The 'wondering about stuff' thread

[jon]

Old people peeing, cows lactating, what's the difference?

[Lemonade]

I think then I shall refer to the milk things as "piss-boxes" henceforth.

As in:

"Hey I'm going down to the shop, do you need anything?"

"Yeah, can you get me 20 silver Marlboro, a Press & Journal, and a 2 litre piss-box of milk? There's money in my jacket pocket"

[Flash@TMB]

I'm certainly never drinking milk in an old folks home again. Just in case there's been a mix up.

[jon]

Just don't buy the ones with yellow tops.

[DJ Jo-D]

after the happy birthday comment ni ace-ic....I am wondering (maybe just being blonde) what you say for happy birthday in advance...if it's belated happy birthday for in the past? is it cause I'm thick or is there a term?

[Lemonade]

after the happy birthday comment ni ace-ic....I am wondering (maybe just being blonde) what you say for happy birthday in advance...if it's belated happy birthday for in the past? is it cause I'm thick or is there a term?

Wouldn't you just say "Happy Birthday for Friday" or whatever?

[Soda Jerk]

There's no snow in the jungle buddy. Freezing to death wouldn't be a huge issue for you. Likewise chasing down your prey and ripping into with your teeth probably wouldn't be your best bet for nutrition.

I rest my case LOL

I didn't say jungle. You did. I said wild, since there's no jungles here, so I took this current climate into the equation... If we'd have evolved to be suited to that sort of habitat, then after millions of years, we'd possibly be capable of dealing with it. But, we're not, and it's got nothing to do with 'brain power'. Instead, we used intelligence to advance as a civilisation. We created tools and weaponry to hunt food, instead of brawling with it like other carnivores would. We even turned that into an industry. and so on.

We weren't always being born in hospitals and applying for mortgages. Before there was civilisation, the species we evolved from were in the wild. Consindering that we're not extinct kind of suggests that we dealt with it pretty well., don't you think?

[Alkaline]

I didn't say jungle. You did. I said wild, since there's no jungles here, so I took this current climate into the equation... If we'd have evolved to be suited to that sort of habitat, then after millions of years, we'd possibly be capable of dealing with it. But, we're not, and it's got nothing to do with 'brain power'. Instead, we used intelligence to advance as a civilisation. We created tools and weaponry to hunt food, instead of brawling with it like other carnivores would. We even turned that into an industry. and so on.

We weren't always being born in hospitals and applying for mortgages. Before there was civilisation, the species we evolved from were in the wild. Consindering that we're not extinct kind of suggests that we dealt with it pretty well., don't you think?

I'm convinced i'd be able to survive in the jungle. You, not so much.

[Soda Jerk]

You said a while ago you'd be able to kill another human if you had to, to survive, so you're probably right. I'd probably blow chunks before I'd even seen any blood. I'm just not made for killing. If I was to survive in the jungle, I'd probably just eat bananas, but even then, you're not supposed to have too much potassium.

[Flash@TMB]

Emos are alright but not sure I could eat a whole one.

[Moose]

Apostrophes. You know when you have one at the end of a word but its just on its own? In example, "that muffin is Ross' ". When do you do this?

[Teabags]

When the word ends with S.

[Bigsby]

When the word ends with S.

Except not always.

St James' Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[berti]

Apostrophes. You know when you have one at the end of a word but its just on its own? In example, "that muffin is Ross' ". When do you do this?

yeah, when the word ends in s but the object in question belongs to that very fella.

otherwise it would be ross's, which is just retarded. like a cat wearing socks

[Flash@TMB]

I'm convinced i'd be able to survive in the jungle. You, not so much.

You might enjoying reading this:

Krakauer, Jon - Into the Wild

Goto page 52, about halfway down, continuing onto page 53 - the story of Gene Rosellini. he was a brilliant academic who spent 10 years living in isolation as a stone age man. It's eerie!

[Flash@TMB]

I swear to God I didn't mean to kill this thread!

[JaseyBoi]

As we all know my grammar sucks but heres one that boggles me

We spell design, design and we pronounce it des-ign....But if we add agnat it becomes designate pronounced des-ig-nate. ...With me?.

That is all.

[paranoid]

We spell design, design and we pronounce it des-ign....But if we add agnat it becomes designate

Erm, if you add "agnat" to Design, wouldn't it be designagnat?

o_O

[ca_gere]

Erm, if you add "agnat" to Design, wouldn't it be designagnat?

o_O

haha, didn't even notice that.

design-a-gnat... sounds like a Blue Peter competition.

[waltz]

If Miley Cyrus has two personalities, one being Hannah Montana, how come she's a dick in both of them?

[TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH]

That's what they all say. MURDERER!

Aye, calm down fanny baws.

[KarmaTsunami]

For that theory to work in the sheep example they would have had to have fallen/jumped from something not high enough to kill them but high enough to hurt/give them a fright.

Sheep don't climb trees as a lamb so I don't believe this to be viable.

Sheep and goats have the same type of hooves right?

[Monster Zero]

Sheep and goats have the same type of hooves right?

I'm afraid I'm no expert on goat/sheep hooves but I was thinking of your typical sheep as found in this country, as far as I am aware they have not been recorded as climbing trees. Undoubtedly mountain goats used to zapping up the sides of rocky terrain are nimble and adept at balancing on narrow ledges, I suspect that picture indicates such a breed. Also that tree has individual limbs sprouting very low to the ground so allowing the goats to leap on and hence between branches rather than 'climb' as such. Hooves by design won't allow 'climbing', that to me suggests gripping and pulling up of weight, but I suppose if you take the basic concept of getting to a higher level then what those goats are doing would suffice.

"Anal answer over" - show me a pick of a typical Flossie in a tree then I'll be impressed.

[KarmaTsunami]

Sheeps could climb trees, but they don't need to since all their food is on the ground. I bet they'd totally climb trees if they had to. This is of course pure speculation, although I bet there's a zoology department somewhere trying it.

[tv tanned]

Sheeps could climb trees, but they don't need to since all their food is on the ground. I bet they'd totally climb trees if they had to. This is of course pure speculation, although I bet there's a zoology department somewhere trying it.

I am pretty sure they are not designed to climb trees, but who knows?

I reckon there probably is someone, somewhere, who has been awarded a grant to research this. Probably because they said it was to try and find the cure for cancer.