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7 April 2004

Submitted by eve on Wed, 04/07/2004 - 8:54pm. Beautiful

"We need a dolphin with opposable thumbs."
"The combination of a dolphin and a monkey should do it, then."
"Hell of a love child."
"You have not been trained to think that way, so you don't. But I see it."
--Two guys who appear to be doing more drinking than eating at the hotel restaurant.

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Posted by copperhead on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 7:52am.

but why do they want a dolphin with opposable thumbs? do thumbs come any other way, anyway? are they still thumbs if they aren\\\'t opposable?

i went to war for my country and all i got was this lousy stump.

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Table fun

Posted by marinerd on Wed, 04/28/2004 - 7:57am.

Speaking of the Periodic Table, check this out.

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Children's shows and songs

Posted by Intelligirly on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 10:14am.

Hum it? I'll sing you the whole thing, including being my own backup singers. (Drat! Cebu beat me to it!) Iiiiiii can go ANYwheeeere-- Friends to know, and ways to grow, a Reading Rainbow. (reading rainbow) A Reading RainBOOOWWW (Reading RAINbooooww). Dude, I'd still watch that if I knew the times. I watched it while Cebu lived with me after graduating college. This may be why she knows the song.

What? She made me watch freakin' Teletubbies. For which I may never forgive her. Creepy horrible satan baby sun.

"Cooontact! Let's make coooonTACT. 3! 2! 1! contact!" With the Bloodhound Gang!! yay.

I'll be done now.

I love Mike!

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The other option would be pretty cool too.

Posted by Mike on Fri, 04/09/2004 - 10:52am.

Sea Monkeys 2.0!

I can't help but wonder exactly who trained him to "think that way."

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Posted by Saint on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 12:56pm.

My wife's friend has a pair of cats that each have 7 digits on the front paws. The extra two are in a thumb position. Aside from making the paws freakishly huge, they seem to be somewhat useful for letting Buddy and Overhill pry the lid off the bucket their food is kept in. It's a pity that they're fixed; cat evolution could have been on the fast track...

Note: I'm aware that the possession of extra toes is supposed to be non-hereditary. I'm also aware that Buddy and Overhill were both fathered by Kingfish, and he also had 7 toes on each front paw. *shrug*

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Polydactyly

Posted by Desert Fox on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 3:35pm.

Actually, polydactyly in cats *is* hereditary, and the gene for the trait is even a dominant one. Which is probably why it's so common -- sort of like near-sightedness in humans.

I have a mutant cat, myself -- a bob-tailed one. Her lack of tail and her chubbiness have led me to nickname her "Basketball Cat". She also plays fetch, but I'm pretty sure that's not genetic.

Cheers

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Posted by Saint on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 4:01pm.

I'll be damned. Our local vet claimed it wasn't hereditary. Of course, that info comes second-hand, through my wife's friend, so hopefully she just misunderstood--I'd hate to think our vet was that incompetant. The other two cats they have with the same father (different litter, though) don't have the extras.

Cool link, by the way. Informative, and the photos are oh so cute.

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How do I...

Posted by Desert Fox on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 3:33pm.

delete accidentally duplicated comments?

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Posted by Saint on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 4:02pm.

I'm not sure there is a way. You can edit it, so as to say something else (which is what I'm guessing you did here), but you can't get rid of it.

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Onion

Posted by Desert Fox on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 11:06am.

Apparently one or both of them had been reading the Onion. One of my favorite articles, too.

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Well

Posted by Kris the Girl on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 8:01am.

I'm glad the thought of a human/dolphin lovechild didn't enter their minds.
But it apparently did enter mine.

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Dolphin Thumbs

Posted by Jon on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 7:32am.

Besides being another great bad name...
There's a great short story about sessile (not-moving) creatures by Larry Niven, in which a device is created that serves this purpose. In fact, it's mentioned specifically near the end that it's very popular with dolphins for undersea exploration. (Of course, in Larry Niven's universe, dolphins get recognition as citizens.)

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Posted by slugbuggy on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 6:18am.

Folly, sheer folly. It'd be the end of us all.

Then again, maybe you'd just end up with finned monkeys, making it that much harder for them to engage in all that poo-flinging business which plagues zoo visitors. So there's that angle, which Mr. "where I went to college, we had regular discussions on interspecies miscegenation" also failed to consider.

