Help me pick a subject for this thread

[yvr girl]

There might be a prize involved. :D

[Floogeldy]

1. Strawberries!

:)

[momophile]

2. yeah! strawberries!!

[yvr girl]

3. I like strawberries

I don't know how much we can say about them though.

[Floogeldy]

5. They're so good that even the seeds are inconsequential.

And that is saying a lot. ;)

[GOPisEvil]

4. ...and cream...CLOTTED cream!!

:9

[yvr girl]

7. That makes me think of Wimbledon

I always get up early to watch tennis and eat strawberries and cream.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Clotted cream is remarkably easy to make.

I should do that this year for Wimbledon...

[yvr girl]

10. A statement like that calls for a recipe

I always just buy it.

[GOPisEvil]

12. Ask and Alton Brown has the answer.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_19402,00.html

2 cups pasteurized (not ultra-pasteurized) cream

Set a coffee filter basket, lined with a filter, in a strainer, over a bowl. Pour the cream almost to the top of the filter. Refrigerate for 2 hours. The whey will sink to the bottom passing through the filter leaving a ring of clotted cream. Scrape this down with a rubber spatula and repeat every couple of hours until the mass reaches the consistency of soft cream cheese.

[yvr girl]

13. Wow, that is easy

You're such a smarty

[GOPisEvil]

14. Hah! I just watch Alton Brown. He makes me seem smart.

[yvr girl]

17. You and the Food Channel

You're addicted to it.

[GOPisEvil]

18. That and The History Channel.

I'm watching a show on the Knights Templar now.

[yvr girl]

19. And I'm watching "Anchors Aweigh"

I love classic movies.

[otherlander]

6. Limricks! Why should haikus get all the attention?

There's a haiku thread right now, so let's have a limrick thread, too! you know.... there once was a man from Nantucket...

[yvr girl]

11. Can you do a limrick about strawberries?

Best of both worlds.

[otherlander]

16. I shall try.....

There once was a sailor named Jerry
who got scared by a ghost on his ferry
it came on to the deck,
and said, "hey, hold on a sec,
i just want to buy some strawberries!"

[yvr girl]

20. Good try

I'm not sure if the strawberries line is quite working though.

[otherlander]

24. Oh, well....and now for something completely different....

There once was a man named Colbert
who did a threat-down about bears,
and went stalking Charline,
said the press was too mean,
and then spoke of Hindenburg chairs.

[swag]

9. The nature of consciousness is always a fun whiskey subject

Some jumping off points from a book review:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019515343X/sr=8-1/qid=1148182729/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3502952-1852040?%5Fencoding=UTF8

From Scientific American

If you’ve ever driven along a highway and suddenly realized that you have no memory of how you just got to a certain point, then you have some idea of what it’s like to be "in" and "out" of consciousness. Understanding the difference is the crux of Consciousness: An Introduction, which examines the scientific nature of subjective experience. Susan Blackmore, a former lecturer in psychology at the University of the West of England in Bristol, casts a wide net in exploring what she calls "the last great mystery of science." She painstakingly documents the evolution of consciousness studies, from the pioneering work of William James to the controversial, contemporary work of Daniel C. Dennett of Tufts University, who maintains that consciousness is a complex of "memes"—verbal and written information that is transferred from person to person. Then she marches through a host of other topics, including how subjective experiences arise from objective brain processes; altered states; and mystical experiences and dreams. To offset this weightiness, Blackmore periodically invites the reader to participate in interesting practice exercises with titles such as "Was this decision conscious?" and activities such as "Blind for an hour" that sharpen selfawareness. "Some of you will enjoy the self-examination and find the science and philosophy hard," she writes of her approach. "Others will lap up the science and find the personal inquiry troubling or trivial. I can only say this: both are needed." Blackmore also strikes a balance in showing how Western and Eastern philosophies view consciousness. Parts of this discussion may seem too difficult to grasp, but she is not after black-and-white conclusions; she is bold enough to leave some questions unanswered. Blackmore’s best chapters come in the latter part of the book. Her analyses of the effects of brain damage on consciousness are fascinating in their human detail. She does get sidetracked by devoting three short chapters to the possibility of consciousness in robots, even though a machine’s total lack of subjectivity would appear to make a prolonged analysis beside the point. But she redeems herself with an amusing anecdote that underscores how even the best intentioned scholars can get carried away by their own theories. When computer scientist John McCarthy of Stanford University claimed that his thermostat had a belief system, philosopher John Searle of the University of California at Berkeley immediately asked, "John, what beliefs does your thermostat have?" McCarthy’s reply was both clever and courageous: "My thermostat has three beliefs. My thermostat believes that it’s too hot in here, it’s too cold in here and it’s just right in here."

[yvr girl]

15. But....I don't have any whiskey

What will I do?

[swag]

22. Face the fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmgrB2YfOc&search=survival%20research%20laboratories

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Sex!

IBTL! :D

[yvr girl]

23. I'm in favour of it

You?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Nice work if you can get it.

:evilgrin:

[Dangerously Amused]

26. Emo kids? Oh wait, it's been done. Hmm... Oh! I've got it!!

Kitty pictures!


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