http://io9.com/hawkmoths-use-their-genitals-to-scare-off-bats-666105257
QuoteNow, scientists have discovered that at least three species of hawkmoths also produce ultrasonic sound in response to bat calls. But unlike their distantly related cousins, these moths produce the ultrasound using their genitals.
I blame Kai.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 05, 2013, 03:43:36 AM
http://io9.com/hawkmoths-use-their-genitals-to-scare-off-bats-666105257
QuoteNow, scientists have discovered that at least three species of hawkmoths also produce ultrasonic sound in response to bat calls. But unlike their distantly related cousins, these moths produce the ultrasound using their genitals.
I blame Kai.
That's AWESOME. :lol:
Can you imagine getting bitten by a radioactive Hawk Moth?
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 05, 2013, 03:53:07 AM
Can you imagine getting bitten by a radioactive Hawk Moth?
...Lady Battlequeef...
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
I'm finding all sorts of freaky-awesome shit about bugs lately. I'm excited by this.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/new-fly-may-bug-crime-scene-investigators-6C10534499
QuoteTo determine how long a person has been dead, insect specialists collect flies found swarming in and around corpses, determine the fly species and its age. "From how old it is, you can then work backward and say, 'okay, the body had to have been here a minimum of this time,'" she said.
These flies, she added, only lay eggs on dead individuals, so the development stage of the fly serves as a time stamp.
The introduction of a new fly to the Midwest mix is a problem for crime scene investigators because different flies go through their life stages at different speeds, Picard explained. Other factors governing development include what other species are swarming the body and the temperature in the vicinity of the corpse.
The forensic entomologist discovered the first instance of a species of fly not native to the Midwest in Indiana in September 2012 during routine collection of samples. Until now, the species — Chrysomya megacephala — had never been documented further north than New Mexico.
Climate change is changing the bugs. Which is changing how forensic entomologists work crime scenes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/with/4204558945/
This marine biologist type dude just wanders around the world studying marine life and snapping pictures of awesome critters.
If you've never seen it...
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/weirdest-flatworms/
Flatworm penis fencing.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 07, 2013, 02:55:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
Can't be bothered. I don't meet his standards.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 07, 2013, 02:55:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
Can't be bothered. I don't meet his standards.
Likewise. I think we embarrass him, or something.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 09, 2013, 07:43:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 07, 2013, 02:55:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
Can't be bothered. I don't meet his standards.
Likewise. I think we embarrass him, or something.
Well, we don't have master's degrees, and we make him impatient with our peasant bickering.
I miss Buddhist Monk Wannabe. I don't even know who Kai
is. Never heard of him.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 07:56:42 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 09, 2013, 07:43:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 07, 2013, 02:55:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
Can't be bothered. I don't meet his standards.
Likewise. I think we embarrass him, or something.
Well, we don't have master's degrees, and we make him impatient with our peasant bickering.
I miss Buddhist Monk Wannabe. I don't even know who Kai is. Never heard of him.
This all sucks a salty dick. :(
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 09, 2013, 09:12:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 07:56:42 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 09, 2013, 07:43:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 07, 2013, 02:55:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 06, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 06, 2013, 06:37:09 PM
Also this. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/confirmed-spiders-are-even-more-terrifying-than-previously-thought/277544/
It's scary-awesome out there.
That is so fucking awesome!
Absolutely. This is fascinating. Someone should ping Kai about this on FB.
I don't have a FB account so I nominate one of you guys. :P
Can't be bothered. I don't meet his standards.
Likewise. I think we embarrass him, or something.
Well, we don't have master's degrees, and we make him impatient with our peasant bickering.
I miss Buddhist Monk Wannabe. I don't even know who Kai is. Never heard of him.
This all sucks a salty dick. :(
Yeah, I'm not happy about it, either. I've known BMW for 10 years. Then he turned into someone else.
I tried to warn him, you know. I told him the future was bad for him.
But the last time I spoke to him, he blamed me for all the shit with Charley & Khara. Apparently I am at least 50% responsible for Charley storming off. Because mind lazors...So he didn't listen, and he became inpatient with the universe when it did that little dance it does. And the easiest thing to do was spit on us for "slamming atheists", because Nigel and I had pointed out that atheism also requires some form of faith, since faith is belief without proof, and you can't prove that gods don't exist.
And then he left...He was last seen wandering Facebook. Probably been eaten by a grue by now.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 09:32:31 PM
I tried to warn him, you know. I told him the future was bad for him.
But the last time I spoke to him, he blamed me for all the shit with Charley & Khara. Apparently I am at least 50% responsible for Charley storming off. Because mind lazors...So he didn't listen, and he became inpatient with the universe when it did that little dance it does. And the easiest thing to do was spit on us for "slamming atheists", because Nigel and I had pointed out that atheism also requires some form of faith, since faith is belief without proof, and you can't prove that gods don't exist.
