Feb 23, 2009 22:22
And this is how we study for GeoSci:
Me: You are a Coccolithophore. Pronounced, coc-hoe-lick-a-more or.... cocco-lick-a-whore.
::gasps:: Ha!
Did you know that coc-hoe-lick-a-mores (or cocco-lick-a-whores) that are alive today have two golden-brown shaded pigment marks in their cell? Ultimately, one could translate this to mean, Kris....you poop your pants. That is just nasty.
Me: I am a Byrozoan!
Kris: ...more like a bi - hoe - zoan
Kris: Colin, colin... you do know that I was just telling the truth! You bi-hoe-zoans are always... and I mean ALWAYS in colonies.... you have to have tens of thousands of hoes all in one crusty calcereous structure?! That is just RUDE! All by yourself you're just a zooid--- extending your lopho-hore into the water to feed on anything that comes floating by.... you're going to get an STD if you keep that up!
Kris: Geeze... just cause I tell you you have a fluid filled cavity with muscles that can push.... (if you know what i'm saying) doesn't mean you have to get all defensive!
Me: When I saw you, the neutralism that challenges Neo-Darwinism went out the window. Evidence of your evolution , such as your vestigial structures and other "imperfections", just didn't matter to me! My attraction to you can be compared to Mendel's genetic pea plant experiment. Your genetics provides me with the theory of heredity that natural selection unfortunately, lacks! Let's go on a scientific cruise together!
Kris: Colin, hun... my vestigial structures are the work of sorcerers... my bones are dragon bones and thunderbolts from in the sky.... if you were from ~800 BC you would understand.... I guess that's just our age difference though. You like me because I'm magic---after all, You're no Steno... which is good because I'm not looking for modern answers to age ... Read More old questions here.... just a little Greek mythology and we'll see eye to eye.
You are my pea pod experiment... simply beautiful, and a timeless example of one of the greatest experiments ever done... I mean... not to say that you're an experiment... I'm just saying that my observations are leading me to question my methods and the underlying processes of everything I've ever called fact! Let's go to the ocean... after all.... most people from the time of thunderbolts (900-700BC) have never been!