But it's Friday, and Halloween Party Day at work, so no one will expect us to get any work done this afternoon!
What are people doing this weekend? Who (in addition to Nicole and the Reasons) has big Halloween plans?
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Lee - Oct 30, 2009 4:29:54 am PDT #16045 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 4:34:48 am PDT #16046 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not an Onion headline: Drunk hedgehog taken to hospital
A 'legless' hedgehog was found rolling around an orchard after getting drunk by gorging on fermented apples.
The prickly creature - nicknamed Tipsy - was 'squealing loudly' when animal rescuers arrived at the scene in Braunton, Devon.
She was taken to the Prickly Ball Hedgehog Hospital in nearby Newton Abbot and woke up the next day nursing a massive hangover.
'This is definitely the first drunk hedgehog I have found,' said Ann McCormack, who took Tipsy to the hospital.
Despite being dosed with painkillers and antibiotics, Ms McCormack said Tipsy still had a 'big headache' in the morning.
OK, how do they know Tipsy still had a headache?
eta: Funniest thing about that article? A stock photo of a hedgehog, with the caption, "A non-drunk hedgehog."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 30, 2009 4:36:02 am PDT #16047 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The prickly creature - nicknamed Tipsy - was 'squealing loudly' when animal rescuers arrived at the scene in Braunton, Devon.
Why do weird things like this always happen in Britain?
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 4:37:39 am PDT #16048 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Because Britain is a magical place!
I mean, you pretty much run into a pixie, fairy, troll or dwarf every day, right?
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 4:58:07 am PDT #16049 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Freezalicious: Han Solo in Carbonite Cake [Geeky Cake]
Chocolate cake with caramel buttercream, covered in chocolate fondant. Han is modeling chocolate.
Calli - Oct 30, 2009 5:00:13 am PDT #16050 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The prickly creature - nicknamed Tipsy - was 'squealing loudly' when animal rescuers arrived at the scene in Braunton, Devon.
Tipsy (translated from hedgehog): I'm soooooo drunk. Where's the rest of the cider go? Steve? Steve? Whatcha do with the cider, Steve? Hey, where's Steve? I wanna go home and I can't feel my paws. Steeeeeeve! Why's ev'ryone so meeeeeean.
sarameg - Oct 30, 2009 5:01:40 am PDT #16051 of 30001
People are giving a coworker a harder time about him wearing a tie than his vampire fangs. I admit to being one of those people.
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 5:26:14 am PDT #16052 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Odd headline o' the day? (Or is it the hedgehog one?)
NASA to Start Irradiating Monkeys
Oct. 29, 2009 -- NASA is stepping up its space radiation studies with a round of experiments that for the first time in decades will use monkeys as subjects.
The point of the experiments is to understand how the harsh radioactive environment of space affects human bodies and behavior and what countermeasures can be developed to make long-duration spaceflight safe for travelers beyond Earth's protective magnetic shield.
For the new study, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys will be exposed to a low dose of the type of radiation that astronauts traveling to Mars can expect to encounter.
msbelle - Oct 30, 2009 5:36:34 am PDT #16053 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh PETA is gonna love that.
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 5:41:35 am PDT #16054 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They'll probably call the monkeys "space kittens."