Lizard Named For Jim Morrison 50
ColdWetDog writes "The LA Times has a quick article on a newly named giant lizard: 'An ancient plant eating lizard that looked like an iguana but was closer in size to a German shepherd has been named after Jim Morrison, the late troubled and charismatic lead singer of the Doors.The lizard's name was chosen by Jason Head, a paleontologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a hard-core Doors fan since college.' Hunter S. Thompson, who hallucinated presumably somewhat more carnivorous lounge lizards, was also considered for the honor."
Jim Morrison, the Lizard ... (Score:1)
... I guess that still sounds better than Jim Morrison, the dung beetle
And that name is..? (Score:5, Informative)
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Rex stellio ebrius morissoni
Re:And that name is..? (Score:4, Funny)
Nice summary, it doesn't even mention the actual name.
Jim.
"I am the lizard king, I can do anything" (Score:4, Informative)
If that doesn't make sense, read the lyrics [oldielyrics.com] of "The Celebration Of The Lizard" and you'll understand it all
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Shit, I hoped they'd go with pacem lacerta or something.
Wow, just think. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow, just think. (Score:5, Funny)
This was a time when the planet was warmer and muggier than it is now. There was no ice at the polls, [...]
As I said, fascinating... voting and democracy may be older than one thinks, but... oh, the horror... can you imagine an election without ice?
(no, I didn't smoke, inject myself or take anything before posting... maybe that's why!?!)
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(no, I didn't smoke, inject myself or take anything before posting... maybe that's why!?!)
You weren't high, therefore you posted...?
Yeah... sort of... I almost regret it now (I mean, after reading the reply).
In other news (Score:3)
Legions of Doors fans flocked to the lizard's gravesite, although many believed the lizard was not really dead.
Re:In other news (Score:5, Funny)
Legions of Doors fans flocked to the lizard's gravesite, although many believed the lizard was not really dead.
I read an interview with Ray Manzarek 20+ years ago that the interviewer asked if he though Jim Morrison was still alive. Ray Manzarek said he doubted it since it had been a long time since Jim called him to borrow money.
And that name is..? (Score:2, Informative)
Nice summary, it doesn't even mention the actual name. (Barbaturex morissoni)
"There was no ice at the polls" (Score:3)
Poor bloody lizard (Score:2)
Jim Morrison ... (Score:2)
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Yes, with laughter.
Before he started giving his money away (Score:1)
I thought Bill Gates made a pretty good lizard. Cold, calculating, unblinking.
Remember the incident when someone threw a pie in his face? He thought about his response and decided the person who threw it, in addition to not liking Gates and Microsoft, was also trying to get PR for his country's pastries (Belgium I think). So Gates said: "The worst part of it was that it didn't taste very good."
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What about Larry? (Score:2)
Wrong name (Score:3)
For Everybody under 50 (Score:3, Informative)
I have a suspicion that a lot of the under 50 crowd (especially under 25) just asked themselves who is "Jim Morrison"? He was the controversial lead singer of the "The Doors", who died fairly young under mysterious conditions (although it was probably drugs) that made many wonder if he was really dead. He was also known as "The Lizard King", hence the naming today. While I enjoyed several songs by "The Doors", personally I never understood the whole worship of Jim Morrison and found it pretty repulsive, but as always, you the reader are left to your own opinion.
Here you go:
Jim Morrison [wikipedia.org]
Popular song that has been covered often:
People are Strange [youtube.com]
One of lesser known songs:
Chrystal Ship [youtube.com]
Steve Taylor's music video expressing his puzzlement of what happened to Morrison and how his life turned out:
Jim Morrison's Grave [youtube.com]
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Some young people go through what is called a 'Jim Morrison Stage' but it's shocking that anybody remains permanently a 'big fan.' Most people grow out of it.
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The typos; they're spreading! (Score:2)
From the article:
"There was no ice at the polls, no glaciers, and a lot more carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere."
Dear editors, please do something to stop the spread of typoitis. This terrible disease continues to horrify the grammar nazis among us and I've had it with their moaning.
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From the article:
"There was no ice at the polls, no glaciers, and a lot more carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere."
Dear editors, please do something to stop the spread of typoitis. This terrible disease continues to horrify the grammar nazis among us and I've had it with their moaning.
Somewhere in here is a proper noun you failed to capitalise.
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The Lizard King is good fun, but my real favorite (Score:1)