tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638382943535174775.post6406923287318318630..comments2023-08-13T10:18:21.687-03:00Comments on Zirbert, The Irritable Saint: Crossblogging And Comment FollowupsZirberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023870424747584252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638382943535174775.post-71856809313341471502009-01-28T23:49:00.000-04:002009-01-28T23:49:00.000-04:00There actually are scale model animals in there, t...There actually are scale model animals in there, they're just hard to see because of the (my) amateur-hour photography. If you look really closely - try opening just the picture by clicking on it directly - you can see a couple of white things in the fourth column, middle row. Those are sheep.<BR/><BR/>My point was actually that when you look at the dimensions of the Ark stated in the Bible, it was <B>big</B>. It wasn't the ridiculously small tugboat with animal parts sticking out in all directions that you usually see in storybooks. There was plenty of room for several representatives of each kind, even the big fellows like elephants, camels, and... well, that's for another time.<BR/><BR/>The real Ark, however, had no large glass (or plexiglass, I'm not sure) viewing window in the side. An oversight, no doubt.<BR/><BR/>As for insults, here in eastern Canada you simply cannot go wrong with "tool". It's funny every time.<BR/><BR/>-ZirbertZirberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023870424747584252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638382943535174775.post-82060536792959425162009-01-28T23:25:00.000-04:002009-01-28T23:25:00.000-04:00Too bad. There are all kinds of places where one ...Too bad. There are all kinds of places where one can buy scale model animals. You would think they could manage to jazz it up a bit.<BR/><BR/>As far as which insult would be more approproate, I was thinking grammatically (perhaps a dying art these days) and perhaps writing dialog to fit the scene. "Nerd" seems a dweebish thing to say to someone in the given situation.RebelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06378809557123102752noreply@blogger.com