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Posted by steff on Wed, 04/07/2004 - 10:49pm.

i gotta wonder what "we" need a dolphin with opposable thumbs FOR.

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Do they taste better with thu

Posted by dave on Wed, 04/21/2004 - 7:39pm.

Do they taste better with thumbs?

"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten"

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Thumbs...

Posted by ParU on Wed, 04/21/2004 - 10:21pm.

I think they don't have taste buds in their thumbs - I know I don't.
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Posted by Matt on Wed, 04/21/2004 - 11:58pm.

"But dolphins are intelligent and friendly!"

"Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise."

3 whopping cool points, though I think Dave might have had this quote in mind when he posted.

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Geez...

Posted by ParU on Thu, 04/22/2004 - 7:10pm.

Matt - you're going to devalue the whole 'cool pts' franchise -- besides you know you have to have the proviso that people whose usernames are 'fruits' can't compete.
So here's a dolphin question - what's the name of the 'most famous' dolphin (had his own TV show) and what was his 'signature' trick? - 1 cool pt
And Apple is ineligible!!!
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Flipper

Posted by steff on Thu, 04/22/2004 - 10:27pm.

you gotta be kidding. this does NOT count for cool points. i mean... flipper?? sheesh. *grin*

besides, i knew all the other ones. apple's just been lying in wait again. we all know i'll just give her any cool points i get anyhow, as i don't have a froot bat of my own and the hedgehogs are still hanging out at sluggy's, eating all his snack food and watching mtv.

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OK...

Posted by ParU on Sun, 04/25/2004 - 6:58pm.

But most of these young whippersnappers have never heard of Flipper (I so wanted a dolphin of my own back then)...
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Hey!

Posted by Inuki on Mon, 04/26/2004 - 7:33am.

I'm one of those "young whippersnappers," and I remember Flipper! I also remember all sorts of other odd stuff, like David the Gnome, Captain Planet, Square One, and 3-2-1 Contact. (I used to have a bright red 3-2-1 Contact hat, even.) And my family watches MASH reruns and occasionally I Dream of Jeannie.

There wasn't much to do in my house if I was home sick as a kid, so I watched TV. Mostly because I usually couldn't focus well enough to read, and because I kept falling asleep.

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"The Tropics are HOT!"

Posted by umrguy on Mon, 04/26/2004 - 10:33am.

I'm pretty sure I still have a 3-2-1 Contact! hat somewhere at home, although I think mine might be blue (or orange, I don't remember which).

-There's someone in my head, but it's not me.-

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Reading...

Posted by ParU on Mon, 04/26/2004 - 7:36pm.

So can you hum the Reading Rainbow song? I know I can...
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyy..

Posted by Cebu on Mon, 04/26/2004 - 7:39pm.

Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyy... I can fly twice as highhhhh...

...take a look... it's in a book... a reading rainbow. etc etc

In elementary school we used to walk to the nearby library and watch episodes of that. Not with a VCR, with a projector. ooh ahhh.

My brother liked 3-2-1 Contact, I myself was always a Sesame Street girl.

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Posted by Matt on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 8:37am.

I liked 3 2 1 Contact. I kept waiting for Spiderman to come on! Yay Spiderman!

And the great 60s humorist (and current mathematics professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz) Tom Lehrer did the L-Y and Silent E songs for that show. Very cool.

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Tom Lehrer is still alive???

Posted by ParU on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 7:09pm.

He did an absolutely spectacular Periodic Table song, that all chemists, indeed all who value the physical existence of matter, should listen to.
2 cool pts to anyone who comes up with it.
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Ask Apple

Posted by Apple on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 8:50pm.

Like anybody expected somebody else to come forward with the song. Although, it really isn't the best of copies.

And you didn't exclude me!! *grin*

In my neck of the woods (Chicagoland), Reading Rainbow is on in the wee hours of the morning. However, that's where being the family babysitter comes in handy, 'cause I'm always awake at that hour! My oldest nephew and my niece love that show, and Levar Burton has sight!! *grin* Also Rubbadubbers which scare me a little. Well, Finbar (the mighty scary shark arr, arr, arr) rocks.

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Woohoo!

Posted by paul on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 9:11pm.

