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[alfredr]

Sounds like a job for a murderous tyrant.

[Biggs]

Sounds like a job for a murderous tyrant.

yeah...someone with drones

Nah, drones can't sting - even drone carpenter bees.

[windshieldbug]

Nah, drones can't sting - even drone carpenter bees.

But the drones in bagpipes can do a LOT of damage...

[alfredr]

Tic season is a definite downgrade, but downgrading them between two rocks is an upgrade for me.

[TexTuba]

Wake up for 7am meeting on my day off. Log in and see that meeting has been cancelled. Sleep downgrade complete.

[MartyNeilan]

A lady where I work rolled her computer forward to 2050. It expired and permanently deleted all her scheduled meetings.

[bort]

Typing on a tablet is about as downgraded as it gets for typing.

[windshieldbug]

A lady where I work rolled her computer forward to 2050. It expired and permanently deleted all her scheduled meetings.

They were all replaced with the message, "You should live so long... "

[Biggs]

I suppose you can shoot yourself in the head with a revolver or a semi-auto, too, and be just as dead, bloke.

I recommend you don't shoot yourself in the head, be it via Pall Mall or cheeseburger...

I have been working for years to combine the two ideas and create a semi-automatic cheeseburger delivery system wherein as soon as one cheeseburger is in my mouth, the next one loads into my hand in preparation.

[Donn]

There's a whole wikipedia page devoted to the subject of cigarette smoking and weight loss. The gist of it seems to be (along with all the historical information etc.), while nicotine does suppress appetite and boost metabolism and one can easily see how that would help burn fat, it's harder to see that smokers as a rule are actually less fat. Caffeine naturally boosts metabolism in a similar if not identical way. Casual investigation shows some general agreement that it works -- but it doesn't work, in the sense that drinking coffee would be an effective way to lose weight - it isn't.

It doesn't seem very likely to me that the epidemic of obesity has anything to do with reduced stimulant use. Ask the fat kids if they quit smoking or what. I don't have a clue what's causing it, but my guess is that it's going to turn out to be a combination of things - and if and when we uncover the culprits, there's going to be pharmaceutical and food industry pushback on the scale of fossil fuel vs. climate change, tobacco vs. health effects of cigarettes, etc.

[edit - there used to be a notion that smoking would enlarge your lungs. There's a classic photo of some bicycle racers sitting on the ground puffing away on cigarettes getting ready for a big climb. The guys at the gym need to get the word about smoking before, not after.]

[Kevin Hendrick]

I suppose you can shoot yourself in the head with a revolver or a semi-auto, too, and be just as dead, bloke.

I recommend you don't shoot yourself in the head, be it via Pall Mall or cheeseburger...

I have been working for years to combine the two ideas and create a semi-automatic cheeseburger delivery system wherein as soon as one cheeseburger is in my mouth, the next one loads into my hand in preparation.

Pez-burgers?

[windshieldbug]

I suppose you can shoot yourself in the head with a revolver or a semi-auto, too, and be just as dead, bloke.

I recommend you don't shoot yourself in the head, be it via Pall Mall or cheeseburger...

I have been working for years to combine the two ideas and create a semi-automatic cheeseburger delivery system wherein as soon as one cheeseburger is in my mouth, the next one loads into my hand in preparation.

Pez-burgers?

Semi-Automatic Burgers. Just don't change the firing pin, or they'll be illegal...

[windshieldbug]

Why aren't tuba players ever instructed to play "pavillons en l'air" ?

Then they'd have to sit up...

[sousaphone68]

you know when you are getting old when your idea of a good Saturday night is a bag of pretzels and the Eurovison Song Contest