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USViking · 10-18-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Viv

Is that a racist comment, implying Scots are overfond of their hooch?

It would if anything be cultural.

It is a well-known fact that most if not all cultures
are suceptible to the demons of whiskey.

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Originally Posted by Viv

Always a pleasure to hear your comments, as usual

but most reports are made and "recorded" by non-locals US nonViking.

Perhaps then the non-locals have not developed
enough immunity to the whiskey to keep them from
suffering from various monstrous and extraterrestrial
hallucinations after imbibing.

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Originally Posted by Viv

Living by a river and having seen various unexpected creatures here, for example whales, I'm sure it's possible a large creature genuinely has been sighted in the loch by some.

The whales and other creatures have been
attested to by witnesses with cameras.

Strange that for all these years and all these
sightings no one has ever had a good camera
handy when ET and Nessie made an appearance.

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Originally Posted by Viv

Loch Ness is part of the fault line which runs across Scotland and is supposedly connected by underwater caves to the sea. If that is accurate, any creature could find a way in there by accident and exit the same way with luck. The loch is miles long, so deep it's depth cannot be measured and the water is "peaty", a brown colour, so you can't see past the length of your arm.

Google "sonar".

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Originally Posted by Viv

I am not saying, mind, that some of the sightings haven't been whisky induced...but many of us only take a wee dram at the bells...New Year's Eve to you.

No doubt there is such a thing as a sober Scot.
A handful of them, at least.

USViking · 10-18-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dahermit

Consider the differences between humans and other primates. Humans cannot create Vitamin C internally, while all other primates can.

Incorrect.

Simians cannot internally create Vitamin C
either, according to the Wikipedia article on
the subject.

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Originally Posted by dahermit

Humans have a subcutaneous layer of fat (like Marine animals), that primates do not have.

Incorrect:

Straight Dope Staff Report: Did humans descend from "aquatic apes"?

(from the link):

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Sedentary zoo apes on a high-calorie diet accumulate subcutaneous fat stores in exactly the same places we do.

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Originally Posted by dahermit

Unlike all other Earth animals humans can only exist in a naked condition in a very narrow range of temperatures.

Incorrect.

Humans can exist anywhere from about 55F
24/7/365 on up. This would include the tropics
and then some

Give any other primate a shave and I don't
expect he could do any better. Also, very few
primate species exist naturally outside
the tropics.

Viv · 10-18-2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by USViking

It would if anything be cultural.

It is a well-known fact that most if not all cultures
are suceptible to the demons of whiskey.

Perhaps then the non-locals have not developed
enough immunity to the whiskey to keep them from
suffering from various monstrous and extraterrestrial
hallucinations after imbibing.

Many of them are genuine, some come with the intent to stage videos. They come in hordes, with all kinds of plans to trap or record the beast. A law is in place to prevent it being harmed, should it ever turn up.

The whales and other creatures have been
attested to by witnesses with cameras.

As has the monster.

Strange that for all these years and all these
sightings no one has ever had a good camera
handy when ET and Nessie made an appearance.

Plenty have. She just doesn't come far above the water.

Google "sonar".

Sonar has been used many times but was inconclusive, affected by the conditions and depth of the loch. A team of enthusiastic americans, I believe, spent a small fortune and made a sustained sonar attempt. Their objective was to find something or rule it out. They tried to cover the whole loch, moving from end to end, but the loch is huge. Due to the peaty conditions in the loch and of course the presence OF the monster, there were several unexplainable large masses recorded, only adding to the myth.

No doubt there is such a thing as a sober Scot.
A handful of them, at least.

Definitely racist. But not surprised they take to drink in your company

USViking · 10-18-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant

Don't take too much into the whiskey comment, North and South Carolina are the Moonshine capitals of the world.

And the original European population of NC-SC
was heavily Scotch-Irish.

I must admit the Skandinavians take a back seat
to none, however.

Legend has it that certain Vikings chose Christianity
over Islam becuase they could not bear the thought
of being parted from their Schnapps, and I believe
that would have been before the Scots discovered whiskey.

CHUQ · 10-19-2007, 06:49 AM

So does that mean that residents of SC NC are really space alien?

Viv · 10-19-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CHUQ

So does that mean that residents of SC NC are really space alien?

Don't know, but we've proven you can make anything sound possible...Loch Ness monster...???!!

dahermit · 10-19-2007, 01:41 PM

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Humans can exist anywhere from about 55F
24/7/365 on up. This would include the tropics
and then some

Nowhere on Earth does the temperature remain constant from day to night. 55F in daytime would likely mean hypothetic cold at night. Most tropical animals (all animals) do quite well in the temperate zones. Man could not exist in most of the U.S. and Europe without a covering except for the Summer. Man would be restricted to the tropics.

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Give any other primate a shave and I don't
expect he could do any better. Also, very few
primate species exist naturally outside
the tropics.

Snow monkeys in Japan, Barbary Apes (monkeys) on Mt. Gibraltar on the Mediterranean Sea (Check the Latitude).

dahermit · 10-19-2007, 01:46 PM

[quote=USViking;94806]Incorrect.

Simians cannot internally create Vitamin C
either, according to the Wikipedia article on
the subject.

Incorrect:

Straight Dope Staff Report: Did humans descend from "aquatic apes"?

Zoologist Desmond Morris in his book, The Naked Ape, would beg to differ.

Oregon Elephant · 10-19-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dahermit

Nowhere on Earth does the temperature remain constant from day to night. 55F in daytime would likely mean hypothetic cold at night. Most tropical animals (all animals) do quite well in the temperate zones. Man could not exist in most of the U.S. and Europe without a covering except for the Summer. Man would be restricted to the tropics.

I believe that he was talking about places that are 55F and up, meaning the tropics. And not all animals do well in temperate zones (thus why zoos need to have heaters in the cages). Man used his brain to take thick fur from other animals, to keep him warm so he could live in colder parts of the world.

Oregon Elephant · 10-19-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainMike

Sorry, but I can't deal with this alien question yet. I'm still working on the question "Is there intelligent life on earth?"

You don't need to have such a negative view about people as a whole, because you'd have to include yourself in the lack of "intelligent life on earth."