The Giraffe and Cobra Team.

We have to start this off with a formidable team. If we started with an ant on top of a slug, it just wouldn’t be very fun. So here’s our first duo:

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It’s a cobra on top of a giraffe. With the Giraffe’s super long neck and the speed and deadly poison of the cobra… few animals would want to get within 40 feet of these guys. Don’t forget giraffe’s can easily run 30 mph. They are fast. This spells trouble.

What team could dare take on the Giraffe Cobra? Tune in at 3pm for the answer.

Animal Chicken Fights.

A short while back a bunch of us gathered on Google chat to discuss animal fights. The idea was simple: If you could choose two animals to participate in a chicken fight… what animals would reign supreme.

Ryan, Jesse, Kurt, Ben, Ruth, and I worked together to figure out the ultimate team. In order to do so, we decided to start with a team and then try to think of a pair that could bring them down.

A number of rules and definitions had to be laid out first.

– A chicken fight is when one person gets on the back of a second person. They then fight each other and the first to fall over loses. In this scenario, we’re not talking about falling over… we’re talking about a fight to the death. We’ll put one animal on top of the other animal for the sake of keeping it ‘chicken fights’ but if one animal dies and the other one takes out the other team… it’s still a victory for the last animal standing.

– We had to try and think of the best playing field. A swordfish would be awesome against a cow… but cows don’t really swim and swordfish can’t go on land. We tried thinking about all fights taking place in some sort of plasma that would allow fish to swim through the air. This gets complicated. So instead, let’s just try and judge each fight as if it were taking place on earth. If a swordfish needs to fight a cow… we’ll have to figure out a way to make that happen.

– The two animals have to be animals and there can only be two. While you can’t have a bottle of poison on the back of a flock of geese, you could have a deadly poisonous dart frog on the back of a butterfly.

Let the games begin!

Sea Shells

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to Sea Shells

– Sea shells, despite their misleading name, usually originate from
the Great Plains region of the United States, or the mountainous
regions of Southern Japan.

– Sea shells can be manufactured from any number of substances high in
calcium carbonate, such as ram’s horn.

– She sometimes sells surreptitiously solicited, slightly substandard,
sea shells at a serendipitously selected stand near the sea shore.

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide…

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to “Emo” Music

– “Emo” music was named after Canadian commedian Emo Phillips, who
used this sort of music during his live shows during the late 1970s.

– An Emo, one who listens to “emo” music, is easily identified by its
manner of dress and hairstyle. See Figure 1.

– A Pride of Lions; A Gaggle of Geese; A Pod of Seals; A Skulk of
Foxes; An Angst of Emoes.

– “Emo” music is entirely devoid of double bass drum pedals, and thus,
lacking any redeeming qualities whatsoever.