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Um, okay...
So why aren't we using thermodepolymerization more widespread, now?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 26, 2006 at 8:08 PM
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MPO...
Yeah, I can see where the hamsters would be a problem. However, there is a process called (and I am using this in a sentence), thermodepolymerization that takes care of those kinds of things, Google it and check it out, then ask why we aren't using it more widespread now.
posted by
food4thought
on February 24, 2006 at 10:27 PM
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That can get annoying though...
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 12, 2006 at 10:50 PM
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Hey, a dictionary pops up on my Mac when I select a word. Gotta love it!
posted by
ella_scopilo
on February 11, 2006 at 3:07 PM
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And here, I thought you were supposed to be smart...
"click
and drag", nimrod. Oh, never mind, just read this:
floccinaucinihilipilification (noun)
definition: The act of estimating something as worthless
used in a sentence: "I was flabbergasted by her flippant floccinaucinihilipilification of his feelings!"
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 9:42 PM
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I clicked under flaucinaucinihilipilification and all I got was a menu.
Wha's up wi dat?
posted by
WindTapper
on February 9, 2006 at 9:23 PM
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I have no clue. I guess they'd load it into huge buckets...
then fly it over in jets and, like, just
dump it on the third world people's heads. Or,
something.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 12:08 PM
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From Bunny
~ Did you know the annual amount of water literally "flushed down the toilet" in the U.S. could relieve third world drought in less than a week?
But how would be get it to them?
posted by
Bunny
on February 9, 2006 at 11:43 AM
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What?
Oh, that's something else people need to know about their toilet ... I get it.
Something else people (hopefully) "need to know" coming up in like 15 minutes. Not about their toilet though ... that's already been covered.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 5:45 AM
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They move when the adhesive plaster/ cement or whatever gets worn away. Lol.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 9, 2006 at 3:21 AM
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It seems to me, brettnik, that the "nausea" factor...
should outweigh any conservation concerns.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 8:23 PM
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One time, I had accidentally ruined my mother's blouse...
and, so as not to risk her finding it in the trash, I cut it up into little pieces and flushed it down.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 8:21 PM
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That's a little more information than I needed to know, Captain...
I
did ask, though ... of course, that was more of a "rhetorical question".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 8:17 PM
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clearification
over the course of several months...for each book. Not over the course of several months for all of them. Sometimes, in the case of larger books it might take me quite awhile.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 8, 2006 at 8:15 PM
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Yes, beginning to end
MPO:
Yes, from beginning to end. Read a page, dog ear it. Come back later that day for round 2. Read two more pages. Dog ear it. Late that night with nothing much to do I may scan 5 or 6 pages before I dog ear the book and go to bed. Through this method I have made it through the below list of novels cover to cover over the course of several months.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 8, 2006 at 8:07 PM
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I believe it...
In Texas I taught a curriculum about water conservation to save the aquifer, and we had to teach the kids this song: "If it's yellow, stay mellow. If it's brown, flush it down."
posted by
brettnik
on February 8, 2006 at 6:04 PM
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Congrats on your win.
posted by
A-and-B
on February 8, 2006 at 2:16 PM
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It never ceases to amaze me what people attempt to flush down.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 8, 2006 at 2:13 PM
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Not from beginning to end,
all in one sitting, though ... I hope.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 8:10 AM
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Books I've read while on the toilet
Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars Heir to the Empire, First Man In Rome, Interview With the Vampire, the compleate Dark Elf Triology, Vampire Lastat, Caesar, Game of Thrones (twice) Dune, Red Storm Rising, Thats about all I can think of for now, but I"m sure there are others. Besides...give me time...I'm still young!
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 8, 2006 at 8:05 AM
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Thanks, homegirl.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 7:27 AM
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Thank you, nanaroo...
Though, I was actually most surprised to learn how much time people waste via spending on the toilet. If only people could become more "efficient" somehow.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 7:27 AM
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whiplash, I've had occasion to flush a few dead animals myself...
(my preferred term: "burial at sea"), but fortunately, they all went down smoothly.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 7:25 AM
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M.P.O.
Interesting! Especially the hamster part.
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 8, 2006 at 7:25 AM
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Thank you, Marshall...
for a while there, I thought you were ignoring me.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 7:23 AM
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INTERESTING
posted by
homegirl
on February 8, 2006 at 7:20 AM
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I will answer your question...
about lyrics and flow delivery in my next article...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on February 8, 2006 at 7:15 AM
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hahahaha
dead hamster they tried to flush. sheesh
posted by
whiplash
on February 8, 2006 at 6:42 AM
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You're very welcome, Dr.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 8, 2006 at 6:33 AM
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Now That I Know...
Thanks for sharing!!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 8, 2006 at 6:03 AM
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