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stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:40 pm

I would love to know what combination of density, geometry, size, complexity, position, culture, etc., makes one constellation more recognizable than another. I wonder if studies have ever been done.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:15 pm

I think that ours is a very euro-centric take on things. I remember reading somewhere back that there are as many different constellations as there are cultures. Difference being is that the names and defined 'shapes' of the things were distributed farther and accpeted more readily due to the advent of written language followed up by the printing press. Just another less overt example of cultural dominance.

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:50 pm

Still, I bet Sirius and the brighter stars in Orion attract attention in just about any culture. And the Japanese noticed the Pleides too. The Chinese noticed the supernova that created the Crab Nebula, but westerners were indifferent.

What gets me is that some cultures can see stars in the daytime. Now THAT'S a perceptual difference induced by environment I can respect!

Keltoi · Post by **Keltoi** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:27 pm

I wish somebody would invent something to keep you from getting extremely dizzy to the point of passing out while you are trying to drive down the freaking highway, dang 2x in one week is too much.........

Then when you try to reach people to come and get you because you cannot drive, they need to invent something to where it will cut people automatically off the phone, oh well, I pulled over and finally made it home without wrecking the car..................................................next time I may not be so lucky.

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:17 am

A professor was giving a lecture on the supernatural to a large class of
freshmen. To get a feel for his audience, he asks: "How many people here
believe in ghosts?" About 90 students raise their hands.
"Well that's a good start. Out of those of you who believe in ghosts, do any
of you think you've ever seen ghosts?" About 40 students raise their hands.
"That's really good. I'm really glad you take this seriously. Has anyone
here ever talked to ghosts? 15 students raise their hands.
"That's a great response. Has anyone here ever touched ghosts?" Three
students raise their hands.
"That's fantastic. But let me ask you one question further. Have any of you
ever made love to ghosts?"
One white student in the back raises his hand. The professor is astonished.
He takes off his glasses, takes a step back, and says, "Son, all the years
I've been giving this lecture, no one has ever claimed to have slept with
ghosts. You've got to come up here and tell us about your experience."
The young redneck nods and grins and begins to make his way up to the front
of the lecture hall.
The professor says, "Well, tell us what it's like to have sex with a ghost."
The student replies, "Ghost? Damn! From back there I thought you said
'goats'!"

DE FACTO · Post by **DE FACTO** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:43 am

I've been thinking (I know that's a dangerous thing.) But I was wondering about people with lisps. Why do they have a lisp really? Is it because they have long tounges?

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:35 am

Doc Pyro says we need this bumped.

Who are we to ignore Dr. Pyro?

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:55 am

my mouse has gone senile.

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:00 pm

and it's trying to drive me crazy.

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:25 pm

(just a cheesy attempt to resurect the old eplaya spirit)

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:43 pm

Hmmm, seems we have a polyp here

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:59 pm

Does the old eplaya spirit include the burying of threads?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:16 pm

I think there is a procedure for that somewhere ... (flip, flip, flip)

III · Post by **III** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:33 am

the old eplaya didn't require burying of threads, since it allowed you to selectively ignore them.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:59 am

I was born under a goatish sign, ya know. I have a dream one day to transform myself into the Goat Mama, Queen of Cheese.

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:16 pm

Is burying different from drifting?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:19 pm

Is eating ice cream not unlike petting a goat?

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 10:13 pm

Depends on which end of the goat.

prosetically.
the rebbi

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:20 pm

Dang, I"m glad that RtW killed the Jesus Garcia thread, but now I can't post anything there anymore.
*sniff*

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:22 am

*sniff*

Whew, I could use a shower. Speaking of showers, you should see the rain coming down now.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:25 am

BlueBirdPoof wrote:Dang, I"m glad that RtW killed the Jesus Garcia thread, but now I can't post anything there anymore.
*sniff*

Look, you have another chance!

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:22 am

Hey my shoes match.

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:48 pm

CoworkerLurker wrote:Is burying different from drifting?

Let's find out... Let's go out and bury some thread.

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:24 pm

If I hold my head back how far up my nose can you see. I think there are to many hairs in my left nostril. Here... wanna see?

verily,
the rebbi

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:09 pm

Some people say a man is made out of mud
Well a poor man’s made out of muscle and blood
Well, muscle and blood, skin and bone
And a mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Well another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don’t you call me, cause I can’t go
Cause I owe my soul to the company store

Well I was born one morning, the sun didn’t shine
I picked up my shovel, I walked to the mine
I load sixteen tons on the number 9 coal
And the straw boss said ‘well bless my soul’

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Well another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don’t you call me, cause I can’t go
Cause I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me coming, better step aside
Cause a lot of men didn’t, and a lot of men died
I got one fist of iron, the other’s of steel
And if the right one don’t get ya, the left one will

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Well another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don’t you call me, cause I can’t go
Cause I owe my soul to the company store

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:13 pm

I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion
can't no high-toned woman make me walk no line

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:57 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion
can't no high-toned woman make me walk no line

...except for that 'cane brake' bit, that's the story of my life... *sigh*...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:10 pm

the only way to properly eat rhubarb, as far as I'm concerned, is to take the sugar bowl outside, find a rhubarb bush, snap off a stalk, dip the end in the sugar, and bite...

mmmm....

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:11 pm

Ah, I'm in the fool someone into making strawberry rhubarb pie camp myself, but the mrFishist would probably agree.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:38 pm

Pineapple Rhubarb Upside-Down cake, all the way.

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..........Ta Daaaa!!!!................

.... You're not the only Fishy in the Cee.....

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