Riiiiight . . .
What it was was a Weapon of Hamas Destruction 
<shrug> Believe what you like.
So much for fighting ignorance…
Please get your facts straight. I was personally involved in both the planning and the execution of the monoceros culling, which began in January of AD 1475 and was completely over by June of that year. It was ENTIRELY necessary, and had our brave hunters not done it, the Americas would still be infested by those smelly bastards.
Unless there have been some new developments since this 2005 GQ thread, it does not appear anybody is actually working on engineering a genetically selective plague (assuming such a thing were possible).
I’d just like to point out that in 5 1/2 years as a member and over 3800 posts I have (not counting this post) mentioned “prawns” once (and that was in a serious, non-barbie related post about Australian ecology) and “barbies” once, in a spoof post.
Actually, I think you will find that Miller was thinking of The Loaded Dog; he and Priceguy sharing user names with an “e” and a “g” in them. Easily done.
How the hell do you carry bulbs in a sack? Don’t they break?
Well, duh! That’s why they’re sharp!
Don’t mind me, I’m a few sandwiches short of a rodeo.
You’re a few clowns short of a Happy Meal.
That depends on the measure of padding in your sack, and the checking thereof is likely TMI.
Minor observation-once bulbs become broken, they fall into categories of bases, filaments, and shards, the last of which are indeed sharp, and I don’t keep them anywhere near my sack.
You mangled that phrase. It’s ssuuuuupposed to be “a few cowboys short of a club sandwhich.” :smack:
No, it’s “A couple of cards short of a picnic”.
Sure it ain’t a few aunts short of a firing squad?
And where did you Swedes find the virgins required as monoceros bait? I’d assume from the Welsh Indians, but we know the likelihood of THAT.
It’s a taco short of a combination platter. QED.
Don’t listen to them Xan.
You’re now responsible for the stupidest fucking thread in the history of the Straight Dope Message Board.
That’s an honor.
A few tomatoes short of a thick, rich sauce.
What do you mean “you” Swedes? Skald the Rhymer clearly isn’t Swedish - he’s black, for Christ’s sakes! And if there’s one thing everyone knows about Sweden, it’s that it’s entirely ethnically homogenous and that absolutely everyone here - WITHOUT EXCEPTION - has blond hair and blue eyes.
Jeez. Taking longer than we thought, indeed.
A few attractive porcelain deer short of an artist-friendly studio.
Well, then clearly you aren’t Australian, are you?
I’ll bey you’re really Austrian.