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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 29, 2015 - 09:00pm PT
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Yes, they're good-looking, but no, none of them is going to be nominated for a Nobel prize in theoretical physics.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 29, 2015 - 09:03pm PT
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Thanks K-man. Couldn't get the link to work in my OP. Fixed now.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:10pm PT
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But they are funny.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:25pm PT
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hey there say, ghost... neat share, i will go and see it soon...
neat little critters, these penguins, :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:29pm PT
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One out of five figgered it out and the smart ones said,
"Nope, not goin' there!"
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jul 30, 2015 - 01:43am PT
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John Ellis was the first to refer to a certain class of Feynman diagrams as penguin diagrams, due in part to their shape, and in part to a legendary bar-room bet with Melissa Franklin. According to John Ellis:
So alcohol was involved.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Jul 30, 2015 - 03:39am PT
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Somebody get those birds some knees!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jul 30, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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Hilarious! I like when the first one comes across the line, and is like, "Hey, what's this, some kind of joke?"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 30, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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So alcohol was involved. well, that and other stuff, apparently...
"...Then, one evening, after working at CERN, I stopped on my way back to my apartment to visit some friends living in Meyrin where I smoked some illegal substance. Later, when I got back to my apartment and continued working..."
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jul 30, 2015 - 08:53am PT
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Hahahahaaa!!!
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Jul 30, 2015 - 09:12am PT
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Nice thanks!
Looks like they use what they have to get the job done, just like we do. I'll bet they think of themselves as geniuses, too, just like we do. :-)
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2015 - 11:14am PT
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What I really like about the video is the way the penguins all gather round and seem to be investigating and discussing this strange new thing. Sort of like a group of climbers encountering and unexpected stream crossing.
"WTF, dude. A stream?"
"Yeah, looks like."
"But here?"
"What are we going to do?"
And then finally, one climber wades in, finds it more difficult than imagined, slips and gets soaked, but eventually makes it safely to the other side. He calls back, "It's okay. I made it."
Whereupon the others all mill around again, and debate whether it really is okay, and what they should do about it...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 30, 2015 - 11:19am PT
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Blonde penguin to the other blonde penguin: Why do we need to watch this twice?
The other blonde replies: I don't have a clue, either, except maybe they're Canadian penguins.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jul 30, 2015 - 11:19am PT
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Whereupon the others all mill around again, and debate whether it really is okay, and what they should do about it...
Exactly!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 30, 2015 - 11:26am PT
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"You can't back up and you can't stand still."
If you're a penguin.
They had to waddle around to go back to where they came.
Their minds are not exactly "quicksilver."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 30, 2015 - 02:36pm PT
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I thought we had a gud understanding,
but maybe I'm not a gud judge of character...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 30, 2015 - 05:38pm PT
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Steve W, after watching the Epic Fails on the tag end of your vid post, it would seem that humans are BY FAR less geniusful than poor penguins.
It hurt to watch most of those fails!
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