True story: manatees were likely mistaken for mermaids by old-timey sailors, largely because (unlike pigs) they have tits in the right place, more or less.

Put me in the "thought it was great the way it was" column.  @avclub-eac75edc18b8546c46893fe4b75ab995:disqus nailed it.

Put me in the "thought it was great the way it was" column.  @avclub-eac75edc18b8546c46893fe4b75ab995:disqus nailed it.

@avclub-18f18df4a6146deb1b97c2c944b9660c:disqus I can't help but imagine the writers created that line explicitly for use in Simpsons quote threads.

@avclub-18f18df4a6146deb1b97c2c944b9660c:disqus I can't help but imagine the writers created that line explicitly for use in Simpsons quote threads.

Explosive decompression!

Explosive decompression!

And said butts should fart after the hippos sate their hunger.  I'll take my millions in cash, thanks.

And said butts should fart after the hippos sate their hunger.  I'll take my millions in cash, thanks.

So if we "like" @avclub-a93a879594c13c12a83fd45ab289a022:disqus 's comments until the first one has its current 14 "likes," the second has 196, and the third has 38,416, does the internet implode or what?  Let's find out.

So if we "like" @avclub-a93a879594c13c12a83fd45ab289a022:disqus 's comments until the first one has its current 14 "likes," the second has 196, and the third has 38,416, does the internet implode or what?  Let's find out.

Ice axe, @neurozach, ice axe.  An ice pick is something else entirely.  Common misconception.

Ice axe, @neurozach, ice axe.  An ice pick is something else entirely.  Common misconception.

@Dikachu:disqus and @Scrawler2:disqus :1) JGL might work as Mallory's 22-year-old baby-faced climbing partner Andrew Irvine.
2) It's cold up high.
3) Cuddling naked in the sleeping bag is a time-honored way of staving off hypothermia.

@Dikachu:disqus and @Scrawler2:disqus :1) JGL might work as Mallory's 22-year-old baby-faced climbing partner Andrew Irvine.
2) It's cold up high.
3) Cuddling naked in the sleeping bag is a time-honored way of staving off hypothermia.

"80 percent of accidents happen on descent."  -either Simon or Joe, I forget which, Touching the Void

"80 percent of accidents happen on descent."  -either Simon or Joe, I forget which, Touching the Void

Oh god, Touching the Void.  My eyes are misting up right now just thinking about that film.

Oh god, Touching the Void.  My eyes are misting up right now just thinking about that film.

Well, if I'm not mistaken, Western society didn't come up with quilted outerwear until decades after Mallory's death.  Until then, wool tweed was the de rigeur material for mountaineering clothing, for lack of a better alternative.  So, if wool-twill slacks and a shooting jacket does it for you, you're in luck.