Article on Stephen Colbert: [link]
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2007 5:37:52 am PST #2382 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
He actually Godwin'd FDR.
In fairness, he was probably the first one. Seeing as Godwin hadn't even been born yet....
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2007 5:50:15 am PST #2383 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Bottom-ranked school shoots to top after introducing Harry Potter-themed curriculum
During the most recent visit from Ofsted, the inspector witnessed a maths lesson where the children were motivated to learn about subtraction by pretending that it is a magic formula created by Harry Potter.
Pupils were not allowed to answer questions without first saying a spell - "numerus subtracticus", which they devised themselves.
Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2007 5:51:51 am PST #2384 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I love Gracie pictures in the morning! This day might not turn out so badly after all!
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 5:52:57 am PST #2385 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.
Bottom-ranked school shoots to top after introducing Harry Potter-themed curriculum
After reading this sentence, I checked the link to see if it was from The Onion....
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 6:02:38 am PST #2386 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.
Incredible Comet Bigger than the Sun
The sun remains by far the most massive object in the solar system, with an extended influence of particles that reaches all the planets. But the comparatively tiny Comet Holmes has released so much gas and dust that its extended atmosphere, or coma, is larger than the diameter of the sun. The comparison is clear in a new image.
"It continues to expand and is now the largest single object in the solar system," according to astronomers at the University of Hawaii.
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Holmes is still visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy star anytime after dark, high in the northeast sky. You can find it by using this sky map. It is faintly visible from cities, and from dark country locations is truly remarkable.
"Right now, in a dark sky it appears as a very noticeable circular cloud," said Joe Rao, SPACE.com's Skywatching Columnist. Rao advises looking for the comet this weekend, before the moon becomes more of a factor. The comet will likely diminish in brightness yet remain visible for the next two to three weeks, he said.