Comments on: Today’s Odd Links https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:12:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6543 Eri Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:37:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6543 Correction, the two forks both went to his house, one maybe a slightly more circuitous route but they both got you there. Correction, the two forks both went to his house, one maybe a slightly more circuitous route but they both got you there.

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6527 VelociraptorBlade Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:27:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6527 Those siege weapons would make excellent engineering projects...... Plus, they'd be awesome for Renaissance Faires. I wonder if we have anything like the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch around here? Those siege weapons would make excellent engineering projects…… Plus, they’d be awesome for Renaissance Faires. I wonder if we have anything like the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch around here?

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6447 ER Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:03:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6447 The funny thing is that when analyzed, Yogiisms often make perfect sense. There's a Zen quality to them that is very profound. A sort of internal symmetry. Another master was Casey Stengel. The funny thing is that when analyzed, Yogiisms often make perfect sense. There’s a Zen quality to them that is very profound. A sort of internal symmetry.

Another master was Casey Stengel.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6443 Eri Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:49:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6443 LOL! OK, Yogi, will do. Did you know that it is a real story, and the road where Yogi lived, had a fork in it where you could only go one way. The other half of the fork was blocked or not drivable. LOL. LOL! OK, Yogi, will do.

Did you know that it is a real story, and the road where Yogi lived, had a fork in it where you could only go one way. The other half of the fork was blocked or not drivable. LOL.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6413 TB Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:42:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6413 Maybe from Africans who came to Cuba? There are similar superstitions in Brazil. Maybe from Africans who came to Cuba? There are similar superstitions in Brazil.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6412 ER Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:38:36 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6412 Maybe the superstition got its origin from the African slaves the Spaniards brought to Cuba. Although the slaves were West African, mostly Yoruba, a part of Afica where there are relatively few elephants. Just speculating...But I do know elephants were a big deal around my house. Maybe the superstition got its origin from the African slaves the Spaniards brought to Cuba. Although the slaves were West African, mostly Yoruba, a part of Afica where there are relatively few elephants.

Just speculating…But I do know elephants were a big deal around my house.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6411 ER Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:27:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6411 No, we got them from the picture books the gringos brought with them. Or maybe it was the Spaniards. Or maybe it was a racial memory from when Hannibal invaded Iberia on his way to attack Italy. Why elephants? I have no idea. Superstitions are by their very nature hard to explain. No, we got them from the picture books the gringos brought with them.

Or maybe it was the Spaniards.

Or maybe it was a racial memory from when Hannibal invaded Iberia on his way to attack Italy.

Why elephants? I have no idea. Superstitions are by their very nature hard to explain.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6410 TB Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:14:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6410 Where did Cuba get all that elephant stuff? Are there a lot of elephants in Cuba? Or were there? Where did Cuba get all that elephant stuff? Are there a lot of elephants in Cuba? Or were there?

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6408 ER Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:10:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6408 "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." <img src="http://www.achievement.org/achievers/ber0/photos/ber0-006a.gif" alt="Yogi" /> “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Yogi

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/29/todays-odd-links/#comment-6407 Eri Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:07:30 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4031#comment-6407 Yeah, I found it! I guess I'm blind today. Then I trashed my post but you were too quick for me! Oops! LOL Yeah, I found it! I guess I’m blind today. Then I trashed my post but you were too quick for me! Oops! LOL

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