Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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.


dcp - Aug 16, 2009 10:15:00 am PDT #4083 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

world's freakiest animals

Wow, I did not know wetas were that big.


Jesse - Aug 16, 2009 10:20:38 am PDT #4084 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Isn't the guy on the right the man who played Kirk in Gilmore Girls, and the man on the left, his brother, who used to be married to Jenna Fischer from the Office?

Yes. [link]


Ginger - Aug 16, 2009 10:27:25 am PDT #4085 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

No transitional fossils have been or ever will be discovered

There's Tiktaalik [link] for one. (Serendipitously, I was just reading about it.) We've discovered fossils of maybe 1% of the all the species that have ever lived.

What I really dislike about this argument is that it implies that god created all those fossils as some kind of giant practical joke.


Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2009 10:34:18 am PDT #4086 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Those are some weird fucking animals! And the captions are great.

These dudes escaped from the Phantom Zone and the first thing they want are our ligers!!


Trudy Booth - Aug 16, 2009 11:04:55 am PDT #4087 of 30001
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

What I really dislike about this argument is that it implies that god created all those fossils as some kind of giant practical joke.

Though I prefer that theory to "test of faith". The Almighty being a wise-ass could be cool, but trying to trip us up is just mean.

I'm particularly fond of this sentence, however:

Have you heard of the ‘Loch Ness Monster’ in Scotland? ‘Nessie,’ for short has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by eyewitnesses, and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a plesiosaur.

Hey! Everyone knows there's a Lock Ness Monster, right? That's just accepted FACT.


Lee - Aug 16, 2009 11:09:26 am PDT #4088 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Loch Ness submarine

t /Leverage


Cashmere - Aug 16, 2009 11:13:56 am PDT #4089 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

My mil and sil found three complete Lego sets (Harrry Potter, Dubledore's office, a soccer field with all the players and Lego board game) at thrift stores for $16. The cost of these sets new? Over $500. Score!


Cashmere - Aug 16, 2009 11:15:45 am PDT #4090 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I'm reading Why Evolution is True and it explains the transitional fossils. The stupid it burns!


DavidS - Aug 16, 2009 11:20:42 am PDT #4091 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

My mil and sil found three complete Lego sets (Harrry Potter, Dubledore's office, a soccer field with all the players and Lego board game) at thrift stores for $16. The cost of these sets new? Over $500. Score!

Emmett is crazy jealous.


sarameg - Aug 16, 2009 11:30:58 am PDT #4092 of 30001

They didn't include the takin: [link] [link] Which...you just can't figure out what they are supposed to be? Goat? Buffalo? Yak? What? [link]