Is today ita's birthday??
Yes, it is. (I confirmed it by looking in Natter 48).
Happy Birthday ita!!
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2008 4:56:22 am PST #801 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Fred Pete - Jan 04, 2008 4:57:23 am PST #802 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, ita!
tommyrot - Jan 04, 2008 4:57:26 am PST #803 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.
Also, I never knew ita shared her birthday with this:
Edison electrocuted an elephant 105 years ago today
Today's the anniversary of Thomas Edison's vicious electrocution of a live elephant in order to prove the dangers of Nikola Tesla's alternating current and the safety of his competing direct current.
When the day came, Topsy was restrained using a ship's hawser fastened on one end to a donkey engine and on the other to a post. Wooden sandals with copper electrodes were attached to her feet and a copper wire run to Edison's electric light plant, where his technicians awaited the go-ahead.
In order to make sure that Topsy emerged from this spectacle more than just singed and angry, she was fed cyanide-laced carrots moments before a 6,600-volt AC charge slammed through her body. Officials needn't have worried. Topsy was killed instantly and Edison, in his mind anyway, had proved his point.
A crowd put at 1,500 witnessed Topsy's execution, which was filmed by Edison and released later that year as Electrocuting an Elephant.
Poor Topsy - just a pawn in the titanic struggle between Edison and Tesla....
Jars - Jan 04, 2008 5:00:18 am PST #804 of 10001
Happy Birthday ita! Kick this year's ass.
tommyrot - Jan 04, 2008 5:00:31 am PST #805 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.
Has a series of slots for feet, elbows, etc.
Kinda' cool, but must be a bitch to keep clean....
Gudanov - Jan 04, 2008 5:00:54 am PST #806 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Happy Birthday ita!
Sue - Jan 04, 2008 5:03:20 am PST #807 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday ita!
tommyrot - Jan 04, 2008 5:04:12 am PST #808 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.
Scientists to Make Cows Fart Like Kangaroos to Cool the Planet
Cow farts are a source of greenhouse gases, while kangaroo farts are methane free thanks to a particular bacteria in their stomachs. Now, in a bizarre twist of science-reality, scientists from Australia are trying to neutralize cow-produced methane by transferring that kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep’s guts. According to the government of Queensland, almost 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions from Australia come from cow farts, so this seemingly silly idea could actually make a big difference.
Emily - Jan 04, 2008 5:07:09 am PST #809 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
You know, the reason we don't allow students to listen to music in school may have less to do with their paying attention and more to do with it driving everyone else CRRRAZY. Man, this kid is really getting up my nose.
Jars - Jan 04, 2008 5:08:00 am PST #810 of 10001
I think it's cow burps that produce most of the methane, not the farts, but still.
If people just stopped eating so much red meat they wouldn't have to go messing with their digestive systems anyway.