Ahhh, but wouldn’t it be charming if it were true? Actually, I remember many years ago being on a little commuter boat in Switzerland and a group of elderly ladies were singing something together (in German, I believe) just for their own amusement. All throughout Europe I noticed people making music spontaneously - one of the things I missed most when I returned home.
Okay, here’s a question for those of you w/crime knowledge - I always wondered how cops know what cocaine, etc., tastes like. How many times have you seen them stick a wet finger into a baggie & proclaim its contents? Isn’t that utter b.s.?
Wait a minute – are you saying that staring into the sun doesn’t render a person sightless? 'Cause I was taught that it most definitely did.
But can a human being, in all possession of his/her facutlies, force him/herself to stare into the sun. I wound think that after a few seconds, it would take willpower beyond what anyone possesses to keep that up. I would think it would be too painful.
No, he’s saying that it’s BS that anyone took LSD and then stared at the sun until they went blind.
Well, Galileo did stare at the Sun for extended periods, and through a telescope at that. And yes, he did eventually go blind, presumably as a result of said sungazing. Of course, Galileo may well have been rather atypical in the willpower regard.
According to the author of this article, Galileo, solar observing, and eye safety
“One often reads in newspapers and magazines, or on the Web, and sometimes even in textbooks, that Galileo became blind by looking at the Sun through his telescope. This story is spread by well-meaning but ignorant people; it is entirely false.”
I’m not completely convinced about the example in the OP. Isn’t DNA direct, and conclusive evidence of say, paternity? That is, aside from those quoted odds everybody gives of like “one in 50 trillion” or whatever?
This is a zombie thread from 2004.
That said, I believe that DNA is considered circumstantial evidence because although it may show conclusively that a person was at a crime scene, it does not necessarily prove that the person committed the crime.
I, for one, am constantly amused by how inaccurately TV shows and movies present zombie uprisings.
Apparently they can. It’s dangerous and foolish, but people do it anyway.
Well, eight years later we have Paula Deen’s English Peas.
(Courtesy of this earlier thread.)
Not only that, but there’s one wild video in which they actually attack another species of primate for what looks like a quick snack. The ringleader gets everybody worked up first by banging on a tree trunk and hooting until they all join in.
When discussing evil whitey, facts don’t matter. Get with the times man!
And again. Moore is like the poster child for this. Conservative = evil. All the world’s woes are due to “them.” Duh.
:rolleyes:
Anyway pardon sidetrack - re the OP, I would add:
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how cars usually explode like a baby nuke as soon as they crash (and ALWAYS if going off a cliff). (Wow nobody said this yet?)
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speaking of vehicles, how it’s impossible for them to stop without the brakes making that obnoxious squealing sound. Oddly they didn’t do this much in older shows/movies. It seems obnoxious noises are all the rage.
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how easy it is to knock someone unconscious. One quick punch or whack to the back of the neck and down they go!
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always finding a parking spot right in front of where they need to go
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hospitals where all the nurses and doctors are very friendly and compassionate about the patients. Talk about fantasyland.
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perhaps the silliest though are fights where people punch each other in the head 100 times, multiple kicks to the groin etc etc and keep on going as if they were all love taps.
Lemmon’s butler (Terre-Thomas) did quote the double-jeopardy rule (incorrectly). However the actual tactic used in Lemmon’s trial was to urge the jury to nullify the law, basically asking the all-male (chauvinist) jury to let Lemmon off in order to send a message to all wives to clean up their collective act. A completely assholish argument (still a pretty good movie, though).
Ah, zombies, what would we do without them.
That said, the OP claimed (or repeated a claim) the DNA is always circumstantial evidence. Maybe it is in a murder trial, but in a paternity case?
We’d be buried in uneaten brains. They’re a vital part of the ecology!
oreally (posting 94)
Thanks for posting that information.
Upon further investigation I found the real reason for the deaths of Dr Charles Drew and Bessie Smith. The man wanted them dead. :mad:
As for other species, wolf packs will attack and kill every single member of another pack to take over their territory. They will also kill coyote pups (admittedly not the same species, but…) not for food but to get rid of competitors. Male grizzlies and lions will kill the young of a female to get her to go into heat. In point of fact, MOST species fight and kill each other, particularly omnivores and carnivores.
Get a mating pair of gerbils. Wait until they’ve mated, and their kids have mated and so on until the cage starts getting crowded. Then watch them start eating each other. I’m sure it’s not unique to gerbils, but that’s the one case where I’ve seen it happen firsthand.
(or maybe the gerbils eating the others had become zombified, I dunno)