September 22, 2006

The Terranaut: like a fish needs a bicycle
posted by the quidnunc kid 18 years ago
  • I for one welcome our new biker fish overlords.
  • it's a tricicle!
  • Well that's brains and talent put to good use, innit. *finishes Grumpy-Os*
  • No no petey. That man just lubs his widdle fishie. And his last name is Weiner. Tee hee!
  • Glorious. I'm not putting money on him for Robot Wars, but it's still glorious.
  • Fish, thinking to himself: "Hmmm. Suddenly my relative range of distance has increased exponentially in the first two dimensions, but has remained wholly unchanged in the third. How about the fourth? I guess time will tell!!! (har-har. I ought to write for The Daily Show. I am one funny fish!) Then again, my absolute speed has not changed, only my relative speed at a fixed rate of acceleration. So, I guess I'll just wait for the price of a Segway to come down.
  • *golf clap*
  • He really should put the fish in a tank instead of a bowl so it can see out more effectively.
  • Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay okay calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my... well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a... tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, whats this roaring sound, wooshing past what I'm suddenly gonna call my bowl? Rolling! Is that a good name? It'll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I'm dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the vibration? There's an awful lot of that now isn't it? And whats this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'al', 'awl', 'fawl', 'Wall'! Thats it! Wall! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Wall!
  • And yet ... Still no cure for cancer.
  • Release the dogs! Better yet, untether the Robotic Snake!! the chance of planetary annihilation by manufactured black holes "is totally miniscule." That's a comfort.
  • I want this motherfucking fish off this motherfucking bike! Now!
  • What drivingmenuts said was what I *planned* to say a couple of hours ago when I first saw this post, but then remembered that there have been cures for some types of cancer recently, which would no doubt have been pointed out by some science nerd, killing the joke, which was why I didn't post it. Now, I feel quite defenestrated. Also, they should make one of these thingies for hamsters, only the exact opposite, for underwater.
  • Cancer is cured, and Chyren is thrown from the window. All in all, a strange way to start the weekend.
  • Well, to be honest, I'm usually thrown out of the window come Friday night.
  • Well, it's almost noon here in California. You still have some time to pack your parachute. Unless you decide to go commando.
  • *walks in* *plucks fish from bowl and swallows it whole* *smiles at monkeys and leaves*
  • Aquamariniscist!
  • You could always tell it would come to defenestration with Chy eventually.
  • "You still have some time to pack your parachute." Y'see, this is why I love Yanks. Despite all, they're the most generous race on the planet. Normally, the people down here just throw me out of the fuckin' bay, casement or palladian, sans underwear, without any consideration for impact protection at all. God, I love you people.
  • Geez, could that thing move any slower? I was expecting the whol contraption to dart around. You know, just like a parrot fish. That fish has no idea his bowl is moving. I say cap the top so the water don't run all over and let the little bugger really fly.
  • God, I love you people. We love you people too, Chy. And please wear underwear. Pretty please.
  • Well, at least he can get away from the damned cat now. Is that antenna on top the fish stick?
  • Monkeyfilter: a strange way to start the weekend.
  • I quite love that contraption. I always feel badly for fish that live their lives in tiny bowls with nothing to see or do. Good on 'em!
  • Um, Lara, did you notice he STILL lives in a tiny bowl? And it's not like fish have hobbies or do sports or something.** I like the commercial on PBS of the fish that leaps out of his bowl and through a series of great moves manages to make it to the salmon run. Maybe it's on YouTube. but I'm too lazy to look for it *although I sometimes buy a Betta fish so I can put him to live in a 10 gallon aquarium with bubbler, plants, rocks and stuff, just 'cause I'm a sucker.
  • ok OK dammit! All right, all ready! Here it is. scroll down about halfway--check out the use of black&white vs color--enlarge the screen for best effect at finish--title: Gold Fish A "Be more Empowered" ad. And here's really smart fish! (scroll down, bottom) and other funny critters