Megan, what is the French for hippopatamus?
You don't remember from the picture book at GoldenWest a couple weeks ago?!!!
Slap my hand now!
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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.
sarameg - Nov 13, 2008 7:26:33 am PST #1023 of 10002
lisah - Nov 13, 2008 7:29:50 am PST #1024 of 10002
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You don't remember from the picture book at GoldenWest a couple weeks ago?!!!
I was just thinking of that!!! This is why I'm TERRIBLE with languages. I can't remember merde anymore!
megan walker - Nov 13, 2008 7:29:58 am PST #1025 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Megan, what is the French for hippopatamus? It sounded nearly the same as the English word but not quite.
l'hippopotame (ee-po-po-tom)
Frankenbuddha - Nov 13, 2008 7:31:35 am PST #1026 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And a blast from the past - they moved the panda cam site: [link]
sarameg - Nov 13, 2008 7:35:37 am PST #1027 of 10002
OMG, still waiting on the part for my car.
Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2008 7:36:52 am PST #1028 of 10002
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
Typo Boy - Nov 13, 2008 7:45:12 am PST #1029 of 10002
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.
Yeah, apparently there are less than a few thousand potential donors world wide. But still, once we know one means of curing aids, maybe we can something that uses a more available resource.
Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2008 7:51:53 am PST #1030 of 10002
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, apparently there are less than a few thousand potential donors world wide.
Either you or the article have a figure wrong, the article said:
Roughly one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have inherited the mutation from both parents
Of course, if we were CLONING these cells...
Tom Scola - Nov 13, 2008 7:52:13 am PST #1031 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Not to mention that bone marrow transplants have a 30% fatality rate.
Typo Boy - Nov 13, 2008 7:54:15 am PST #1032 of 10002
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.
Oh I thought it was less THAN a thousand. OK, that is huge. And yeah we night to start cloning the bone marrow. Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.