What is your favorite single-celled organism?

infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 1:38 pm
Post 'why' if you're so inclined.
Lamplighter • Dec 7, 2011 1:47 pm
The Cellar - otherwise it would be named "The Cellars"
Pete Zicato • Dec 7, 2011 2:06 pm
Single cell organisms are the shit.
Happy Monkey • Dec 7, 2011 2:22 pm
They make up the bulk of it, at least.
BigV • Dec 7, 2011 2:24 pm
You should edit the poll to allow write in candidates. I vote "Other": Yeast.
jimhelm • Dec 7, 2011 2:24 pm
Name two things commonly found in cells.
GunMaster357 • Dec 7, 2011 2:24 pm
You forgot to put my favorite one in the poll: Blonde Brain
infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 2:28 pm
You can't edit a poll, silly goose.

I'm gonna make like an amoeba and split.
infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 2:29 pm
jimhelm;778546 wrote:
Name two things commonly found in cells.


Hobos.

Otis.
footfootfoot • Dec 7, 2011 2:40 pm
Amoebas are the gold standard of single celled organisms.
infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 2:47 pm
Really, you got the win, place, and show with the three in the poll. It's all about mobility.

Amoebas and their pseudopod, parameciums and their cilia, euglenas and their flagella.

(And no, I don't know from Latin plural vs. singular...)
glatt • Dec 7, 2011 3:05 pm
footfootfoot;778557 wrote:
Amoebas are the gold standard of single celled organisms.


Perhaps, but paramecia have those cool hairs that paddle them through water. And they have a mouth, of sorts.
Happy Monkey • Dec 7, 2011 3:46 pm
[COLOR=black]Xenophyophore![/COLOR]
infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 3:52 pm
That sounds like a monad with questionable morals. :lol:

Yes, monad. Great word eh?

A unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism is an organism that consists of only one cell, in contrast to a multicellular organism that consists of multiple cells. Historically simple single celled organisms have sometimes been referred to as monads.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicellular_organism
Clodfobble • Dec 7, 2011 3:59 pm
Non-motile cells are highly underrepresented in this poll, a fact I can only ascribe to pervasive ballot-tampering and nepotism in the semifinals. Proteus vulgaris was totally robbed.
infinite monkey • Dec 7, 2011 4:02 pm
I don't like the monads that can't move. They use all the monad carts at the Wal-mart, and park like they're the queen.

And when that guy said "Your mother wears army boots and your dad is an amoeba" it was a completely untrue insult.

:lol:

I mean

:bolt:
Lamplighter • Dec 7, 2011 4:40 pm
Green smelly bugs are never invited to parties, but they make their presence known.
wolf • Dec 7, 2011 5:23 pm
Paramecia have cilliae, and look like they're moving hasted than they really are. You know, like a Lambourghini Countache.
HungLikeJesus • Dec 7, 2011 6:04 pm
What is your favorite single-celled orgasm?
BigV • Dec 7, 2011 6:40 pm
HungLikeJesus;778634 wrote:
What is your favorite single-celled orgasm?


... tmi warning.























the vasectomy reduced the volume noticeably, hopefully to below single cell levels. It's been great!
monster • Dec 7, 2011 9:16 pm
wolf;778619 wrote:
Countache.


Is that like a horizontal landing strip?
BigV • Dec 7, 2011 11:28 pm
monster;778663 wrote:
Is that like a horizontal landing strip?


Negative.
Elspode • Dec 8, 2011 12:04 am
I couldn't help but notice that Rick Santorum wasn't included in this poll.
HungLikeJesus • Dec 8, 2011 8:40 am
BigV;778706 wrote:
Negative.


monster's was funnier.
Pete Zicato • Dec 8, 2011 9:50 am
As a "for reals" answer, I gotta go with V. Yeast - necessary for bread, cinnamon rolls, and beer. That beats cilia any day.

Your father was an amoeba, and your mother smells of growth medium. I ferment in your general direction.
BigV • Dec 8, 2011 11:16 am
HungLikeJesus;778740 wrote:
monster's was funnier.


you damn her with faint praise, mine wasn't funny at all, though her's is.





her joke, that is.
HungLikeJesus • Dec 8, 2011 6:49 pm
BigV;778784 wrote:
you damn her with faint praise, mine wasn't funny at all, though her's is.





her joke, that is.


I guess I killed two birds with one stone.
ZenGum • Dec 8, 2011 6:50 pm
I am unable to come up with any smart ass pun or wisecrack on this topic.


Seriously, I've tried.

I'm worried. I should go to the doctor.
classicman • Dec 8, 2011 8:59 pm
just ask the mirror
SamIam • Dec 8, 2011 10:52 pm
ZenGum;778896 wrote:
I am unable to come up with any smart ass pun or wisecrack on this topic.


