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Anteater
February 4, 2007 by theramsdonianTen Things About Octopi
February 2, 2007 by theramsdonianOctopi/octopuses freak me out almost as much as anteaters make me happy. Here’s why:
1. Octopi can squeeze through spaces not much bigger than their eyeball.
2. Octopi are very intelligent – perhaps as intelligent as dogs – but in a different, “alien” way.
4. Octopi play.
5. Octopi have been known to leave tanks either by breaking glass and climbing out, or squeezing through a tiny gap. (photo from Wikipedia)
6. Once they’re out they have been known to cross the floor and get into another tank full of fish to eat them. This is one of the reasons why I find octopi very scary.
7. Other times, though, apparently, they just walk around the room until they dry out and die. Which isn’t that intelligent, really.
8. They make eye contact with you. Despite being a mollusc.
9. Octopi – and strap yourself in for this one – MIGHT HAVE PERSONALITIES.
10. Octopi have powers to turn pretty much invisible and it makes them really, properly wrong and scary. You may have already seen this Youtube clip of an octopus being invisible. If you haven’t, prepare for your mind to implode. It’s the way that when it “decloaks”, you realise it’s been looking at you all the time…
I’m glad I don’t live in the sea.
The Top of the Atmosphere
February 2, 2007 by theramsdonian
This is a Nasa photograph of the moon and the top of the atmosphere as seen from the International Space Station.
Anteater
February 2, 2007 by theramsdonian
This is one of my favourite anteaters – strolling so nonchalantly through the woods. Brilliant.
Anteater
January 31, 2007 by theramsdonian
Earworm
January 31, 2007 by theramsdonianGhost Cheese!
January 30, 2007 by theramsdonian
Eurovision Song Contest WINNER Cheryl Baker
January 30, 2007 by theramsdonianThere’s an advert on the tube at the moment which involves Cheryl Baker. On her picture it says: “Cheryl Baker: TV Presenter and Formerly of Buck’s Fizz Fame”.
This choice of words – particularly the “formerly” – seems very odd. Are they implying that, although she once was “of Buck’s Fizz fame”, that fame no longer exists? In which case, why mention it? Surely you’re either of (insert band name) fame or not. She is a former member of Buck’s Fizz – but then that’s not what this advert says.
But then why not go into more detail? Why not “Cheryl Baker: Of Former Early Saturday Morning TV Cookery Show ‘Eggs n Baker’ Fame”?
But that’s just tinkering at the edges. The main problem with this advert is that, of course, Cheryl Baker and Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest, and this advert doesn’t mention it AT ALL. It’s like it’s searching for something to say about Cheryl Baker, and has missed the most obvious thing. It should simply say Eurovision Song Contest WINNER Cheryl Baker. Everyone should refer to her as that. If I was Cheryl Baker, I would write that on cheques and change my name to include it. My full name would therefore become Rita Crudgington AKA Eurovision Song Contest WINNER Cheryl Baker.
What kind of country is it where former winners of the Eurovision Song Contest do not have this fact mentioned in adverts which explain why they are famous? Sure, if you fail to win the Eurovision Song Contest, you are sentenced to forever have to explain why you are famous. But we’re not talking about Gemini here. We’re talking about a winner. Never mind more straightforward descriptions on adverts, they should all have statues. Imagine a statue of Bucks Fizz – frozen in the middle of performing “Making Your Mind Up”, on those stools. Tell me you don’t want to see that statue.
Of course this leads to another dilemma: should Katrina’s statue stand alone or should we also immortalise The Waves?
This…
January 28, 2007 by theramsdonian
…was great.
