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MeFi post:
Leopard Vs Crocodile.
The video is of "a confrontation between a herd of Cape Buffalo, a small pride of lions, and a pair of crocodiles", not the leopard and the croc.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 8:52 PM on July 18, 2008
MeFi post:
It's the Pew News IQ... Comin' right at you...
The question-by-question breakdown showing the percentage of people who correctly answered each question saddens me.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 8:42 PM on July 18, 2008
"I got 11/12 (91%) because they don't update the Dow Jones averages often enough."
I don't understand your complaint. DJIA closed under 11,000 maybe four times in the last two years.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 8:49 PM on July 18, 2008
MeFi post:
Nothing to see here.
We all remembered it, supermedusa, but WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING.
Matt, did you forget to send the new user memo again?
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 9:30 AM on July 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Sometimes people are nice!
This story would have been great if it ended like this:
"As we all watched the ducklings happily swimming behind the mama duck, we were horrified as a GIANT FRESHWATER CROCODILE swallowed the entire family in one gulp."
Probably there aren't many GIANT FRESHWATER CROCODILES in Spokane, though.
But if there were, that would be a great ending.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 11:34 AM on July 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Freedom Flies
You're already pretty much treated like a criminal when you get on a plane - might as well make it official.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 10:42 AM on July 12, 2008
I thought everyone knew lawyers and terrorists are pretty much the same thing, commish.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 9:02 PM on July 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Manhattanhenge
"What will future civilizations think of Manhattan Island when they dig it up and find a carefully laid out network of streets and avenues?"
Probably something like "They worshipped themselves."
And they'd be right.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 6:50 PM on July 11, 2008
MeFi post:
IndyMac Bank seized by federal regulators
This is why I keep all my money in a cookie jar.
Nah, I'm kidding. I don't have any money.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 4:35 PM on July 11, 2008
"First International planned to open the lobby Saturday morning to assuage the community."
I read that as "..to sausage the community."
I suppose that's still fairly accurate, though.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 6:09 PM on July 11, 2008
MeFi post:
chomp
Metafilter: my spoon is too big, and I am a banana
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 4:52 PM on July 11, 2008
MeFi post:
I'm not here...
When people comb the archives for this post sometime in the future, the tags are going to be tremendous assets.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 12:48 PM on July 11, 2008
MeFi post:
America's Pastime
"We’d all like our own Field of Dreams, but it’s worth remembering that Mr. Costner’s was in an Iowa cornfield. And, with all due nostalgia for simpler childhoods in simpler times, it’s possible Greenwich’s Wiffle version — on a lot valued at $1.25 million..."
Mark: Do you know how much this land is worth?
Ray: Yeah. Yeah. Twenty-two hundred bucks an acre.
Mark: Then you know we can't keep a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 8:07 AM on July 10, 2008
MeFi post:
Futility Closet
flabdablet, I seem to recall a similar scheme that was purported to have been used on the owner of a new Volkswagen Beetle back in the 70's. His friend kept surreptitiously adding gas to the tank, and feigning amazement at the tales of ninety, one hundred, or one hundred ten miles per gallon.
Then the friend started siphoning gas out of the tank.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 5:22 AM on July 10, 2008
MeFi post:
Nanotube City
"How exactly does a radio receiver invade your privacy?"
Wait until the government implants it in your head.
Then you'll feel a little silly for asking this, won't you?
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 3:58 PM on July 9, 2008
MeFi post:
The successor to TimeCube?
A little diggin produced this nugget:
"On another subject...
If I understand the news correctly, Saddam Hussein was executed. I think we should express our condolences to his son, Qusai, as he lives so conveniently close to us.
Bearing in mind that he and his wife, Lani, are privately practicing Jews, please select your cards accordingly. And please ask if Terry, the Rector, is going to have a memorial service."
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis
at 3:20 PM on July 8, 2008
