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(True Story) I was always worried that I would do something that would break or ruin our first child (I had zero child rearing or child care experience). So when my spouse got pregnant with our second child, I asked if we could name her Backup. You know... just in case something went wrong with the first one.

She vetoed the name.
 
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mfb said:
I guess the name is not a coincidence.

A distaraptor would walk a lot, and a timeraptor (tempusraptor?) would have a long life?
... and the ratio is implied to be [defined as] the 'Standard Dinosaur Ratio' ...
Basic science, indeed!
 
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... and the ratio is implied to be [defined as] the 'Standard Dinosaur Ratio' ...
If I'd ever used the CGS system of units, I could probably make some joke about dynosaurs. But I never did, so I can't.
 
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mfb said:
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Here's another one:
 
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Old, but not in this thread yet:

How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?

Ask them to pronounce "unionized".

Alternatively:
Ask them for Avogadro's number and see if they start looking through their contact list.
 
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mfb said:
How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?

Ask them to pronounce "unionized".
So how would each pronounce it?

Oh, un-ionized vs. union-ized?
 
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mfb said:
How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?
Which made me remember...

In chemistry class I met a girl who initially made me very tired. Her name was Ann Esthesia. I thought she was pretty, even though she had a mole. I gave her a necklace and waited for the chain reaction. Now I think we have a good relationship; it seems solid.
 
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jobyts said:
What do we want? TIME MACHINES!
When do we want them? DOESN'T MATTER!
:oldlaugh: Hilarious!
 
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mfb said:
A distaraptor would walk a lot, and a timeraptor (tempusraptor?) would have a long life?
It's time for philosoraptor to participate in this thread...
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EDIT: Bonusraptor, not science, but too funny not to share here, IMO:
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If we fix the definition of sunset to a particular point (bottom/center/top of the sun touches the horizon or something similar), there should be regions close to the pole where the sun does indeed set in the East, to be observed at most once per year.
 
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A neutrino walks through the bar...
 
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PF profile:

Age: "-38"

Birth date: May 1, 2055

Occupation: historian, time traveller

Favourite area of science: Relativity, time travel etc.

Hobbies-interests: time slip, teleportation, time spa, history of early 21st century ... etc.
(i.e. the usual)
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
PF profile:

Age: "-38"

Birth date: May 1, 2055

Occupation: historian, time traveller

Favourite area of science: Relativity, time travel etc.

Hobbies-interests: time slip, teleportation, time spa, history of early 21st century ... etc.
(i.e. the usual)
You've said that before, in 2029!
 
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