Posts by Scu

The 13th floor

I haven't found a building in the US that actually has a floor labeled "13"- they all skip it, deemed unlucky.

For some reason I really enjoy asking someone to "hit 13 for me" in one of these elevators, usually in a hotel or something where someone isn't familiar with the place.

It's starting to irk my wife a bit though.

at least a link...

to the gerbil story? In English, por favor?

my money is on...

Stevia. Natual sweetner. And no, I wasn't anywhere near Cupertino on the day in question.

Times' Bee is fun, but needs some work

The Times' spelling bee needs some work. I mean, when it says "principle", how was I supposed to know it meant "principal"?

Oh, and the accent. Yes, I'm a yank, with southern heritage. So when she said "squarely", I heard "squirrelly". My bad I guess.

Defence?

Err, DARPA is a US Agency, so it actually stands for "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ." Note that there is no 'c' in "Defense."

Spell UK things the way you want, but when referencing a specific US thing, spell it right.

Thanks for listening.

@ Mike Richards

Actually, there are a couple of contraceptive methods that are 100% reliable.

Abstinence comes to mind as the first, but there are more.

@Alistair

Tongue and groove! Love it!!

Where do the males come from?

If the females self-replicate, I assume they all have identical DNA, and come from a single ancestor (from a Darwinian perspective). If that's so, where do the males come from?

The extraterrestrial explination would, of course, be Intelligent Design, since Darwin was, in fact, terrestrial. Or a terrist?

up in after-hours?

According to nasdaq, the after-hours high was USD22.77, and the low was 20.38, ending up at 20.69.

I don't get it. Why up so high (market close was 20.91) and then back down below that?

Can one of you financial wizards enlighten me?

The best thing to do about this is not to talk about???

"The problem here is that by reporting this (even in a non-sensationalist manner), it puts ideas in people's heads. Parents will sit and discuss stories like this which appear in papers that their (idiot) kids would never read but who are within earshot.. next thing you know they've gone out and bought a £3 pointer and are stood at the airport perimeter egging each other on. The first plane doesn't crash, so they try another and another until something bad happens. The best thing to do about this is not to talk about."

Ah, what kind of parenting advice is this? Don't talk to your kids about [sex|drugs|gun safety|laser pointers]. That will keep them from dabbling with the <pick your favorite>. Better yet, have a discussion with your young ones. It's your responsibility to raise them, teach them. Ignore them, and they'll have a higher likelihood of participating in this sort of behavio[u]r.

Parent UP!