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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2014-02-13 09:24 pm

Things Ibid cannot learn

Poking one paw under the covers to feel around will get him bit by Groucho.
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[personal profile] mishalak 2014-02-14 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Off topic. Hey, Edge magazine asked a bunch of people what we should be worried about and you might like one of the answers.

An “underpopulation bomb.” –Kevin Kelly, editor-at-large, Wired.

[identity profile] timgueguen.livejournal.com 2014-02-14 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe he likes getting bitten.

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2014-02-14 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
No, he finds it surprising and upsetting.

[identity profile] beth-bernobich.livejournal.com 2014-02-14 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Ibid.

My Octavia, on the other hand, is never surprised when Fig reacts badly to having her tail bitten. She does it with wicked purpose.

[identity profile] doc-lemming.livejournal.com 2014-02-14 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you mean "things that Ibid seems incapable of learning" or "things that we, the conspiratorial complex, must prevent Ibid from learning"?

I suspect the former, but the latter might be more easily turned into a thriller screenplay....

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2014-02-14 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The first.