LJ Daily Answers: 25 April 2005

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"An insect theme! I feel itchy already. *scratches self randomly, desperately* Damn you, LJDQ!! Damn you and your wily ways!" - chlaal

"What is it with you people and the buggy questions? I mean really… is it just Squick people out month or something? First death, now bugs…. Maybe LJDQ has just gone soft poppy goth." - corbaewench

(Yes, that's right - the theme this week was insects. And if you think there is a metatheme connecting the themes of Death and Bugs, well, you're giving us more credit that we deserve. But we'll try to pick something more uplifting for next week. Flowers or butterflies or something. -AL)

"Well, you guys... this will be my last quiz until... uh. You know what? I dunno when I'll be back. I may be able to answer come June/July, or it may be August/September before I'm back. For you see, I am LEAVING! Yes, leaving. To the lovely land of South Carolina for ARMY BOOT CAMP. WTF am I thinking. ;) In fact, I won't even see the answers this week, cause I'm leaving Sunday night. I'LL MISS YOU ALL. A WHOLE LOT. I'll think of you when I'm doing ridiculous things in my underwear in front of screaming sargeants, I promise." - shinga

While we're never pleased to lose a Quizling, we wish you the best of luck in your upcoming adventure with high-powered weaponry. Rock on, Private shinga!



1. What Joss Whedon series focused on the crew and passengers of the space vessel Serenity?

"Whedon's Creek: Angst Goes to Space" - atomichatred82

(Oh, that could be anything on the WB nowadays... -CV)

"Holy crap, I thought you said Wil Wheaton. *whew* that was a close one." - thisisbullcrap

"I really want to pronounce this guy's name "Josh Wheldon." I blame him for clearly spelling it wrong." - moocow1985

"I have no idea, but I would like to thank LJDQ for the geekgasm that came from the mental image of Sarah Michelle Gellar in a Seven of Nine catsuit." - sansseraphim

"Buffy the Space Cowboy... Layer." - caropal

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Next Generation" - drewbeartx

"'Buffy in Space.' People just watched it for the zero-gravity breasts." - soimpossible414

"wouldn't that have been a GREAT sequel to Cocoon? I can just see it now. Serenity, brought to you by the makers of Cocoon. When Depends just don't hold water any more." - sweetjane_69

"DAMN YOU, STUPID FOX EXECUTIVES! YOU TOTALLY RUINED WHAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST GENRE SCI-FI TV SERIES EVER! I HOPE THAT THE GENIUS WHO MADE THE FINAL DECISIONS GETS BOILS ON HIS OR HER NETHER REGIONS. YOU ARE GOING TO THE SPECIAL HELL." - trishalynn, echoing the sentiments of a great many of you.

(Fangirls are funny. -AL)

"Star Trek: Serenity. Where T'Pol was a prostitute for hire, Archer didn't have a prison fetish and cowboys more cowboys OMG WE GET THE IDEA ALREADY WILD WEST IN SPACE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST STOP" - lots42

(Haters are funnier. -CV)

"Firefly, otherwise known as the 'topic of discussion most likely to make me ignore the next eighteen things you say.'" - fragbert

(We'll see you back at question #2, then... -CV)

"You can watch the entire series in a day, ya know. Yep, get up in the mornings, sit on your ass in front of the computer all day eating doritos, drinking rootbeer, and watching illegally downloaded copies of Firefly DVDs. That's the life!" - the_wanlorn

"Firefly. I never watched it, but I've been told it was like a blinking light in the dark." - whiski_sour

"I never watched the show, so I am unable to comment on the possible pyromaniac tendencies of any member of the crew." - pocketmouse

"Firefly, which is kind of odd because I didn't think fireflies lived in space. Except according to Timon in The Lion King. So, yes, Firefly. If Timon says there's fireflies in space, there's fireflies in space, dammit." - eridanusus

"Ahh, Firefly. Sorta like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but with less teen angst and more hookers. I liked Firefly better. Because of the hookers." - nakedblueninja

"Much as I love Joss, who the fuck designs a spaceship to look like a firefly?" - marasca

(I don't know what kind of weird-ass fireflies you have in DC, but up here, they look NOTHING like the spaceship on the box cover. -CV)

"I do not, in fact, watch TV. I have never seen this show, nor any advertisement relating to it. However, as I hang out on livejournal, I can tell you with 99% surity that the show in question is "Firefly". This says more sad things about my life than I'd care to admit." - gethsemane

"NED! Those damned fireflies keep landing on the BBQ! You want yours with hickory or mesquite?" - dhutch

"I bet the reason Firefly didn't stay on the air is because Whedon named the ship after an incontinence product." - sskipstress

Correct Answer: Firefly

"I always preferred the Shirley Hemphill spin-off: Serenity Now! I especially liked the one where “Rerun” makes a guest appearance in a dance-off against a Reaver. Hilarity ensues." - slickrickt



2. What creature, frequently used in funeral and mummification rituals as a symbol of resurrection and new life, was the symbol of the Egyptian creator-god Khepri?

