Comments on: Can Domingo be for dolphins? http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jenn Chlebus http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1678033 Jenn Chlebus Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1678033 I'll just leave this here... http://thenexttobestblogever.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/far-side-kay-pas-uh/ Props to the Larson. Man was way ahead of his time. I’ll just leave this here… http://thenexttobestblogever.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/far-side-kay-pas-uh/

Props to the Larson. Man was way ahead of his time.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676178 Felton / Moderator Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676178 Or a tarsier dressed like a leipreachán. Or a tarsier dressed like a leipreachán.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676173 oasisob1 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676173 Another dolphin put them there, and Mike Tyson is going to sue. Another dolphin put them there, and Mike Tyson is going to sue.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676170 oasisob1 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676170 Dominphin. Dominphin.

]]> By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676165 Sparg Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676165  I hear a leipreachán saying it, "Come back Tarsday!"  I hear a leipreachán saying it, “Come back Tarsday!”

]]> By: Sofia Ortiz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676092 Sofia Ortiz Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676092 Yes, but only if they speak correct Spanish. Yes, but only if they speak correct Spanish.

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676064 Jorpho Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676064 Are those scratches on its face signs of abuse?  Should we be concerned?  Shocked?  Outraged? Or are those markings perfectly natural and acceptable even among wild and well-cared-for cetaceans? Are those scratches on its face signs of abuse?  Should we be concerned?  Shocked?  Outraged?

Or are those markings perfectly natural and acceptable even among wild and well-cared-for cetaceans?

]]> By: Gerald Mander http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1676035 Gerald Mander Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1676035 It it'll prevent more cat pictures, then I'm for it. It it’ll prevent more cat pictures, then I’m for it.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675998 Christopher Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675998 "So I paid fifty bucks to swim with dolphins, and the first thing they tell me is 'don't insert anything in the blowhole'. And I thought, well there's a waste of fifty bucks."-Robert Schimmel “So I paid fifty bucks to swim with dolphins, and the first thing they tell me is ‘don’t insert anything in the blowhole’. And I thought, well there’s a waste of fifty bucks.”-Robert Schimmel

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675997 Felton / Moderator Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675997 I love the idea, although "Tarsday" sounds more like "Thursday" to me. I love the idea, although “Tarsday” sounds more like “Thursday” to me.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675987 James Agenbroad Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675987 Fa go.  Fa go NOW. Fa go.  Fa go NOW.

]]> By: Rick Adams http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675956 Rick Adams Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675956 Can Tuesday be Tarsday then!?!? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y_d7NHY49w/Te6-1kRS7WI/AAAAAAAAAbI/4omeaELLi0k/s400/tarsier_2.jpg Can Tuesday be Tarsday then!?!?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y_d7NHY49w/Te6-1kRS7WI/AAAAAAAAAbI/4omeaELLi0k/s400/tarsier_2.jpg

]]> By: mongo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675934 mongo Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675934 Dolphingo meets Fido Friday http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/05/australian-woman-says-dolphins-saved-her-and-her-dog-from-drowning/ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/feb/24/dolphins-save-tired-dog-stuck-canal-marco-island/ Dolphingo meets Fido Friday
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/05/australian-woman-says-dolphins-saved-her-and-her-dog-from-drowning/
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/feb/24/dolphins-save-tired-dog-stuck-canal-marco-island/

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675925 Felton / Moderator Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675925 I'm looking forward to Quentin Tarantino's Delfingo Unchained. I’m looking forward to Quentin Tarantino’s Delfingo Unchained.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675923 Ramone Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675923 The only problem I see is the lack of hosehold dolphins to caption. GIS may end up being a tad overused. The only problem I see is the lack of hosehold dolphins to caption. GIS may end up being a tad overused.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675920 Just_Ok Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675920 Yes, but to what porpoise? Yes, but to what porpoise?

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675917 Jerril Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675917 <blockquote>Plutarch said[26] that the Pythia's life was shortened through the service of Apollo. The sessions were said to be exhausting. At the end of each period the Pythia would be like a runner after a race or a dancer after an ecstatic dance, which may have had a physical effect on the health of the Pythia.</blockquote>Indeed, it wasn't good for them.

Plutarch said[26] that the Pythia’s life was shortened through the service of Apollo. The sessions were said to be exhausting. At the end of each period the Pythia would be like a runner after a race or a dancer after an ecstatic dance, which may have had a physical effect on the health of the Pythia.

Indeed, it wasn’t good for them.

]]> By: Richard_Kirk http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675880 Richard_Kirk Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675880 In the UK, we have don't have "national holidays", we have "bank holidays". Same sort of thing, except we know our unseen, superpotent, capricious, and occasionally destructive forces actually exist and demand our worship. In the UK, we have don’t have “national holidays”, we have “bank holidays”. Same sort of thing, except we know our unseen, superpotent, capricious, and occasionally destructive forces actually exist and demand our worship.