And then he left...He was last seen wandering Facebook. Probably been eaten by a grue by now.
That fuckin' sucks.
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 10, 2013, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Let me clarify that statement: I miss BMW.
Charley and Khara decided they couldn't be friends with me, because I am friends with Nigel. When that sort of ultimatum is issued, I only have one response.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 10, 2013, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Let me clarify that statement: I miss BMW.
Charley and Khara decided they couldn't be friends with me, because I am friends with Nigel. When that sort of ultimatum is issued, I only have one response.
Yeah. Ultimatums are a breaking point for me as well.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 10, 2013, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Let me clarify that statement: I miss BMW.
Charley and Khara decided they couldn't be friends with me, because I am friends with Nigel. When that sort of ultimatum is issued, I only have one response.
That right there is some junior-high bullshit.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 05:23:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 10, 2013, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Let me clarify that statement: I miss BMW.
Charley and Khara decided they couldn't be friends with me, because I am friends with Nigel. When that sort of ultimatum is issued, I only have one response.
That right there is some junior-high bullshit.
Of course it is. And, again, I have only one response to ultimatums. It's sort of wired into my head at the reflex level. "Don't fucking tell me what to do or whom I can associate with or any of that shit, or kill me".
And when you think about it, do you really
want to be friends with the sort of people who think ultimatums are an acceptable way of handling personality conflicts with a third party?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 05:26:31 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 05:23:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 10, 2013, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2013, 12:36:13 AM
Yeah, well, I want to be clear about this: I ain't hating on him. I miss him.
I dig. That whole Charley/Khara thing just depresses the hell out of me.
Let me clarify that statement: I miss BMW.
Charley and Khara decided they couldn't be friends with me, because I am friends with Nigel. When that sort of ultimatum is issued, I only have one response.
That right there is some junior-high bullshit.
Of course it is. And, again, I have only one response to ultimatums. It's sort of wired into my head at the reflex level. "Don't fucking tell me what to do or whom I can associate with or any of that shit, or kill me".
And when you think about it, do you really want to be friends with the sort of people who think ultimatums are an acceptable way of handling personality conflicts with a third party?
Well, I know I don't want to be friends with those two in the first place, so the rest is a no-brainer. :lol:
Stupid I can deal with. My tolerance level for crazy is pretty low. Add stupid to the crazy and it's a dealbreaker.
And petty, reactive meanness... just ick.
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
You should arrange this. I am mostly housebroken.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 07:38:37 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
You should arrange this. I am mostly housebroken.
You have the upper hand. My father's people aren't.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Yeah. My family's sorta like that. I have 250-ish first, second, and third cousins at last count - that my family acknowledges. We're all tall. Most of us are obese, all of them except me are alcoholics or have been in the past or are working on becoming an alcoholic. Every family reunion involves at least one of the girls getting pregnant by one of the cousins, one wife getting beaten in front of everyone else, and half the people not being allowed in the house so they have to shit in the woods so it gets smelly quick. At least one uncle will hit on all his brothers' wives and/or daughters. At least three animals will be tortured to death for sport, the first roasted pig and maybe a cow, but definitely some family pets at the hands of the disfavored but still acknowledged kin. And it usually goes downhill from there.
The sheer stupid and crazy is something everyone should witness at least once.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Yeah. My family's sorta like that. I have 250-ish first, second, and third cousins at last count - that my family acknowledges. We're all tall. Most of us are obese, all of them except me are alcoholics or have been in the past or are working on becoming an alcoholic. Every family reunion involves at least one of the girls getting pregnant by one of the cousins, one wife getting beaten in front of everyone else, and half the people not being allowed in the house so they have to shit in the woods so it gets smelly quick. At least one uncle will hit on all his brothers' wives and/or daughters. At least three animals will be tortured to death for sport, the first roasted pig and maybe a cow, but definitely some family pets at the hands of the disfavored but still acknowledged kin. And it usually goes downhill from there.
The sheer stupid and crazy is something everyone should witness at least once.
:eek:
My family reunions are on my mom's side, and usually nice, tame, sober Methodist sort of affairs.
I'd go, but I'm generally too broke to take time off work, I need the vacation time payout too bad.
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 05:52:03 AM
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
Should I offer condolences or congratulations?
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on July 13, 2013, 06:12:28 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 05:52:03 AM
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
Should I offer condolences or congratulations?
Congratulations. With the exception of my parents and two cousins, my entire surviving family is a collection of right wing nutbags.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 06:25:35 AM
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on July 13, 2013, 06:12:28 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 05:52:03 AM
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
Should I offer condolences or congratulations?
Congratulations. With the exception of my parents and two cousins, my entire surviving family is a collection of right wing nutbags.
