Polls: Other

Something that creeped me out is learning more about Moray eels, as I've added eel to my diet.

Believe it or not, it's actually quite good. Most of my life, I didn't understand fear of snakes aside from a healthy fear of not getting too close and provoking animals that may cause harm.

I looked up photos of Moray eels and yeah, these things are terrifying looking. Now they're nocturnal, look and move like sea snakes and have several sets of creepy jaws, sacred yet?

Okay, they use a second set of backwards facing jaws to move forward, grab their prey, and pull it down it's throat into its stomach. Scared yet, no?

Okay, they sometimes tie themselves in knots to gain leverage and tear up the bodies of their prey, and also, look at the picture for 5 seconds without looking away.

Yeah, sorry for ruining your sleep schedule...
Just remember they're a million times more terrified of you than you could ever possibly be of them, if it makes you feel better.

What's something that scared you? Do you think eels are scary now?

Look at how much fun Scrooge McDuck is having here!

I regularly buy newspapers when I go shopping for my groceries, but I've noticed fewer papers are being sold and they're more expensive.

I do subscribe to a cycling magazine, but I don't have the time to read more than one magazine.

Do you buy newspapers and magazines?

Are they too expensive, or do you not have the time to read them, or are they old technology and you have found a better way to read the news?

What is your opinion?

I feel like they get a bad rap in media and stuff

A Smart Aleck is just someone just too clever for their own good. During the 1840s in New York City a conman had his wife posing as a prostitute and between them they would rob their customers, knowing few men would report the crime to the police. However sometimes they were caught and escaped prosecution by bribing the officer involved. But then he tried to be too clever by cutting the police out of the deal, because of their previous police corruption, and not wanting to expose themselves. But he was wrong and found himself in jail.

A Calamity Jane is a young woman who gets herself into all sorts of trouble without meaning too. The original Jane was born in Deadwood South Dakota USA 1852. She dressed like a cowboy, and behaved like a cowboy, and her husband's were surprisingly unlucky as 11 out of 12 died in suspicious circumstances. She famously threatened "calamity" to any man who offended her in the slightest way.

To be blessed with the gift of Blarney means a person able to talk their way into another's affection, or out of trouble with ease. Apparently in1602 the English army besieged Blarney Castle in Southern Ireland, and was ordered to surrender. After many excuses and much prevarication the siege failed, and the. monarch of the time give in to his charm, and famously exclaimed "That's more Blarney talk". The legend is that if a visitor should kiss a particular stone at Blarney Castle, they too will be blessed with the gift of the gab.

A Maverick is an unorthodox individual who is independent minded and often innovative. Samuel Maverick 1803-70 was a cattle rancher in Texas that didn't brand his cattle, which no one else dared to do, and then claimed unbranded cattle has is own, which everyone agreed must be his. He became so well known his name was used to describe a politician who refused to affiliate themselves with a particular cause, and been used for wider applications since.

What kind of person are you?

I accidentally kept mispronouncing my coworkers name. She finally corrected me today. We been working together for a few months. I was like awkward 😬😅

i do try my best to get peoples names right though!

The question about A-Acronyms was pretty well-received...

How Many of these A-ACRONYMS Do You Know?

... so let's continue with one about the letter B.

Let's see how well GaGers know their Acronyms.

Below is a list of 15 ACRONYMS that start with the letter "B" that you might encounter from time to time.

BA
BAFTA
BBB
BBC
BCD
BFF
BIOS
BLOB
BMX
BOGO
BRB
BSA
BTO
by the way
BYOB

How many of them do you know?

You don't have to name them, just tell us how many you know.

Note: Some acronyms may have more than one meaning, you only have to know one of the meanings.

Please vote in the poll.

The meaning (s) of each acronym will be given in a few days.

Do you think it would look sexier and better shaved compared next to a woman's smooth legs... or keep it naturally hairy as the contrast of hairy and smooth would look better and sexier?

No i wasn’t high when thinking of this question by the way lol.

But what do you think?

just imagine this big hulking dude here

Was afraid of this little guy here

Ridiculous?