"It can't be Khan. Kirk killed Khan." - guxx

(Actually, Khan killed himself. Kirk just macked him up a lot. -CV)

"I learned about mummification in middle school, and I had nightmares for WEEKS when I found out how they mummify you. They shove a hot poker up your nose, swirl your brains into scrambled eggs, and then rip it all out through your nose again. Well, one way to clear the sinuses, I suppose. But still! You've brought back childhood trauma, and I don't have any alcohol to take a drink with! That's like a double whammy! Oh, LJDQ, how could you?!" - twilight_angel

"I have this mental image of that really creepy cartoon featuring mummies. Who decides on cartoons these days? 'Well, we've already done shows on cute little animals. I know, let's have a show about ancient bodies wrapped in linen! Our ratings will go sky high!'" - dubh_ceol

"I've had some fun with the younger sisters, a mummification manual and toilet paper... " - norwegianne

"Khepri? Didn't he invent three quarters length trousers?" - majorcate
"Khepri, what a god! He gave us a car, a pair of pants and an excuse to talk about bugs that roll shit around whilst still sounding highbrow and pretentious." - ashteth
"The Sun. He was formally known, therefore, as Khepri-Sun." - profsparky

"Khepri > capri > capris > pants > shirts > buttons > cat I once had. So therefore, cat." - maskofsmiles

(You would have gotten +1 only if you had worked Kevin Bacon in there. -CV)

"Hmm, cats were worshiped, and they have nine-lives, and Khepri even sounds like cats...kinda. Hmm now I have a hankering for chinese...wonder why?" - yinyangscurse

"I'm thinking either the cat, the crocodile, or the beetle. Egyptian history is fuzzy, all I remember is my presentation about the accuracy of 'The Ten Commandments'. I got a D+." - dizzle09

"For some reason, I'm thinking crocodiles. Unfortunately, this is surely wrong. I don't think I have any childhood stories about crocodiles. On a completely unrelated note, I did once throw a croquet ball at my sister. It hit her in the face and she cried." - moocow1985

"I'm guessing some kind of bug, and creation usually involves water, so that makes some kind of water bug, so I'll say 'lobster.'" - kokopellinelli

"I wish I could say I knew this because of my status as a grad student in anthropology...but alas, I must give credit to Bredan Fraser and the Mummy Triology." - livehisjoy

(Note to everyone: three moves in a series is a trilogy. Two movies in a series is a triology. Any questions? -CV)

"A bug that hatches from eggs laid in poo becomes the symbol for death and resurrection, beating out worthier candidates like the phoenix and the unicorn. I would've expected better from a culture that built the pyramids, created papyrus, and discovered irrigation methods." - sansseraphim

"The ancient Egyptians believed that a giant stellar scarab beetle pushed the sun across the sky, like the earth beetles pushed dung. I'm not sure whether I'm more worried about the possible existence of a giant stellar dung beetle, or the existence of such a creature that could excrete the sun. Must have been a *really* hot curry." - m31andy

"That would be the scarab. If I don't particularly care for beetles in life, why would I want them crawling all over my body when I'm dead? Hence my request to be creamated. Damn, I just gave myself the heebie-jeebies." - rivetkitten

"I totally have issues with bugs being buried with me. I have evil flash backs to that whole worms go in, worms go out song from primary school. Let's hear a big Halleleujah for the wonderful folks at the Crematorium provided they don't just bury us in the backyard next to the rusty tractor." - sweetjane_69

"I saw this episode of the amazing race where they were in Egypt, and had to find a scarab in this glorified sandpit. And every single person asked, 'What's a scarab?' The only person to even guess at the answer said, 'Isn't that a sword holder?'" - psychoticspy

"Those things are gross and it's the reason why I refuse to watch The Mummy, anything with a similar title, or anything with Brendan Fraser. Ugh, thanks for reminding me about that, I'm gonna feel bugs on me all day. *shudder*" - weirdwriter

"The scarab...which would have made a great name for a fighter type either in the Wing Commander game series or the redone Cattlecar Battlestar Galactica." - n51ln

"Was it that beetle that ate human flesh in The Mummy? I hated those things... but not as bad as the bugs in Indiana Jones... the ones ALL IN HER HAIR, and EW! *goes to take a shower*" - shinga

Correct Answer: Scarab (Dung) Beetle

"Also seen on Journey's 'Escape' album." - rikchik



3. Harrison Ford and the now-deceased River Phoenix starred in which film about an inventor who brings his family and an ice machine into the jungle?

