What, a pod critter that can nip off a baby finger or two?
An exciting toy, but the liability exposure seems on the high side.
It does seems that there’s a lot of potential for smaller parts to get swallowed.
Amphioxsays
mrbongo, you are an idiot.
But that is not really your problem. Idiocy can be remedied by study.
No, mrbongo, you have a deeper problem.
mrbongo, you are an intellectual dishonest, LAZY idiot.
Because otherwise you would have taken the effort to READ PZ’s blog more closely, and come across the MANY, MANY times he has criticized Islam, including “moderate” Islam.
LAZY, intellectual dishonesty cannot be remedied. It is an indication that you are a person of such low ethical standards that you are not worth engaging, except to mock.
Goodbye.
No Onesays
Mr Bongo,
Self irrumation is your only salvation.
Phledgesays
I think the only thing PZ would object to is that he’d have to fly with this trog for 14 hours to get to Pakistan.
Aside from that I ain’t sayin’ shit. I just want to see where PZ goes with this one. Islam-a-bad
tbtabbysays
@Amphiox
Because otherwise you would have taken the effort to READ PZ’s blog more closely, and come across the MANY, MANY times he has criticized Islam, including “moderate” Islam.
But he didn’t call for all Muslims to be rounded up and sent to the gas chamber. That means he’s soft on Islam.
How did they get both a tadpole and an olive inside that pea pod?
MG Myerssays
WMDKitty and jaybee – you are so funny!
This post reminded me of the awesome Port Jackson sharks and their brown spiral egg cases at the Melbourne Aquarium. Here’s a link to the Australian Museum website that has some photos and information about the sharks.
What’s with the Mr Bongo stuff?
Cross posted?? Seems angry.
johnsays
I used to find shark’s purses washing up on the beach all the time on the Long Island Sound, but they were black and opaque and I thought they were some kind of seaweed until I was old enough to go to the library.
pipentasays
@ # 13 john,
Yes, yes, yes, me too. I thought they were seaweed because they looked like some big old freaky kelp float and reminded me of the bulbous tips of rockweed. And when I found out that they were actually animal, vertebrate egg cases no less, I got dizzy with excitement. This is my favorite thing about biology, the wonderful element of surprise when you didn’t expect something. And you can’t possible expect all the terrific organisms that have come tumbling out the other end of the evolutionary chute. Treasure!
I actually have a tattoo of a mermaid’s purse, a skate’s egg case, from L.I.S.. And I meant to have it intertwined with one of those yellow translucent shark’s egg cases as pictured above. What with one thing and another (money, time) I haven’t gotten to it. But lately I’m thinking instead of a series of Chondrichthian egg cases, I might have a composition of whelks and other local species, perhaps laid over a scrolling banner or seaweed that twists around my arm.
It would be lovely, but quite an extravagance. *sigh*.
A general question about these threads. How is it that at reply #4, the conversation turns to perceived flaws of a Mr. Bongo? I don’t see a mention of him in the original post. What is going on here? It is not the first time I’ve been confused by the turn the threads have taken. Elsewhere these would be considered a hijack and bad form. Not on Pharyngula?
‘splain, plz!
David Marjanovićsays
‘splain, plz!
Probably the good man was a banned troll who came back under another name. In such case, PZ bans the new identity and deletes all comments it has made, leaving the replies hanging.
Amphioxsays
Pipenta, mrbongo was a lunatic troll who spammed copypasta challenges insults to PZ sequentially on every single thread, one after the other, with the same odious message again and again. Before PZ finally banned him and deleted all his posts.
pipentasays
David & Amphiox, Thank you for the explanation.
Troll herding is such a bother. I always very much admired Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s invention of disemvoweling trollish comments. It was clever and effective. You could, if you struggled, read what the idiots had to say, if you felt the urge. But it was the equivalent of making them sit in the corner and wear a dunce hat and pretty much silencing them. It probably saved some of the hassle of keeping track of new account names. But mostly, it was funny and it took the wind out of those spiteful little creatives. I don’t think they do it over at Boing Boing anymore, which is a pity.
I have one of those skate’s egg cases. Thanks, guys! I thought it was a seaweed float or some kind of plant seed. I’m glad to read most of them are empty when washed up.
Thats pretty. Is there a name for the flagella-like things that loops around things. Similar to some of the vegetables in my garden.
