Comments on: I must respectfully disagree with Ann Althouse

By: Kip W

Kip W — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:52:30 +0000

Greetings from the world of the future, in which it’s revealed that the child in the stock footage used in the ad has grown up somewhat and become an Obama supporter.

Friends of mine feel that this conclusively proves her unfitness for office, because before using any stock footage, one must always track down the individuals shown in it, and make sure that they haven’t become fans of your political opponent. Otherwise, you are not presidential timber. Strewth!

By: Grep Agni

Grep Agni — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:18:30 +0000

Phooey. I guessed wrong on the tags.

By: Grep Agni

Grep Agni — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:17:43 +0000

When I look at the still provided by our generous host, I [i]clearly[/i] see NiO, the chemical formula of nickel oxide. Nickel oxide is a carcinogen,* which [i]obviously[/i] implies something sinister about somebody.

Re: hexapus/sextapus: the “pus” is a Greek root, so the Greek prefix should be used. This is also why “octapi” is not the standard plural. I’ve had a plush 6-armed octapus for years now, so I’ve already thought about this.

*or at least a suspected carcinogen

By: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:17:28 +0000

“The PJs are covered by the the words “GOOD NIGHT”, so when I see NIG before a fold, I naturally think HT is continued underneath. But then, I’m not nuts.”

Not nuts perhaps, but obviously a liberal fascist. You see, HT is an obvious abbreviation for HiTler, and that’s why you *naturally* thought that. QED.

By: Uli Kunkel

Uli Kunkel — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:25:16 +0000

"I am starting to lose faith in the quality of Ann Althouse’s opinionating." I don't know from Althouse, but Khthrugman's opinionifications are getting a wee cranky. Kaus-y, even.

By: Xopher

Xopher — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:20:25 +0000

What really gets me is that she KNOWS the pajamas say “Good Night” all over them, and she thinks (or is willing to claim she thinks) that the Clinton campaign’s nefarious subliminal advertising expert took the time to arrange the pajamas so that the “NIG” was exposed just right for the couple of seconds it’s visible, yet not enough time to ensure that the G was undeniably a G and not a C.

In fact it was only BECAUSE she knew they were “Good Night” pajamas that she was able to identify the G herself. I don’t understand how anyone can put together an argument so convolutedly self-contradictory without having their head explode.

And secondharmonic, you’re joking, of course, but the answer is no. -pus and -pod are Greek roots, so the Greek number root hexa- goes with them. It’s a little confusing because octo- is both Greek and Latin, but if the critter were called an octoped, its six-legged cousin would be called a sexaped; however, hexapus is correct as used in the article.

By: secondharmonic

secondharmonic — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:20:12 +0000

In other news:
Six-legged ‘hexapus’ claimed as world first in Britain 35 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) – British marine experts have found what they claim is a world first — a six-legged octopus, or “hexapus,” whom they have christened Henry.

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The unique sea creature, which has two limbs fewer than a normal octopus, is believed to be the result of a birth defect rather than an accident, say his keepers at the Blackpool Sea Life Centre in northwest England.

“We’ve scoured the Internet and talked to lots of other aquariums and no-one has ever heard of another case of a six-legged octopus,” said supervisor Carey Duckhouse.

Henry was discovered in a lobster pot off the north Wales coast two weeks ago, and was one of eight creatures that Sea Life staff picked up from a local marine zoo there — where staff hadn’t noticed his missing legs.

It was only when he attached himself to the inside of a glass tank that Sea Life staff noticed he was two limbs short of a full set. Octopuses are renowned for having three hearts and blue blood, but not usually six legs.
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But, he asks, shouldn’t it really be called “sexapus”.

By: secondharmonic

secondharmonic — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:15:58 +0000

Actually, Flava flav said it best:

Yo! ho!…yo niga! yo niga! no niga!
Check it out
How can you say to me yo my niga
Cursin’ up a storm with your finger on a trigger
Feelin’ all the girls like a big gold digger
Take a small problem
Make a small problem bigger
Yo I ain’t poor I got dough
Don’t consider me your brother no more
Goddamn kilogram, how do you figure
I don’t want to be called yo niga
Yo niga
Hey
Yo niga
I try to make my statements
Stick like flypaper

Judge says to me yo niga sign these goddamn papers
My boss told me yo niga you’re fired
Yo niga this, yo niga that
I know you’re a niga now ’cause your head got fat
Flava framalama boy you won’t figure
I don’t wanna be called yo niga
Yo niga
Break it down
N.i.g.g.e.r.
Niga
Everybody sayin’ it
Everybody playin’ it rolling on the scales
’cause everybody’s weighin’ it
Toby say yo I be good niga
Let me get a shovel make a good digger
I don’t care how small or bigger
I don’t want to be called yo niga
Yo niga…

By: Deadeye Dick Cheney

Deadeye Dick Cheney — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:21:54 +0000

That Althouse is such a cun
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ning analyst of all things political.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:09:19 +0000

And I was having serious issues with a mother who would dress her white child in pyjamas that had the “N” word on them only to discover that Ms. Althouse was wrong. I got all worked up for nothing.