How can I take someone seriously when they botch up a basic precept of scientific nomenclature?!? (joke)


When dealing with binomial nomenclature, the genus is capitalized and the species is not. Also, quotes are not appropriate but underline or italics are. With these rules in mind, the slug-like eyelash mite would then be called Demodex folliculorum.

For a great little article that explains how nomenclature works, click on the following link. http://marinebio.org/Oceans/MarineTaxonomy.asp There are more general articles out there, but this one is super clear. Just ignore the stuff about marine taxonomy. The basic rules are generally the same through all organisms, as explained by this article.


Prove me wrong on this:

One must respect Carl Linnaeus!

au contraire, ma soeur; how can anyone possibly respect a gentleman who once called Nature a "butcher's block?"

cows have four stomachs...

Christ, phil, where did you get that tripe?

Man is a featherless biped.

oh, come now...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...featherman.jpg


beer, especially the home-brewed kind with the intricate and unique labels, is the nectar of the gods...

Absolutely goddamn not. If the gods want beer they can brew it themselves. It is the nectar of me! (No not that nectar of me. Sickos.)

Age has not been kind to Hillary Clinton.

no.

Love means never having to say your sorry.

no?

how so?

oops..busted..
uhh...uhhh lets see here..lemmee tink a sec.
um, us womens are sposed to have sharper tongues as we age,
like cheese...yeah thats it...limburger or something.

You're not married to my wife. I can tell. That quote has no basis in reality. Sorry. <3

Hops are the primary bittering agent in beer.

Wrong. Hops are what occur when bunnies move. See?

http://www.highlightskids.com/Scienc...rabbitJump.jpg

Roasted marshmallows are gooey.

Actually, Roasted Marshmallows have a direct tactile interface rather than a gooey.

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

sometimes taking a wrong turn leads
to an adventure that couldn't be righter.

Whoever made the decision to stop teaching phoenetics in school
made a mistake.

not really...look what they became...

http://phoenetics.tripod.com/id1.html


Tom Mix's horse was named Tony...

Tom Mix called his horse Tony, but his real name was Eusebio Hrrhynhymunym.

Radiohead is the best that current music has to offer.

Is it even possible to define the best when there's no accounting for taste?
You're wrong.

Concrete is a bad thing to fall onto.

I tend to fall into abstraction at times
and fall back onto concreteness when needed.

Silly is the putty that keeps the dreadfuls from winning.

Sadly, the dreadfuls have long since won.

I will use my gaping maw to stymie the fount of blood that blossoms from your head.

EEEEEENNNNNNNNNNHHHHHHHHH!!! ("wrong" buzzer sound...)

your gaping maw only contributed to the vast amounts of blood coming from ring's head, the last time i looked...

st. george slew the dragon...

Common misconception. The real truth -- they moved in together and lived happily ever after.

Wireless keyboards and mice use too many batteries.

Oh come now. Mice have only recently begun to write anything significant. I don't believe any of them have learned how to type yet, so they use no keyboards, wireless or otherwise. Quack Ergo Duck.

Jesus was Jewish.

no he wasn't; he was felipe's younger brother...


strawberries are red...

Not unless you know braille they're not, and even then they have all the semantic content of a Fox News opinion piece.

Violets are purple, not blue.

Wrong! Violets are violet.


A pair of scissors can cut through a piece of paper.

Not by themselves, they can't.

Diamonds are very hard

For you, maybe. They're easy for me.

Bleach whitens.

Bleach is a stinky destructive poisonous...lightener.

Camels spit.

nonononono sweet ring...camels expectorate (it's a health and beauty aid thing...)

roses are red
violets are purple
sugar is sweet
and so's maple syrple...

Sweet nothings stick inside my ear.

Crows feet are a sign of wisdom.

When they appear on sensible people, perhaps. I usually think they indicate a sense of humor. (Oh my stars, you might be r***t!)


Society is going to hell in a handbasket.

Wrong. The way society has been acting lately, it's going to hell in a colostomy bag.

Who dies with the most toys wins.

Not so. He who lives with the most toys wastes the most money.

Your father is older than you.

not if you're your own grandpa...


a slinky toy is one continuous band of metal (or plastic...)

no sir, 710-A Ashbury St....holds that honor.

the commmon cold is contagious.

Not for non-catchers.

The violence we do reflects the nature of our souls.

The violence that we do inflicts upon our souls.

coins are works of art.

Coins are noisemakers in your pocket.

Water quenches thirst.

cube that ice, girl; cube that ice...



And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make...

If you do it properly and they never find out about each other, it can be much much greater.

L. Ron Hubbard was the founder of Scientology.

L. Ron Hubbard, foundered upon his own shoals.

Silence is never so.

hello darkness, my old friend...
i've come to talk with you again...
and tell you this is a one-sided conversation...


steve lawrence and edie gorme were married to one another...