Toadfish Monastery

The more we learn about Goat the stranger he gets. A brother who makes his arms for him !!  I get mine from the supermarket.

Brothers or arms?

Brothers-at-arms?

I am not responsible for the content of dictionaries (some non-biological wikipedia entries excepted). And while we are pedantic: 'giant squid' (generic hypertrophe cepahlopod) is not 'Giant Squid' (architeuthis or mesonychotheutis). The film beast is a radioactive mutant anyway (btw, the octopus in Bride of the Monster is also referred to as squid iirc. Why should I not trust a mad scientist like Bela Lugosi over a left-leaning goat?).
Compromise: let's convene a squid convention in the pond behind the lab to deal with the controversy (or the one who brough it up).

Brothers in tentacles?

Quote from: Swatopluk on January 16, 2008, 08:56:11 AM
Brothers-at-arms?

I am not responsible for the content of dictionaries

but unfortunately by setting yourself up as Magnus Magnusson you are responsible for the accuracy of your questions 

Quote from: Swatopluk on January 16, 2008, 08:56:11 AM'giant squid' (generic hypertrophe cepahlopod) is not 'Giant Squid' (architeuthis or mesonychotheutis).

whilst we are being pedantic i dont believe that one capitalises the names of animals when describing them. When I say Tarka the Otter is an elephant (which I believe is your basic premise here) the Otter is capitalised because it is his given name and the name of the film. Elephant is not. In your question it is ambiguous whether you are reffering to a giant squid or a very large squid.

and it is an octopus in any case.

see you at the pond

Goat

Again a topic where dictionaries differ. Some use capitalizing, some use insert name here for specific species in order to clarify that they use the adjective as part of the specific name, not as a generic.
Pepare to meet the haruspex!

Aren't capitals a bit different in German?

What's going on?

I'm away for a brief while and I return to find The Wannsee Conference on killing methods being re-enacted in one thread and Goat giving Swatopluk grammar lessons in another.

Has the World gone mad?

Thank the various G-ds and Non-G-ds you've turned up Beagle. I'm sure you will be able to sort it all out.

Exactly.

No one is to kill anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?

Your humble demigod has spoken.

Quote from: beagle on January 16, 2008, 05:48:34 PM
What's going on?

I'm away for a brief while and I return to find The Wannsee Conference on killing methods being re-enacted in one thread and Goat giving Swatopluk grammar lessons in another.

Has the World gone mad?

yes, and it is catching (aka contagious for you Brits etc)

Quote from: beagle on January 16, 2008, 05:48:34 PM

Has the World gone mad?

If you've just now noticed, you weren't really paying attention, were you??

It's OK, the boys are going out back to the Squid Pond. They're not aware that I have been tossing my extra meds into that pond, and the effect of some of this stuff (especially the hormone regulators and the growth regulators) may have played havoc with the assorted squid-like critters.

Ummm, d'you think they'll notice that the "Giant Squiddies" have all gone zebra striped, and are only 7 feet tall?

Don't kill them off until I've got my quiz prize. I've been working on a suitably modest acceptance speech (aprox running time 3 hours), complete with amusing off-the-cuff topical remarks. So someone finish off the difficult questions I couldn't do, and don't even think of using the scriptwriters' strike as a pathetic excuse to cancel the lavish celebratory banquet.

But before the celebration there are still a few questions to answer.

Quote from: Swatopluk on January 17, 2008, 08:15:57 AM
But before the celebration there are still a few questions to answer.

but we don't know the answers (at least I don't- big surprise right?) so we are attempting to distract you with meaningless conversation--- many of us learned this trick in college- get the professor off topic and then before one knows it class is over......

Sorry, the blowing up myself event is not scheduled for any date before mid February.
I repeat: many answers can be found on this forum itself.