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This is why I generally spend time building up that reputation for being a harmless eccentric. People just...get used to the weirdness and stop questioning it or taking the goofball that I am all that seriously.
I told all my classes the first day of school that I wanted to be a supervillain and take over the world and then did a Fluttershy impression giggle. Most odd things can now be chalked up as "Yep. Same $#*! as always..."
I make learning fun. And surreal!
Edit: Not that surreal!

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NobodysHome wrote:BMI is just a pretty terrible measurement tool all around, as it doesn't allow for any sort of variance of body type or anything.Just a Mort wrote:According to the BMI, gymnasts, martial artists, and professional fighters are all overweight.Asian standards are higher.
A BMI value of 23 and above indicates that your weight is outside of the healthy weight range for your height.
Mine is about 24...
I did manage to get to 120 lbs before, and probably 120 lbs is more realistic.
I also do know that these days a good part of me is muscle which weighs more then fats...
Thanks though, Kjeldorn =)
As a national team member on an internationally-ranked collegiate tae kwon do team, working out 22 hours a week including at least 10 hours of full-contact sparring, you couldn't "pinch a centimeter" anywhere on my body, much less an inch. We didn't have fat percentage calculators back then, but from pictures and memory it had to be well under 8%.
But my BMI was 25, putting me squarely into the "overweight" category.

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As a national team member on an internationally-ranked collegiate tae kwon do team, working out 22 hours a week including at least 10 hours of full-contact sparring, you couldn't "pinch a centimeter" anywhere on my body, much less an inch. We didn't have fat percentage calculators back then, but from pictures and memory it had to be well under 8%.
But my BMI was 25, putting me squarely into the "overweight" category.
Unfortunately I’m pretty sure that you could pinch an inch off my tummy =) Also I have a friend who is a lifeguard – but he’s all muscle – so I do know BMI doesn’t work for him.
I don’t think the all muscle would apply to me.
Just this morning…one visit to the pantry and a failed will save later…
Oooh chocolate mochi! *nom*
Ooooh potato chips dipped in chocolate! *nom*
Oooooh Strawberry and cream cookies! *nom*
Oh well…

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Orthos wrote:NobodysHome wrote:BMI is just a pretty terrible measurement tool all around, as it doesn't allow for any sort of variance of body type or anything.Just a Mort wrote:According to the BMI, gymnasts, martial artists, and professional fighters are all overweight.Asian standards are higher.
A BMI value of 23 and above indicates that your weight is outside of the healthy weight range for your height.
Mine is about 24...
I did manage to get to 120 lbs before, and probably 120 lbs is more realistic.
I also do know that these days a good part of me is muscle which weighs more then fats...
Thanks though, Kjeldorn =)
As a national team member on an internationally-ranked collegiate tae kwon do team, working out 22 hours a week including at least 10 hours of full-contact sparring, you couldn't "pinch a centimeter" anywhere on my body, much less an inch. We didn't have fat percentage calculators back then, but from pictures and memory it had to be well under 8%.
But my BMI was 25, putting me squarely into the "overweight" category.
jealous growl, again

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Snow leopard. Snow Leopards and Tigers are different, even if they are both felines =)

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The paizo description for this picture was Droogami, who is Lini the pathfinder iconic druid's snow leopard animal companion. Note the similarities =)
Though the Bengal tiger is white too.

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There could be worse things to hear conversations about... Like it could be all the critters I've ever devoured. Some of them could be questionable to say the least.
Exotic critters gobbled:
Kangeroo
Ostrich
Camel
Alligator
Donkey(it was good!)
Goose
Rabbit
Quail
Venison
Sea urchin(yes I ate it raw)
Jellyfish(quite common here but maybe not elsewhere)
Wild boar
Grasshoppers
Scorpion(latest addition to the list)!
Looking forward to adding more critters to the to gobble list!

