If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

A suitable signifier for a doctor would be a monocle. They tell everyone that you are a person who spends a great deal of time looking through microscopes, and the pause in conversation while you pop yours on before giving someone a bollocking is enough to tell your underlings that shit is about to...

What's with long sleeved lab coats? Are they still a thing? Doctors don't use them because they can spread contamination. I dont know anyone who wears a Lab Coat(TM). We use ugly disposable things, for the very reason you describe. Not sexy for a photoshoot though (esp because we also wear them 'ba...

While my world twirls, I also take back the nice things I said about my wife. That is until we recover enough to start talking civil again today. Meh. Women. Maybe we should redefine them into oblivion. You too, eh? Mate I am still on the shit list. Eventually I will find out how I offended. Once p...

Brive1987 wrote:While my world twirls, I also take back the nice things I said about my wife. That is until we recover enough to start talking civil again today. Meh. Women. Maybe we should redefine them into oblivion.

You too, eh?

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9352846 Sarah W. Holmes Abstract This article examines the treatment of the pelvis in the Pilates exercises “Single Leg Stretch” and “Leg Circles.” The teaching practices of the hips, as commonly explained in Pilates education...

The news here says there are twelve female candidates to appear on Canadian banknotes (of which we have less than twelve denominations). I have heard of the author of the silly Anne of Green Gables series that has polluted Canadian media for so long, but the rest were strangers to me. So I looked up...

I've had enough of seeing you fuckers quote Steerzo's endless BS, so I plan to Wonderize him later today. I'll post an announcement when I've done so. Your forum, your rules. I'm content with the ignore function for those I cannot stand, and my two scrolling fingers for their quotations. Steersman ...

As embarrassing as Carrier is, he does seem at least to be right in that there is no genuine evidence for Jesus's existence. Ehrman's dismissive handwaving away of this problem, as far as I can see, never seems to be accompanied by an actual refutation. This would be trivially easy to do if the evi...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd241/gumbythecat/Slymepit/fem2_zps2ad0d3a4.jpg "Bowling for Fatties" The people up-top are clearly acting in self-defense against an approaching cultmob. They're hangry! Hold on, is the woman at the front, with red umbrella, supposed to be Ayaan Hirsi Ali? That m...

Suet Cardigan wrote:Trigglypuff art:

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Only guys get red elbows (don't ask me how :oops: I learnt it from Martin Amis in The Rachel Papers), so Trigglypuff must be a trans-something as well.

I was thinking the other day about the penny dreadfuls of my youth, which actually cost 25p and were generally published by the New English Library or Sphere. Series of novels like Skinhead or Chopper were the usual fare, and often a little titillation that would help a teenager to spend his 25p. T...

I was thinking the other day about the penny dreadfuls of my youth, which actually cost 25p and were generally published by the New English Library or Sphere. Series of novels like Skinhead or Chopper were the usual fare, and often a little titillation that would help a teenager to spend his 25p. Th...

So sad to lose someone talented, funny and insightful, and especially when it need never have happened. It's the waste of it that appalls us when a suicide occurs, along with the guilty suspicion that we should have done more. Three of my colleagues out here in the middle of nowhere have killed them...

Can't believe Sara Lee Elementary didn't make the list. I don't think there's a Douwe Egberts¹ Basisschool either. Shame. ¹Technically, that should be Egbert Douwes, his real name. Now you've set me reminiscing on the lovely old tobacconist shops that used to exist in the good old days. Such smells...

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: PZ MEYERS? ISN'T HE THAT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MORRIS CAMPUS, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL INDISCRETION BY ONE OF HIS FEMALE STUDENTS?

YES, THAT'S HIM.

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?

Elephants painting. Hard to believe but it appears to be true. I will never eat elephant stew that's for sure: [youtube]rvEEooI4pDA[/youtube] 4,000lb of boned meat given to local villagers after this: [youtube]UJokpxvMmvA[/youtube] Not sure if it's relevant but elephants are one of the few animals ...

InfraRedBucket wrote:Here's a blast from the past and a pertinent image (maybe we should just separate those who can pee standing up and those who prefer a seat.

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With one of these it gets hard to tell who can and who can't:

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MacGruberKnows wrote:Elephants painting. Hard to believe but it appears to be true. I will never eat elephant stew that's for sure:

[youtube]rvEEooI4pDA[/youtube]

4,000lb of boned meat given to local villagers after this:

[youtube]UJokpxvMmvA[/youtube]

I remember inspiring my brother to hit me the morning after the very first episode when I asked "What was the name of that doctor.....doctor who?" as a primitive joke from my five year old mind. The best episodes were with Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning and Roger Delgado in the 1970's. I particularly lik...

