echidna sperm travels in gangs of up to 100, making them faster at reaching the egg and presumably giving them an advantage in West Side Story-style dance-fights.
When you're a gamete you're a gamete all the way.
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jun 25, 2014 3:16:17 am PDT #683 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Jesse - Jun 25, 2014 3:33:41 am PDT #684 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Made it to jury duty. The two-bus voyage to the suburbs would have actually been super quick and easy if not for the 20 minute wait in between buses. Wish me luck!
Theodosia - Jun 25, 2014 3:59:41 am PDT #685 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"
Should we wish you a Twelve-Angry-Men type jury or a swift dismissal?
hippocampus - Jun 25, 2014 4:37:34 am PDT #686 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
hooray, Jilli!
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2014 5:18:35 am PDT #687 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.
Possible Good Stuff: Sweet Photos of Animal Parents and their Young - Neatorama
-t - Jun 25, 2014 5:45:12 am PDT #688 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, Jesse, whatever that may mean in this particular situation.
I would go see the echidna reproductive cell version of West Side Story.
My official hire date anniversary happened while I was on vacation - I've been an employee here a year. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
sarameg - Jun 25, 2014 6:42:54 am PDT #689 of 30000
It takes Fedex employees longer to put together a shipment using their Fedex software at the store than it takes me using the website.
(Observed while waiting in line to just pick up a package.)
Also, miserably muggy out. It may only be 82, but horrid day to walk across campus. Thank god for server room access.
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2014 6:54:11 am PDT #690 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.
Of possible interest to Jilli: Zero Teapot - Neatorama
Zero in on your love of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas with the ceramic Zero Teapot from the NeatoShop. This frightfully fun collectible looks like Zero the ghost dog, with the handle and the lid designed to showcase his floppy white ears. A jack-o-lantern adorns his long snout.
Also cool: HTML head-tag earrings - Boing Boing
So, on which ear does the <head> tag go and which gets the </head> tag?
Connie Neil - Jun 25, 2014 6:56:09 am PDT #691 of 30000
brillig
We smuggled some diet Mountain Dew up to Hubby yesterday, and his migraines have disappeared. Yay, addiction. But the amusing part is the way the medical staff freaked out over seeing Mountain Dew.
No, not because of unhealthy drinks, not because of chemicals throwing off his treatment, not even because of the caffeine.
The University of Utah has signed an exclusivity agreement with Coca-Cola that no Pepsi products will be allowed on their campus. No, not even in private hands, brought in for personal use. As if a bunch of college aged people are going to forego their Dew.
Also, see their horror at him having a water jug with the logo of a competing medical establishment. "You didn't give me one!" he pointed out. They're going to find him one. I told him they should just tape over the offending logo.
-t - Jun 25, 2014 7:06:04 am PDT #692 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, Connie, that is something else!