What, a pod critter that can nip off a baby finger or two?
An exciting toy, but the liability exposure seems on the high side.
Glen Davidson
It does seems that there’s a lot of potential for smaller parts to get swallowed.
mrbongo, you are an idiot.
But that is not really your problem. Idiocy can be remedied by study.
No, mrbongo, you have a deeper problem.
mrbongo, you are an intellectual dishonest, LAZY idiot.
Because otherwise you would have taken the effort to READ PZ’s blog more closely, and come across the MANY, MANY times he has criticized Islam, including “moderate” Islam.
LAZY, intellectual dishonesty cannot be remedied. It is an indication that you are a person of such low ethical standards that you are not worth engaging, except to mock.
Goodbye.
Mr Bongo,
Self irrumation is your only salvation.
I think the only thing PZ would object to is that he’d have to fly with this trog for 14 hours to get to Pakistan.
WTF? I LuuuVVVV that email address, Mr_bongo….
Check it out, Mr_bongo the evil space monkey
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a3zClj1EcbI/TNHhG-Kj71I/AAAAAAAAAlY/uJCBtC9s6DU/s1600/mr_bongo02.jpg
He made that up, Right? “McNut”, LOL
Aside from that I ain’t sayin’ shit. I just want to see where PZ goes with this one. Islam-a-bad
@Amphiox
But he didn’t call for all Muslims to be rounded up and sent to the gas chamber. That means he’s soft on Islam.
It’s bright yellow. It has strings. TOY!
*bat bat*
*poke*
*bat*
*POUNCE*
How did they get both a tadpole and an olive inside that pea pod?
WMDKitty and jaybee – you are so funny!
This post reminded me of the awesome Port Jackson sharks and their brown spiral egg cases at the Melbourne Aquarium. Here’s a link to the Australian Museum website that has some photos and information about the sharks.
What’s with the Mr Bongo stuff?
Cross posted?? Seems angry.
I used to find shark’s purses washing up on the beach all the time on the Long Island Sound, but they were black and opaque and I thought they were some kind of seaweed until I was old enough to go to the library.
@ # 13 john,
Yes, yes, yes, me too. I thought they were seaweed because they looked like some big old freaky kelp float and reminded me of the bulbous tips of rockweed. And when I found out that they were actually animal, vertebrate egg cases no less, I got dizzy with excitement. This is my favorite thing about biology, the wonderful element of surprise when you didn’t expect something. And you can’t possible expect all the terrific organisms that have come tumbling out the other end of the evolutionary chute. Treasure!
I actually have a tattoo of a mermaid’s purse, a skate’s egg case, from L.I.S.. And I meant to have it intertwined with one of those yellow translucent shark’s egg cases as pictured above. What with one thing and another (money, time) I haven’t gotten to it. But lately I’m thinking instead of a series of Chondrichthian egg cases, I might have a composition of whelks and other local species, perhaps laid over a scrolling banner or seaweed that twists around my arm.
It would be lovely, but quite an extravagance. *sigh*.
A general question about these threads. How is it that at reply #4, the conversation turns to perceived flaws of a Mr. Bongo? I don’t see a mention of him in the original post. What is going on here? It is not the first time I’ve been confused by the turn the threads have taken. Elsewhere these would be considered a hijack and bad form. Not on Pharyngula?
‘splain, plz!
Probably the good man was a banned troll who came back under another name. In such case, PZ bans the new identity and deletes all comments it has made, leaving the replies hanging.
Pipenta, mrbongo was a lunatic troll who spammed copypasta challenges insults to PZ sequentially on every single thread, one after the other, with the same odious message again and again. Before PZ finally banned him and deleted all his posts.
David & Amphiox, Thank you for the explanation.
Troll herding is such a bother. I always very much admired Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s invention of disemvoweling trollish comments. It was clever and effective. You could, if you struggled, read what the idiots had to say, if you felt the urge. But it was the equivalent of making them sit in the corner and wear a dunce hat and pretty much silencing them. It probably saved some of the hassle of keeping track of new account names. But mostly, it was funny and it took the wind out of those spiteful little creatives. I don’t think they do it over at Boing Boing anymore, which is a pity.
I have one of those skate’s egg cases. Thanks, guys! I thought it was a seaweed float or some kind of plant seed. I’m glad to read most of them are empty when washed up.