Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for August 18, 2023

No archeologists, biologists, or Latin scholars, but guards are indispensable.

Reminds me of the true story about a scientist who discovered a new sugar, and so had the honor of naming it (latinate naming of course). Since its properties were unknown, he named it “ignose” for ignorance. But the powers that be (there are always powers that be) declared that unacceptably frivolous and asked him to submit another name. His second choice? Godnose!

Dog must’ve gotten the “cut!”

I don’t think there’s ever been a snake with a backbone like that.

Cue Poncho entering the museum “aka Mission impossible” style later that night

Is that a giganticus inflexibleus in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Went extinct because there weren’t any chiropractors at the time.

Snake could digest everything except the femur, got stuck and it died…

I was taught Latin by a nun who was so old, Latin was probably her first language.