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[La La]

ask here and thumped will hopefully answer.


my question:

how do barnacles get stuck to whales? they're (whales) constantly moving, right?

 

[Ciansy]

ask here and thumped will hopefully answer.


my question:

how do barnacles get stuck to whales? they're (whales) constantly moving, right?

Barnacles start as plankton-like larvae, floating wherever the tides take them. When they find a suitable place to embed themselves (like a whale) they stick there with the aid of a glue-like secretion.
Only then do they develop into the hard-shelled yokes that we think of as barnacles.

 

[La La]

great news. thanks!

where are all the baby pigeons?

 

[Dr Winston Umbogo]

how come i can't digest peanuts?

 

[pete]

great news. thanks!

where are all the baby pigeons?

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_069b

 

[shitepipe]

why do shopkeepers/staff always hand you the change with the coins on top of the notes, so that the buggers slide off the notes and all over the shop.

surely it would be better to put the coins in ones hand, and rest the notes on top, allowing all the change to be conveniently collected.

 

[therealjohnny]

why am i crap with computers? why doesnt a simple thing like this just not work? why does god hate me?

 

[broken arm]

what is the average number of thank yous submitted by both parties during a simple transaction like buying a pint of beer?

 

[pete]

why do shopkeepers/staff always hand you the change with the coins on top of the notes, so that the buggers slide off the notes and all over the shop.

surely it would be better to put the coins in ones hand, and rest the notes on top, allowing all the change to be conveniently collected.

it's to stop the notes from blowing away

 

[Corey]

Why am i here, like in this thread?

 

[shitepipe]

it's to stop the notes from blowing away

ah yes, the infamous Spar Breeze, up there with the Mistral and the Sirocco in the wind stakes...

 

[dunderhead]

here here or hear hear?

 

[ernesto]

here here or hear hear?

there there

 

[dunderhead]

where where.

....but seriously?

 

[ernesto]

where where.

....but seriously?

sorry, i was just consoling you.

hear hear i think is the correct one

 

[Corey]

here here or hear hear?

All over the cunting shop.

 

[RSJ]

What's your fuckin problem?

 

[ernesto]

What's your fuckin problem?

he must have came home in a fierce drunken angry state, judgement clouded by rage with his blood boiling.
yarrr.....
http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=686545&postcount=12

http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=686546&postcount=25

 

[classic seanc]

Could someone explain UK licence plates to me? Please?

 

[HMD]

Could someone explain UK licence plates to me? Please?

the ones on cars?