"Hey, Stop Shoving Ice Down my Shirt, It's Not Funny Anymore" - profsparky
"Having An Ice Time, Wish You Were Here" - deesarrachi
"My So-Called Mosquito Coast: The Adventures of Growing Up With A Madman" - utforsker
"Honey I Made Ice In the Jungle" - krick

"His family and an ice machine? Sounds like a clever guy. I mean, food and water." - tophets_tool

"I just want to say that River Pheonix was hot before he died. Yow." - soimpossible414

"When I was learning to read, I pronouced Phoenix the way it looked - "puh-HON-iks." My dad still thinks it's very funny." - moocow1985

"Don't river and phoenix cancel each other out? Water and fire...so wouldn't the actor's name be 'null'?" - puredeadthingy

"I just can't make any jokes about River Pheonix, seeing as how he didn't really live up to the name" - invalidcaracter

"It's a well kept secret that River Phoenix died of malaria on the shoot. The production company was so embarrassed that they made up a while fake story about 'clubbing' and 'drug overdoses.'" - marasca

"The only Harrison Ford movie I can think of now is Blade Runner and I'm sure it's not that. But wouldn't it have been cool if it was? Just think - Harrison Ford hunting Replicants in the jungle, his only weapon an ice machine." - alliterator

"6days 7 nights? or was that jsut the only movie i know with harrison ford anywhere near a jungle? and wasn;t it a jungle that anne heche was in that movie and then she declared she was no longer a lesbian but she liked guys? does harrison ford have the power to make lesbians into straight girls? i dunno where i was going with this....." - jenny_1981

"Is this the one where Ford had that horrible long hair? Yes. I think it was. Bleagh. He needs to either keep it short or wear brown fedoras. And carry a whip at all times. Rawr." - crinkledpaper

"I always get this movie mixed up with that one where Sean Connery is in the jungle and cures cancer or something." - jennnlee

"Is that the one where that guy’s face melts off at the end? I worked at a freaking Blockbuster for two years and I couldn’t tell you. All you had to have to get hired at my local BB was two breasts and holes in the appropriate places" - scarlethue

"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. And I'll admit, I asked my film-obsessed co-worker." - maskofsmiles

(You have my permission to kick your co-worker in the nether regions for his misleading you. -CV)

"I thought they were in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade together...?" - dizzle09

(Never said they weren't. I just wanted an excuse to get someone kicked in the jewels. -CV)

"Where in the bloody hell do you plug in an ice machine in the jungle? Did they have monkey butlers as well?" - whiski_sour

(No, all the monkey butlers got imported to angledge's current residence. -CV)

"'We're going into the jungle, kids! Do you have your sunscreen, granola bars, and ice machine?' (Although they could make snowballs, which I suppose is an argument in favour of bringing an ice machine with you whereever you go, especially when you're going into the jungle.)" - shannon_sue

"Mosquito Coast, if I recall the cover art correctly. Never watched the movie, on account of the "omg!angst" look on Ford's face." - edincoat

"It's part of my don't put nice looking men from former series films in movies about rain forests or the movie will totally suck theory. Example one: This movie, Mosquito Coast. Example Two, Sean Connery in Medicine Man." - sweetjane_69

"Damn, that book was boring. You're totally hoping and waiting for the guy to snap, and when he does, it isn't all that spectacular. I was fully expecting deep psychosis, the kind that would make me look at Han Solo and Indiana Jones in a different way. Now, I only get a glimpse of that madness whenever I think of him having sex with Calista Flockheart." - trishalynn

"Since you felt the need for some reason to point out that River Phoenix is dead, I get my revenge in punnery by answering thusly: The Mosquito Ghost. Yeah, you heard me. River's gonna come back and haunt your heathen asses. (Heeeeeyyyy, waitaminnit, River Phoenix isn't the answer to the previous question, is he?? Did the ancient Egyptians ever worship him the way I did when I was twelve? Um, on second thought, don't answer that.)" - chlaal

