You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Theodosia - Oct 17, 2013 5:09:33 am PDT #9306 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"

Why on earth is approximate time of urination important at all?

PhD candidates have to justify their existence somehow.


Jessica - Oct 17, 2013 5:09:47 am PDT #9307 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Also, what do they yell instead of "George Bush!" in "Only For Now" now? Obama??

I think they change that line up pretty regularly.


billytea - Oct 17, 2013 5:10:59 am PDT #9308 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

(Also, what do they yell instead of "George Bush!" in "Only For Now" now? Obama??)

"Ted Cruz" has the same number of syllables...


billytea - Oct 17, 2013 5:14:06 am PDT #9309 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Standard deviation of 13 seconds means that nearly everyone takes between 8 and 34 seconds, though, right?

If the distribution follows a bell curve, about two thirds of everyone. However, if I'm reading this right, they're saying that the average time for almost every species is 21 seconds. They all tend to cluster around the same point. The standard deviation is within each species, not between the averages for each species.


Jesse - Oct 17, 2013 5:16:21 am PDT #9310 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, off to pee with a stopwatch. BRB.


tommyrot - Oct 17, 2013 5:20:12 am PDT #9311 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Slayers! (Scooby-Doo/Buffy t-shirt. Which I need.)

Also, The Inconceivables


Jesse - Oct 17, 2013 5:24:03 am PDT #9312 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey David, Kenji Lopez-Alt is doing a whole series on sandwiches in the Mission: [link]


Dana - Oct 17, 2013 5:25:46 am PDT #9313 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, this needs to be on Good Stuff.

[link]


brenda m - Oct 17, 2013 5:28:09 am PDT #9314 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Did they control for how much coffee and/or beer the various species had drunk?


Steph L. - Oct 17, 2013 5:42:34 am PDT #9315 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh, this needs to be on Good Stuff.

I am emphatically not a fan of public proposals, but this one is actually pretty damn awesome. I really dig the Vote-Bot with flowers.