:banana: :banana: :banana:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 05:52:03 AM
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
As my role model, you gotta teach me how to be more like you.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 13, 2013, 07:38:19 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2013, 05:52:03 AM
I am told of family reunions 3 months after they occur.
As my role model, you gotta teach me how to be more like you.
You know that thing you do when you want to say something awful, and you don't?
Stop doing that thing.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Yeah. My family's sorta like that. I have 250-ish first, second, and third cousins at last count - that my family acknowledges. We're all tall. Most of us are obese, all of them except me are alcoholics or have been in the past or are working on becoming an alcoholic. Every family reunion involves at least one of the girls getting pregnant by one of the cousins, one wife getting beaten in front of everyone else, and half the people not being allowed in the house so they have to shit in the woods so it gets smelly quick. At least one uncle will hit on all his brothers' wives and/or daughters. At least three animals will be tortured to death for sport, the first roasted pig and maybe a cow, but definitely some family pets at the hands of the disfavored but still acknowledged kin. And it usually goes downhill from there.
The sheer stupid and crazy is something everyone should witness at least once.
I actually think I can safely pass on that experience, with enough knowledge to know that there are some things I don't wanna know firsthand.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 13, 2013, 07:39:10 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Yeah. My family's sorta like that. I have 250-ish first, second, and third cousins at last count - that my family acknowledges. We're all tall. Most of us are obese, all of them except me are alcoholics or have been in the past or are working on becoming an alcoholic. Every family reunion involves at least one of the girls getting pregnant by one of the cousins, one wife getting beaten in front of everyone else, and half the people not being allowed in the house so they have to shit in the woods so it gets smelly quick. At least one uncle will hit on all his brothers' wives and/or daughters. At least three animals will be tortured to death for sport, the first roasted pig and maybe a cow, but definitely some family pets at the hands of the disfavored but still acknowledged kin. And it usually goes downhill from there.
The sheer stupid and crazy is something everyone should witness at least once.
I actually think I can safely pass on that experience, with enough knowledge to know that there are some things I don't wanna know firsthand.
Well. Since you're one of them there smudgy people and my family all missed the cut for the KKK only because their sheets are covered in shit stains, it's probably safer.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 13, 2013, 04:41:25 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 13, 2013, 07:39:10 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Sometimes I just want to bundle you guys all up in a van and take you to a family reunion with my dad's people. I think it would be an educational experience for all parties.
I have a branch of the family in Ohio.
There isn't really enough space to summarize what family reunions involving them are like, but I will say: Fat, bald, toothless uncle of indeterminate race gets in fistfight with drunk, orange-haired cousin (notably orange-haired because the previous day her nappy hair had been black like everyone else's) and knocks her across a BBQ grill while Georgia branch looks on in utter horror. Coals go everywhere. No serious injuries. Later, after everyone else has gone and I have locked myself and my baby inside the house, orange-haired cousin is wandering around outside my house banging on doors and windows, screaming "I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK TO NO HICK-ASS OREGON".
I had to call my brother to come take her away. I kept finding empty gin bottles hidden in my garage for months, and I don't know who all was drinking but I'm pretty sure it was all Ohio action.
Yeah. My family's sorta like that. I have 250-ish first, second, and third cousins at last count - that my family acknowledges. We're all tall. Most of us are obese, all of them except me are alcoholics or have been in the past or are working on becoming an alcoholic. Every family reunion involves at least one of the girls getting pregnant by one of the cousins, one wife getting beaten in front of everyone else, and half the people not being allowed in the house so they have to shit in the woods so it gets smelly quick. At least one uncle will hit on all his brothers' wives and/or daughters. At least three animals will be tortured to death for sport, the first roasted pig and maybe a cow, but definitely some family pets at the hands of the disfavored but still acknowledged kin. And it usually goes downhill from there.
The sheer stupid and crazy is something everyone should witness at least once.
I actually think I can safely pass on that experience, with enough knowledge to know that there are some things I don't wanna know firsthand.
Well. Since you're one of them there smudgy people and my family all missed the cut for the KKK only because their sheets are covered in shit stains, it's probably safer.
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Something bug related, found a cool blogspot with some awesome photos. http://amazingbugs.blogspot.com
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 13, 2013, 05:52:10 PM
Something bug related, found a cool blogspot with some awesome photos. http://amazingbugs.blogspot.com
That's pretty cool!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 13, 2013, 05:52:10 PM
Something bug related, found a cool blogspot with some awesome photos. http://amazingbugs.blogspot.com
I wants a camera that can do thaaaaat! :cry: WAAAH
I think mantises are my favorite bugs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis
I know no one wanted to sleep tonight.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19988_the-5-most-nightmarish-worms-planet.html
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Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on July 25, 2013, 02:28:33 AM
I know no one wanted to sleep tonight.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19988_the-5-most-nightmarish-worms-planet.html
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The velvet worm is adorable! It's stupid fat little legs!
Still blaming Kai.