Correct Answer: The Mosquito Coast



4. What comic strip features the characters Zero, Plato, Cookie, and General Amos T. Halftrack?

"What is it with the internet and cookies? They're everywhere! I'm going to get internet diabetes, you know." - tophets_tool

(So shall we all. Pass the e-insulin. -AL)

"Now now, don't you know that cookies are now a sometimes food?" - akiyasan

(Let's not get back into the desecration of childhood icons again. It burns even when I close my eyes. -CV)

"everytime I look at the question and see the name Cookie, I want to sing 'C is for Cookie, it's good enough for me.' The cool thing is they all have names that start with a letter rhyming with C, so you can do 'Z is for Zero' and 'P is for Plato' though it gets a bit silly when you try singing 'G is for General Amos T. Halftrack'. He's gotta drop a couple of names." - weirdwriter

"It sounds like Sesame Street Gets Drafted. Cookie is obviously the Cookie Monster, and Zero is probably a nickname for The Count." - rokeon

(We got nearly as many reference to Sesame Street in this answer as we did to the comic strip we were actually referencing. You all are pretty upset about the new Cookie Monster song, aren't you? -AL)

"These four combine to form the Leauge of poorly named superheros! Zero, with his power to... well, do nothing!. Plato, who will argue philosophy with the villian until they're so confused they give up. Cookie, who assults them with the Crumbs of Death, and the General, who will bury his T in your halftrack *winkwinknudgenudge*" - jamileigh17

"I have no idea, but it sounds like a bad joke. 'This naught, philosopher, tasty treat, and military dude all walk into a bar...'" - ajmcoqui

"Though it's odd to have Plato and Zero in the same strip, since I thought it was the ancient Greeks who had no concept of zero. Or maybe that's someone else. My history gets muddled sometimes, and then I mix up timelines and you end up with ninja's attacking pirates by sailing giant ships filled with monkies on fire at the pirates to make them stop trading music via peer-to-peer networks. My brand of history is much more exciting than the other brands." - sanguinary

(I think your brand of history is called fantasy. -AL)

"Was Earthworm Jim ever a comic strip? He was the coolest superhero ever. OMFG there's a big wasp outside my window....holy MOTHER OF GOD HE'S CHEWING THROUGH THE SCREEN...okay, he's gone now. Anyway. Earthworm Jim. Fun guy." - kokopellinelli

"I like the dog, whose name I can't remember. Half-pint? No, that's Laura Ingalls Wilder." - jennnlee

(Are you saying she was a half-pint, or she was a dog? -CV)

"I don't remember the name, but dude, the secretary was STACKED. I think my earliest conception that large breasts=attractive to male population was because of her." - okuninushii

"And now I have the cartoon's theme song in my head, damn you very much." - adrith

(Since it is a newspaper comic strip & not a TV cartoon, I'm curious about this theme song you think you're hearing. Do you often hear things that no-one else can hear? -AL)

(Oddly enough, a brief glance at IMDB informs me that there was, in fact, a direct-to-video set of cartoons made. Further research indicates that adrith was the only person to ever watch them. -CV)

"I always wondered how Beetle Bailey saw, since his helmet was always jammed over his eyes. Ill-fitting helmets are a definite safety hazard that I'm not sure our armed forces have appropriately addressed." - i_am_that_is

(+1, excellent health & safety awareness. -AL)

"The name 'Beetle Bailey' always scared me, because I thought it sounded like something you'd get if you put bugs and Irish creme in a blender, and that's definitely a waste of good Irish creme." - sansseraphim

"'From now on you're Private Beetle Bailey! Do you like that name?' 'Sir, yes sir!'" - cmzero

(+1, Full Metal Jacket. -CV)

"Does it mean I'm Old that I know this one, by the way?" - sweetjane_69

(Not just old, but despised by some of the young'uns. Like spyderqueen... -AL)

"'Beetle Bailey', yet another hideously unfunny, complete waste of space in the comics section that will never go away because old people have nothing better to do with their time than write angry letters to newspapers bitching that their crappy-ass comics aren't there any more. No WONDER paying social security makes me pissy." - spyderqueen

"Beetle Bailey...who's a cousin of Hi & Lois? Always found that connection sort of out there." - theworryrock
"Did you know that Beetle Bailey and Blondie are brother and sister? It's so weird, because she's all industrious with her catering shop and such, and he's lazy and has no eyes." - delorda

(Wait a minute, are all of the characters from stupid comic strips related? How do the cavemen from BC figure in? What about Prince Valiant? -AL)

"I thought that read 'halfcrack'. I'm not sure whether to make a drug reference or an arse reference. Both would be nice but I'm not that creative." - kiffany

"I know General Halftrack, or as he is more commonly known as in Norwegian, General Halvspenn." - norwegianne

(I have just increased my Norwegian vocabulary by one word. Tusen takk, norwegianne!)

