Hmm. I've been looking for some pants for my indecent hamster...

There's a similar issue under debate here in Scotland. You can get a cheap acrylic kilt for about £30, but a real proper wool kilt costs about £300. So a lot of the old traditional kilt shops are being driven out of business by the tourist shops selling the cheap kilts.

I grew up 150 miles north of Minneapolis, where it's much colder. There's nothing like that feeling of snot freezing inside your nasal passages when you breathe.

I moved to the UK from Seattle over three years ago, and I'm still shocked and appalled at how the people here think instant coffee is real coffee. It's disturbing.

How did they miss grapes? If you cut grapes in half and microwave them you get a nice sparkly light show.

100%. But I have an advantage, since I took a logic course in college instead of math.

I used to do that all the time, growing up in northern Minnesota. When it's -30 F, the bubbles are worth the mittens crusted with frozen soap.

My only Christmas tree this year is the little plastic Charlie Brown Pathetic Tree that my husband bought me for Christmas last year. It even came with a little Linus blanket to wrap around the bottom.

I have issues with number 7 on that list. Yes, fat people are more likely to have fat friends, but that in no way proves a causal relationship. In my experience, black people are more likely to have black friends. Does that mean that being African American is "socially contagious"? No, it just means that people tend to hang out with people who are similar to them. Fat people hang out with other fat people because they know that's at least one relationship in which their size will not be harshly judged and criticized.

Just one more reason that I don't understand the British obsession with brussel sprouts at Christmas.

Drop spindle, or a really big button.

There aren't any oak trees near me, so I can't tell you about Scotland. But I know I saw acorns a couple months ago in Minneapolis.

That is 100% pure nightmare fuel.

My favorite odd place name is Fertile, MN. It doesn't sound so odd, until you hear someone say, "I was in Fertile over the weekend."

There are hairless guinea pigs too. I think they were originally bred because you can use them for dermatology research without having to hire a full time rodent shaver.