And he's also clearly an ancestor of Sherlock Holmes!
The whole thing is so ridiculous, it's awesome. And when he gets snarky, I could care less how absurd it gets, because he is just that adorable.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Amy - Oct 14, 2013 5:23:10 pm PDT #23381 of 30001
Because books.
Jessica - Oct 14, 2013 5:27:02 pm PDT #23382 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And when he gets snarky, I could care less how absurd it gets, because he is just that adorable.
This is an entirely worthwhile point.
Trudy Booth - Oct 14, 2013 5:27:13 pm PDT #23383 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Thinking that "miasmas" bring illness has never struck me as all that different from germ theory. Some thing you couldn't see was getting into your body and making you sick. I've always been impressed with how close they were to the truth with that one.
Ginger - Oct 14, 2013 5:33:52 pm PDT #23384 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
One big problem with the miasma theory is that it assumed disease came from the environment, as opposed to being passed from person to person.
Amy - Oct 14, 2013 5:39:40 pm PDT #23385 of 30001
Because books.
Oh god, I meant to say couldn't care less up there. I hate goofs like that.
Trudy Booth - Oct 14, 2013 5:39:41 pm PDT #23386 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah, they also thought if you breathed in nice things the nasty things couldn't get you. The wrong parts were quite wrong like wrong things. But the right parts have always impressed me. Unlike, say, leeches. I don't think there were any right parts to the leeches.
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2013 6:14:24 pm PDT #23387 of 30001
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I was not expecting Morales to have Oxford confirm they had a professor called Ichabod Crane who was on loan to police. Who was that on the phone! What a lovely twist.
And the next episode has the Horseman in the week of Halloween.
-t - Oct 14, 2013 6:28:36 pm PDT #23388 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There were some right parts to leeches. Still used for very specific things.
I'm watching the Wonderland OUaT - hey, that's one of my favorite werewolves!
-t - Oct 14, 2013 6:48:11 pm PDT #23389 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Why does Sayid look like he is playing Dave Chappelle playing Prince?
I don't find that in need of explanation. It's a good thing.
Typo Boy - Oct 14, 2013 9:39:17 pm PDT #23390 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Even without the germ theory of disease, they had figured out inoculation.
Jefferson and Franklin were both advocates of smallpox inoculation, even though it was far more dangerous than the (as yet undiscovered) vaccination.
Inoculation involved lancing open a wound and implanting dried scabs or fresh pus containing variola (the virus that causes smallpox) under the skin of a healthy, uninfected person. Said to have originated in China, it was commonly practiced across the Far East and the Ottoman Empire.
The procedure typically caused a milder form of smallpox and conferred lifelong immunity. Still, many people became ill from it, and not a few died. Moreover, it was feared that the inoculated would infect others.