Just ten more days until you all are running around in panick, trying to find the last presents before closing time!
As you all know, Santa has a flying sleigh, and like all other pilots, he has to have a license.
Well, Santa studied hard, and finally passed the written exam. Then it was time for the practical test. So Santa climbed into his sleigh, and the examiner got in next to him, to Santas surprise carrying a big shotgun.
“What the BLEEP is that for?”, he growled.
The examiner paused a bit. “Well”, he said slowly, “I’m not supposed to tell you this, but you are gonna lose an engine at takeoff.”
Didn’t the Naked Mole Rats open for Nirvana at The Cow Palace one Summer?
Take care, may wild-eyed shaky Antarctican spider hunter Gladys “I Just Know They’re Here I Can Just Feel Them Nearby All The Time And I’m Going To EXPOSE Them Once And For All” Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethaneord be with you, and gesundheit.
Patrick and Mick were having a few pints in Finnians tavern and were discussing the upcoming change of road rules regarding which side of the road to drive on. Mick said,“I don’t tink dat will work Patrick. It’ll be chaos.” “It wiil be all right.”, Patrick replied, “We will be in step with most of the world and we will have a better choice of cars to buy, plus, to make it easier, It will be done in stages. Next Monday all cars will start driving on the right side of the road and 3 days later the trucks busses and ambulances will change as well.”……
Oh man, I can’t believe I missed the naked mole rat fact day! Hopefully people are still here to see this additional context:
Naked mole rats look all wrinkly and weird because they have an exceptionally goopy intercellular fluid, which allows their skin to be really stretchy. This is primarily an adaptation to let them crawl through tight tunnels, which is absolutely essential for their survival, but as a few added benefits, they’re extremely resistant to oxidative stress, allowing them to live a dozen times as long as most other rodents and giving them such a high resistance to cancer. In fact, no NMR has ever been known to have cancer under natural conditions.
The downside to all this is, even with the best gene therapy, humans could only get those benefits if we also accept the weird stretchy, wrinkly skin. I don’t think I’d mind looking gross in exchange for living an extra few decades, but I don’t know if everyone would agree.
RLG Premium Member almost 2 years ago
HO! HO! HO!
Just ten more days until you all are running around in panick, trying to find the last presents before closing time!
As you all know, Santa has a flying sleigh, and like all other pilots, he has to have a license.
Well, Santa studied hard, and finally passed the written exam. Then it was time for the practical test. So Santa climbed into his sleigh, and the examiner got in next to him, to Santas surprise carrying a big shotgun.
“What the BLEEP is that for?”, he growled.
The examiner paused a bit. “Well”, he said slowly, “I’m not supposed to tell you this, but you are gonna lose an engine at takeoff.”
Templo S.U.D. almost 2 years ago
If not spiders, does Antarctica have any (terrestrial) arthropods?
pearlsbs almost 2 years ago
Antarctica only has one native insect, the Antarctic midge. BTW, spiders are not insects, they are arachnids.
jmolay161 almost 2 years ago
Finally, a reason to like Antarctica, at least until global warming melts the ice.
Pickled Pete almost 2 years ago
Searched web, no spider, but came by some profound observations
Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.
Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.
Man under wheelbarrow playing with tool, not necessarily mechanic
Man who eats many prunes get good run for money.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it.
Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.
Man who walks through airport door sideways is going to Bangkok.
Man who farts in church sits in own pew.
Man who lay woman on ground, get piece on earth.
Woman who sinks into man’s arms will soon find arms in man’s sink.
therese_callahan2002 almost 2 years ago
No wonder Rufus was Kim Possible’s pet.
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 2 years ago
Didn’t the Naked Mole Rats open for Nirvana at The Cow Palace one Summer?
Take care, may wild-eyed shaky Antarctican spider hunter Gladys “I Just Know They’re Here I Can Just Feel Them Nearby All The Time And I’m Going To EXPOSE Them Once And For All” Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethaneord be with you, and gesundheit.
markhughw almost 2 years ago
Naked mole rats eat a lot of roughage. They avoid the sun.
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
There are no spiders in Antarctica,but they make up for that every time James Arness defrosts.
dv1093 almost 2 years ago
Re the mole rat – Any chance of creating a vaccine off the DNA to eliminate cancer? Where is Louis Pasteur when you need him?
comixbomix almost 2 years ago
Just who did they talk into going around examining all the naked mole rats?
WCraft Premium Member almost 2 years ago
You can thank me and my fellow penguin compadres for the extermination of spider in Antarctica. They are/were tasty.
Lafsalot almost 2 years ago
My naked mole rat died of lung cancer. But he smoked.
heathcliff2 almost 2 years ago
Tv is close enough for geothermal activity and underground living.
paullp Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Gee, sure makes me wish I was a naked mole rat!
namelocdet almost 2 years ago
Naked Mole Rats don’t smoke.
Birdman47 almost 2 years ago
Patrick and Mick were having a few pints in Finnians tavern and were discussing the upcoming change of road rules regarding which side of the road to drive on. Mick said,“I don’t tink dat will work Patrick. It’ll be chaos.” “It wiil be all right.”, Patrick replied, “We will be in step with most of the world and we will have a better choice of cars to buy, plus, to make it easier, It will be done in stages. Next Monday all cars will start driving on the right side of the road and 3 days later the trucks busses and ambulances will change as well.”……
Birdman out.
monkeysky almost 2 years ago
Oh man, I can’t believe I missed the naked mole rat fact day! Hopefully people are still here to see this additional context:
Naked mole rats look all wrinkly and weird because they have an exceptionally goopy intercellular fluid, which allows their skin to be really stretchy. This is primarily an adaptation to let them crawl through tight tunnels, which is absolutely essential for their survival, but as a few added benefits, they’re extremely resistant to oxidative stress, allowing them to live a dozen times as long as most other rodents and giving them such a high resistance to cancer. In fact, no NMR has ever been known to have cancer under natural conditions.
The downside to all this is, even with the best gene therapy, humans could only get those benefits if we also accept the weird stretchy, wrinkly skin. I don’t think I’d mind looking gross in exchange for living an extra few decades, but I don’t know if everyone would agree.