HairySammoth

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• Commented on Two-time turd-spelunker caught peering up from the bottom of pit latrines again
  Post title of the year, right there....
• Commented on Drew Friedman label for McSorley's beer
  If the beer's as good as the label, then that's a wise choice....
• Commented on Everything Is Alive
  Yri: You're welcome! It's also equally at home in conversations about religion and sport. You might similarly enjoy tintinabulant and discombobulous. Oh, and you're quite right about Voudun, by the way....
• Commented on Everything Is Alive
  Holy good goddamn, that is a barnstormingly poor piece of philosophy. The "slightly more academic paper" wears academic terminology like a circus bear wears a party hat....
• Commented on Cute charity alarm clocks made from old barn wood
  Depending on where you live, 200-year-old barns aren't always considered uncommon enough to be heritage buildings. I couldn't throw a piglet without hitting a 200-year-old barn where I grew up....
• Commented on Distance to celestial objects chart
  I'm with Carl Sagan! With Obama making all these nice anti-nuke noises, we're gonna need something to do with all those warheads. The obvious answer - honking great rocketships! High exhaust velocity plus high thrust means redonkulous travel time. A...
• Commented on Make your PS3 actually work as a media player
  Post of the year, for me; my Sky's broken and I just got my 4th Red Rings, so it was beginning to look like I might actually have to make my own fun for a worrying moment there. How have...
• Commented on What do you call the shop on the corner?
  Gaaah, that's my local. Wasn't expecting to see that when I opened up BoingBoing. I've always loved that sign - advertsing by truth. Surprisingly good selection of boozes too!...
• Commented on Take on Me: literal video version
  We have just watched the moon landing video of our generation....
• Commented on Electro-sensitive people want to ban WiFI
  "I wish someone would run a test on these electro-sensitive people by putting them in a room and then asking them to say when a Wi-Fi access point under a box in the room is on or off." You're in...