But The Common Man also recently posted a fun dilemma: would a lion or shark win a fight in outer space? I say the lion. But I'd be interested in how others weigh in.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Gladiators
Have decided today especially, and the next few days, are going to be all about not thinking too much about anything. Vegging a lot. Wining and dining. A friend gave me a romance novel, which I read last night, for exactly this purpose. (Well, actually, she gave it to me because we both discovered we'd been obsessed with Regencies as adolescents and were critiquing the genre.)
But The Common Man also recently posted a fun dilemma: would a lion or shark win a fight in outer space? I say the lion. But I'd be interested in how others weigh in.
But The Common Man also recently posted a fun dilemma: would a lion or shark win a fight in outer space? I say the lion. But I'd be interested in how others weigh in.
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are these crappy romance novels? or when you say romance do you mean, like, jane austen.
if you're talking crappy, and historical, have you read phillipa greggory? she's good for a night in by the fire, if you're not scared off by things like incest and deformed babies (result of said incest).
I did read a few Philippa Gregory books when I was like 14. Didn't really like her, though.
On a similar vein... Am currently watching soap operas at home cuz there's nothing else on. OMG! These things are crazy cheesy!
What about the lion/shark debate? You're getting sidetracked by romance novels.
I agree with the Common Man: venue matters. Shark wins in water, lion wins on land. In neutral territory, I pick shark. A big shark could swallow a lion whole. Sharks are also more agile than you think (referring to your post on the other blog). A great white shark can breach, getting its entire body out of the water. They also pop their head out of the water to look at their prey. That's just a badass move.
But lions can jump and pounce. The shark would run away if its nose was poked.
what good would breaching do in outer space? is that just an argument towards their agility? either way, i'm with rainster, because the lion has a mouth AND paws. a shark can really only attack with its mouth. well, i guess it could whack the lion with its tail, but paws just seem more effective (especially for nose poking).
How big is a lion? 6 feet long? 7? A great white shark can be 20-25 feet. It's a huge animal. Did you see Jaws and Jaws 2? It took Roy Scheider to stop one. Roy Scheider!! The man is an acting "legend."
Roy Scheider is an absolute legend. By the way, anybody who likes terrible movies should absolutely check out the Scheider vehicle Night Game in which a serial killer is hunting down girls every night that the Houston Astros win a game.
I'm putting my money on the shark. You see, the lion has that giant mane which, although it isamazingly cool looking, represents the lion's Achilles' Heel. The shark could bite onto the mane and, with one good fling, propel the lion into the sun.
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