Comments on: Vote for me. No bones about it. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stevo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25128 Stevo Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:03:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25128 BA - Squid and octopi's blood is blue So does tehis make them 'Royal' - true? Democracy says vote BA For Monarchs well - tentacles away! Yes, Squid and Octopi really do have blue blood. Whether aristocractic families do or not is doubtful though and if tehydo then I suggest they seek medical help! ;-) Oh and yes, I voted BA again today ... But where do I get me one of them Squittens!? (Squid-Kittens) BA -

Squid and octopi’s blood is blue
So does tehis make them ‘Royal’ – true?
Democracy says vote BA
For Monarchs well – tentacles away!

Yes, Squid and Octopi really do have blue blood. Whether aristocractic families do or not is doubtful though and if tehydo then I suggest they seek medical help! ;-)

Oh and yes, I voted BA again today … But where do I get me one of them Squittens!? (Squid-Kittens)

]]> By: The Inoculated Mind : Who has my vote? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25127 The Inoculated Mind : Who has my vote? Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:35:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25127 [...] But then, he started to insult squid. I like squid and cuttlefish. They are pretty, they are fascinating, and they are tasty. Let’s see what PZ has to say about this. Phil is still playing the speciesist card, and now he wants to invoke the so-called superiority of bony internal skeletons. There’s nothing wrong with a good hydrostatic skeleton, you know, it’s one of those useful innovations that allows a soft tissue to extend and become rigid. I’m sure Phil’s lovers have all wished he had one. (Perhaps that’s the source of the telescope fixation over there, a little rigid tube envy). [...] [...] But then, he started to insult squid. I like squid and cuttlefish. They are pretty, they are fascinating, and they are tasty. Let’s see what PZ has to say about this. Phil is still playing the speciesist card, and now he wants to invoke the so-called superiority of bony internal skeletons. There’s nothing wrong with a good hydrostatic skeleton, you know, it’s one of those useful innovations that allows a soft tissue to extend and become rigid. I’m sure Phil’s lovers have all wished he had one. (Perhaps that’s the source of the telescope fixation over there, a little rigid tube envy). [...]

]]> By: Tracy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25126 Tracy Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25126 What about the Hemichordates? Don't they get any lovin' too? :p I voted for yas, np... *chuckles* What about the Hemichordates? Don’t they get any lovin’ too? :p

I voted for yas, np… *chuckles*

]]> By: secularizer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25125 secularizer Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:45:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25125 I forgot about this blog way back when I discovered PZ. (yes, it was I who discovered him!) My vote goes to the hard core anti-irrationalism - Pharyngula. Go PZ! I forgot about this blog way back when I discovered PZ. (yes, it was I who discovered him!)

My vote goes to the hard core anti-irrationalism – Pharyngula.

Go PZ!

]]> By: ABR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25124 ABR Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:02:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25124 HaelMic, Hmmmm...Nice quote, but I can see why Orwell shortened it to "Four legs good, two legs baaad." Still, I wonder what he would have thought of Squidward -- a known cephalopod with only six appendages. Is Squidward an example of a new superorder (Hexapodiformes?), or merely an octopus with insect envy? And by the way, Evolving Squid...where's the anti-cephalopod hostility "over here"? Chip, Grand Lunar and I have each expressed great appreciation for cephalopods in this post! HaelMic,

Hmmmm…Nice quote, but I can see why Orwell shortened it to “Four legs good, two legs baaad.” Still, I wonder what he would have thought of Squidward — a known cephalopod with only six appendages. Is Squidward an example of a new superorder (Hexapodiformes?), or merely an octopus with insect envy?

And by the way, Evolving Squid…where’s the anti-cephalopod hostility “over here”? Chip, Grand Lunar and I have each expressed great appreciation for cephalopods in this post!

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25123 Gary Ansorge Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:29:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25123 Phil, with this gift you have for satire, you should consider running for congress,,, Yeah, I've had some fun, tripping over to those other sites but BA is still my favorite so there's one more for the gipper!!!! GAry 7 Phil, with this gift you have for satire, you should consider running for congress,,,

Yeah, I’ve had some fun, tripping over to those other sites but BA is still my favorite so there’s one more for the gipper!!!!

GAry 7

]]> By: BigJohn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25122 BigJohn Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:53:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25122 Can't we all just get along? Can’t we all just get along?

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