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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:29:54 GMT -5
I am up late because I am such a sick puppy I brought work home. I am doing statistical analysis of some sampling data. Oh how I hate it – they should have a “Statistics Demon” on Buffy, that kills by boring you to death.
Rusty, love your peristalsis theory. If I am reading you right, you have spent quite a bit of time checking out Spike’s chest and naked hip, and thinking about just how blood makes him hard. I like how detail-oriented you are.
I too am trying to imagine just how blood might make Spike hard . . . but darn, this is difficult. The more I think about this issue, the less blood flow to my brain, and the more impossible it is to come up with a theory! It’s diabolical!
I think I am just going to have to see a demo to really understand it. 12/21/2002 Spring Summers
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:30:06 GMT -5
Spring and Rusty BOTH think well - and I want an invitation to that demo, too! "The devil's in the details", I was always told - definitely true in Spike's case!
As far as figuring out how blood makes Spike hard, Spring, well... it sounds like you may have already figured it out - just that loss of blood flow to the brain is perhaps keeping you from realizing it. ;-)
Seriously, I think it's sorta been established (at least in the JossVerse) that when vamps feed, it's also an erotic sensation. I could imagine their victims' blood flowing into "areas" we'd think of not normally so rich in blood content all the time. And I sure hope that sounded clinical enough to keep my wholesome reputation intact. 12/21/2002 Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:30:18 GMT -5
Well, Alexandra, if we're making up words to scientifically describe the world of vampires, I'd have to disagree with the word vampology. We'd start with nosferology, as the correct name for the study of the undead.
Follow that up with nosferophysiology, the physical makup of vampires; psychonosferology, the mental makup of vampires and substudies like gastroenteronosferology, audionoferology and pulmonosferology; respectively the studies of vampire digestion, hearing and breathing (or lack thereof).
I could go on...
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:30:32 GMT -5
Ha!
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:30:44 GMT -5
I echo you Ha! and add some evil snickering. Love the -ologies.Ecovampology is probably more American while the nosferotologists probably have German accents and work for the Van Helsing Foundation. Let's apply for a grant and do a study. It would involve much intense observation, charting and graphing.
I also think that all statistics professors actually are demons from a dimension where its occupants are condemned to eternal boredom and always graded on a curve.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:30:59 GMT -5
(One What, I'm not Sure...) Nosferology was the archaic term for the study of vampires. In the late 1960's with the resurgence of interest in vampires (as in such acclaimed documentaries as "Taste the Blood of Dracula" with Christopher Lee) the academic world decided to update their term to vampology as more research turned to this fascinating subject. But perhaps you specialize in the classic research on vampires where the term nosferology is used instead of vampology. A natural mistake.
P.S. And I sure hope newcomers to this board understand that all the above is just goofy fun.
P.P.S. I do love words. The game Balderdash is a favorite. Alexandra K.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:31:16 GMT -5
Demos, charts, graphs, detailed study of Spike's various physiologies??? I am grabbing my measuring tape and heading for Sunnydale!
Meet me at the old Christmas tree lot.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:31:31 GMT -5
Diane said, "nosferophysiology, the physical makup of vampires; psychonosferology, the mental makup of vampires and substudies like gastroenteronosferology, audionosferology and pulmonosferology; respectively the studies of vampire digestion, hearing and breathing (or lack thereof)."
It appears that only the nosferophysiology of vampires would lend itself to a measuring tape. What precisely were you hoping to measure, hmmm? And will you share your findings with us? Alexandra K.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:31:43 GMT -5
What was I planning on measuring? Why, what ever comes up, of course.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:31:55 GMT -5
Ooooh, Rusty, you are SO BAD! And I repeat, will you share your findings with us?
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:32:08 GMT -5
Balderdash--that's a relay race run by Norse gods, right?
Nan 42 Re: #36 12/23/2002 2:06:04 AM Alexandra K. Nan -
I can see you would be very good at the game of Balderdash. You've caught the essence of it perfectly.
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