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[Metope]

Is there a reason the norwegian poet is on a danish site?

It's from 1927 when Norwegians basically wrote (and to some extent spoke) Danish. Don't know why it's on a Danish site, I just used the first google result.

[Gurkburk]

Is there a reason the norwegian poet is on a danish site?

Those non-America countries are all the same, dude

Not when you're surrounded by them, bro

Also, for lack of better content and trying desperately to stay on topic I just learned the thermals are much better now than they used to be. Go figure!

[Emaline]

I once saw The Thermals with Cursive. They put on a good live show. It was amusing though because the venue was basically filled with teenagers, and once the Thermals got off the stage, all the kids left.

[Eris]

Today I learned that Sperm Whales have a bone in their penises.


Top. That.

[jodizzle]

Bears go mad with lust over toothpaste.  they have ripped cam sites apart over toothpaste!  You are safer to carry a freshly slaughtered Elks leg than a tube of toothpaste around bears!

I will have a QI off with you Han.

[Eris]

The word "bug" is a term that classifies a sucking insect. So you can have a beetle that is also a bug, or a bug that is an insect. A mosquito is a bug, where as a fly is not.


The Cochineal is the bug that red dye is derived from. It was generally removed from food dyes when people objected that they would be eating animal products if it was used in foods that would normally be ok for vegetarians, and a synthetic dye was created for food colourings. However, red smarties still use Carmine (the dye from the cochineal bugs)


Jodie, this stuff is filling what little free space I have left in my brain. Soon there will be no space left and I will have to forget important stuff!

[JD]

I learned that moving sucks.blaugh

[Eris]

I learned that to make a mule you have to have a male donkey and a female horse. The other way round is called a hinny. Who would have guessed that would have made a difference? not me, that's for sure.

[Ozymandias]

Allikevel er det et sødt og saligt under,
at engene her, med korn og krat og trær,

Beautiful.

[RedLion]

Today I learned that Sperm Whales have a bone in their penises.


Top. That.

Raccoons are the only animal that have a bone in their penis.

So says Garey Busey!

Topped.

[Dazed]

Today I learned about a lung condition called Pleurisy. Apparently, one of my friends was briefly hospitalized with it.

[Slick]

Also, for lack of better content and trying desperately to stay on topic I just learned the thermals are much better now than they used to be. Go figure!

No. Fuckin' A is clearly their best album.

Today I learned some dude on the internet has the wrong opinion about the thermals.

[Gurkburk]

Slick I consider you to be more than just some dude. You're some bald dude.

[jodizzle]

Today I learned that Sperm Whales have a bone in their penises.

Raccoons are the only animal that have a bone in their penis.

Cats also have a bone in their penis, as well as a barb.

If you put a magnet near honeycomb it will make a cylindrical shape.

The rights to the song Happy Birthday were bought in 1988 for 28 million dollars.  they make 2 million on it a year.

[Eris]

Badgers also have a bone in their penis.

[Spluff]

I wonder if every time I sing happy birthday I am racking up a huge debt to some company - and when they finally track me down I will owe them millions upon millions of dollars.

[jodizzle]

Oh also, apparently it was discovered that sheep had morphic thought patterns or whatever it is because they learned to get over cattle grids by laying on thier backs and kind of rolling over, and this way of doing it spread across Australia without the sheep getting together and talking about it.  A similar thing happened with tits and learning to peck through the silver tops of milk bottles, which spread from England to Ireland and Scotland in a matter of days.

Apparently!

I just like the idea of sheep rolling across cattle grids to be honest.

(Also Spluff, apparently if you sing Happy Birthday in a restaurant you owe them (I think it is Warner Bros? Unsure) money!)

[Gurkburk]

So basically if I teach one sheep kung fu they'll all know it in a matter of days?

Awesome.

[mooface]

I learned that to make a mule you have to have a male donkey and a female horse. The other way round is called a hinny. Who would have guessed that would have made a difference? not me, that's for sure.

it's the same thing with ligers, too!  if the dad is a lion and a mom is a tiger, then the baby is a liger.  but if the dad is a tiger and the mom is a lion, then the baby is a tigon.

ligers tend to grow a lot bigger then either a tiger or a lion normally would, while tigons remain about the same size as their parent species.

female tigons and ligers are fertile, but males are not.  this means the world will never see a liger/tigon mix... aw

[fatty]

i would have liked to imagine that a male horse and female donkey would produce a horskey.

