Sorry for the delay. I was attacked by rabid tree lobsters and had to fight my way free. They had some mistletoe and some very unkosher ideas.
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They weren’t rabid. They were just upset about the whole hypersonic reindeer thing.
Wow.. I’m so glad that I can finally blame my heavy drinking on my childhood!
So does that mean I’m stupid because I’m not a heavy drinker? :D
“Could this account for the importance of Oxford wine cellars in college life and, possibly, the tendency of intelligent heavy drinkers to start the habit while at university?”
It’s interesting that the article draws the conclusion that smart kids predisposition to drinking leads to a heavy drinking culture in university. It seems just as likely that the largely unsupervised atmosphere of university contributes to heavy drinking among students and that, statistically, smart kids are more likely to go to university.
Smart kids more likely to be heavy drinkers.
Because we know the truth. God help us, but we know the truth.
@braak: Reminds me of a quote supposedly attributed to Ernest Hemingway – “I don’t drink for inspiration. I drink to make it stop.”
@braak: My thoughts exactly.
@Steve DeGroof: Charred venison, hehehe.
How does a rabid tree lobster taste? Does one boil them and then dip them in drawn butter?
@Steve DeGroof: Mmmm, cajun vension. Sounds really yummy.
@marilove: No, it just means that we are smarter.
@Amanda: I’m tempted to get a Christmas tree, just so I can decorate it with plastic lobsters.
my paradolia let me see the ghostly figure in photo one. In photo two I could make out the figure in white if I really, really tried hard and squinted at the encircled corner shadow and as for #3 I got nuthin’
@Steve DeGroof: That is a brilliant idea! I bet I could even find intentional lobster ornaments, since I’m in the lobster state.
Oh dear. 500 hits for lobster ornament. It’s like the holiday version of Rule 34. If it exists, there’s a Christmas tree ornament of it.
@Gabrielbrawley: I’ll drink to that.
@braak: “Smart kids more likely to be heavy drinkers.”
Because we know the truth. God help us, but we know the truth.
Must make me the exception. I guess I’m the “Designated Driver” for the Skepchicks.
What wine goes with charred hypersonic venison? White or red?
Electric Reindeer, of course.
@Steve DeGroof: Your tree lobster blog is my new favorite blog.
@QuestionAuthority: You want a chianti or a malbec
@Knurl: That’s what I tell myself so that I feel a little better when I mix my 4th martini of the evening.
@Amanda: Since tree lobsters are cold-blooded, can they contract rabies?
@Masala Skeptic: Aww, thanks. I was beginning to wonder if I should keep posting or if the joke had run its course. I guess I have too now. :-)
@Steve DeGroof: Keep posting. It is great.
Tree Lobsters make me smile.
Oh, *please* keep doing the tree lobster comic!
It amuses me very much. :D
And clearly, the licensing fees for the ornaments could be a new income source.
Yes, you must keep going with the comic… consider it a gift to the Skepchicks.
And consider us all grateful.