I only recently realised that Trans* issues are the whole of LGBT issues. As ever I am way behind the curve on this one. It first occurred to me when I saw the history of the gay rights movement here in the UK being rewritten to show trans* as the lading lights of the resistance to the Tories attac...

That said, I personally prefer the idea that Rey was cloned from Luke's severed hand by the Kaminoans, as was Snoke - but that the Kaminoans forgot to take out the accelerated aging part for Snoke, which is why he wants Rey, on the basis that he can rejuvenate his rotting old bod with her cells, or...

Hmm...Is Grothe lying about the "hypothetical"? https://twitter.com/DJGrothe/status/723616606757240833 I clicked through; here's the whole hilarious question: Hypothetical: if you identify as a Trans* woman but still for whatever reason still present as a masculine man with a beard, should you be a...

I prefer 'Battle Beyond the Stars' - Robert Vaughn in particular gave a much better performance in that movie. The only thing notable about that film is that the spaceship was shaped like a giant pair of bollocks. More notable is the fact that the spaceship served as a kind of Rorshach test on how ...

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And if you think SJWs are self-obsessed, here's Wikipedia's article on Derek Ramsey (Wikipedian) , largely written by himself, extensively referenced, and almost entirely about his work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. He was mentioned in Wired magazine, you know. Wait, I thought making articles...

rayshul wrote:I don't celebrate by shooting people in the stomach.

Oh? And where do you shoot them when you celebrate? :o

What makes Steers to fascinating to me is that I can help but believe that he acts just like this in real life. I mean, imagine being a shopkeeper or store clerk, and having to deal with Steers. Shit, imagine being the poor bastard mechanic who has to fix Steers' car, and have him attempt to labori...

Please try the following. Tell yourself that you are a woman. Tell your friends and household pets, especially if they are a cat with a Patreon account. Maybe even go in a women's bathroom and pee sitting down, wiping front to back to avoid a yeast infection. Then write a new post. I'm worried that...

Brive1987 wrote:I was surprised to find out that the "e" in Nike is silent.

Just as silent as the "e" in Breeve.

Nope, don't do disambiguation.

Hello friends. :) I have been reading my recent posts here and have sensed some hostility in them. Reaching deeply, it seems that I was accused of distributing false polling data by a terrorism apologist. :shifty: It's only now dawning on me how deeply sinful it is to pay attention to the facts tha...

I'm in the ER a lot or in various dying children wards because my children keep attempting to die. Well, mainly one in particular. I think her list seems sound but it's fairly lolarious anyway. Just remember that ordering pizza, moving your gurney so you can plug in your devices and handing out you...

I read a New Scientist in an airport lounge today, and despite PZ's misgivings about gene therapy, it said there is a study about to be published on a successful gene therapy for one of the congenital immunodeficiency disorders. Successful in each case so far with some kids now 13 or 14 years out fr...

Eskarina wrote:What the fuck is going on here? :think:

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If he keeps it up we will have this:

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All it needs is a dollop of a stranger's semen. Cross breeding is beyond PZ. His preferred method is to spray his milt on his trophy hen trout, all the while hoping the current will carry it to the delicately quivering nares of that blue-scaled young trout near by. Note to self: don't cook trout fo...

Peezus has had his feelings hurt by that article pointing out his ignorance of genetics. To save FFTB clicks here is an archive of his response to it:

https://archive.is/3hygP

Cornish Pasties A traditional dish, convenient for carrying with you down the local tin mine. These ones use hot water crust pastry, which is more structurally sound than short crust pastry. Filling . First a vegetarian version. Peel and slice one potato and three carrots. Fry in hot olive oil unti...

The one with the lard crust. And the gritty bits. Really, I miss that shit. That's hot water crust pastry to you, M'sieu Crapaud. It's dead easy to make and very useful for raised pies. Here's one I did a few weeks ago: Game Pie.jpg What sources would you recommend for a good pastry recipe of this ...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:The one with the lard crust. And the gritty bits. Really, I miss that shit.

That's hot water crust pastry to you, M'sieu Crapaud. It's dead easy to make and very useful for raised pies. Here's one I did a few weeks ago:

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There is a clear correlation between those grads who use "Dr" and individuals excluded from academia and/or struggling on the tenure track. As a rule I never address anyone as 'Doctor' unless they are cupping my balls and asking me to cough. What if they are cupping your balls and demanding your wa...

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Yeah. The really boring one.

:|
I'm with Brive here. The Roland Emmerich one was fun, at least.
It had Jean Reno doing Elvis so not a complete waste of time.

Pretty much anything with Jean Reno is worth your time.

