Talk:Arshalians

This is exactly the sort of shoddy, unfinished work I've come to expect from Herr Messerschmidt. His last two so-called papers were clearly written under the heavy influence of drink, but at least he finished them. Simply scrawling "passing out" across the top of a woefully under-researched document is unacceptable. Malaclypse the Elder 20:32, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Regrettably, stopping mid-activity and announcing "passing out" has long been a frustrating trait of Frederick's. Would that I had not been reminded. Lubya Vasilevna 20:40, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

At least when he's unconscious, he isn't screaming about "lizard babies" and other delerium tremens-induced hallucinations. You could hear him all the way down the hall. Quite disturbing. Rifflesby 21:25, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I would like to remind my learned colleages that Messerschmidt is hardly to blame for his issues with focus. Childhood blows to the head can be quite debilitating, and I believe that Frederick still holds the record for hospital admissions prior to age 5 in his hometown of Suckfüll. So let us first celebrate that he is often able to walk in straight lines, and that he can usually operate a spoon without tragic consequence. By this measurement, the fact that he is able to compose skeletal facsimiles of scholastic research is itself a wonder of the modern world. Euphonious G. Emelicker 21:58, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Gentlemen! And lady :) I must state that I have full faith in the scholarly abilities of our esteemed colleague, and that his... eccentricities... are best viewed through the lens of his harsh upbringing in Greater Messerschmidtia (as the esteemed G. Emeicker suggests). That we should all be as tenacious, to rise from such a tentacular childhood. And on the off chance that dear Frederick obtained this smashing interview through the process of temporal travel, I have every faith (every faith, I tell you) that he took the necessary contraceptive measures to prevent inadvertantly impregnating himself with chronally induced reptilian duplicates. Thus there is zero reason for any of us who have been in direct contact with him to seek immediate medical attention, regardless of his lizard-baby-laden rantings. I salute your conscientious research practices, Frederick. Andronicus Paulicus 12:54, July 4, 2010 (UTC)