Bernie Liederkrantz whose screen name is Guy Smiley from Sesame Street
Jeff Albertson (though Matt Groening preferred ‘Louis Lane’) aka the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons
22 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Don’t Know by Jason English. (But I know Aloysius Snuffleupagus.)
Dogs are now so dependent upon people that they fail certain basic intelligence tests that wolves and wild dogs ace, according to new research.
The findings provide evidence that humans, through domestication of canines, have caused dogs to lose their non-social problem-solving skills. The loss in skills appears to be “hardwired” genetically into dogs, helping to explain why homeless dogs struggle to survive. . .
Dogs Dumbed Down by Domestication, in Discovery News. I wonder how dogs like alliteration.
And we’ll give you a complete set (3 volumes so far) of Alexandre Trese by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo.
Tell us your weirdest, creepiest, most frightening true stories involving paranormal phenomena and supernatural beings. Stuff that happened to you, or to someone you know. The story that freaks us out the most wins the contest.
Post your entries in Comments. Keep them under 500 words. You have until Thursday June the 17th. Go.
Ernie and Bert wandered into a store in Greenbelt 5, Makati. It had some interesting benches for sale. When they looked at the tags, they noticed that the prices were in US dollars.
“Why are the prices in dollars?” Ernie asked.
“Because we’re a multinational company,” the salesperson said, in a tone that attempted but did not achieve haughtiness. If there’s one thing worse than snootiness, it’s fake snootiness.
“Louis Vuitton is a multinational company, but their prices are in pesos,” Bert pointed out.
The salesperson was still thinking of a retort when Ernie and Bert left.
If you have nothing to do this long weekend, why not drop by that store and ask why their prices are in American dollars? Then hit them with these follow-up questions:
Bakit sa Hermes, pesos?
Bakit sa Prada/Gucci, pesos?
Bakit sa Diesel, pesos?
Bakit sa Levi’s, pesos?
Bakit sa Body Shop, pesos?
Bakit sa McDonald’s pesos?
You were going to burn me at the stake? Hah!
Galileo’s fingers in museum
Galileo’s fingers — and a tooth — go on display in a Florence museum
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two of Galileo’s fingers, removed from his corpse in the 18th century, have gone on display in a Florence museum dedicated to scientific discovery and now named after the astronomer.
The Museum of the History of Science shut down for two years for renovations. It reopened on Tuesday, calling itself The Galileo Museum.
Last year, the museum director announced that the thumb and middle finger from Galileo’s right hand had turned up at an auction and were recognized as being the fingers of the scientist who died in 1642. Also going on display is his tooth.
Visitors can view what the museum says are the only surviving instruments designed and built by Galileo, including the lens of the telescope he used to discover Jupiter’s moons.
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