Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


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.


Maria - Feb 01, 2005 11:45:23 am PST #2930 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Enough! I must leave the office now, and you people are making it impossible.

Stop being so damned witty!


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 11:47:54 am PST #2931 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

But apparently with the demon suit you get a lady with some smokin' T&A.

I imagine we'd be a tag team, with all the bases covered depending on how someone could most effectively be tempted.


kat perez - Feb 01, 2005 11:48:44 am PST #2932 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

This is reminding me of the Tom & Jerry episode where Tom is trying to get the little white kitten to fall in love with him (again) and Tom makes a zoot suit out of a striped curtain and a clothes hangar (for the broad shoulders). Good times.


Trudy Booth - Feb 01, 2005 12:08:20 pm PST #2933 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Snopes on the German brothel thing: [link]


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 12:12:40 pm PST #2934 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I didn't not know Kitty has a sister. Hello Mimmy.


Nutty - Feb 01, 2005 12:12:50 pm PST #2935 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

North Korea Declares War on Long Hair [link]

Among the campaign's hairdos and don'ts: Hair must be kept no longer than two inches. The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.

The dictum claims that long hair hampers brain activity by taking oxygen away from nerves in the head.

North Korea's campaign does not mention any rules for women and gives no explanation as to why their long hair would not result in reduced brain activity.

Who can fail to love the Associated Press snark?


tommyrot - Feb 01, 2005 12:16:05 pm PST #2936 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.

There are rumors that Kim Jong II is no longer in power. Perhaps this will provide cover for those really in power to have him arrested for his hairdo...


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 12:23:30 pm PST #2937 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Things what Snopes taught me about California laws:

  • Those under 18 cannot buy any of several different forms of performance-enhancing dietary supplements.
  • Insurers must offer domestic partners the same health care benefits provided to married couples.
  • Domestic partners will have a broader range of rights and responsibilities, from pensions to inheritance to paying bills, when a partner dies. This measure was passed in 2003, but its implementation was set for 2005.
  • Hotels cannot raise their rates more than 10 percent after a natural disaster.
  • Motorists cannot buy devices, now used by emergency vehicles, to change red lights to green. [dude, I didn't even know they existed ...]
  • Headlights must be turned on when weather conditions require continuous use of windshield wipers.
  • Users and Internet Service Providers can collect $1,000 for each unwanted e-mail advertisement sent to them using a false or misleading subject or address. [oh, if I had a nickel grand for every anti-spam law too impractical to make use of]
  • The bedroom is added to a list of locations ordered off-limits to filming without permission in response to an explosion of cell-phone cameras and miniature recorders. Current law already includes dressing rooms and bathrooms.
  • Smoking in prisons by inmates and guards will become illegal on 1 July 2005.


kat perez - Feb 01, 2005 12:26:53 pm PST #2938 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.

You can't do a decent comb over with only an extra four-fifths of an inch.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 12:27:12 pm PST #2939 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

• Smoking in prisons by inmates and guards will become illegal on 1 July 2005.

Sounds like the fireworks are going to be starting a bit early for this Fourth of July in California.