[öde]

I want a horskey!

[Patrick]

Yesterday, I learned how to play the bagpipes! I can't play any songs on them but if I ever got a set of pipes and managed to get my lungs and diaphragm in the proper shape for doing it for an extended period of time, I'd totally love to learn a bunch of traditional pipe stuff.

[MrBlu]

Interesting thought. What would you get if you mixed a Horsekey and a Ligon (Liger+Tigon)?

[Dazed]

Patrick, what's the difference between onions and bagpipes?

Nobody cries when you chop up bagpipes.

Annnnnd what do you call a bagpiper who breaks up with his girlfriend?

Homeless.

[Emaline]

Bag pipes and accordians are seriously under apperciated instruments.

[valley_parade]

Yesterday, I learned how to play the bagpipes! I can't play any songs on them but if I ever got a set of pipes and managed to get my lungs and diaphragm in the proper shape for doing it for an extended period of time, I'd totally love to learn a bunch of traditional pipe stuff.

Patrick, you're moving to Boston and we're starting a Celtic punk band.

[pen]

Shane, that'd only work if YOU moved to Boston, as well.

[valley_parade]

The wheels are in motion towards that happening, Rachel!

[jhocking]

Bag pipes and accordians are seriously under apperciated instruments.

I totally want bagpipes at my funeral because their sound is stirring and majestic. Only nothing about me is Scottish so it would probably be pretty weird.

[ibrahimdelil]

i learned today that you shouldn't speed with a 20 y.o. ford, because the damn thing just won't go round the corners. the ride is smooth as a pillow though. and its spare parts are CHEAP.

[pwhodges]

Bagpipes of some form or other come from many parts of the world.  Well at any rate: Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (where they probably originated), and across into Asia.

[Jace]

I learned just now that if you live in an apartment, please keep your domestic arguments indoors and at a reasonable volume.

to the guy in my apartment complex arguing with his girlfriend/fiance/wife: Stop yelling FAAAWWWWWK YOUUUU FAAAWWWWWK YOU really loud after everything she says. Some of us are trying to sleep. This is something you should learn.

[De_El]

Today I learned more about the expansion of the Panama Canal, and why the Panamanian economy needs it, but also that it is like multi-billion dollar project and a lot of that money is going to disappear into various people's pockets. Politics!

[Spluff]

Today I learnt about the Cordyceps! They are a genus of fungi that each infect a specific insect. When an insect is infected by this fungi, it sends them rather crazy, and they will generally climb to a higher place and lock their legs around a twig or something. Then, the fungus begins to grow and a stem bursts out of the insects body!




awesome

[jodizzle]

Man that is so awesome.  SO AWESOME.

[Gilead]

Today I learnt that the medical definition of decapitation isn't quite the same as the common definition.

[RedLion]

How do they differ?

[mbb]

Also, for lack of better content and trying desperately to stay on topic I just learned the thermals are much better now than they used to be. Go figure!

Today I learned I've had my head out of all things music scene for a bit too long. I read this thinking "of course the thermals these days are better. technology/new combinations of materials..."

I also learned that one of the girls from my brain bowl team from high school has nearly nudes on the internet. And I was the last person in the word to discover xkcd.

[Alex C]

He might be talking about an "internal" or "orthopedic" decapitation, which is when the skull is seperated from the spinal column without being seperated from the other connective tissues. A skull can essentially be dislocated under rare circumstances; usually it happens in car accidents. It's usually fatal though.

[Gilead]

How do they differ?

Like alex c said, medical definition of decapitation is apparently just severing the spinal column of the neck, you don't need to take the whole shebang off for it to count.

[jhocking]

I learned that there is a travel stipend for a speaking engagement I have in April. I totally just assumed I'd be paying my own way there.

[Drill King]

Today I learnt about the Cordyceps! They are a genus of fungi that each infect a specific insect. When an insect is infected by this fungi, it sends them rather crazy, and they will generally climb to a higher place and lock their legs around a twig or something. Then, the fungus begins to grow and a stem bursts out of the insects body!




awesome

DID YOU WATCH PLANET EARTH?

