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Had a dream where ast one point I was apparently involved in some sort of quantum research as was taking a look at basic assumptions to see what might come of questioning or changing assumptions.

Only bit I recalled upon waking was declaring a new element.

Nullon (Nu)
Group 8 (noble gases)
Atomic number 0
Two isotopes, Nu-0 and Nu-1. Nu-1 has a half-life of 17 minutes.



Basically, it's adding an "element" to the beginning of the periodic table.

Nu-o has no protons (atomic number 0) and thus no electrons. and no nuetrons fopr an atomic eight of 0.
Nu-1 adds one neutron. Giving an atomic weight on 1. something. So it's a free neutron, hence the 17 minute half-life.



All perfect;y "legit" and by the rules. If you squint a bit. :-)
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I was reading a story where a character had a lot of training in an "unknown to the world" martial art. and was starting High school after being "home schooled" their entire life up until then.

And I came up with a totally silly way they could "warn" bullies:

"I've got a plaid belt in Tae Kwon Leap!"

This then led to my trying to come up with other levels.

So far I've come up with these (from lowest to highest)

gingham
plaid
houndstooth
camo
....
paisley
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I've been seeing this one truck a lot recently due to construction going on across the street. No idea what they do, but the truck is white and has black lettering on the side:
ASPLUNDR

This reminds me of a few other "legendary" local businesses:

HARDER
Mechanical Contractors

think "something that contracts" not "someone who does contract work"

PALM
Abrasive
and Tool
Company

INDUSTRIAL CRATERS
A division of O'Neill Transfer, LTD

Busybodies

Dec. 9th, 2020 03:14 am
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Start here
http://www.rhjunior.com/nip-and-tuck-109/

and read forward (it's about six strips so far in this storyline)

Bad pun

Aug. 4th, 2020 03:48 pm
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Q: what do you call a device for gene editing that is specialized for certain types of plant biology?

A: a vegetable CRISPR
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[personal profile] siliconshaman turned me on to this stereotypical bit of British humor

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I was reminded of this song today



Somehow I don't think it'll be getting much airplay in Terramagne after The Big One.

Bad idea

Nov. 3rd, 2019 02:52 pm
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Something I read today reminded me of this..

Back in the 70s, our next door neighbor worked for the Forest Service. He had to deal with a lot of remote sites and told us about a really *bad* idea someone forced on them.

Now. most remote campsites and installations have outhouses. And a longtime problem was the seats in them. Wooden ones would rot, they'd get chewed on by porcupines for the salt they'd absorbed from people, idiots would carve things into them, etc. And some idiots would set fire to them (mostly by ripping them off and using them as a source of dry wood for a fire, but sometimes in place.

Plastic seats didn't rot and didn't interest the porcupines. and they made lousy firewoord. Still didn't stop the graffitti asrtists nor the vandals would burn things into them.

So a "solution" was arrived at (in Washington DC) and imposed from above. Naturally, it was from someone who'd never been out to these sites. And who apparently didn't realized that they were unheated, and many wear used year round.

What was this "wonderful" solution?

Cast aluminum toilet seats.

Picture sitting down on one of *those* in mid winter. You might have trouble getting up before spring thaw!
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(don't recall where I heard this one)
"What's got bright purple and orange stripes, way too many legs, big fangs, feathery anntennae and is about 6 inches long?"

"I dunno, what?"

"I don't know either, but there's one crawling on your shoulder..."

(swiped from Oglaf.com)
Q: What mythological creatures don't have a reflection in a mirror?
A: All of them

A variant on an old set of jokes I just came up with. Likely to get you hurt in some parts of Terramagne.

Q: What's black and white and red all over?
A: A Berrettafly.
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Someone commenting on a thread about someone else claiming an action was illegal.

Illegal? It’s not even pigeon with a slight cold
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Swiped from a mailing list I'm on....

Oh, yeah, did you know this if God had wanted us to go Metric, Jesus would have had TEN Disciples?

(laughs)

If God had wanted us to go Metric he would have given us TEN Commandments...

(laughs maniacally)

Jesus had an unfair advantage over all other carpenters: He only had to measure ONCE.
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The Freefall webcomic has been having Sam Starfall (a squid like alien in a protective suit that make him look somewhat humanoid) telling his people's myth of how they stole fire from the gods.

It starts here:
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03304.htm
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CALLER: Is this Gordon's Pizza?

GOOGLE: No Sir, it's Google Pizza.

CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry.

GOOGLE: No Sir, Google bought Gordon's Pizza last month.

CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza.

GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, Sir?

CALLER: My usual? You know me?

GOOGLE: According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust.

CALLER: OK! That's what I want!

GOOGLE: May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust?

CALLER: What? I hate vegetables!

GOOGLE: Your cholesterol is not good, Sir.

CALLER: How the hell do you know ???

GOOGLE: Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years.

CALLER: Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetable pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol.

GOOGLE: Excuse me Sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you only purchased a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once, at Drug RX Network, 4 months ago.

CALLER: I bought more from another drugstore.

GOOGLE: That doesn't show on your credit card statement.

CALLER: I paid in cash.

GOOGLE: But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement.

CALLER: I have other sources of cash.

GOOGLE: That doesn't show on your last tax return unless you bought them using an undeclared income source, which is against the law.

CALLER: WHAT THE HELL!!!

GOOGLE: I'm sorry, Sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.

CALLER: Enough already! I'm sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I'm going to an island without internet, cable TV, where there is no cell phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.

GOOGLE: I understand Sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago.
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The instructions for extracting saltpeter in Pryotechnica (a medieval manuscript) describe how to extract saltpeter.

You mix pee, manure and wood ashes in a barrel. Heat it well over a fire and stir. After it's been cooked long enough, you transfer it into another barrel that has a perforated bottom. You pour hot water into the top and collect the liquid that comes out the bottom. That gets boiled to to produce the crude saltpeter cyrstals.

But that's not the sucky part of the job. It's this last bit. You are to pour water into the perforated barrel until the runoff no longer tastes bitter *to your apprentice*. Yes, the manuscript specifies that the apprentice is the one who gets to taste the runoff...

Other not fun jobs back then. Harem guard. . And male soprano singer in a choir (both have the same minor surgical procedure required)

On yeah, it wasn't until a little over 100 years ago that the Church outlawed the making of castrati,
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A reply to someone's comment elsewhere reminded me of some decidedly *odd* seasonal music.

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Two more versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XemOaKUVBpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwVMjNf4NU

I Am Santa Claus

Jingle Bells(?) in Klingon

Tom Smith's O Yog Sothoth
Tom Smith's Ultimate Ultimate Christmas

Snoopy's Christmas by The royal Guardsmen
(this sort of echos the 1914 Christmas truce

This one's not demented, just sad:
Santa Never Made It Into Darwin by Bill & Boyd

So's this: Mom & Daddy, Please Don't Steal for Me This Christmas

A couple I can't find online but worth mentioning:
Rudolph's Mitzvah
The Star Wars Holiday Special (shown only once: November 17, 1978. Lucas never let it be seen again, but lots of bootlegs exist)
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Graffiti from Pompeii

Warning, not terribly worksafe (duh!)

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