(The LJDQ: it's all about the learnin'. -CV)

Correct Answer: Beetle Bailey

"I was always glad it wasn't Beatle Bailey, because that guy was WAY too uncool to be a rock star" - chlaal



5. Of the ten plagues God sent down upon Egypt, which three are relevant to this quiz?

"I dunno! I'm Hindu! We don't have plagues, just reincarnation!" - prettypinkkitty

"Relevant to LJDQ?
A.) Plague of Puns
B.) Plague of Bananas That Must Be Fended-Off With Point-Ed Sticks
C.) Plague of Pudding! That would be really relevant, and not so much plague-y if it were really good pudding and there was some way to collect the Rain of Pudding in clean containers so you wouldn't feel weird about eating it." - unamundamour

"Joss Whedon, Harrison Ford, and Beetle Bailey. Does that mean that the end is nigh? Repent!" - _angsty

"Uh... heavy metal music, uh....pornography, and umm... homosexuals? That's what the religious tv channel says, anyway." - krick

(Rrriiiight. According to them the other seven plagues would be feminism, the internet, evolution, Dungeons & Dragons, environmentalists, Halloween, & cosmology. -AL)

"Women, taxes, police, war, famine, my job, haggis, road construction...." - thisisbullcrap

"See, this is where Unitarian Universalist Sunday School lets you down. We didn't have to memorize this stuff, we did Transcendental Meditation instead." - missplume

"*folds Metatron arms* You people. If there isn't a movie about it, it's not worth knowing, is it?" - 3jane

(+1, Dogma. -AL)

(Besides which, there was a movie about it. -CV)

"Okay, the ten plagues according to The Abominal Dr. Phibes were boils, bats, frogs, hail, blood, rats, beasts, locusts, death of the first born son, and eternal darkness. So, I'd say locusts, bats, and frogs. Locusts are bugs and frogs and bats eat bugs. Of course, rats could eat bugs, too. My rat Zero ate flies. And in the movie, the boils were caused by bees. Crap. I think I've just figured my way right out of an answer." - whiski_sour

(Don't fret. At no point in this rambling monologue were you more than one-third of the way to the correct answer. -AL)

"God's a little bitch in this story, you know. First he's plaguing and killing people and then he's hardening Pharaoh's heart so that he can plague and kill some more." - gethsemane

"Locusts, mosquitos, and Mothra. I especially like the Mothra verses. 'And the LORD did so; and Mothra did descend upon the people of Egypt. And his wrath was mighty; and he came into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by Mothra. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, and sacrifice unto your LORD, that Mothra may no longer blight our lands. [...] And Moses and Aaron went into the wilderness and entreated the LORD. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he released a great lizard upon the land of Egypt that GODzilla might destroy the blight of Mothra.' It's all very exciting. The battle gets pretty intense." - lilitou

"Locusts, gnats, and flies. And hey, you can purchase the Ten Plagues of Egypt finger puppets to keep the kiddies entertained during the seder - fun times with Death of the Firstborn and Wild Beasts!! My favourite part is the grin on the face of Flaming Hail Man.

And here's a link to their site!" - basking_lizard

"I knew locusts, but I had to googlecheat to get lice and flies." - teal_cuttlefish

(Verily, it would have been better for you if you had never Googled ... ten plagues upon you!

1. -50
2. one (1) kick below the belt
3. The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, read by Keanu Reaves
4. ... Maybe we only need 3 plagues. -AL)

"Locusts, Flies and Skeeters, i.e. Yaweh sent the then-population of Florida to Egypt. What I'd REALLY like to know is why did He then SEND THEM BACK TO FLORIDA?" - fragbert

(It's their punishment for screwing up the 2000 election. -AL)

"Locusts. But you'd think God would have sent down the real bad boys if he was trying to punish them, you know the fucking COCKROACHES! I don't even know what they do. Maybe they're the mob bosses of the insect world and sit in the back of the Roach Cafe, strong arming all the beetles, demanding protection money from the fruit flies, and leaving a moth's head in somebody's bed. Seriously, don't mess with the roaches." - calico321

