Mn Dave's Shed of Danger

[Elgarian]

The Shed is contradiction.

Let us still our inner voices.
Let us harken to the Shed.
For, Lo, voices cometh from the Shed:

"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."
"Oh no it isn't."
"Oh yes it is."

[karlhenning]

"Well, this isn't an argument!"

"Yes, it is."

[Elgarian]

Whatever it lacks, though, can be found in the Shed.

Yea verily, it lacketh the hoe; and we know that the hoe is in the Shed.

[Cato]

There is nothing like a bucket of cheap great-tasting peanut butter!

And you can eat it out behind the shed!   

[greg]

Hmm. Lacking something, Greg.

Whatever it lacks, though, can be found in the Shed.

Probably. I'm too tired to even think right now, and attempted to explain the contradictions of The Shed...

[karlhenning]

Put your feet up, and rest in the Shed.

[MN Dave]

Non-thinking welcome!

[Elgarian]

I have been experiencing doubts about the Shed.

[jowcol]

I have been experiencing doubts about the Shed.

Shed those doubts.
Like Ishtar, only naked can you enter eternity...

[Saul]

Interlocking widespread geographical entities...

That's two tortoises talking to each other on their walkie talkies...

Hello everybody, how are you all?
Just wanted to ask about tortoise's ears! (silly I know)

1. Do they have ears?
2. Should they have holes in the side of their heads for ears?
3. Do they hear like us or are they much more sensitive?

If someone could post me a picture of what a tortoise ear is (if they have them) and what they look like it would be appreciated!

Thanks, sorry for the randomness, but I keep thinking about it!

Answers:

1. and 2. Yes, but not quite like ours. Tortoises and turtles have well-developed ears inside the skull, but only a flat membrane and occasionally what looks like a small hole leading to it on the outside.

3. Tortoise hearing is debated. We KNOW they can hear certain high and low sounds, but most of the sounds humans can hear, tortoises seem to ignore. They can apparently hear the noises of hatchlings pipping, they can hear courtship sounds of males, and some research indicates that at least Desert Tortoises can hear subsonic sounds that travel in the ground (separately from feeling vibrations).

Tortoises do not seem to respond to many other sounds, unless there is also a visual or vibratory cue as well- they respond to a foot stomp, but that includes vibrations. They often respond to your approach, but that includes vibrations, smells, and seeing you. Make a loud clap or yell behind a tortoise and it pretty much ignores it.

I know a lot of keepers who feel their tortoises respond to their voices, but I suspect that in most cases, it is the smells, sights, and vibrations that are doing most of the work. If the tortoise responded to their RECORDED voice without them around, I would be more convinced.

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/printthread.php?tid=10120

[karlhenning]

Better in the Shed, than Red.

[springrite]

Shed those doubts.
Like Ishtar, only naked can you enter eternity...

Oh, you mean I can enter eternity NOW?

[MN Dave]

When an inferior man hears of the Shed, he laughs out loud. If he didn't laugh, it wouldn't be the Shed.

[karlhenning]

The Shed is large, and yet holds no scorn.

[MN Dave]

The Shed rests in green fields near quiet waters.

[springrite]

The Shed rests in green fields near quiet waters.

In Minnesota, apparently... hummm...

[MN Dave]

One Shed to rule them all,
One Shed to find them,
One Shed to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.

[Szykneij]

I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I drink it in the shed.

[jowcol]

A perfect shed has no walls.

[MN Dave]

I hate having to market a book. I hate every aspect of it.