Topic: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless. (Read 1448852 times)

sitnspin · « **Reply #3351 on:** 03 Feb 2021, 10:14 »

I mean, the blood does replace itself in a relatively short time, the child should be fine.

LeeC · « **Reply #3352 on:** 05 Feb 2021, 02:09 »

Tova · « **Reply #3353 on:** 06 Feb 2021, 02:48 »

Australia! If the waves don't get you, the bluebottles will ...

https://twitter.com/findisaac/status/1356704143994286081/photo/1

LTK · « **Reply #3354 on:** 06 Feb 2021, 06:05 »

Quote from: Tova on 06 Feb 2021, 02:48

Australia! If the waves don't get you, the bluebottles will ...

https://twitter.com/findisaac/status/1356704143994286081/photo/1

...What am I looking at?

sitnspin · « **Reply #3355 on:** 06 Feb 2021, 07:29 »

From context I gathered that "bluebottles" are some form of stinging aquatic lifeform and that beach is apparently covered in them?

Tova · « **Reply #3356 on:** 06 Feb 2021, 11:00 »

Bluebottle jellyfish (article from 2019)

LTK · « **Reply #3357 on:** 06 Feb 2021, 11:34 »

Ahh, I know those as Portugese Man 'o Wars. Nasty things.

Morituri · « **Reply #3358 on:** 07 Feb 2021, 15:39 »

Yikes. How dare they use a name for those jellyfish that DOESN'T immediately invoke the safety warnings and facts that people know about for coping with the Portuguese Man'o'war?

Giving those things a name that doesn't connect in people's minds to the relevant safety information they already have is just irresponsible!

Tova · « **Reply #3359 on:** 07 Feb 2021, 23:33 »

In Australia, the name bluebottle invokes all those safety warnings much more readily than Portuguese Man'o'war (well, at least as readily anyway)

How dare you guys use an unfamilar name?

To be serious ... I think they may technically be different species.

Cornelius · « **Reply #3360 on:** 08 Feb 2021, 02:40 »

Wiki says it's the same one.

When I hear bluebottle, I think of the fly, though.

Tova · « **Reply #3361 on:** 08 Feb 2021, 15:46 »

You may notice that wiki redirects physalia utriculus (bluebottle) to the same page as physalia physalis (Portuguese Man o’ War).

Also, check out the page on Man o' War:

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- Portuguese man o' war, a floating marine animal found in the Atlantic that resembles a jellyfish
- Physalia utriculus, also known as Indo-Pacific Portuguese man o' war, a similar species found in the Indo-Pacific

So I guess Indo-Pacific Man o' War is also a name that's used?

Anyway, they are very similar. The bluebottle is smaller and less venomous.

Ref: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/11/australian-bluebottles/

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3362 on:** 10 Feb 2021, 03:53 »

Akima · « **Reply #3363 on:** 11 Feb 2021, 15:53 »

That's one way to blunt the threat of a deadly ghost girl.

LeeC · « **Reply #3364 on:** 12 Feb 2021, 22:15 »

LeeC · « **Reply #3365 on:** 19 Feb 2021, 23:41 »

I posted two things on Imgur yesterday. They both made front page. I am happy.

LeeC · « **Reply #3366 on:** 20 Feb 2021, 08:54 »

I think this bank robbery scene is totally safe for work, but just in case, I put it in a spoiler.

(click to show/hide)

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #3367 on:** 25 Feb 2021, 19:08 »

My friend came up with a good new quote: "There's no way to have your cake, eat it too, give it to your friends, save it for later, and sacrifice it to Ba'lal, Destroyer of Worlds."

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3368 on:** 14 Mar 2021, 19:16 »

sitnspin · « **Reply #3369 on:** 14 Mar 2021, 22:44 »

Okay, that was legit funny AF.

hedgie · « **Reply #3370 on:** 14 Mar 2021, 23:28 »

It *is* good. Also, quite true about the stress of being waitstaff.

LeeC · « **Reply #3371 on:** 15 Mar 2021, 04:19 »

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3372 on:** 21 Mar 2021, 04:38 »

LeeC · « **Reply #3373 on:** 25 Mar 2021, 09:18 »

LeeC · « **Reply #3374 on:** 28 Mar 2021, 19:22 »

If Agatha Christie's Poirot Was Your Housemate

LeeC · « **Reply #3375 on:** 31 Mar 2021, 19:38 »

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3376 on:** 01 Apr 2021, 08:11 »

cesium133 · « **Reply #3377 on:** 01 Apr 2021, 16:19 »

To be fair to brain, blowing on ice cream does warm it up. It helps soften the ice cream if it's cold enough to make it hard.

Dock Braun · « **Reply #3378 on:** 01 Apr 2021, 17:05 »

Quote from: LeeC on 31 Mar 2021, 19:38

[400m container ship]

Today I learned that I've known for decades exactly how many minutes an my stroll aft--bow through a container [editor's note: the author almost wrote shipping] ship would take: exactly as long as---whatever weather---mine walks between mine and an mine acquaintance's homes do.

LeeC · « **Reply #3379 on:** 04 Apr 2021, 11:50 »

If Dumb and Dumber was an Oscar Worthy Drama

LeeC · « **Reply #3380 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 21:19 »

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3381 on:** 08 Apr 2021, 01:41 »

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3382 on:** 15 Apr 2021, 03:51 »

hedgie · « **Reply #3383 on:** 26 Apr 2021, 07:49 »

Tragically, I recall some guy getting sacked and dragged through the mud after talking about dating someone at a high school, because he was simply too daft to mention that she was a teacher there.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #3384 on:** 29 Apr 2021, 12:37 »

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #3385 on:** 10 May 2021, 21:54 »

In school today, I reached for into my backpack at the start of the lesson and realized I'd forgotten my calculator (an absolute must-have). A friend sitting in front of me heard me grumbling about this and handed me his. He was so confident about it that I didn't object, thinking he must have had two. Instead, he raised his hand and said, "Could I borrow a calculator for today? I forgot mine."

What a hero. Give this man a medal.

LeeC · « **Reply #3386 on:** 11 May 2021, 20:43 »

hedgie · « **Reply #3387 on:** 28 May 2021, 07:39 »

Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 10 May 2021, 21:54

In school today, I reached for into my backpack at the start of the lesson and realized I'd forgotten my calculator (an absolute must-have). A friend sitting in front of me heard me grumbling about this and handed me his. He was so confident about it that I didn't object, thinking he must have had two. Instead, he raised his hand and said, "Could I borrow a calculator for today? I forgot mine."

What a hero. Give this man a medal.

Heh. I managed to forget mine for the AP Calc exam, which also happened to be on a day when my allergies were flaring up so hard that I was tripping off the Benadryl. I’m really surprised that I not only passed, but did so comfortably, since I don’t remember the exam itself.