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Motion-Sick Fish in Space

(Thanks to DavCat)

Comments

[slyeyes]

Secrets of Motion Sickness: Put my sister anywhere near the back seat of a moving car, she gets sick. The "secret" here is that way, she always gets to ride "shotgun."

Yes, we're in our early 50's and we're STILL arguing over whether or not she's making that up just so she can ride shotgun. (she is)

[jugheaded]

"Fish, when they get motion sick, begin tumbling around, swimming in circles and miss their balance,"
==================
so does Britney, but hers isn't related to motion sickness. Should we send her into space?

[SW]

Space. Where nobody can hear you puke.

(even if you are a fish)

[Coconuts]

Don't tell PETA.

[SW]

The soon-to-be-made movie will obviously be..

(and thanks for the set-up, Dave)

"The Reluctant Mr.Limpet," starring Don Knotts.

[Wench Lizzy]

Vomiting Fish WBAGNFARB.

[Siouxie]

After the flight, the scientists will examine the video camera recordings as well as small balance organs -- called otoliths -- which exist naturally in the heads of each fish to work out what makes some sick and others not.

Sounds like fish p0rn to me.

[ScottMGS]

"People when they are aboard the space shuttle they have this space motion sickness also. Human beings have blood pressure up in the head when they are weightless and also bones get weak and muscles get small," Hedqvist said.

Are they saying shrinkage is a problem in space? Hmmm... This may prevent the human race from reaching for the stars.

[Federal Duck]

"Hey, you guys headed out for coffee?"

"We're going to strap 60 small fish to a rocket."

"...Um, if you pass the coffee shop, could you get me a..."

"Then we're launching it from the Arctic Circle."

"...cafe late. Nevermind, you seem to be busy and.."

"We're going to Tivo the fish while they plunge back to earth."

"Yes, I need to be running along now."

[russellmc]

Give it up for "Baby Chiclid and the Otoliths"

[russellmc]

duh....Cichlid

[Layzeeboy]

Scott, quite the opposite. The lower the air pressure the larger...well, you get the idea. Believe it or not, this has been studied.

[zippy_w_pinhead]

"Human beings have blood pressure up in the head when they are weightless"

hopefully, when they are not weightless, too...

"They use fish since it's much easier to investigate on fish (than) human beings."

definitely easier to obtain consent from a fish to perform vivisection afterwards (and you don't need nearly as large of an aquarium for a cichlid)

[zippy_w_pinhead]

would that make them sicklids?

[zippy_w_pinhead]

"Human beings have blood pressure up in the head when they are weightless"

hopefully, when they are not weightless, too...

"They use fish since it's much easier to investigate on fish (than) human beings."

definitely easier to obtain consent from a fish to perform vivisection afterwards (and you don't need nearly as large of an aquarium for a cichlid)

[zippy_w_pinhead]

"Human beings have blood pressure up in the head when they are weightless"

hopefully, when they are not weightless, too...

"They use fish since it's much easier to investigate on fish (than) human beings."

definitely easier to obtain consent from a fish to perform vivisection afterwards (and you don't need nearly as large of an aquarium for a cichlid)

[zippy_w_pinhead]

sorry about the redundant posts- apparently this site doesn't like my back button...

[SW]

You sure know how to make an entrance, zip.

[SW]

Some fish are chewier than others.

[zippy_w_pinhead]

yes, quite the splashy entrance- gonna have to top off the aquarium after the bumpy ride in though

and next time I'm going to skip breakfast with the guy in the horse mask...

[DeskDiva]

zippy - get used to it. this is normal business for both Dave and the bot.

[SW]

Swedish NASA scientist #1: "He's looking a little blue in the gills."

Swedish NASA scientist #2: "He's SUPPOSED to look blue in the gills, stupid. He's a fish."

Swedish NASA scientist #1: "What I meant was, he's looking a little crappie."

[zippy_w_pinhead]

thanx DeskDiva, I blame the Illuminati, the Trilateral Commission and the League of Women Voters for the mishap...

[DeskDiva]

heh. we always just blame algore.

[zippy_w_pinhead]

Ground control to Major Trout

Check your little blue gills and put your barf bag on

For here Am I sitting in a fish tank

Far above the world

Planet earth is blue And I think I'm gonna spew...

[Meanie the Blue]

The Canadians are well advanced in this arena, having moved beyond fish. (So long, and thanks for all the pigs?)

I propose a much more useful experiment: can the perfect bacon be made under zero-gravity conditions?

[jugheaded]

nice parody Zip. Does that come with a side order of sushi?

[SW]

Sushi on the side ...with wasabi...

[Elon Weintraub]

The scarier thing is that I actually recognized zippy stardust's parody.

[jugheaded]

you should here him do it live....

[jugheaded]

you should hear him do it live....

[SW]

Houston, we have a marlin.

[CJrun]

Cichlids, Cichlids,
Roly-Poly Cichlids,
Cichlids, Cichlids,
Shake them up, chum!

[SW]

I imagine those fish would feel someting like this.

[zippy_w_pinhead]

now I know what Jim meant when he sang

"Let's swim to the moon"

[DeskDiva]

*SNORK!* CJ - that was excellent.

Zippy - Bowie would be appalled impressed. ;-)

[Kristie]

I can't believe you people missed that one of the scientists studying motion-sickness is named Ralf...

[DeskDiva]

KRISTIE - hahahah!

[Eileen]

Back in the day, when I interviewed Judith Resnick before the unfortunate Challenger devastation, she told me that sometimes in zero gravity, when you'd least expect it, food that you'd thought had gone down, comes back up -- mid-conversation.

This should cause some mild "throwing up a little in my mouth" this morning... Happy Monday!

[Eileen]

^ as opposed to after the Challenger devastation