Deconstructing Avatars

[ONESPEED]

Mine was just given to me recently.

No need to explain.

ask the Arrogant Bastard if you need an explanation.

I only suggested it, strongly, to the right SB staffers.

 

[wardric]

I change avatars all the time. I must be unstable.

My kids are crazy about smurfs these days so it'S my new theme

 

[The Surly Mermaid]

I change avatars all the time. I must be unstable.

My kids are crazy about smurfs these days so it'S my new theme

Are the Smurfs still around? I thought they went out with the 80's (parachute pants and big bar hair).

I actually have that same Smurf sitting on my desk at work...

 

[wardric]

Well, I kept about 60 smurfs in a box and now that they are old enough, i gave them one by one over a few months. They also watch the shows on rented dvd's.

They are still producing the figurines btw.

 

[eponym]

Haldane's research led to one of the best SB quotes I think I've ever read: Mike Edmonston's comment, "Never assume an unexploded goat is evidence of a good decompression profile."

:rofl4:

 

[Thalassamania]

Haldane's research led to one of the best SB quotes I think I've ever read: Mike Edmonston's comment, "Never assume an unexploded goat is evidence of a good decompression profile."

Shouldn't that be, "a goat on four legs?"

 

[BGF]

my alma matter. At least my bracket is holding up thus far!

 

[redrover]

Ah. Good question, Za! Haldane needed (non-human) subjects on which to perform tests to determine empirically how deep/long a compression was safe and how fast the de-compression could be. He chose goats because they were plentiful, their physiology is not too different from ours, and when a long-legged goat has a bend it really shows in its gait/posture--as opposed to, for example, a pig. With non-human subjects you can't just ask them, "do you have any pain yet?"

Good answer, I was just reading about the pig thing.

 

[redrover]

"Never assume an unexploded goat is evidence of a good decompression profile."

 

[24940]

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