The intelligence is my only issue with Octopus. I know how smart they are and I'm fascinated by them and I just don't think I could handle eating one. I am aware this is silly in several ways, but I still wouldn't.

Only if they're stupid enough to eat the substitute. Subs are the same price or cheaper than what you ordered and can be sent back with no problem if you don't want them so the only real inconvenience is if you're planning a specific recipe and it's a key ingredient. I've sent things back because I'm allergic before,…

Airlines oversell seats on the principal people won't all turn up. If they all do they will upgrade people from cattle class to business (way less likely to be oversold) or business to first (usually that is based on your customer loyalty stuff because business flyers are often members of airline package and they use…

Exactly what I was thinking. I really hope Wilson is charged with murder, but until he's charged with a crime of some kind I can see why GoFundMe see it as a different thing to this case.

Plus, you know, unless you're using a knife or the clothing is already damaged ripping clothing is nowhere near as easy as movies make it look. And personally I don't want to see my hero grab his intended's dress and yank and have nothing happen, unless I'm writing humour or planning some kind of extended metaphor…

Generally I'd say is the plot there for reasons beyond getting the characters into the sack? If yes, then you have romance, if no then you have erotica, but frankly that line is blurring more and more these days. It's more a publishing difference - as in some companies/imprints promote their stuff as erotica and…

Plus anyone could write a cheque. If you have money in your bank account writing a cheque is easy and can be done without any thought. This shows JKR actually putting effort and thought into what might mean something to this girl. And right this second, I doubt the kid gives a single fuck about money (her remaining…

I know the feeling. Although mostly my objections to the death penalty are how often 'guilty' people turn out not to be, and that's not going to be the case here. But yeah, death penalty is wrong, but it couldn't happen to a nicer person ....

I don't mind them having a program to scan the email as long as they stick to reporting only stuff that is clearly and unequivocally illegal. I mean if I make a joke about blowing an airport up in my email I wouldn't want to have the cops on my doorstep because google's program picked out some key words and decided I…

To be fair that last line is pretty much the only way to survive the internet in general, not just this story. I read comments on Jezebel and on a selected few other places and then make it a rule to never read them anywhere else because I just end up having to walk away from the computer or start screaming (at people…

Westboro are at it again too but I'm not going to link to the comments. Suffice to say the fact there were AIDS researchers on the plane has not got past them.

Rolf Harris. Just been convicted of a series of assaults on a friend of his daughter as well as several other one off assaults on other girls; made an information film telling kids to tell someone if they're touched inappropriately.

Actually that's not true. Nowadays English football matches are absolutely family friendly (there are still problems with racism and homophobia amongst small subsets of fans but you put that number of people together in one place and you'll always get some assholes). In general Italian football crowds are far far…

Serial Killers make a bit more sense, not a lot but some, because a lot of them are successful serial killers because they have charm and such and can make potential victims think they're harmless. So it's hardly surprising some people fall for that charm even after they've been convicted (and no doubt think they can…

That beagle thing was featured on here and OMFG he was the most adorable thing you have ever seen!

Because most small children aren't great at distinguishing positive v negative attention. If you shout at them they think oh that got me attention so I shall keep doing it. Ignore them and they grow out of it. Besides if she'd done what you think she should and chastised him someone else would have been judging her…

If it's too short according to the code then it's too short *but* if you're going to have a dress code you have to enforce it all the damn time not in fits and starts. She says she'd worn it several times before with no problem so why did they suddenly decide to enforce it on the last day? It seems unfair.

So she's rambling and ranting about Biblical themes, serial killers, and Hitler, and scaring her kids and the solution is to tell her to stop posting the rants on facebook? Well I['m sure that will totally solve whatever issues are causing her bizarre and scary behaviour because nothing *really* happens unless it's…

Not enough people harness their dogs in the car. He looks like he's trying to convince you he was *sad* and *tragic* all day while you were away from him, when you know he probably enjoyed the hell out of himself!

The thing is when you live in a neighbourhood like that one appears to be and know your dog is aggressive towards children and people on bikes you *cannot* afford to slip up. You need to check and double check where the dog is before opening doors. You need to make sure you know where it is at all times because it…