Yes, bad science here.

I might suggest that smooth surfaces are very rare in the natural world, and that fingerprints do help us grip rough objects, made of wood or stone.

But perhaps this pointless controversy will allow the researchers to grip some more funding.

The artist does make an excellent point, though, in that the fluidity of Wikipedia, while one of its strengths, is also one of Wikipedia's greatest weaknesses.

The entries of Wikipedia ebb and flow with popular opinion, while a book, once printed, is not subject to the whims of fashion, political correctness, and changing social mores.

I once had a wash machine that would chase after me until it was straining against its hoses like a mad pit bull on a chain.

So, the fuzz got him.

You'd the the Commander-in-Chief would have a SWAT team for flies.

That hat looks kinda dippy.

I didn't realize that there were so many colored people back then.

And lol@pwscott...

Now I can't look at Orwell's picture without seeing James Cromwell and Frank Zappa.

Learn to put up with s--t, and be hoppy 'til you croak.

It's always something.

I'd love to see a scientific study of why some people have 'drive', and others do not.

Put him in his natural environment -- on a leaf of lettuce, surrounded by mounds of cheesey potatoes and cole slaw.

I think I would like the book better had it been written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

"If you've got a bad memory, there's nothing you can do but forget about it."

Neatorama brings you yet another comedy classic, the spit-take.