ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 1 May 06

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In honour of the month of May, this week's theme was... May. Yeah, we're all creative and shit, yo.

1. What is the international emergency code word used as a distress signal in voice procedure communications?

"Collywobbles" -

nunshavingfun

(I love that word. -CV)

"Danger, Will Robinson!" -

scifantasy,

animagiblender

(I always remember that it never worked. Poor ignored Robot. -CV)

"Help, I've fallen and can't get up!" -

jigawattica

"Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die!" -

ashteth,

randytweed

"But why is the rum gone?" -

foxxydancr

"Message in a bottle, yeah. Sending out an SOS..." -

soimpossible414

(+1, Sting. -CV)

"SNAKESONAPLANE! Because if I was on a plane with snakes, it would all come out as one word, with some shrieking at the end." -

miladygrey

"CQD. Oh wait...the last ship to use it was the Titanic...which sank. Guess we know why it's not used anymore." -

pride4u2

"Originally the international emergency code word for distress was “Damn!” but the FCC got involved so to get around their regulations it was translated into Pig latin. This turned it into “Amn-day” which was often mispronounced just M-day. FCC caught on and declaired that all letters had to be represented by words so the distress signal couldn’t be M-day so used the phonetic alphabet to change it into its current day “May-day”. Amn-day the FCC." -

iamraffiki

"Mayday! This is the Kobayashi Maru, we have struck a gravitic mine and are losing hull integrity and life support. Please help us." -

mcclintock

(+1, Star Trek II. -CV)

"'Mayday! Mayday!'
'What the heck is that?'
'Why, that's the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d'oeuvres...'" -

twilight_angel

(+1, Airplane. -CV)

"Mayday - which is also the name of Grace Jones' character in the Bond film A View to a Kill." -

mezzolibra
" I wish she was young again so that she could play Storm from the X-Men instead of that twit Halle Berry. Grace Jones as Storm would be the greatest thing to ever hit the big screen.

I wish she was young again so that she could play Storm from the X-Men instead of that twit Halle Berry. Grace Jones as Storm would be the greatest thing to ever hit the big screen.

" -

swampdweller
"possibly the least female woman to bed James Bond." -

i_calql8

"This illustrates the importance of proper spacing: 'May Day' = good times, 'Mayday', not so much." -

l33tminion

"god, it's so bad I know this from a fucking book." -

keoieid

(Yes. Why learn from paper when you have the glory of teh intarwebs at your disposal? -CV)

Correct Answer: Mayday

"It's certainly more efficient than actually saying 'dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot.'" -

filmbuff

2. What do April showers bring?

"The release of sporophytes into the atmosphere, released from angiosperms. 'OH MY GOD I'M BREATHING IN FLOWER SPERM!'" -

kapnkaty

(Translation following:)

"The ninth circle of allergy hell." -

sawjockey,

kimpire,

shadowkeeper and others
"...for everyone but me! Hahahahahaha!" -

entropical87

"Grass that grows so quick you have to fire up the lawnmower every four days." -

mcclintock

"Waylon Flowers" -

ginalin

"Cranky Protestants." -

foxxydancr
"persecuted Puritans" -

ghymoreid
"Illegal immigrants." -

juicycat
"MayFlower Madams" -

ncsnowbelle

"what rain has to do with a boat load of wasps, I am not so sure." -

chrysoberyl

"Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote...
hmmm. Pierced Roots apparently. Which just makes me think of 'Prince Albert's because I'm dirty-minded like that." -

sadasi

"Wet dogs who smell funny and people who drive like grandmas just because it's a little soggy outside. Grrr." -

jessicamariek

(I agree with you 100% on the latter. -CV)

"May Flowers" -

pinkycroo
"And what do May flowers bring?" -

crazylike_afox
"I'll spare you the joke. It's older than, oh..." -

stagemanager
"The Pilgrims." -

csflick
"Funny in second grade, still funny today!" -

unamundamour
"That joke wasn't even funny the first time I heard it" -

cjtremlett

Correct Answer: May flowers

3. In Greek mythology, which of the seven Pleiades became the mother of Hermes?

"Whoa there Pleiades, I think you've done bought yourself quite enough vowels." -

woap

"Hermes came from the exercise routine?" -

richcsigs

"For the longest time I thought Hermes' name was Herpes and I couldn't figure out why they named a disease after him, except that he was the 'messenger' of the gods." -

bizzatch

(LJDQ Fun Fact:)
"supposedly the Subaru logo is a stylized (read: poor) depiction of the Pleiades." -

peaseblossom03

(An astonomer once told me the same thing. Back when I owned a Subaru. -AL)

