Well first of all, it wasn't just the part about not having ever met a black woman who pushed your buttons that came across as racist - it was also the bit about "being polite to them..." that sounded like a) "they" are some other weird species and b) that you should be congratulated for being polite. I realise you…

No, I don't think this is about hurt feelings. I'm a white woman, and therefore potentially in the class of women who you might have an "animalistic pull" towards and I still thought what you said sounded racist and ass-like.

I got the impression there was just way more nervous tissue close to and within the bones. I'm no scientist myself and this was a dumbed-down talk for a lay audience, so I can't really explain it any further I'm afraid.

I can only see potential here. If I could also just get a tattoo that says "insert food here" and a couple that say "wipe this" I could probably just drop my kid at an amusement park and go shopping for the day. Awesome.

Nerves? Yes apparently it is potentially much worse for you. I listened to a talk from a well-respected food scientist here in NZ who said he would never eat mechanically recovered meat because it has loads of nerve-tissue in it. This is the sort of tissue implicated in mad cow disease and other similar diseases.

You still have to - you know - go to university and all that to become a judge, right?

I did career counseling last year. This was my favorite exercise: imagine there were 5 PolCats and money, education, age etc were no object. What would each of you do for a career? When I did this exercise I realized there were very strong themes in all of the jobs I chose and there wasn't much of those themes in my…

I have been there! Two suggestions: one is to make sure you empty your bladder properly - apparently a lot of people don't fully empty their bladders because we rush the toilet visit. Relaxing and leaning forward helps to get that last bit of wee out.

Hey - there's no need to be unpheasant.

That is totally fowl

Surely you meant every FOWL insult

Unfortunately "tits" is already taken, at least in New Zealand and Australia. A poorly performing man in the sports arena is referred to as "as useful as tits on a bull" - which kind of makes sense - but then it is often shortened to "tits-useless" or just "tits" as in "that open-side flanker was tits".

Hey guys! I just figured out what IRL means. I feel so hep and groovy.

Oh. You must be a third-wave interior decorator.

If she's tired maybe you should give her a day off every now and then.

If she's tired maybe you should give her a day off every now and then.