So Long, Mr Lateshift Prostate

22:24 / 24.08.07

Huzzah.

22:27 / 24.08.07

God-Fucking-Dammit! I was about to hit post on "So Long, Mr. Lateshift!"

22:27 / 24.08.07

My little brothers just destroyed my faith in humanity by not liking Gogol Bordello.

The reasons they gave where "they are too french" (which they aren't, I don't think) and they are all "pikeys".

Having non-european looking dancers probably didn't help either.

Ugh.

Mysterious Transfer Student

22:28 / 24.08.07

No-one dislikes Gogol Bordello.

CASE CLOSED.

22:29 / 24.08.07

Ahh, the little seen in captivity French Pikey... Fuck a rolling doughnut.

So, I hear Princess is researching chromosomal abnormalities. In his absence, can we call you Evil Scientist Jr.?

22:31 / 24.08.07

Hmm, my research is only going as far as Wikipedia. And I'm not really looking at the science words, just the symptoms. So I'm not sure if I really deserve it.

But Ok.

22:33 / 24.08.07

And nicely done, Princess.

Applause. Congrats. Cheers. Flowers, cash, and the finest domme's in blue vinyl I could find hanging around the house.

Oh, I suppose I should do something for you, too, while I'm at it. Starting a nice new shift for us and all.

And, yeah, nobody dislikes Gogol Bordello. They may lie in public, for a variety of confused reasons, but it's only lies.

22:34 / 24.08.07

Look at the science words. You know you want to.

Well, I want you to.

22:35 / 24.08.07

It's 4:30 inna afternoon and I'm just now arriving at work. At least it's only a four hour shift, but you know. It's not like I got much of anything done today.

But there's a lateshift! To distract me.

I crave escaragots in garlic sauce on french bread. With wine. And limburger cheese.

Mysterious Transfer Student

22:35 / 24.08.07

I am convinced. I am looking up "Aneuploidy".

Tommorow it will be my word of the day too.

22:39 / 24.08.07

It sounds like a Dick Van Dyke cockney expression. Could our North American contributors oblige us by saying it aloud to see how it feels?

22:40 / 24.08.07

Wine is nice. I'm drinking Wine right now (And risking life and limb carrying Glasses over new carpet) but Snails and Garlic sounds a bit fancy.

22:40 / 24.08.07

See, I never knew how different these overseas lateshifts could be. In the North American lateshifts we have cheese, alcohol, and breaded things - fancy meets like fish, snails, and corndogs. Elsewhere, where they think night is in the middle of the day (which I can confirm by looking at the sun out my window and will have none of this round Earth business!), it's all aneuploidy and chromosomal things.

22:42 / 24.08.07

I am lured by your escargots.

Five minutes searching for moderate/high level knowledge on snail genetics has turned up nothing worth repeating here.

22:43 / 24.08.07

Our Lateshifts are made of SCIENCE!

Mysterious Transfer Student

22:43 / 24.08.07

'Aneuploidy' works well for a fake-cockney surprise, especially if I could find an umbrella to bob on, while doing so.

22:44 / 24.08.07

Well, according to an article in yesterday's Guardian, slugs (who have been doing very well out of our torrential summer) sometimes bite off one another's peni during sex.

We humans, we have invented nothing.

22:47 / 24.08.07

Michele Foucalt, right? Sex is boring. Human sex. Because of every other living thing trumping us.

22:48 / 24.08.07

Actually, I know a fact about Bannana slug sex, and I will repeat it here.

This is something I did not research just now. I wish it to be know that this was already in my head at least 2 years ago.

Bannana slugs, which are luminous yellow, are hemaphroditic. In each sex act one partner acts as a "male" and the other as a "female". During coitus the "male" chews of his penis so as to plug the "female" shut. The "female", due to slug lust, is not happy with the plug so she eats it out.

But, if the "male" is also a "female", that must mean he knows it's just going to get eaten out anyway? Or maybe each slug think that only it has come up with this cunning escape from enforced monogamy.

22:49 / 24.08.07

Fancy? Snails and garlic? You can do snails and garlic for about five bucks all told, including the garlic bread. It makes my tummy happy.

Meanwhile, it feels as though we've been transported to the arctic circle at this time of year - it's the lateshift, but the SUN DOES NOT GO DOWN.

22:51 / 24.08.07

Also - "Cram it with walnuts" is made of win.

22:52 / 24.08.07

I have found an interactive apple snail genetics game for you all.
Enjoy your edutainment.

22:57 / 24.08.07

How the hell do they expect people to learn when there are so many words?

I just ticked boxes for a while then got bored.

22:57 / 24.08.07

Wow, I am learning a lot about apple snails.
And all this because I started looking at Kate Bornstein inspired essays.

Unrelated: What does PVT mean in cruising abreviations? Two men have just told me they can accomodate PVT.

It is rare to find a sexy term I haven't mastered. I feel unmanned before it.

22:59 / 24.08.07

PVT=pervert? Perhaps they can accomodate perversions?

23:01 / 24.08.07

Could we rename this "Lateshift Prostate - crammed with Walnuts"?

23:04 / 24.08.07

Actually, I've already suggested a name change to satisfy your whims. I don't think I'm allowed to suggest another.

23:08 / 24.08.07

I'm touched. In an entirely appropriate way.

23:08 / 24.08.07

That snail thing would be better if it were a proper use of the technology. By which I mean it should allow me to put red and white jumpers or yellow raincoats on the snail. Or wings.

23:12 / 24.08.07

You know, there's very little to stop you doing most of that right now, when you think about it.

1)Catch snails.
2)Knit tiny jumpers.

And you're done!

23:13 / 24.08.07

Actually, yes, that would be a better use of the technology.

For those who are interested, here are some recipes for apple snails.

I think I need to sleep now. I have a man to greet in the morning.

Goodnight my darlinks.

23:14 / 24.08.07

Goodnight, you delightful beast.

Go recharge your sexy.

Night, you two.

Or, one, since Pacific isn't saying 'Goodnight,' but saying 'goodnight.'