Comments on: Wisconsin … the funnylooking state. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/ Fri, 22 May 2009 10:30:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535953 Fri, 22 May 2009 10:30:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535953 94 and 90 (but especially 94) is where I have personally seen more dead deer, almost dead deer, deer trying to get dead and deer i the act of getting dead than I’ve ever seen anywhere, ever.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535952 Fri, 22 May 2009 10:14:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535952 For the record, today Wisconsin looks very much like roadkill deer.

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535951 Fri, 22 May 2009 07:31:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535951 “…all wear lederhosen”. Actually, they’ve switched to wearing short leather pants with suspenders. It’s an entirely different demographic.

(Apologies to the writers of “Jimmy Neutron”)

]]> By: sevgi sözü https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535950 Fri, 22 May 2009 05:08:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535950 The bad news: Over at the Disco Institute-run Evolution News & Views blog Robert Crowther praises my critique of the Darwinius paper for not “toeing the line” about this fossil being the “missing link.”

Bad news? You’re being quote mined by the Discovery Institute. Look at the company that puts you in. Congratulations. You’ve made it!

]]> By: Elizabeth https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535949 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:58:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535949 Oh, but there IS beer! Look closely at the photo at the Monarch Public House, for my half pint of Fountain City’s own Irish Valley Spring Bock. It tastes like caramel, mmm.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535948 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:24:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535948 You have to stop and have lunch in the place where the waitstaff all wear lederhosen and stuff.

Oh, and get some pictures of those funny rocks.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535947 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:19:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535947 It’s not all that strange, but if past practice is any guide, tomorrow we will be stopping at the rest stop where they teach you all about sphagnum.

]]> By: chezjake https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535946 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:08:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/21/wisconsin-the-funnylooking-sta/#comment-535946 But, but, but…

I didn’t see any cheese or any beer.

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