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675874 ldobe Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675874 Hallucinogenic intoxicants both.  Let the good times roll.  I suppose. Inhalants have always seemed stupid to me.  Starve a brain of oxygen and of course the victim will say weird things that might even sound prophetic.  Either that or brain-damaged babble with no semblance of meaning.  If these women were indeed huffing hydrocarbons, it would probably have shortened their lives significantly and reduced their quality of life overall. Hallucinogenic intoxicants both.  Let the good times roll.  I suppose.
Inhalants have always seemed stupid to me.  Starve a brain of oxygen and of course the victim will say weird things that might even sound prophetic.  Either that or brain-damaged babble with no semblance of meaning.  If these women were indeed huffing hydrocarbons, it would probably have shortened their lives significantly and reduced their quality of life overall.

]]> By: Richard Crosby http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675873 Richard Crosby Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675873 I speak Spanish, and still, I felt I was missing something here. I speak Spanish, and still, I felt I was missing something here.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675872 CH Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675872 Oh! Yea, my country doesn't fall under your definition, other than the generic "Christian culture" (Nordic country)... I had absolutely no idea what the headline referred to. Thanks for the explanation! Oh! Yea, my country doesn’t fall under your definition, other than the generic “Christian culture” (Nordic country)… I had absolutely no idea what the headline referred to. Thanks for the explanation!

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675870 ImmutableMichael Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675870 Not mushrooms - huffing gasoline apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia Not mushrooms – huffing gasoline apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675856 ldobe Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675856 I dunno, delfingo is pretty close to delphingo: Delphi Sunday.  And we all know what happens when people follow a chick on mushrooms, or anyone on mushrooms for that matter.  Sure it may be a good time for a little while, but we'll all reconsider when s/he's trying to convince us to jump off a high ledge while hell hounds are chasing us. I dunno, delfingo is pretty close to delphingo: Delphi Sunday.  And we all know what happens when people follow a chick on mushrooms, or anyone on mushrooms for that matter.  Sure it may be a good time for a little while, but we’ll all reconsider when s/he’s trying to convince us to jump off a high ledge while hell hounds are chasing us.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675854 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675854 Wouldn't it be Delfingo? Wouldn’t it be Delfingo?

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675855 tubacat Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675855 Yes, why not! My contribution (though it's Monday now) would be a suggestion to go to: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoph1f_fred-neil-the-dolphins-mp4-show-infossee-your-video-fred-neil-the-dolphins-mp4-show-infossee-your-vi_music Yes, why not!

My contribution (though it’s Monday now) would be a suggestion to go to:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoph1f_fred-neil-the-dolphins-mp4-show-infossee-your-video-fred-neil-the-dolphins-mp4-show-infossee-your-vi_music

]]> By: Rick Adams http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675829 Rick Adams Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675829 Dolphingo? Dolphingo?

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675811 Daemonworks Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675811 Folks have been trying to push Sundog for ages. Folks have been trying to push Sundog for ages.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675804 awjt Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675804 He's the new guest blogger who's responsible for posting cute dolphin pictures every Sunday, henceforth. He’s the new guest blogger who’s responsible for posting cute dolphin pictures every Sunday, henceforth.

]]> By: bardfinn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675798 bardfinn Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675798 "Sunday" in non-Anglo-Saxon Latin-Romantic Christian cultures is almost universally "Domin-", meaning "Lord-"; whereas in Saxon-descended cultures it's some variant of "Sun-", for much the same reason we have days named for the moon, Tyr, Wotan, Thor, Frigge, and *Saturn*. Except in Germany, where a certain distance to Wotan-worship has arisen and the day is now literally "Midweek". Lemme tell ya - explaining that's fun. “Sunday” in non-Anglo-Saxon Latin-Romantic Christian cultures is almost universally “Domin-”, meaning “Lord-”; whereas in Saxon-descended cultures it’s some variant of “Sun-”, for much the same reason we have days named for the moon, Tyr, Wotan, Thor, Frigge, and *Saturn*. Except in Germany, where a certain distance to Wotan-worship has arisen and the day is now literally “Midweek”. Lemme tell ya – explaining that’s fun.

]]> By: Smash Martian http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/can-domingo-be-for-dolphins.html#comment-1675799 Smash Martian Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217848#comment-1675799 Domingo means "Sunday" in Spanish. So "Dolphin Sunday" as well as Caturday. Domingo means “Sunday” in Spanish. So “Dolphin Sunday” as well as Caturday.

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