Sunbird

This probably belongs in the tech support forum. @Chaos seems to be the most active mod/admin over there.

20th Century Fox

@Kaymyth I turn into a pedantic nerd when someone refers to a "poisonous" bite or sting. Bites and stings are venomous, not poisonous.

Probably gonna be s bit late because traffic.

@Sand Master I'm all for reviving this thread. We've got kind of a similar thing going in the RP forum for the Reckoners RPG, which was brought on partly because I was missing the hilarity of this topic.

@bleeder and @Darkness Ascendant 100% agree! I'm constantly miserable when the weather is hot.

@Delightful got it!

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. Tidbits like this are interesting to me. On a related subject: that test I'm studying for is all about diversity in the animal kingdom, so I've been attempting to memorize the Latin names for different taxonomic groups of animals and coming up with some silly memory tricks to help. Asteroidea - the class that includes starfish has the word "asteroid" in it, like space, where you find stars. Related to starfish are the brittle stars in class Ophiuroidea, which sounds like the name Ophelia. In Hamlet, Ophelia was shown as "brittle" and "breakable." In all animals' embryonic development, the morula develops into the blastula, which develops into the gastrula. In order the initials are MBG, which in my head stands for Massive BiG. Phylum Platyhelminthes includes the flatworms, and Plat is not that different from Flat. Oligochaeta - the class that includes earthworms looks a lot like Oligarchy. We watched a video in class of Australian earthworms that can grow to almost 10 feet long, so now I think of them as the King Earthworms...like the Oligarchy. Cephalopod literally means "head foot," which is easy to remember since this is the group that includes octopuses, and their "legs" literally grow straight out of their heads. Centipedes and millipedes are grouped together into the class Myriapoda, which literally means "many feet." Hagfish are in the group Agnatha, which looks like a cross between the names Agnes and Agatha, both of which sound like the kind of name a grumpy old witch (or a hag) would have.

This is the kind of stuff I think about when I'm supposed to be studying for a big test:

Nope, sorry.

I hope you feel better ASAP!

What do you lose every time you stand up?

@Assassin in Burgundy A bridge!

@Oversleep Spook?

I frequently use the spellings "MOAR" and "EVAR" for humor on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Correcting other people on their spelling, grammar, punctuation, and so on is only socially acceptable in certain situations (e.g. teaching someone a new language or grading a written assignment), and outside those situations, it's usually rude. Plus language--even written language--varies a lot within the realm of "correct." For example, I am 100% in support of always using the Oxford comma (aka the serial comma), but that doesn't mean I send snarky emails to all the American newspapers and magazines that don't use it and tell them they're doing it wrong. Everything in moderation, as they say.

Lol @Pinnacle-Ferring I actually got it from Dragonology. Seems like these riddles kind of get recycled and end up in several different books! XD Since I just posted one, do you want to challenge us next, Pinnacle?

Be aware that BYU has a home football game tomorrow night, so avoiding University Parkway would be smart.

Just FYI evading the forum swear filter is grounds for a warning IIRC, so I advise changing the topic title.

Lindsey Stirling

Ok. Time to see if I can remember any riddles that haven't already been used. XD Only one color but not just one size, Stuck to the ground yet easily flies, Present in sunshine but not in rain, Doing no harm and feeling no pain.

I had a dream recently that only a birdwatcher would ever have. I was on my university's campus, and there was this big flock of seagulls hanging out on the ground in a fairly high-traffic area. I was watching from not too far away and spotted a bird in the crowd that looked different from the rest and realized it was a Sora, a shy little bird usually found in marshes and swamps. I tapped my brother on the shoulder (don't know when he got there, but that's dream logic for you) and pointed it out to him. And then all of a sudden the seagulls scattered, leaving the Sora alone on the ground. It saw us and started running toward us excitedly, and when it got close it started making eager peeping noises and weaving around our legs like a cat and begging for food. And that's about when I woke up.

@Briar King Did you need any magnification (binoculars, telescope, etc) in order to see the space stations and distinguish them from stars and other stuff in the sky?

This pretty much sums up my feelings about this year's presidential election: And since talking about the election is depressing, here's something funny:

I'll be there!

Friday works for me as well this week.