I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Giles ,'Beneath You'


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.


DavidS - Sep 10, 2009 11:29:00 am PDT #7899 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Paleontologists now believe that the predatory dinosaurs climbed trees, where they would wait to pounce on their prey.

Wasn't this Piglet's great fear?


Gudanov - Sep 10, 2009 11:30:11 am PDT #7900 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Wasn't this Piglet's great fear?

Velociraptors in the 100 acre woods. That's just fanfic waiting to happen.


beekaytee - Sep 10, 2009 11:30:48 am PDT #7901 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

That's just fanfic waiting to happen.

I can SO see that cartoon.


Theodosia - Sep 10, 2009 11:31:17 am PDT #7902 of 30001
'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"

Velociraptors In Trees would be a great band name, though.


tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 11:32:50 am PDT #7903 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.

Velociraptors in the 100 acre woods. That's just fanfic waiting to happen.

No! Major Motion Picture! Staring George Clooney! Who tries to save Piglet! But he fails! Because if you show Piglet and a Velociraptor in Act I, you have to show Piglet getting eaten in Act III! (Unless the screenplay is by Chekhov, in which case the eating happens off-camera!)


tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 11:33:30 am PDT #7904 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.

Another cute-yet-freaky baby: [link]


Gudanov - Sep 10, 2009 11:33:54 am PDT #7905 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Really it's a win-win to move the funding. The Velociraptors will pick off the weak members of the herd, but the increased sex will make up for it.

When I said this I just wanted to clarify, nobody is talking about using Velociraptors to eat the sick and elderly to save costs in the health care reform effort.


Aims - Sep 10, 2009 11:35:02 am PDT #7906 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I totally am. I'm tired of the sick and elderly. "Cough cough bitch bitch back in my day..."

Well it's our day now, Grandpa! Now take this piece of steak to that cranky-looking lizard and shaddup!


tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 11:37:16 am PDT #7907 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.

Now take this piece of steak to that cranky-looking lizard and shaddup!

Making this Pay-Per-View could raise money for health care for the remaining elderly. Or a luxury-car tax-credit for the non-elderly.


tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 11:39:34 am PDT #7908 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.

These look so cool! Prototype airless vehicle tires

As we have reported before, the idea of an airless tire (or "tweel") is at least as old as the 1930s. Still, these photos of prototype non-pneumatic tires under development for the US military by Resilient Technologies, LLC, are pretty sick. Gimme!