LousyCanuck self diagnoses Generalized Anxiety Order and "gives up" his "invisibility". I’ve never been diagnosed with GAD because I’ve been very careful to not mention any of the anxiety symptoms to people who might stigmatize me, including backward and provincial doctors in Nova Scotia . http://w...

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Malky wrote:Something for the pit artists to play with:

https://i.chzbgr.com/fill400x232/774661/h9E2252E4/

I got a feeling this has been shared on the Pit before but if not I'm happy to be the one to do it.

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A candidate for the "I love this post" meme.

Steersman wrote: Indeed. Well said - couldn't have said it better myself, at least in any thing less than 3000 words. ;-)

Uh oh. Skynet has just become self-aware.

If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear stained eyes Don't be surprised, when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet You slip out of your depth and out of your mind With your fear flowing out behind you As you claw the th...

This looks like an opportunity for us. Let's pool our money together and buy this. I think we may be able to Jew the guy down a bit to get a better price. (I know we can't afford a Tiger tank, so this may be the next best thing). https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/for-sale-the-r...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Bah, If Alex can pay his train ticket to Nice, I can probably have him around for a while. It will will make for awkward Monopoly evenings, but we can manage...

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According to my Catholic upbringing he came and went already. But then again it also told me that the Pope was infallible, except when he was royally fucking up..... Never mind, lad. You can't be right all the time and this might console you: And Jesus loves our president, even though he is a Catho...

How badly to you have to piss off your priest/imam/minister/whatever that your penance is to try and convert a bunch of shit-talking atheists? I don't think that this Jim is here for punishment. More for practice. Jim's lot (and by this I mean both Bahais and freelance woo-mongers of the "many path...

Oh, and sympathies to all Canadians on the loss of Rob Ford. That's about 50% of all comedy north of the border being taken away. Thanks for the thought, but that sympathy really isn't needed by the general population. If he hadn't died of cancer, the next best place for him would have been in jail...

InfraRedBucket wrote:
fuzzy wrote:Apparently you're supposed to fuck them in the ear.

So is that aural sex?

=

Since female octopi have ovaries, they are women (per Steersman)

and

Since aural sex isn't really sex (per Bill Clinton)

PZ can say "I did not have sex with that woman" and actually mean it.

jimhabegger wrote:This is turning out to be more fun for me than I would have thought, and it isn't as hard as I thought it would be to follow the discussions that interest me.

This will help:

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Passed through Midland, TX the other day-childhood home of GW Bush. First off; the place is a dump and the town smells like a fart. Secondly; you can't drink the water there because of groundwater contamination(various chemicals but mostly trichloroethane ). The city officials act like the source o...

The solution to 11 across in today's Globe and Mail cryptic crossword will be familiar. The clue was: "He navigates the steamer to move between poles."

Anagram of steamer with an N and an S for the poles he is between.

Not a Cleveland steamer (this time).

Give up?

STEERSMAN!

Screwtape, if it's not too indiscreet, what's your prognosis so far? Don't answer if you don't want to. Fuck it, this shouldn't be something no one talks about. 2-5 years from diagnosis to relapse, given my age, cell genetics and a staging that is the mean between the north American staging system ...

This is one of those times I log on to the internet and think, "Why the fuck are we even talking about this? This isn't real life". Looking thought my various friends lists, contact lists and address books, I can see maybe 20 people who identify as Transgender, Transvestite, Sissies, Futas, dick-gi...

By the way. On a completely unrelated, more somber note, about my dad, to counter the growth of cancer cells, a few months ago he received a shot of estrogen (apparently this kind feeds on testosterone). It wasn't so bad at first (apart from him feeling nauseous from time to time), but now he's exp...

Some interesting discussions found in the comments of "Great American Satan" commenting rules post: http://archive.is/VdFIn And for those uninterested in commenting rules, be aware that the orbit has the same ads as FTB: Screen Shot 2016-03-18 at 7.57.18 PM.png So why was the crowd cheering, and wh...

If you want to complete your "good riddance" collection, Alex has his farewell FtB up. http://archive.is/nmunx It begins .. "As of today, Freethought Blogs has a bastard child other than me..... " And his first post at the Orbit: If Friendly Atheist readers were wondering, the reason Pharyngula isn...

The Yeti wrote:Some interesting discussions found in the comments of "Great American Satan" commenting rules post:

http://archive.is/VdFIn

And for those uninterested in commenting rules, be aware that the orbit has the same ads as FTB:

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When my brain gets fuzzy, I suck on a coarse grain of sea salt, for brain-electrolytes. When muscles stiffen, I have an avocado or pill for Magnesium body-electrolytes. Not wanting to be difficult, but what exactly are the differences between brain-electrolytes and body-electrolytes ? I feel oblige...

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