I got a better copy here!

paul is not our savior.
paul is known as 'silk' to all who know and love him.
paul is a past master at floating progressive.
paul is that man.

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?

Posted by Saint on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 9:51am.

I've never seen 3 2 1 Contact. But I remember Spider-Man was a fairly frequent visitor to The Electric Company. Then again, Spider-Man appeared in a lot of things in that era that he probably regretted later (the horrible movies of the time come to mind, for instance).

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Posted by Matt on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 10:53pm.

Dammit! You're right, Saint. My bad. All my references were for The Electric Company.

And I've got a copy of The Periodic Table too. Doesn't everyone?

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Sure

Posted by steff on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 10:59pm.

just like everyone has a copy of the animaniacs singing the countries.

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Posted by umrguy on Tue, 04/27/2004 - 7:58am.

There's no law that says you can't be both, dear :D

-There's someone in my head, but it's not me.-

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Not all of them, steff.

Posted by paul on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 1:22am.

Some of them are hanging out here.

paul is not our savior.
paul is known as 'silk' to all who know and love him.
paul is a past master at floating progressive.
paul is that man.

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Heh

Posted by Saint on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 4:17pm.

You know, that really is...bad. But I have a funny feeling I'll catch myself singing the song tomorrow, which is worse.

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Okay then, let me make it up to you...

Posted by paul on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 10:35pm.

Try this instead. Or if that doesn't do it, have some LOTR fun.

paul is not our savior.
paul is known as 'silk' to all who know and love him.
paul is a past master at floating progressive.
paul is that man.

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.

Posted by Cebu on Wed, 04/28/2004 - 6:27pm.

Oh lordy, I never get tired of those badgers. All badger scenes restored? Now I have to see it!!

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Fantastic.

Posted by jcharles on Wed, 04/28/2004 - 1:31pm.

Not the hedgehog thing - that was beyond disturbing. But the badgers were great. Aragorn bopping to the badger-vibe made me laugh out loud.

shenme shenme shenme - It's a cat!

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*shrug*

Posted by Saint on Sat, 04/24/2004 - 9:47am.

Nice try at getting more stuff stuck in my head, but ever since the badger-mushroom song was posted, my computer (most likely in self defense) claims it cannot find the server for weebls-stuff.com.

Speaking of LoTR, though: One of the headlines that's popping up on my MSN sidebar is "Aid workers find ring of destruction in N. Korea", and while I realize this is not a laughing matter, all I can think of is a little gold ring being lifted out of the rubble....

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Heeee...

Posted by steff on Sat, 04/24/2004 - 10:17pm.

alone in this you are not.

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I should have known better...

Posted by steff on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 8:34am.

those? sick and wrong. also? not hedgehogs. not. ew.

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Yes, they are, they're just very naughty.

Posted by paul on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 10:30pm.

And I'll bet they made you laugh anyway. *gryn*

paul is not our savior.
paul is known as 'silk' to all who know and love him.
paul is a past master at floating progressive.
paul is that man.

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Somebody say cool points??

Posted by Apple on Thu, 04/22/2004 - 6:55am.

Southpark. More specifically, Stan and Cartman.

I just can't reseeeeest cool points.

*grin*

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Huh.

Posted by Kris the Girl on Thu, 04/22/2004 - 12:09pm.

Definitely read that "Satan and Cartman" the first time 'round. heh.

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So

Posted by tim on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 4:58am.

it could be trained to do underwater demolition and rescue and such
jeez...
no one else can see this?
oh wait...maybe i'm drunk.
--" The torture never stops"--

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But

Posted by hypoxic on Thu, 04/08/2004 - 9:09am.

I wonder if the dolphin will end up with a prehensile tail fluke. Would that be of any use whatsoever?

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Posted by Matt on Wed, 04/07/2004 - 9:58pm.

Aw, come on, Eve! Friends of mine and I (used to) talk like that all the time when we're sober!

Then we grew up.

But yeah, that magic window between about 3 and 6 beers can be an awfully... mind expanding place to be. After 6 or so, the torpor begins to set in.

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I swear this was all an accident

Posted by jcharles on Wed, 04/07/2004 - 10:02pm.

But now that it's actually happening and whatnot, could someone give me a hand?

I really need to take a nap here

shenme shenme shenme - It's a cat!

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