The giant squid and I have so much in common.
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Note to self: Don't accept invitations to tea from PZ.
Boy, I'm set for accepting tea. I live in Wisconsin, so cheese in my veins.
Take that, allergies!
You like getting high scores and have a bad habit of accidentally eating people?
I haven't seen that in sooo long, that entire episode was quite good, but the others in the series ... not so.
Well, there's "Circle of Living"--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9_mNilPopg
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/squidsex.png
You too? See, I'm a werewolf, and damned if I don't just bite peoples heads off when they bother me. I guess the isolation of the internet is the perfect platform for us.
You work as a cheese taster? Cool!
You suffer from Premature Ink-ulation!?!