"Zeus was the baby daddy. He was everyone's baby daddy because he was a big old man-ho." -

bloominglotus
"That's what I love about the Greek pantheon, the whole deal was just one big fucking orgy." -

swampdweller
"It's like incest!fic, in a way." -

sphynx_thinks

"I'm Jewish & not allowed to believe in that kinda thing." -

naraht

"I used to know this, and then I tried to read the Illiad and it melted my brain and all of my knowledge of Greek mythology is gone." -

fyreflyblue

"Hermes, God of Designer Scarves...though I think he branched into lady's handbags...after the war." -

sweetpea86
"Kind of strange to name your child after a Department Store!" -

csflick

"Lesse, *ticks off from fingers* Alycone slept with Posedion, Asterope slept with Ares, Celaeno slept with Prometheus, and Zeus got Elektra, Maia and Taygete. Oh, and Merope was with Sisyphus, but he was mortal so her sisters were ashamed of her and kicked her out of the sky. So she doesn't count." -

nirejseki

(That's... pretty geeky. Geeky enough for a -1? -AL)

(I say yes. You're our Geek of the Week! -CV)

"May Onnaise." -

crazylike_afox

Correct Answer: Maia

"AKA, the Worst Mother Ever. Her child was a cattle thief by age 5 hours!" -

popehippo

4. Which Major League Baseball player led the league four times each for home runs and stolen bases, and was voted most valuable player in 1954 and 1965?

"BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRAAAAACKER JAAAAACK! I don't know about baaaaseball faaaacts." -

renee12321

(At least you disguised your lack of sports knowledge with music. Half credit. -CV)

"The Hamburglar" -

deltashade

"I went to check the traffic conditions on the downtown connector and thus my answer is gleaned from looking out the window of my office building and reading the name I vaguely remembered being on Turner Field - Hank Aaron." -

wolffepsyche

"He led the league in stolen bases and was named MVP? You know, if you keep rewarding that kind of behavior, the baseball players will never learn that theft is wrong." -

filmbuff

"Whenever people talk about stolen bases I always get this image of a hungover college student waking up one morning (check - afternoon) and looking at the pile of white square sports equipment in his room with a groan: 'Not AGAIN.' Hey, it's more original than street signs." -

maggiebloome

"All your bases are belong to us!" -

thesecondevil

"I wonder why he wasn't valuable between 1954 and 1965. Was he on vacation or something?" -

judith_s

"Ahh baseball.. Americas passtime.. Paired with mystery meat hotdogs and watered down beer there isn't any other way for 4 people to spend $400 and have less to show for it." -

tarpo

(You'll have sunburns & hangovers. -AL)

"Man, this was on Final Jeopardy last night, damn, Alex said..." -

kimpire

(Fucking Trebeck! Always stealing our questions. -AL&CV)

"Babe Ruth? McGuire? Um... *stock of baseball player knowledge has been exhausted, please insert two tokens to continue*" -

cougarfang

"Repeated viewings of Major League allow me to say with utmost confidence, Willie Mayes!" -

lovellama

Correct Answer: Willie Mays

"At least I got to say Willy." -

chrysoberyl
"Hehehe, you said 'willy'" -

fizrep

5. What is the name of the southernmost point of the State of New Jersey?

"Wait, New Jersey is a state? I always thought it was just a city. Did this change? If so, this does not bode well." -

foodcourtdruid

"Cape Please-Sir,-May-I-Have-Another-State?" -

juicycat

(Kinder than the 35 people who said "Hell" and the 29 people who said "Dump". Half credit. -CV)

"Well, they call New Jersey the armpit of the world, so that would make it... the ribcage? torso?" -

ooyoumasha

(Spleen. -CV)

"Why does everyone always make jokes about living in new jersy being crap? I mean, it can't be that bad." -

lyme

(Thank you. You may have +1 and I think you're just dandy. -CV)

"Isn't that from a Tide commercial? 'After the rugby game, the state of Tommy's new jersey had definitely gone south.'" -

alfvaen

"Speaking as someone from northern New Jersey, we don't talk about the people down there. We usually try to pretend we're not from the same state, actually. Anyone living below, say, Trenton does not exist. Actually, we have our doubts about Trenton..." -

nirejseki

"Hoboken. I know that's probably not the answer, but I just like saying it. Hoboken Hoboken Hoboken." -

cmzero
"The only thing I know in New Jersey is a district/town/part called Hoboken, and I only know that because it was named after the Belgian town which surprisingly is called Hoboken." -

b_hulsmans

"New Jersey is a mild mannered state with glasses and bad beaches. But when danger threatens, it dons a revealing spandex costume, complete with a Cape named May, and becomes The Turnpike: defender of horrible highways everywhere!" -

cyrrus25

"I was going to suggest Mayberry, but decided it wasn't funny. I do have the theme song for The Andy Griffith Show in my head now, though. Thanks. Do do do doo dododo doo dododo doo dododo do do doo dodo..." -

marasca

"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure Kevin Smith made a movie promoting it and featuring no less than 10 celebrity cameos per shot." -

uncut_diamond
"I'm not even supposed to be here today!" -

kestrel127

"Cement Shoes" -

badgerbabe

"New Jersey? Is that the one no visits?" -

jonem

"Maryland?" -

iamraffiki
"Delaware" -

zihuatanejo

(Once our elite shock troops move into position, they will be. -CV)

