River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

'Safe'


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P.M. Marc - Dec 03, 2004 9:19:07 am PST #6635 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

On an Aaron Sorkin show? Never!

Snerk. You know, this almost ruined Thespis for me this time 'round.

I was torn out of the story by my mind going, "But... why is the script using symptoms typical of an abruption and calling it previa?"

It's been bugging me for a week.


Nutty - Dec 03, 2004 9:24:39 am PST #6636 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

traditional martini is iced, because traditionally you don't keep your vodka/gin in the freezer, so you have to ice it to cool it. You remove the ice from the mixed drink as soon as possible, generally by straining it.

My experience is that people use a chilled glass for gin. I've seen vodka have the ice strained out of it to go into a martini glass, but not gin.


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 9:31:59 am PST #6637 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

My experience is that people use a chilled glass for gin.

Again, that's a modern thing. Cocktails date from the early 1900s, when it was very unlikely that a bar would have the facilities to pre-chill glasses.


Steph L. - Dec 03, 2004 9:36:36 am PST #6638 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

traditional martini is iced, because traditionally you don't keep your vodka/gin in the freezer, so you have to ice it to cool it. You remove the ice from the mixed drink as soon as possible, generally by straining it.

Yup -- shaking gin w/ice bruises the hell out of it, but stirring is less traumatic to the beverage and its delicate baby feelings.


sumi - Dec 03, 2004 9:40:19 am PST #6639 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Have we seen 30 Second Exorcist here? (Now with more Bunnies!)


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 9:41:00 am PST #6640 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

, but stirring is less traumatic to the beverage and its delicate baby feelings.

Am I supposed to feel sorry for every G&T I drink? Shades of Hitchhiker's...


§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 9:41:56 am PST #6641 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Am I supposed to feel sorry for every G&T I drink? Shades of Hitchhiker's...

If you're heartless enough to not chill your gin bottle, obviously you don't have enough feeling to be sympathetic to your G&T.


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 9:45:19 am PST #6642 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

What, is this the equivalent of freezing your lobster so it doesn't suffer before you boil it?


Consuela - Dec 03, 2004 9:45:29 am PST #6643 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Eeeeks! And, funny!

I was forced to watch the Exorcist II last year. Slept through most of it, which is really the only way it makes any sense. Giant locusts? Kai Wynn? Oy.


Sue - Dec 03, 2004 9:46:26 am PST #6644 of 10001
hip deep in pie

What, is this the equivalent of freezing your lobster so it doesn't suffer before you boil it?

We just stroke them on the head.