When did men stop wearing hats? '50s? '60s?
Before then, a man was supposed to take off his hat when talking to a woman, right?
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2009 9:14:23 am PST #6579 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Feb 16, 2009 9:19:37 am PST #6580 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I just last month finished paying off my credit card debt, that means I get to buy a MacBook Pro now, right?
(This post has been brought to you by the screaming toddler in the apartment next door whose bedroom is adjacent to my computer desk. NAP, D----! NAP! YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL!)
Kathy A - Feb 16, 2009 9:24:44 am PST #6581 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Can someone tell me who's bright idea it was to have a frickin' fire drill just as I was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch?!? Oh, well, I used the "stand outside and wait for the all clear" time to get into my car and drive over to McDonald's, instead.
Ginger - Feb 16, 2009 9:40:24 am PST #6582 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
How do subs collide? They have sonar, no?
They also have anti-sonar technology. It seems to have worked brilliantly on both subs. There are only something like 170 nukes out there and the British and French have maybe 10 between them, so it's like when the only two cars on the road in Ohio ran into each other. Embarrassing is the word.
DavidS - Feb 16, 2009 9:56:39 am PST #6583 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does he not have school today? Curse our no-holiday-having school division!
President's Day is the beginning of Midwinter Break in Emmett's school district, aka "Ski Week."
Jesse - Feb 16, 2009 10:34:13 am PST #6584 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am now wondering what it says about where I grew up that we just called it "February vacation."
Scrappy - Feb 16, 2009 10:36:45 am PST #6585 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jesse, I think the answer to that is that cowgirls don't ski.
ION, some jerk sideswiped my car last night. Left a big gash along the side and knocked the driver's side mirror right off. Did not leave a note.
Kathy A - Feb 16, 2009 10:53:08 am PST #6586 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Scrappy's car defiler has to answer to my GLARE OF DEATH!!!!
Grrrr...stupid-ass car-swipers.
We should send this guy to your crime scene.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2009 10:57:38 am PST #6587 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You may be surprised to realize that I did not go to elementary school with many of your cow-folk.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2009 11:05:58 am PST #6588 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the eye receives light of more than one wavelength, the colour generated in the brain is formed from the sum of the input responses on the retina. For example, if red light and green light enter the eye at the same time, the resulting colour produced in the brain is yellow, the colour halfway between red and green in the spectrum.
So what does the brain do when our eyes detect wavelengths from both ends of the light spectrum at once (i.e. red and violet light)? Generally speaking, it has two options for interpreting the input data:
a) Sum the input responses to produce a colour halfway between red and violet in the spectrum (which would in this case produce green – not a very representative colour of a red and violet mix)
b) Invent a new colour halfway between red and violet
Magenta is the evidence that the brain takes option b – it has apparently constructed a colour to bridge the gap between red and violet, because such a colour does not exist in the light spectrum. Magenta has no wavelength attributed to it, unlike all the other spectrum colours.