Correct Answer: Locusts, lice, and flies (or beetles, or mosquitoes, or some other annoying insect, depending on which version of the Bible you have)

"Imagine what the bills would have been to run bug zappers back then....." - dhutch



6. Tell us a situation in which you wish you could have been a "fly on the wall".

(General Note: we had some very funny submissions to this question that we were unable to quote because they were just too damn long. Brevity, dear Quizlings, is the soul of wit. -AL&CV)

"Depends. Am I the 'eavesdrops on secrets' kind of fly, or the 'carries some horrible disease' fly? 'Cause those are two very different lists." - tabbyclaw

(Fair point. We were aiming for answers of the "eavesdropping" variety. -AL&CV)

"The Papal Conclave." - nearly half of you. Specifically, the half who answer the Quiz early in the week.

"I bet everyone's going to say something dirty here - because, let's face it, Livejournal is the home of a million horny little minxes." - selfishlywarm

"Supposedly one of the Professors here at Uni had an affair with a student. According to the rumours, it took place on one of the couches/tables in our humanities building. Nobody really knows, but I would most definitely win at all Kalamazoo College gossip wars with that tidbit. And would know which couch to never sit on." - okuninushii

"The actor bootcamp preceding the shooting of Band of Brothers. It's a girl's wet dream." - atomichatred82

"Something wacky and bizarre, like the invention of silly putty or something. Or should I suck up and say something about witnessing the birth of the LJDQ?" - lotusbiosm

(You can witness THAT any old time you want. -AL)

"I'd actually like to be a fly on the grassy knoll, so I'd get to find out who killed JFK." - jennnlee

"When Gwynneth Paltrow was deciding what to name her kid. Cause come on, what must that conversation have been like?

"'What about Emily?'
'No, that's too common.'
'Maybe Sharynne?'
'No, that won't work either.'
'I'm hungry.'
'What about an apple?'
'EUREKA!'
'...no, that's too foreign.'" - kiwislut

"Can I be a ninja instead? They're both unseen observers, but a ninja is much less vulnerable to rolled up newspapers." - l33tminion

"I really would have loved to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A remarkably serious answer for LJDQ, but there you have it, I think it would have been cool." - ajmcoqui

(That's pretty geeky, all right. But you have been outdone this week. -AL)

"the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 AD" - glenyan

(THAT'S geeky enough to get you the coveted Geek of the Week award. Here's your -1. -AL)

"In the first installment of his autobiography Chronicles, Bob Dylan describes an evening where Bono came over to his house and they drank an entire case of Guinness together. As long as I'm a fly that can drink Guinness, that's my choice." - technoinfidel

"I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when they were handing out animals to associate with in the Egyptian pantheon.

RA: Sorry Khepri, most of the good animals were taken, and all I could scare up* were these things.
KHEPRI: Oooh, pretty green... They smell funny. What do they do?
RA: Well, they, uh... lay their eggs in pooh.
KHEPRI: ...
RA: No it's cool! See, from dross, base material comes... LIFE! *dramatic chord*
KHEPRI: ...
RA: Look, if you weren't so late you could have had jackals or osprey or cats.
KHEPRI: I was making the frickin' WORLD! That has a tendency to run long!

* Pronounce as scarab! HAHA!" - feste

"I wish I could be a fly on the wall right now, as my Organic professor grades my exam. As a fly I would be so tiny I could interfere with the scantron machine, boosting my grade. Or as he enters my grade into the computer I could fly around the keys, inadvertently causing him to hit the 'A' key instead of 'F'. Clearly a suicide mission, but I figure that it's a noble cause." - anna_sinistra

"My sister announced this week that she is converting to catholicism, much to myself and my dad's great surprise (we are both agnostic). Going on her past, I suggest that her first confession would be an interesting place to be a fly..." - asw909

(Flies only live about 2 1/2 days. Would you live long enough to hear the whole thing? -AL)



And thus the topic of bugs has finally been zapped. Hope you enjoyed, as always; thanks for playing, and we'll see you all again tomorrow, bright and early, for more fun filled action packed excitement and adventure. Remember, everyone: Tell your friends. Tell their friends. Spread the good news, or we shall visit a plague of cockroaches upon you. And not the cute Joe's Apartment kind either.

Oh, and happy Passover.

Rock On,

AL&CV

Comments

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I nearly bought a "bag of plagues" at the party store. (Because, you know...everyone NEEEEEEEEDS a "bag of plagues" don't they???)

You are hereby SO NOT INVITED to the upcoming LJDQ Pub Crawl.