Canadian boffins say they have developed a fearsome paralysis ray technology
What the hell are boffins, and should I be afraid of them?
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Nov 20, 2009 7:17:16 am PST #20455 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Jessica - Nov 20, 2009 7:18:12 am PST #20456 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Boffins = Scientists, in British.
Glamcookie - Nov 20, 2009 7:19:02 am PST #20457 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
High school (graduated in 88) was mostly about drinking for me, but I also did whip-its (my friend's mom managed a cooking store!), acid a couple of times, and smoked a little pot. In college, my roommate and I did our fair share of E (OMG love- that is a dangerous drug as there was no downside I could see/feel), I tried coke a couple of times (hated it), and accidentally tried meth once (at a party where they said it was coke - I was an emotional wreck the next day).
It has been many many years since I did anything harder than alcohol and I plan to keep it that way. I guess I was a little wild? Here's hoping my baby boy is more like most of you Buffistas and not as interested in experimentation as his Mama was.
DavidS - Nov 20, 2009 7:20:31 am PST #20458 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess I was a little wild?
Rock star!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 20, 2009 7:22:54 am PST #20459 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A hamster-themed hotel in Nantes, France, offers rooms and layouts inspired by hamster-cages. Rooms have hamster wheels, the food is all grains and seeds, the water comes out of hamster bottles, etc.
Also, the rooms smell like elderberries. Well, that and sawdust.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2009 7:26:22 am PST #20460 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My school was a much bigger alcohol place than pot. I tend to think that might be true for many high schools (though, naturally not all, as Jesse pointed out above) then and now.
I think in my crowd, it was probably 50/50 -- but I just remember getting liquor as being a production -- you had to know someone, or risk buying at the liquor store, or whatever. To get a dime bag you just had to ask whoever between classes.
amych - Nov 20, 2009 7:26:53 am PST #20461 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Boffins = Scientists, in British.
Huh. Specifically? I always assumed it was more generically brainiacs, eggheads, etc.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2009 7:27:14 am PST #20462 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never even seen a hypothetical appeal to uppers. Yikes.
Just had the boss say nice things about my work. I'd love if this could turn into a permanent position, but it's way too early to tell.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2009 7:28:07 am PST #20463 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. Specifically? I always assumed it was more generically brainiacs, eggheads, etc.
It is both, according to Wikipedia.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2009 7:28:52 am PST #20464 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I always thought boffins were a species of flightless bird.