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Kattoliskot

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ROOF LIZARDS

”Mom… where do baby stegosaurs come from?” ”My child…” //
”…the time has come when I should tell you about the birds and the bees. However… bees have not evolved yet.” //
”True story. Bees only first appeared some 20 million years after stegosaurs went extinct. Makes you think.” //
”On the other hand, the way in which stegosaurs, well… did start the life of a new generation… is a bit of a mystery. Them being the shape that they are.”

Jaa mitkä ”kattoliskot”? Nimi ”Stegosaurus” tarkoittaa kattoliskoa, koska alun perin sen selkäkilpien ajateltiin olleen sen selän suojana kuin kattotiilet.
Why ”roof lizards”? The name ”Stegosaurus” means roofed lizard because it was originally thought that their back plated would have been protecting their backs like roof tiles.

Kannattava ajatus

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A SUPPORTING IDEA

”I’ve been planning my own fantasy world a lot lately.” //
”I don’t have giants there but four-meter-tall, four-armed frogs.” //
”I’ve also been developing a writing system for them but I can’t decide if they would write horizontally or vertically.” //
”I think frogs would obviously write vertically.” ”Why?” //
”We mammals have the atlas vertebra in our necks which allows for up-and-down movement of the head… and the axis vertebra that allows the head the move side-to-side.” //
”Frogs, however, lack the axis vertebra so they cannot move their heads from side to side. Therefore they would write vertically.” //
”Well, that solves it. Vertically it is.” ”I’m just wondering why THIS is what I remember from my fresher’s year’s animal anatomy class…”

Vesi kaikissa muodoissaan

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A WATER IN ANY OTHER STATE

”It’s so nice that there’s snow now!” ”Indeed it is!” //
”Such a cute creek.” ”And beautiful ice patterns!” //
”Haha, this steam rising from the glogg looks awesome.” ”Ooh!” //
Dear diary, today I watched different states of water.

Sammakoita

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FROGS

Kämppikseni Rana oli sitä mieltä, että mistä tahansa möntistä voi piirtää sammakon. Päätin kokeilla. Rana oli oikeassa.
My flatmate Rana thought that any shape could be turned into a frog. I decided to try this. Rana was right.

Nuo silmät? Niitä paperinpaloja, mitä jää kun reijittää paperia.
Those eyes? Those little pieces of paper you get when using a paper puncher.

Aikainen pyöräilijä aikaisen linnun nappaa

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THE EARLY BIKER CATCHES THE EARLY BIRD

”Don’t you often come to work by bike instead of metro?” ”Yes, all summer long, Basically ever since there’s no snow.” //
13 kilometers in the morning and another 13 in the afternoon. //
”You’ve probably had the time to listen to quite a few books while biking?” ”Well…” //
”I don’t listen to books when I bike. Or to music or anything.” //
”What do you do while biking, then? Since it takes that long every day?” ”Well. I concentrate on what I’m doing.” //
I observe the nature and the birds around me. //
And, in the old-fashioned way, just think about whatever’s in my mind. //
”I think it’s good to listen to one’s own thoughts sometimes and not just everyone else’s.” ”That’s for sure!”

Aikainen lintu tyhjän metron nappaa

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THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE EMPTY METRO

”Good morning!” ”Morning.” //
”How come you’re always at work this early?” ”Well, I’m more of a morning person, always have been.” //
”And secondly, coming here early means getting out of the metro before the morning rush hour.” //
Because the rush hour metro is terrible.” //
”Understandable.” ”And since I come here early, I also get to leave early.” //
”More free time in the evening, then.” ”Yes, and…” //
…I get to the metro before the afternoon rush hour!

Lääkärissä

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DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT

”Do come in and have a seat.” ”Thank you.” //
”So, what seems to be the matter?” ”My neck hurts.” //
”Is it like neck tension or…?” ”No, more like hurts-hurts.” //
”Like… Neck tension is, like, blunt pain. This is sharp.” //
”But not in a needle-stab-like way. More like slashing sort.” //
”This is somehow… purple… this pain.” ”Purple?” //
”Yeah, like… blue-ish… purple. Like so.” ”…” //
”Are you alright?” ”No, my neck hurts!”

Oikeasti en ole vielä käynyt lääkärillä, mutta niska on kipeä.
In reality my neck does hurt but I haven’t seen a doctor about it yet.