Err. er..

Today I learned sleeping on a leather sofa will make you very sweaty.

[jhocking]

He might be talking about an "internal" or "orthopedic" decapitation, which is when the skull is seperated from the spinal column without being seperated from the other connective tissues. A skull can essentially be dislocated under rare circumstances; usually it happens in car accidents. It's usually fatal though.

oh I did not know this. Now I'm curious whether or not the person I know who was decapitated in a car accident got their head torn clean off. Either way it's still tragic, but it leaves me with a very different mental picture.

[Emaline]

Today I learned that no matter how many times you ask someone to not use a word incorrectly, chances are they are just too dumb/too much of a jerk to actually listen.


As some of you know, my 3 year old sister died recently. She was developmentaly delayed. She was retarded, the correct usage of the word.   I took some time off work after her death, and when I came back, I asked my coworkers to not use that word, or to at least not use it around me. Today, one coworker in particular has used that word incorrectly at least three times. I've only been here since 12. I really hate when people use that word wrong. Its like rubbing salt in a wound. I don't think I am asking too much.

[Mr. Skawronska]

Today I learned that the Greeks had many words for different kinds of love!

In alphabetical order:

Agape (Pronounced "Ah-GAH-pay"): This is actually a combination of two kinds of love, Eros and Storge.  It is the depth of Eros with the friendship of Storge.  It is altruistic and giving without expectation of anything in return;  The willing sacrifice of self for another.

Eros (Pronounced "AIR-oss"): The romantic love, with passion, depth, and intimacy.  This is the love between intimate partners.

Ludas: The chaste, public love of one for another, the playful, superficial love without intimacy.  Similar to fandom.

Mania: The combination of Eros and Ludas, with characteristics of co-dependency, intensity, and jealousy, with intermittent intimacy, usually with one partner in control of the relationship and the other in a possessive, dependent (Mania) state.

Pragma: The combination of Storge and Ludas in which one chooses a partner with certain values and characteristics.  A relationship of convenience;  Practical love.

Storge: Friendship-based love.  Strong sense of bonding and companionship, but little to no physical intimacy.


The greeks had other words, like Philia, which is a loyalty type of love, and Thelema, which is more of a desire than love.

There ya go.

S

[Siibillam-Law]

Today I learnt a bunch of conspiracy theories inolving the CIA, then I shot my friend for boring me for an hour

Then I watched QI and learnt a whole lot of new interesting things, like the earth has a shitload more moons than I thought and that the only green mammal is a sloth

[Mr. Skawronska]

Most conspiracy theories involving CIA are complete hokum.  Analytically, CIA has few peers in this world.

Operationally...well...let's just say that they've managed to screw up a few things throughout history that you would think would be difficult to impossible to screw up.  Mind-bogglingly so.

Robert A. Heinlein said it best:  "Never attribute to malice what can more easily be explained by stupidity."

CIA's a hobby of mine.

S

[mooface]

yesterday i learned that polar bears evolved out of grizzly bears when the earth got cold!

i also learned that polar bear moms kill baby seals so they can eat and feed their young.  one cute thing has to die so another cute thing can live, and i can't choose which side to cheer for   nature sucks!

when it's winter polar bears live way out on the ice that covers the frozen ocean waters.  as the weather warms, they jump off their ice floe and swim back to land.  if they are too far out (which is happening more and more now that the earth is warming) or a storm comes while they are making their journey, they drown and die!  sad!

polar bears are so awesome, i wish i had one.

[Ladybug]

Today I learnt that there are camels in Mongolia! And they have tons of hair around their necks and look sort of funny. Is this common knowledge? I didn't know, and my friend didn't either, but maybe we should've?

I also learnt that meeting someone you've talked to online for like 4 or 5 years, who knows way too much about you and is way too similar to you when it comes to shyness and silentness, is exactly as awkward and anti-climax as suspected, but can be..okay?

[Barmymoo]

I have a friend called Hinny, but as far as I know both her parents are human.

Today I learnt that it is possible to split a payment over two credit cards. This isn't very exciting, I know, but I've been working in a supermarket for six months and I didn't know that so it was quite a revelation.