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Sorry for the spamming today. Have had too much coffee and am really twitchy. Really, really twitchy.

Ships in 1 - 2 months?? WTF?

ETA: Due to the coffee buzz, go ahead and give me one of those "Five Things" prompts and I'll try and write it. Yeah, I did one earlier for

bella_blu, but that was because she cornered me in her journal. Um, you can hit me for SG-1, Arrested Development, BSG, DW, Gilmore Girls and...Lost?

Also,

elismor has been helpful again, suggesting "Tempus Pingul Nihil Est" for fic title which apparently means "time means nothing to a penguin." It would violate my "time" word rule, but it's in latin, so...

ETA2: A bageldog sounds good in theory, but... Bleh.

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That is very weird considering in the BBC online shop it's been out since Sept. 21. *scratches head*

How hard is it to ship a case of books across the pond?

Elis is a genius.

She really is.

(And I really need a penguin icon. Heh. Flashbacks to sitting in a theater in Cambridge and a row of flailing during sad penguin scenes.)

Hmmm, five things:

- 5 times the Doctor got lost in the TARDIS?
- The five things Rose found in the TARDIS that made no sense until after she'd met Sarah Jane? (thinking things related to former companions that obviously weren't the Doctor's)
- The five planets the Doctor tried to show Rose a "north" of?

I'm sure there are more humerous ones, but those are the only ones I can think of right now.

As for the fic title, it sounds great. Only, how is there a Latin word for Penguin? Penguins are native to the southern hemisphere only. They live in Antarctica, parts of Southern Australia and South America, and a few islands inbetween. So, given that they didn't go anywhere near those places, how did they come up with a word for them?

*is confused*

- 5 times the Doctor got lost in the TARDIS?

OMG! *LOVES*

- The five things Rose found in the TARDIS that made no sense until after she'd met Sarah Jane? (thinking things related to former companions that obviously weren't the Doctor's)

Interesting!

- The five planets the Doctor tried to show Rose a "north" of?

Heh heh heh.

As for the fic title, it sounds great. Only, how is there a Latin word for Penguin? Penguins are native to the southern hemisphere only. They live in Antarctica, parts of Southern Australia and South America, and a few islands inbetween. So, given that they didn't go anywhere near those places, how did they come up with a word for them?

But haven't all animals been given latin scientific type names now? And plants too? Probably was something that came later, I guess.

Hee. I like that title!

Umm... Five times Sam hit Jack.

Hee. I like that title!

It's so deep! ;)

Umm... Five times Sam hit Jack.

HA!!

But haven't all animals been given latin scientific type names now? And plants too? Probably was something that came later, I guess.

D'oh! Obviously. Just 'cause the Romans weren't making up the words, doesn't mean that there weren't a bunch of scientists doing so. Makes perfect sense.

So to finish, a Latin quote of my own. :)

Quantus et canis in fenestra

Quantus et canis in fenestra

You're putting a hole in a dog?

(Also, wish I knew more old Who for that first prompt, but am gonna have to stick with Nine and Ten.)

Five things that Nine doesn't ever want Rose to know about, because he's supposed to be sooo impressive and those were soooo embarrassing. :-D

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

You're putting a hole in a dog?

"How much is that doggie in the window?"

wish I knew more old Who for that first prompt

It's an excuse to download more from you-know-where! *g*

You would think not so much.

Is it to late to add a Five things? It is? Tough. :D

Five Things Rose would do to a blindfolded Doctor.

Not too late. And HA!

Only, how is there a Latin word for Penguin?

She actually spelled it wrong. It's pinguis, not pingul.

It's not a taxonomical distinction, though. Pinguis actually means "fat" in latin; it' considered to be one of the possible roots of the word "penguin". The title I offered her is really nonsense in that regard, but pinguis sounds enough like penguin that the average fanfic reader would probably get the joke.

Taxonomically speaking, penguins are:

Chordata, Aves, Sphenisciformes, Spheniscidae [any number of genera]

LOVE!

Oh suuuuure. Make me look like a moron.

May have to go with that title, if nothing else strikes, I guess. :D

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