Friday, January 30, 2009

TWIR - Inter-Commensalism Edition

Mutualism is when two organisms feed off each other to each other's mutual benefit. Parasitism is when one organism feeds off a second without benefit to the second. Commensalism is when two organisms feed off each other and both are indifferent. Inter-commensalism is when everybody feeds off everybody else and nobody cares. We live in an inter-commensalist society kids.

1. California readers will be happy to know they are now the proud parents of eight new kids born to a single mother who lives with her six kids at her mother's house. Now grandma, and you, will be feeding fourteen kids all because this woman wanted to get pregnant again so bad she fertilized invitro. This is the height of arrogance and irresponsibility on the parts of everyone involved prior to fertilization. I don't mind if she wants fourteen kids, but by golly, do it the old-fashioned way and earn those kids.

2. Last quarter's GDP was down 3.8%, not the 5.4% analysts were expecting. This is good news.

3. I am tired of hearing about the pain we are all in. Sending your child off to war and never seeing him alive again is painful. Dying of cancer is painful. Losing a limb to diabetes is painful. Not being able to afford to get the DVD player in the SUV fixed IS NOT painful. Not being able to get your nails done or play golf every Saturday is not painful. Everything short of actual pain is merely hard work.

4. Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

5. I like that Obama shot from the hip at the Wall Street bonus folks, but one NBC reporterette actually said "Obama scolded them like an angry father." Moron. Hey lady, sometimes people don't say things nicely to get their points across, but keep your issues with your dad to yourself, okay?

6. Inter-commensalism is a made up word. Commensalism is an actual thing, but the "inter" part was thrown in by a group of high school students scrambling to come up with an answer to a test, and I thank them for it, because inter-commensalism will become a regular part of the Oulsham lexicon.

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