[Magdalen] Great octopus tonight!

Kate Conant kate.conant at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 14:24:12 UTC 2015


No, I don't print octopus!

Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So, Kate, I take it you have one of those newfangled 3-D Fax machines...?
>
> > On Mar 12, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Did you get the fax yet? <gr>
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
> walk
> > humbly with your God?"
> > Micah 6:8
> >
> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds yummy, Kate!  Fax me some?
> >>
> >> I love octopus sushi.
> >>
> >> +++
> >> Grace & peace,
> >> jon
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> When the late ex and I were at the beach in SC one year, we were
> walking
> >> on
> >>> the pier one night and encountered a fisherman who had caught a small
> >>> octopus. Several people had gathered around him, watching with interest
> >> as
> >>> he attempted to remove it from his line and hook, and we joined them.
> No
> >>> sooner would he get one tentacle unwound than all the others would
> latch
> >> on
> >>> more determinedly. Finally he took out a Swiss army knife, cut the line
> >>> loose as close to the creature as possible, and threw the whole thing
> >> back
> >>> in the water, saying, "All right, YOU figure it out!!" I have no doubt
> >> the
> >>> little guy did.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:52 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> And probably the most intelligent invertebrates - some say about
> >>>> equivalent to that of a dog.
> >>>>
> >>>> -------------------------------------
> >>>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Handsfield
> >>>> jhandsfield at att.net
> >>>>
> >>>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At an amazing Chinese luncheon prepared by the wife of a seminarian
> >>> from
> >>>> Hong Kong, I found myself staring at one small tentacle on a bit of
> >>>> lettuce--all that was left of the salad. There was no way I could put
> >>> those
> >>>> suction cups in my mouth, so I asked the classmate on my left if he
> >> would
> >>>> like it, and we made the transfer undetected.
> >>>>> Yesterday someone posted a video on YouTube showing the amazing
> >>>> camouflage capabilities of octopus and another showing a rather large
> >> one
> >>>> passing through an incredibly small hole to get from a boat into the
> >>> water.
> >>>> They certainly are odd creatures...
> >>
>


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