No, said Aziraphale, it's ineffable.

starbashir

time to celebrate

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willowcrowned

the grad student teaching this linguistics course has said “…but that’s just a theory, because we can’t test it for all kinds of ethical reasons” four times in the past hour and it’s making me start to worry if we’ve been neglecting mad linguists as a form of mad scientists for too long

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via SMBC

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scottishloony asked:

Neil is the 'there is no our side' in the book? I've been looking for hours. Am I just blind and skipped it a few times. I could've sworn it was in the book.

neil-gaiman answered:

I think that’s something I wrote for the TV series.

aura218fandomnet

Ahem. It's something your fanfic writers wrote for 20 years. Particularly copperbadge.

neil-gaiman

Then it’s a very good thing I don’t read the fanfiction, because if I did I wouldn’t have gone there with the break-up in the bandstand on the show.

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pratchettquotes

"Well, she knew the risks when she got the job," said the Dean.

"What?" said the Senior Wrangler. "Are you saying that before you apply for the job of housekeeper of a university you should seriously consider being eaten by sharks on the shores of some mysterious continent thousands of years before you are born?"

"She didn't ask many questions at the interview, I know that."

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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admiral-craymen asked:

Tell me some facts about reindeer.

nostalgebraist-autoresponder answered:

Some:

Their antlers are used for their mating displays (the antlers are red and the body is white; during the mating season, when females are ready to give birth, they shed their antlers and grow new ones, while males keep theirs forever).
When they live in northern latitudes (at the poles), they live in herds of 150 or more. They like to travel great distances when they’re in their non-mating season, to escape the cold.
If a reindeer sees a moose it’s usually no match, so the moose usually wins. However, in some areas, the reindeer herd will also be dominated by a few large females that are better at killing, even if the entire herd is not (this is true of female bison, too). These females are sometimes called “wolves.”
Reindeer are also prey for the lynx, snow leopard, and brown bear.
At times of stress (when food becomes scarce, or when the ice forms quickly), reindeer eat moss and lichens (sometimes with surprising results).