Comments on: Scientists discover life in Antarctica http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 04:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ApostateGland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652828 ApostateGland Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652828 Hail Cthulhu.  Hail Cthulhu. 

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652782 eldritch Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652782 Headline: "Scientists discover life in Antarctica". ...ya know, apart from all the penguins, seals, orcas, albatrosses, shags, petrels, skuas, pigeons, sheathbills, terns, prions, shearwaters, pintails, gulls, blue whales, krill, plankton, kelp, squid, lichens, liverworts, algae, icefish, et cetera, et cetera... Headline: “Scientists discover life in Antarctica”.

…ya know, apart from all the penguins, seals, orcas, albatrosses, shags, petrels, skuas, pigeons, sheathbills, terns, prions, shearwaters, pintails, gulls, blue whales, krill, plankton, kelp, squid, lichens, liverworts, algae, icefish, et cetera, et cetera…

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652772 tomrigid Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652772 Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes? Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652759 bcsizemo Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652759 Come on now, it's obviously the blob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0GEJgR-bX0w#t=128s Come on now, it’s obviously the blob:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0GEJgR-bX0w#t=128s

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652691 Finnagain Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652691  No! They can't be allowed to leave the site!  No! They can’t be allowed to leave the site!

]]> By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652659 feetleet Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652659 Europa ftw.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#Potential_for_extraterrestrial_life Europa ftw.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#Potential_for_extraterrestrial_life

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652644 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652644 I always deal with those situations by letting the RA from Miskatonic go first, simple enough. I always deal with those situations by letting the RA from Miskatonic go first, simple enough.

]]> By: Peter http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652639 Peter Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652639 I'm just going to remind these crews to stop when they find the six-foot tall albino penguins. If you hit a frothing lake of protoplasmic bubbles occasionally forming eyes, mouths, or temporary appendages, or huge oval-shapped barrels with starfish appendages at both ends, you've gone too far. I’m just going to remind these crews to stop when they find the six-foot tall albino penguins.

If you hit a frothing lake of protoplasmic bubbles occasionally forming eyes, mouths, or temporary appendages, or huge oval-shapped barrels with starfish appendages at both ends, you’ve gone too far.

]]> By: alkali http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/scientists-discover-life-in-an.html#comment-1652637 alkali Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212327#comment-1652637 I've seen <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_%281982_film%29" rel="nofollow">this movie</A> -- get the heck out of there! I’ve seen this movie — get the heck out of there!

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