I rechecked the source:

This entire exchange is probably the greatest thing on io9 today. Eltigro, I'm so glad you knew that reference.

As long as they can't swim, I'm not sweating Irish zombies.

I just made the same point above! Sorry!, I didn't see your comment here! But I agree!

A species that barely cares about its own existence and yet gets another species to do everything it can do to save it despite itself? Genius! Pandas are adorable geniuses! Lets make sure we keep them around forever.

Ah sex education! I remember day when my hot sex ed teacher had the "every penis size is ok" conversation with our mixed gender 7th grade class. It wasn't until that day that I even worried about penis size. You got to love sex ed!

So let me get this straight: Earth has life; Mars probably had life; a moon or two of Saturn could have life; the same for Jupiter; and now, Pluto might be able to support some kind of life. So in summary, four out eight planetary systems and one dwarf planet in one solar system all possibly support life (and three…

I know the real reason the Republicans want to repeal the repeal of DADT:

CaptainJack, you don't need to worry about security and food too much. My GF packs bagged lunchs for planes from home — she has an irrational fear of being trapped in confined spaces for long hours without access to food. So you can pretty much bring anything you want through security as long as it isn't a "liquid"…

Have you tried Adium: [adium.im]

I see you went with a pre-mustached photo of Mr. Hodgman.

I'll be impressed when they make it out of sugar cubes! Then we can watch it all wash away in a global warming presentation!

I got a good one that seems counter intuitive: tip well and frequent the same places. By spending a little more on tips (not crazy amounts), being nice to waitstaff and bartenders, and going back to the same places, I get comped food and drink all the time, and I live in New York City.

So they are allergic to EM fields? Like the ones the muscles in their bodies produce all the time?

What about shielding you light bulbs? Your toasters? Your pets? Basically everything electronic or living (that moves) has some sort of low level EM field.

I got your radio-wave free zone right here:

One of the worst things I've read on interracial marriage is from the period of the early 1910s when they tried to ban it with a constitutional amendment. Seaborn Roddenbery (Democrat of Georgia) introduced the "anti-miscegenation amendment" to the House in 1912. This is from his floor speech:

Best shirt-with-person-in-it-combo of the night!

Ok guys!, I'm sorry but the entire time Jesus was tied to that hand-chair, this is all I could think of...

I'd wear them but only on halloween!