"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[r8shell]

gulping air into their intestines to make themselves more buoyant,

So it's because they're gassy.
I'm picturing a farting armadillo speeding across the water like a fan boat.

 

[Peregrin]

So it's because they're gassy.
I'm picturing a farting armadillo speeding across the water like a fan boat.

Oh, thanks for that image, r8shell ! I'll be picturing that and laughing all day long! One of our resident artists needs to draw that! LOL

 

[Murphy Slaw]

Maybe. I find it odd that I've never seen a dead one on the bridge. There are plenty of dead ones along the roads.

From the Missouri Department of Conservation:

“Armadillos can actually swim and float across bodies of water by gulping air into their intestines to make themselves more buoyant,” explained Shank. “They can even hold their breath for up to five minutes and float across bodies of water, or they can sink to the bottom like a rock and just walk across the bottom. It’s possible that their ability to swim has allowed them to expand to new areas and establish new territory.”

Tiny Tanks

Nine-banded armadillos are tough, tenacious... and everywhere (but mainly on the side of the road).

mdc.mo.gov

Wow, I didn’t know that. I’ve seen live and dead ones on I-24 over the Ohio river. Since it’s always one lane each direction due to habitual construction, they actually pass us from time to time…

 

[mrknife]

Oh, thanks for that image, r8shell ! I'll be picturing that and laughing all day long! One of our resident artists needs to draw that! LOL

you know with our current AI, we can have that as a .gif loop

 

[meako]

I'm thinking of Wally Gator..(the smoothest operator in the swamp)..in that swamp boat with the big fan .

 

[screened porch]

I linked that a bit early. It gets relevant around 3:37

 

[Ironbut]

Okay! I'm ready for October.

 

[Jack Black]

So it's because they're gassy.
I'm picturing a farting armadillo speeding across the water like a fan boat.

I'm not going to suggest that to my friend Tool Man, because he's almost certain to try it!

 

[mrknife]

so hot in the city today, 3 patients cancelled before it was 9am, gonna be an interesting summer

 

[5K Qs]

so hot in the city today, 3 patients cancelled before it was 9am, gonna be an interesting summer

- GT

 

[mrknife]

- GT

every time i hear this, Die hard 3 immediately comes to mind, because the department store blows up and theyre looking for detective mcclane

 

[meako]

I haven't seen Sleeper for years...what a classic...must rewatch if only for the Jewish robot tailor...Thanks Jer.

Doesn't McLane emerge crom the rubble or did he get blown clear of the blast with only his hair getting a bit tousled?...My sister has a Nakatomi Plaza advent calender...for each day of xmas Hans (Alan the overactor Rickman) Gruber plummets 1 floor.

 

[knarfeng]

- GT

Mutton chop side burns. Been a while since I've seen those.

 

[5K Qs]

Mutton chop side burns. Been a while since I've seen those.

Been my entire life since I've grown those, or any other kind of sideburns. Still waiting for puberty to fully kick in, I guess; starting to think I'm running out of time.

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

I haven't seen Sleeper for years...what a classic...must rewatch if only for the Jewish robot tailor...Thanks Jer.

Doesn't McLane emerge crom the rubble or did he get blown clear of the blast with only his hair getting a bit tousled?...My sister has a Nakatomi Plaza advent calender...for each day of xmas Hans (Alan the overactor Rickman) Gruber plummets 1 floor.

I love Diane Keeton's 'Rebels Are We' song!

 

[Jack Black]

Mutton chop side burns. Been a while since I've seen those.

When you come over, I'll take you to Leeds Market Frank!

 

[mrknife]

Mutton chop side burns. Been a while since I've seen those.

a simpler time, probably comes complete with flared collars half unbuttoned, flare jeans and platform shoes

 

[mrknife]

I haven't seen Sleeper for years...what a classic...must rewatch if only for the Jewish robot tailor...Thanks Jer.

Doesn't McLane emerge crom the rubble or did he get blown clear of the blast with only his hair getting a bit tousled?...My sister has a Nakatomi Plaza advent calender...for each day of xmas Hans (Alan the overactor Rickman) Gruber plummets 1 floor.

no, hes very hung over at that point, and Jeremy Irons character has a little fun with him by sending him to harlem

 

[screened porch]

We haven't talked much about this.

Gravity generated by four one-dimensional unitary gauge symmetries and the Standard Model​

I don't even know if I missed a bit of my quote there.
But they think they've finally put gravity in one theory with the other forces of nature. By changing the unit rhey use to measure gravity?

 

[screened porch]

But seriously, is Val Kilmer dead? There's a book in my local library called Remembering Val Kilmer.
Yup. He died on April Fools Day this year.