I was surprised to see how big the mars rovers were, seriously thought they were like the size of an average office printer.

25 years ago after work I ate a handful of mushrooms a friend gave me in Scotland.

I'm walking home in this park, November, misty, lane lined with 200 year old oak trees, looking at Edinburgh castle up on the hill in the distance; all very much of a muchness.

I'm sort of half walking backwards looking at the castle, and the mist kind of parts and up lopes this, thing.

I had never seen a wolfhound before, and this thing is massive. Grey, wet, muzzle dripping from the mist and slobbering and running.

" So this is how it ends." I casually remark to myself in the second or two I'm watching this unfold. It goes running by and then his owner jogged up behind him a couple of seconds later.

It was gorgeous, and in the next couple of years I see them all the time in the neighborhood and I began this sort of lifelong desire to own one until I realize how short lived they actually are.

Conservatives/libertarians consistently vote for "no rules; whoever has the most money decides" aka free market economics and then complain when the guy with the most money dictates the rules to them.

Leopard meet face.

We're a nation of 300 million. There are many thousands of these and soon to be tens of millions after the GOP ends social security for those under 55.

Travelling at the holidays is a mugs game. And even after this Christmas travel chaos people still wont figure it out.

My dog uses sneezes to vote that I should share my food with him.

Not sure I understand why it's not my business to know or care what people think of me.

Indeed they do not. There is a revolution. And then people die en masse

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

Lest you may become vain or bitter, for there will always be greater or lesser person's than yourself.

Yep, no matter how dull it is on tuesday, never wish it was friday, death will come soon enough.

Hilarious, cuz that's the very first thing I thought too (see comment)

15 or 20 years ago I first thought about how vast the constellations were when I was flying along in a night flight and I was watching a little tiny car (say 1/4 inch long from my perspective) driving along a street in some random mid-country suburb and yet the constellations were the exact same size as they always are.

Yep. I (M52) remember I was hearing about the once a month period thing growing up.

And then as I started dating and living with people it always struck me as weird that it seemed like far more often than once a month, until I realized that really it's once every 3 weeks because, it lasts for a week.

That made me more sympathetic.

I agree. I lived overseas for a while and one of my girlfriend's was and had been involved in the national campaign to have VAT (sales tax) on sanitary products removed.

They finally succeeded a couple years ago I was happy for them.