I got a bad rep as a squirrel kicker,
Kicker of squirrels!
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 09, 2011 2:53:24 pm PST #27359 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cass - Mar 09, 2011 2:55:47 pm PST #27360 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Driving on the beach at Daytona those damned seagulls KNEW I couldn't go faster than 10 mph and that I couldn't go outside the lines. I wanted to chase them with my car so very much.
Seriously, I am the more alpha creature and I am driving a mechanical crunchy coated thing - fleeeeeeeeeeee before me.
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 2:58:17 pm PST #27361 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.
Cool headline: Genetic Errors Nixed Penis Spines, Enlarged Our Brains
Geneticists have linked the physical appearance of humans to patches of DNA lost in the 5 million years since we shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees. One loss prevented men from growing penile barbs, which chimps possess. Another enlarged some regions of our brain.
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Bigger brains are an obvious advantage (“It probably helped us become the thinkers we are today,” Bejerano said), but it’s unclear why evolution weeded out the spines. These tiny, hair-like projections, found in male chimps and cats, can trigger female ovulation. They also increase sensitivity and remove existing sperm, ostensibly giving males a reproductive advantage. Bejerano suspects the spines are conducive to monogamy.
Could restoring the relevant regulatory DNA in humans resurrect penile spines? “I’m going to leave it to others to paint that picture and its consequences,” said evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll of the University of Wisconsin, who wasn’t involved in the study. “But my guess is that something would probably happen.”
meara - Mar 09, 2011 3:00:31 pm PST #27362 of 30001
http://www.slate.com/id/2287215/
For all you non-huggers out there, a Slate piece by someone else who does not appreciate the hugging.
Theodosia - Mar 09, 2011 3:03:37 pm PST #27363 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"
Now I'm thinking condom with the slogan, "armored for her pleasure"....
Jesse - Mar 09, 2011 3:04:52 pm PST #27364 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For all you non-huggers out there, a Slate piece by someone else who does not appreciate the hugging.
Some of you guys would be very impressed at how far I've come -- when I met my coworker for dinner the other day, I let her hug me with hardly any flinching! (But seriously: We had seen each other like an hour earlier at work.)
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 3:07:24 pm PST #27365 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
::::::::tries to remember if she tried to hug Jesse at Bukowski's::::::nervous:::::::
Jessica - Mar 09, 2011 3:07:33 pm PST #27366 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bejerano suspects the spines are conducive to monogamy.
I suspect they may be conducive to abstinence.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2011 3:08:16 pm PST #27367 of 30001
brillig
One loss prevented men from growing penile barbs, which chimps possess. Another enlarged some regions of our brain.
Though actually I see an evolutionary cause and effect from bigger brains and barbless penises: "Let's see, if my dick looks less frightening, I get more attention from the gorgeous cave chicks . . ."
Jesse - Mar 09, 2011 3:09:19 pm PST #27368 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think we did hug, javachik.... It's fine! I am totally on-board with that author's categories.