The person below me

[Straightveg]

1.5-2 years isn't too long, is it? Lurked for the STEP info, stayed and joined for the snark.
TPBM will choose my avatar image for me because I can't make up my mind.Duration of selected image's time spent as my avatar is at my sole discretion.

[theCryptofishist]

Here you go.


TPBM can explain what it means.

[Elorrum]

snapperquacker: the egyptian god of opportunistic eating. soon to be a Burger King side dish of some kind.

tpbm likes the mixed up animal as a story element.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I do! They're such a great mixture of creepy and whimsical, like things you see in dreams.
TPBM likes platypuses (platypodia? platypi?) because they're like mixed-up animals in real life.

[theCryptofishist]

And they have poison glands!
TPBM know of the other monotreme.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I'm resisting the temptation to use the google and cheat, and I'm going with a guess: Pangolin? I know it's another mammal that lays eggs and has other characteristics that make it hard to categorize (e.g. scales). It's also the subject of important taboos and rituals.

TPBM, what's the next taboo in our culture? (And which "our" do you have in mind?)


EDIT: Of course, I was wrong. And pangolins don't even lay eggs. Pffft.

[Dr Helix]

Smoking. It will come.

TPBM Smokes

[theCryptofishist]

No. But I do know what an echidna is.
TPBM knows what kind of moss grows on sloths.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Nope. I thought it was algae.
TPBM wonders if Fishy reads the encyclopedia for fun.... or profit.

[Dr Helix]

I think when you have over 30,000 posts as fishy does, you use as many sources as you can to keep the conversation going.

TPBM knows where Yellowknife is.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Yes. It's in the Northwest Territories, north of Alberta. It's one of the great Canadian place-names. Not as great as Medicine Hat, perhaps, but still great.

TPBM has lived in the Northwest Territories through a whole winter. Brrrrr...

[maryanimal]

I live in the Northwest, but our winter was disturbingly mild.

tpbm is thinking about floating down a river on the next hot day.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Floating down a river, not so much. The river here is not exactly what you would call "potable water." Swimming in the lake, perhaps.

TPBM has built and used a log raft.

[Kire]

I made and used a raft of pool noodles, those are kinda like logs

TPBM has been seen sailing seven separate seas

[theCryptofishist]

Let see. Pacific Ocean, and the north sea... Not impressive. However if you are in the Bay Area during August, I suggest getting on one of the Oceanic Society's trips to the Farallons. When I went, more than ten years ago there were humpback whales close to the boat and a blue whale a ways away. Dolphins and porpoises, seals and sea lions, a leatherback sea turtle, murres, puffins, and I dont' know what all else. It's spectacular to be living within visual distance of so much wild.
TPBM prefers natural history museums.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Nope. I'd definitely rather be out in/on the living ocean.
TPBM never learned to swim.

[theCryptofishist]

Yes, but think I need to re-learn, or at least learn some new techniques.
TPBM is a member of the Illuminati and other secret organizations.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. And I like you, so I won't do that.

TPBM keeps a nite-lite on in their bedroom at night.

[Kire]

Its more like a street light outside my window that my blinds don't totally block out.

TPBM lives where there are no street lights

[theCryptofishist]

No, although i have...
TPBM has lived underwater.

[knowmad]

USS Phoenix SSN-702 Shell Back, Bluenose, Mediterranean
one does not know the definition of miserable until you've spent two days at periscope depth in a North Atlantic storm. Dive Capitan dive please.

TPBM has an dipropotionate view of infinite portion division.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I get a bit Xeno-phobic when I try to ponder that shit.

TPBM has a new pair o' Docs.

[theCryptofishist]

What, another shoe question...are we surprised that I answer?

TPBM thinks Chad and Jeremy are horrendously sappy.

[C187]

Are we taking about the 60s musicians or the fantastically gay internet talk show hosts?
Regardless, yes, and no to horrendously.

TPBM sometimes waits for weeks to respond to this thread.

[theCryptofishist]

Always. You never see me post more than once every three or four pages.
TPbM used to do puppet shows.

[maryanimal]

Embarrassingly enough, yes I did.

tpbm loves to eat at the quirky eateries in their town or beyond the city limits.

[robbidobbs]

Gonzo's a cook, so I have to drag him to some places - it means eating someone else's cooking. We did have an excellent experience at a out of town mex restaurant for my b-day. The owner greeted us at the door and took our order. He was a delight! Every year I go to someplace I've never been before, sometimes this comes up as a future haunt, othertimes, not so much.

TPBM would like to eat more organically grown foods.

[jella]

I try to buy from the farmers market as much as I can but yeah, Id like to eat more oragnically grown to be sure.


TPBM always buys too much honey when they go to farmers market

[theCryptofishist]

I don't buy honey. There's a bee keeper less than a block away, I don't even buy from him/her.
TPBM wont tell me how amazingly antibiotic honey is.

[catinthefunnyhat]

You're right; I won't. I like honey for the flavour, not for any health benefits.
TPBM prefers brown sugar.