Comments on: Away With Me! http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tinker http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174892 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:55:58 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174892 4 hamster and a roll of duct tape.

]]> By: Peter Mc http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174850 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174850 Stoat juggling? Lightweights.

Here in Yorkshire there are still enclaves of ferret legging, although it is not as popular a sport as it was when we had many coal mines and steel works when men were men and a mustelid chewing on one’s knackers was considered nowt.

The rules: A man puts a ferret down his trousers against the clock. The winner is the man who keeps the ferret down his kecks the longest.

I am not making this up.

]]> By: Robrobb http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174783 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:09:39 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174783 I was briefly distracted by the polka, then the common thread became apparent. There is only one thing in common between misplaced polka arrangements, tapioca and vicious varmints, and that is…

Weird Al Yankovic.

We now know something of your secret meeting. Rest assured, we will learn the rest. I, for one, am jealous.

]]> By: TheMadLibrarian http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174753 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:26:26 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174753 I will see your stoat juggling (with or without accompanying tapoica) and raise you an unannounced class of 4th graders coming in to the library for storytime and research. Really, the teacher should have at least made the effort to call in advance.

]]> By: Xopher http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174744 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:37 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174744 What’s wrong with those stoats? It’s ermine season! Tell them to get busy on their winter coats or they’re raptor food.

Fun fact: even Arctic and subArctic critturs who are at the very top of their food chain grow white coats in the winter.

The white fur isn’t so much for concealment as for warmth, because white hair has more airspace due to its lack of pigment.

So, see, it’s not that I’m aging…it’s just that winter’s comin’ on!

]]> By: froonium http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174736 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:32:24 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174736 *hopes there’s no invocation of rule 34*

doh!

]]> By: BeVibe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174734 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:31 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174734 19. BarStool Babe – Nah – his father in law does the yard work. He has a riding lawn mower!

]]> By: Thomas http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174727 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:52:09 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174727 Now, a polka version of “Head Like a Hole” I’d listen to.

]]> By: Barstool Babe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174722 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:35:47 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174722 Admit it, you’re out blowing dead leaves around.

]]> By: Jeff Zugale http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/11/06/away-with-me/#comment-174711 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:10:57 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=9011#comment-174711 “And there was much rejoicing, and the people feasted upon the lamb, and the stoat…”

Mmm. Yummy stoat. :)

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