Seemingly random post that actually contain sly connections

[Gigabyte]

"My own species concepts have evolved considerably since I moved to
California and began doing field botany (I say "concepts" because I do not
have only one that is broadly applicable). Since there are different
evolutionary and isolating mechanisms at work in different taxa, a
simplistic definition of "what constitutes a species" has yet to be
reached. A room full of taxonomists can get into a bloody brawl on this
topic. Each taxon needs to be assessed in a context that is relevant to
its NATURAL distribution patterns and NATURAL isolating mechanisms. If, in
Saintpaulia, the geographically isolated taxa can be defined on the basis
of suites of morphological characters and there is no natural hybridization
encountered "in the wild," then that should be taken into account. Homo
sapiens (ssp. intoxicans, bibiens, belligerens, or whatever), the ultimate
transporter and tinkerer, has managed to bring together all kinds of
organisms out of their natural settings. The existence of ligers in a zoo
(= lion x tiger) would not negate the validity of treating the parental
taxa as "good" species since the likelihood of them doing hanky-panky in
the wild is virtually nil."

Timothy S. Ross 1996

[sarongsong]

...since I moved to California and began doing field botany...

Sly Connection #1...

[ABR.]

A room full of taxonomists can get into a bloody brawl on this topic.

Been there, done that. For the record, it doesn't take a room full of taxonomists. It just takes two. Sometimes, you get the same result with just one!

Sly connection = Homo bibiens?

[Gigabyte]

I think I made it too hard.

"My own species concepts have evolved considerably since I moved to
California and began doing field botany (I say "concepts" because I do not
have only one that is broadly applicable). Since there are different
evolutionary and isolating mechanisms at work in different taxa, a
simplistic definition of "what constitutes a species" has yet to be
reached. A room full of taxonomists can get into a bloody brawl on this
topic. Each taxon needs to be assessed in a context that is relevant to
its NATURAL distribution patterns and NATURAL isolating mechanisms. If, in
Saintpaulia, the geographically isolated taxa can be defined on the basis
of suites of morphological characters and there is no natural hybridization
encountered "in the wild," then that should be taken into account. Homo
sapiens (ssp. intoxicans, bibiens, belligerens, or whatever), the ultimate
transporter and tinkerer, has managed to bring together all kinds of
organisms out of their natural settings. The existence of ligers in a zoo
(= lion x tiger) would not negate the validity of treating the parental
taxa as "good" species since the likelihood of them doing hanky-panky in
the wild is virtually nil."

Timothy S. Ross 1996

[Gigabyte]

Sly Connection #1...

Amusing, but even I don't get the connection!

[Sarawak]

[Gigabyte]

Next time, you should ACTUALLY READ the thread!

Because it was all about you man, it was all about you.

[PraedSt]

You said connections. Are there more?

[geonuc]

I think I made it too hard.

That's not difficult. As a group, we're pretty slow.

[ABR.]

Wait a sec! Sylvester Stallone has been in California...maybe that's the Sly connection!

[Sarawak]

I hope we don't come across any Homo belligerens.

[Gigabyte]

Salut, j’espère que tu vas bien.

Mais soit-disant que il y a beaucoup de petits papiers bibiens…
Attendons, mais c’est quand même pour 6 sièges.

[Sarawak]

Я не говорю по-французски.

[mahesh]

Wait a sec! Sylvester Stallone has been in California...maybe that's the Sly connection!

Oh, you mean Sylvester!!!!!
The one from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?
Driving here....
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1702008832/tt0057193

[mahesh]

Sorry Robinson. I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I didn't know this:

..that It's a Mad, Mad.... is probably the last movie (my favourite) that JFK (my favourite) and family attended, before that Friday!

IMDb quote:
On 17 November 1963, the day before the movie opened for the public in New York, there was a much-publicized gala charity premiere benefit at the Cinerama Theater for the Kennedy Child Study Center in New York and the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Institute of Washington. In addition to the stars in attendance, most of President Kennedy's family was there, including his mother, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and brothers Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas five days later.

[slang]

Well there you go, watching that movie is very bad for your health.

[Gigabyte]

You can't really hijack this thread, you can only make sly connections, or seemingly random post, which you did, according to my view.

Or you could mention Harry Snyder in the next post, (he started up the In-N-Out Burger restaurants).

Or just shout out, "This is no place for a convertible!" and wait to see what happens.

[Gigabyte]

Or you could make a stooges reference, it is all in how sly you want to make it.

[Sarawak]

Or you could make a stooges reference, it is all in how sly you want to make it.

Can you explain your connection to these comics?

[hhEb09'1]

Or you could make a stooges reference, it is all in how sly you want to make it.

Laser, it's spelled "laser"

[Gigabyte]

That was very sly. And funny.

[Gigabyte]

Cardiocranius paradoxus!!!

[Sarawak]

This thread is even harder to follow than the nervous tennis thread.

[ABR.]

Actually, the theory is quite simple: be one with the Robinson; think like the Robinson.

[Gigabyte]

Spoken like a true Dendrobates azureus.

[ABR.]

Beware false poison dart frogs.

[Sarawak]

Is it the poison, the dart, or the frog that is false?

[Gigabyte]

I asked over at dartden, and they said the Dendrobates leucomelas is hard to beat.

[ABR.]

Beating poison dart frogs is a criminal offense, even if they are armed with poison darts.

[Sarawak]

How about shooting poison dart frogs with poison darts?