Comments on: Taxonomy of Big Bird http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mike Dickison http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228885 Mike Dickison Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228885 Thanks for the nice comments. I think my skeleton reconstruction is more accurate than the Barney one. Snuffleupagus is surely a dwarf island mammoth. And I’ve no idea what deication is. Thanks for the nice comments. I think my skeleton reconstruction is more accurate than the Barney one. Snuffleupagus is surely a dwarf island mammoth. And I’ve no idea what deication is.

]]> By: tin robot http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228831 tin robot Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228831 @RossF:disqus  - Perhaps, although the similarity in basic concept to "The Taxonomy of Barney", which has already appeared in the Annals of Improbable Research, might put them off.   (I confess I haven't been able to watch the video, so apologies if I'm completely off with this, but it certainly sounds similar...) http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i1/barney.htm @RossF:disqus  – Perhaps, although the similarity in basic concept to “The Taxonomy of Barney”, which has already appeared in the Annals of Improbable Research, might put them off.   (I confess I haven’t been able to watch the video, so apologies if I’m completely off with this, but it certainly sounds similar…)
http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i1/barney.htm

]]> By: Ross F http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228825 Ross F Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228825 Anybody know how to nominate this guy for an igNoble prize?  His lecture seems to be worthy of such an honor.  Anybody know how to nominate this guy for an igNoble prize?  His lecture seems to be worthy of such an honor. 

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228556 Andrew Singleton Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228556 See. This guy is the definition of deication. 'the Extremaly un-airconditioned wing of...' See. This guy is the definition of deication.

‘the Extremaly un-airconditioned wing of…’

]]> By: Abdul Alhazred http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228548 Abdul Alhazred Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228548 This is like those pop culture books on philosophy, deviously tricking you into learning something with an elaborate joke premise. This is like those pop culture books on philosophy, deviously tricking you into learning something with an elaborate joke premise.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228533 Stefan Jones Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228533 I want to know what planet Snuffleupagus evolved on. I want to know what planet Snuffleupagus evolved on.

]]> By: baronkarza http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228524 baronkarza Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228524 I kept waiting for him to thank the letter B and the number 4, or something along those lines. Nice nod to Mr. Henson instead, thanks! I kept waiting for him to thank the letter B and the number 4, or something along those lines. Nice nod to Mr. Henson instead, thanks!

]]> By: graywh http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/taxonomy-of-big-bird.html#comment-1228421 graywh Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120805#comment-1228421 http://boingboing.net/2010/06/29/what-kind-of-bird-is.html http://boingboing.net/2010/06/29/what-kind-of-bird-is.html

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