Weird questions in the middle of the night: Part II

brianlux

First question:  What happened to the first "Weird questions in the middle of the night" thread?  It seems to have vanished.

brianlux

Second question:  I have often been curious about barbed wire.  I think this stemmed from an uncle of mine having a collection of barbed wire.  He had gather 6 to 8 inch long strands of various barbed wire and mounted them on a board with little cards under each one describing what ever he could find out about each type of barbed wire.

So anyway, I notice barbed wire when hiking or walking or visiting places.  My question is, if you could take all of the barbed wire in the world and make one long, single strand out of it, how long would it be?  Would stretch around the equator once or multiple times?  Could it possibly reach the moon?

You know... I really need to know these this.  This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up late at night.

dankind

Growing up, we had barbed wire around the perimeter of our farm. The local peregrines used it to impale their prey. 

brianlux

dankind said:

Growing up, we had barbed wire around the perimeter of our farm. The local peregrines used it to impale their prey. 

Rodent-kabob.  Nasty! 

dankind

brianlux said:

dankind said:

Growing up, we had barbed wire around the perimeter of our farm. The local peregrines used it to impale their prey. 

Rodent-kabob.  Nasty! 

Guess whose job it was to scrape what was left of the carcasses off the barbs every two weeks or so?

Looked like some weird Satanic ritual was going on or something. 

I don’t know if other peregrines do that or if it was just something that the ones around us figured out, but it was nasty, indeed. 

brianlux

dankind said:

brianlux said:

dankind said:

Growing up, we had barbed wire around the perimeter of our farm. The local peregrines used it to impale their prey. 

Rodent-kabob.  Nasty! 

Guess whose job it was to scrape what was left of the carcasses off the barbs every two weeks or so?

Looked like some weird Satanic ritual was going on or something. 

I don’t know if other peregrines do that or if it was just something that the ones around us figured out, but it was nasty, indeed. 

Yuck! Never seen that before!

Spunkie

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

dankind

tish said:

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

The more successful musicians probably have people for that, but for those still eking it out, I would imagine they go about it the same way we all do: Ask the first waiter, waitress you meet if they can hook you up. 

brianlux

I don't know where you people get the idea that musicians do drugs.  I've never heard anything more ridiculous in my life.

dankind

brianlux said:

I don't know where you people get the idea that musicians do drugs.  I've never heard anything more ridiculous in my life.

I heard all about it from Bill Hicks.

tempo_n_groove

dankind said:

brianlux said:

I don't know where you people get the idea that musicians do drugs.  I've never heard anything more ridiculous in my life.

I heard all about it from Bill Hicks.

A fallen hero...  RIP.

We want our thumbs!!!

GlowGirl

dankind said:

tish said:

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

The more successful musicians probably have people for that, but for those still eking it out, I would imagine they go about it the same way we all do: Ask the first waiter, waitress you meet if they can hook you up. 

I have a friend who could find anything anywhere, no matter what city we were in. It would usually be from some random stranger he met at a bar. He was like a bloodhound.

dankind

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

tish said:

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

The more successful musicians probably have people for that, but for those still eking it out, I would imagine they go about it the same way we all do: Ask the first waiter, waitress you meet if they can hook you up. 

I have a friend who could find anything anywhere, no matter what city we were in. It would usually be from some random stranger he met at a bar. He was like a bloodhound.

Do we know each other?

brianlux

Oh my God, you people are frightening.  (Ahh, say, anybody gotta a dime?)

F Me In The Brain

dankind said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

tish said:

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

The more successful musicians probably have people for that, but for those still eking it out, I would imagine they go about it the same way we all do: Ask the first waiter, waitress you meet if they can hook you up. 

I have a friend who could find anything anywhere, no matter what city we were in. It would usually be from some random stranger he met at a bar. He was like a bloodhound.

Do we know each other?

Yeah, I know some stories.....

GlowGirl

dankind said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

tish said:

How do musicians score their drugs worldwide during touring? Is there a designated smuggler? Is this the valet's job? An established friends of friends network?

The more successful musicians probably have people for that, but for those still eking it out, I would imagine they go about it the same way we all do: Ask the first waiter, waitress you meet if they can hook you up. 

I have a friend who could find anything anywhere, no matter what city we were in. It would usually be from some random stranger he met at a bar. He was like a bloodhound.

Do we know each other?

It certainly seems that way 

brianlux

Good, we got that one answered... sort of... well, you know...

Say, here another vexing question:  How do we know some animals can't see colors?  I've asked my cat and she refuses to answer.  (Is it just Annie being Annie or am I not asking right?)  But no, seriously, how can we know that?

dankind

brianlux said:

Good, we got that one answered... sort of... well, you know...

Say, here another vexing question:  How do we know some animals can't see colors?  I've asked my cat and she refuses to answer.  (Is it just Annie being Annie or am I not asking right?)  But no, seriously, how can we know that?

Fewer cones.

brianlux

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Good, we got that one answered... sort of... well, you know...

Say, here another vexing question:  How do we know some animals can't see colors?  I've asked my cat and she refuses to answer.  (Is it just Annie being Annie or am I not asking right?)  But no, seriously, how can we know that?

Fewer cones.

Really?

Spunkie

...Than rods. Cones are colour receptors.

Purple Fairy Tree

Love that film @brianlux I see @tish