TribbleCam
April 1, 2016 4:48 PM Subscribe
The Smithsonian National Air and Space museum has set up a live camera monitoring a box of tribbles as they reproduce.
Can they beam them into a Tesla 3 engine bay, where they'll be no Tribble at all?
posted by Confess, Fletch at 4:52 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Confess, Fletch at 4:52 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
When the tribbles get to google will they drop the mic?
posted by effluvia at 5:07 PM on April 1, 2016
posted by effluvia at 5:07 PM on April 1, 2016
This offends my Klingon heritage.
posted by drezdn at 5:10 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by drezdn at 5:10 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
At least they haven't gotten into the grain storage pyramid yet.
posted by drezdn at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by drezdn at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2016 [14 favorites]
UPDATE: At press time, the number of tribbles has exceeded the Museum’s expectations and contingency plans are in effect. Dr. Weitekamp is unavailable for comment, and is working with contractor Cyrano Jones to acquire a supply of glommers, creatures specially designed to devour surplus tribbles.
OK, that's a deep pull.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 5:24 PM on April 1, 2016 [13 favorites]
I like them. Better than I like you.
posted by The Bellman at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by The Bellman at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Well, they can always sell the tribbles to Trump supporters who want to look like their hero (because some of them definitely resemble DonaldHair).
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2016
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2016
Why is it black and white? It's the 1960's, not the 1950's.
posted by Bringer Tom at 5:40 PM on April 1, 2016
posted by Bringer Tom at 5:40 PM on April 1, 2016
Sorry, the ESA already won April Fool's Day.
posted by eriko at 5:42 PM on April 1, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by eriko at 5:42 PM on April 1, 2016 [11 favorites]
Sorry, the ESA already won April Fool's Day.
By tweeting an ancient Dave Barry joke (see June 27).
posted by effbot at 5:55 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
By tweeting an ancient Dave Barry joke (see June 27).
posted by effbot at 5:55 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
There may have been an escapee which reached the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
posted by channaher at 6:12 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by channaher at 6:12 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
UPDATE: At press time, the number of tribbles has exceeded the Museum’s expectations
They'd better do something fast; if they don't, then by day 3 they could be looking at--just spitballing a guess, here--one million, seven hundred and seventy-one thousand, five hundred and sixty-one of the little buggers.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:20 PM on April 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
They'd better do something fast; if they don't, then by day 3 they could be looking at--just spitballing a guess, here--one million, seven hundred and seventy-one thousand, five hundred and sixty-one of the little buggers.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:20 PM on April 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
Why is it black and white? It's the 1960's, not the 1950's.
Like taxpayers are gonna spring for a color camera! What's wrong with you? Do you even America!? Yeesh.
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 6:21 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Like taxpayers are gonna spring for a color camera! What's wrong with you? Do you even America!? Yeesh.
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 6:21 PM on April 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Fun fact: when TOS was being produced, part of the design and costuming production included checking the tint of the sets, props and costumes using a B&W camera to make sure that they didn't all end up the same or nearly the same shade of gray, because lots of people still had B&W sets.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:24 PM on April 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:24 PM on April 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: I had no idea.
Sisko: What?
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: He's so much more handsome in person. Those eyes!
Sisko: Kirk had quite the reputation as a ladies' man.
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Not him. Spock.
posted by marienbad at 6:34 PM on April 1, 2016 [11 favorites]
Sisko: What?
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: He's so much more handsome in person. Those eyes!
Sisko: Kirk had quite the reputation as a ladies' man.
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Not him. Spock.
posted by marienbad at 6:34 PM on April 1, 2016 [11 favorites]
Sorry, the ESA already won April Fool's Day.
I beg to differ.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:53 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I beg to differ.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:53 PM on April 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
For a second I thought the phone number in that Time story was going to be Trump's cell phone. Which of course would be doxxing, and therefore wrong, and would probably be like whacking a hornet nest. Even so...
posted by krinklyfig at 7:00 PM on April 1, 2016
posted by krinklyfig at 7:00 PM on April 1, 2016
Halloween Jack: That's nothing. You should see what the original Addams Family set looked like in color.
posted by BiggerJ at 11:28 PM on April 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by BiggerJ at 11:28 PM on April 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
BiggerJ: Wow, that's kind of a Fin de Siècle New Orleans Bordello style there--good thing they went with B&W.
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:31 AM on April 2, 2016
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:31 AM on April 2, 2016
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