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I believe it's the nature of the sauce, they could be topped up with some variant of green sauce.The Italians have verde sauce and it's delicious even if its green.
Also edited last post to include turtles(may offend some animal right activists out there...)
But sorry, down here we're not too much into animal rights...Though I know some people in RL who find the practice of making turtle soup yucky...

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I've eaten wild boar, goose, and quite a lot of rabbit (when I was small and lived in the country, the village policeman used to go out and shoot them, then bring you round a couple if you asked) - nothing more exotic than that.
As for BMI, I was alright when I last checked. 30 inch waist and 5' 8" tall, but that isn't the be all and end all. I'm certainly not terribly well sculpted.

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Not bad, not bad.
*Looks at gran rey de los mono approvingly*
I know I actually go out of the way to add more exotic critters to the list. Though the place you really should go to for this kind of thing is China. You can eat nearly anything, as long as you're willing to pay...and have the right connections....
Guanxi, they call it.

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Camel just smelt really bad. No I'm not eating camel again in a hurry.
So you aren't interested in trying this recipe, then?
I think it's funny how most of the measurements are in kilos, and then it says gallons of water and pounds of pepper.

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Just a Mort wrote:I wonder what everyone's gonna say when they wake up and find the conversation between us both and different types of felines ^^Trust me, there have been much stranger conversations for people to wake up to here. Some of the ones between Punniculus and Kileanna, for example.
Yeah some of those where a real hoot. >.>

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I'd think Bison is rather tough and needs a long stew. Squirrel - once you've finished stripping out the fur, what's left?
Duck is common here so not worthy of ending up on the list. I've always wanted to try snake(I heard it's very good), but I think I'll have to go to China for that.
Elk - same as deer? Just curious.

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Not bad, not bad.
*Looks at gran rey de los mono approvingly*
I know I actually go out of the way to add more exotic critters to the list. Though the place you really should go to for this kind of thing is China. You can eat nearly anything, as long as you're willing to pay...and have the right connections....
Guanxi, they call it.
I didn't go out of my way to eat most of it, just happened across it. I will say, I'm not sure if the shark really counts since it was jerky. And I could have had snapping turtle, but we had to leave before it was ready.

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I'd think Bison is rather tough and needs a long stew. Squirrel - once you've finished stripping out the fur, what's left?
Duck is common here so not worthy of ending up on the list. I've always wanted to try snake(I heard it's very good), but I think I'll have to go to China for that.
Elk - same as deer? Just curious.
Bison steaks can be quite tender, I hear, but the bison I had was ground and made into hamburgers. Squirrels don't have a lot of meat on them, but it is there. The snake wasn't very good. It was tough and tasted kind of like old chicken. And the elk tasted similar to deer. It's basically a big kind of deer.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:Yeah some of those where a real hoot. >.>Just a Mort wrote:I wonder what everyone's gonna say when they wake up and find the conversation between us both and different types of felines ^^Trust me, there have been much stranger conversations for people to wake up to here. Some of the ones between Punniculus and Kileanna, for example.
You are referring, of course, to the ones about owlbears, yes?
*goes back to playing with the baby owlbear*

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Can't believe people are having problems with these.
The solution is simple:
Just more of:
And
HA!
You! I like you!
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For anyone thinking I'm an incorrigible carnivore... You're not exactly right. If you wanted to talk about veges, there isn't a vegetable, besides bitter gourd, that I don't like. Well maybe too much chilli.
Heck these days I've even been eating tomatoes. (In the past, the sour taste used to put me off)
I must be one of the easiest kitties to cook for, since I will eat nearly everything unless its spicy, too sour or bitter..

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Nah. I'm really an omnivore. Though I do a decent job of faking I'm a vegetarian, should the occasion arise.
I definitely know enough about vegetarian dishes to get the best stuff at vegetarian buffets(hint, hint - get the deserts and the mock mutton curry) and can even converse convincingly about vegetarian recipes=)