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• Commented on Gundam-themed wedding
  I'm confused by the use of the term "life-sized" in this context. Can you explain?...
• Commented on Perineum-crushing bike seats give cycle cops "penile numbness" and erectile dysfunction
  @#52 The "seat" on a bicycle has been referred to as a "saddle" for a very long time: saddle really is the standard term, among bicyclists at least. Consider for instance, H. G. Wells' terrific novel, "Wheels of Chance", from...
• Commented on Jets bomb desert drug find
  Do they really have four significant digits for the weight of a bunch of hash spread over "an area the size of two football pitches"? Seems unlikely....
• Commented on Game of Life kit
  @6: To avoid the issue of what happens "at the edges", CGoL has often been represented in software on what I believe is topologically equivalent to a torus (like an old game of Asteroids). Non-euclidean happens all the time....
• Commented on Waiting rooms for hitchhikers - lost innovation from 1939
  @#15: I've always remembered the phrase as "gas, grass or ass..". Google hits of the six permutations: gas grass ass 24400 gas ass grass 863 ass gas grass 21800 ass grass gas 4000 grass gas ass 1220 grass ass gas...
• Commented on Deep-fried things that ought not be deep-fried
  Scott Snyder has done a bit with beany babies along these lines: http://www.culturalcoroner.com/Site/51BBC8A4-665E-11DC-90B4-000D934B11A6.html...