So these people have walked right into me on occasion... which is funny....
and the extra frosty "excuse me" is also fun.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Jan 11, 2005 6:48:48 am PST #4731 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
-t - Jan 11, 2005 6:48:56 am PST #4732 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought the time limit was from when you start reading to when you can verbally communicate.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 6:49:55 am PST #4733 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't believe there is a time limit, personally.
::adopts Jesse::
I get a little truculent about standing my ground or smashing past people who are unjustly standing theirs. But I like the veil of anonymity that falls over your violence in the Underground.
Nutty - Jan 11, 2005 6:58:41 am PST #4734 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
How are these not killing offenses?
Whaddya talk? Reading someone else's book is just passively accepting electrons into one's eyes. There is no offense involved. Now, talking to someone about the book they're reading, that's an assault on the personal bubble.
I have been in situations where my T-neighbor realizes I am reading along, and moves how he holds the book so that I can read more easily. Rarely, they will pause and wait for a nod before turning the page. I think it's cool! Symbiotic, like.
Jesse - Jan 11, 2005 7:00:43 am PST #4735 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now, talking to someone about the book they're reading, that's an assault on the personal bubble.
I did once say something to someone who was reading the same book as me, but he wasn't feeling it.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 7:06:55 am PST #4736 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Reading someone else's book is just passively accepting electrons into one's eyes.
Well, sure, if you read the same word over and over and over until the page is turned.
My symbiosis does not allow for this. Talking is fine, but me raising a book is my cone of invisibility. You can read the cover, you can even talk to me about the cover, but you cannot acknowledge that the insides exist.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 7:08:31 am PST #4737 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did once say something to someone who was reading the same book as me, but he wasn't feeling it.
I realise, that when I saw Bradley Cooper reading Middlesex that the reason I didn't talk to him about it was because he was famous. It was an interesting enough book to talk about.
JohnSweden - Jan 11, 2005 7:09:42 am PST #4738 of 10002
I can't even.
But I like the veil of anonymity that falls over your violence in the Underground.
I developed a serious briefcase-fu (as well as a largish-guy-moving-through-crowds style) for clipping knees of people who were rude in the subway or the commuter train rush. I don't do that commute any more (nor do I carry a briefcase) and I don't miss it, but the random violence, I do kinda miss.
tommyrot - Jan 11, 2005 7:12:48 am PST #4739 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
George W Bush uses an iPod.
Lee - Jan 11, 2005 7:15:24 am PST #4740 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lee, it's strange and disconcerting, but apparently we are not to get used to it.
Sigh. When is the new storm supposed to hit?