Bats, food by any other name and wackaloons

Important wildlife question of the morning:
     Will bats soon replace their equine brethren in the phrase “hung like a horse?”

It looks like flying isn’t the only unusual thing that bats can do compared to other mammals. New research has found a bat species whose males use their large penises like an arm during sex.
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The authors of a new study, published Monday in the journal Current Biology, say their curiosity (about bat sex) was initially sparked by a distinctive attribute found among male serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus): their huge junk. (source)

I LOVE the first sentence of the study’s summary:

Copulatory behaviours stand as cornerstones of sexual selection, yet they remain mysterious in many species.

“Copulatory behaviours” because saying “fucking,” “knocking boots” or “boinking” would sound…dunno…crass or insufficiently scholarly?

Back to our bat buddies, how long do our furry fliers go at it?

The average length of these sexual encounters was around 53 minutes, but the longest recorded bout lasted over 12 hours.

Whoa Nelly! 12 fucking hours? (more grammatically correct, 12 hours fucking?) Please tell me they take nap breaks. Maybe time out for an ep of Leverage? Are they practicing tantric sex on Valium?
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What are French fries known as in France? Our fries?

Nope, they’re just plain frites (fries) or pommes frites (a short version of pommes de terre {apples of the earth AKA potatoes} frites). In the UK they’re called chips and potato chips are called crisps.

What do the British call English muffins? Muffins.

English muffins were created in New York after Samuel Bath Thomas moved to America from England. So while you might have considered English muffins a “British” bread, it’s actually more common here in the United States (and therefore why you see them in stores more often than crumpets). (source)

What’s the difference between English muffins and crumpets? Crumpets are moist and chewier as they’re made with milk.

What about banana nut, pistachio and cranberry nut muffins? How do Brits refer to these? They’re also just muffins or, occasionally, American muffins.

Don’t you feel all enlightened and shit now?
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However much life teaches you that nothing lasts, it is still a shock when it disappears.
~ Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die

It seems I’ll always, to one degree or another, be grieving the loss of music. Some days are easier/less painful than others. Yesterday, I had Rocket Man happily lodged in my bean.
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Here’s a sentence I wouldn’t have expected from a mainstream journalist:

The simple fact is, though, that Johnson doesn’t need Greene hanging around to give him cred among the MAGA weirdos — he has already brought his own. (source)

MAGA weirdos—that’s the part that makes me giggle.

Mind you, it’s totally factual. MAGAt Mike IS a full blown trump sucker and doesn’t need to court the wackaloon extremists of his party. He’s 100% one of them. 

Sporky, on the other hand, is not. She’s, incredibly, too insane, crass and outta control bullying for the MAGAt brigade AND, after acting the part of McCarthy’s BFF, way too centrist (or what passes for centrist in these unhinged Bizarro World times).

That's enough bits and pieces for today—yur welcome.