The Ig Nobel Prizes were announced at the same time as the debate (hmmm...) [link]
As a former archaeologist, I can say that armadillos are actually a serious problem in the interpretation of some archaeological sites. It's funny, but it's true.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 61*
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.
flea - Oct 03, 2008 8:19:11 am PDT #2295 of 10001
information libertarian
Gudanov - Oct 03, 2008 8:32:18 am PDT #2296 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
The bailout plan has passed the House.
msbelle - Oct 03, 2008 8:41:09 am PDT #2297 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ECONOMICS: Geoffrey Miller, Joshua Tyber and Brent Jordan for discovering that exotic dancers earn more when at peak fertility.
I can see the high-fives and chest bumps when this research got approved and funded.
Toddson - Oct 03, 2008 8:41:55 am PDT #2298 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
How often does a grant come with a request to be funded in small-ish bills?
Burrell - Oct 03, 2008 8:42:16 am PDT #2299 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Conclusion: people who read can still be assholes. Assholes in the name of Jesus.
I love this line. Turns out it's not that hard to be an asshole.
And now my brain has gone to an earworm I haven't indulged in a long long time: Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
Typo Boy - Oct 03, 2008 8:46:25 am PDT #2300 of 10001
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.
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
Since I never head this I'm going to do something I'll probably regret and google that. I presume part of it makes fun of the fact that most of the women in his life did in fact consider him an asshole? "Asshole" and "Genius" unfortunately not being incompatible.
Strega - Oct 03, 2008 8:48:33 am PDT #2301 of 10001
The bailout plan has passed the House.
Not surprising, but: motherfuSHIT.
Trudy Booth - Oct 03, 2008 8:48:53 am PDT #2302 of 10001
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
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
He was, but since there were two of them and on his arm nobody realized it.
amych - Oct 03, 2008 8:50:06 am PDT #2303 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The song isn't really about Picasso at all, but I think it's a safe bet that Jonathan was, indeed, aware that Pablo Picasso was an asshole.
Typo Boy - Oct 03, 2008 8:53:54 am PDT #2304 of 10001
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.
thanks. Yeah, I listened to the YouTube. Figured I most as well get the full earworm. Not actually that much of earworm, but an OK novelty song. I mean its totally not playing in my head over and over and and ... Oh shit.