tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post840138996731034686..comments2023-06-08T17:12:22.929+09:00Comments on girl & kat: JumbosElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03204560837191984544noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-91588240403554763572012-03-21T10:33:01.237+09:002012-03-21T10:33:01.237+09:00My first pet, when I was 9 was a blue budgie whom ...My first pet, when I was 9 was a blue budgie whom I called `Pony Riser`, true story. It was most obviously in reference to NOT GETTING A PONY. <br />We obviously are the kinds of friends who will compliment each other's differences. You can go do astro physics stuffs and I will name things.sarahhttp://thenomadsland.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-18391493226952213522012-03-20T18:27:37.716+09:002012-03-20T18:27:37.716+09:00New Jumbo is now suffering from an identity crisis...New Jumbo is now suffering from an identity crisis and post-traumatic stress disorder.<br /><br />Aaah. I did a writer's non-linear thinking thing. Particles = neutrinos that don't travel faster than light after all = Einstein = outer space! I've just remember this phrase (I think it was written by Isaac Asimov): "out there beyond the frontier guards, where the stars are scattered thinly, and the cold of space creeps in ... "<br /><br />Where wos I? So particles = space. QED. No?<br /><br />Particle physicists don't fare much better. Quark is cute, but up, down, top, bottom? That's the best they can do? Hmph.Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-21196256521794951942012-03-20T09:15:57.706+09:002012-03-20T09:15:57.706+09:00I read "A Wrinkle in Time" by L'Engl...I read "A Wrinkle in Time" by L'Engle, but I don't think I read any of her other ones. Tallis' name came from 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan. I actually didn't like the book, but I did like the family name of the main character!<br /><br />I'm sure calling toys Jumbo & Blue Bunny gives them a strong sense of identity. Who doesn't want that?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204560837191984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-87717408128613572162012-03-20T01:02:02.741+09:002012-03-20T01:02:02.741+09:00My blog reading list has been misbehaving so I onl...My blog reading list has been misbehaving so I only catch up on Kat at intervals. I'm so glad the transfer went well and you're both safely home. Hmm, Tallis - have you read the Madeleine L'Engle books? (Possibly responsible for both my offspring becoming astrophysicists.) She has a detective called Canon Tallis. And Tamasin had a blue bunny called - Blue Bunny. Am I seeing a trend here? Must find out what the next generation are naming their toys. There may be a PhD thesis here.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099056500890430227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-53155946536892874502012-03-19T21:04:56.872+09:002012-03-19T21:04:56.872+09:00ARGH NOOOOOOOO. Even I called New Jumbo 'Jumbo...ARGH NOOOOOOOO. Even I called New Jumbo 'Jumbo 3'! Age has ruined my genius. Sadness.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204560837191984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-73219132787551182372012-03-19T21:03:44.666+09:002012-03-19T21:03:44.666+09:00In its earliest incarnation, it used to be my name...In its earliest incarnation, it used to be my name (.blogspot) so really, this is an improvement! <br /><br />Jumbo 1 is still by my bed at my parent's house. It is not the soft toy it was, having lost all its fur and the trunk is just a thin sliver of material. BUT I LOVE IT! Time was kinder to Jumbo 2 and Jumbo 3 and I think they were donated to a charity shop as I got older. <br /><br />Psh, particle physicists don't know anything. Astrophysicists on the other hand are much more sensible. The real name of the Andromeda Galaxy (our nearest galactic neighbour)? M31. You see why I like this field.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204560837191984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256975584126037314.post-53451578804655641552012-03-19T20:50:09.543+09:002012-03-19T20:50:09.543+09:00Now I understand your blog's name. :D
So what...Now I understand your blog's name. :D<br /><br />So what happened to Jumbo 1, Jumbo 2 and New Jumbo?<br /><br />PS: We should never let you loose at the Large Hadron Collider. I shudder to think what you'd name new particles. ^^Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.com