The Boy (still doing the puzzle) just asked if he could use my Farscape action figures as representatives.
Okay, now I want to do this puzzle. Sadly, I will have to use either Sara's Barbies or her miniature Dora family.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
Amy - Mar 08, 2009 8:36:38 am PDT #9623 of 30000
Because books.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2009 8:49:41 am PDT #9624 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sadly, I will have to use either Sara's Barbies or her miniature Dora family.
Sara needs cooler toys.
Jessica - Mar 08, 2009 9:02:16 am PDT #9625 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Whew! Got it.
[eta: And I really doubt I'm in the top 2% intelligent people on Earth. At least I hope I'm not.]
Lee - Mar 08, 2009 9:18:03 am PDT #9626 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sara needs cooler toys.
Pfft. Sara's toys are by definition cool.
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2009 9:44:26 am PDT #9627 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And I really doubt I'm in the top 2% intelligent people on Earth. At least I hope I'm not.
Me, too. (Er, I hope that *I'm* not in the 2%.)
megan walker - Mar 08, 2009 9:57:49 am PDT #9628 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hurt your brain: Einstein's riddle.
I love stuff like that. It took me about 20 minutes, using a basic 5x5 grid once I established the colors.
megan walker - Mar 08, 2009 10:03:51 am PDT #9629 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Therefore, I submit that it's not that 98% of people aren't smart enough, it is that we are too lazy.
I think you're probably right. Since you don't have to guess to solve it, it should only be a question of time (and interest).
Theodosia - Mar 08, 2009 10:06:40 am PDT #9630 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I walked to the library, drew a page's worth of art cards, and walked back, noticing that practically everyone in the neighborhood that can be outside, is.
It's 59 here.
meara - Mar 08, 2009 10:28:46 am PDT #9631 of 30000
Oh, I love those kind of puzzles--when I took the GRE the first time (which was the last time they offered it on paper) I hadn't studied, and didn't know they had a whole section with that sort of puzzles, and was all excited when I got to it and found that. Wheee! (I scored really well on that section, luckily, like a 790/800). Sadly, they took it away after that, so the next time I took it, on computer, no fun. Not that I've actually ended up applying to grad school either time...
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2009 10:35:51 am PDT #9632 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I started that puzzle, made an error, and couldn't be arsed to fix it. Mostly I just really want to go back to sleep. Not proving to be possible. So I watched bits of Dog Soldiers instead, and am surprised to notice I think Kevin McKidd is hotter either as the other characters I've seen him play, or just without a Scottish accent.
And then I listened to a Christian Kane interview where he bitches about Lindsey's fate, amongst other things, and says that he will sing in the next season of Leverage. I hope he means onscreen and not just like he did in season 1. Go team Eliot. Who is explicitly modeled on BA Baracas, I have now learnt.