# So how will \*you\* celebrate Darwin's birthday this Sunday? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818 "2006-02-10T04:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/21 "2006-02-11T01:19:43Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > I’m going to: > > 1. Move around, because I’m an animal. > 2. Stiffen my spine, because I’m a chordate. > 3. Show a little backbone, because I’m a vertebrate. > 4. Breath the air, because I’m a tetrapod. > 5. Lay a shelled egg, because I’m an amniote. > 6. Lactate, because I’m a mammal. > 7. Cross my eyes, because I’m a primate. > 8. Craft a tool, because I’m anthropoid. And finally . . . > 9. Cogitate on deep and profound thoughts, because I’m human. > > Does that cover it? > > Actually, I can’t do (5) and (6), because I’m not female. Damn. Really? It’s Linnaeus’s birthday too? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/22 "2006-02-11T03:55:29Z")
Darwin and I share a birthday, so I’ll be partying. and eating. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/23 "2006-02-11T04:11:10Z")
I’m going to take some unnecessary antibiotics, breeding new forms of drug-resistant bacteria. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/24 "2006-02-11T05:02:32Z")
I have to say, most of these posts were not intelligently designed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/25 "2006-02-11T05:07:33Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I have to say, most of these posts were not intelligently designed. I believe that all of these posts are less than 6,000 years old! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/26 "2006-02-11T06:01:29Z")
A little spring-cleaning is in order. Time, once and for all, to lose those pesky tonsils, adenoids, coccyx, thymus, appendix, wisdom teeth, parathyroid, pineal gland, baby toes and nipples… …on second thought, I’ll keep the nipples, they’re perky. 🙂 Yes, I realize that some of these are no longer considered vestigial ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/27 "2006-02-11T06:27:16Z")
I’m going to use my opposable thumbs a lot. Yay for opposable thumbs! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/28 "2006-02-11T07:53:01Z")
Uh, I’m starting a new birth control pill pack! I do it not for myself, but for our species. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/29 "2006-02-11T16:07:55Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I’ll get out the mirror and admire my vestigial wings. What about that alleged vestigial thing called the appendix? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/30 "2006-02-11T16:34:59Z")
I will be shooting at our shooting club and then eating loads of good cookin’ at my parental unit’s home. Thank you Charles Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/31 "2006-02-11T17:09:14Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > What about that alleged vestigial thing called the appendix? How would one look at that with a mirror? :dubious: 😛 I plan on catching up on my adapting. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/32 "2006-02-11T22:35:11Z")
Tortoise soup. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/33 "2006-02-12T02:25:36Z")
Researching genetic diseases for an essay. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/34 "2006-02-12T07:11:28Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Um, I was planning on going to church… Well, that’s a [perfect place to celebrate!](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602110101feb11,1,287350.story) I had Dinosaur School down at the Field Museum today (my nickname for some docent training I’m doing for our new [Evolving Planet exhibit](http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/ep_permexhib.htm)), so I figure I celebrated a day early. Tomorrow I’m going to get my eyebrows threaded, clean my messy apartment, and watch _Firefly_. Happy birthday, Chaz. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818/35 "2006-02-12T20:53:21Z")
I’ll be watching mountains of snow cancel all conceivable plans I might have had today. I will raise a glass to ol’ Charlie at dinner tonight, though. He and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day in 1809, so that’s two glasses! 🆒 Unfortunately, no spaghetti, nor can I possibly go out and get some. We got nearly two feet up here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-you-celebrate-darwins-birthday-this-sunday/343818.md?page=1)