<jmd> what in the heck is a pith helmet? <dagbrown> It's a helmet made from pith. <jmd> n 1: soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most <jmd> flowering plants <jmd> and why would you build a helmet from that? <dagbrown> Yah, if you dry it out it gets really hard, but while it's soft you can form it into, say, a helmet. <jmd> oh... weird... <mendel> jmd -- I dunno, almost as silly as making a HAT out of GRASS. * jmd suggests steel <zoratu> steel is bad for helmets. <mendel> Er, steel's pretty heavy, you know. But I guess that's why you don't make helmets. <jmd> well, iron? <jmd> what'd they use in 14th centuryish <jmd> not shit from flowers <mendel> Pith helmets were not worn by knights. <jmd> who else needs a helmet? <mendel> NOTE: NO-ONE ELSE IN HISTORY OR MODERNITY HAS WORN A HELMET <jmd> well, baseball players... <jmd> but I think those are plastic
[ten minutes pass, conversation turns to foreskin reattachment surgery and beyond]
<jmd> $100 says the average person has no idea what a pith helmet is
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Boy, you’re sure in a pithy mood tonight.
now, now, the “j” word gets you in trouble sometimes! i should know! ;)
tell jmd i’ll take the hundred bucks!