2004: Well, I wasn't expecting that.
Gets my vote.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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P.M. Marc - Dec 06, 2004 10:03:47 am PST #3174 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Frankenbuddha - Dec 06, 2004 10:21:18 am PST #3175 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
2004: Well, I wasn't expecting that.
Gets mine as well, but I won't cry if it's OY HUMBUG or AULD FANG SYNE.
Atropa - Dec 06, 2004 11:16:16 am PST #3176 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
2004: Well, I wasn't expecting that.
This. Oh please oh please, this one.
Deena - Dec 06, 2004 11:21:50 am PST #3177 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
2004: Well, I wasn't expecting that.
This one for me, too.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 06, 2004 12:13:47 pm PST #3178 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
2004: Well, I wasn't expecting that.
Gets mine as well, but I won't cry if it's OY HUMBUG or AULD FANG SYNE.
I am Frank, Frank is me. Hi Frank!
(edit: Frank, Tom and I have started househunting in Salem!)
t /Natter
deborah grabien - Dec 06, 2004 1:48:27 pm PST #3179 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think "hijacked elections", though a sentiment shared by many buffistas, is certainly not one shared universally, and may actually be pretty offensive to people who don't agree.
So, pick an opening rhyme that scans with the existing song lyric, has something to do with 2004, and is guaranteed not to offend anyone on earth. Spirit of christmas, or whatever.
Or, alternately, go with "wasn't expecting that", which is inoffensive to anyone, and amusing.
beathen - Dec 06, 2004 2:22:10 pm PST #3180 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
So, pick an opening rhyme that scans with the existing song lyric, has something to do with 2004, and is guaranteed not to offend anyone on earth. Spirit of christmas, or whatever.
We do tend to beat stuff into the ground from every perspective, don't we? Some people could have found Natter 30: Piss off, Bitches offensive. (Not to me) But it's true that we can argue the little stuff forever.
As for me, I like "I wasn't expecting that" and "hijacked elections".
deborah grabien - Dec 06, 2004 2:28:16 pm PST #3181 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
We do tend to beat stuff into the ground from every perspective, don't we? Some people could have found Natter 30: Piss off, Bitches offensive. (Not to me) But it's true that we can argue the little stuff forever.
Yep. In fact, when I saw the Natter title, I did blink. But it's a thread name, not the Holy Grail or the Ten Commandments or the fate of the nation, or something. Besides, since I don't post in Natter, it struck me that I had no business complaining about it. I'm only speaking on the 2004 thread because I do expect to post in it. But I'm damned if I want to fight about it, or dissect it. It was a throwaway, off the top of the head suggestion, nothing more.
I'm perfectly happy with "wasn't expecting that".
Pix - Dec 06, 2004 2:29:36 pm PST #3182 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
"Wasn't expecting that" works great for me too.
Wolfram - Dec 06, 2004 3:28:23 pm PST #3183 of 10001
Visilurking
I just want to clarify that I didn't mean to say that Deb was being offensive or the phrase "hijacked elections" is any more offensive than "Bush is a moron" or "Kerry is a traitor". Personally, I thought the suggestion was funny. I'm just remembering from not too long ago that there are more than two buffistas who actually, consciously and deliberately voted for the current administration, and putting a statement of opinion in a thread title that inherently criticizes that choice may be the wrong way to go.
I'm good with "wasn't expecting that" too.