When Kramer takes part in the AIDS Walk, he refuses to wear an AIDS ribbon in opposition to "ribbon bullies", led one more time by Bob and Cedric from "The Soup Nazi" episode.
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The storyline appeared to be based on the real-life controversy of former Days of Our Lives actress Deidre Hall, who, in 1993 publicly refused to wear AIDS ribbons at public events, such as the Daytime Emmys.
Bath sponges are currently being produced using the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi with production of about 12,000 sponges, sold locally to residents and tourists in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
Charlemagne also is said to have acquired a piece of the sponge, which is venerated in the cathedral at his capital, Aachen.
Many predators find the spicules of Homaxinella balfourensis distasteful but the sea stars Odontaster meridionalis and Odontaster validus feed on it, leaving behind the spongin which provides a fibrous support to the sponge.
Following a shellburst which mortally wounded the first sponger, who dropped the sponge out of the forecastle port, Molloy jumped out of the port to the forecastle, recovered the sponge and sponged and loaded the gun for the remainder of the action from his exposed position, despite the extreme danger to his person from the raking fire of enemy musketry.
The sea cucumber Synaptula lamperti is closely associated with the sponge and makes use of certain nutrients exuded by it.
The genus name Spongiforma refers to the sponge-like nature of the fruit body, while the specific epithet squarepantsii denotes the resemblance to the well-known cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Linnaeus in 1767, Esper in 1794 and Lamarck in 1814 also used the name but it was not until Johnston described the spicules as well as the sponge which he named Halichondria ficus in 1842 that it became clear what sponge was being described.
The name derives from the Greek, "raphanus", meaning radish, and presumably refers to the sponge's shape.