Comments on: A medium serving of bollocks http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:47:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tony Coyle http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38699 Tony Coyle Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:38:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38699 regarding Australian 'wildlife' -- you have nothing to compare with the wild haggis, native to Scotland! The haggis (<i>g. nutrimens occultii</i>) is an elusive creature that requires great stealth and intelligence to catch. It exists in great abundance, yet the lack of sightings 'in the wild' attest to it's uncanny stealth abilities. (I understand it was from the haggis that the skunkworks discovered how to make stealth aircraft - and not many people know that!) regarding Australian ‘wildlife’ — you have nothing to compare with the wild haggis, native to Scotland!

The haggis (g. nutrimens occultii) is an elusive creature that requires great stealth and intelligence to catch. It exists in great abundance, yet the lack of sightings ‘in the wild’ attest to it’s uncanny stealth abilities. (I understand it was from the haggis that the skunkworks discovered how to make stealth aircraft - and not many people know that!)

]]> By: Tony Coyle http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38687 Tony Coyle Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:51:02 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38687 Mindy - I'll stay, but just for you! Mindy - I’ll stay, but just for you!

]]> By: Tony Coyle http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38686 Tony Coyle Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:49:32 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38686 <i>nd raise hobbits.</i> what's wrong with leaving them the size they are? nd raise hobbits.

what’s wrong with leaving them the size they are?

]]> By: Mindy Carney http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38685 Mindy Carney Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:11:19 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38685 I'm trying to imagine the scope of the damage a drop-bear can do. OR a hoop-snake. A drop-bear - does he attack with his droppings? By dropping items on his prey? By dropping in on his prey before eating them? By dropping from a tree or a balcony and landing on his prey? Just curious. And the snake - - has a hoop and lassos prey, or perhaps disguises his snakely self AS a hoop, and just as the hips start gyrating, unhoops himself and sinks in his fangs? OR stays hooped, just squeezing smaller and smaller until suffocation is the obvious end? Will I be punished for devolving a comment thread down to it the essence of drivel? I’m trying to imagine the scope of the damage a drop-bear can do. OR a hoop-snake. A drop-bear - does he attack with his droppings? By dropping items on his prey? By dropping in on his prey before eating them? By dropping from a tree or a balcony and landing on his prey? Just curious.

And the snake - - has a hoop and lassos prey, or perhaps disguises his snakely self AS a hoop, and just as the hips start gyrating, unhoops himself and sinks in his fangs? OR stays hooped, just squeezing smaller and smaller until suffocation is the obvious end?

Will I be punished for devolving a comment thread down to it the essence of drivel?

]]> By: Hank http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38683 Hank Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:05:13 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38683 Erich: horrorkeets, drop-bears and hoop-snakes are part of that great Aussie tradition of "lying through our teeth to make Aussie wildlife seem more bizarre and scary than it already is in order to freak out foreigners." But when I think about it, there's really no need to embellish our fauna's lethality :) Erich: horrorkeets, drop-bears and hoop-snakes are part of that great Aussie tradition of “lying through our teeth to make Aussie wildlife seem more bizarre and scary than it already is in order to freak out foreigners.” But when I think about it, there’s really no need to embellish our fauna’s lethality :)

]]> By: Hank http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38682 Hank Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:00:26 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38682 Mindy, we jealously guard our parrots o' doom (aka "horrorkeets"). No can do I'm afraid. You could always import some drop-bears though! Tony, I've yet to compare notes with PZ on Aussie cephalopods, but I must say it was very heartening when I discovered his affinity for our squishy overlords. As for NZ, it's brilliant. Nice people, amazing scenery, great weather, beautiful roads (though hard to appreciate in a campervan). Mrs Hank & I honeymooned there in '06 and always talk about going back (and I'll be renting something fast & British to take on some of those nice roads). He'll I'd happily retire there. Tomorrow! And raise hobbits. Mindy, we jealously guard our parrots o’ doom (aka “horrorkeets”). No can do I’m afraid. You could always import some drop-bears though!

Tony, I’ve yet to compare notes with PZ on Aussie cephalopods, but I must say it was very heartening when I discovered his affinity for our squishy overlords.

As for NZ, it’s brilliant. Nice people, amazing scenery, great weather, beautiful roads (though hard to appreciate in a campervan). Mrs Hank & I honeymooned there in ‘06 and always talk about going back (and I’ll be renting something fast & British to take on some of those nice roads). He’ll I’d happily retire there. Tomorrow! And raise hobbits.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38681 Erich Vieth Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:54:55 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38681 Acid-spitting attack parrots? Is that a metaphor? Acid-spitting attack parrots? Is that a metaphor?

]]> By: Mindy Carney http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38680 Mindy Carney Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:44:39 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38680 Geez, Tony, don't go now. We're finally just starting to MAYBE head back toward secularism. It will be a long, slow journey, made all the slower should intellects like yours up and vacate! Stay a while longer, help us fight the good fight. We're not as loud as they are. We need the brain cells. Geez, Tony, don’t go now. We’re finally just starting to MAYBE head back toward secularism. It will be a long, slow journey, made all the slower should intellects like yours up and vacate!

Stay a while longer, help us fight the good fight. We’re not as loud as they are. We need the brain cells.

]]> By: Tony Coyle http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38675 Tony Coyle Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:31:01 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38675 Hank: Does <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/" rel="nofollow">PZ</a> know about your multitudinous poisonous octopi? When I moved to the US (in '95) it appeared to be moving towards secularism - how was I to know the 'tards were merely biding their time! (Unlike them, I don't claim the power of prophesy) My wife and I have been looking with envy at Australia - it's just so far away from family and friends (but then again - it's really far away from family! :-P ). Kiwiville seems just a little parochial for us! Hank: Does PZ know about your multitudinous poisonous octopi?

When I moved to the US (in ‘95) it appeared to be moving towards secularism - how was I to know the ‘tards were merely biding their time! (Unlike them, I don’t claim the power of prophesy)

My wife and I have been looking with envy at Australia - it’s just so far away from family and friends (but then again - it’s really far away from family! :-P ). Kiwiville seems just a little parochial for us!

]]> By: Mindy Carney http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/04/20/a-medium-serving-of-bollocks/comment-page-1/#comment-38665 Mindy Carney Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:26:39 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=6308#comment-38665 ::::excitedly waving hand in air while bouncing up and down::::: Attack parrots?! Cool! Me, pick me!! I want one!!! Where does one get one of those jaunty, helpful pets? Perhaps you could FedEx one to me, carefully concealed as a "regular" live-animal-please-exercise-caution package? I won't tell anyone where I got it, I swear. That'll teach the ignorant little bastards-in-training who tromp down my breezeway and turn on my spigot right before dropping their junk food wrappers in my yard . . . . ::::excitedly waving hand in air while bouncing up and down::::: Attack parrots?! Cool! Me, pick me!! I want one!!! Where does one get one of those jaunty, helpful pets? Perhaps you could FedEx one to me, carefully concealed as a “regular” live-animal-please-exercise-caution package? I won’t tell anyone where I got it, I swear.

That’ll teach the ignorant little bastards-in-training who tromp down my breezeway and turn on my spigot right before dropping their junk food wrappers in my yard . . . .

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