Seriously, I've tried.

I'm worried. I should go to the doctor.


Maybe you've come down with a bug. Yeast infections are the worst. :cool:
infinite monkey • Dec 9, 2011 8:45 am
4 out of 9 Dwellars prefer paramecia.

______________________________________________________

We've secretly replaced footfootfoot's amoeba with a paramecium. Let's see if he notices.

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Paramecia: Number 8 in your program, Number 1 in your heart.
Happy Monkey • Dec 9, 2011 12:13 pm
infinite monkey;778530 wrote:
Post 'why' if you're so inclined.
'why'
Lamplighter • Dec 9, 2011 1:11 pm
infinite monkey;778984 wrote:
4 out of 9 Dwellars prefer paramecia.
<snip>
Paramecia: Number 8 in your program, Number 1 in your heart.


Do you have the authority to change the bylaws and override the vote of the flock ?

And besides, paramecia do display both sexual and asexual multiplication,
and we don't want any of those "hybrids" in our congregation.
BigV • Dec 9, 2011 1:17 pm
Lamplighter;779073 wrote:
Do you have the authority to change the bylaws and override the vote of the flock ?

And besides, paramecia do display both sexual and asexual multiplication,
and we don't want any of those "hybrids" in our congregation.


Ya know, I found this lovely song on YouTube the other day (under other circumstances) but it applies here perfectly. I offer this in rebuttal to you, Lamplighter, because I trust you'll see it in the humorous spirit I intend. I had envisioned introducing it in some other, more genuinely hostile conversation, I may still do so. But for now, I have this to say about that!

[YOUTUBE]fHC05_9b0gw[/YOUTUBE]

ps, please expand the lyrics in the description for a fuller understanding of this very cheerful "sounding" song :D
Lamplighter • Dec 9, 2011 1:28 pm
It does have a nice melody !:rolleyes:
infinite monkey • Dec 9, 2011 6:40 pm
Lamplighter;779073 wrote:
Do you have the authority to change the bylaws and override the vote of the flock ?

And besides, paramecia do display both sexual and asexual multiplication,
and we don't want any of those "hybrids" in our congregation.


I have no authority. I fought it, it always wins.

You're a protist! Well, actually you're an anti-protist! :p:
infinite monkey • Dec 9, 2011 6:42 pm
btw, happy voter monkey, you're the best. How can you love just one, they're all so adorable! :)
infinite monkey • Dec 9, 2011 6:43 pm
infinite monkey;778530 wrote:
Post 'why' if you're so inclined.


Happy Monkey;779052 wrote:
'why'


What's your angle? :rolleyes:
Happy Monkey • Dec 9, 2011 6:59 pm
I'm so inclined...
[INDENT]How inclined are you?
[/INDENT]I'm so inclined, I need a protractor to get things straight.
infinite monkey • Dec 9, 2011 7:03 pm
That incongruent statement might encompass a lot of parallel ideas.

(I'm sorry. Really. I know. It's awful. I'm sorry.)

:lol:
Pete Zicato • Dec 10, 2011 12:37 am
infinite monkey;779166 wrote:
What's your angle? :rolleyes:

I'm acute. :blush:
Flint • Dec 10, 2011 1:12 am
Why's everything got to be a cell? I vote for the classic, hemorrhagic, zombie apocalypse-causing virus.
Lamplighter • Dec 10, 2011 1:34 am
I'll vote for the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy-causing prions,
just to show I can be either: a protist and/or an anti-protist.
Undertoad • Dec 10, 2011 11:20 am
spermatozoon
GunMaster357 • Dec 10, 2011 12:41 pm
Lamplighter;779253 wrote:
I'll vote for the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy-causing prions,
just to show I can be either: a protist and/or an anti-protist.


Prions are either proteins or multicellular organisms.
limey • Dec 11, 2011 12:36 pm
:corn:
monster • Dec 11, 2011 9:51 pm
my current fave sso is Rick Snyder.
dungeonsandlizards • Dec 20, 2011 1:52 pm
Euglena. Cause I feel like it's actually a girl's name. LOL
infinite monkey • Dec 20, 2011 2:00 pm
I knew a girl in HS named Eugena. Yeah, we called her Euglena.
Trilby • Dec 20, 2011 2:35 pm
infinite monkey;781657 wrote:
I knew a girl in HS named Eugena. Yeah, we called her Euglena.


I know.

She used to call me up every day after school and cry about how mean you guys were.
Trilby • Dec 20, 2011 2:36 pm
what about the :sadsperm: ?

Or is he more than one celly?
Gravdigr • Jan 18, 2012 2:17 pm
Ima go with the brain-eating amoebae. They just rock.