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Hey, whole rats are most certainly common in many households.

A Harvard University biophysicist has constructed a jellyfish out of rat parts and silicon. A Harvard University biophysicist has constructed a jellyfish out of rat parts and silicon. More specifically, Harvard U and the California Institute of Technology built the thing out of a rat's heart muscle ...

Scientists fine galaxy that shouldn't exist

I somehow imagine this as the most amazing episode of Cops ever.

"Ma'am, are you aware that a spiral galaxy of your proportions shouldn't exist?"

"I AM.

"Oh shit, it's self aware!"

I threw my anti-psychotic meds in the trash. Turns out the doctor who gave me the prescription was just a hallucination.

A variant of this already made it onto my Facebook account, so it might not be suitable for the 'cast.

Hmm, I think "Iron Rod" is going to be my new wrestling nickname. If I ever have a wrestling career of course.

Pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Dutch artist Bart Jansen lost his cat, Orville, when the little critter was hit by a car. After a period of mourning (and leaving Orvilla in the freezer) he did what any responsible person would do: go to a taxidermist, get his beloved pet preserved and outf...

Needs more Bonnacon.

[The bonnacon] saves itself by running away, meanwhile emitting a trail of dung that ... covers a distance of as much as three furlongs [604 m], contact with which scorches pursuers like ... fire."[1]

I'm re listening to a few old episodes and gave this one aother run through yesterday and it still hits the spot. It did not help that I had to go out the back of my in laws property last night with a flashlight looking for a few planks of wood and something big takes flight from a group of trees. ...

On the one hand I like the idea of zombies effectively creating an economic apocalypse, but my one trouble with this idea is thus: after these brilliant industrialists fire all of their workers, who the hell is going to be left to spend their paychecks on anything? It feels tremendously shortsighted...

strawman wrote:

Conan wrote: this “Snooki”.

Weird. I just flashed a thought about some Norm Sherman Elder god in R’lyeh singing this anguished love song about some girl who is turning into Snooki.

Where does this stuff come from?

Spain.

How can I stop it?

Higher tariffs on imports.

((Isn't it funny how something as small as a single latter can matter? Apologies in advance to Loren Eaton.)) "What’s this couch have to do with my job evaluation?" Phyllis asked. Marv smiled. "Something wrong?" "Well..." "Louder, please." "Let's see." She pointed out the buttprint on the arm rest, ...

After many furtive years spent perfecting my formula in the garden shed, my work had finally born fruit: every last person on earth now thought that they were some sort of machine. “Well well well,” my wife said, standing in the middle of our front yard and looking to where I stood staring at her fr...

Wendigo Bake Sale had me at Wendigo Bake Sale.

operays wrote:Survival of the fittest was taken to a whole new level when the new weight loss tablets turned the patients into zombies.

There was an episode of the show Sliders with basically this as the plot. Something like an appetite suppressant gone terribly, horribly wrong, IIRC.

strawman wrote:...we're just stuck with what we do have: some guy from Craigslist with a taser.

Good ol' Gary.

This is marvelously complex for something so short. And, hoo-boy, I can relate to staying up late thanks to screaming kids with sleep issues.*














*((BTW, I am Freddy Kruger))

“Well Ted, I’ve got some bad news.” “Give it to me straight, doc,” I said. “Your bleeding gums? Turns out it’s the silent killer… ninjavitis. “Oh, hell! What can I do?” “There’s one treatment, but it’s risky.” “I’ll do anything doc.” The doctor reached into a drawer, retrieved a syringe and stuck th...

strawman wrote:The Alder Gods are gonna get you for that.

((Ssssh. I'm trying to see how many drabble-related fatalities I can cause. Now, did anyone bang their head on their desk after reading this? If so, how many of you died as a result? Show of hands?))

The crowd at the gallows looked up, then down. Up. Down. “That bungee noose is makin’ my neck sore,” one man finally said. I love this one! Next they'll throw Nerf tomatoes at the stocks and burn witches tied to flame-retardant stakes. I was actually going for the irony of a bystander, watching a m...