My conversations with classmates typically fall into four distinct categories.
1) The Pre Test Conversation, for example:
Classmate: Is there a test today?
Me: Yeah.
Classmate: Are you ready?
Me: Yeah.
Or:
Classmate: Is there a test today?
Me: Yeah.
Classmate: Help me!!!
2) The Group Presentation Conversation, for example:
Classmate: Do you think we should put this in?
Me: Yeah, that looks good.
Or:
Me: -Working on Powerpoint-
Classmate: Help me learn how to hypnotize someone! (What???)*
3) The Casual Chat, for example:
Classmate: Do you like sports?
Me: No.
Or:
Classmate: Do you watch TV?
Me: No.
4) Frivolous Nonsense, for example:
Classmate: I was really pissed off today by the people sitting near me!
Me: Did you want to incinerate them?
Classmate: Yes! I'm glad someone understands me!
Or:
Classmate: -Creating something in Drafting and Designs class- This is a spaceship.
Me: It's a hydrogen bomb!
Classmate: IT'S NOT A BOMB!!!
The following is based on one of those Frivolous Nonsense types. (By the way, they generally only occur with one or two classmates. All three of these Frivolous Nonsense examples were conversations with the same person.)
Panel One
Skull: Lots of exhibits want to take over the museum.
Panel Two
Skull: But they don't work as hard as I do.
Panel Three
Skull: Only I try to take over the museum every day!
Panel Four
Ostrom: But...
Panel Five
Ostrom: If you try to take over the museum every day, shouldn't you have succeeded by now?
Panel Six
Skull: Shut up!
*Just for the record, I actually did help him look up tips on hypnosis using Google. He seems to have either forgotten about it or given up now, however.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Death
This is based on a real conversation I had with a classmate.
Panel One
Ostrom: Hey, Zahavi, are you scared of death?
Panel Two
Zahavi: I used to be. But then I flattened death with a mallet, so I'm not anymore.
Panel Three
Ostrom: Good for you! Death is just a part of life, after all.
Panel Four
Zahavi: Are you scared of anything?
Panel Five
Ostrom: Yes.
Zahavi: What?
Panel Six
Ostrom: Death.
Panel One
Ostrom: Hey, Zahavi, are you scared of death?
Panel Two
Zahavi: I used to be. But then I flattened death with a mallet, so I'm not anymore.
Panel Three
Ostrom: Good for you! Death is just a part of life, after all.
Panel Four
Zahavi: Are you scared of anything?
Panel Five
Ostrom: Yes.
Zahavi: What?
Panel Six
Ostrom: Death.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Origin of the Nightmare
Consider this the epilogue to the Teach the Controversy mini series.
Panel One
Remex: You know why you get nightmares, Skull?
Panel Two
Skull: Sleep is something we still don't quite understand.
Panel Three
Remex: It's because you eat too much meat!
Panel Four
Remex: I always knew dromaeosaurids were real freaks.
Panel Five
Skull: How am I supposed to eat anything?
Remex: Oh, right. No feeding in the museum.
Panel Six
Skull: No, I mean I'm a fossil cast. How would I eat?
Remex: Well, you sleep... and talk...
Panel One
Remex: You know why you get nightmares, Skull?
Panel Two
Skull: Sleep is something we still don't quite understand.
Panel Three
Remex: It's because you eat too much meat!
Panel Four
Remex: I always knew dromaeosaurids were real freaks.
Panel Five
Skull: How am I supposed to eat anything?
Remex: Oh, right. No feeding in the museum.
Panel Six
Skull: No, I mean I'm a fossil cast. How would I eat?
Remex: Well, you sleep... and talk...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Teach the Controversy Part III
The last part in this mini series.
Panel One
Savape: As I see it, there's only one solution to this.
Panel Two
Savape: Euthanize him!
Panel Three
Ostrom: You seem happy.
Savape: 'Tis a gleeful thing.
Panel Four
Ostrom: Is it even possible to euthanize a fossil cast?
Savape: I don't know, but it's worth a try.
Panel Five
Ostrom: That's euthanasia?
Panel Seven
Skull: Thank goodness you woke me up! I was having a terrible nightmare about creationists!
Zahavi: How are you supposed to tell if he's asleep, anyway?
Panel One
Savape: As I see it, there's only one solution to this.
Panel Two
Savape: Euthanize him!
Panel Three
Ostrom: You seem happy.
Savape: 'Tis a gleeful thing.
Panel Four
Ostrom: Is it even possible to euthanize a fossil cast?
Savape: I don't know, but it's worth a try.
Panel Five
Ostrom: That's euthanasia?
Panel Seven
Skull: Thank goodness you woke me up! I was having a terrible nightmare about creationists!
Zahavi: How are you supposed to tell if he's asleep, anyway?
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Teach the Controversy Part II
Panel One
Ostrom: Skull! You've got to snap out of it.
Panel Two
Skull: NOOO!!!
Panel Three
Ostrom: Zahavi, this calls for drastic measures.
Panel Six
Skull: Teach the controversy!!!
To be continued...
Friday, May 14, 2010
Teach the Controversy Part I
Panel One
Dinky: Something terrible is happening!
Panel Two
Dinky: You all have to come to the museum quick!
Panel Three
Dinky: Skull has gone mad!
Panel Four
Ostrom: He seems okay to me.
Panel Five
Dinky: Just wait for it...
Panel Six
Skull: Teach the controversy!!!
To be continued...
Saturday, May 1, 2010
I Love the World

Savape leads the world's eumaniraptors in a parody of Discovery Channel's I Love the World commercials (2008 version and 2009 version). Guest singers include (in order of appearance) Avisaurus archibaldi, Scansoriopteryx heilmanni, Hesperornis regalis, Pyroraptor olympius, Sinornithosaurus sp., Troodon formosus, Hesperonychus elizabethae, Rahonavis ostromi, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, Mei long, and Velociraptor mongoliensis.
As usual, I'll provide lyrics.
I love the crashing,
I love the ashy skies,
I love trees falling,
I love when I can't fly,
I love the whole world and all its meteorites,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da.
I love tsunamis,
I love real bloody things,
I love to die fast,
I love the tyrant kings,
I love the whole world and all its extinctions,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da.
I love disaster,
I love ankylosaurs,
I love volcanoes,
I love rogue herbivores,
I love the whole world and all its doom and death,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da,
Boom de ah da...
Labels:
Avialans,
Dromaeosaurids,
Ostrom,
Savape,
Shock horror a non maniraptor,
Song,
Troodontids
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