Anyone speaks Italian here?
Jinx? If you and Dreg have been using my moisturizer again I'm going to have to rip off your scaly- hey, what's the deal with your face?
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 62: The 62nd 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.
Shir - Dec 18, 2008 8:15:02 am PST #6817 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2008 8:17:21 am PST #6818 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There's some fin about that Christmasmelody…
SCIENTISTS are to test whether sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs, it was revealed yesterday.
They will also find out whether the fish prefer Slade's Merry Christmas Everyone to Cliff Richard's Mistletoe and Wine.
The songs and other festive hits will be played to the sharks and rays at Loch Lomond Sea Life Centre in Balloch, Dunbartonshir.
The tests were devised after US research showed fish could recognise melody.
Chris Brown, senior marine biologist at the Loch Lomond aquarium, said seasonal chartbusters would be piped through walkthrough underwater tunnels where they can be heard by dozens of nurse sharks, black-tip reef sharks, and ray species.
Experts will then monitor the sharks' reactions to different hits.
Mr Brown said outward signs such as them lowering their fin tips, swimming faster and making sudden tight turns would indicate excitement or aggression.
He said: "We'll play everything from Kim Wilde and Mel Smith's Rocking Around the Christmas Tree and Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade to Wham's Last Christmas.
"We may find they prefer something softer like White Christmas by Bing Crosby.
"But we will be answering the question – do rays know it's Christmas?"
Mr Brown said nurse sharks and other species of carpet shark which spend most of their time lying on the bed of the tanks, could be the best barometers for the impact of those pop tunes. Their reactions will tell the researchers whether the sharks are enjoying the music or whether it turns them off.
Just as long as they don't test Christmas music on sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. Because the sharks might get mad and go looking for the Baby Jesus.
erikaj - Dec 18, 2008 8:19:19 am PST #6819 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Silver foxes: Keith Olbermann is my favorite(Duh) although I second the Slattery love. Calli, weird, I had a dream with Biden in it. I don't remember what else happened, but he was nice though. Hec: Pork Store sent me to a Satriale's place...you didn't plot anything in the back, did you?
Calli - Dec 18, 2008 8:20:53 am PST #6820 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Wait, there is a Dr. Who Xmas special...right? I saw the Children in Need teaser for it.
Sorry, I should have added an "on your US cable package" disclaimer to my post.
Cashmere - Dec 18, 2008 9:02:04 am PST #6821 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Shawano's not that far from here, either. Yikes. Crazy.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2008 9:12:56 am PST #6822 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I saw the story about Shawano on last night's news. Reminded me of Posse Comitatus, which was big in that part of the state (I grew up along the Illinois state line) when I was a kid.
Eisenberg freaked me out the most. "There's nothing to it. Now let me talk about how evil CBS is."
Kathy A - Dec 18, 2008 9:57:25 am PST #6823 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Heh--Two Lumps is up to six geese a-laying.
Kat - Dec 18, 2008 10:00:11 am PST #6824 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
If it's up, the Mt. Wilson Tower Cam shows the beautiful snow we got yesterday.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2008 10:11:17 am PST #6825 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse's college has been taken over by hippies: [link]
Ha ha ha! That might be the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Granted, I spent the morning in a blind panic over a deadline, and just had the work potluck, so I may not be in the best fram of mind, but STILL.
Burrell - Dec 18, 2008 10:18:57 am PST #6826 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hi everybody!
So it's my anniversary today. 9 years, yay! And how am I spending it, you ask? A nice dinner perhaps? Nope. I'll be going to see my daughter sing in the school Xmas play in about 15 minutes, and then later tonight we'll be going to see...
... wait for it...
High School Musical. On ice.