"Is it cold there? Why would you need a Cape in May?" -

dwa20

"NO CAPES!" -

deltashade

(+1, The Incredibles. -CV)

Correct Answer: Cape May

(I wrote this question just for CV, who loves his home state of New Jersey... despite all its flaws. -AL)

(New Jersey uber alles! -CV)

6a. Northern Hemisphere: looking ahead into summer, what are your plans?
6b. Southern Hemisphere: looking ahead into winter, what are your plans?

"I'm going with C. I live right above the Equator. Summer all year round. Booya!" -

gaaak

"Buying a new fan and a bag of ice, and wishing I was eligible for question 6b." -

endlessairports

"The same thing I do every season, try to take over the world!" -

popehippo,

piney61,

vyseryn,

animagiblender,

naraht

(+1, Pinky And The Brain. -CV)

"try not to think about how I've just gone soaring off a cliff and if I don't learn to fly pretty damn soon, this will hurt..." -

scifantasy

(The law of gravity suggests that you only had about 15 seconds to learn. I hope you did ok. -CV)

"If I were in the Southern hemisphere, I'd stare at the toilet to watch the water go the wrong direction." -

wendynat

(It really does! It's uncanny! -CV)

"I plan to travel to strange and exotic destinations, such as Milwaukee." -

russophile

"Spine-cracking. Of books, I mean. Literal spine-cracking sounds more appealing." -

hawkeyecat

"Moving from Florida to Ohio.. Leaving big terrible hurricanes for small terrible Tornados.. I'm Canadian.. This whole 'Wind will kill you' thing is pissing me off.. I want to freeze to death in a snow storm like i'm supposed to dammit!" -

tarpo

"Isn't the Southern Hemisphere where they have CYCLONES instead of some other natural disaster that the Northern Hemispherians have another name for?" -

lucymalfoy

"Some of us live in Britain, you know. Don't tease us with mentions of this 'summer' creature that you speak of." -

ashteth

"Buying jackets. LOTS of jackets. And jumpers and hoodies and skivvies and scarves and BALACLAVAS. I will look like a very fat terrorist." -

maggiebloome

"I'll be taking the summer off from fighting crime in my leather catsuit and instead entertain guests in my renovated bat cave. We finally got the acoustics fixed in my theatre for the Batman tv show marathon. BYOB." -

of_melsh

(Bring Your Own... Bat? -CV)

"I'm planning to go on an epic journey in search of the six-fingered man. And when I find him I plan to look him in the eye and say, 'Hello, my name in Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die.'" -

miss_katelynne

"Get a job. Or barring that, convince someone I can live with them and eat their food." -

domtheknight

"To crush my enimies, see them driven before me and to hear the lamentation of their women." -

richcsigs

(+1, Conan The Barbarian. -CV)

"Fire – the fireplace one if I’m happy, the arson one if I’m sad." -

circleofkarma

"I see... Pimms on the lawn. Possibly a monkey butler to fan me and peel grapes." -

jonem

(Mmmmm... I do like me some Pimms. -CV)

"Working, vacation, sex, not necessarily in that order." -

badgerbabe

"I hope I get to labrat for a pharmaceutical company and make 2,000 euros for taking pills for 2,5 weeks. If I don't return in August, you know why." -

dracothelizard

While the new season hasn't officially begun, it's certainly starting to kick in here and there. New York City in particular is feeling quite pleasant nowadays, with the sun and a mild breeze keeping it tolerable. Even England had some marginally good weather earlier. And the tropic of California is full of... rain and mudslides. But whatever, they'll clear up soon as well.

Happy May Day to all! Dance around that maypole, if you know what I mean. And I think you do.

As always, thanks for playing, tell your friends about us, and see you tomorrow for more!

Rock on,

AL&CV

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""Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote..."

Yay for the Canterbury Tales!

And me getting quoted! I really hope I get to be a labrat.

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angledge.livejournal.com

I was a labrat once. I have a sneaking suspicion that it ended up costing me my gall bladder.

Re: Caution:

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Though named daily, it is weekly. Behold the first mystery.

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