He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

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.


msbelle - Jan 27, 2005 7:19:42 am PST #1224 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

go mail, choose mail - with return receipt.

I was thinking of going to the library for a short lunch walk, but the windchill is -3, so I think not.


§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:20:48 am PST #1225 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Someone at work just got smacked with the "no late fees" thing at Blockbuster. $18/movie, four movies.

I've suggested he join Netflix.


Kat - Jan 27, 2005 7:22:52 am PST #1226 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

how is that no late fees, ita?

Brenda, there's an adorable video about Klondike and Snow that Lori and I have. They were born in captivity and then mom rejected them. They were about ~2-~3 lbs at birth with some broken bones from mom. The zoologists raised them.

apparently, for the first 6 months of polar bear life, the babies are completely deaf and make noise incessantly. They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.


Dana - Jan 27, 2005 7:23:59 am PST #1227 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

how is that no late fees, ita?

You get to keep the movies.

t clutches her Netflix close


amych - Jan 27, 2005 7:24:27 am PST #1228 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.

I had no idea. And I can't completely blame their mom for rejecting them, in that case.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2005 7:24:39 am PST #1229 of 10002

They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.

They go whumpa-whumpa?


Gus - Jan 27, 2005 7:25:01 am PST #1230 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

what other kinds of cues do you notice in Europe

Shaking hands on introduction. Stick your hand out, if you want to be tagged "American" in a heartbeat. Some (most) Swiss (males) do a sort of not-quite-clicking-your-heels lurch, like an extremely stylized, aborted bow, on introduction. French women nod, and sometimes offer a hand. The proper response to this is to clasp lightly with both hands, and lift a little (signifying, without committing, a kiss on the hand). Italian women touch your arm above the elbow.

Putting your arm around the waist of an Italian woman is fightin' words.

Unless she's into it.

Gawd, it is all so confusing.


§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:25:18 am PST #1231 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.

::reimagines Emeline as a polar bear::

Nah, won't work, and poor Aimée.


Kat - Jan 27, 2005 7:30:20 am PST #1232 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

They go whumpa-whumpa?

Yes. Make that noise without actually opening your mouth and you got it.

And, for the first 6 months of a polar bear's life, it is kept in the den with the mother. Who hasn't hunted/eaten in that time (for the most part). It's also not uncommon to have more than 1 cub in a litter. Poor mama bear.

Apparently the one who (named Ulu) rejected Klondike and Snow had another set of twins in 1999 that she did not reject.

I t heart polar bears. Which is why I was offended by the travesty of the the one that was so poorly CGId on Lost. Polar Bears are possibly my favorite animal.


msbelle - Jan 27, 2005 7:30:53 am PST #1233 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Someone at work just got smacked with the "no late fees" thing at Blockbuster. $18/movie, four movies.

I rented some movies a few weeks ago and paid normal rates for them.